A/n: Hey peeps! This is my first L/J story and I don't know if this idea
has been used already or not. So if it has, it's by coincidence, I didn't
plagiarize anything. I hope you like it! Please read and review!
Disclaimer: Most of the characters in the story are not mine. They belong to the wonderful JKR! The plot is mine, however.
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'character's thoughts'
Our story starts out in Lily and James' 7th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in England.
Lily Evans was absolutely furious! ' This is the last straw! If that bloody git pulls one more prank on me, I'm going to hunt him down and murder him! As an afterthought, she added, and his daft friends too!'
"Lily wait!" cried her friend Arabella Figg panting after her. Arabella was Lily's best friend. The two of them had gotten along since they first met on the Hogwarts Express in their First Year. Lily, who had been extremely nervous, was very glad to find a friend who knew about the Wizarding World. Arabella had attempted to explain to Lily, everything she knew about Hogwarts on the ride to the majestic castle. Just imagine their joy when they were both sorted into Gryffindor. Since then, their friendship had blossomed and now, the two were nearly inseparable. Lily took a close look at Arabella as her best friend caught up to her own quick pace. Arabella had straight, silky, soft straw colored hair, which came up to her shoulder in length. She also had hazel eyes now filled with concern for her friend. She was quite unlike Lily who had long, flowing red hair well past her shoulder and piercing green eyes.
"What are you going to tell Professor Snibb now?" Arabella asked worriedly.
"I don't know. I have no idea where that pathetic excuse for a human put my essay! Just wait till I see him!" Lily exclaimed, still seething with anger.
Arabella nodded her head at her and replied, "I still don't understand why you two can't get along! You can get along with everyone else but him, and he's affable to everyone but you!"
"Don't ask me! I have no idea why that prat is bent upon ruining my life!" Lily answered.
"I know why!" chirped a singsong voice from behind them. It was none other than Sirius Black. "It's because he has a crush on you and wants to ask you out!"
"Excuse me?!?!" replied two voices in unison, one of them being Lily's.
"Please, Padfoot! You know I can do better than Evans! Anyone is better than Lily Moody Evans!" said James Potter with his trademark smirk. James Potter was in a sense the person that all the girls worshipped at Hogwarts. James was the biggest flirt in school. He went through girls like people browse through magazines. He had a new girlfriend, practically every day! Yet, knowing this, the girls still swooned every time he displayed his classic, sweet and innocent smile. His raven black, messy hair gave him quite a flirtatious ambience, which he always used to his advantage. A single glance from his dreamy, chocolate eyes could make any girl's heart melt. All except one, the same one who had called him "a git", "a pathetic excuse for a human" and "a prat" within a span of ten minutes.
"I would rather go out with that greasy haired moron Snape over Potter even if they were the last two males left on the bloody planet!" Lily spat, "And for the last time, STOP CALLING ME MOODY!" she roared.
"You know, I think she's right Padfoot," James replied grinning, "We can't call her moody if the only mood she's ever in is angry! So, it should be Lily Angry Evans!" he finished, enjoying the effect that this was having on Lily. He loved to watch her become furious, ready to explode any second.
Lily eyed James and his friends, who had now gathered around him waiting for the typical blowup that took place whenever Lily and James were in the same vicinity. James and his friends were the most popular kids in school, mostly due to their extremely good looks. All except one of them were quite tall for one thing. Lily glanced at James' best friend, Sirius Black. He, like James had messy black hair as well and a goofy grin plastered on his face. Girls in her dormitory adored that silly smile and his dark brown puppy dog eyes. Personally, Lily thought they were mental. Then there was Remus Lupin. He was the quieter and the more studious of the whole group. He had sandy brown hair and deep blue eyes, which added to his boyish good looks. Peter Pettigrew had always seemed to be the oddball of the group. He was short and plump and just seemed to tag along with everyone else for no reason. These four were constituents of a group called the Marauders. The Marauders were known for their attractiveness and their endless pranks. There could never be a dull moment when they were around because the Marauders were always cooking up some sort of mischief to "keep things lively", as they claimed.
Lily knew that they were all waiting for her to lecture and yell at James for being a prat and annoying her all the time. However, she surprised everyone, including herself by simply walking away, without so much as a backwards glance. She was feeling proud of herself too, for not letting that git get to her, until the git in question said, "Looks like Evans ran out of comebacks!"
This comment was the end of her patience for Lily. She whipped around and threw James a murderous glance.
"Wow Evans! If looks could kill, I'd be dead; well actually, I think I would've died a long time ago! However, since they can't, it seems that you'll have to say something. It's really not that difficult of a concept you know," he paused smirking at Lily's tomato red face, "If you want, I could teach you. You form words and then sound comes out and if you're really good at it, sometimes you might create a sentence, and even go as far as to express a coherent thought! But don't expect that overnight. It takes practice, you know" he concluded, very matter-of-factly.
"Potter, the only thing I could ever learn from you is how to be an egocentric, useless, extremely irksome bag of scum!" she shrieked, "Also, you will pay for what you did today! I'll wipe that smile off your pigheaded face if it's the last thing I do! I've had it with you and your childish antics! You're a Head Boy, act like it once in a while dammit!" She abruptly turned around and took rapid strides towards the Gryffindor Tower.
"Nice going James! You made her curse! She only does that when she's severely pissed!" chuckled Arabella. She kissed Sirius on the cheek and quietly whispered, "I'll see you later" before hurrying along to find Lily.
Yes it was true, much to Lily's dismay, Arabella and Sirius were going out, since 5th Year in fact. Lily had been shocked when Arabella had told her that she was Sirius's girlfriend. At first Lily thought it was a joke, but she was soon horrified as she learned the truth. Arabella still clearly recalled her friend's shocked reaction: "Are you serious? You're going out with Black? Sirius Black? As in Potter's best friend? As in the best friend of my archrival? Are you out of your mind? Oh no, did those morons put a hex on you or something? I demand you go to Madam Freypomp (Hogwarts Nurse) right now!" Arabella had to calmly explain the situation to Lily, who still didn't comprehend how "anyone could possibly be interested in any of those Marauder ijits." Lily had spent the next two weeks constantly pointing out other attractive guys to Arabella and making a list of all of Sirius' faults, before declaring, "It's no use! It's hopeless! I've lost you to them! Whatever spell they put on you is irrevocable. But don't worry, I'm still here, and I will fight for our cause! I won't let you down Bella! I'll make them pay for what they did to you!" she had finished dramatically. Arabella had simply rolled her eyes and laughed every time Lily said, "You're out of your bloody mind!"
Lily had always been short-tempered, and for some reason, it seemed to be the shortest when the name Potter was involved. For example, in Fifth Year when Lily had discovered she was a Prefect, she was overjoyed, however that joy was short-lived when she had found a Prefect badge resembling hers, pinned to James' robe along with a smug grin plastered on his face. She almost started weeping and as soon as the Welcome Back Feast was over, she had stomped off to Dumbledore's office and literally asked him "Are you out of your mind? Potter a Prefect? He will be the cause of my ruin! I'll go crazy if I'm forced to work with him! Of all the people in Gryffindor, it had to be him? He's been in more trouble than anyone in this whole bloody school! Is this supposed to be punishment for something I did wrong? Is this about Snape declaring his undying love to Professor McGonnagol last Valentine's Day? I swear Professor, that wasn't me! It was Potter, he concocted some kind of strange mixture from this old book in the library! In any case, this is cruel and unusual punishment, and that's illegal Professor!" she had concluded earnestly.
"Miss Evans I understand your problem, however Mister Potter is a top student, such as yourself and plus I thought that this would be a good opportunity for you to resolve you differences" he had answered with a twinkle in his eye.
Lily had stood disbelievingly, agape at what the Headmaster had told her. "Right.resolve our differences...with Potter.well that'll be an easy task!" she had cried sarcastically, "Sleep well, Professor. A good night's rest will do you wonders!"
Dumbledore chuckled when he heard Lily mumble, "I couldn't have just received detention like everyone else" on her way out of his office.
Arabella found Lily curled up in a comfy chair by the fire, in the Common Room, doing what she always did when she was upset, hugging her special teddy bear Mr.Puffles. Arabella had always thought that it was childish, but Lily was unable to explain the solace and comfort that she found by snuggling against her teddy bear. It seemed to her that all of her problems disappeared and she was a little girl again, playing on the swings, without a care in the world and simply enjoying her life. It had been quite a mystery when that bear had simply appeared on her bed one day after she had gotten in a particular upsetting fight with James. Both of them were unsure of where it came from and Bella had suggested that they turn in to McGonnagol to examine it incase James and his friends had intended it to be another prank. Lily was very taken with it however, and dissuaded Bella from informing the Head of the Gryffindor House. She snapped out of her flashbacks and inquired if Lily was all right: "Lils, are you ok?"
Lily acknowledged Bella's presence and gave a long sigh. "I don't know. Why does he do this to me Bella? What have I ever done to him? Why me? I would understand if he teased all the girls, but it's just me! I really hate it. It makes me so bitter, not to mention livid. I wish he'd just let me live in peace!"
Arabella's heart really went out for her friend. She deeply sympathized with her and knew that Lily was the person who always took things a bit seriously. "I don't know what to tell you sweetie. Just, hang in there. Maybe, you guys will learn to get along someday and realize that all of this arguing was just your way of declaring your clandestine love to each other!" she said, somewhat as if in a reverie.
"Umm.sure.. that's going to happen!" Lily replied, eyeing her friend strangely, "Yes absolutely! How did you guess? We're going public the day McGonnagol decides to cancel class and hire male strippers for our enjoyment!"
They both burst out laughing at the ridiculous thought. "Or maybe a hole in the Earth will just swallow him up one day and he'll disappear out of your life forever!" said Arabella.
"Don't give me false hope Bella!" Lily said wistfully, "I have wasted seven years of birthday wishes on that overgrown hairball; it still hasn't come true yet!" Lily replied, her voice filled with disappointment.
Arabella gave a small laugh and asked, "When are you going to bed?"
"Not any time soon, that's for sure! I have to re-write that 4-foot long History of Magic essay that, that idiot of a windbag Potter destroyed. I'm going to be up all night, researching Goblin Rebellions in the 13th century! It'll be worse than that three hour lecture Professor Snibb gave me after class about turning in your homework on time." Lily cried.
"My deepest sympathies. Anything I can get for you?" Arabella asked, praying that Lily wouldn't say anything like, "You can bring me the good news that Potter has been banished to Tasmania and is being forced to live with the monkeys there!" She laughed at her own joke.
"Five gallons of coffee should be enough.for an hour or so. So that's like 80 billion gallons!" she groaned, "I'm going to be up forever!"
"How about some motivation? The sooner you finish your homework, the sooner you can plot your revenge on Potter!" Arabella said eagerly.
"Ahh! Music to my ears! Indeed, true inspiration! You're a lifesaver, Bella! I don't know what I'd do without you! Must finish homework to start plotting schemes to get the ultimate revenge!" Lily dramatically replied with a hint of an "evil smile".
Arabella wouldn't have been surprised if Lily had burst forth with a, "MUAHAHAH!" ' Typical! They are so in love! Oh well, I'll get to say, "I told you so" at their wedding! Can't wait!'
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Disclaimer: Most of the characters in the story are not mine. They belong to the wonderful JKR! The plot is mine, however.
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'character's thoughts'
Our story starts out in Lily and James' 7th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in England.
Lily Evans was absolutely furious! ' This is the last straw! If that bloody git pulls one more prank on me, I'm going to hunt him down and murder him! As an afterthought, she added, and his daft friends too!'
"Lily wait!" cried her friend Arabella Figg panting after her. Arabella was Lily's best friend. The two of them had gotten along since they first met on the Hogwarts Express in their First Year. Lily, who had been extremely nervous, was very glad to find a friend who knew about the Wizarding World. Arabella had attempted to explain to Lily, everything she knew about Hogwarts on the ride to the majestic castle. Just imagine their joy when they were both sorted into Gryffindor. Since then, their friendship had blossomed and now, the two were nearly inseparable. Lily took a close look at Arabella as her best friend caught up to her own quick pace. Arabella had straight, silky, soft straw colored hair, which came up to her shoulder in length. She also had hazel eyes now filled with concern for her friend. She was quite unlike Lily who had long, flowing red hair well past her shoulder and piercing green eyes.
"What are you going to tell Professor Snibb now?" Arabella asked worriedly.
"I don't know. I have no idea where that pathetic excuse for a human put my essay! Just wait till I see him!" Lily exclaimed, still seething with anger.
Arabella nodded her head at her and replied, "I still don't understand why you two can't get along! You can get along with everyone else but him, and he's affable to everyone but you!"
"Don't ask me! I have no idea why that prat is bent upon ruining my life!" Lily answered.
"I know why!" chirped a singsong voice from behind them. It was none other than Sirius Black. "It's because he has a crush on you and wants to ask you out!"
"Excuse me?!?!" replied two voices in unison, one of them being Lily's.
"Please, Padfoot! You know I can do better than Evans! Anyone is better than Lily Moody Evans!" said James Potter with his trademark smirk. James Potter was in a sense the person that all the girls worshipped at Hogwarts. James was the biggest flirt in school. He went through girls like people browse through magazines. He had a new girlfriend, practically every day! Yet, knowing this, the girls still swooned every time he displayed his classic, sweet and innocent smile. His raven black, messy hair gave him quite a flirtatious ambience, which he always used to his advantage. A single glance from his dreamy, chocolate eyes could make any girl's heart melt. All except one, the same one who had called him "a git", "a pathetic excuse for a human" and "a prat" within a span of ten minutes.
"I would rather go out with that greasy haired moron Snape over Potter even if they were the last two males left on the bloody planet!" Lily spat, "And for the last time, STOP CALLING ME MOODY!" she roared.
"You know, I think she's right Padfoot," James replied grinning, "We can't call her moody if the only mood she's ever in is angry! So, it should be Lily Angry Evans!" he finished, enjoying the effect that this was having on Lily. He loved to watch her become furious, ready to explode any second.
Lily eyed James and his friends, who had now gathered around him waiting for the typical blowup that took place whenever Lily and James were in the same vicinity. James and his friends were the most popular kids in school, mostly due to their extremely good looks. All except one of them were quite tall for one thing. Lily glanced at James' best friend, Sirius Black. He, like James had messy black hair as well and a goofy grin plastered on his face. Girls in her dormitory adored that silly smile and his dark brown puppy dog eyes. Personally, Lily thought they were mental. Then there was Remus Lupin. He was the quieter and the more studious of the whole group. He had sandy brown hair and deep blue eyes, which added to his boyish good looks. Peter Pettigrew had always seemed to be the oddball of the group. He was short and plump and just seemed to tag along with everyone else for no reason. These four were constituents of a group called the Marauders. The Marauders were known for their attractiveness and their endless pranks. There could never be a dull moment when they were around because the Marauders were always cooking up some sort of mischief to "keep things lively", as they claimed.
Lily knew that they were all waiting for her to lecture and yell at James for being a prat and annoying her all the time. However, she surprised everyone, including herself by simply walking away, without so much as a backwards glance. She was feeling proud of herself too, for not letting that git get to her, until the git in question said, "Looks like Evans ran out of comebacks!"
This comment was the end of her patience for Lily. She whipped around and threw James a murderous glance.
"Wow Evans! If looks could kill, I'd be dead; well actually, I think I would've died a long time ago! However, since they can't, it seems that you'll have to say something. It's really not that difficult of a concept you know," he paused smirking at Lily's tomato red face, "If you want, I could teach you. You form words and then sound comes out and if you're really good at it, sometimes you might create a sentence, and even go as far as to express a coherent thought! But don't expect that overnight. It takes practice, you know" he concluded, very matter-of-factly.
"Potter, the only thing I could ever learn from you is how to be an egocentric, useless, extremely irksome bag of scum!" she shrieked, "Also, you will pay for what you did today! I'll wipe that smile off your pigheaded face if it's the last thing I do! I've had it with you and your childish antics! You're a Head Boy, act like it once in a while dammit!" She abruptly turned around and took rapid strides towards the Gryffindor Tower.
"Nice going James! You made her curse! She only does that when she's severely pissed!" chuckled Arabella. She kissed Sirius on the cheek and quietly whispered, "I'll see you later" before hurrying along to find Lily.
Yes it was true, much to Lily's dismay, Arabella and Sirius were going out, since 5th Year in fact. Lily had been shocked when Arabella had told her that she was Sirius's girlfriend. At first Lily thought it was a joke, but she was soon horrified as she learned the truth. Arabella still clearly recalled her friend's shocked reaction: "Are you serious? You're going out with Black? Sirius Black? As in Potter's best friend? As in the best friend of my archrival? Are you out of your mind? Oh no, did those morons put a hex on you or something? I demand you go to Madam Freypomp (Hogwarts Nurse) right now!" Arabella had to calmly explain the situation to Lily, who still didn't comprehend how "anyone could possibly be interested in any of those Marauder ijits." Lily had spent the next two weeks constantly pointing out other attractive guys to Arabella and making a list of all of Sirius' faults, before declaring, "It's no use! It's hopeless! I've lost you to them! Whatever spell they put on you is irrevocable. But don't worry, I'm still here, and I will fight for our cause! I won't let you down Bella! I'll make them pay for what they did to you!" she had finished dramatically. Arabella had simply rolled her eyes and laughed every time Lily said, "You're out of your bloody mind!"
Lily had always been short-tempered, and for some reason, it seemed to be the shortest when the name Potter was involved. For example, in Fifth Year when Lily had discovered she was a Prefect, she was overjoyed, however that joy was short-lived when she had found a Prefect badge resembling hers, pinned to James' robe along with a smug grin plastered on his face. She almost started weeping and as soon as the Welcome Back Feast was over, she had stomped off to Dumbledore's office and literally asked him "Are you out of your mind? Potter a Prefect? He will be the cause of my ruin! I'll go crazy if I'm forced to work with him! Of all the people in Gryffindor, it had to be him? He's been in more trouble than anyone in this whole bloody school! Is this supposed to be punishment for something I did wrong? Is this about Snape declaring his undying love to Professor McGonnagol last Valentine's Day? I swear Professor, that wasn't me! It was Potter, he concocted some kind of strange mixture from this old book in the library! In any case, this is cruel and unusual punishment, and that's illegal Professor!" she had concluded earnestly.
"Miss Evans I understand your problem, however Mister Potter is a top student, such as yourself and plus I thought that this would be a good opportunity for you to resolve you differences" he had answered with a twinkle in his eye.
Lily had stood disbelievingly, agape at what the Headmaster had told her. "Right.resolve our differences...with Potter.well that'll be an easy task!" she had cried sarcastically, "Sleep well, Professor. A good night's rest will do you wonders!"
Dumbledore chuckled when he heard Lily mumble, "I couldn't have just received detention like everyone else" on her way out of his office.
Arabella found Lily curled up in a comfy chair by the fire, in the Common Room, doing what she always did when she was upset, hugging her special teddy bear Mr.Puffles. Arabella had always thought that it was childish, but Lily was unable to explain the solace and comfort that she found by snuggling against her teddy bear. It seemed to her that all of her problems disappeared and she was a little girl again, playing on the swings, without a care in the world and simply enjoying her life. It had been quite a mystery when that bear had simply appeared on her bed one day after she had gotten in a particular upsetting fight with James. Both of them were unsure of where it came from and Bella had suggested that they turn in to McGonnagol to examine it incase James and his friends had intended it to be another prank. Lily was very taken with it however, and dissuaded Bella from informing the Head of the Gryffindor House. She snapped out of her flashbacks and inquired if Lily was all right: "Lils, are you ok?"
Lily acknowledged Bella's presence and gave a long sigh. "I don't know. Why does he do this to me Bella? What have I ever done to him? Why me? I would understand if he teased all the girls, but it's just me! I really hate it. It makes me so bitter, not to mention livid. I wish he'd just let me live in peace!"
Arabella's heart really went out for her friend. She deeply sympathized with her and knew that Lily was the person who always took things a bit seriously. "I don't know what to tell you sweetie. Just, hang in there. Maybe, you guys will learn to get along someday and realize that all of this arguing was just your way of declaring your clandestine love to each other!" she said, somewhat as if in a reverie.
"Umm.sure.. that's going to happen!" Lily replied, eyeing her friend strangely, "Yes absolutely! How did you guess? We're going public the day McGonnagol decides to cancel class and hire male strippers for our enjoyment!"
They both burst out laughing at the ridiculous thought. "Or maybe a hole in the Earth will just swallow him up one day and he'll disappear out of your life forever!" said Arabella.
"Don't give me false hope Bella!" Lily said wistfully, "I have wasted seven years of birthday wishes on that overgrown hairball; it still hasn't come true yet!" Lily replied, her voice filled with disappointment.
Arabella gave a small laugh and asked, "When are you going to bed?"
"Not any time soon, that's for sure! I have to re-write that 4-foot long History of Magic essay that, that idiot of a windbag Potter destroyed. I'm going to be up all night, researching Goblin Rebellions in the 13th century! It'll be worse than that three hour lecture Professor Snibb gave me after class about turning in your homework on time." Lily cried.
"My deepest sympathies. Anything I can get for you?" Arabella asked, praying that Lily wouldn't say anything like, "You can bring me the good news that Potter has been banished to Tasmania and is being forced to live with the monkeys there!" She laughed at her own joke.
"Five gallons of coffee should be enough.for an hour or so. So that's like 80 billion gallons!" she groaned, "I'm going to be up forever!"
"How about some motivation? The sooner you finish your homework, the sooner you can plot your revenge on Potter!" Arabella said eagerly.
"Ahh! Music to my ears! Indeed, true inspiration! You're a lifesaver, Bella! I don't know what I'd do without you! Must finish homework to start plotting schemes to get the ultimate revenge!" Lily dramatically replied with a hint of an "evil smile".
Arabella wouldn't have been surprised if Lily had burst forth with a, "MUAHAHAH!" ' Typical! They are so in love! Oh well, I'll get to say, "I told you so" at their wedding! Can't wait!'
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