Very first HP Fanfic! Please review, or else I won't know if you like it or not :)
I do not own Harry Potter, the characters, JKR, or a Ferrari. Wish I did own a Ferari, though, 'cause that would be so damned cool.
Sirius Black was walking through the halls of Hogwarts with his best friends in the whole world. There was Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, and last but not least James Potter. Apart, they were misfits. Together, they were the Marauders.
They came up to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"What is the password, boys?" she asked.
"Well, if you don't know, who does?" James snickered.
She looked down her nose at him. "That's getting rather old."
"Phoenix feathers," Remus said calmly. They stepped through the hole, walking into the Gryffindor common room. They were greeted by many sighs and giggles from the girls in the room, even the seventh-years. Sirius winked at a girl with dark brown hair and pretty blue eyes. She ducked her head and blushed.
"If Frank Longbottom knew that you were winking at Alice, I'm fairly sure he'd tear your head off." Stated Remus.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "That's the point, Moony. He hasn't asked her out yet, and he's liked her for what, two years? I'm attempting to help him find the courage."
"So your shagging Alice in a closet somewhere is going to help him find courage?"
"Precisely, my furry friend. And I intent to help James in the same way."
James punched Sirius in the arm. "You will not be shagging Lily. If you do, I'll ram my horns up your arse."
"Kinky."
Peter laughed at this. "Didn't know you went that way, Prongs."
"Oh yes, Peter, and you have been selected as my next victim." He slung his arm over Wormtail's shoulder and waggled his eyebrows.
"So when do you plan on asking Lily out?" inquired Moony, sinking into a vacant armchair.
"When I feel like it." Prongs grumbled, sitting in the one opposite him.
"If you don't go after her soon, I'm afraid you may have to compete with Snivellus."
"Shut up, Padfoot. They're just friends."
"Just like Frank and Alice are just friends? Which reminds me, Alice, darling?" he called.
Alice walked over to his chair, still blushing.
"Yes, Sirius?'
"Would you do me the great honor accompanying me to Hogsmede this Saturday?"
"Sure," she gasped.
"Thank you. Do join us, we were just discussing James and Lily."
"Are you ever going to ask her out?" she asked, sitting on the arm of Sirius' chair.
"I will ask her out when she quits hating me."
"Don't hold your breath," said Molly Weasley as she walked towards the girl's dormitories. James groaned and put his head in his hands.
"We could always slip her a love potion. If the effects last long enough and taper off slowly, she'll still love you after it's out of her system." Remus mused.
"That's barbaric! Insane! Morally bankrupt!" Alice yelped.
"Let's do it!" said the Marauders unanimously.
"How much longer until it's ready, Remmy the nerd?"
"If you keep breathing down my neck and calling me a nerd every ten seconds, it might tragically become a hate potion instead!"
"Sorry, sorry. I just want James and Lily to get together as soon as possible."
"We all do, Padfoot. Now sit, and stay!"
"Not funny," he mumbled. The two boys were sitting in the middle of their dormitory, surrounded by books and hovering over a pot that smelled like roses and juniper. Remus was leafing through two different books, comparing measurements. Sirius leaned over the pot, smelling the potion. He felt a bit lightheaded, and he thought of Lily. He could see why his best friend liked her; with her long, red hair, and her sparkling green eyes, she was a dream come true. He daydreamed of her laughing, of her placing her hands on his shoulders, of her placing her soft, pink lips on his own…"Oh no, you don't," said Remus, looking up from his books.
"Sorry." Sirius ran a hand through his hair and then backed away from the pot.
"Potent, isn't it?"
"Yeah. Can you make it any stronger?"
Moony looked at him as though he had gone mad. "If I make it any stronger, Lily won't just be infatuated with James. She'll be obsessed with him, she'll feel like she's in pain every second she's away from him, and she's going to want to snog him all the time."
"So it'll be the same for her as it is for him?"
Remus thought about it for a moment, and then placed another few rose petals in the pot.
"I know I'm going to regret this."
They walked into the Great Hall. Almost everyone was finished with breakfast, and this vexed Sirius. He hadn't had anything to eat since supper last night.
"Ta da!" said Remus as he presented the pink vial to James.
"Moony, I could kiss you."
"You're cheating on me?" Wormtail asked as he pushed out his bottom lip.
"Sorry, Peter, you don't satisfy me anymore. Now, are we going to slip it in her drink?"
"That's probably the best way."
"But… how will we convince her to drink it?'
"Well, seeing as she was intending to drink it anyway, I'd say that won't be a huge problem. Leave it to me," Sirius said as he snatched the bottle and walked away. As he expected, Lily was seated between Alice and Molly."Good morning, ladies! I'm here to ask a very important question of Miss Alice." he announced as he uncorked the vial, hidden by his sleeve.
"Yes?"
"While we are together in Hogsmede, I was wondering if you'd like to stop at a quaint little tea shop. I figured it'd be nice to stop in, have a bite, leave, have a snog…" he shrugged his shoulders, his left hand passing over Lily's cup.
"Watch it, prat," she growled as she dragged her cup away from his sleeve. She didn't notice that now she had slightly pink pumpkin juice.
"Um… Well, er, I…" Alice stuttered.
"Think about it. You can decide when we get there." He gave her a peck on the cheek and walked away.
"You sly devil!" James said as he thumped Sirius on the back, looking at the half empty bottle.
"Thank you, that'll be five galleons."
"Shove off. How long until it kicks in, Moony?"
"We should be seeing results in about three hours."
"I can't wait until charms class," James said, rubbing his hands together and smiling at the love of his life.
Potions, astronomy and transfiguration passed in a blur. Much homework had been given out, and Remmy the nerd was already finished with half of it.
The Marauders walked into professor Flitwick's class, and James had his head held high in anticipation.
"I'll kill you, Alice! I'll KILL you!" screamed the lovely Lily Evans. Molly and Hannah were holding her back, and Alice just stood there, shocked.
"How could you do this to me?"
"What? What did I do?" Alice whimpered.
Sirius walked forward, stepping between the two women.
"Now now, ladies, let's not fight, not without mud and bikinis."
"Sirius!" Lily twisted out of her situation and buried her head in his chest.
"I missed you," she whispered, giving his shocked mouth a very obvious kiss in front of the class. There were a few whistles, but none from his own group.
Sirius twisted to see Remus, pulling away from Lily a bit.
"Remmy, what the hell did you do?"