Emerald Eyes
Disclaimer: J.K. is everything that is good. Not moi.
Previously
Marry gave a small, but disappointed wave and stayed where she was. Her eyes never left James, even after (to her disappointment) he, laughing, stormed into one of the theatres with Lily at his heels. Her permanent smile flickered for the first time, but she shook it off. Turning her back, she walked swiftly away into the parking lot, as if nothing had happened. Mary, if only she would have realized then: James was just a waste of her time.
Chapter Seven: Number Nintey-Seven
"Hey Evans." James tapped Lily's shoulder, who turned around and smiled widely.
"Hi, so how was your date?" Lily asked as she slapped the money on the counter and they walked together towards their movie, sweets loaded up high.
"Good," James shrugged, "It was the typical kind of date."
"Ah."
"No one else could make it?" James said, disappointed.
"Sadly, no." Lily shook her head.
"Oh well, next time."
They found two seats in the very front of the theatre and made themselves at home. Fifteen minutes through the movie, their eyes were un-blinking and glued onto the screen, and not to mention their popcorn bowl was half empty. The movie was generally fun and exciting, especially when Lily and James started making jokes on all the cheesy parts and cracking up in random moments. They got a few glares and a few shut up's, but nothing too bad. The movie was exactly what they had expected, filled with scary goodness. At the very end, Lily was gripping whatever she was holding (or was closest) extremely tight, and grinning madly. Once it was James' shirt, and another time it was the popcorn bowl which exploded onto the floor.
When the movie was over, they went along with the line out of the theatre; reciting the quotes they had loved the most and talking about the scariest parts.
"Holy shit, I'm going to have nightmares…" James said in mock fright. Lily looked at him and he quickly remembered. "Oh, sorry." He said sheepishly.
Lily waved it off and agreed, "I'm going to end up sneaking into Leah's room and hiding under her bed."
"This was defiantly a better movie…" James trailed off.
Lily snorted, "Barney's Sing-Along-Songs is better than that movie!"
"Anyway, how'd you get here?" James asked curiously as they reached the parking lot.
"I drove, you?"
"I flooed to my ex-girlfriends house, she lives here in muggle London. Then I walked." James explained, "It was quicker than driving."
Lily rolled her eyes, "Man-whore!"
"I'm not a man whore!" James defended himself, and Lily cracked a smile.
"Just tell yourself that…"
James stuck his tongue out at her, "Anyway, I've never ridden in the front seat of a muggle car before." He said in a very childish voice, "So I'll come with you!"
"Ok, don't bother asking me! Come on, my car's over there." Lily pointed.
The car had been Leah's parents before they died, and Leah gave it to Lily. It was a neon-green 'Buggy' with lots of bumper stickers on the back. The dashboard had a bobble-head Chiwawa and there were dice hanging from the mirror. It was funky.
"Get in." Lily ordered after she un-locked the car. James cautiously did so, and instantly started pressing buttons that would have probably set off lights and alarms…had the car been on.
Lily went around and into the drivers seat and watched James' amused look.
"Ready?" She asked cautiously. He grinned and nodded.
Lily thrust the key into the ignition and the engine gave a loud roar. James, who had never heard the peculiar sound before, jumped up in surprise and banged his head on the roof.
"Damn it…" he rubbed his head, "Why is it so loud?"
Lily laughed at him, "Press that button over there."
James pushed down on the button by the window, and watched in amazement as it rolled down. How did muggles do this? WITHOUT MAGIC?
"Amazing…" he whispered in awe, and began to make the window twitch up and down.
"I know, and we haven't even started driving!" Lily grinned and backed up out of the parking space.
James looked franticly around at this odd contraption. "Step on it!" He exclaimed, he had heard that in the movie they had just seen.
Lily laughed and jerked the car forward extremely fast, making James bump his head again. He glared at her before returning his head out the window. She slowed down again and this time showed James the windshield wipers. I can imagine it must have looked rather odd, James' face pressed against the front window, staring inventively at the water droplets.
"What does this button do?" James asked curiously and pressed a big red button.
"DON'T PRESS THAT BU- oh, that's the radio." Lily said as soon as she heard the familiar melody of a song. ACDC, was it? (A/N: XD)
"Wow!" James pressed his ear against the speaker.
"How is it you're rich, have your own cheuffer, but yet you've never ridden in a car?"
"I'm too cool for cars. Nah, really, never bothered."
Lily rolled her eyes and remained silent, keeping an eye on the road ahead.
The ride continued with rather interesting events, such as James finding out he could make air come out of some holes in the car. In about ten minutes, Lily parked in front of Leah's house and stepped out. Since James was such an idiot, she had to open his door for him. As they entered the house, they found the "gang" cooped up inside the small living room sitting on the couches. They were laughing just as Lily and James entered the house, and they turned around to great them. To Lily and James' surprise, Peter, too, was there.
James waved while Lily meekly said, "Hey guys." Peter made her a little uncomfortable.
"Hey." The room waved in unison.
"Come on Lils," Leah patted her lap and Lily grinned and walked over as she sat on Leah's lap.
"How was the movie?" Remus asked as James sat himself on the floor.
"Great." Lily stuck her thumbs.
"Lily was scared, she was holding on to me the WHOLE time!" James batted his eyelashes and ducked the pillow that was thrown viciously at him.
"Shut it." Lily mumbled.
"Oh, oh, oh! So this is true!" Sirius wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and gave Lily a little wink.
"It was freaky…" Lily said defensively.
"Hey," Peter stuck his hands up pleading innocent, "Its not wrong for you to like Jamsie."
Lily, being the mature young adult she is, flipped him the bird jokingly as her only response.
"She's in denial Pete," Sirius whispered audibly into Peter's ear.
"I cant help it if I'm sexy!" James shrugged and then seductively clawed out a drawling, "Rawwrr."
Lily flung another pillow at James' obnoxious head in hopes to possibly pop it and see air zooming out of his ear. Sadly, that didn't happen.
"I'm going to go upstairs and sleep…" Lily stood up but was quickly grabbed by the collar and yanked back down by Leah.
"Lils! This is our last night before going to Hogwarts! Don't leave me!" Leah pouted, and Lily cursed as she gave in and sat down again.
"Let's have some Fire Whisky!" Sirius cheered. He waved his wand and was about to conjure some bottle, when Lily grabbed his arm sternly.
"No, Sirius, you and Fire Whisky aren't the best of friends when you're spazzing on the floor like a banana." Lily explained calmly, ignoring Sirius's looks.
So, Sirius reluctantly brought up some non-alcoholic Butterbeer and everyone eagerly took a bottle into their hands.
The last night of being sixth years was spent watching movies and telling fortunes (or lame attempts) until 1 AM. The living room was now completely trashed, with pillows over-turned and wrappers all over the floor, the record player blaring hard and TV reciting mutedly in the background. Lily was leaning against Remus who was leaning against Sirius who was singing Karaoke who was being watched by Leah who's hair was being untangled by Peter who was being poked repeatedly by James.
The night had been, interesting, to say the least. Nothing had been achieved other than having pure fun, but that was important, too. Now everyone was tired and cranky, and not ready to get so early.
Except for Sirius, who was still singing enthusiasticly.
"Shut up Padfoot." Peter mumbled as he rolled onto the floor and closed his eyes.
"Come on, we should head back to my house." James commented and somehow managed to stand up.
"I have half a mind to just stay here and sleep." Remus mumbled and rubbed his eyes.
"You guys are welcome if you want." Leah offered.
"No! We have our stuff at home." Sirius denied rather politely with a fling of his hand.
"We're staying." The remaining Marauders said immediately, and collapsed onto the floor and found some position that was mildly snug.
"M'kay…" Lily trailed off with a huge yawn, and Leah rested her head on Remus' stomach.
"Guys…" Sirius whined but realized his comrades were visiting their own little world right now, and could not hear one word he spoke.
He sighed reluctantly and stepped over the mangled bodies on his way to the couch. He accommodated himself upon the couch and even though his mind was racing, he found himself some sleep.
A voice at the back of her head told Lily to wake up, and her eyes shot awake. Light was seeping in through the window crack. Looking around, Lily absorbed the scene before her. Everything, completely trashed, nothing was in order. The record player was silently spinning making no sound. Her back began to hurt, and that was when her mind registered she had slept on the ground. Sitting up slightly, she realized everyone was on the ground, sleeping smoothly. Even Sirius, who had fallen off the couch was still sleeping.
The clock above the fireplace read 10:15, and in realization Lily quickly jumped up, waking the others awake in the process.
"Fuck! Fuck! Hurry up guys!" Lily exclaimed, as everyone's eyes cracked open.
"What is it?" James said right after a long, drawling yawn.
"It's 10:15, we leave in forty-five minutes!" She was now wide awake, very, very awake.
The room soon cluttered even more, as everyone ran around to collect their things.
The Marauders sprang one at a time into the fireplace and into James' house, where they rain up the mansion stairs, found their rooms. In a hurry they grabbed the luggages they had packed the day before, and ran back down.
"Honey," Mrs. Potter called, who was sitting on a clean table with a coffee mug in her hand.
The four stopped abruptly.
"Aren't you going to say goodbye to your father and I?" She grinned and James quickly headed back.
"Bye Mum, love you." He said, giving her hug and kiss.
"You be good, make us proud this year!" She smiled ecstatically as she surveyed his look. "You are going to change your clothes, right? " She said eyeing his clothing.
"Right," James muttered, "at my friends house." And his mother smiled.
"Bye son." Mr. Potter appeared in the kitchen and gave him a quick hug. "We were wondering where you got off to. Be good this year, I know you'll make a great Head-Boy."
"Bye Dad, thanks." James waved and turned away, running towards the fireplace.
"Make sure to write!" Mrs. Potter called finally.
"I will!" James cried.
"Bye Mr. And Mrs. Potter!" The other three called.
"Bye boys, its been nice seeing you here!" Mr. Potter waved as they saw them disappear.
James shook his head and promised himself he was never going to be this un-organized again. His parents were probably wondering if something was wrong with him, now.
"We should have packed." Lily announced as she stuffed all her belongings back into her trunk.
"I know, we have to hurry!" Leah called back from the other room.
Lily put the last things into her trunk and locked it shut. Looking around the room to make sure nothing was left behind, she then picked up her trunks and put them by the stairs. Leah followed suit as well, and they ran around the house making sure they had all their school supplies.
"What's the time?" Lily asked.
Leah checked her watch, "10:30, we're okay."
"Okay," Lily relaxed and thought for a moment. "What do we have to do?"
"You call the cab, I'll run the car to the lot." Leah ordered, as she grabbed a sweatshirt and ran out the door in a flash.
Lily had forgotten about that. This was a very tight community, and everyone knew everything. Leah was often a topic of conversation when there was nothing to speculate about. Why was she never there? Leah had often explained she when to a private school, but word had gotten out that was not the case. Last year, they had threatened to take her car away because it was always parked there and taking up too much space. Which was really ridiculous, and it ended up costing Leah money that she shouldn't need to spend.
The cab was going to come in five minutes, which gave them enough time if Leah got back that soon. Lily sat on a chair in the kitchen waiting impatiently for her friends to arrive. Three minutes later, the Marauders came crashing into the house, with their trunks and owls at hand.
"Are we on time?" Sirius panted.
"Yeah," Lily turned to face them, "Leah is parking the car and the cab should arrive in two minutes or so."
"Okay then, we need to change then." Remus remembered.
Lily was about to protest, but then saw what they were wearing. "Yes, please go change." She waved the off and they ran to separate bathrooms.
Then, a honking from outside made Lily jump.
"Damn!" She cursed and ran up to check the window. Sure enough, the cab was on the street waiting for them.
"Guys! The cab is here!" Lily yelled.
You could hear a clunk in every bathroom, and they began to rush as if they were on fire.
Lily flung the door open and began to quickly load up the cab, and the driver began to tap his hands impatiently.
Almost at once, the four guys came rushing down the stairs and squished into the car.
"Hell, this is going to be hard." Remus muttered as he attempted to stick his owl in the back.
Sirius and James where also trying to make everything fit in the car, and when everything was ready to leave, they remembered Leah.
"Crap." Lily cursed, "Leah was supposed to drop me the keys!" She slammed the trunk down hard, and it shook the car.
The guys sighed and the bus driver turned around and asked how much longer it would take. The owls were making an incredibly amount of noise, and the five students were talking trying to find a solution.
"Okay, we'll drive over the lot, drive back, close the house, and leave." Lily said trying to be calm, and she got in the car and shut the door.
The cab began to pull away from the small house, and deep concern and anxiety penetrated through Lily's heart. Where the hell was Leah? Right before they were about to leave the neighborhood, Lily spotted someone through the corner of her eyes running after the cab with flailing arms.
"STOP!" Lily yelled at the driver and he jerked the car to a stop, his face showing obvious irritation.
Lily rolled the window down, "Is everything okay?"
Leah nodded as she came closer. She closed the door to the house, and ran up to the cab. "Sorry." She apologized to the cab driver and her friends, and quickly hopped on the backseat and sat on Remus.
"Are you all done yet?" The bus driver turned around to face them with an icy tone.
"Yes, off we go." James said dully.
"How long do you think it'll take to get to the station?" Remus asked the driver.
"Fifteen minutes, at the least." He said superiorly.
10:40, they better get there in time.
The ride was silent and full of heavy anticipation fogging up in the car. With five minutes until eleven, they zoomed up at the side of the station, and quickly tumbled out.
Leah paid the driver as everyone un-loaded the baggage, and in no more than a minute, they were all running down the isles to reach their station.
There was no one else from Hogwarts entering the station, just families leaving. A mother gave them the familiar look of, "You better hurry up or you aint gonna make it!"
Not even checking to make sure no muggles were watching, they all charged into the wall of Platform 9 ¾ and disappeared behind the gray stone and into a green field with a train steaming, about to take off.
"Hurry!" Remus cried as they all ran as fast as they possibly could down the small hill. They yanked open the doors of the train and scrambled into the narrow alley, just in time. Thirty seconds later, the train took off, leaving the scene behind them and letting it rail away until you couldn't see it at all. Professor McGonogald gave them a stern look before shooing them off to find a compartment.
For the first time in seven years, the Marauders, Leah, and Lily shared one compartment. Now, I'm not going to say they were all friends, but they did get along. Sometimes there were moment of silences and times where they wished to be alone, but in the end it turned out okay, with lots of laughs.
Lily and James had to work together and go to the Prefects compartment to teach this years perfects. James did most the talking, as everyone listened to him. Remus had explained to Lily everything about her duties and everyone else's, so she wouldn't feel clueless. She got the general idea, and as long as no one asked her any questions, she would be fine.
"Does everyone understand?" James wrapped up his speech, and the faces from the four different houses nodded in agreement.
"Good, now remember, if you violate any of the rules yourself, don't think that you can get away with it. You may not take advantage of your badge in any way, or it can be taken from you. Now, if nobody has any questions, you are all free to leave."
The Prefects stood up and traveled in herds out of the Prefect's cart, their voices mingling together to form a murmur of talk. Malfoy, a seventh year Slytherin, shot James a dirty look. This might have been for three reasons. One, he was a Slytherin, the most well-known Gryffindor rival. It also might have been because he had wanted the position of Head Boy, which he didn't get. It also could have been the fact that he was Malfoy, the most cruel and cold-hearted boy in probably the whole school. James just threw back a smirk of triumph as he walked away. Yes, everything was normal once again.
"How'd I do?" James asked Lily as they began to walk back to the compartment.
"Pretty good I guess," she shrugged, "I don't know what its supposed to be like."
James seemed satisfied by that answer, and looked proudly ahead.
"I'm fucking tired, tell Leah and them that I'm sleeping in some random empty compartment, okay?" Lily asked James. He nodded and they went their separate ways.
Lily marched down the isles trying to find a compartment that was empty. There usually were a few compartments in the very back that weren't occupied, occasionally taken up by new teachers, if any. The very last compartment was empty, so Lily stepped inside and locked the door behind her.
The sound proof doors kept any annoying sounds from entering the room, and kept all the secrets safe from leaving. Forgetting about anything else that might have been on her mind, Lily fell into a deep sleep upon the leather-covered seats.
(A/N: She loves to sleep, doesn't she?)
She couldn't make out much, except for shelves, everywhere. Covering every inch of the dark, gloomy room. Small, glittering specks shining vibrantly, like stars in the sky. She wasn't there, herself, but like her past dreams like this, she was completely conscious although she had no control over anything happening.
A voice of a teenager a few years younger than Lily, whispered, "You said it was row ninety-seven."
"Yeah," someone that Lily could not see replied.
"We go to the right, I think," whispered the female voice again. "Yes…that's fifty four…"
"Keep your wands out," the male voice said again.
Lily could just barley make them out as they crept through the gloom. There were six figures, or maybe five. The boy that had spoken before was at the front, and he looked surprisingly like someone she knew. His raven black hair. And those glasses. Was it James? Perplexed, Lily surveyed the rest of the crowd. A girl, who's voice Lily had heard moments before, had bushy brown hair and a very organized look to her. The boy following her had bright red hair, rather tall, and very intent. The rest of the figures Lily could not make out, as they were too far behind for her to see clearly.
Only their breathing could be heard, and she was transfixed on them as they walked closer.
"Ninety-seven!"
They all huddled together and looked at the alley before them, expecting to see something.
"He's right down at the end," the James-look-a-like said reassuringly, but Lily could tell he was doubting himself, "You cant see him properly from here…"
They held their breaths as they walked forward, waiting for something.
"Anywhere here…really close…" he sounded almost panicked.
"He might be…" he looked down the next isle, "Or maybe…" he ran up to the one after that desperately.
"Harry?" The girl called weakly.
So that was his name…
"What?" Harry snarled.
"I…I don't think Sirius is here." She spoke the words, and the air became tight.
Sirius? What the fuck did he have to do with anything?
The poor boy looked sick, as he ran down the never-ending isles, who's lights flickered as he passed.
"Harry!" The red-haired boy called.
"What?"
It was obvious this, Harry, as he was called, did not want to know what.
"Have you seen this?" He was looking at a shelf, something specific that was glowing, like the rest of the room.
"What?" Harry asked this time curiously as he ran to where his friend was standing, "What?"
Lily wished passionately she could see, her curiosity was once again getting the better of her. She had been so involved in this dream in front of her she had forgotten it was just a dream.
"It's- It's got your name on it."
Lily squinted her eyes desperately to catch the name on the small vessel, but could not as the scene before her faded to black.
Lily's mind darted around in the darkness, and found nothing. Slowly, as if she was standing next to the rising sun, a huge light rose up, and another scene appeared before her.
The air was tense, filled with surprises and the un-expected twists. A battle scene was going on before her, and it intrigued her, she'd never really seen a magical duel before. But there was so much going on in front of her she wanted to see it all at the same time.
Her eyes found their way upon Dumbledore, who certainly made his presence clear. Frail figures in dark, covered in hoods scrambled away defensively as Dumbledore glided into the center of the room. His spells shot out so gracefully and easily, one swift flow of motion.
A familiar voice tore her concentration off of Dumbledore, and she realized that there were only two people who did not seem to recognize Dumbledore was in the room. Lily smiled widely as she saw the familiar face of Sirius Black, but he was much older now. More mature looking, but the same. His eyes…so different. They held so much emotion, and the last time Lily had seen him, he had been just hopping around the world, laughing at everything that came his way. He was battling with a woman, who Lily could not recognize at this moment. She, too, had a dark swishing cloak, and her face was tired and worn.
"Come on, you can do better than that!" Sirius yelled at his opponent.
Yes, this was her Sirius. However, Lily felt a sense of dread, as she saw a glint of chaotic determination spread across the mysterious woman's face that Sirius had obviously not seen. He was laughing, the same full round laugh he always let out. As the red light shot off her wand, Lily knew Sirius laugh was going to end all too soon.
Laughter was cut short as his eyes grew wide in shock, but the glint still in his eyes. Gracefully, he swooned backwards, falling backwards ever so slowly, so cinematic. An arch with a frail veil stood behind him. It slowly parted as he fell backwards. Like flowing water, he fell so easily it did not seem like death at all.
But Lily knew better, and her heart broke and shattered into pieces. Yet again, she witnessed the death of someone she cared for. She had only really gotten to know Sirius this summer, but they had become quick friends. And seeing anyone die was a horrible, horrible thing.
Harry's cry at the other side of the room told her he had been watching this death.
"SIRIUS! SIRIUS!" He called and ran forward desperately and anxiously.
Did Sirius know Harry? How? Why? Lily felt the broken pieces of her heart burst into flames and turn to ashes, and if she had been capable of crying at the moment, she would have. This boy obviously cared for Sirius with all of his heart. Well, it made sense; Harry looked so much like Sirius' best friend, James.
Harry was reaching out exasperatingly, passionately reaching out for what he knew he couldn't.
Lily jumped as she saw her best friend, Remus, reaching out and grabbing Harry around the chest and pulling him backwards. If dear Remi hadn't grabbed him, Harry would have jumped in and followed Sirius' fate.
She found satisfaction in the fact that Remus' face was still the same, wise and intelligent. Older, and filled with so many more things. Lily knew, just knew, Leah had to be around here some place, they just HAD to be married…
Returning to the scene before her, she heard Remus whisper, "There's nothing you can do, Harry-"
"Get him! Save him! He's only just gone through!"
"It's too late, Harry-"
Lily saw the look in Remus' eyes, he too was feeling the immense pain that the boy Harry was probably feeling, as he just saw one of his best friends die. He handled it so calmly, and she could just hardly detect the quiver in his voice. If only she could say something right now, come out and do something, but she couldn't. Once again, she was helpless in the times she wished the most she wasn't. And her dreams, always so real…
Lily woke up with a start, panting and sweating, and soon realized she had tears in her eyes. She sat up straight and quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes. Why hadn't she woken up when she had began to cry? She sniffed and recalled the vivid dream, wishing she hadn't seen it.
She needed Leah again.
I've been a bad girl.
A bad bad bad girl.
Spork me to death if you want, I have not updated. I had a huuuge writers block, and I had no clue what to do, GOD DAMN! Sigh
Well, the good news is you have this chapter and the next chapter already written for you. I'll put up ch. 8 in a day or so.
I promise.
If not you can all beat me to death
Later and MUCH SORRIES!
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