Chapter One: She's Mine
The sky was like a dark blue blanket with holes all around, a touch on the other side shining trough the holes. Red, green and blue glow emitting from the holes, the colours mixing with the moon's silvery glow and landing on the earth's surface. Two girls sat down by the window, staring out at the beautiful sky. One of them was twirling a few strands of her ruby red hair around her index finger, smiling as she stared up at the silver orb, that could only been seen at night. The other had pulled her eyes away from the window, her honey brown eyes scanning the room, for a third person. Her facial expressions turned from hopefully to disappointed. The two girls had been there for hours, waiting for their best friend to return after a date.
"Lily, do you think every things going OK with Bella and James? I mean he returned half an hour ago and she's still out there." Ciara, the girl with brown eyes, asked Lily. Lily turned her head away from the window, her smile fading slightly. Her vivid emerald green eyes focused on the brown haired girl in front of her.
"I don't know Ci. It is James Potter, heartbreaker of the school were talking about here. And you know how Bella is, she'll return when she wants to." No sooner than the red haired had spoken the portrait door to the Gryffindor common room. The two girls jerked their heads to see a blond and blue haired girl with baby blue eyes walk over to them. Her eyes were filled with silent tears as she sat down beside Lily, staring into the fire. Ciara and Lily shared a look before turning back to Bella, both eager to find out why their best friend was so upset.
"Hey Bella, how did it go?" Ciara asked, as Lily placed an arm around Bella's shoulder, giving it a reassuring squeeze. After a moment or two the latter finally spoke,
"Awful. He only asked me out to find out more about you, Lily. He took me out to the lake then started asking odd question about you. I swear I've never heard one person say your name as many times he did within one sentence. All he could talk about was you. I love you Lily and all but sometimes hearing all about you on a date isn't that nice." Ciara rolled her eyes. That was just like something Potter would do.
James Potter was the person Lily hated the most, in the world. He had a slightly large crush on her. He would ruffle his hair up when ever he saw her, hex people just to get her attention, ask her out any time he felt like it and basically was a pain in her butt. He had short, messy black hair, the warmest hazel eyes and the most gorgeous smile.
"I'm so sorry Bella. I should have known he would do that to you. He did the same thing to Alice Perry last week. But, didn't you just go out with him to make…Rem-" Lily started only to be cut of by Bella.
"Yes Lily, I did. And I'm pretty sure it worked." Bella was like James in a way, she had a huge crush on Remus Lupin, one of James' best friends. He had sandy blond hair, greyish blue eyes. He was tall, thin and quite handsome. All the girls knew that Bella liked him, even if she wouldn't admit it for the first half of her life at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew were James' other best friends. Sirius was just like James, cocky, handsome, strong, good on the quidditch field and a heartbreaker. He had black shaggy hair that hung around his face, dark brown eyes that twinkled when he laughed and was quite tall and thin. Peter however was completely different. He was short, slightly over weight and didn't have a sense of humor like the others and he wasn't smart. Some people wondered why he was even a part of the gang, who for some reason liked to call themselves the Marauders.
"Well, I think I should give Potter a piece of my mind." Lily stood up and before the others got a chance to stop her she had run off to the stairs, leading to the boy's dorm. Without looking back the slightly angry girl ran up the stairs, kicking the door open when she finally came to a stop. She walked in, unnerved, over to where James Potter was sitting. She ignored the looks from Sirius, Peter and Remus as she placed her hands on her hips, glaring down at James.
"What the hell Lily!" he shouted trying to cover his bare chest up. After a few seconds he recovered from his shock of Lily barging into his room and walking over to him. . "Ok I dreamed you would do that, but not with all my friends around and wearing something a little sexier." Lily blushed as she looked down. Her cheeks turned a bright crimson. She was wearing short shorts and a tank top that came down to just above her bellybutton.
"Ew, wrong Potter. You know you really are sick. You ask my friends out just to find out stuff about me then hit on me. Don't you get it when I say 'No' there isn't any other word simpler. No means no, not yes, no. And you know my friends have feelings, that might be something new to you, but they do and you hurt them by what you did. If I ever catch you doing that again, you'll be dead." James had never seen a death glare quite like hers. Normally a death glare would make someone's face look creepy, scary where as when it was on her face he found it made her natural beauty stand out.
"Do you know that you're quite beautiful when you're angry?" Was his reply, making Lily reach boiling point. She raised a slightly pale hand and slapped him hard across the cheek, leaving an angry red hand mark. A look of shock appeared on his face, a smirk no longer there as he looked up at her, his hand tenderly touching his cheek. Lily had already turned on her heel and was making her way out of the dorm and down the stairs. All James could do was stare after her. Finally he was pulled out of his thoughts by Peter speaking,
"Man. Evans has a nice arse." He was watching Lily, trying to keep her in his view. He made a loud thump as he hit the ground, obviously leaning too far out. Sirius and James cracked up laughing. Suddenly, after realising what Peter had said, James stopped laughing, letting out a low growl.
"Wormtail, don't get any idea's. She's mine." Peter looked at James and instantly cowered under him. He always did under James, Sirius and occasionally Remus.
"A little over protective there, Prongs. Strike a nerve did he?" Sirius asked, smirking. James rolled his eyes, flipping him off. Sirius chuckled as he laid back in his bed. James did the same thing, closing his eyes.
The girls spent the rest of their night sitting on Lily's bed talking about things such as school work, what they wanted to do after Hogwarts, who they wanted to be with after Hogwarts and how they were all going to buy house next to each other or live together. They had gone to sleep around two in the morning for Ciara and Lily were having trouble keeping their eyes open.
About five hours later the girls woke up, muttering greetings to each other. A few minutes later they had gotten up, showered, brushed their teeth and hair, did their make up and had gotten changed into their school robes. They all smiled as they walked down the stairs and entered the common room. Lucky for Lily, James hadn't woken up yet so she wasn't bombarded with questions. Ciara glanced around the common room, no one was there. "Maybe we should just go down to the Great Hall?" She asked as she looked at Bella and Lily, both of them nodded.
Linking arms, they headed to the portrait. As they walked down the halls they chattering about school and their classes they had to go to that day. They were in the middle of a debate about whether History of Magic was a useful class or not when they were stopped by the one and only, Bellatrix Black.
Bellatrix had a thing against Lily, Bella and Ciara. It was like they made her quite angry without even trying. However the girls enjoyed winding her up, her reaction to our insults were rather funny. So as usual when we saw her and her 'gang' we stopped in our tracks.
"What do you want?" Lily asked in a bored voice. Bellatrix raised her eyebrows as her black eyes focused on Lily.
"What's wrong Evans? I see your protector isn't here. Did Potter finally realise you were ugly or something?" Lily was furious; no one except from Lily got to make fun of Potter, no one.
"For your information, the day James Potter doesn't ask me out or think I'm anything but ugly is the day you will able to offended me, so never." She folded her arms in front of her chest as she glared at Bellatrix. Same people would say she was sticking up for James, but others who knew her well would know that he was offending him as well as making fun of him.
"Whatever, hoe." Was Bellatrix reply, making the other girl grin. The girl couldn't come up with a good come back even if she had a book full of come backs and a brain.
"Rake." Lily replied poking her tongue out. Ciara and Bella bit their lips, stopping them from laughing out loud. Lily linked her arms with both girls before walking straight at Bellatrix, who instantly backed against the wall. Once around the corner, the three girls fell on the floor, laughing. Yes it wasn't that funny, but to those girls it was hilarious.
"Why she got put in Slytherin I have no idea. I think she should have been in Hufflepuff." Ciara said once the girls had finally stopped laughing. They were now sitting down at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, pulling toast or eggs onto their plates.
"So, does anyone have any ideas on how were going to make James Potter pay for this?" Bella asked before taking a rather big bite out of her toast. Silence.
"Nope" They all said in unison, causing them to smile. Shaking their heads, the girls went back to eating their breakfast. A few minutes later Lily and Bella jumped as Ciara spoke.
"We'll think of something. After breakfast we can go outside by the lake and brainstorm some ideas." She looked happy with her sudden thought.
"Good idea. We have a free period before potions, sadly with Potter." Lily said with a nod and a sigh. Sadly, she and her friends were in the same classes as each other, with Potter. He was the most annoying sixth year Lily knew.
After they finished their breakfast Lily, Ciara and Bella made their way to the lake, each girl's mind trying to form a plan on how to make James Potter Pay. They sat down under their favorite Maple tree. Lily laud down, her head resting on Ciara's lap. Ciara leaned back against the tree trunk, her legs on Bella's lap. Bella sat down, her arms folded in front of her chest as she looked from Lily to Ciara.
Half an hour went by fast. The girls sat there, having trouble coming up with ideas on what to do. Finally Lily spoke up, asking if anyone had any ideas. Of course the three girls shook their heads. Lily let out a sigh, staring up at the sky. Suddenly she shouted, "I got it!" making the others jump. Lily sat up and began to explain her idea.
At the end all three girls were all laughing. "Perfect Lils." Ciara and Bella said in unison.
"Ok, Ci and I will get all the pictures, tonight. Ci you'll be in charge of getting Potter there. If you can't get him to come mention that I'll be there. Bella we'll use your connections with the school news paper to get the ad on and it'll be perfect." Lily said with a nod. She had it all worked out. Her smile faded slightly as she looked up. Who was heading their way? James Potter and his 'gang' of friends. Lily rolled her eyes as they sat down beside them, Ciara and Bella on the other hand didn't seem to mind.
"Hey Evans, want to know what Peter likes most about you? Your arse." Sirius just had to say as he sat down beside Ciara. He had a huge grin on his face. As if it were a reflex the girls all screamed.
"Ewwwwww!" All three girls screamed, shuddered at the thought. "That's just wrong….no offence Peter." Lily said with a nod. Peter blushed a deep red as he looked down at the ground. Ciara and Bella chuckled where as Lily frowned.
"Come on guys, we got to get back up at the castle or we'll be late." Remus said as he looked down at his watch. He didn't even know why he, Sirius, Peter and James had even come out in the first place. James let out a sigh, as if he wanted to ask or say something but he stood up anyway. Together the two groups walked up to the lake, talking amongst themselves.