Disclaimer: Song and characters don't belong to me, with the usual exception of Anna

A/N: I've been neglecting this story for ages, but I now think I can make a real go at it with the storylines I have in mind. So here's chapter 4

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''I'll fight for you, I'll give you all I got to give
I'll fight for you, as long as we should live
I'll search for heaven each day
And together, we'll find a way
And I'll fight for you darling
I'll fight for you...''

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'You'll never guess what' Peter burst into the common room looking out of breath and flustered, not that this alarmed anybody, Peter did have a tendency to get worked up by pointless things. So James and Sirius didn't even pay any attention although Remus did glance up from where they were sat with Lily and Anna

'In that case we won't bother trying' Lily didn't even bother to look up, Peter had never been exactly her most favourite person in the world

'That's a really good reply' Anna giggled as she put her quill down, glad of an excuse to have a break on this rather boring Saturday

'Thank you, I've been perfecting my sarcastic nature' Lily said with mock modesty

'Lily Evans, Queen of sarcasm. That sounds quite good' Sirius commented also realising that participating in the conversation meant doing less homework and Sirius loved to talk

'If Lily's Queen then who's King?' Peter asked having totally forgotten his thrilling news

'No-one. I rule alone with help from my trusty advisor, the most honourable Anna' Lily said play-acting, trying to look superior and Queen-like. Anna and the boys grinned but Peter looked extremely confused as though he didn't really understand what was going on, or maybe that was his normal expression

'Isn't that priest?' Peter asked but everyone ignored him

'Why thank you Queen Lily, my advice is to push Sirius in the lake' Anna said

'That's mighty good advice, well done' Lily praised as Sirius looked indignant and James and Remus laughed and applauded

'Hey, leave me alone. And you have to chose a King it's the rules' Sirius protested, Peter looked rather pleased that one of his friends had finally backed him up

'Fine, so who would you advise me to pick, most honourable Anna?' Lily sighed as she gave in

'You can chose any boy you won't, nobody would say no to you' Anna flattered Lily

'Well give me some options' Lily demanded, Anna twirled a piece of her black hair round her finger apparently in deep thought before finally saying:

'There's Peter'

'Too short and dumpy' Lily dismissed instantly, Peter understandably looked rather annoyed, he would gladly of hit her if he hadn't been scared she would hit him back, Anna continued to twirl her hair

'Erm, Sirius' Anna said after a few seconds just choosing the boy sat in front of her, Sirius immediately perked up at hearing his name

'Too tall and crazy' Lily said firmly, Sirius didn't seem offended but more pleased than anything else at being called crazy

'Not James' Anna said as a statement, James looked angry and was about to say something

'No, too annoying and smelly' Lily agreed, James now looked affronted at being called smelly and was about to protest but once again Lily cut him off by crying out joyfully 'I've worked it out'

'Well done, you must have picked the wonderful…' Anna grinned widely as she left a dramatic pause

'Remus' both girls said together giggling

'I'm honoured most honourable Anna and Queen Lily, I'm sure together we will rid our fair kingdom of evil vagrants and riffraff like this' Remus indicated the other boys and then leant down to kiss both girls hands causing another fit of giggles

'Good plan King Remus' Anna said whole-heartedly

'Can I escort you two lovely ladies to dinner?' Remus asked charmingly offering an arm to each girl, which they accepted, and then they sauntered off leaving a shocked Peter, Sirius and James staring after them

'Were we just turned down in favour of Moony?' Sirius asked gobsmacked

'It would appear so, the world is going mad' James shook his head, not overly annoyed at Lily rejecting him again as it was just a game, he was now working on the theory that every rejection meant it was only closer to the time Lily would say yes

'Absolutely barmy' Sirius agreed as he left with James. Peter was still stood alone in the centre of the room scratching his head trying to figure out how he was the only one left

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Lily knocked on the door and opened it, inside the hut sat James, Sirius and Peter

'Where's Hagrid?' Lily asked in surprise

'Feeding the nifflers' Sirius explained

'Why are you here?' James asked

'Fairly obviously I'm visiting Hagrid' Lily still hadn't shaken off her rather sarcastic mood caused by having to deal with some Hufflepuff who wasn't the brightest kid in the world and had somehow managed to spill sticky goo in Lily's hair which had taken ages to get out

'No need to be sarcastic' James said

'Are you going soon?' Lily asked rather unpolitely

'No. Are you staying long?' James narrowed his eyes at her

'Yes I think I will' Lily said with a very fake smile

'Wonderful' James snapped, obviously struggling to keep his temper. Sirius and Peter exchanged worried looks Lily and James were regressing to their previous state of hating each other

'Excellent' Lily said, her face clouding over as her anger built

'Guys what's the problem?' We're all friends here' Sirius jumped in quickly hoping that he wouldn't be caught in the middle of one of Lily and James' infamous fights, luckily they both clamed down

'Oops, I guess I forgot' James said rather sheepishly

'Me too. Sorry' Lily scratched the side of her nose in a way that James loved

'Let's kiss and make up' James suggested grinning slyly

'JAMES' Lily yelled in anger 'Can you not just keep your filthy thoughts to yourself'

'You can't blame a guy for trying' James defended but he backed away to what he thought was a safe distance

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'Sirius, Peter, James and Lily I don't normally get to see all of you at once' Hagrid said in a booming voice as he entered the hut

'It must be your lucky day then' Sirius said cockily

'Where's Remus?' Hagrid suddenly realised one of the boys was missing

'Ill' all three boys said very quickly in unison, Lily was rather surprised by their response, when Peter had been ill it had taken them an entire week to work out where he had gone

'And Anna?' Hagrid enquired after Lily's best friend

'She got detention from Filch' Lily said glaring at James who for once didn't know what he'd done wrong

'For what? I can't imagine her doing anything wrong' Hagrid had a soft spot for both girls and thought they were both wonderful

'She didn't, it was James under his invisibility cloak, he came in traipsing mud everywhere and Anna got the blame' Lily said as James flinched visibly under her glare

'Poor girl, that wasn't very nice of you James' Hagrid reprimanded while keeping a close eye on Sirius who had decided to bond with Fang by telling the dog all about his crush on Christine, Fang however was more interested in chasing his tail round and round, not that this stopped Sirius from talking

'How do you know somebody was there if they were under an invisibility cloak?' James asked trying to remain calm and look innocent

'Because invisible shadows don't leave footprints' Lily said very icily

'Oops' James muttered.

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The four students stayed talking for about an hour until Hagrid said they had to leave because it was late

'You coming back with us under the invisibility cloak?' Sirius asked as soon as they were outside Hagrid's hut, Lily glanced at James who smiled weakly he was still worried about making her more angry at him

'Alright' she agreed as James looked relieved and threw the cloak over all four of them.

It was a very slow procession back to the common room, Peter in particular kept banging into things but a sound from somewhere nearby wasn't caused by any of them. James dropped the cloak in alarm and exchanged glances with Sirius

'Whoever you are show yourself' James drew his wand as a dark figure emerged from the shadows

'Stay calm Potter, you wouldn't want to hurt yourself' the young blond haired man sneered, James put his wand away again, he didn't trust the man but duelling him wouldn't have been advisable

'Malfoy why are you here?' James asked with thinly veiled hatred, Malfoy had left Hogwarts the year James had started. Unfortunately their parents were both highly respected members of the wizarding community so they frequently ran into each other, most times resulting in curses been thrown

'Not that it's any of your business, I was visiting Snape' Malfoy said looking rather smug

'Does the headmaster know you're here?' James asked suspiciously

'Does he know you and your little gang are sneaking around late at night' Malfoy retorted

'They aren't my little gang' James said through clenched teeth

'I apologise, you've replaced Lupin with a much prettier member, it's just a shame she's a mudblood' Malfoy had noticed Remus' absence, he knew James' friends just as they knew his friends Crabbe and Goyle or rather his followers

'Don't you dare speak to Lily like that' James growled, Sirius' knuckles were white as he clenched his fist tight obviously restraining himself from punching Malfoy and leaving James to sort it out

'Ah Lily, such a pretty name, she really is a rather beautiful creature. My little flower' Lucius ran a finger down her cheek and brushed a lock of her hair behind her ear, James and Sirius seething with rage pulled out their wands but they were too slow. Lily had taken a step forwards and slapped Malfoy with all her might across his face leaving a very red mark and a very shocked Malfoy

'Don't ever call me a mudblood again, don't ever call me a little flower again and never ever even think about touching my hair ever again' Lily hissed in a clear voice as she turned and stalked away

'Well you heard the lady Malfoy, now leave' Sirius hadn't put away his wand and didn't until Malfoy's footsteps could no longer be heard on the stone floor

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'Are you alright?' Sirius actually looked concerned as the three boys approached Lily who was sat alone in the common room, everyone else having long since headed to bed

'Of course, I love being insulted during late night strolls' Lily's sarcasm wasn't going to be stopped by anyone, especially not Malfoy

'Malfoy's a prat, it's a well known fact' Sirius offered as consolation not really knowing the right thing to say, James and Peter didn't know either

'Why do you think he was here?' Lily asked

'Probably recruiting Snape to be a deatheater' James said looking disgusted at just mentioning Snape's name

'A deatheater?' Lily asked puzzled

'One of those idiots in black robes who follow Voldemort' James explained

'He killed the Prewett's last year, didn't he?' Peter said pleased to have information, James was annoyed at Peter for mentioning it in front of Lily but he couldn't realistically hope to keep her ignorant of the facts and it was probably better for her to be aware of them

'Yeah, the so called Dark Lord' Sirius said mockingly, obviously not seeing Voldemort as any kind of Lord

'I think there are dark times ahead' Lily said with a sigh partly because she was tired and partly because of the threat of the rising Voldemort

'Probably, but no matter what just remember to laugh and love, we can't let fear rule us' James said more calmly than he felt and with rather more insight than he normally showed

'We'll cope somehow, no Dark Lord can ever stop us living our lives the way we want to' Sirius added also more sober than usual, there was a silence for a few minutes as they all thought silently, which Lily broke by announcing:

'I'm going to bed' she stood up and headed to the stairs

'We're off to meet Moony' Peter said absent-mindedly, James and Sirius looked annoyed then horrified as Lily paused on the stairs and turned back to them

'What? Isn't Moony what you call Remus?' she asked rather curiously

'He didn't say Moony, he said…' James tried to explain, but trailed off as he couldn't think of any plausible explanation other than Remus been a werewolf

'He said Spoony, one of the house elves' Sirius jumped in trying to save the situation

'That's a strange name' Lily said surprised

'Well those house elves are strange things' Sirius said with a forced laugh that James joined in with, Lily gave them both a very shrewd look but then shrugged

'Oh okay then, goodnight' the note of suspicion was still evident in her voice, but she did this time reach her dormitory before Peter was hit round the head by two very angry best friends, one a stag and one a dog

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A/N: Well there's chapter four. Watcha think? Good, bad, indifferent?