You say you'll give me

Eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you want
Your love to work out right
To last with me through the night

- All I want is you, U2


"Finally." Lily huffed as James entered their common room.

James groaned, "I am so, so sorry."

He motioned for her to join him and then opened the portrait that he had just walked into for her, and then followed her as they started walking the way to their Headmaster's office.

"Yeah, so, I had to talk to a couple of people from our Quidditch team, the season's started and I am scheduling practices from tomorrow. And that kind of took longer that I expected." He finished and looked pleadingly at her. "Sorry." He offered with a smile.

Lily laughed. "Oh it's alright, I wasn't angry, I was kind of just teasing you."

James guffawed.

"LILY"

And then joined in her laughter as they reached the office.

"Frango," James said and the staircase moved aside.

"Oh I love that chocolate," Lily smiled, thinking about Frango.

"I know." James smiled, looking at the smiling Lily.

Lily blushed. "Stalker". She teased.

James pretended to be hurt as they walked up. Then grinned, "Only for you."

Lily rolled her eyes.

"Watch it, they might just get stuck like that." James smirked.

Lily slapped his arm as he knocked on the door, twice.

"Come in." Said the soft voice of their Headmaster.

James grinned as he opened the office door and stepped aside for Lily to enter before him. Lily rolled her eyes playfully as she entered.

"Ah James, Lily. Sit. Sit," Dumbledore smiled from behind the high desk. His eyes twinkled from behind the half moon spectacles as he looked at the pair in front of him. They were perhaps the most talented students of their time, and more than that, he felt proud to be the professor of students who were loyal, brave, wise beyond their young years and noble apart from being talented. And also, so much in love.

Dumbledore remembered the pair's younger years with amusement. Some of those, he had treasured in his golden pensieve, and one day, yes one day, he was going to give them those.

"I see you added to your collection, Sir?" James voice startled him out of his muse.

Dumbledore chuckled.

"Ah James. Out of all students I have ever taught, only you and Sirius seem to have been here often enough to notice the changes in the office."

Lily looked torn in between laughing or frowning. But she didn't miss the humor and grinned as well.

James looked slightly abashed and the tips of his ears turned a slight shade of pink, but he managed the trademark marauder grin.

"A unique honor, as always Sir."

Dumbledore chuckled.

"So, I take it that you are doing good with your classes?"

They both nodded and then Dumbledore sighed and got up from his chair and walked to the window, gazing into the night.

"I am sure you both are well aware of the darkness that fast approaches us?"

"Y-yes" They looked at each other hesitantly, unsure of where the conversation was going.

James clenched his fist slightly, and Dumbledore turned to look at him. "Oh no, no, your parents are completely fine, James." He smiled slightly. James let out a deep breath, he was worried, he was very worried.

"Sir," He said, his tone a bit unsure.

"The mood here, in Hogwarts is kind of gloomy too. Unlike past years, the pranks, they are just small distractions. People are constantly worried."

Lily sighed. "So are the duels. Hallways, in corridors, in common rooms, in class-rooms."

Dumbledore looked at them evenly.

"James, you know the situation outside has worsened in the last two to three years, your parents and a number of highly capable witches and wizards including myself are trying everyday to help the situation but Voldemort grows stronger, death eaters are growing in numbers despite our best efforts." He paused and looked at each of their expressions.

Lily had turned slightly pale, but her eyes reflected her determination.

James' jaw was slightly clenched, his face which usually showed natural humor was now set in confidence and determination. In his stance one could detect a slight protectiveness.

And Dumbledore had never been more proud of any of his students as he was today. Never had he felt that two people were more destined to change History.

Little did the wise old man know how true he was. Four years later Lily and James Potter had given birth to a child who saved the wizardry world. Or maybe, just maybe, he guessed something like it- already.

"What can we do Sir?" Lily shook him out of his reverie.

"Things outside, we can do little to change; but inside this castle, we can." He said quietly.

"Sir? Are we still continuing with the Hogsmeade trip that we planned for tomorrow? Everyone is looking forward to it." James asked, leaning forward slightly in his chair.

"Oh yes yes. I have already set up certain security measures and I believe there are going to be aurors on the streets as well tomorrow." Dumbledore gazed out the window again.

Lily shifted uncomfortably. Slightly, but James caught her movement from the corner of his eye and and something tightened in his chest. Muggle-borns were at the top of every hit list and knowing Lily's popularity, word of her brilliance had, had to have reached the wrong ears.

James' jaw clenched further.

"What we need is distraction. Distraction from the gloom and I know that certain marauders are very, very capable pf providing just the thing." Dumbledore smiled as he took his seat again.

Lily's eyes softened and she grinned, looking at her co-head.

James did not entirely lose his unnaturally serious mood but couldn't help grinning at the headmaster. "I am all ears, Sir."

Lily laughed and her tinkling chuckle was the very remedy that could put James to ease at the moment. He felt his own lips upturned and smiling.

"I am thinking of holding something between a bonfire night and a merry buffet of dinner out in the Quidditch Pitch, Sunday." He grinned as Lily's eyes widened in surprise and James continued grinning.

"Perfect."

"I think the prefects could help set up the arrangements." Lily regained her composure.

"Do you both have any suggestions to improve on it?" Dumbledore's eyes now twinkled.

Lily was thinking and looked at Dumbledore. "Sir it's going to be the Fifth of November. In the muggle world we usually celebrate it as-oh." Dumbledore bowed as recognition dawned on Lily.

James was confused. "What's on the Fifth?"

Lily smiled, "People usually light up bonfires and burn a stuffed clothed figure. or something like that."

"oh,"

"Sir," Lily said hesitantly. And Dumbledore smiled at her.

"Instead of a dinner feast, we could keep a barbecue brunch as it's a Sunday. It would be like a muggle day in Hogwarts, which kinda sounds weird but good weird." She finished more to herself that the professor who was chuckling at her.

James was grinning, "Professor Slughorn will like that."

At that Dumbledore laughed loudly and Lily grinned. "Only if we include crystallized pineapple as desert."

"Ah, that's a fine decision Miss Evans."

Lily blushed a bit and looked down in her lap. James grinned at her.

"We will announce this at dinner tonight then?"

"Which you should be hurrying to then." Dumbledore smiled as they nodded and made their way out of the office.


"Ah! FINALLY!" Sirius' voice rang out as the two entered the great hall. And heads turned in their direction. Lily blushed at the attention and glared at the marauder. James winked at the on-lookers and gave his easy grin that made the majority of the female population in Hogwarts swoon.

Lily grabbed his arm and hurried them to the table beside a grinning Remus.

"Aww! Lily!" James complained, fighting a grin.

Lily rolled her eyes.

"What took you so long?" Reah asked from her place beside Sirius.

"yeah, we thought that you forgot about dinner because of Home work again." Alice smirked from her place beside Reah.

Reah burst into laughter as Lily turned an even darker shade of pink.

"WHAT? You forgot DINNER because of HOMEWORK?" Sirius yelled in shock.

James and Remus were in fits of laughter.

"One bloody time." Lily muttered and the rest burst into laughter. People were already tuning heads in their direction.

"James, announcement. NOW." Lily said grabbing his arm to yank him up as well.

"What! No, I want to eat. Later." James protested as he was dragged up.

The rest exchanged looks of confusion.

Lily just glared at the head boy.

James huffed and followed her to the staff table where Dumbledore was now sitting. He smiled at them and motioned for them to start.

Most of the students had turned to look at them expectantly and Lily's face colored again. Honestly, were redheads meant to blush so much? She sighed.

"Sonorus." James muttered first on his own throat and then quickly on Lily's.

"Hi!" James grinned the trade mark marauder signature grin, and the majority of the girls in the hall yelled back a HI!

Lily huffed and hit his head, which brought about a round of chuckles. James glared at her. But the twitch of his mouth betrayed him and he sighed as he ruffled up his already messy hair. Lily rolled her eyes as she practically heard some girls swoon audibly at his gesture.

"Tomorrow as you all know, we have our First Hogsmeade trip." Lily smiled as people nodded at her.

'The weekend get's better." James interrupted her, grinning.

"Sunday, that is day after, we are going to be hosting a barbecue brunch out in the Quidditch Pitch." James grinned even wider.

"AWESOME!" Sirius yelled over the excited chatter and people laughed.

"And since it's the Fifth of November, we are having what's known to be a muggle tradition, a Bonfire night." Lily smiled as the din grew even louder as people exchanged looks of curiosity. But it was a welcome change, a very welcome change indeed.

"Hell YEAH!" Remus and Sirius yelled together and most people joined in the cheering. James laughed and with a mock bow, started back towards the Gryffindor table after a laughing red head.

"Bonfire? barbecue? WOW!" Reah almost shouted, hugging Lily.

Lily grinned as she hugged her back.

"Dumbledore gave the initial idea, and we kinda just improved on it." She shrugged.

"I kinda just love you!" Reah yelled as she engulfed her in another bone-crushing hug. Lily and the rest laughed.

"I never knew you had such liking for bonfires and barbecues Rish." Sirius asked as they all started up the way to the Heads' Common Room. Yeah, they all just usually mucked around there for it was kind of exclusive and they could hang around without being bothered about on-looking fan club members, curious first-years or clingy Fourth years.

Reah's eyes widened.

"Sea-food, meat, well, BARBECUE. Hell yeah." She said tipping off her index finger.

"Out in the pitch. Shit-awesome weather.' She said tipping off her second finger.

Sirius was grinning and the rest were chuckling.

"It's weekend, so BREAK from all this studying. GOOD!" She said, raising a third finger.

"AND, CASUAL wear, I get to shop tomorrow." She grinned her widest smirk as Sirius slapped his hand to his forehead.

Lily suddenly looked afraid, and Sirius in mid-action looked like a deer caught in headlights.

Reah was smiling very sweetly, too sweetly. Remus and James exchanged looks, before grinning silently.

"Oh come on rish, I am not carrying your bags around the village AGAIN." Sirius cried.

"I am NOT going to Hogsmeade at all." Lily said in finality.

James snorted at that loudly, too loudly. And he understood his mistake in the next second.

"Oh, you can take PRONGS with you this time." Sirius asked her sweetly. A look of horror passed James' face.

Reah loved to shop. I know, every girl loves to shop, but Reah took it a little too far. She was way too choosy when picking up clothes and she dragged her partner to every, mind you, every shop before finally deciding on buying about a dozen clothes. Then she would realize that she wants another pair of clothing like maybe, socks, or pants and the whole cycle repeated itself. And all the while, the poor partner was dragged everywhere too.

Remus was too aware of the explosive situation.

"We are just BACK, you can go shopping before Christmas." He said, patiently.

James and Sirius nodded vigorously. Lily shook her head, as if that was going to work.

"Why can't I go BOTH times Rem?" She asked, innocently.

Remus grimaced.

"Look at it this way, you can have more money to do the Christmas time shopping." He said quickly.

Remus shot a pleading look at Lily.

"Rish, didn't you say that you already shopped too much this summer? And mind you, dragged me half the time as well." Lily asked as they reached the common room.

They all plopped down.

Reah looked thoughtful. "yeah, well okay. Another time then."

James, Sirius and Lily all sighed audibly. Reah just narrowed her eyes at them.

"Hey- hang on- I have scheduled Quidditch tomorrow." James said suddenly. Sirius groaned.

"yeah- I like booked the pitch and everything. I TOLD YOU PADS!" he continued.

"I KNOW! but, I kinda forgot." He said sheepishly.

"yeah, well we have try-outs and I want the whole team there." James said sternly.

"But it's Hogsmeade-" Reah asked uncertainly.

Both boys turned to give her pointed looks.

"yeah - yeah, who needs a weekend to go to Hogsmeade, you'll go there unofficially enough as it is." She huffed.

"So it's just me, Lils and Rem for the trip then tomorrow?" She continued after a pause.

"We will just go get the supplies we might need for decorations and meet you at the pitch itself?" Lily asked her co-head.

James smiled. "Thanks."

"Oh- get me a quill too?" He asked after a beat.

Lily grinned. "Sure."

Remus grinned as he stretched and made to start with his six-foot long essay due for Potions next week. He was tired. Next week was going to be the Full Moon. And he winced, as he felt the premature effects, the energy drain and the slightly weak feeling in his arms.

James shot his friend a worried look above his copy of 'Quidditch through the Ages', which he was reading for the billionth time.

Sirius lounged on the couch and put his head in Reah's lap and gazed into the fire. Reah smiled as she smoothed his already sleep locks affectionately and settled more comfortably herself.

Sirius sent two patronuses to the rest of the team-mates to remind them of tomorrow's try-outs.

'You know Prongs, that Jimmy bloke from fourth year, I think if we find a better beater, we should definitely think of replacing that idiot." He said.

James grinned. 'You only hate him because he asked out Rish."

Reah laughed and Sirius shot her an annoyed look. "He is 3 years YOUNGER to you."

"But I LIKE HIM!" Reah said playfully.

"You guys looked great together." James was teasing Sirius and Sirius rose to the bait easily.

"WHAT? YOU WENT OUT WITH HIM?"

He sat up straight.

James snorted. "Sometimes you are just TOO easy to mess with PADS."

Reah pushed his head back in her lap and Sirius glared at her for a minute before huffing and closing his eyes as she continued to play with his hair.

Lily smiled at the pair and started her own essay for arithmacy, in the armchair, opposite James.

After about an hour, Reah fell asleep in that position, and looked every bit exhausted and tired. Sirius looked up from the fire and stared at her. He smiled at her form, before sitting up and not wanting to disturb the rest working and reading, he gently rubbed her shoulder and she sighed sleepily. He grinned and shook her shoulder a bit more firmly.

"let's get you to bed then." He said softly.

Reah smiled and took his offered hand to get up, feeling slightly off balance, fell into his side and he put his arm around her, chuckling softly.

She breathed in his familiar scent and sighed slightly.

"Prongs, moony, Lils, we will see you tomorrow. I better get this idiot to bed before she falls asleep on her feet again." Sirius grinned as Reah nudged him sleepily.

Remus waved his hand in their general direction without looking up.

"Night." James and Lily chorused together, and momentarily stopped to grin at each other.

Reah was awake by now and chirped Good night as the two headed out of the portrait.

"You know, I have a feeling that there is going to be quite another surprise tonight." Remus commented suddenly.

James grinned. "About time."

Lily just smiled.


They were both walking back to their own tower silently.

"I want to show you something." Sirius said, suddenly.

Reah looked up in surprise. But she didn't get a chance to say anything because Sirius had grabbed her hand and was already dragging her on a different route.

"What? Sirius!" She said as he laughed and hurried her up one of the huge staircases.

Reah huffed and let her lead him.

"SIRIUS! ASTRONOMY TOWER?" Reah glared as they finally climbed the last step.

"Shh." Sirius said and quietly pointed far into the horizon.

'What?" Reah asked, taking in the beautiful night sky. Stars twinkled and the velvet black sky and the cool night air gave her tingles and she wrapped her arms around herself.

Sirius gazed down at the girl he had fallen in love with. And his heart gave a small jolt.

"What?" Reah asked, growing irritated.

Sirius smiled and pointed what was the brightest star in the sky.

"That is the Sirius star." He said softly, and his husky voice sent warm shivers down Reah's spine. She looked up at the star, mesmerized.

He then pointed down a bit, "That's the constellation." he continued, and pointed right down, where the sky seemed to meet the line of the lake and land.

"The Earth. It meets the Earth, like it was destined too." He said, and looked right into Reah's eyes as he said it. And Reah gasped softly.

His eyes, grey with flecks of purple and golden smoldered her own. Her knees grew weak as she turned to face him completely. He was staring at her like she was the only woman in the world and she looked at him with an adoration that made his heart grow warm.

She blushed at the intensity of his gaze and looked back at the meeting elements.

The name Reah meant Earth.

He paced his arm around her waist and drew her even nearer. She met his gaze and her hands were limp on his chest. She glowed under his gaze and he tipped her head with one finger below her chin and touched her mouth with his.

Reah closed her eyes as she felt his mouth touch hers and her knees almost gave away. Wind breezed through their hair and she stood and pressed herself to him even more closer as he wrapped his arms around her even tighter.

It felt just so right.

Sirius smiled as he deepened the kiss. She was everything he had always though of and more. Nobody else had skin so soft and nobody made him feel even tenth of what she made him feel. He moved them up to the tower wall and pressed himself to her even more. And he put all his emotions into the kiss. His desire, his love and his happiness.

Reah wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him towards her even more, and sighed. She had never been more in love with him before.

After about a few minutes, or it could have been hours, or even lifetimes, they wouldn't have noticed; Sirius kissed her softly again, and again and she smiled as they both opened their eyes together and looked at each other again. Their feelings were reflected in their eyes and they were both slightly breathless. But it seemed so natural.

Sirius touched his forehead to hers. "I love you."

Reah's gaze widened. And a pink blush made her glow even more in the darkness of the night.

She pulled her head towards hers and kissed him. She kissed him like she had never kissed anyone else, pressing her self as close to him as physically possible and he smiled as he kissed her back.

Slightly out of breath, she gazed into his gorgeous face and said, "I love you."

Sirius' smile widened as he pulled her and hugged her to his chest.

"Say it again." He said.

'I love you." She whispered softly, and her face shimmered as she looked into his smoldering gaze.

"And once more." He grinned.

"Sirius!" Reah complained as he laughed and twirled her around in a small circle before kissing her again, thoroughly.

And at this Horizon, Fire met Ice


This is like one of my favorite chapters of all time! Hell, I wish a guy tells me something like this in this way! *DreamsForAMinute* =P

Actually this chapter was a little different, Sirius and Reah got together a little further in the story, but I rewrote the whole thing as I wanted something special for today. Well, ob-vious-ly, today is Lily Evans' birthday! =D

A precap:

"It was all a show, RIGHT?"

His eyes shone with fear as she turned to face him in the dark corridor.

"No-" he tried.

"Save it." She snarled as she turned and walked away. Away from him.

She didn't see the way he slumped against the wall, his head into his hands. His jaw clenched and his heart broken.

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