"Amelia Josephine Knight!" Oops. I think I said that out loud.

"Yes you did!" Didn't I thought that?

"No Amy! We can all hear clearly what you have to think!" Whoa! Just because she suddenly started liking James, doesn't mean she can be a bitch now!

"Oh enough is enough!" Out of nowhere was there a redheaded, 5'11 tall girl on top of me and knocked me to the ground. Ouch!

"I hope it hurts! You are so lucky that there wasn't anybody left in the classroom. Well except of McGonagall."

"I am sorry…" It came out more as a question.

"I hope you are! You are so lucky that he wasn't in the room!" How long does she want to torture this boy? Are six years not enough?

"I don't know Amy. I mean he is so nice now and he doesn't ask every single minute of the day if I want to go out with him. But I just don't know! How do I know that he won't dump me after he got what he want? How do I know that he wasn't just interested in the chase? And he is a pureblood! I don't care about that but his family is such a respected one in the magical community. He needs the perfect wife! I can't give him that!" My best friend was now leaning against the wall with her head buried in her legs. I looked up to McGonagall and saw that she had a sad expression on her face. I sighed and walked to Lily and put my arm around her.

"Now listen to me! James won't dump you! You haven't seen how he looks so heartbroken at you when you had dated this git from Hufflepuff! Or how he stares at you when you smile, knowing that you never will look at him like that. You haven't seen how he transforms to an idiot when you are around. He tried everything over the years. And he doesn't care what others are thinking. He doesn't care where you come from! My mom told me that he wrote a letter to your parents, saying that he is sorry for everything he had ever done to you. He loves you Lily! Holy Hippogriffs! Get it in your head!" I could feel that she was shaking from the effort not to cry.

"Ms Knight is right, Ms Evans. I don't know how often I got an essay with your name at the rim with hearts around it. And do you know that I got a letter from him this summer after he got his Head Boy badge, begging me to give it someone else? He knew that you would be Head Girl. Mr Potter didn't want to destroy this for you because he knew how much this meant to you." Now Lily was openly crying at my shoulder. She threw her arms around me and soaked my shirt. McGonagall nodded to the door and I smiled at her. I knew why she was my favourite professor. Fortunately was Transfiguration our class before lunch. We sat the whole break in the class room, trying to get Lily to calm down. When we had to get going if we didn't want to be late for Potions were we walking down to the dungeons. As we arrived saw we the Marauders laughing with each other. I patted Lily's back and she smiled gratefully at me. James noticed us after just a few moments and made his way towards us.

"Hey Lily! I saw that you weren't at lunch. I got you some sandwiches. Wouldn't want our favourite Head Girl to starve, do we?" He smiled at her and handed her a little paper bag. Lily was so shocked that she couldn't move. James took it the wrong way and frowned.

"We didn't do anything with it! I promise!" I elbowed my best friend in her side and she jumped a little. She gave me a questioning glance and I nodded. A small smile appeared on her face. And before James could progress our little silent conversation, attacked our beloved red head the Head Boy. She threw her arms around his waist and hugged the breath out of him. It took a few seconds for James to realise that the object of his desire was hugging him. As Lily noticed that he wasn't hugging back, blushed she and pulled away. James finally reacted and embraced her back. I turned to the other three Marauders. Remus smirked, while Peter had to sit down because he felt faintly all of the sudden. But Black had the best expression. His mouth was wide open and his eyes nearly popped out of his face. I made a few steps towards him and closed his mouth for him. He was shaken out of his stupor and looked startled at me. I don't think he even knows who I am.

"Of course do I know who you are!" As if! I think I never exchanged more than a few word with him. He doesn't know my name. I am sure of that!

"Oh I know your name!" Then why aren't we betting on that?

"Sure how much Galleons are you willing to lose?" Oh just talk to him!

"You are already!" He laughed and shook his head in amusement. I really have to learn to keep my thoughts to myself!

"Oh shut it, you big prat! I say that you can't guess my name in 2 days! You can't ask anyone to find it out. If I win you will have to be my slave for two weeks. If you win then I will be your servant for two weeks." I held my hand out for him to seal the deal. A big grin appeared on his face and he took my hand.

"You forgot milady that the teacher will have to say your name sometime!" This time I grinned. I pulled my wand out with my left hand and waved it.

"And you forgot that I and Lily always fight over the best grades. Now if someone is saying my name, can you only hear a buzzing sound. And if it is written down, will you see something different. And the best part is that you will have to guess my full name! That means my full first, second and last name!" His face grew more and more shocked during my little speech and before he could fully progress what happened, had I pulled my hand away from his. He came back to his senses.

"You cheated! How am I supposed to find your name out now?"

"You said you already knew my name. I am sorry to inform you Black, that I was nearly put in Slytherin. I know how to close a deal for my bidding. And now excuse me. I have to talk to a certain friend of mine who got me a slave for two weeks!" With that took I my leave and walked over to my best friend who was still in the embracement of James. Slughorn finally opened the door and I grabbed my Lily and the sandwiches out of James' grasp. Pulling her along, was a little difficult because she was in a kind of daze. But I got us somehow to our seats in the front. I opened the bag and was delighted to see that the Head Boy had put two of my favourite sandwiches in there too. Lily accepted her two and I started eating mine.

"Ms Knight! Why are you eating in my classroom?" I put on my innocent face and looked down at the table and willed myself to blush.

"I am so sorry Professor! You see Lily and I couldn't go to Lunch because Professor McGonagall wanted to talk to us. And as we made our way to the Great Hall, stumbled we over a girl whose boyfriend broke up with her and she was in need of consolations! And Lily as Head Girl couldn't let her deal with it alone!" A last look with my puppy dog eyes and Slughorn was putty in my hands.

"Under those circumstances… Well… I think it is okay. But only this time and because you both are on top of this class."

"What…?" I turned around and stared at Black who looked flabbergasted. Slughorn's posture changed instantly.

"Yes Mr Black? Do you have a problem with my teaching methods?" Black just shook his head and I looked back to the front. Lily finally came out of her stupor and bit in one sandwich. As we started the practical part of the class, could I speak to Lily again.

"Are you okay?" She looked at me with her eyes wide open.

"I hugged James Potter!" I nodded and put the crushed beetle eyes in my cauldron.

"I know Lily, I was there."

"I hugged James Potter!" I turned my head to the left to see my best friend shaking her head frantically.

"I hugged him, Amy! And it was great. He smelled fantastic and his arms around me… And his breath was on my neck and he was so arm…" I rolled my eyes at her and pinched her side. She squeaked very loudly and jumped to the side, falling out of her chair in the progress. I couldn't help myself and started laughing. Lily first glared at me and then she joined in, realising how stupid she sounded. Soon I fell also to the floor and I had tears falling out of my eyes.

"Ms Knight and Ms Evans! I think it would be better if you would spend this lesson outside this classroom. You will just have to do this potion on this advanced potion club this Saturday." We both nodded and took our things. We had to lean on each other to get out of the room and barely made it to the Entrance Hall before we collapsed again.

"W-what is so-o-o f-funny again?" I asked her.

"I h-have no i-idea." And we were off again. After five minutes had we reduced the laughing to chuckling and finally we just laid in the middle of the hall looking at the ceiling with the occasional hiccup on Lily's side and sniffing on mine.

"I see you got yourselves under control again. What had you in such hysterics in the first place?" We both sat up on shock and saw Dumbledore standing before us with his usual twinkling eyes. I looked at Lily and the hilarity of the situation got us in another fit of laughter. I flung myself back on the floor and held my aching stomach. We got the control back after a few minutes and could stand up to face the headmaster. Lily had red cheeks from laughing, her hair was mussed up and she wore a big smile.

"We just couldn't help ourselves sir. I don't even remember why we started but if felt very good. I am sorry that we disturbed you professor." I nodded along and was glad that my best friend had a talent for talking. Dumbledore's smile widened.

"That is no problem Ms Evans. I am happy to see my students having a good time. But shouldn't you two be in class?" Lily looked to me for help.

"We were in potions but Professor Slughorn let us finish our work in our club on Saturday." He nodded.

"I see. Why don't you enjoy this find day outside?" He gave us one last smile and walked off while whistling to himself. We followed his advice and sat down by the lake. I pulled off my robes and let my feet dangle in the water. There was a comfortable pause before Lily broke down.

"Thanks for pinching me. I sounded like one of his fan girls!" I nodded at that and then I remembered my bet with Black. My mouth twitched and I would barely suppress a chuckle. Lily looked angry.

"It wasn't so funny!" I shook my head.

"I am not laughing because of your sudden fondness of a certain raven haired chaser." She glared at me.

"No I am laughing because in two days, Sirius Orion Black will be my slave for two weeks." Lily's eyes got wide and she looked stunned.

"How on earth did you manage that?" I grinned widely.

"You see I have to thank you for that." She looked even more confused.

"How? What… what did I do to get Black be your personal slave?"

"You hugged James."

"Sorry what?"

"You were friendly to James." I had too much fun with this.

"I repeat myself: What?"

"Well the fact that you hugged James and not attacked him, like you did this morning… We have to talk about that too Lily. Why did your threw eggs in his face today at breakfast? I just came in as you emptied your plate and pulled me to our class." Lily looked down.

"Well I woke up early because I was so worried about the test in Charms today." I scoffed at that. She scowled but continued.

"So I was at breakfast eating my eggs like every day, when the fabulous foursome came and sat down next to me." I smiled at the nickname we gave the four boys who called themselves Marauders. We thought it was in our right to give them one when they already had one.

"It was ok for the first fifteen minutes before Black had to talk. He commented on the fact that I eat every day scrambled eggs." I tried to rise one eyebrow but I never managed that task. Lily smiled at my attempt and pulled one of hers up. I hissed at her and she just chuckled.

"So Black said something about your eating habits. So what?"

"He asked me if I had to consume eggs because I lost them all as I was a bitch to James, because nobody could be so mean to him if they weren't on a 24/7 period. We all just looked at him. It took us a while to understand the train of his thought and then I was angry. But before I could say something James did." She paused and I knew it was to make me beg and I am sorry to admit that I did.

"Please! What happened next?" Lily sighed.

"He said that I was just a special person who had their own way to stand up for herself. I didn't know what to say so I just threw my eggs at him. I actually wanted to hit Black but you know that my aim is pretty bad." I laughed at that. Lily couldn't throw a snitch into a three feet wide circle.

"So you weren't angry at James but at Black? I can understand that feeling!"

"But you didn't tell me why you will get Black to be your slave." I smirked.

"Well he was pretty shocked at the display and he had his mouth open. So I walked to him and closed it for him. I thought that we never talked at that he didn't even know who I am. But it seems that I can't keep my thoughts to myself so he answered that he knew who I am. Long story short: he has to guess my name in 2 days. If not he will be my slave, if he does than I am his servant for two weeks." Lily just hit her forehead with her hand.

"How could you be this stupid? I will say your name, the teacher will say your name, one of his friends could say your name, or he could read it on one of your essays!" I laughed.

"Black said the same thing. But you all seemed to forget that I am not a normal lion. I am more a snake in a lion den. I put a charm on him that all he will hear will be a buzz sound if a person calls me. And if it is written down, is he only able to see a smiley face and a 'Gotcha'. To top it all does he have to guess my first, second and last name." My best friend just sat there and stared at me with awe in her eyes.

"You are brilliant! That was so sneaky! I love you! Just imagine what we could do in these two weeks!"

"Why do you think you have a say in what I do with my slave!" I teased her.

"Because of my action did you have to interact with Black! I know how much you hate him so you wouldn't go anywhere near him without wanting to hit him! So I have the right to have a part of him!"

"Fine, fine! But now that we got that out of my system… Is there something you want to talk about?" Lily looked down again and started plucking grass blades out.

"I think I will try this out. If I was right and he just after the chase… well then I can to everything to destroy him. But I like him and life is too short to waste it on asking what if's…" I squealed and threw my arms around her.

"I promise you that you won't regret this! How are you going to do this?"

"I thought I would just say yes the next time he asked me out." I stopped, realising something really bad.

"But he stopped asking this year!" Lily progressed this bit of truth and her eyes turned watery. She let herself fall backwards in the grass and covered her face with her hands.

"No, I am too late, aren't I? He realised that I was not worth the chasing and fights! I am such a bad person! I lost the only person who I could imagine having a real relationship with!" I sighed.

"Lily, why don't you ask him out?" She pulled her hands away and looked incredulously up to me.

"Now before you go that you could never do that, just listen to the end!" She nodded.

"And I know you think he lost interest but I know that you somehow got one boy so utterly in love with you that he will never find someone else. You will be his one true love! So woman up and ask him. Because we are strong woman who knew what we want! And you want him!" She sat up and looked into my eyes.

"You don't think he gave up?" I snorted. I took her face into my hands to get her to understand that I was being honest.

"He will probable always love you!" But before Lily could answer, came the voice I hate most from the direction of the castle.

"Now we know why she won't go out with you Prongs! She loves Maria!" James looked at Black like he was stupid.

"Who is Maria?" Black pointed to me. James looked bewildered at his friend.

"You know that her name is not Maria right?"

"No I don't. What is her name?" James eyebrows rose.

"Amy."

"What?"

"Amy."

"Say that again." Lily was crying from holding back the laughter.

"AMY!"

"I can't understand what you are saying!"

"Oh for Merlin's sake!" James scowled at his friend.

"AMY! A-M-Y! Amy Knight Padfoot! Why are so complicated?!" My best friend and I were laughing again. The face from Black was just too funny. And how James had a little temper tantrum. Black turned to me and glared.

"You cheater! This is not funny! I am out of the bet." James' eyes flew to me, then back to his friend.

"You can't get out of the bet. It is a magical contract. You shook my hand and agreed to the rules. It is not my fault that you are too daft to make a proper bet! You are just angry that I out smarted you. I think your first task will be to give me a good and long foot massage." I grinned wickedly at Lily who grinned back.

"What bet?" James asked.

"So you didn't tell the rest of the fabulous foursome what happened?" Black just shook his head. I turned to James.

"Well Black has to guess my name in two days. If he fails will he be my personal slave for two weeks."

"Oh really?" He turned to Black.

"I am so happy that someone finally takes you down a peg." I gave James my nicest smile. Black seems irritated by this.

"The bet isn't important now. What important is, is that Prongs' girl is a lesbian with our Alicia here." I flinched. Bloody hell that was close.

"Aha so it is something close to Alicia." I have to stop saying everything I think out loud.

"You should." Murmured Lily, as we watched Black doing an absurd victory dance.

"But back again to the topic on hand: Since when are the two of you hitting it off?" Lily glared at him but I had an idea.

"Well now that our secret is out. We started going out last year around Christmas." My best friend gave me a questioning glance but decided to trust me and play along.

"Yeah, you know the mistletoes you hung everywhere last year?" The boys nodded in shock.

"We got stuck under one and the rest is history." She looked at me lovingly and took my hand. I raised my other and pushed a strand of her hair away.

"But now we don't have to hide it anymore. I am so glad that this is out." I said and leaned my head against her shoulder. Black had again his mouth wide open, but James looked like his whole world had collapsed. Lily noticed that too.

"Are you alright James?" He shook his head to clear it before he looked down at our entwined hands. But before he could say anything, jumped Black in again.

"That is so hot! Do you have like hot lesbian sex and then the others in your dorm join?" I moved so quickly Black had no idea what hit him. Literally. My hand stung a little but it was worth the pain. Black went to the ground holding his cheek. I gave him a push and he fell into the lake. There was a pregnant pause before he came to the surface, spluttering and gasping for air. He crawled back on land and laid there on his back trying to catch his breath.

"What in Merlin's underpants is wrong with you? Are you out of your mind?" I glared at him. Such a sexist, arrogant, pig-headed, hair-focused swine! He is a man-whore, a dick-thinking arse! He deserves so much more!

"Thank you for your king words, Angelina! I always knew you loved me and when I win this bet, will you have to do anything I want. Which means I will get that lovely arse of yours and… Ouch! You harpy! Stop that!" I had jumped him again and was now throwing punch after punch.

"Amy stop!" I didn't listen to my best friend. Suddenly was I lifted up from Black. I tried to escape and struggled really hard.

"Merlin she is strong." Huffed James.

"Let me go! I want to knock his teeth out! You are a pig Black. I will make your life living hell!" Black was groaning on the floor holding his stomach. I pulled myself from James and stormed away. But I didn't run to the castle. I ran further in the direction of the Forbidden Forest. After I couldn't go any more, sat I down and put my head in my hands. I shouldn't have flipped out like that but I always had a bad temper. And Black was mostly in the brute of it. It all started on the first day of my school life at Hogwarts.

*Flashback*

"And be a good girl! And write me and grandpa. I am so proud of you!" My mom hugged me on last time and then pushed me on the train. I waved and made my way to an empty compartment. I was joined by a girl named Alice and her friend Frank after the train started moving. She was a third year, while Frank was in his fourth year. It was a nice journey. Both explained to me the magical world. I am a muggleborn… I think. I live with my mother and her father. Both are Muggles. My father left my mom pregnant, so we don't know if he was magical.

The adventure started as we first years followed Hagrid, the giant groundskeeper. It had rained and the way down to the sea was muddy and slippery. I was just beyond Hagrid with a tall blonde girl who talked about Nargles and Plimpys. One moment was I listening and in the next was I pushed and I fell head first in the mud. The mud was dripping from my face and I felt my anger coming to the surface. When I was standing again, turned I around and glared at two boys laughing hysterically. I remembered my mom's defence tips (she is a defence for girls' teacher) and kicked their legs away. They flew on their backs and looked shocked at me. I grinned, saluted with two fingers and walked to a boat.

I was joined by three girls who talked snobbishly about my mud dripping face. The first time that I saw the castle was breath taking. It glowed warm with light and gave a homey feeling. I failed to notice that the two boys who were responsible for my dirty robes, were right behind me. The boats stopped and we were in some sort of underground haven. Hagrid walked to the front and said we should follow him. But before I could walk away from the water, was I pushed in. It wasn't too cold but it wasn't a temperature where you want to stay in for more than a few minutes. There was also the problem with my clothes. They were so heavy that I was pulled down very fast. Have you ever went swimming in a school uniform, long robe, shoes and a wizard hat? It wasn't the most pleasant thing to do.

After just thirty seconds was I on the ground. The funny thing was that I didn't freaked out. I don't know how long I was down there, watching the few fish swimming past me, feeling the stone under my butt. What I knew was that it wasn't normal to be so long under water without having the need to breath. You may think that it was weird and wrong to just sit there, but I felt comfortable and if I would try to swim up, would I be pulled down by the weight of my robes. I didn't know how long I was down there, but I was suddenly lifted out of the water by giant hands. The hands sat me gentle down and I looked up to see Hagrid looking at me frantically.

"Are 'ye okay? I didn't notice that 'ye fell in!"

"Yeah I am ok." I saw that all the others weren't there anymore.

"Where are the others? And how long was I down there?"

"They are getting sorted. One of the first 'ears noticed that 'ye weren't there so I came looking for 'ye. Saw the bubbles coming from the water. 'Ye were maybe ten minutes under water. I thought I would have to transport 'ye to the Hospital Wing! Come on, I will bring 'ye to the Great Hall were you will be sorted. The hat had a hard time placing me somewhere but decided in the end for Gryffindor. It was a close call between the House of the Brave and the House of the Cunning. I think I would have fit in Slytherin too, even if I am a muggleborn. The teachers never found out what happened but I knew that the one boy had pushed me in there with purpose. That is why I hate Black. I did nothing wrong but he got me dirty and nearly drowned. I never found out why I could be so long under water, though I still go swimming in the lake. I still can stay so long I want in the water without having to come to the surface.

*End of Flashback*

I sighed and laid back. I was in some sort of clearing. The stars were twinkling over me and the half-moon gave a little bit of light. Wait a second! Stars? Half-moon? How long have I been out here? I put my hand in the pocket of my robe, just to realise that I had taken it off as I was at the lake with Lily. Well wasn't that just fun-bloody-tastic? I rolled on my stomach and buried my head in the dirt. I sighed again but got dirt in my mouth during the process. I got on my knees and spit the dirt out.

Today nothing went right. But then I remembered that my best friend in the whole world would say yes to James. I jumped on my feet and made my victory dance. This dance should be only done in private. It contained lots of jumping up and down, waving your hands over your head and screaming like a lunatic in delight. The problem was that I was surrounded by trees. The clearing was just a few feet wide and I had reached the border. My hand hit a branch, so I pulled it back to me and made several steps to my side. Just that I didn't went in the direction of the tree free field, I walked straight into a tree trunk that laid peacefully on the floor. It knocked my legs away and I fell backwards. That wouldn't be too bad if I had landed on the soft ground. But with my luck, was there a stone in the place where my head fell. My head felt like it would split open any minute and the last thing I could hear was a barking in the background.

I woke up because my face was wet. My first thought was that it had started to rain. My second thought was that it was weird to have a wet face but a dry body during rain. My third thoug- WHAT IN MERLIN'S UNDERPANTS IS LICKING MY FACE?! I shot up and knocked my had against the head of the monster with the long wet tongue before I collapsed back on the stone.

"Ouch." Whimmered I. I wasn't the only one. There was a low whine on the left side of me. I opened one eye to see a big black dog laying beside me. I shifted so that my head was no longer located on the stone and sighed in relief.

"I am sorry that I hit your head but you will have to find something different for dinner. I am still very much alive, even if my head is killing me. And I don't taste very good." I just said what came to my mind even if I don't remember what I said. Suddenly was the dog over me and before I could think it through was I petting the dog. It had surprisingly soft fur. I tried to sit up but the pain in my head was killing me so I just stayed where I was. I grimaced and groaned, whereupon the dog started whining again. It nudged me and then placed itself next to me. I looked at it and slowly hugged it's back, putting my head on it's shoulder.

"I think I sleep a little longer." I felt safe in the dogs company as stupid as it sounded. The raising of his chest was soothing and in a few moments was I fast asleep.