In the end it's always you
By ~PrennCooder
James is scheming and plotting his revenge. Gotta admire that kid!
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On his way out of the library, James ran into Peeves the poltergeist. Peeves blew a wet raspberry into James's face, scaring him half to death. "Cut it out, Peeves!" James yelled. He tripped over his own shoelaces and got up quickly. He ran as fast as he could into the direction of the banquet hall.
Dramatically, James sat down at the table next to Sirius and across from Remus and Peter. James made a lot of noise as he sat down, in the hopes of subtly attracting attention. He loudly placed his hand on his heart and said in a dramatically projected voice, "Slytherin's got her! It was terrible! Our poor friend Lily's fallen for Snivellus Greasy!" James moaned.
Sirius was too sharp to believe this was what actually happened, but he pretended for Peter's sake. Peter was obviously caught up in this exaggerated account of real events. Remus rolled his eyes.
As James continued to explain what happened in a dramatic tone, he received looks from almost everyone in the room. At a nearby table, Alice and Frank were whispering back and forth.
"I don't think Severus is that bad." Frank said. "James is trying to compare Severus to a toothless crocodile. To me, James seems like the mean one here."
"I'm worried for Lily's sake. D'you think she's lost sight of right and wrong?" Alice asked.
"I think she's finally cracked." Mary stepped over to where Alice and Frank were having their snacks. "Poor Lily."
"I've known Lily since first year and she and Severus used to be friends." Alice argued. "But ever since he's been obsessed with the Death Eaters, she said he wasn't himself."
"She's a good person. But once she starts hanging out with the wrong sort, before you know it she'll be one of them." Mary said. Stiff-necked and proud-nosed, she trotted away.
Alice and Frank were left with the uncanny thought that Mary should have been placed in Slytherin instead of Gryffindor.
Back at the Marauders' table…
"So did you finish enchanting that map, Remus?" James asked his studious friend.
"Shh!" Remus whispered loudly. "It's done. But ya don't want the whole school to know, do you?"
"No." James sank back.
"Excellent. At eleven tonight, we'll creep out of our dorm rooms and spoil Snivelly's luck. That's all it is, right? A bit of good luck?" Sirius said.
James though hard.
"Good luck." Peter repeated.
"Snivelly's been cheating! Then everything would make sense! Remember in potions class this morning? He'd been brewing something all hour, even when Slughorn was giving the lecture. I say either he slipped her a love potion, or he slipped himself some liquid luck."
"Liquid luck is awful hard to make, James. So it would have been most obvious if he had done so. And Slughorn wouldn't have let him get away with it." Remus said.
"Well, then, he must have tricked her into drinking a love potion, because there's no way that the Lily I know—"
James was interrupted by a strange shadow walking past him. Lucius Malfoy stared at James and singled him out. Then he began walking toward him, cocking his fists. "I hear you started a rumor about me, Potter. So that's what I get for doing a favor for you?" Lucius's voice was so domineering and clear that it caught the attention of most of the students in the room. Even if they hadn't turned to see, they had still stopped what they were doing to listen.
James shifted nervously in his seat. "I…uh…" James cleared his throat and remembered he was a Gryffindor. No fear. "Um, it was only because Lily's gone and wrote that love letter to Snivelly. I had no intentions of spreading a rumor about you, but merely using your name."
Lucius scowled.
"You see, Snivellus has the world's biggest crush on Lily Evans, and James here got so jealous that he was right about forced to make up that rumor." Sirius explained.
James glared at his friend.
"It's true." Said Remus.
"Yeah." Peter agreed.
James gathered what was left of his dignity and released it into one sentence, "Will you help me break them up?"
"We know you detest the thought of them being friends just as much as we do." Said Remus.
"I even heard that Snivellus slipped her a love potion." Sirius smiled.
Lucius started to calm down. "Break them up, yes? Well, they'd have to be together for us to do that."
"We're going to have to let them think we want them together." said Sirius.
James's frown was replaced with a slight smile. The gears began to turn in his mischievous little mind. He knew what to do, and there was no doubt in his mind that he would succeed. He was not about to let Snivellus Greasy get away with stealing Lily Evans.
