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Previously:

"What's all this?" Remus asked, frowning as a young girl waved at him.

"This, Mr. Lupin, is your practical,"


"Practical? For what?" Sirius asked dumbly, turning to look at Moody with a confused expression.

"To pass out of the Auror Academy and become an Auror," Moody said gruffly

"What if you don't pass?" Valerie asked, and Lily had to control an eye roll. Yes, Valerie, since you are going to fail, what will you do?

"If you fail, you do the Academy once more, or you're kicked out," Moody said bluntly, and Lily saw James and Sirius exchange a panic stricken glance. She squeezed Alice's forearm, and Alice nodded dumbly, "Warning, this is not an easy test to pass," he said, looking around at them all, "Last year, only four of my students passed,"

"Out of what?" Alice asked, pale

"Fourteen," Moody smirked, and Lily felt her heart beat quicken.

"Couldn't bloody tell us in advance…" Fabian muttered irritably, looking around, and Lily bit back a laugh. Unfortunately, Moody heard him.

"You think in the real world people are told in advance of an attack?" he growled, and Fabian pulled on the end of Lily's long red hair in frustration, and Lily smirked, "What are you smirking at?" Moody asked gruffly, looking at Lily, who shook her head, "Thought so, now, off you go," he said, waving them off.

"Er, sir, you haven't told us what to do," Lily said, and she could swear a grin flashed briefly across his face.

"That, Ms. Evans, you have to figure out for yourself," he said, looking at her amusedly, "I will, however, be assigning you partners,"

"Why?" Frank asked

"Because you will never, in your careers, go on a raid by yourself," Moody said, and Lily sighed, slightly relieved. She wasn't scared for herself, oh no, she was scared for James, "Now, partners," he said clapping his hands together

"Alastor," Sirius said in a completely formal tone, and Lily giggled, "May I say something?"

"Yes, you may," Moody chuckled.

"Lily is still slightly ill," he said, and Lily huffed, turning to glare at him. She could see the grins on James and Remus's faces and narrowed her eyes at James, who winked

"As are James and Remus," Lily butted in, and Moody smirked.

"I am fully aware of the situation," he said, holding up a hand as Sirius, after rolling his eyes, opened his mouth to continue, "And I have thought carefully about these pairings," he said. Sirius nodded and ignored the glares his three closest friends were throwing him, "You," he said, pointing to Valerie, whose gaze flickered quickly to James, "are with her," he said, pointing to Alice, who exhaled irritably.

Lily nudged Alice, who turned to her and rolled her eyes, before facing forwards again, "You," he said, pointing to Gid, "Are with him," he said, gesturing to Remus. The two boys grinned at each other, "You," he said, pointing to Fabian, who looked up quickly, "Are with him," he said, pointing to James, who subtly high-fived Fabian, "Longbottom," he said, and Lily laughed, "What?" he asked amusedly.

"Sorry, it's just, there's two of them in this class," Lily smiled, and Alice blushed furiously, as did Frank.

"Oh, of course," Moody smiled, "Mr. Longbottom," he said, exaggerating the 'Mr.', "You're with her," he said, indicating to the girl who spent most of her time with Valerie, Maddie.

"YAY!" Sirius cheered, and ran over to Lily, wrapping his arms around her gently and swinging her around, to the amusement of everyone else.

"Yes Mr. Black," Moody chortled, "You're with Ms. Evans"

"Did you hear that Lily-flower?" Sirius said excitedly, putting on the floor and jumping up and down.

"Yes, I have ears," Lily said irritably, and Sirius chuckled

"Why are you so grumpy?"

"Because I wont be able to concentrate with you bouncing the whole time," she teased, and Sirius laughed

"I will try to control myself,"

"You sure?" she teased.

"Sir yes sir," he said, snapping his legs together and saluting her. Lily giggled and linked her elbow through Sirius's. Moody had vanished, after telling them they weren't allowed to talk to the other groups, leaving them in the little town place, "So what shall we do?" he asked, and Lily turned to look at him exasperatedly

"Sirius, we're in the middle of a test!"

"Yes, but nothing's happening," he pointed out, "To be best prepared, I think we should be unprepared"

"I don't understand," Lily said bluntly. James, who was walking down the street with Fabian, turned to wink at her, and Lily grinned at him

"Of course you wouldn't," Sirius chuckled, as he led her towards one of the buildings, "I mean, in the real world," he said, imitating Moody, and Lily smirked, "We wont be standing around, wand at the ready, expecting an attack. No!" he yelled, and Lily jumped, as did multiple others, "we will be doing innocent things, such as sipping Butterbeers, when the attack occurs, so I think we should be normal until something happens," Sirius said.

"You're right," Lily sighed, and Sirius grinned happily, "Don't take it to your head, it'll inflate"

"That would be a good thing," Sirius said matter-of-factly, and Lily threw him an incredulous look

"Why would that be good?"

"Because, if my head inflates, I will grab you and we'll fly away so we'll escape the attack," he winked, and Lily snorted delicately.

"Makes sense that your head would fill with air," she teased, and Sirius gasped, clutching his chest dramatically.

"Lily-flower! Say it's not so!" he yelled, dropping to his knees and taking her hand. There were people in the town, other than their classmates, and they all turned to watch.

"Sirius get up!" Lily hissed, as a small crowd ended up watching them, "People will think you're going to propose!"

"How did you know?" he said dramatically, but standing up all the same, leading her into the first bar he could find. Lily laughed and then looked at the building, cocking her head to the side

"Do you think this is a real building?"

"As opposed to a hippogriff?" Sirius snorted, and Lily rolled her eyes

"You know what I mean"

"Shockingly, I do," he said, and Lily grinned, "I bet it is. Moody isn't anything, if not thorough." Lily nodded and then pushed the door of the pub open, to see a large, well-equipped place, full of booths and a large bar, "Can we just stay here?" Sirius asked, looking around in wonder, and Lily laughed.

"Don't get drunk Sirius, this is a test," she said sternly, and Sirius threw her a dirty look

"What do you take me for Evans?" he asked innocently, and Lily rolled her eyes, "I'll get the drinks, you get a booth," he instructed. Lily bowed and then walked away to find a booth, ignoring Sirius's chuckles. She chose one where she could see the street, and soon enough Sirius sat down across from her and handed her a bottle.

"I'm not drinking that," she said, looking at the Firewhisky bottle, and Sirius laughed loudly

"I win," he chuckled, wiping at his eyes

"Er, win what?"

"A bet"

"With who?"

"Whom Lily, whom," he corrected, and Lily raised her eyebrows, "That's right, Sirius Black is smart, soak it in," he said, spreading his arms wide, and Lily shook her head fondly

"With whom?"

"Myself"

"Then it doesn't count"

"Of course it does!"

"No it doesn't"

"YES IT DOES!"

"Alright! Sorry! It does," Lily said in a hushed voice, looking around at the heads turning to look at them, "What were you betting?"

"The Firewhisky bottle"

"Well, of course I wouldn't drink! We're in the-"

"Middle of a test, yes, I am well aware Evans, that's why that's Butterbeer"

"No it's not," she said, looking at the bottle, "This is a Firewhisky bottle"

"Exactly," he said, eyes grinning, "It's a Firewhisky bottle,"

"Oh my Merlin," Lily sighed exasperatedly, "Are you telling me you asked them to put Butterbeer in a Firewhisky bottle?

"Yes, that's exactly what I told them to do," he grinned, and Lily chuckled. She lifted the bottle to her lips and then looked at him, "I swear," Lily still not believing him, lifted the bottle up and took a sniff.

"Okay I believe you," she announced, and took a swig.

"Thanks Lily-flower, you have so much faith in me," he said sarcastically, and Lily grinned at him cheekily. Sirius sighed and leaned back, resting his feet on the table, and bringing the Butterbeer bottle up to his lips.

"Sirius!"

"Yes?"

"Feet off the table!"

"Ah Evans, you're starting to sound like my dear old mum," he teased, and took his feet off the table, crossing his legs, "I'll have you know, that I was only getting in character," he said in a more serious tone, and Lily giggled.

"In character?"

"Yes, playing the neutral person unsuspecting of the attack," he said, and Lily rolled her eyes.

"You're not a neutral person," she said, and Sirius stuck his tongue out at her

"I am in this test"

"Merlin this is a tset!" she squeaked, and Sirius laughed

"You've been reminding me since it started," he pointed out, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him, "Er, sorry," he said cheekily, taking a sip of his Butterbeer, "What?" he asked, as Lily frowned, looking out the window

"Did Moody ever say it was an attack?"

"Er"

"Did he?" she asked, turning to Sirius, who frowned and thought back

"No actually," he said slowly, putting his bottle on the table, "We all just assumed it was,"

"We did," Lily said thoughtfully, looking out the window with a small crease in between her eyebrows

"What are you thinking?"

"Well, maybe it's not an attack. Maybe it's a hostage situation, or a dark object search, or maybe we're supposed to be aware of the people around us," she said, looking around, and noticing for the first time that glances kept flickering towards them.

"Maybe we should go outside," Sirius said quietly, noticing the glances as Lily had, and standing up. Lily stood up with him and they made their way out of the pub, looking around cautiously. Sirius took her hand in his and Lily held on to it, looking around frantically, her grip on her wand tightening, "Maybe we're just being paranoid," Sirius suggested.

However, his suggestion was ruled out as a scream sounded. They turned quickly to the source of the noise, which was coming from the pub they had just exited. Lily ran inside, followed by Sirius, to see a man lying dead on the floor, "Wha-" Lily started, but was cut off as an explosion sounded behind them. Sirius ran back outside to see the building down the street on fire

"What the hell?" he squeaked. Lily ran out after him and frowned at the fire.

"Come on," she said, sprinting towards the source of the fire, followed by Sirius. The others were all there, wands out, spraying water at the fire.

"No! No! This isn't going to work!" James yelled, waving his arms around, "All together, on three! One…Two…Three!"

"AGUAMENTI!" a collective yelled sounded, and a large sum of water flew at the building, extinguishing most of the fire

"Once more!" James yelled commandingly.

"AGUAMENTI!" the fire went out. They all breathed out a collective sigh of relief. Lily looked in through a window and saw something flicker. She gasped, and ran inside the building

"LILS!" she heard James's voice yell, but ran through the burned down door. She could hear footsteps behind her and saw Sirius running after her. Sirius followed her up the three flights of stairs, Lily with a rather large stitch in her side but continuing anyway, and saw a door with a large padlock on it.

"What's in there?" she turned around quickly to see James and Fabian standing behind her. Lily shrugged and pulled her wand out. There was a shriek from inside, and Lily winced slightly.

"Careful!" Fabian hissed, as she pointed her wand, hand shaking, at the door. She turned and threw him an irritated look, causing both James and Sirius to smile slightly

"Wait!" they turned to see Gid running up the stairs, Remus on his tail. He pulled his wand out quickly and pointed it at the lock, "Silencio!"

"It's not making any noise," Fabian said, looking at his brother, who ignored him

"When it opens it'll make a lot of noise," Remus explained, and Fabian nodded, patting his brother's shoulder. Gid snorted softly and Lily grinned

"Alohamora," she whispered, the boys falling silent, and the padlock opened, mercifully silently. She walked over to it and gently lifted it out of the lock, resting it gently on the floor. James walked around her and peered through a crack in the door

"Can you see anything?" Sirius whispered, and James shook his head

"There must be some sort of enchantment on it," Remus said. Lily pushed the boys out of the way and pushed the door gently. It opened a little, and Lily could see a woman standing with her back against the window, looking fearfully at a spot next to the door.

"Wait," Gid said, grabbing her shoulder. Lily carefully closed the door and turned to look at him, "We need a plan!"

"He's right," Sirius said, and Lily looked at him incredulously. Sirius Black, needing a plan? Galloping Gargoyles!

"What's it like in there?" James asked

"There's a scared woman leaning against the window, far side, and she's looking at a spot next to the door," she said.

"Okay, here's the plan," Fabian said quietly

"No! A plan wont work," Remus said, "We cant just assume the attackers position, or how many of them there are. We'll just have to go in there, wands out," he said. James nodded and Lily sighed

"I hate this plan," she grumbled, and then turned around, "ready?" she asked, and they nodded. She took a breath before pushing the door open, wand drawn, and stepping inside. The boys were right on her tail and they looked around to see three men in masks, with their wands out, pointing at the woman. Her face broke into a relieved expression as they ran in.

The cloaked men started dueling them, with incredible skill. James, Fabian, Gid and Remus were dueling the cloaked men, and Lily ran over to the woman, followed by Sirius.

"What happened?" she asked, as the woman grabbed onto Lily's forearm tightly

"They just appeared here," she said shakily. Lily nodded and then looked at the door, which was blocked by the duel.

"Out the window," Sirius said, looking at the window, and Lily looked at him irritably.

"How are we going to do that?"

"Levitate?" he suggested.

"We cant do that, we have to watch our backs for them," she said, nodding towards the Death Eaters, and Sirius nodded seriously. There was a tap on the window and Lily opened it to see Alice and Frank below with their partners, who were clinging on to each other.

"We got her!" Frank yelled, the two of them with their wands out. The woman smiled at Lily gratefully and then turned to the window. There was a flash and Lily put up a shield charm, the spell aimed at the woman flying back at the man who had fired it. Sirius helped the woman out of the window, whilst Lily ran over to join the duel, joined shortly by Sirius, after Alice and Frank had successfully levitated the woman out.

They managed to take down two of the men, but one, the most vicious, was left. He made to escape, but James waved his wand quickly and the man fell over, having run into the padlock, which James had levitated to height of the man's head.

"Resourceful," Fabian commented, and James grinned.

"Marauding does this to you," Sirius said wisely, and Lily rolled her eyes

"Come on, we have to find out what happened to that dead guy," Lily grumbled, and Fabian frowned

"You have a dead guy too?"

"Too?" Remus asked

"I think there's one in every building," Gid said thoughtfully, and Lily rolled her eyes

"Moody," she said through gritted teeth, and dragged Sirius out of the room.

"Lily-flower! We cant! James might find out!" Sirius yelled up the stairs, and they heard a phenomenal snort, "That's attractive," Sirius said loudly, and Lily laughed.

"I knew I wouldn't concentrate with you around," Lily sighed, and Sirius grinned at her. There was a jet of red light and Lily felt herself pulled onto the floor by Sirius, "I take it back?" she said in a squeaky voice, and the corners of his mouth turned up. They looked towards the source of the light to see lots of lights. Lily and Sirius ran, doubled over as to avoid getting hit, and finally reached the scene. They were outside the bar again and Alice and Frank were dueling wizards, Valerie and Maddie nowhere to be found.

"Someone's going to fail," Sirius sung under his breath, and Lily grinned. Sirius smirked slightly as the two ran over to assist Alice and Frank. Upon seeing their arrival, the figures disappeared, "Fear me!" Sirius said in a low voice, and Lily rolled her eyes as Alice and Frank laughed slightly

"You guys okay?" Lily asked, looking over Alice and Frank, who nodded.

"We're not supposed to be talking," Frank pointed out, looking around, making sure Moody wasn't there or something.

"Oh sod it," Lily grumbled, but she and Sirius walked away all the same, "Sirius?" she said, and he looked down at her

"Yes Lily-flower?"

"The dead bodies…didn't they say there was one in every building?" she asked, frowning. Sirius nodded

"I don't see where you're going with this"

"Maybe it's an army," she said thoughtfully, and Sirius's eyebrows rose

"Of Inferi?"

"Well it's possible," she mused, "There are dead bodies everywhere, it's a test, you never know," she finished. By this time, Sirius's eyes were wide

"Lily-flower, what if we were supposed to figure this out before the inferi rise?" he asked in a worried voice, and Lily's face drained of blood

"Sirius, we cant fight them alone,"

"We're not going to," he said determinedly, "Split up, gather everyone, we'll have to do this together, and we'll all meet, er, by this naked man statue," he said, pointing at the bust next to them. Lily smirked and nodded and ran off in the other direction, "IF SOMETHING HAPPENS SHOOT UP RED SPARKS!" he yelled after her, and Lily stuck her hand in the air, to show that she'd heard him.

Lily found Maddie and Valerie staring with wide eyes inside the pub she and Sirius had been in, "What?" she asked, huffing to a stop next to them. Valerie lifted a shaking arm and pointed through the window. Lily turned to look and felt her face drain of all blood. Pressed up against the window, staring at them, was a white, pale, dead face. It's yellow eyes were oddly focused, and it was looking right at them, "Go to the bust of the naked man, now," Lily said urgently. Valerie and Maddie, not needing to be told twice, sprinted in the direction Lily had just come from.

As they ran away, the inferi inside pushed off the wall, and started to make it's way towards the door. Lily sprinted away, silently thanking the universe that inferi were bloody slow, like muggle zombies, except they kept their arms pinned to their sides. She saw Gid, Fabian, Remus and James in the distance and waved her arm in desperation. She had the sinking feeling that she was being watched, and followed, which she knew was probably not in her head.

Noticing her running towards them, James put his arms out and steadied her as she skid to a stop, "Breathe Lils," he said. Lily took in a big raspy breath, and after seeing the look on her face, the boys pulled their wands out, looking around, alert, "What is it?" James asked in a more business like voice.

"Army…meet at…bust of naked man…dead people…inferi," she gasped out, but all the boys seemed to get what she was saying. James's eyes widened and he slapped his palm to his forehead

"Of course!" he breathed, "Where's Sirius?" he asked suddenly, looking around worriedly, hoping desperately that nothing had happened to his best mate.

"Split up…to look for people," Lily choked out, still trying to catch her breath, and James nodded.

"Let's go to the bust of the naked man then," Gid said, and a grin flashed across Lily's face, and they started to make their way to the bust.

"Have the inferi risen yet?" Remus asked, looking around, and Lily gulped, the image of the inferi from the bar imprinted in her mind

"Er, I know there's one already," she gulped, and Remus frowned down at her, "I saw it," she choked out, and Remus winced

"I've heard they're terrible looking things," Fabian said queasily, and Lily nodded frantically

"It had its face pressed up against the window," she whispered, looking around at the windows fearfully.

Just then, in the distance, Lily saw red sparks fly in the air. All of them stopped and Lily felt her heart clench, "Sirius," she choked, and began sprinting towards the red sparks. The others, with worried expressions, started a split second after her. James and Fabian, who were the fittest, quickly overtook her and Remus and Gid were only a little ways ahead of her.

She couldn't help that she couldn't run as fast as them; she had always believed it was a girl thing. Hestia had a theory that running with boobs slowed down a person, as gravity had more to hold on to them by (they were completely aware of how disgusting that sounded). Lily huffed as she struggled to keep up with the boys, agreeing, for the first time, with Hestia's theory.

She was suddenly blocked by an inferi, which turned to face her, it's yellow bloodshot eyes piercing her like knives, and she let out a scream, causing Remus to double back and run back to her. They both reached for their wands and their collective curses sent it flying backwards. Lily threw Remus a grateful smile and he took her hand, and the two continued running.

They weaved through the people, who seemed to have all turned into inferi for some reason, including the innocent townsfolk, and when they finally reached the bust, it was to see Sirius, James, Gid, Fabian, Alice, Frank, Valerie and Maddie in a full on fight with a few inferi. As they watched, James sent a jinx at an inferi, who didn't seem to react at all, but continued slowly walking towards them.

It was like a death march.

Lily and Remus whipped out their wands and joined their peers, hoping to help with the war that seemed to be useless on their part. An inferi launched itself at Alice, and Lily waved her wand, and it flew back a few metres. Alice grinned at Lily before continuing waving her wand in fantastically intricate patterns. An inferi came up behind her and grabbed Lily by her long hair, pulling her towards it like a muggle fishing line. James blasted it away furiously and helped Lily, who had fallen over, get up.

"You alright?" he asked, as they both dueled inferi.

"I'm fine," she said back, twisting her wand and sending an inferi flying into the closest building

"Nice one Evans!"

"Oh shut up Sirius," she yelled back, and heard him bark a laugh. Sirius was the only one who looked like he was enjoying himself. Lily rolled her eyes at his childish ways and then turned back to the inferi army, which had grown.

"What do we do?" she heard Frank yell

"We can't fight them off!" Gid yelled, blasting one back

"We're just blasting them around! They can't die again!" Fabian added, and Lily saw Remus nod out of the corner of her eye

"They have a weakness!" Remus yelled, and Lily frowned. They did. She just had to remember it.

"They do! But…it's…bloody hell I can't remember it!" James yelled, frustrated. He took his frustration out on an inferi by levitating it and using it to knock over multiple other inferi, before blasting it up into the air, it landing with a sickening crunch on the pavement.

"Do you remember it Alice?" she heard Sirius yell.

"No!"

"Lily?" she heard Gid yell out desperately, and bit her lip.

"It's there," she said, frowning, and she saw James turn to look at her

"Come on Lils," he urged, and Lily nodded. They continued to duel as Lily chewed her lip, thinking over what it was. It wasn't light, which was for Devils Snare. Light, but why was she thinking of light? She knew there was a connection; it was there alright. She shone a bright light at an inferi to test it out, but all it did was roar slightly and turn away.

Light was the key. It bothered the inferi. But how to defeat one? Light, er, something relating to light! Brightness…warmth.

Warmth. Lily thought. Warmth was close. Warmth and brightness. Those were the keys, she knew it. Warmth, and brightness.

"FIRE!" she yelled. The others looked at her as if she were insane, who knows she probably was, and waved her wand quickly. A jet of fire flew out from her wand and she pointed it at the nearest inferi, who crumbled into ashes. Lily grinned, proud of herself, and heard the others cheers

"GOOD JOB LILY-FLOWER!" She laughed happily and watched as all the inferi began to back up slowly from her jet of fire.

"Shall we?" she heard James say, a jet of fire shooting from his own wand. Soon, all 9 of them were shooting flames out of their wands.

"On three!"

"Why?" Alice asked, turning to look at Gid exasperatedly

"Because it's fun," Sirius snorted, "Alright, one…two…three!" They all turned, aiming their wands at the army of inferi, who began to scatter at a fast snails pace. Lily could hear the Marauders snickering as they burned the inferi to the ground and rolled her eyes. What was it with boys, violence and murder? It was sickening.

The Aurors to be continued to burn the inferi, a fact Lily couldn't forget as she could hear Gid saying 'buuuuurrrn!' in a creepy voice under his breath, watching the crumbling inferi in fascination. Lily rolled her eyes and decided to leave the boys to the burning. She stopped her spell and walked away from them, the smell of burning flesh, even if it was dead flesh, started to make her feel woozy. She saw Alice standing by the naked man bust, her hand over her nose, and walked over to her.

"Smells so gross," Alice muttered, and Lily nodded. Her eyes were starting to water because of the stench. She could see Valerie and Maddie pretending to cough their guts out for an excuse the lean on the boys for support. Lily watched as James looked down at Valerie, who was holding on to his shoulder and supposedly hacking her guts out, but somehow managing to bat her eyelashes simultaneously. Lily smiled to herself as James shrugged Valerie's hand off his shoulder and, completely ignoring her, went back to his manic, guy-ish, burning craze, "It takes talent to bat your eyelashes whilst coughing," Alice sneered, watching as Maddie batted her large eyes at Sirius, and then, realizing he wasn't going to react, turned to wink at Frank. Lily turned and threw Alice a sympathetic smile, and Alice chuckled.

Lily sighed and sat down on the floor, and jumped up quickly with a squeak as something poked at her behind, "What the?" she said, looking down at the seemingly smooth floor. She brushed her foot over the spot she had sat down, and felt her foot hit something.

"What happened?" Remus asked, walking over. He looked down at Lily's foot, and frowned, getting down on his haunches to see what her foot was seemingly pressed up against. He brushed the sand off of it only to see nothing.

"That's odd, there's obviously something there," James muttered, looking over Remus's shoulder. Sirius leaned down and started feeling the air, tracing the spike Lily had sat on.

"It goes somewhere," Sirius mumbled. Gid walked over to see what Sirius was doing and then grinned.

"What? Why are you grinning?" Frank asked, as he stared at what Sirius was doing

"It's obvious isn't it? It's a trail!" Gid exclaimed gleefully, clapping his hands. Lily chuckled and Fabian walked over, looking at what Sirius was doing

"Trail?" he asked, looking at Gid, who nodded happily, "No fear," Fabian said. He pulled his wand out and waved it, so all the sand flew up, tracing everything invisible

"Smart," Alice muttered, as a long line extended above their heads

"Forward march!" Sirius announced, putting his arm around Lily's shoulders and holding his fist out in the direction they had to go. Lily giggled and looked around carefully

"Is that all?" she asked warily, and Sirius shrugged

"It was pretty intense actually…"

"Yes, I know that, but you'd think Moody would so worse," she mused. Sirius snorted and they continued in the direction, following their 'path'.

"Don't jinx it," Sirius said, grinning, twirling his wand between his fingers, and Lily laughed

"Tasteful joke"

"I know right?" he said, and Lily grinned. The group moved towards their unknown destination, walking for what Lily thought was hours, but according to Sirius's watch, was only seven minutes. Weird how time works sometimes.

"THERE IT IS!" they heard Gid yell, and they looked forwards to see a bright light, signifying their objective. Lily felt a smile spread across her face despite herself, and they all quickened their pace. They were close when suddenly, there was a loud collective pop, and they were surrounded.

"Oh bloody hell," James grumbled, and Lily sighed. She couldn't agree more.

"This is your final test," a vaguely familiar voice boomed, and Lily felt a grin spread across her face. Final test? And she'd be an Auror? Well, hopefully. The circle of cloaked people around them, and there were a lot of them, started to circle slowly. Lily watched them with rapt attention, as did everyone else, wands drawn.

The cloaked figures continued circling, but they had all drawn their wands now. Lily gulped slightly, afraid. She pinched James's arm subtly and he nudged her toe. Nice to know they were on the same metaphorical boat. There was a flash of blue light out of the corner of her eye and Lily saw Sirius neatly deflect a spell. So that's how it was going to be. Lily kept her eyes glued on the figures that were in her peripheral vision. Hopefully she'd be able to see where the attack came from. Hopefully.

There was an orange flash and Lily blocked the spell quickly, and it flew back, hitting one of the buildings. She heard a familiar chuckle and frowned at her attacker. She looked down her attackers hand and chuckled to herself. That was Daniel Potter's wedding ring. The figure next to Daniel, was wearing pink shoes. Yes, Emily was also there. Lily groaned as she realized something; they were surrounded by top Aurors.

"Bloody fantastic," she muttered, and James looked at her quizzically. One of the other Aurors took a shot and fired a spell at James, which he ducked, and it flew over and hit a tree, which cracked. Poor tree.

"What's fantastic?" she heard Sirius mutter from next to her.

"We're surrounded by top Aurors that's what," Remus grumbled, and Lily grinned. So she wasn't the only one who noticed. She saw James looked at the attackers hands and saw him roll his eyes at his parents.

"Honestly some warning would have been nice," he grumbled. Lily giggled and then held her wand at the ready. Were they supposed to attack? She took a deep breath and fired a spell to the right, and the unsuspecting Auror skillfully blocked it. Wow.

After Lily started, everyone was firing spells, dueling with the "attackers", "Is there any point to this?" Gid yelled over to them, and Lily shrugged. She put up a shield charm as Emily tried to curse her and looked around.

"I think we have to reach the light," Alice said, and they all nodded.

"How do we get out?" Fabian muttered, for only the peers to hear

"I say we curse them at once and run for it mate," Frank said, and Lily snorted

"They'd suspect that"

"Then what do we do?"

"Why aren't you girls helping?" James asked irritably, looking at Valerie and Maddie, who blushed as James addressed them

"Let it go," Sirius said wisely, and James snorted, "I know," Sirius nodded, "So Lily-flower what's the plan?"

"Why me?"

"Because you're the perfect one," Remus chuckled, and Lily rolled her eyes. She sent a well-aimed jinx at the Auror behind her, who fell frozen to the floor, "See?" Remus teased, and Lily laughed.

"Well do we all have to get there?" she asked, gesturing to the bright light in the distance

"Probably," James said, and Lily huffed

"I have an idea!" Sirius hissed

"Congratulations Black"

"Shut it Longbottom!"

"Oh will you please! What's your idea?" Alice hissed. Sirius mouthed a curse and Lily grinned mischeviously

"That's a brilliant idea," Fabian said, eyes twinkling

"Ready?" Gid asked, putting his wand down at his side. The Aurors all froze, and frowned at the teenagers, wondering what on earth they were doing.

"On three,"

"Three"

"Two"

"One"

"Immobulus!" the teens yelled together, pointing at the Aurors, who all froze where they were standing. They cheered and laughed, before sprinting over to the bright light.

"Wonder what it is," James muttered, looking down at the orb of light.

"Who's going to touch it?" Sirius sung, his voice rising in pitch. They all laughed and Lily took a breath

"I'll do it," she said, her voice shaking slightly. She reached her shaking hand out and traced the orb with the lightest of touches. There was a blinding light, causing all of them to shield their eyes in fear of permanent damage to their retinas, and then it was dark.

"I CANT SEE!" Sirius announced

"Really?" James snorted, his voice dripping in sarcasm. Lily giggled and looked around at the blackness that surrounded them.

"Oh, bloody hell, Lumos," Remus said, and a light appeared in front of them. Slowly, the nine of them lit their wands. Once the last wand, Maddie's, had been lit, the lights turned on, and Lily looked around the classroom once more.

"Sit," said a gruff voice, and Lily turned quickly to see Moody, a slight smile on his face, and his magical eye buzzing around, looking at all of them. They followed his instructions and sat down at their tables

"Hard to believe that the street was in here," Sirius whispered to Lily, who nodded frantically in agreement. It was so small.

"I love magic," she whispered, and both James and Sirius chuckled. Moody cleared his throat and they looked over at him guiltily.

"Now," he started, clumping around the room and walking around their desks, like a predator stalking it's prey, "I have one word to say," he said, looking around, and Lily heard Gid gulp noisily, "Impressive."

"YEAH!" Sirius yelled loudly, thrusting his fist in the air, and Lily, along with the rest of her friends, burst out laughing. Moody chuckled in his raspy way, and cleared his throat, signaling that he would be starting again.

"You performed spectacularly, and a large majority of you passed," he said. Lily watched as every face in the room paled, and she felt her intestines tie themselves up into giant knots, "I will be speaking with you in private, to tell you your results," he said. Lily whimpered slightly, and James took her hand, rubbing soothing circles on the back of it with his thumb. They would have been soothing, had he not been shaking so hard that it was causing Lily's own arm to shake. She squeezed his hand gently, and felt him relax slightly next to her, his leg jiggling.

Moody waved his wand and a large black box appeared, sort of like a muggle confession booth in churches, "Potter," Moody's voice said gruffly. James gulped and kissed Lily quickly on the cheek, before walking into the booth. As he entered, a visible shield erupted around it, keeping the sound in as well as keeping people out. Sirius walked over to it and poked it with his finger, only to be thrown back a few feet, landing in Lily's lap

"Potter," Moody said to James inside the box.

"Yes sir,"

"Don't speak," Moody said sternly, and James nodded to his lap, looking down at the floor. It was dark inside, and James knew that as soon as he stepped out of this box, his eyes would hurt from sudden exposure to light, "Now, Potter, you, along with most of your friends, disobeyed my rule," he paused, and James closed his eyes, trying to calm his racing heart, "you talked to each other, however," he said, and James's eyes flew open, "listening to instructions all the time can get you killed."

James grinned at Moody, who rolled his normal eye, his eerie magic eye staying focused on the door. James knew he was watching what the others were doing outside.

"And?" James asked frantically, after a few minutes of silence, and Moody chuckled

"Sorry, distracted by Mr. Black falling on top of Evans," he snorted, and James rolled his eyes. Honestly those people, "Mr. Potter, you passed"

James squealed a very not manly squeal and jumped up. He yelled a thank you to Moody before running out. He slammed into Sirius, who hugged him back with a gleeful yell, "NO WAY MATE!" James threw Sirius an irritable look and went around hugging his other friends, before stopping in front of Lily. Lily grinned up at him.

"I think he deserves a reward for this," Alice winked, and Lily stuck her tongue out at her friend, who laughed and walked away. Lily looked back up at James, whose eyes were twinkling

"That's not all that bad of an idea," he said. Lily laughed and got up on her tiptoes, but just then, Moody's voice yelled 'Evans' from within. Lily gulped and kissed James's cheek quickly before almost running into the black box room place.

Lily sat down quickly in front of Moody, who just looked at her then chuckled, "Evans I've known since you entered this room, that you have passed," he said. Lily's eyes widened and Moody snorted, "Honestly, you're surprised?" he asked, and Lily grinned, "Go on," he said, nodding towards the outside. Lily hugged Moody quickly before running out and throwing herself into James's arm, wrapping her legs around his torso.


Hello! So this update was quicker and I honestly had an amazing time writing this chapter. Imaginations can only do so much no? haha

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