Lily was astonished. There, in the corridor, was James balancing, badly on Sirius's shoulders, as he wrote her name largely on the wall. He wobbled uncontrollably for a second and nearly tipped the bucket of red paint all over Sirius's head.

"Hey watch it! This hair doesn't come naturally, y'know!"

"Sorry padfoot." James giggled as he pretended to pour the paint over Sirius's head again.

"James!" Startled by Lily's sudden appearance, James toppled over backwards, sending the red liquid flying into the air. Sirius seemed to look above him in slow motion, as the paint came hurtling, back towards the ground.

"Noooooooooooooo!" He howled, as the paint came down on top of his head, splashing James and peter in the process. Sirius sat sprawled out on the floor, sniffing quietly to himself.

"My hair, my beautiful hair." He looked up to find both Lily and James trying to suppress laughter.

James found the bright red and very depressed Sirius, highly amusing, but he knew it wouldn't be wise to make this known. Wait did his eye just twitch!

Lily couldn't help but laugh at the sight of Sirius. He looked ridiculous! He had red paint dripping through his hair and an adorable pout on his face, as he sat sulking on the floor. Lily wondered why James just soundly took off running down the corridor. She soon found out.

"Come back here, you coward! I'm going to kill you!" Sirius bellowed as he, swiftly jumped up and also took off after James. It was too much for Lily she burst out into fits of laughter, making her fall to the ground, holding her stomach. Remus and Peter looked at Lily in concern, she obviously wasn't in the right mind. They got an idea, both at the same time and grinned evilly to each other. They simultaneously grabbed a hold of each of Lily's arms and began to drag her kicking, screaming and laughing away, down the hall.

James, puffing made a u-turn and sped right past Sirius. Sirius was stunned only for a second, then also turned and took off in the direction he came. When Sirius finally caught up with James, which didn't take long, both being in top physical condition to be on the quidditch team, he was staring at the ground. It caught Sirius's attention that a hastily written note was magically engraved in the pavement. He was the first to break the silence that seemed to have fallen, by reading out the scribbled message.

"To not fret, do not fear

We have her very near

Clues will lead you to above

There you'll find your true love." Murmured Sirius, under his breath.

"What the hell does that mean?"

"It means Remus and Peter have abducted Lily!"

"Hmmm...Somewhere high and nearby....that's got to be the astronomy tower!"

"Congratulations Padfoot, your not just a pretty face."

"Thanks Prongs,......wait a second!" But James, once again, had taken off running.