Guys… I'm so, so sorry about being so terribly late at updating, and when I finally do, it's such a short chapter. I swear, I feel terribly guilty. But this is my last year at school, the last term, and everything is really starting to get very hectic. Soon it's the mid-term tests period, then the russ-period (which is a time of the year when seniors party all night long from 20th of April to 17th of May), and then comes the exam period. But I'm gonna try my best to start updating once a week again, but don't hate me if I don't, hate school. And if you already hate school, then hate it some more :D

Chapter 28: Happy B-Day!

Julie woke to a beautiful Wednesday with hopes of a happy birthday. After all, it wasn't every day a girl turned seventeen. Oh, her poor parents when she came home. She'd really put them through hell. That's when she realized; she had no idea of where her parents were. A sadness unlike anything hit her, and she bit her lip. She hoped they were all right. But it was weird. This was going to be the first time in her life when she didn't get any gifts from her parents or family. She really didn't look forward to it. But knowing her friends, they would do whatever they could to make sure she would enjoy her seventeenth birthday. Speaking of which; where were her friends?


Vilde looked seriously on them. "You all know why I'm saying this. Because of our involvement with Voldemort, Julie's parents aren't here. She needs a lot of cheering up today. This is her first birthday ever without her parents even knowing she was born, so, if you overlook my horrible way of phrasing myself; let's go cheer her up! I also talked to Albus, and he told me to use the entire day on making her feel happy, so; We're skipping classes today!" Vilde said happily.

Lily raised an eyebrow. "I think not," she said slowly, while the others cheered.

"I knew you would be hard to bend, Charmy, but I also know that if Cookie does not have a good time today, it will be on you because you chose school over friends," Vilde said with small, cunning eyes.

Lily looked horrified. "I'd never choose school over Cookie! Ever!" she said.

"Good, then! Are we ready? I got the chocolate! Sirius, what you got?" she asked bossily.

"The coke is right here!" Sirius said, holding the bottle in his hand.

"Lily?" Vilde asked.

"I got the straw all right," Lily said, still a bit exasperated.

"James?"

"The glass is still whole, relax," he replied.

"Peter?" Vilde asked.

"Got the paprika chips," he piped up.

"Goodie! And Remus?"

"The package is a-okay," he said calmly.

"Good! Both of them, right?" Vilde asked.

"Yep," Remus nodded.

Then the seven people marched their way towards the girls' dormitory.


Julie sat up in her bed and looked around. No one was in the dormitory. They had probably gone down to eat. Julie felt like lying back down and dying, but was very happy she didn't when Erynne walked out of the bathroom with a bathrobe around her body and a towel on her head. She beamed at Julie.

"Happy B-day!" she yelled and skipped over, giving Julie a hug.

Julie grinned. "Thanks," she said happily, but still didn't feel quite so good.

Then the door to the girls' dormitory burst open, and all the marauders and the rest of the c-gang was standing in the door.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" they all yelled and Vilde ran over to Julie, giving her a hug, closely followed by Lily and Sirius.

From the latter, Julie received a soft kiss. She smiled at that. Then she saw how Remus walked over to Erynne and sneakily gave her something.

Erynne grinned at Julie's suspicious gaze. "Be patient, darling," she said with a wicked tone.

"What are you guys planning?" Julie asked with suspicious eyes.

Vilde simply grinned at her friend.

Then Julie jumped out of bed pointing accusingly at the boys. "How the heck did you get into the dormitory?" she snapped at them.

James grinned. "Well, we sure learned something when we took a slide down the stairs," he said. Then he made a grimace. "I will never forgive you for that, though," he said.

The girls laughed. Then James walked over to Julie. She looked warily at him. Then he put down an awesome looking glass in a transcendental purple color with 'Coca-Cola' written on it. Julie frowned. Sirius then walked over to the glass and pulled out the coke, making Julie smile as he poured it into the glass. Then Lily walked over, and put a straw into the glass.

The straw was so twirled and so awesome that Julie assumed it had been made like that with magic. She was staring at it with dreamy eyes. She really wanted to try it. Then a very known cracking sound filled the room, and Julie's head shot towards Vilde, who was holding a large chocolate bar, cracking it. She widened her eyes. Vilde looked wickedly at her. Julie narrowed her eyes.

Then they both started, on the exact same time, to run around the dormitory, Vilde avoiding Julie, and Julie trying to capture Vilde. While so, Vilde was laughing evilly. The others rolled their eyes, and Remus grabbed Vilde around her waist, stopping her. She pouted up at him, but didn't have much time to do that when Julie charged and jumped on Vilde so they both fell to the ground. Vilde hit her head in the floor, but it didn't hurt … that much. She narrowed her eyes at Julie, who was sitting on her with her arm stretched n a victory pose, holding the chocolate.

Then Vilde grinned. "Guess who just woke up?" she said, laughing loudly.

Julie then widened her eyes. "It's Norwegian chocolate!" she yelled happily, skipping over to the bed and sitting down, taking a bite with big, dreamy eyes.

Vilde chuckled along with the others. She then looked at the others, and they all nodded.

"Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday dear Julie!
Happy birthday to you!"

Julie shook her head, but was grinning. Plan was succeeding as of now. Remus then walked over to Julie and gave her a present. "It's from Prongs, Wormtail and myself," he said.

Julie beamed and took the present with a cheerful 'thank you'. She opened the wrappings and looked into a box. Her looks got pretty shocked.

"Is this what I think it is?" she asked them all.

Remus smiled and nodded. "Probably," he said.

She stuck her hand into the box and gripped tightly. Sirius and Remus both ready at her side to help her. She dragged out a big plasma TV.

Julie shook her head slightly. "How the heck did you get this?" she asked with big eyes.

"Charmy found this weird spell that, if used on the right person, makes someone able to see how things will be in the future, and Ta-daa! Here it is," Vilde said with a big grin.

Julie didn't really get it, but she didn't really care either. Then Erynne walked over to Julie and gave her the last present.

"Enjoy, Cookie, you better," Vilde said seriously.

Julie frowned and then took up … "Playstation 3? That's just not possible, Crazy! How the heck did you guys manage this?" she asked completely confused and happy.

"Same spell, same person," Lily merely said.

Julie blinked. "Oookaaay…" she said doubtfully. But then shrugged. "So, I have TV and Playstation… CRAZY! We're gonna watch the Lord of the Rings, right?" she bellowed happily.

Vilde grinned. "You got it," she said happily.

It had been way too long since they had watched the trilogy. Sirius then jumped up from Julie's bed that he had been sitting on.

"Kitchen, guys, we need breakfast and goodies," he said seriously, and the marauders left the room instantly.

Julie felt a big grin spread on her face. "LOTR," she muttered.

Vilde snickered. Then they rose and used Wingardium Leviosa to lift the beds and make a more comfortable place.

Julie then stopped. "But it's electricity," she said slowly, praying that the girls had thought of that.

Lily grinned. "As we said; place the spell on the right person," she said.

"He was aware of us placing the spell on him, and he made some changes so it wouldn't need electricity, but it has to be put under a spell that Charmy remembers," Vilde explained with a smile.

"You guys are awesome," Julie said happily.

"Only for those who deserves it," Erynne joked.

Julie laughed at that.

When the boys returned, they saw the girls sitting ready, waiting for them. Remus smiled and walked over to Vilde, and sat down beside her while Sirius, of course, walked over to Julie. Erynne was sitting between the two mentioned girls, and Lily was somewhat avoiding James' look, but he didn't seem to care as he sat down next to her, Peter sitting at the end.

"All righty! Are you guys ready to see the best movies ever made?" Julie asked loudly.

"Yes!" they all said.

Lily pointed her wand at both the boxes, muttered something neither one could hear, or was too complicated to comprehend, and the TV instantly turned on, along with the PS3. She then turned to the LOTR blu-ray box and inserted the first disk. Lily's wand was the remote, and Vilde and Julie directed her to what she should click on. Soon, the room was filled with the intro to the Lord of the Rings. Vilde and Julie were grinning like two nimrods only could, and the others were waiting in excitement. It didn't take long before every single one of them was completely into it.

When the clock was … well, late, the three movies were ended. Just like the Fellowship. Everyone in the room, with exception of Vilde and Julie, were completely shocked that they had not seen these movies before. Of course, Vilde threw a meaningful look at the marauders and Lily, they all understanding that these movies were yet to be made. Erynne noticed the look, though, but the two space/time travelers were very aware that Erynne was starting to suspect something.

This because of the future spell they had used on the man in the store, and also because Julie knew what the TV was, as well as the Playstation. They were going to tell her, they were just waiting for the opportune moment, like Captain Jack Sparrow would've said. But when was this moment? Vilde looked at Julie. Next Thursday, they decided between themselves. In the meantime, they had some serious planning to do.


Sirius: Wow. I. Love. LOTR. I LOVE LOTR!

Of course you do. It's most adventurous, and you're very adventurous. And that is as close to a compliment as you're ever gonna get from me ^^

Sirius: You're a bitch…
Julie: No joke… And I have to share a dorm with her…

Ah, you know you love me
XOXO

-Gaara's Devil

Remus: DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW GUYS!

HEY! You completely ruined my dramatic exit! REMY! THAT WAS CRUEL!

Remus: I didn't mean to be rude…
Lily: This is gonna take some time.
James: Yeah, remember that last time they had a discussion?
Peter: It never ended…
Everyone except Remus and GD: BYE AND SEE YOU LATER GUYS!