AH! I am soooo happy! I have more reviews than I have dreamed ever possible for this humble story! I love you guys (platonicly, of course. XD Sorry, Buzzy and I have weird inside jokes)! Also, I don't have enough reviews on my other story (well, not on the last two chapters, anyways), so you must read it! It's called "Fred's Not Dead" and it's Fred/Oc. I know that there are some objections to Fred/ANYONE post DH, but as you can see from the title, that's not (exactly) the case. Anywho, I just have to say that this is in the Marauder's seventh year, because if not, Buzzy'd kill me for not being clear. So now, it's not only clear, but it's PAINFULLY clear. Get the picture? Oh yeah, and this one's gonna be a wee bit longer, on account that this is the chapter where it (origionaly) began. Enough of my ramblings. On with my madness!

Disclaimer: Actually, now that you mention it (once - every second - of every day! XD Fred and George are rubbing off on me), I really DO own Harry Potter. Or was it Hairy Plodder? Ah, Potter, Schmotter. XD No really, I don't own.

Chapter 9: Lily and James

No one's P.O.V.

Sirius groaned as he thew up his feet on the table. Remus looked up quizzically over the top of his book, shrugged, then went back to reading. They were in the library; the one place where Remus could almost always be found.

"What do you want this time, Sirius?" Remus asked, finally giving in to the silence and setting his book down.

"Do I have to want something to come visit my best pal in his hidey-hole?" Sirius replied, leisurely scrubbing at a little spot on his arm.

"Now I know DEFINITELY that you want something, so just own up to it already. And the library is NOT my hidey-hole." He said, then added the second sentence as an afterthought.

"I need you help researching something. And the library is most DEFINITELY your hidey-hole. You just don't want to own up to it." Sirius said, miming Remus's tone, much to his annoyance.

"Fine. Now what did you need help with? I swear, if it's Transfiguration theory again, I'll ignore you completely." Remus said, getting slightly fed up with Sirius's frequent request for help with home work. It was their N.E.W.T.S home work for Pete's sake. By the way, where was Pete? He hadn't seen much of him lately.

"Nah, nothing like that, but now that you mention it..." Sirius said, trailing off at the look on Remus's face. Yeah, you know that saying? Well he'd be dead.

"Moving SWIFTLY on. What I REALLY needed help with was this plan I had. You've seen how James is now the 'Golden Boy' while trying to win Lily over, right? Well, wouldn't he get back into his old Prongsie habits if he already HAD Lily? Well I thought so, so I was walking around, trying to gleen an idea from the corridor, when suddenly, it hit me!" Sirius said, not even pausing for breaths.

"What?" Asked Remus, leaning forward in interest. Even though he knew it was probably better that James was now focusing on his school work, better behavior, and his head boy duties, he still agreed with Sirius that he wasn't REALLY James.

"A bunch of mistletoe fell and hit my head, that's what." Sirius said, pulling out a semi-mangled piece of mistletoe. It looked like it have been trod on by a troll. Eugh.

"...And what do you suppose we do with that?" Remus said, rather sarcastically. He had been hoping for something more drastic, but it was only Sirius. What more could he really do?

"We enchant a piece of mistletoe, of course!" Sirius exclaimed, dumbfounded that Remus hadn't understood his obvious (not) suggestion.

"Well, not THIS one, obviously, but you get the gist." Sirius said, gesturing to the trampled mistletoe.

"I've been meaning to ask; how DID that one get that way, exactly?" Remus asked, eyeing the mistletoe warily; as if it could reach out and bite him at any moment. To be honest, he wouldn't really be surprised.

"Well, you see, I just...sort of...overreacted to something falling on my head." Sirius answered, trying to dodge the question.

"Sirius Orion Black, own up to your actions." Remus said, sounding remarkably like Lily.

"I-thought-it-was-a-spider-and-I-stomped-on-it-repeatedly." Sirius rushed, flinching back a bit from the ribbing to come.

Remus was silent for a moment, processing Sirius's statement. Sirius peeked through his fingers (which were covering his face) quizzically. Remus looked like he was either having some serious (or Sirius, ha ha) diarrhea, or he was trying to contain his laughter. Finally, when he could stand it no longer, he gave into the hilarity of it all, and erupted into fits of laughter. Sirius had to put a silencing charm on him to keep Madam Pince from becoming a bloody axe murderer

"Oh, come ON!" Sirius exclaimed, after what seemed years. Remus stopped laughing (although you wouldn't have noticed it, as the silencing charm hadn't worn off yet) and looked up semi-guiltily.

"It WAS kind of funny, you have to admit." Remus said, standing up and dusting off his robes lightly.

Sirius thought for a moment, and then said, "I concede."

Three days later...

"Is it done yet?"

"No, Sirius."

"Is it done yet?"

"NO, Sirius."

"...Is it-"

"FOR MERLIN'S SAKE, WILL YOU STOP ASKING ME?" Remus screamed, throwing down the mistletoe and glaring at Sirius with all his might. Sirius shrunk back slightly.

Remus took three deep breaths, then said in a somewhat calm voice, "It will be done when I TELL you, not when you ask me. Alright? Alright."

They were in one of their favorite secret passageways (well, in an antechamber of one of the passageways if you want to be exact) finishing up work on the "magic mistletoe" as they called it. It had taken several days, countless spells, a few potions, and one and a half minds to finish it (Sirius was the half because half of his mind was ALWAYS devoted to other activities). They had anticipated that Lily would either immediately walk out of the shield, or attack it with everything she's got. And taking into account that she's top-of-the-class, that would be very, VERY bad.

Remus finally sighed and finished muttering obscure incantations, then closed their notebook filled with the formulas used to make the mistletoe. Sirius looked up hopefully, and Remus nodded tiredly. Sirius then let out a whoop of excitement and started to waltz around the corridor with the mistletoe. Until he ran into a wall.

"Come on, time to go to sleep." Remus said, dragging the semi-conscious animagi behind him wearily.

"But I don't wanna go to sleep." Sirius whined.

"You've been up for three days straight out of excitement, you poor demented child, yes, you are going to sleep." Remus said, and with that, Sirius shut up.

The next day...

James felt weird, what with not pranking Slytherins, Snape, and/or random professors. Then again, he used to prank anything that moved. Well, ALMOST anything. His Lily-flower was one of the only exceptions. Fellow marauders were the other exceptions, but he never let that stop him! What had happened? Why had he let himself go crazy over ONE girl? It was Lily, that's why. Smart, perfect, beautiful, wonderful, se-

Wham!

James, in his infinite watchfulness, had run into a wall. He rubbed his head irritably, then froze when he heard tinkling laughter behind him. LILY'S laughter. James spun around, disoriented, and saw Lily (who was now trying her hardest NOT to laugh).

"Certainly the coordinated one today, aren't we?" Lily said, walking forward.

"Oh, har, har, bloody HILARIOUS." James said, still rubbing his forehead irritably.

"Why yes! Thank you for noticing." Lily teased,taking his arm and leading him towards the hospital wing. James didn't resist, but then again, since when had he ever resisted LILY? SO he let her lead him to the hospital wing, letting her believe that it was she who was in control. Girls liked that. Little did he know, that Lily knew exactly what he was thinking, and was simply laughing at him on the inside.

Meanwhile (that word is SO helpful for introducing pranksters), Remus and the knewly-rested Sirius watched from underneath the invisibility cloak, laughing at their friend. They continued to shuffle along behind James and Lily, waiting for the opportune moment. Unfortunately, they had never done this before, so they didn't know the opportune moment until they almost ran into James and Lily. James had stopped to tie his shoelace, and Lily just stood there watching his with an odd look on her face. Sirius and Remus thought that this would be a good time.

"Sorry about that! Let's conti-" James started to say, standing up, but then he noticed the mistletoe and froze. 'She's going to turn me down, she's going to turn me down, she's going to turn me down...AGAIN!', he kept repeating over and over in his mind.

"We don't have t-" James started to say, but was interrupted.

"Shut up and kiss me, James." she said, and with her permission, he did exactly as asked.

Lily's P.O.V.

Oh. My. Merlin. I'm snogging James. I swore I'd never! Mmm, promises are made to be broken!

James's P.O.V.

She's gonna kill me! Oh, bugger it. Mmm, it's times like these when logic is for losers.

No one's P.O.V.

Remus and Sirius hadn't expected Lily to go quietly, so they decided that now would be a good time to get photographic evidence. Sirius grinned as he slung the camera (it was a rather old, heavy one) off his back and ducked under the invisibility cloak.

Snap!

What Sirius HADN'T expected was that cameras have flash. He tried to dive under the cloak, but James turned around just in time to see his feet disappear into mid-air.

"SIRIUS ORION BLACK!" he yelled, and Sirius chose this moment to run. Unfortunately for Remus, Sirius took the cloak with him.

"Moony! How COULD you?" James asked a VERY shocked Remus. It had been enough of a shock to see LILY (the one who continually threatened to hex James's bits off) snog James, but now to have all of this responsibility for a silly PRANK thrown on him? No. Remus, who had gone remarkably pale in the last few seconds, shook his head and ran for his life.

Henceforth followed one of the most memorable chases in human history. It was a wonder that Sirius and Remus lived to tell the tale. Although they didn't. They valued their sanity more than that.

WHEEE! I liked writing that one. T'was very fun. Was it long enough for ya? TELL. ME. I can't stress this enough; review and you will get more! Review ''Fred's Not Dead" and get included on a list in the next chapter, which will be Teddy/Victorie. And yes, it will include some twin-like madness. Did you think I pulled it off? I'm anxious to know, so (again), REVIEW!

-Miriflowers

P.S. Just a quick question; should Scorpius be in Gryffindoor or Slytherin. Note that if Scorpius is in Slytherin, then so is Albus. Rose, however, will always be in either Gryffindoor (if the boys are in Gryffindoor) or in Ravenclaw (if the boys are in Slytherin). One fact is non-negotiable; Albus and Scorpius will ALWAYS be in the same house no matter what, and they will ALWAYS be best pals. Enough of my ranting, now REVIEW!XD

P.P.S. Did you catch that James/Lily's kiss was almost exactly like Harry/Ginny's? Did you like it? TELL ME!