Iustus Fortuna

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PROLOUGE

Question Ten: The branch of magic that involves the practice of extracting emotions and memories from another person's mind, in a manner akin to "mind reading" is known as

Occlumency

Legilimency

Metamorphency

Aniamgency

Lily Evans smiled in spite of herself. This was Flitwicks idea of a hard question? The pretty sixth year lazily lifted her quill and circled the second answer, casting her bright green eyes over the rest of her paper. Leaning up to push her fiery red hair out of her eyes, Lily absent mindedly tapped her quill against her desk, sighing contently.

"Hey Prongs! Check this out!"

Lily rolled her eyes as she turned her head to follow the sound of the husky whisper that had broken the silence of her mid-semester Charms exam. James Potter was watching his best friend, Sirius Black, balance a ball of scrunched up paper on the tip of his nose, with a stupid grin splashed across his face. He seemed to find this highly amusing, despite the fact that most well trained seals could perform the same trick that his friend was.

Shaking her head disapprovingly as she turned back to her paper, Lily gave a sigh of annoyance. How these two managed to be the most popular boys in Hogwarts was completely beyond her. It seemed that every female species in the whole building enjoyed the fact that the two of them were both arrogant, cocky, womanizing, egotistical males who thought that the whole world revolved around them and that any person with even slight female characteristics should simply throw themselves at their feet.

Lily snorted and rolled her eyes again. The only reason either of them got any girls was because they happened to be slightly well off in the good looks department. Glancing sideways at the two boys who were now in the middle of playing a very animated game of charades, the red head sighed once more. Despite what she would have liked to have thought, she could not deny the fact that the two boys goofing around beside her were easily the best looking males in the entire school.

Sirius Black was a tall well built athlete with dark wind swept hair; misty grey eyes and a smirk that would have made even your grandmother swoon. His movie star good looks, and place as top chaser on the quidditch team, permitted him to take his pick of any one of the simpering girls who had devoted themselves to a lifetime membership in his fan club. But as much of a womanizing bastard as he was, Sirius also managed to be very charming, incredibly witty and bright when he wanted to be. He and James Potter had been best friends since their first year together, and along with two of their other Gryffindor friends they allied together in a group called "The Marauders" (A stupid, pointless and immature name if you asked Lily) and proceeded to terrorize any one who crossed their path (namely the Slytherins and a few unsuspecting first years).

James Potter was the other little ringleader of their gang. Though not technically as shockingly good looking as Sirius, James was made up of complete sex appeal; he had enough charm and charisma to make any girl want to push him up against a wall. His hazel brown eyes always seemed to shine mischievously behind his round glasses and his lopsided smile made every girls heart melt as he ran his fingers through his roguishly scruffy hair. Being the captain and seeker of the Quidditch team only seemed to add to his sex appeal, not to mention the fact that he always seemed to be loitering around the common room wearing nothing but a pair of jeans, acting as if he didn't notice the ten dozen girls who were staring at him with their tongues hanging out of their mouths or Lily who was scowling at him from the corner. Between themselves, Sirius and James had managed to screw almost every single girl in the entire school, and wasted no time in boasting about it to their friends.

A scowl passed over Lily's face as she thought of the way the two of them sauntered around the school with their swollen heads, acting as if they owned the place. James Potter was a cocky egotistical male who would never charm his way into her heart. No matter how many times he tried.

Her bitter thoughts were interrupted however by someone coughing quietly beside her. As she looked up, Remus Lupin gave her an apologetic smile, before turning back to read over his exam while his friends beside him proceeded in making stupid faces at one another.

Remus Lupin, now there was a boy Lily could relate to. Smart, quiet, sensible and a fellow prefect, she couldn't understand how he managed to put up with being the third member of the marauders. Though Remus wasn't as much of a ladies man as Sirius and James were, he was certainly good looking. With his tawny brown hair and amber eyes, the sixth year was surprisingly well built for someone who wasn't on the quidditch team. His gentlemanly nature and bright intelligence always seemed to get him a long well with most of the girls in Hogwarts, though he rarely jumped at the fact that he could have had his pick of most of them.

Lily sighed and went back to reading over her paper, trying her best to ignore the stifled laughs of the two idiots sitting beside her, now trying to jinx the hair of their friend Peter Pettigrew so it would turn bright pink. Lily watched as the dumpy sixth year turned around and shot his friends a suspicious look while they smiled innocently at him.

Peter Pettigrew was the final member of the Marauders, and in all honesty, Lily wondered how he'd managed to gain their friendship in the first place. He was a short chubby boy with straw coloured hair that sat flat on the top of his head, falling into his watery blue eyes that always seemed to be set in awe on either James or Sirius. In fact, all he ever seemed to do was follow them around, laughing at all their jokes whilst agreeing with every thing they said. He lacked quite a bit in the common sense department and Lily doubted he would even be passing his classes if it weren't for his fellow marauders.

Glancing up at the large silver clock on the wall, Lily realized that her bitter thoughts of the marauders had managed to waste ten minutes of her exam time. Shaking her head irritably, the red headed sixth year hastily turned back to her paper, cursing James Potter for managing yet again to waste her time.

James Potter watched with a grin as his best friend, Sirius Black muttered a soft incantation under his breath, pointing his wand at the back of their friend, Peter Pettigrew's head. Before their eyes a pink tinge began to pass over Peter's blonde hair and soon, there was a large circular patch of pink amongst a sea of yellow.

Hastily turning his uncontrollable laughter into a hacking cough, James grinned over at Sirius who was laughing madly, smothering his mouth with his arm. It was only when Lily Evans turned and gave him a look of upmost disgust that James stopped laughing and felt his happiness instantly bubble away. How was it that one look from those piercing green eyes, could always manage to make his mood change instantly?

She turned back to her exam, tossing her red hair over her shoulder and James watched her for a moment. She was the most beautiful creature he had ever set his eyes on. Out of all of them---- every single girl in the entire school---- she was the only one he wanted. Yet as cruel fate would play it, she was the only one he couldn't have. James sighed miserably, sitting back in his seat as Sirius still chortled happily beside him.

He had been in love with Lily Evans since the first time he had set eyes on her. Everything about her. The way she always worried about an exam, even if she knew the whole text book off by heart. The way she helped the lost little first years find their way to the classroom, even if it meant she was late to her own class. The way she would sprawl herself out in front of the fire in the common room with her friends and braid her hair, laughing happily at their jokes. He even loved the way she would call him 'Potter' and placed her hands on her hips whilst scowling at him, telling him that he was "the most arrogant bastard she'd ever had the misfortune to meet" even the way she would give him looks of seething hatred, when he managed to prove her wrong.

As he continued to watch her, Lily tapped her quill on the side of her desk, gazing up at the silver clock on the wall, before she turned back to writing. Suddenly a girl sitting in the seat beside her, nudged her softly leaning over to whisper something into the red heads ear. James watched as Lily nodded her head and gestured for the girl to be quiet, making her roll her dark brown eyes.

Charli Kent was one of Lily's best friends, and her fellow Gryffindor sixth year, not to mention the best chaser on James Quidditch team, besides Sirius, of course. She was a stunningly gorgeous girl with long dark hair that fell dead straight past her shoulders, large deep brown eyes and an athletic body that always seemed to look good in whatever she was wearing. When it came to the opposite sex, Charli knew exactly what she was doing and though she had countless admirers and boyfriends, she soon tired of them and moved on to the next one, usually finding her intelligence out did that of the boy or that they simply were not good in bed. Unlike Lily however, Charli didn't seem to mind Sirius or James that much at all. She usually spent her time with them, talking about quidditch or, (much to Lily's dislike) laughing along with Remus at their stories of pranks on the Slytherins. She and Lily had been friends since their first year along with the two other girls who shared a dormitory with them.

Sam Waterson, who was sitting next to Charli and gazing up at the ceiling with a dream like expression on her face, was another of Lily's best friends, however she differed from the other two quite greatly. For the life of James he couldn't figure out what it was about Sam. She was strangest girl he'd ever laid eyes upon, and yet there was something about her that made her almost irresistible to love. She was quirky and funny, and often he heard Lily describe as the ultimate geek (Some muggle word he assumed) While Lily was in every way the most academic of the four, Sam seemed to radiate intelligence. When James had a conversation with her, it seemed to last a mere three minutes before he found himself puzzled. She seemed to have thoughts on every subject, and had the greatest outlook on life that James had ever known. Sometimes he found himself wishing that Lily could mirror her friends' complete lack of regard for the rules, and jump into life headfirst. Maybe then she would accept a date.

While James hated to use the word for anyone bar Lily, Sam was not gorgeous and did not look like sex on legs like Charli, but with her chin length blonde hair that seemed to frame her well chiselled features, and sweeping fringe that drew attention to her deep royal blue eyes and a smile that made even James's look like that of a drowned Cheshire cat, Sam was in many words, beautiful.

Lastly there was Jenny Isaacs who was by far the oddest one out of Lily's group of friends. James cast his hazel eyes on her as she sat next to Sam, reading over her paper, looking highly bored. She was a short dark haired girl with tanned skin and dark almond shaped eyes, who always seemed to be sneering or making some sort of sarcastic comment aimed at himself or his friends. Jenny was exceptionally bright but, unlike her other three friends, had no interest in the opposite sex what so ever and was the most commonly negative person James had ever met. She always had something to say but was never able to brighten the mood of anyone. She was the most bluntly honest person James had ever known and the most common phrase that escaped her lips was "Potter---- it's never gonna happen!"

"And quills down thankyou students---remember you are still under exam conditions until all parchment has been collected"

James was shaken out of his daydreaming as Professor Flitwick stood up on a chair and flicked his wand so all the roles of parchment disappeared in a poof of white dust and then re-appeared on his desk.

"You may now go! No running!"

A burst of excited babble exploded through the room as all the students got to their feet and began to make their way outside the classroom. James lazily collected his things and threw his bag over his shoulder, standing beside the door and waiting for his friends.

"If that was any easier I could've done that in my sleep!" exclaimed a grinning Sirius as he approached the door, yawning widely and stretching his arms up above his head "Flitcwicks really let himself go this term"

"And you don't think it has anything to do with the fact that you stole those notes I wrote on Thursday evening?" Remus enquired, walking past them and out into the hall, arching his eyebrow at Sirius as he went.

The dark haired sixth year mocked being offended.

"Why Moony I am appalled and outraged that you would even suggest such a thing!" he exclaimed with a grin "I passed that exam on my own pure knowledge! And who said that stunningly handsome men couldn't be smart?" he added with a smirk

There was a snort of laughter and Sirius turned to see Sam walk by him, rolling her deep blue eyes as she hoisted her bag up on her shoulder.

"Something amusing?" he asked sourly, turning his misty grey eyes upon her

Yet as most girls melted under Sirius Black gaze, Sam was unaffected

"Nobody ever said stunningly handsome men couldn't pass exams Black" she informed him "but as you don't seem to fall into that category--- lets hope you did some study"

And with that she continued walking, the smallest of smiles dancing on her lips as she disappeared around the corner.

"Oh!" James cried a large grin spreading across his face as he glanced at his best friend who looked as if he had just been beaten over the head with a tonne of bricks

"Shut it Potter, at least the girls I take a fancy to actually hitch up their skirts" he shot back at him

This shut James up immediately as a scowl crossed his face, but his attention was soon taken away as a laugh echoed through the hall. A laugh that Sirius would notice anywhere.

Spinning around, the grinning sixth year set his eyes on Charli Kent, who was strutting towards him, holding her books by her side as she laughed with her friend Jenny Isaacs, who was rolling her eyes in exasperation. As Charli approached him, she cast him a coy smile and her deep brown eyes seemed to settle briefly on his hidden chest.

"How you doing Kent?" he asked with a grin, setting his eyes upon the hidden body of the good looking sixth year standing before him.

"Oh I'm just fine Black----." She answered slowly, "And my face is up here" she added indicating to her eyes.

A smirking Sirius dragged his blue-grey gaze back up to meet her deep hazel stare.

"Of course---- Don't forget we've got those tactics we have to work on" he added, his husky voice filled with suggestion "if were going to win next weeks game, you'll have to be able to steer me around all of your---curves"

Jenny make a disgusted sound halfway between a laugh and a snort before she turned away rolling her eyes

"I'm going to lunch, meet you all later when the sexual innuendo has finished"

"Lovely chatting with you Isaacs!" Sirius called sarcastically after her

"Pleasures all mine Black" she answered lazily as she turned the corner "we should do it again some time"

Sirius rolled his eyes and turned back to Charli, who was leaning against the wall a smirk pulling at her lips.

"Well we should probably book at time for us to work together" she informed him; running her eyes along the length of his chest, before glancing coyly back up at him.

Remus sighed loudly, shaking his tawny brown head before he turned and proceeded to walk away.

"In the library---- see you at lunch"

Peter took a couple of steps forward, looking torn between Remus' receding back and James and Sirius, standing behind him. After a few moments of his watery blue eyes darting from his two friends, he ran after Lupin.

"Hey Moony!Wait! What did you get for question three?"

Sirius smirked at Charli, pushing himself sideways to lean against the wall, running a hand quickly through his well styled hair. Charli, allowed herself to be pushed closer towards the handsome boy as he spoke to her, never once breaking their engaging stare.

"Well whenever you're ready I'm ready" he told her alluringly

"I'm always ready for you Black" she replied fixing her eyes up upon his

James couldn't help but look away, rolling his eyes. Charli and Sirius's continuos heated flirting was not un-common. In all truth, Charli was probably Sirius's equal in many ways, largest of all being the fact that between them they'd shagged almost half the schools population. James watched as Charli's fingers toyed with Sirius' shirt buttons and the way his best friend's hands would slowly move to her waist, moving her closer towards him. The sexual tension between them was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Their heated moment was broken however when a very disgruntled looking Lily came stomping around the corner, with her long red hair flying up behind her. James' attention instantly swerved to her and he kept his eyes upon her as she came towards him.

"Charli!" she barked making her friend sigh exasperatedly and break her stare with Sirius who now how his hands placed in rather provocatively on her lower back.

"What?" she demanded through gritted teeth

"Could we leave the daily groping for another time?" Lily shot scathingly at her "I'm hungry and I can't find Sam or Jenny!"

Charli rolled her eyes and turned back to Sirius, who was glaring at Lily with a contemptuous look on his face, that suggested he was imagining the feisty redhead spontaneously combusting.

"When are you free?" Charli asked him apologetically

"As a matter a fact I'm free now Kent" he told her firmly, casting a sneer at Lily "How about you and I go and discuss some tactics over lunch?"

Charli glanced over at her friend who was glaring at Sirius with her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes deep brown eyes.

"Sure" she agreed making Sirius grin

Charli allowed herself to be escorted towards the hall, Sirius' arm curled around her waist as Lily fumed behind them. It took James only a moment to realize that he was now completely alone with her. Hastily running his fingers through his scruffy black hair he turned to the redhead, plastering his most heart melting smile on his face.

"So Evans--- Fancy some lunch?" he inquired with a wink

Lily set her piercing green stare on him and her lip curled.

"You stay away from me Potter you arrogant twerp!" she spat at him "Its bad enough your womanizing bastard of a friend goes of and tries to grope Charli----"

"Well she didn't seem to mind that much Evans---" James pointed out, instantly wishing he hadn't as Lily's eyes narrowed dangerously low.

"You Potter--- are the most arrogant bastard I've ever had the misfortune to meet" she informed him scornfully, placing her hands on her hips and glaring at him.

James tried his best to suppress the smile that was creeping up upon his lips and Lily's furiousness seemed to overload.

"What are you smiling at Potter?" she asked him, her voice dangerously low

James gave her a lopsided grin, running his fingers through his hair.

"Sorry Evans---- but you look so sexy when you're angry"

Lily's' eyes seemed to dig into him as if they were two very sharp knives and her face turned dangerously red. She looked as if she was trying to decide whether to scream at him, hit him or just take out her wand and hex him into next year. After a few moments she made a sound like an angry cat and turned on heel stomping off down the hall, fuming.

James grinned and sighed loudly.

Here we go again!

"Hey! Evans!" he called, running down the hall after her.

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