Author's Note - Okay, this chapter is dedicated to b[dot]ibe (sorry, I had to write it like that), for correctly guessing the WHO and [dot]x[dot]Tohru[dot]Seraphina[dot]x[dot] (stupid website thinks I'm writing a linkkk) who guessed both the WHO and the WHAT out of her two guesses for both. That was the closest anyone came, so here comes the real reason. Oh, and the beginning starts just before Lily and James left the library in the previous chapter. After that it pretty much continues to where I left off.
Disclaimer - I do not own Harry Potter or anything related. I only created the plot and the OCs.
September 16th, 1977 & September 17th, 1977
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Everyone looked after them with a confused look on their face. All but one.
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Amore nei vostri pensieri
Simply by saying the correct incantation and using the proper wand motion, you can replicate love. Point your wand at someone, make two figure-eight motions, say "Amore pensieri!" and the selected person will begin to fall in "love" with whoever they are thinking about when you say the incantation. At first, it will just be a few thoughts or observations about whoever they are to "love," but it will progress quickly into a sort of obsession that will last about one week. This is a very risky charm, and not suggested for casual use. Note: In some cases, the subject of the charm will experience an entire personality change for the duration of the charm's effects.
Severus Snape smirked successfully. It was perfect. All he had to do is to make sure that Lily was thinking of him when casting the spell and then eventually she will realize that she truly loved him.
Severus slammed shut "Magical Love: The Guide to all Forms of Magical Love," and hurried out of the library.
As he left, he noticed Lily and James were sitting at a different table in the library. He had to make it look like an accident that he saw her, so he headed down the hall for a while before turning around and walking back the way he had come.
When he passed Lily, he noticed that she frowned. He sighed, that was usually a sign that she was thinking of him. He discreetly pointed his wand at her back and silently did the charm.
Now all he had to do was wait for the effects to start.
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"But, Alice! I wanna go see Sirius! I don't wanna go to the dorm!" Lily cried.
Alice glared, "I have no idea what's wrong with you, but when you get back to normal you will be glad that I stopped you from acting like this in public."
Lily glared right back at her, but Alice was able to drag her up to the dorm and lock the doors from the outside before leaving to find James.
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"What?!" Sirius stared at James.
"Yeah, that's what I said." James replied.
"So, wait, Evans, for some unknown reason, has fallen in love with me?!" Sirius smirked, "So she is a normal girl, after all."
James scowled, "A girl does not have to like you to be normal. And Lily is perfectly fine. Well, not at the moment, really, but, normally, she is perfectly normal."
"Whatever helps you sleep at night."
James would've retorted, but at that moment, the door was thrown open by Alice, "You've gotta--Oh, wait. Does he know yet?" she asked, staring at Sirius.
James nodded.
"Okay, well, you really have to help me. Lily is out of control."
Sirius snickered and James sighed, "How bad is it?"
"Oh, you know, she's just trying to destroy the door to our dorm. Nothing important," she said sarcastically.
"Okay, we'll help."
James and Sirius followed Alice to the girls' staircase, but James muttered something before he and Sirius climbed up after her. The stairs, unlike usually, did not change into a slide.
Alice stopped and stared at them, "You can do that?"
They both scoffed, "Since second year."
Alice looked like she wanted to say something but just rolled her eyes, "Of course."
Alice preformed a charm to unlock the door and stepped into the room. "Oh. Merlin." Her eyes widened, "Lily, what did you do?!"
Lily grinned, "I decorated!" The walls were plastered with moving posters of Sirius with his name written all over everything else. "Isn't it great?"
Sirius let out a bark-like laugh, which drew Lily's attention to him.
"OH MY GOD! YOU BROUGHT HIM HERE?! YAY!" Lily yelled. She stared at Sirius and grinned madly.
"Oh, shit," he said, his eyes widening. "She's crazy!"
"This still funny?" James asked rhetorically.
Sirius shook his head anyway and backed away from Lily.
Before Lily could do anything, they heard a voice from outside the door.
"Are James and Sirius in here?" Remus called.
"Uh, you can come in." Alice replied warily.
Remus walked into the room to a strange scene. Lily was staring at a scared looking Sirius while Alice stared at Lily, distressed, and James smirked at Sirius with a hint of jealousy in his eyes.
"So, uh, what'd I miss?"
"Oh, just the normal Lily-randomly-falling-in-love-with-Sirius stuff." Alice replied.
"What?!"
"That's what I said," Sirius whimpered. "And now she's going to kill me with that crazy smile!"
Remus stared, speechless, at the walls. "What on earth happened to her?"
"If we knew, we would've fixed it already." James said."Hi, Remus! Sirius is here! Did you know that? He's HERE! Isn't that just great?!" Lily said.
Remus stared at her, "We have to fix this. Now."
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Later, they were all in the library, pouring over books, trying to find something that would tell them what happened to Lily. Well, most of them were. Lily was obsessively looking through the official "Sirius Black Scrapbook" that Alice had summoned from the official "Sirius Black Fan Club" for her.
It was nearly midnight when James sighed unsuccessfully. "Has anyone found anything?"
They all, except for Lily, shook their heads.
"I don't know," Remus said. "Maybe it had something to do with what she was thinking of at the time."
James looked over at Lily, "Lily? Lily, we have to ask you something. Lily?"
She ignored him.
"Evans!" Sirius barked.
She looked up immediately.
"What were you thinking about just after we left the library yesterday?" James asked.
"How to make Sirius stop hating me," she said matter-of-factly.
Sirius had the shame to look sorry at that.
Remus sighed, "Okay, well that must've had something to do with it. What could it have been? And who would've done it?"
James' eyes narrowed immediately. "Snape," he spat out.
"I have seen him staring at her in Potions, it's kind of creepy." Alice said.
James turned to Remus. "Can I kill him now?" he asked.
"No, James. Killing people is bad."
"But look what he did to Lily!" he whined.
Lily's nose was an inch from the book's page, staring intently at the pictures on the page.
"Well . . . Can I kill him?" Alice asked. She glanced at Lily, who was still engrossed in the scrapbook, not even noticing their conversation. "I want the real Lily back."
"Sorry, but no murdering allowed. We don't even know if he did it, much less what he did. It's useless making accusations about something we don't understand." Remus replied.
"So, what should we do?" Alice asked.
"Do you reckon we should take her to the Hospital Wing until she is semi-normal again?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know, maybe we should talk to Dumbledore." James suggested.
"That's probably the best thing we could do. After all, it is Dumbledore." Remus said confidently. "We'll go tomorrow."
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"Hi Dumbles!" Lily screeched. "Look what I got!" She held up the scrapbook.
"Oh, shut up, Lily!" Alice said, but Dumbledore merely chuckled.
"I see there seems to be a bit of a problem with Ms. Evans."
"Well, she started acting like this yesterday, but Friday night she seemed confused about something and said she was thinking things she normally wouldn't. None of us have any idea what's going on." Alice replied.
Dumbledore nodded slowly. "I see. It seems like it may be some sort of love potion or charm." He turned his x-ray-like stare on them. "I'm going to assume none of you did this to her."
"Why would I want her in love with Sirius?!" was James' reply.
"Why would I want her in love with me?!"
"I just want Lily back." Alice said sadly.
"I was," Remus glanced at Alice, "away."
Dumbledore nodded, "I just had to check."
"Is there anything you can do?" asked James.
Dumbledore shook his head, "I'm afraid not at least until we specifically know what's wrong with her. I think, until Ms. Evans is a bit more herself, she will be staying in the Hospital Wing."
Lily laughed. "That birdie's on fire!" she said, pointing at Fawkes.
"Yeah, that might be for the best." James said.
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"Unbelievable!" Madame Pomfrey huffed angrily. "Someone cast the Amore nei vostri pensieri charm on her, it'll be at least a week before the effects wear off! What on earth were they thinking?"
"Will she be okay?" James asked nervously.
"Oh, except for the personality changes and the obsession with Mr. Black, she will be fine. She'll be back to normal by next week." Madame Pomfrey continued with her rant. "Who would've done this? There is never a guarantee as to who the obsession will be aimed towards. I highly doubt the intended boy was Mr. Black, he has enough people obsessed with him already."
"You know I can't deny that." Sirius said cheekily.
Madame Pomfrey rolled her eyes. "I want you all out within fifteen minutes. Got it?" she said before retreating to her office.
As soon as Madame Pomfrey was out of earshot, Lily said, "Alice, lemme use your wand! Oh, pretty please? The mean lady took mine!"
"What do you want to use it for?" Alice asked warily.
"Oh, just hand it over!"
Alice gave Lily her wand, ready to take it back as quickly as needed. But all Lily did was silently conjure a rubber duck with a noticeable likeness to Sirius before handing back Alice's wand.
"Okay, you guys can leave me on my deathbed now! Oh, the misery!"
"Lily, you're going to be fine. Stop being a drama queen." Alice said, rolling her eyes.
"We really do have to go, though." Remus said.
Lily waved energetically as they left, but fell asleep within five minutes. "Stupid mean lady's sleepy potions." she muttered before she closed her eyes.
Author's Note - Well, that's what happened. I wanted this chapter out way back on Friday, but my stupid dad made us go up to Maine and freeze to death all weekend even though he said we'd only stay one night, but whatever. Byebyes, and please review! Oh, and the charm is in Italian instead of Latin, it's easier to find an Italian translation.
