A Summer Love so Divine

:: Chapter One the Train Ride Home

The Hogwarts Express sounded its horn and took off from Hogsmede Station accurately at eleven o'clock. The students were overjoyed that school was finally out for two months and a half that they were running up and down the corridors. Although, the three people that you would most expect to be causing havoc were not there. The Marauders were secluded in a cabin in the back of the train discussing their plans for the summer.
"Guys, my mom said that she and dad weren't going to our beach house, so we can go for the summer!" James stated.
"OH MY GOSH NO WAY?!?!?!?!?! I haven't been there since the summer before we left for Hogwarts." Sirius was jumping up and down in his seat.
"I've heard so much about that place I can see the house right now." Remus said kind of dreamily.
"Yha, well my mom said that we can invite three more people, because that's how many bedrooms we have, six." Then James had an awesome idea, "We should invite the girls!"
Now, by the girls James meant Lily, Margaret, and Brianna. James had loved Lily since… well forever! Sirius had gone through many girls, but since Christmas of their sixth year (the year that just ended) he had a crush on Margaret. And no matter how many times Remus denied that he didn't like Brianna, everyone else thought differently.
"Or, we can take way to many people and have the girls share a room with us…" Sirius said mischievously.
"Sirius that is a bloody brilliant idea," James laughed.
"Ok you two, stop drooling!" Now Remus was laughing.
"Let's go ask 'em now!!!" James hopped out of his seat and ran to the door. He couldn't bear it. If they didn't say yes, well he just wasn't going to think about that now.
They finally got to the girls compartment and knocked.
"Who is it?" Lily asked sweetly.
"Only your true love my pet," James answered back. He opened the door and yelled, "Didn't you miss me?"
"You wish Potter, and how many times have I told you NOT to call me your pet? It sounds like something off of Gone with the Wind!" Lily recited as if in a play.
"Ok, you two stop. James, ask what you were going to ask!!!" Sirius said jumping up and down.
"Well… I was wondering if… the three of ya'll would… like to come to my beach house with us three for the summer." James shyly said
"I would LOVE to!!!" Brianna screamed and almost went to hug Remus, but held back.
"So, you're going Sirius?" Margaret said slyly.
"Of course, wouldn't miss it for the world!" Sirius whooped.
"Ok, then I'm game! Lily, are you coming? Please do it wouldn't be fun without you!" Margaret said pleadingly.
"Well… I guess." Lily still wasn't convinced, but hey, if she could go to the beach for the summer instead of being home she'd go. But then again, James was going to be there…
"Let's see, you will need I guess a week to visit with family. So, we will all meet at my house a week from today at 12 sharp. Bring a lot of clothes. Lily, I want you to look especially sexy Friday because I have a little surprise." James said that last bit before he could catch it coming out because of course he didn't have a big surprise, but now what?!?!
Lily was going to argue, but then had a wonderful idea! She would only seduce him into thinking she loved him, but wouldn't really, a win, win situation, right? "Ok, James, if it suits you I'll do it." She said in her most flirtatious voice.
"Come on James, let's go back to our compartment so we don't bug anymore of the girls' time." Remus said.
"Don't go! Ya'll aren't bugging us, really. Stay here and keep us company." Brianna pleaded; she really didn't want to see Remus go now that he had just come in here.
"Ok," Sirius said plopping down beside Margaret. It doesn't take Sirius to be asked twice for being able to sit by his favorite girl.
Lily knew that it was time to put her plan into action. "Oh my goodness, all of the sudden I am so terribly tired! I wonder what is wrong with me. James, would you mind if I use your shoulder as a pillow?"
"Of course not, my pet, I'll be your pillow any day." It was like one of James' dreams he always had…
Lily laid her head on James' shoulder and tried to sleep even though she wasn't the least bit tired. 'How could she be doing this? It is totally not like her. Was she going insane? Hopefully not'
"Hey Bri, do you want to come with me to get my luggage from our other compartment?" Remus hopefully said.
"Sure!" Bri jumped out of her seat. "I would love to!"
"Ok, let's go!" Remus jumped out of his seat too.

:: Bri's POV
'Oh my gosh I'm actually get to go somewhere with Remus ALONE!' Bri had been waiting almost her whole sixth year for this!
The two walked down the hall to the boy's compartment. "Um… Bri I have a question to ask you…"
"Yha…"
"Well, I was wondering if well… you would like to be my girlfriend."
"Would I ever, of course I would, I've only fancied you for like the whole last term!"
"Great!! Let's go tell the others!!" Remus held out his hand and Bri held it with her hand walking down the hall.
When they got back to the compartment they noticed that Lily had woken up. "Hey, had a nice nap Lily?
"Oh yes, it was wonderful." Lily said almost sarcastically.
"I thought you were going to get your luggage, Moony," Sirius said knowing what to expect. "How easily do you forget my lad? Do we need to go and get your sight checked before we go to the beach?"
"Oh very funny Padfoot, always fun and games with you. Well guess what… I—
"REMUS ASKED ME TO GO OUT WITH HIM—"
"AND SHE SAID YES!!!"
"OH MY GOODNESS, NO WAY?!?!?" Lily couldn't be happier for her friends. Everybody thought that they should go out and they finally are!
"Good job Remus, I never thought you would get a girl." Sirius just loved playing with Remus about his love life, but now that he was single well he couldn't.

A few hours later:

The Hogwarts Express was about half way done with its journey, and everything had been going smooth. Suddenly the train jerked and stopped. Everyone flew out of their seats and flew onto the floor.
"WHAT IN THE NAME OF MERLIN WAS THAT?!?!?!?!" James was rubbing his head because he had hit it on Remus' head.
"Does it seem a bit chilly in here to you?" Margaret was cold natured, but she could see her breath in the compartment.
"Now that you mention it, yes, it is. Mar, be a doll and go look outside for us." Sirius said in his best American Southern Gentlemen accent, which what very bad.
"Why does it have to be me?!? Lily, come with me."
They got up, and fouetted toward the door. But right when they turned towards the door a huge bolt of lightning lit up the sky and all of the compartments. Margaret and Lily, both, fell back onto the ground. Lily hugged James, Margaret hugged Sirius, and Brianna hugged Remus. They looked toward the door they saw a black ghost-like shadow in the curtain-drawn window.
Margaret and Lily got up once again and headed for the door. This time nothing stopped the girls from getting to the door.
"Lily, you open it. I'm too scared." Margaret was a coward, and despised herself for it.
Lily opened the door and let out a piercing scream, and then fainted. "LILY!!" James yelled. He got up, picked her up, and laid her onto one of the green pillowed benches.
The black ghost-like figure entered the door unwelcome. Nobody knew what to do; they were just standing there in awe. The rain was now coming down in bullets and the cracks of lightning were lighting up the sky with every crack. Lily was on a bench, unconscious, being the smartest; she would've known what to do. But then the five of them realized that it the black ghost-like figure was a real live dementor! Everyone was trying to stay relatively calm, but who is ever "relatively calm" when there is a dementor around.
"Gosh, I remember Professor Bowles telling us something about dementors in Defense Against the Dark Arts like a spell to get rid of them, but I can't remember!" Bri invaded her brain for the tid-bit of information that they needed.
Out of no where Lily came conscious and very faintly mumbled, "Expecto Patronum," and then fell back unconscious.
Even though she only mumbled it, it seemed as if the whole world could hear it, it was so quiet. "YES! That's it! Now I remember, James, you should probably say it because you are the best with spells. Now, think of a happy thought and say Expecto Patronum with vim and vigor." Bri was very grateful of her friend's quick wake of unconsciousness with the help that they had gotten.
James thought of Lily marring him, "EXPECTO PATRONUM!!!!" A white stag exploded out of James' wand and chased the dementor out of the compartment and then off the train.
"Wow that was close, thank you ssoo much for saving us James!" Bri was ecstatic that James actually did something good for once.
"Don't thank me, Bri, thank Lily. Speaking of her, what should we do to wake her up?" James asked.
"Chocolate helps with dementor attacks. Let me go and find the trolley lady." Remus said pulling out some money. "Bri, do you want to go with me?
"SURE!!"
Remus and Bri left the compartment and Sirius started talking to James about the recent attack. "I can't believe a DEMENTOR was in OUR compartment!!! I wonder why he was even on the train. What was he doing? Where did he –
"OK Sirius, enough with the interrogation!! Do you think we know those answers?!?! Margaret rolled her eyes.
Lily opened her eyes and let out a soft scream. "Is it gone? What did it want? Where did it go?"
"Goodness Lils, you sound almost as bad as Sirius over here," Margaret rolled her eyes again towards Sirius, this time blushing.
"OH my Pet!! I am sooo glad that you woke up! I was sooo worried about you. Thank you for muttering Expecto Patronum you helped us get rid of the dementor."
Bri and Remus walked in with a little bag weighed down with all different types of candy. "We couldn't decide what kind of chocolate to choose, so we choose a lot of different kinds. We bought a solid chocolate bar for each of us, so take one and eat up!" Remus handed each of the five of them a bar of chocolate and opened the final one for him and ate it.
At that moment Lily started weeping, "It was like all of the happiness was sucked out of me. And I heard and saw (in my head) this black hooded figure, that wasn't a dementor, say "Not Harry! Not Harry! Please – I'll do anything" and then the black figure said "Stand aside. Stand aside, girl!" and there was this bright green light. I couldn't tell who the girl was, but it looked like she had red hair.
"It's ok my Pet, James is here now, I won't let anything terrible happen to you." James pulled Lily in to a big hug. Lily didn't draw back, she just was there crying on James' shoulder.