I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter. This is a story that I originally posted about four years ago but now I've gone back to revamp it and finish it this time. I want to take this time to quickly add a disclaimer (I don't own Harry Potter) This will be the only disclaimer I leave, I think too many authors notes take from the story, after all, your not here to listen to me ramble, you just want to read a good story, which is what I will try to give you. That being said this will be one of the few, if not the only AN throughout the fic. Again, enjoy. If you review with questions I will try to answer them. Happy Reading.
Amanda.
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The girls woke early the next morning. Both Serena and Marlene still had some packing to do and naturally, Lily had finished hers the night before. Like every other morning it was a fight to the death over the shower. Lily, being an early riser never had any problems but the other girls fought nearly every morning. It didn't help that the three of them already had an ongoing feud with the other two girls in their room.
Dianne and Rachelle couldn't have been more opposite from the other fifth year Gryffindors. Prissy and whiny they avidly sought the attention and affection of the marauders though they were rarely successful.
Lily had just emerged from her leisurely shower to find Serena and Dianne bickering.
"- well at least I'm not a whore!" Dianne screamed at Serena.
"Oh really? That's not what Shane Towler said in Herbology last week. From what I understand you get around more than I do, not that you can ever convince anyone to come back for more."
"Screw you Starr." She replied, spitting venom.
"No thanks Seymour, I'd hate to get syphilis." Marlene laughed out loud at that comment.
Lily tried to put a stop to this before it got out of hand. "Alright you guys, just knock it off."
"Fuck off Evans." Was the reply, the instant she said had it, they all could tell Dianne regretted it. The three other girls looked back and forth between Lily and Dianne with wide eyes, just waiting for what was going to happen next. After a short silence Lily responded.
"Is that so? Well, I'll be sure to inform Professor McGonagall that you'll be spending the first night of your sixth year serving detention for cursing at a prefect. Is there anything else you would like to add?" Dianne kept her gaze pointedly on her feet. "No? Good, now hurry up and get the hell out of here."
The two girls quickly dressed and made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast without even putting up a fight for the shower.
"Yes!" said Serena, punching the air. "Go Lily. I love having a prefect for a best friend."
"Cool it Serena, I should give you a detention too, why do you even bother with them?"
"She started it." Serena mumbled, crossing her arms across her chest in a pout.
"I don't care." Lily said, throwing her hands up in exasperation. "You should be a bigger person than those dimwitted twits."
"You wouldn't really give me detention, would you Lils?"
"Don't you try to butter me up." She paused and the girls continued to pack their things. Then she said suddenly, "No, I wouldn't give you detention."
"I love you."
"Yeah, yeah, don't push your luck."
The girls spent most of their morning finishing their packing and getting ready for the day ahead and the journey home.
The Marauders had just made their way down the stairs and exited the common room right in front of two fifth year Gryffindor girls who were talking irritably among themselves.
"I really do hate those bitches. I mean honestly, who does she think she is giving me detention?"
Their ears perked when they realized just exactly who Dianne and Rachelle were talking about.
"It's not like I'm afraid of her, because I'm not." Rachelle nodded her head in response but it didn't seem like Dianne was trying to convince her friend as much as she was trying to convince herself. "I just don't want anymore detentions and that Nazi gives them out like its going out of style."
James broke free from his pack of friends to walk ahead of them with the two girls. Slyly he put his arm around both of them and gave them each a cheeky grin before saying, "Now ladies you wouldn't be talking about Evans would you?"
Both girls were so quick to giggle hysterically at his comment that the shrillness of their voices almost caused him to cringe but he refrained. "How did you know?" said the brunette, Rachelle, flashing him what she must have thought was her best million watt smile.
"Well now, bitch and Nazi in the same statement who else could you be talking about." He said with a wink.
The two girls laughed again. James risked a look back at his friends who had cringed at the sound of the girls laugh.
"Too true." said the blond.
"Well don't you two worry about her; me and my friends over here will get her today on the train."
The girls giggled as he fell back to walk with his friends.
"Why did you do that Prongs?" Remus asked exasperatedly.
"What, I was just having a little fun."
This time Peter spoke, "You should know better than to encourage girls like them. They already want your attention, you royally screwed up now. If you thought it was bad before that's nothing compared to what you're going to be getting from them next. They already practically throw themselves at your feet."
"Thank you Peter, that's exactly what I was trying to get at."
James just shrugged and the boys continued down to breakfast.
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After breakfast the entire student body made their way to the train. The girls found a compartment which unfortunately was right next to the compartment which held the Marauders. By the time they had realized this it was too late to get another one so they chose to ignore it and have a good time. Brandon, Marlene's boyfriend shared a compartment with them and they spent most of the first hour of the ride in comfortable silence. Lily was reading a book; Serena was staring out the window at the vast countryside and the happy couple just dozed in each others arms.
After a while, Marlene and Brandon stood up abruptly declaring they were going to find the treat trolley. Once they left Serena looked at Lily and laughed.
"What?"
"Oh come on, I know you can't be that naïve."
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you really believe those two are off to find the trolley?"
"Well, why not? That's where they said they are going."
"The only sugar those two are going to get is from each other." Serena grinned.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Just because every time you're alone with a guy you screw him, doesn't mean that every one around you is the same way."
Serena pouted, "Not every time." She paused to think. "Besides I'm best friends with Hogwarts number one virgin, so of course I know not every one is like me. Hell, you've probably never even been alone with a guy in the first place."
"Have too." Of course she had. Right?
"Oh really, who?"
"The point is-"
"That's what I thought."
Lily tossed her book as Serena's head which she expertly ducked.
When Marlene and Brandon finally returned to the compartment it was nearly a half an hour later. Both of them looked equally rumpled and wore guilty looks on their faces causing Serena to break out with laughter.
"What?" asked Marlene.
"Oh, nothing." She replied in a singsong voice. Then turned to Lily with a devious smirk and told her, "I told you so." To which Lily replied by sticking out her tongue at her best friend.
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In the next compartment over the Marauders were playing a game of exploding snap, talking loudly and messing about.
"What about it Prongsie boy? Are we trying to pull anything on the girls before we leave the platform?" Sirius asked suddenly.
"Of course we are."
"What are you going to do?" asked Peter.
"I don't know, what do you guys think?"
"Count me out." Said Remus, "I refuse to take in any part of this and if you were being smart you would just let it be and leave those poor girls alone."
"Poor girls?" Sirius snorted.
"Come on Moony, they are evil. Evil, evil witches." Added James.
"They are nice to me."
"You're supposed to be on our side." Sirius pouted.
"I am on your side," Remus exasperated, "Just not when it comes to them." He added.
"So what are we going to do?" Said James.
"Just turn their hair blue or something and be done with it." Peter said flippantly.
"Are you kidding?" James exclaimed. "What are we third years? I know we can do better than that."
Peter just shrugged in response.
"Well now Prongs, he might be on to something." James looked at Sirius incredulously. "Hear me out. Why waste a lot of time concocting a wicked plan of action when instead, we could stick to a classic and very effective way to piss off Starr and Evans."
James shrugged. He'd have all summer to think up something really good for their return to Hogwarts. He just wanted Evans to know she couldn't get away with embarrassing him in front of the entire school.
"Let's do it."
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The sound of shrieking laughter could be heard all throughout the platform. All around parents who were gathering together their children took a moment to focus their attention to the middle of the platform. Two girls which once had equally gorgeous hair, now each sported vibrant neon streaks. Three of the Marauders were laughing so hard they could barely stand while Remus stood as far away from the group as possible shaking his head as though he were disappointed in his friends.
The hysterical laughter of Dianne and Rachelle coming from across the platform nearly drowned out all other noise. Marlene and Brandon stood next to Lily and Serena looking very much like they were doing all they could to suppress their laughter.
"Black! Get over here now." Serena's voice called out over the laughter.
"Oy! You couldn't possibly think this my doing?"
"Are you quite sure about that?"
"Well, no."
"Hm." She said with a flick of her wand and an incantation whispered so quietly, no one heard it.
Sirius patted himself frantically trying to figure out what she possibly could have done. He didn't feel any different. Yup, all of his appendages where still intact; everything was in order as far as he could tell.
"Ha! You suck Starr." Serena just shrugged not looking to put out by the fact that her spell had seemingly no effect on the boy in front of her whatsoever.
"Potter!"
James broke away from his friends to walk up to Lily. "Yes?" he said with a dazzling grin.
She walked up to him with such a look on her face James nearly quivered in fright. Then, she did what he least expected. Her hand shot out and grabbed him hard in between the legs. He took a sharp intake of breath, his eyes wide with shock and pain, all traces of the grin he had worn only seconds before were immediately wiped clean.
"For the last time," she said in a deadly whisper, "Leave me the hell alone you parasite." And with one final squeeze she let go of him, did a quick spell to undo the damage to her and Serena's hair and turned her back on him to make her way off the platform.
James stood stock still for ten full seconds before turning back around to face his friends who all wore pained expressions and were clutching at their own crotches.
"Right," he said in an unusually squeaky voice. "Let's get going then."
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Once Lily crossed through the barrier of the platform the reality of her actions hit her full force. Her actions shocked even herself; she had never been that ballsy in the past. She felt so disgusted with herself and immediately shook off her hand, wiping it on her jeans as though to rid herself of cooties. How could she have done something so bold in front of all those people? And if she knew Potter she knew that he would spend all summer planning a way to get her back for that little stunt.
"Oh my god. I cannot believe you did that!"
"I know." Said Marlene, "That was something that-"
"I would have done." Serena finished, "I'm so proud of you." She said in awe.
"Come on guys, just forget about it. That incident is not one I want to hear repeated over and over. In fact, I'm just going to forget it all together."
"Like hell you are. That had to be one of the greatest moments of your life. I mean, did you see his face? I wouldn't be surprised if he finally got the message and will leave us in peace next semester."
"I couldn't even hope for such luck."
"Either way, I took care of Sirius." Serena said smugly.
"How?" her two friends asked simultaneously.
"He turned our hair blue, I turned his hair blue."
"What?" asked Marlene.
"No you didn't." Lily declared at the same time.
"Now, now girls. I didn't say it was the hair on his head."
The three girls all laughed. "What do you think he'll say when he figures it out?" Lily asked suddenly.
"Oh, he'll be in for a surprise."
The girls said their good-byes with promises to write. Lily walked over to where her parents were waiting patiently for her.
"Hello mom, dad." And now the count down begins, thought Lily, only three months to go.
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The boys were beginning to worry. James hadn't said one word since they had left the platform and made their way to the Potter's. He just sat and stared into space with a dumbfounded look on his face. Several times they tried to get his attention with no avail. It was though he had checked out and nothing would snap him back into reality.
James didn't think it was possible to be anymore attracted to Lily than he had been the past five years but today he was attracted to her in a whole new way. Sure, they had their disagreements before but not to the scale they had been lately. Before he would always piss her off and she would just ignore him or often give him a simple "Piss off" or his favorite "imbecile" but recently it was as if she had found her voice and was willing and able to fight back. And he liked it, particularly this new frisky side that had emerged today.
She had spent too much time with that Starr girl. That had to be it, Lily's actions today spoke of Serena's flair, not her own. Serena was the vocal one, often ending up in screaming matches with Sirius in the middle of the common room. This Lily was saucy and brave and James didn't think he'd be able to handle much more of her like this.
Snap out of it, he said to himself. In his opinion he had done a pretty good job of hiding his infatuation with Lily from his friends. If he didn't put this out of his mind, at least for now, they would know something is up. Little did he know the Marauders were all well aware of his little crush.
Once they arrived at their destination they wasted away the afternoon relaxing and resting from their grueling fifth year. The house elves made them a scrumptious dinner which they ate until they all felt like they were on the brink of exploding. They trudged their way upstairs where they had two bedrooms with two beds each and one bathroom to share.
"Me first!" Sirius screamed running into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. The remaining boys shrugged and sat down for a game of wizards chess. Remus played James, not that James had any false ideas about beating him. Peter just watched.
They had only been playing for a few minutes before they heard Sirius' voice from the bathroom.
"That BITCH!" he suddenly emerged from the bathroom clad in only a towel.
"What?" The boys asked.
"S-she…" He stopped as though he didn't know quite what to say.
"What?" Peter repeated.
"Starr…. That bitch."
"Yeah, you said that already." James replied.
"What did she do?" asked Remus.
"She, she turned my…." He coughed "She turned my hair blue."
They all looked at him as if he was losing his mind. "I'm fairly certain we would have noticed that Padfoot." Both Peter and Remus nodded in agreement to James' statement.
"Um, no you wouldn't have, unless you make a habit of peeking at me naked." Sirius laughed. "Not that I would blame you, I mean, who could resist this." He added with a flex of his biceps.
The boys stared at him blankly before it hit all three of them at the same time like a freight train. Simultaneously they broke out in uncontrollable laughter; Sirius, remembering his dilemma frowned.
Through his laughing Remus, ever the logical one in the group said, "Just fix it."
"Well that's the problem isn't it? It won't go away."
Their laughter grew even louder.
"You mean," Peter paused, trying to catch his breath, "You're stuck with it that way."
His statement caused the boys to laugh harder. They were clutching at their sides, unable to even hold themselves up. Sirius crossed his arms over his chest.
"It's not funny guys. How am I going to explain that? It's not going to make for good pre-sex talk."
"Since when do you talk to anyone you have sex with?" Said Remus.
"You're right." He shrugged, "Oh well." With out further ado he went back into the bathroom leaving is friends to laugh at his expense.
-
As summer vacations have a way of doing, days turned into weeks, weeks into months, and finally there was only two weeks left before Lily would be returning to Hogwarts for her sixth year. She had received many letters in the weeks passed. Some from Marlene who, of course was having a great time; most from Serena who had been just as bored as Lily the last two months. Fortunately, Serena had invited her to spend the last two weeks of their vacation at her house.
That's why Lily found herself in the entry way of her parent's home, sitting on her trunk, waiting, if somewhat impatiently for Serena to arrive to pick her up. She couldn't wait. It would mean she was one step closer to being back at Hogwarts. Back home.
She just hoped that time would have allowed Potter to forget about her reckless actions at the end of last semester and allow her to become inconspicuous again.
She could hope.
