Ok guys, I know it has been a REALLY long time since I posted but my only explanation is exams, and then after they were over I have been doing a summer program and it's just been quite hectic. Thank you so much to everybody that's following the story and I promise I'll get much quicker at this. I really hope this chapter is long enough because I know that I've kind of been skimming through all the details in the last three and so this is hopefully a bit of a longer read. Thanks again to everyone that has taken the time to read this and tell me what they think :) keep it coming!
Disclaimer: None of these characters of the world of Hogwarts belong to me, they are all J.K Rowling's I'm afraid.
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JAMES POV
"Lily?"
The girl sighed with relief… And then took a breath.
"You look different, I'm sorry but could I talk to you alone?" She was glaring again, this had to be Lily.
Padfoot and Moony just stared at Lily like she was an idiot, but they played along surprisingly; Padfoot rolled his eyes and swept out of the room with a "Come on copperhead!" Moony trailed behind, still in shock at what had happened.
Then Lily made eye contact, and I knew that I was for it.
SLAP!
"WHAT ON EARTH HAVE YOU DONE?! WE ARE IN A TIME WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, AS PEOPLE WE HAVE NEVER MET, AND WE ARE NEVER GONNA FIND OUR WAY BACK! WELL?! WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY FOR YOURSELF?"
Well I didn't expect that.
"We will find a way back, okay? It wears off after three days. I guess these people that we look like will go back to their daily lives and nobody will be any the wiser?" The glare was returning so I started to hurry up my excuses – "OK! OK!
Look I never told you exactly why I made this potion. Yes it was because of what Alice said but it was also because you didn't reply. I could see that you agreed with her and I wanted to prove everyone wrong – including myself."
Lily – or whoever this girl was that Lily looked like – stared at me (at least it wasn't a glare) but she had wide eyes, and a tear trying to escape from them. She opened her mouth but didn't speak: oh god I've paralysed her!
"That is the stupidest and sweetest thing I've ever heard."
Thank god she's alive!
"But let me tell you something James Potter. This is the kind of behaviour that makes me believe Alice! You should have just trusted your own actions and stopped being so flipping paranoid! But no, instead you had to risk our lives to secure your mental ego. You were worried about making a mistake, congratulations! You've made it!"
And with that she stormed out of the room, and that tear never left.
She is so right. What was I thinking?! Of course I was gonna make a mistake, I will never be able to hold onto Lily… My stupid ego won't allow it.
"Prongs?"
I turned around to see the tall ginger again – another mistake all down to me. But at least Moony isn't gonna shout at me.
"Hey" was the only reply I could muster, along with a grimace to match my mood.
"You know, she'll forgive you by the end of the day."
That made me turn around.
"Yeah, I've fought with Lily before and believe me: if she starts crying, she'll forgive you."
Well at least that cheered me up a bit; the bed sank as Moony sat down. I didn't say anything, because I knew that I'd start blubbing like a seal if I did, so he simply continued.
"Look, I am not saying you did the right thing but you did something with the right intentions. I know you can get us back because we trust you, I mean it was you that came up with the animagus idea."
That put a smile on my face.
"Moony?" The threat of tears was starting to go away now.
"Yeah?"
"... Thanks"
"No problem, now what are you gonna do about me and Pads? No offence, but you got off lightly on this! As did Lily! I mean Sirius is a girl for god's sake!"
I turned my head towards him and his exasperation, and all I could do was laugh. Come on it was pretty funny! Padfoot was a ginger girl! I was never gonna let him forget it when we got home...
About five minutes passed with the two of us just laughing our heads off. Then the butt of our jokes stormed in.
"Alright, I know you're upset but shut up. I have a plan! What if we take polyjuice potion? Then at least I can make myself a guy again, and we can choose people that look vaguely like us?"
The idea was shot down in a heartbeat by Moony of course:
"Pads it takes a month to make Polyjuice, we're here for three days! I'm sure you can manage tits and a vagina for that long."
If only I'd had a camera for that moment, Padfoot was frozen in a state of shock.
"Firstly, rude! Secondly, I've never heard you sound so corrupted! What happened to our innocent cub that kept his nose in books? Have they been magazines all this time? You know, those magazines?" wink wink
"Sirius! Of course not! I just know the vocabulary that gets your attention and shuts you up."
Sirius was a bit stumped by that, but of course I'm much better competiton...
"Yeah well you would, you use it on him every night."
That made Remus falter, until I saw his rare, steely 'bring it on!' glare that only ever led to humiliation. Oh well, I'm already depressed. This can't get much worse.
"Well how would you know that Prongs? Have you been listening in?"
"No, you're just loud. God Remus I never knew you could be such a dark horse."
"Ah, I think you're framing the wrong guy mate. That's all Peter."
"OK ENOUGH! Guys, come on I know I'm the most fabulous and attractive guy ever but I can do better than Wormy! Besides, how could you mistake the girl in my bed for a guy? It was Evans."
That turned us into hyenas immediately. When all else fails, Pads can never ruin a sex joke. Well, almost never...
"James I'm sorry I-
.Timing.
"-What the? Are you all right? Remus? Black? James!"
"haha-hey Lils-ha-you-haha-ok?"
The look of disapproval was deafening. "Look. We just have to stick this out for three days right? I'm sorry for what I said, and I know you lot will get us back because unfortunately you may be the most childish boys that I have ever met but you are also my boyfriend and his best friends with some of the greatest minds I've ever seen. Also you're not wearing trousers Black so keep your legs together."
Sirius sprang into action as if he'd been hit with a full body bind. He obviously hadn't noticed that if you roll around on the floor laughing in a skirt then it will end up above your waist...
He had a lot to learn.
"Harry! You there? Look, everybody's at the Room of Requirement and if you want this to work then-
Not another one! You almost forget this place is a school, and there are other people around. How many tall ginger kids can you meet in one day?
"Did you find them Fred?" said a voice from down the corridor. There are two! Right this kid must be Fred. Come on Prongs! Action plan: how to get rid of two tall ginger kids without being suspicious... Nah, I've got nothing. Doesn't look like Pads is doing much better.
The staring is starting to get awkward now. Oh what the hell! I can wing it.
"Look, um Fred? I'm really sorry but Harry's um..." which one of us is Harry?! It's got to be Moony, who else is the tall ginger kid going to be looking for but his tall ginger brother?
"Harry's not feeling so good. He's going to have to skip whatever he was planning. Sorry."
This Fred kid looked at us like we were insane, "Well, why is Harry talking in the third person whilst looking at Ron and speaking to Fred as if he's never met him before! Cut the crap. Who are you and where is Harry?"
