Hello there! this is my second fanfic, and as I really like Harry's parents I decided to write it about Lily and James.

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My fanfic starts here with Harry's vision of his parents, in Snape's memories...

Chapter 1: Near-to-death experience

DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS -ORDINARY WIZARDING LEVEL-

- Five more minutes ! The top of Professor Flitwick's head moving between the desks a short distance away.

Professor Flitwick was walking past a boy with untidy black hair... very untidy hair... He was straightening up now, putting down his quill, pulling his roll of parchment towards him so as to reread what he had written. James' eyes were hazel, he had a thin face, and his hair stuck up at the back. James yawned hugely and rumpled up hius hair, making it even messier than it had been. Then, with a glance towards Professor Flitwick, he turned inhis seat and grinned at a boy sitting four seats behind him.

Sirius was lounging in his chair at his ease, tilting it back on two legs. He was very good looking; his dark hair fell into his eyes with a sort of elegance that James could ever have achieved, and a girl sitting behind him was eyeing him hopefully, though he didn't seem to have noticed. And two seats along from this girl... was Remus Lupin. He looked rather pale and peaky (was the full moon approaching?) James was now doodling on a bit of scarp parchment. He had drawn a Snitch and was now tracing the letters 'L.E'.

-Quills down, please! Please remain seated while I collect your parchment! Accio!

James had hastily crossed out the LE he had been embellishing, jumped to his feet, stuffed his quill and exam paper into his bag, which he slung over his back, and stood waiting for Sirius to join him.

- Well, I thought that paper was a piece of cake, Sirius said. I'll be surprised if I don't get 'Outstanding' on it at least.

-Me too, said James. He put his hand in his pocket and took out a stuggling Golden Snitch

-Where'd you get that?

-Nicked it, said James casually. He started playing with the snitch, allowing it to fly as much as a foot away before seizing it again; his reflexes were excellent. Wormtail watched him in awe.

Snape appeared on the grounds and went over the tree where the boys were sitting. He was reading his exam paper.

- All right, Snivellus ?

James sent a curse at Snape, seeing as he had just put his hand in his robes. Snivellus found himself upside down in the air before he could even open his mouth.

-Leave him alone !

James and Sirius looked round. James's free hand immediatly jumped to his hair. It was one of the girls that had been over the lake edge. She had thick, dark red hair that fell to her shoulders, and startlingly green almond-shaped eyes.

-'All right, Evans?' said James, and the tone of his voice was suddenly pleasant, deeper, more mature.

-Leave him alone' Lily repeated. She was looking at James with every sign of great dislike. 'What's he done to you?'

-Well, said James, it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean...

-'You think you're funny. She said coldly. 'But you're just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone.'

- I will if you go out with me, Evans, said James quickly. 'Go on, go out with me and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivellus again.

- Never !

-Then I'm afraid that Snivellus will have to stay up there for the whole night...

-You let him down or I'll take points from you! I'm a prefect, Potter! YOU LET HIM DOWN NOW!

-What is it that upsets you, Evans? said James coldly. 'You in love with the greasy git?' He asked, while breaking the 'Levicorpus' Spell off. Snape fell brutely on the ground. He quickly got on his feet, and stared at James, his wand out.

- I am NOT in love with Snape, he is a Slytherin, you prat ! I am merely doing my duty as a prefect!

Snape decided to send his curse at this precise moment, as James Potter was busy talking.

- Expelliarmus!

James suddenly flew into the air and fell back some 10 feet away, his head first into the lake.

- I don't need your help; you filthy little mudblood, added Snape from behind Lily. He walked away to the castle.

- Immobilis! exclamed Sirius suddenly. Snape froze where he stood, one foot up and his back to them. 'You jerk! what did you do!'

Sirius then run to the edge of the lake to see if James was alright. Lily and the remaining of the Marauders followed. As they came near the edge of the lake, they saw a a couple of first years watching the water and following their gaze, realizing that James was still under water. Large bubbles were poping on the flat water.

- "Where is he? Why is he still underwater? Asked Lily, her voice quite shaken.

- "Why would you care! It's your fault he was cursed ! Snivellus deserves what he gets, he is a bloody Death Eater! And you keep acting like he is an innocent 1st year needing protection! Just get lost!" Exclamed Sirius, his anger suddenly bursting out.

Lily couldn't say a word, she just stayed there, her eyes fixing the water where James had disappeared, hearing Sirius shout at her.

- "It's not her fault Prongs fell in the lake! Calm down, Padfoot!" said Remus.

Slowly the bubbles that had kept bubbling on the surface of the water stopped and the waves became flat, the water calm. No James.

The tension was becoming strangely awkward, and the grounds became all quiet, only the birds could be heard. The 2 first years started crying, and not even Sirius thought about telling them to shut up. They were too busy looking at the water. Suddenly a cry made them all jump.

- "Accio Potter !" shouted Lily, her wand up, her gaze blazing. Her wand started twitching and a second later, a body got out of the water up in the air.

- "Padfoot !" said Sirius, sounding worried. Remus walked nearer the water, wand up. Lily diriged her wand towards the edge and put James's body softly on the grass of the ground. His chest wasn't moving.

- "Bloody Hell ! What happened !" exclamed Sirius, Remus and Peter behind him. Lily started looking really distressed now, and was looking down at James guiltily.

- "I killed him ! Oh my God!"

But then James winked discretly at Sirius and closed his eyes again, like nothing happened. Sirius looked down twice at James and suddenly jumped up, caught the 2 first years and said:

- "Remus, Peter, come with me! We have to get Dumbledore! He's not breathing!"

But Remus and Peter looked back at Sirius stupidly and as Remus was going to reply, Sirius cut him in:

- "COME ON ! Lily, stay here and do whatever you can!"

The 3 boys left them and ran through the grounds, but Lily didn't see that they actually had stopped not so far away and were coming back, hidden by some trees.

- "Oh my god, what have I done! I didn't mean this to happen!" Lily cried. "I never thought I would one day feel so bad for you" she added softly. "Please don't die."

She looked down at James and saw a pale face and a very still body. As James was all wet, she could perfectly see all the muscular shapes of his handsome body. Tears started falling down her face and one of them fell on James's cheek, who took the opportunity to take a deep breath once more.

- "I'm sorry ! I'm so sorry!" She lowered herself across his body and put her head on his chest, crying all her despair. But then she something that made her sit upright. A heart bumping.

- "He is still alive!" She looked carefully down at his peaceful face, took a deep breath, and without warning, kissed him, giving oxygen to his lungs.

Behind the trees, the 3 boys were making their possible not to laugh too loud, but it was getting more and more difficult and their faces were all red.

As Lily was kissing James some life, she suddenly felt his lips moving slightly against her, and James started pretending to cough, to give it some reality. He breathed heavily, his eyes still closed.

- "You're alive ! Oh James you're alive! I'm so sorry!" and she hugged him tightly. James's eyes flew open, he couldn't believe it. Lily Evans was hugging him. His mouth became a wild grin, and he put slowly his arms around Lily.

- "Well I'm not. It was worth it!" he said, an evil glint in his eyes. Lily and James straightened up.

Not far away, 3 boys burst into laughing, Sirius on the ground, his body twitching, Remus leaning against a tree, his face in his hands, and Peter, looking flabbergasted, saying:

-"She just kissed him! How does he do that!"

- "What are you doing?" asked Lily, a funny look on her face; She looked shaken, and you could see that she was fighting an inside battle.

-"I'm gonna get slimy Snivellus back for that." he said, getting up, and helding his hand out to help Lily up. Without thinking, she just took it and got up too. Only, James didn't let go of her hand and she didn't even realize.

They walked towards the castle when James saw Snape, still where Sirius had frozen him.

- "Hi Sevi! So, enjoying the sun outside? What are you doing a foot up in the air?"

- "Black sent him the Immobilis charm just after he cursed you and called me a.. " Lily stopped mid sentence and she suddenly became aware that she was holding James's hand, and actually talking to him! She quickly let go of his hand and muttered an embarrassed "sorry".

- "He called you a - a you know what-! The bastard! He's going to pay for that." He put his hand in his wet school robes, luckily his wand was still there. He held it up and muttered a drying spell on himself before looking up and straight at Snape, his gaze dark and angry.

-"Finite incantatem!"

Snape fell on the ground and turned around.

- "Potter. I'm just telling what she is: a mudblood. She doesn't deserve to be here, the filth. One day you'll regret that you chose the wrong side."

- "Furnunculus! Ugly boils broke out all over Snape.

- "Incarcerous!" Thick ropes flew out of midair and wrapped themselves around Snape's torso and legs. And James shouted at him:

- "You Bastard! Listen to me! Never-ever-insult-Lily-again! I promise you're going to pay for what you did, Death Eater !"

Levicorpus!

Snape flew in the air. James moved his wand and trew Snape away, putting all the curses off as he grabbed Lily and left.

- "Where are these brats, now?" he muttered in his breath.

Just then, Sirius, Remus and small Peter came out of the corner, obviously they had just turned around the Astronomy tower so they could meet them as if they came from the Great Hall. They were laughing like mad, all three of them.

- "Err, so you ok James?" asked Remus.

-"Yeah I survived. How fortunate Lily saved me!"

Lily started blushing, and said:

-"Potter, I did it only because you lived a near-to-death-experience, but I won't do it again. Now, I have important business to attend to, if you don't mind !"

- "But, Lily, I do mind! I just escaped death and you just leave me here?"

- "I'm sure you'll be fine." she replied, and left.

James turned to face his friends, and started:

- "Have you seen that! She kissed me and we held hand and she let me curse Snivelly until next month !"

- "You lucky cricket! That was a really good prank, let's just hope she'll never find out the truth! And WHAT happened down the lake? You really freaked us out!" said Sirius.

- "I don't know, something was tied to my leg and it didn't want to let go! And I heard some weird voices down there, I'm sure it was mermaids!"

- "You're kidding! Mermaids? There are mermaids in the Black Lake?"

- "No there aren't! He is just showing off for a change."

The voice was coming from behind and a pretty, dark-haired Griffindor girl came near them.

- "Hi baby ! You alright?" said Sirius immediatly, flirting.

- "So I heard Potter fell in the lake. Lily was kind of shaken when she told me. What happened?"

- "Well," started Sirius, but he was cut by James.

- "She kissed me ! She kissed me, Lena!"

- "She -what- ?"

- "She thought I had swallowed some water so she blew air in my mouth and I cought just to pretend and she was crying and I hugged her and then I cursed Snape because he had insulted her and cursed me into the lake and she didn't argue she let me do it and we were holding hands but she realized and let go and these idiots came and-"

- "Ok Prongs we get the idea..."

Lena had started laughing during James's little speech and she was now leaning on Sirius, laughing, her hand on her mouth, her eyes almost watering.

- "So that's why she was acting weird, and you didn't tell her you were already awake! She must have felt bad! Poor her, but why was she there at the first place?" asked Lena.

- Well, James was cursing Snape, but Lily arrived and told him to stop, so James did so and asked her out then Snivelly cursed him and he flew in the lake. So it was Lily's fault, after all."

- "Was not!" said Lena and Remus.

- "Was too!" replied Sirius almighty.

- "Whatever. Let's go, it's dinner time."

- "Lena, you look really nice today, did you know?"

- "Sirius !"

- "Let me give you this little present to show you my deep admiration, Lena!"

Sirius bent down, took a small spring and Transfigured it into a beautiful red rose, the petals shining magically. He smelled it, grinned with his nicest smile and gave it to his friend.

- "Thank you", she said laughing, her long dark hair shining with red reflections. Sirius looked at her, with a goofy air, and went ahead on the way to the Great Hall, and food.