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Hey everyone! This is rurouni madness-battousai obsession and I'm proud to say that this is my first Lily/James fic! I've always been intriqued by the couple ever since OotP so here is my little idea of how I think they got together...
"Of Princes and Frogs"
James Potter twiddled with his quill and tried really hard to listen to what Professor Binns was saying, which was hard to do anyway considering the teacher's low droning voice. But his eyes kept on glancing at the redhead in front of him who was furiously taking notes.
He glanced around the room and then he nudged his best friend who was asleep with his black hair splattered on top of Advanced Studies of Goblin Attacks in the 16th Century. When the boy didn't respond James nudgedthe boyharder and he whispered, "Padfoot!"
Sirius quietly mumbled "Mom stop your screaming; I'll be up in a minute." But he quickly fell back into a deep sleep.
James groaned softly and stomped his foot onto Sirius's left one which promptly caused him to wake up and holler.
The whole class turned around, most of which had been sleeping, and stared at the two marauders.
Professor Binns turned his transparent face around and looked at the two boys. "What seems to be the problem, gentlemen?"
James face turned a bit pink and thinking quickly on his feet said. "Sirius thinks that it's outrageous with what happened with the goblins!"
Professor Binns seemed to raise a translucent eyebrow andlook more intently at the boys, "Oh really?"
Sirius, quickly catching on replied, "Yes sir! It's outrages!"
"Well keep your opinions to yourself boys, this isn't a place where we can have people blurting out all of the time," he said in a monotone voice and turned back to the board and continued the lecture.
When Sirius was surethe teacherwasn't paying attention he turned to James and quietly snapped, "What the bloody hell did you do that for?"
"Do you see Evans over there?" Jamespointed at the redheaded girl in the front of the class who was trying to stifle a yawn.
Sirius glanced at the girl but turned back to James. "Of course I see her! She's sat there all year! What's the point of waking me up?"
"It's just… it's just… never mind." James turned away.
"No! I want a big explanation on why you woke me up like that!"
"It's… It's about Evans," He whispered.
"Not again!" Sirius said a bit too loudly and James kicked him again. He quieted down a bit and repeated himself. "Evans? What about her this time?"
James sighed, "I don't know! Maybe it's the way her hair reflects the sunlight. Or it could be the way she sounds when she gets a problem in Potions right; I don't know!"
"What in the world are you talking about, Potter? Don't tell me you like her again? You tried all of fifth and sixth year to convince her to go out with you! Get a clue! It isn't going to work!" Sirius harshly said in an undertone.
"I know! That's my problem! What's wrong with me, Padfoot?"
Sirius rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. They sat in silence for the rest of the class period. This was one problem the infamous marauders couldn't solve.
James and Sirius had both slowly drifted off and when they finally woke up the last people in the room were filing out. James rubbed his eyes and caught a flash of red go past him.
It was Lily.
James hastily picked up his books and managed to hit Sirius over the head.
"Damn it, Prongs! What in the world…?"
But James wasn't listening. He wasn't about to loose Lily. She had scurried quickly out of the room because her Potions class was on the other side of the building and she didn't want to be late! However being on the Quidditch team had given James strong and fast legs so he was eventually able to catch up to her.
"Evans!" He shouted when she had finally started to walk more slowly.
Theyfinally reachedan empty hallway that only had a few students scurrying about in it. Lily was headed to a highly advanced Potions course that Slughorn only taught to just a few really gifted students so there were only a few people in that section at Hogwarts.
Lily looked around her to make sure no one was listening in and replied without turning around. "What do you want, Potter?"
"Well I was just wondering if… well…" James stammered and his face turned a brilliant shade of crimson.
She swung around in a furry and glared at him. "If you're asking me out again the answer is no! How many times do I have to tell you that I can't stand egotistical jerks like you or Black! I don't see how Remus can stand you!"
James felt a sharp twinge of jealously at how she addressed Remus by his first name. She had always called him 'Potter'. The only time she had ever called him James was when he had "accidentally" dumped his pumpkin juice all over her new robes at the coming back feast in their sixth year. The only reason she had called him James was because she was screaming out his full name along with some not so appealing adjectives.
James felt really insulted by her current reaction though! He never gave up, worked hard, showed dedication and he had looks that could kill! But she dared to turn him down each time! What was wrong with her!
"What's wrong with you?" he barked.
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me?" Lily's voice was starting to elevate to a dangerous level. "You're the one who wouldn't leave me alone! You're the one who is constantly embarrassing me in front of my friends! I don't even have that many friends because all the girls in Gryffindor seem to like you and they're jealous of me! I honestly don't know why they would fall for such an immature intolerable," she thought for a few seconds for the proper word,"…FROG! But the thing is that you'll never turn into a prince no matter how many times you get kissed!"
James smirked, "Well you've never kissed me so how would you know for sure?" he stepped closer and Lily did the only thing she could think of; slap him.
"I hate you!" She screamed and ran towards the dungeon as the sound of the slap echoed through the corridors.
He gingerly touched to painful sting on his right cheek and watched her red hair flow behind her. He sighed and muttered to himself "Damn it James! You messed up again!"
He heard snickering behind him and James swerved around only to see Severus Snape standing there. His greasy hair rested on his shoulders and he sneered, "Potter, got yourself in trouble with that Mudblood again?"
James glared at him, reached for his wand and put it to Snape's neck. "Don't you EVER call her that again!"
Snape appeared to look unfazed by it and simply said, "Strange that that Mudblood seems to like me more than you. That's pretty bad considering that both of you are Head Boy and Head Girl,not to mentionI despise her sort."
The only reason that James didn't use one of the Unforgivables on Snape right then was because it would severelly damage his reputation as a Gryffindor and his honor as a marauder.
"Snivellus, I swear if you say one more word…"
"…Evans will hate you even more," Snape coolly replied and James backed off a bit from the shock of Snape's words. "I'll make a bet with you, Potter. If I win, you can never ever go near Evans again."
"Why should you care if I go near Evans?" James asked suspiciously.
Snape twitched, "I don't like the hear your bickering and arguing. I can't stand both of your voices enough as it is, but to hear both of you screaming at each other disturbs my inner-peace."
James knew that this probably wasn't the complete answer but he wanted to know more about the bet. "What do I get if I win?"
"I'll stop calling her a Mudblood and I'll leave both of you alone."
James nodded, "Okay, I'll take up thebet. What is it?"
Snape smirked again, "You have to get her to go to the ball with you AND she has to kiss you before midnight at the ball."
"What?" James yelped. "How can I do that? It's only a month away!"
"Too bad. You agreed to it. Now I'm off to my advanced potions class with Evans, see you later, Potter." He spat out the last word and slithered away into the dungeon. James had to use all he had to not run after him and strangle him.
He stood still for a moment with a clinched fists but when he glanced at his watch he was shocked. He pivoted on his left foot and raced up to Flitwick's class for which he was ten minutes late for.
"Damn James! I've never seen the little guy chew someone out so much before!" Sirius whispered to James in the Gryffindor common room as people started to file out and go to bed.
"Sirius, please don't call Professor Flitwick 'the little guy'. It's really disrespectful." Remus said calmly while he continued to carefullypour the potion he was working on into a small drinking glass.
"Oh Moony come off it! You have to admit seeing Prongs cowering in fear of a man who's half his height was funny!" Sirius started to laugh so hard that he nearly fell out of his chair.
"It wasn't that funny, Sirius!" Remus said in a scolding tone but he couldn't hide the grin on his face.
"Not you too Moony!" James moaned and the two started laughing even harder. By that time the whole common room was empty and he was ready to go to sleep and take his ritual glass of water before bed.
"Wormtail, get me a glass or water, will ya?" James yawned and stretched while Peter scampered off to get the water.
"So what happened? Why were you so late?" Remus asked inquisitively.
"Well I was going after Evans…" he started.
The two other marauders groaned and slammed their heads on the table.
James continued, "Anyway, I was going to ask her out again, but she got mad at me and slapped me again."
"But that takes five minutes tops! I've timed you before!" Sirius exclaimed.
"That's no the only reason I was late," his patience for his best friend slowly fading away, "I also met up with Snivellus."
Sirius's eyes narrowed and Remus frowned. At that time Peter came in and James yanked the water from him and slammed it on the table.
"He called Evans that word again and he told me he would stop if I made a bet with him."
Remus sighed, "Please James, don't tell me you agreed!"
"I did! I don't want him to disrespect her like that again! But unfortunately if he wins it I would stay away from Evans!"
"What was the bet, Prongs?" Peter squeaked.
"The bet was that I have to get Evans to go with me to the ball and I had to get her to kiss me before midnight that night!"
"That was a stupid bet, Prongs." Sirius said with the first bit of sense that James had ever seen him use, "You know that Evans hates you!"
"What am I supposed to do?" James flung his arms up and started to pace quickly.
"Well we are the marauders, we'll think of something," Remus said starting to gather his books and some of his potions material.
"BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?" James shouted. He quickly grabbed for his glass of water and started to drink from it.
Remus' face went white when he noticed what James was drinking. "James no! That's not your…"
He was cut off by a loud boom and a cloud of smoke that went around James. They all coughed tried to fan out the smoke.
When it was cleared out they saw James' clothes in a pile on the floor and on the pile of clothes was a small green frog.
I hope that you liked it! I got the idea from a Superchick song called Princes and Frogs and I realized that it reminded me of James and Lily!
Please review and tell me if I should continue this little silly idea!
-rm/bo