Hope eveyone enjoyed the last Chapter.
YEY this is the longest chapter I have written so far! Enjoy! Reviews would be really nice.
I have started chapter 4 and i think that it will be finished in around 4 days!!
The stag and dog ran in silence, through the Potter forest, each lost in their very different thoughts. The stag was thinking about a certain redhead, he would have to talk to Lu about her girl time over the past couple of days as Lily had been there and the dog was thinking about what he had finally got away from when they heard a twig snap off to their left. They both froze and looked at each other asking with their eyes what they should do.
Prongs thought fast there was a herd of deer of the estate so he would be fine but a dog wouldn't be able to get through the protection charms around the house, he turned to Padfoot and nudged him to the side with his nose. It only took a second for Padfoot to realise what Prongs wanted to do so he scampered off into the undergrowth.
Prongs had no time to move before Lu appeared chattering away to herself "....can't find them anywhere. Why would Jamie leave me behind? They haven't left the estate so where are they?" She hadn't noticed the Prongs yet, so he decided to try and leave, there was a gasp, he hadn't been quite enough, he froze.
Lu looked at the white stag that was just off the path she was walking over it was looking straight at her with its head held high she moved closer to it but it didn't move. She was amazed normally the deer ran off as soon as they heard anyone but this one was on its own and was letting her touch it, "Why didn't you run? The only person who can get close to them at all is my brother; his nickname is Prongs which I don't quite get. Are you a special friend of his?" The stag's eyes seemed to sparkle and his mouth quirked up in a grin, it was like he was laughing at her. "Prongs a name better suited to you I think. I wish Jay would tell me why they call each other those names. I mean Moony for Remus well I know that he is a werewolf, but the others make no sense at all. " The stag's eyes grew wide. Lu saw and thought that it was odd that he seemed to have such human emotions and then she realised something. She looked closely at the stag, she knew that she had seen its eyes before and suddenly worked out where said "Jamie, it's you isn't it? You're an illegal animagus aren't you? Prongs is a stag." The stag sighed then pushed her away from his with his nose. Then there was no stag just James standing infront of her.
"Yes Prongs is a stag. Yes I am an illegal animagus and yes it was me. When did you work out that Moony was a werewolf? Actually don't answer that."
"No I will, it's funny really Remus told me. He didn't mean to but he thought that you would have told me anyway. Why didn't you tell me?" her voice sounding hurt on her question the twins told each other everything or at least they used too.
"I'm sorry really I am. But we promised not to tell anyone and I didn't realise that they thought that I would tell you anyway." James turned his head slightly to one side staining his ears to hear something while holding one finger to his lips signalling to Lu for her to stay quiet, "Padfoot you can come out from behind that oak tree now," he called a grin on his face. Lu looked around confused. Where was Sirius? When a huge black dog bounded out of the trees, jumping on James causing him to fall flat on his back and then licked him on the face. James laughed " eeeeeeeewwwwwww gross mate!" the dog let out a bark of laughter that turned into loud laughter as the dog became Sirius.
Suddenly they stopped laughing, Lu had a thunderous look on her face. "What is the punishment for being illegal animagus?"
James looked at her and stated calmly "The punishment is life in Azkaban and yes we knew before we started trying to do this, but we did it for a reason, Lu I promise. You see........"
"No I won't listen to any of your excuses Jamie! Did you not think that if mum and dad find out they are probably supposed to turn you in? What do you think it would do to them? To me? Must I always the one who gives you a realality check?! You can be an utter idiotic bas........"
"Listen to me!" Lu stopped talking immediately, she had never heard James speak with such power. "We knew exactly what we were doing. If you had seen your friend so scared of what he was, letting people in, if you had seen him before Madam Pomfrey got to him after full moon and known that there was nothing you could do to help him!" There was only anguish left in James voice now and pain in his eyes, "It took us almost three years. It made me and Sirius got into the library every night under the cloak to work out if there was anything that we might be able to do. It took us a year to realise that he would only hurt us if we were human, the only way we could make it better was to become animagus. We finally managed it just before Easter this year, and Moony hardly hurts himself now because we are there to distract him. That is why we did it, to help a friend."
Sirius was leaning against a tree watching the twins yell at each other each desperate to get their point across, it was the first time he had really seen them angry with each other. Lu was looking on with a look of amazement. She knew that her twin was loyal, they both were, but to risk life in Azkaban to help Remus, he really was a better person than even she gave him credit of. "Oh."
James took a deep breath steadying himself, the smirk came onto his face and when he spoke again it was in a voice of cool inference, the tone he used when he was too emotional, "Yes oh I bet you thought I'd done it for the fun of it. Well you are wrong, just like Evans is always wrong about us. What is it you always say to me; something about not being so fucking judgemental? How about you give it a try for once and see where you end up." Lu shivered he had never used that tone with her and it scared her that he was now.
Sirius pushed himself off the tree and stepped towards James with a look of understanding on his face "Go, I'll see you later."
James gave a small nod. His need to yell and be angry was diffused by Sirius's words, Sirius could always calm him done. James was angry with himself for yelling at her like that, but it was her fault. He hadn't expected her to turn on him. She should have listened and heard him out first. He needed to run, alone. He turned, transforming as he went before galloping off into the forest.
Sirius watched on worried. James had a temper,yes, but it had never turned on his sister before ever. Something must have really got James wound up to explode like that, normally he would run for a long distance or punch someone or something; a tree, Sirius or a Sytherin were the usual victims Sirius didn't mind because James let him do the same to him.
He sighed walking further away from the tree and started towards Lu, he knew that it would be pointless going after James, he could out run Sirius and he wouldn't want to talk anyway.
"I'm sorry Lu. None of us realised that he hadn't told you about Remus until after Remus had talked to you, I guess he didn't want to be a liability, I don't know, sometimes he's really hard to understand." Lu showed no sign that she had heard Sirius and was still staring after James. "Leave him. He'll come back when he's ready." Lu nodded and started off towards the house. Sirius glanced into the woods and then followed her; He wasn't expecting James back for a while.
On the outskirts of Reading a petite redhead stepped off a purple bus which disappeared as soon as she moved away, in her left hand she held a suitcase. She had enjoyed the past couple of days, spending time with her friends but now she had to go home to the name calling of her sister.
She laughed when she thought of the friends that she had been with for the past couple of days, she had learnt some very interesting things. She was amazed about how much Lu Potter, one of her best friends, had grown already over the summer at the beginning of September they had been the same height and now Lu was a full head taller than her, apparently her twin brother had also grown. Lu hadn't minded as much as James apparently had they had to go shopping every couple of days because they were growing too fast, things that fit would be inches to short in a few days time.
Lily walked through the village past the local woods where she liked to walk and then turned up the short road to the small cluster of houses where her house was. She arrived at the door of the small four bed roomed house with a forest green door. She pushed the door open and stepped into the house "Mum, dad I'm home!"
A short woman just taller than Lily walked out of the kitchen "hello dear. It's nice to have you home again. Did you have a good time? Go and unpack dear. Supper is at eight but Petunia's boyfriend Vernon is coming round so can you be in the sitting room for seven. Thank you dear."
Lily went to the sitting room to speak to her father and had a very entertaining conversation with him about Vernon. Lily sighed she hated Petunia's whale of a boyfriend from the one time that she had seen him and she knew from her father's letters that he felt that Petunia could do better and he had just confined it to her anyway. She went up to her room where she started to unpack her suitcase wishing that she could escape so that she didn't have to spend time with her sister and her boyfriend, but she knew that would be impossible she had avoided the since Easter when she had stayed at the castle rather than coming home.
She was sitting on her bed when an owl flew through the window which she had left open, she recognised it as is as Lu's owl Pinky, named so because of the slight pink tinge to her feathers. Lily stood, removed the letter from the owl and gave her some treats. Pinky stayed on her desk so Lily presumed that Lu was expecting an answer.
Hey Lil
Know I only saw you a few hours ago but I need to talk to someone sane! Yes thats right Sirius was here when I got home, the madness had started!
Me and James had a fight. We've never had a fight before........ well not a proper one like this. He's changing and it's scaring me. I need him to joke and laugh and to do the seriousness stuff when I'm not around. This war is changing people Lil.
I hope your sister isn't being mad and that you can avoid meeting the whale for a little longer.
We'll have to organise some girly time in a few weeks. You're the only one who hasn't seen the house which seems quite unbelievable!
Write back
Lu
Lily laughed reading the letter but it worried her that Lu sounded so upset over her and James fighting siblings fought the whole time. Didn't they? But maybe twins were different. She sat down at her desk and pulled a piece of parchment towards her and grabbed a quill out of her ink pot.
Hey right back at you
I didn't think Sirius was coming to yours for another couple of weeks! Oh well............ I guess that means that a certain someone is happy. Don't deny it I've seen the way that you look at him!
Well you know the way I feel about your brother, but that has nothing to do with what happens between the two of you. What was the fight about? It might help you to work out what you need to do to make it better.
Unfortunately it would seem that meeting the whale can't be put off any longer, he is coming for supper tonight and I'm expected to be there. It would seem that my father really doesn't like him, he says he doesn't mind if any funny stuff happens tonight. Don't worry of course I explained that I wasn't of age yet so couldn't do magic outside school. He was very disappointed!
Would love to come to your house! It sounds amazing, I can't believe that I haven't ever seen it.
See you soon
Lil
Lily stood and beckoned Pinky over to her and attached the letter to her leg before carrying her over to the window so that she could deliver the message.
Lu was sitting on the drawing room of the Potter Mansion when Pinky arrived back with a reply from Lily, she stood and let the owl in removing her of her letter so that she could read it. Lu looked at Pinky "stay, there may be a reply" the owl hooted and settled down to wait. Lu sat back down on the sofa that she had been sitting in and opened the parchment. She read her friends reply and laughed no-one really understood her and James relationship; they were each other's best friend, playmate and confidant, they told each other everything no matter what it was or who it involved, but first and foremost they were twins together no matter what happened.
Lu picked up the quill that was still lying next to her from writing her original message
Lil
I DONT FANCY SIRIUS BLACK!!!!!!!! Although he may be able to help me with finding out what's wrong with James.
Poor you dinner with the whale then. I feel sorry for you, I know you didn't want to face your sister and boyfriend just yet but at least you're getting it over with. I love your dad, he's so funny.
How about you come round Wednesday next week, I can come over with mum or dad to pick you up then you could spend a week or so at my house I could get some of the others to come over for at least a couple of days. How does that sound???
Hope you can survive until then!!
Lu
Lu stood and beckoned Pinky over to her and attached the letter to her leg before carrying her over to the window so that she could deliver the message.
She sat down again pulling a fresh piece of parchment so that she could write to Remus asking him if he could come round she wanted some company. Sirius maybe in the house but on the contrary to what she had told Lily she did fancy Sirius quite alot. She could talk properly around Remus and he was better at getting James to talk, plus he would actually tell her what was wrong unlike Sirius who would properly make some joke about twins knowing everything.
She left the room and made her way up to the family owlery pausing outside James door. Putting her ear to the door she could hear the sound of a quill brushing over parchment, she smiled. He was drawing. It was something that he kept secret from everyone else, but the pictures he drew were amazing and since forth year Lily had been receiving one of herself each better than the last with no note or signature every birthday, Christmas and Valentines and Lily still had no clue who drew them. James had a cupboard in his room filled with drawings and equipment charmed shut so that only he or Lu could open it.
Lu sighed; she looked at the letter in her hands maybe it wouldn't be necessary to send for Remus maybe James would tell her anyway.
James sat back on his seat and looked at his work, this one was the best it would be the next present, strong emotions always made his drawings better and this one was no exception.
He glanced at the door her knew that Lu was standing in the other side and had been for the last five minutes and it was starting to bug him. Why didn't she just come in? There was a small knock on the door as if Lu had known what he was thinking. "Yes Lu, just come in."
The door opened fully and his twin stepped in. Lu quickly glanced around James's room she hadn't been in it since Christmas; she was surprised to see various pieces of his art work decorating the walls and a big stuffed tube hanging from the ceiling, she guessed it was some kind of muggle invention. James turned in his seat so that he was looking at her "it's a punch bag, a muggle invention. Sirius gave it to me as part of my Christmas present to try and stop me hitting him so much when I get irritated about things." He paused taking a deep breath before continuing, "look I'm sorry about earlier, it's just too much is going on in my head, then you were there yelling at me so why not yell back. I'm sorry you were only worrying about me, being a good twin." He stopped again at looked up at Lu who obviously wasn't expecting such a heartfelt apology because she had the expression of a stunned fish on her face. "Forgive me?"
Lu nodded "Only if you can forgive me I should have known that you would have thought it fully through first and for that I'm sorry." She smiled she hated not talking to James and she couldn't work out how sometimes her friends could go for days ignoring each other.
James gave her a cheeky grin" Now tell me how the first week of the fair Lillian's holiday has been and what you all got up to while you were at Tessa's house!" he stood and flopped down across his bed where Lu joined him before she started to talk.
