A/N: This fanfiction is a sequel to Hogwarts: 1978. It starts after Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Jane, and Marlene's Christmas Break that they spent at the Potter's. To understand this fanfiction, you don't need to read the first book. I will explain things that you may have missed if you haven't read the first. So, without any further ado, I present to thee, Hogwarts: 1979! Enjoy!
As she waved goodbye to Dorea and Charlus Potter from the window of the Hogwarts Express, she missed the Potter's house already. She sat down as the train started to build speed and looked to her boyfriend, who was already staring at her.
"What's up Lil?" James Potter asked her anxiously.
"I'm going to miss your house. Even though we only spent the Christmas Break there, it feels like we were there for years." She sighed, looking out the window. He grabbed her hand and kissed the promise ring he'd given her for Christmas.
"We'll go back soon. The very next chance we have." He promised her. She kissed him affectionately.
They shared their compartment with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Marlene Smith and Jane Elizabeth, who all looked equally as sad as she felt to be leaving the Potter's and going back to school.
"C'mon guys!" James tried to cheer up his friends. "It's Hogwarts! It's our second home!"
"I don't know… I sort of thought your house was my second home." Remus said.
Lily agreed with him, looking to her two best friends who nodded as well.
Jane took her boyfriend's hand in hers. "It was fun while it lasted though." She murmured, resting her head on Remus' shoulder. He kissed the top of her head adoringly.
"That it was…" Sirius sighed, staring out the window.
James chuckled. "Sad you had to leave your new motorbike at home?" He guessed.
Sirius frowned. "Yes. I only had a week with it! It's injustice!" Everyone laughed together as Sirius pouted.
"I'm going to go find Shawn." Marlene said, getting up.
"Ooh, when's McKinnon going to pop the question?" Sirius teased, poking her sides before she ducked out of the way.
"None of your business." Marlene sniffed jokingly. "See you at the Feast guys." She waved before shutting the door behind her.
"Do you still fancy her?" Jane asked almost as soon as Marlene had left the compartment. Sirius rolled his eyes. He and Marlene had dated for a couple of months and broken up right before the Christmas Break because Sirius had cheated on her. They had decided just to be friends, as things would be too awkward if they didn't. Sirius wanted to be more than friends though, but Marlene wouldn't date him after he'd cheated on her.
"Nah." He said, looking out the window again.
The group exchanged looks of knowing, but all decided to drop it.
"Not like it matters." He muttered, still looking out the window. "She hates me no matter what."
Lily frowned. "Now c'mon, you know that's not true."
"Well- maybe not hates me, but she'll never fancy me again." Sirius said, turning to face his friends.
"Yeah well, whose fault is that?" James asked.
"Belt it." Sirius said, pushing his best friend, who laughed in response. "I never even said a proper goodbye to Mum and Dad." Sirius said. He was—of course—referring to Charlus and Dorea Potter whom he had lived with since fifth year after he left his own house.
"It's not like you'll never see them again." James said.
"I know but still… I didn't even get a hug." He pouted again. "I did however," He said, brightening. "get Mum's delicious sugar-cookies. Who wants one?" He asked, holding out the cookies he had stuffed in his pockets before leaving his house that morning.
Everybody reached for one, knowing Dorea Potter was the best cook ever. Like, ever. Mealtimes were the best times at the Potter's.
"Mmm." Jane groaned loudly. "I'm going to miss your Mum's cooking."
Everyone agreed, savoring every bite of what would be their last taste of Dorea Potter's cooking for a long time.
"So, who's up for the first snowball fight of the year once we get to Hogwarts?" Remus asked the group.
"Sounds like a plan to me." James agreed.
Lily was a little hesitant to approve.
"James, we can't. We've got Head responsibilities. We have to make sure all the first years made it to their dorms safely and-"
"Lil. Shh." James said, kissing her. She rolled her eyes but kissed him back. "Now are you sure you don't want to have a snowball fight?" James asked her.
"Yes I'm sure." She said shrewdly, pushing him away from her but laughing all the same. "Merlin, what you would do without me, I do not want to know."
James sighed and slumped back in his seat. "It sucks because I know you're right. I just wish you weren't. All the bleeding time." He said.
She chuckled and patted him on the leg. "If we have time after, we can have our fight. Priorities first."
"Yeah well, my priority is to have some fun. So I think I will take you up on that offer Remus!" Sirius told his best friend.
Remus looked slightly uncomfortable. "Er, actually Jane and I just decided we were going to go down to the Lake instead."
"Sounds good to me!" Sirius said, just as chipper as before.
Remus sighed and gave his best friend a look. "Sirius."
Sirius looked at him, then understood. "Oh. Okay. Third-wheel. Got it." He said, sinking back down in his seat just as James had seconds before.
Sirius wished he still had Marlene. He wouldn't admit it to anyone for fear of sounding weak, but he missed her like crazy. He missed being able to kiss her and hug her, and tell all the other guys to stay away from her, because she was his girl. He missed her laugh. And he would bet any amount of galleons that if they were still dating, Remus and Jane wouldn't have minded letting them come. It'd be like a double-date. Instead of him being the third-wheel.
In fact, he noticed as he looked around his compartment, he was being a fifth-wheel right now. He sighed again and leaned against his seat, getting comfortable. A nice nap to clear his mind of all thoughts sounded great right now.
Lily looked at James watching Sirius sleeping.
"He misses her." James said, still looking at Sirius.
"You don't know that for sure." Lily argued.
"Yes, I do. She left her letters to McKinnon on her desk at my house and he read one. He was in a pretty bad mood after that." James told them.
"It's true. He told me he's 'over her' though." Remus said, making air quotations sarcastically.
"Well," Lily said, resting her head in James' lap. "We'll just have to wait and see where this whole thing goes. I know for a fact that Marlene is slowing falling head over heels for Shawn though." She said then paused, sat up, and kissed James gently on the lips. "Wake me up when we're almost there."
"Anything for you Lil." James said, letting her get comfortable. The sound of her light snores filled the compartment mere minutes later.
He chuckled, patting his girlfriend's hand lightly, careful not to disturb her. She grabbed his knee unconsciously, cuddling up to it. He laughed quietly, then felt his eyelids start to get heavy. Who could blame him, they had all stayed up until the wee hours of the morning last night, talking and joking around.
"I think I'll doze off too. Will you two stay up and wake us when we're almost there?" James yawned.
"Sure Prongs." Remus answered, then turned to his girlfriend. "So Ms Jane Elizabeth." He whispered, not wanting to bother his slumbering friends. "What shall we do?"
"Hmm…" She mock-thought. "I think I'd like to…" She cut herself off by kissing him on the lips. He kissed her back tenderly, wrapping his arms around her waist. He picked her up so she was sitting on his lap and she giggled.
"I love you." She told him.
He pushed her light-blonde hair out her eyes. "As I love you." He kissed the area right beside her mouth, then felt his eyelids get heavy as well. Crap.
"You're tired." She noticed. Of course she noticed. Jane noticed everything.
"We stayed up pretty late last night."
"You mean this morning." She chuckled, playing with a piece of his hair. Then she frowned. "But that's not just it. When's the full moon?"
He groaned quietly, kissing her forehead. "You notice too many things."
"It's my job as a girlfriend." She said, taking his hand in hers. "Now when is it?"
"Two days." He answered by heart. He knew because he counted down the days until he would have his "furry little problem" as his friends liked to put it.
She took his face in her small hands and kissed his nose. "Get some sleep. You look like hell."
He chuckled. "I don't need it."
"You do." She argued. "Please, for me?"
He sighed leaning back in his seat. "Fine, but I won't be able to sleep."
"Humour me." She said, leaning on his chest. In seconds she heard his breathing slow, and become more relaxed. She smiled to herself proudly.
Before Jane knew it, they were ten minutes away from Hogwarts. She shook Remus gently, and he awoke for a jolt.
He yawned. "Told you I wouldn't get any sleep."
"You got me." Jane said shrewdly, then watched as he jumped when he realized how dark it was outside.
"H-how long was I asleep?"
"The whole train ride."
He chuckled and rubbed his eyes. "Guess we better wake them up huh?" He said, gesturing to his napping friends.
She nodded, and so they went around, shaking their friends awake gently. Except for Sirius. Remus and James chuckled as they woke him with a shot of "Aguamenti."
Lily pursed her lips so she wouldn't laugh, but couldn't control herself. She and Jane burst out into howls of laughter as Sirius sputtered.
"Okay, as if I needed another shower today." He said, whipping his wet hair around so he got them all wet too. They all laughed together and changed into their school robes and soon, they had arrived.
A fourth-year girl with black pigtails knocked on their compartment.
"Come in." James called. The girl walked in, holding a piece of parchment in her hand.
"This is a message from Professor Dumbledore. He said to deliver it to James Potter and Lily Evans." She said, slightly out of breath. "Sorry about the late delivery. I completely forgot to give it to you two until about 3 minutes ago."
"It's no problem at all." Lily assured her, taking the parchment. The girl ran out of their compartment and back to hers quickly.
"She was nice." James remarked.
Lily nodded and un-scrolled the parchment, reading it quietly. James leaned over her shoulder.
"What's it say?" He asked.
"Hagrid's sick. We've got to lead the First years to the Great Hall. Then after that, we still have to make sure they all remember which dorm they're in, and we have to go tell the Prefects the password which is by the way," She said, turning to her friends. "Fanged Geranium." They nodded as she turned back to James. "We've got a busy schedule. Think we can handle it?"
"We can handle anything." James grinned confidently. She smiled.
"Glad you think so because we've also rounds tonight."
James groaned and leaned on Lily for support. She laughed and ruffled his jet-black hair. This year would certainly be a long one.
A/N: So, if you are one of the readers from Hogwarts: 1978, hope you enjoyed the sequel and it lived up to your standards! If you are a new reader to this story and want to find out what happened from September-December, feel free to read Hogwarts: 1978.
On a side note, a smart reviewer by the screen name of Ranma's girl, pointed out that our characters would be in 1978 in January. Their school year was 77-78. So, I have decided that after this chapter I will be changing the title to: Their Seventh Year. It just makes a lot more sense because I didn't like how two titles of my fanfictions were so identical anyway.
However, if you have any different title ideas, feel free to mention it because I personally, am rubbish at creating titles.
So thanks for reading, please review, and I'll see you next chapter!
-Taylor :)
