Lily Evans was having a terrible summer. In previous years, whenever Petunia's taunts had been too much, she could at least escape and hang out with Severus instead.

But after everything that had happened in school, Lily didn't know if she was ready to forgive Severus and hang out with him as if nothing had happened. She just couldn't shake the feeling that she was missing some vital detail. As if she hadn't witnessed the events herself.

Besides, he just wouldn't leave her alone! It was like he was stalking her. If Lily went to the park then he'd be there. If she stayed at home then he sent a letter over every single day. She just needed some time to think and even Potter had left her alone after that blow-up.

Lily groaned.

"Is everything okay sweetie?" asked Mrs Evans, walking into the kitchen.

"Yes...no...it's...argh!" Lily replied.

"Why don't you start from the start, Lily?"

Lily sighed. "Do I have to?"

"Yes...and in the meantime, I'll go put the kettle on," said Iris Evans firmly.

After a long conversation in which her mother wanted to know every small detail, Lily explained the events of the lake blow up.

"And did you witness the whole encounter?" Mrs Evans asked.

Lily looked at her cup of tea which had grown cold. "Not exactly but-"

Mrs Evans cut her off. "Didn't you just say that Alice and Marlene were worried about James due to some attack?"

Lily nodded sullenly. "But that doesn't mean that he can take it out on others!" She protested.

Her mother nodded. "Of course not Lily but don't you think it's possible that Severus provoked James too? Have you ever seen James 'bully' Severus like this before?"

Lily frowned, thinking back to all the interactions she'd seen between Potter and Sev before. "I don't know." she finally admitted.

"Sev usually tells me about them and they both hex each other but I'm sure that Potter hexes first!"

Mrs Evans took Lily's hand. "Sweetie, I know Sev's one of your best friend but don't you think it's a little weird that the boy you're determined to hate because of a childish rivalry is the one your other friends support? Do you really think they'd be friends with him if he was a bully?" She asked.

Lily frowned. "But they all knew each other years before Hogwarts! Maybe they're just blind to his faults!" She protested.

Mrs Evans nodded. "That could be possible but in that case, it could also be possible you're blind to Severus' faults and determined to see the worst in James."

Lily glared at her mother...she hated the fact that her mother was making her think about all of this.

"Lily..." said Mrs Evans.

Lily sighed, shoulders slumping and nodded her head the tiniest bit. "Fine. Yes...that is a possibility."

Mrs Evans smiled kindly. "I don't know Severus or James like you do Lily...all I can do is give you some perspective. It'll work itself out sweetheart."

Lily nodded and rose to hug her mum. "Thank you for listening."

Mrs Dorea Potter sat next to Sirius' bed in the hospital. It had been a week since the end of the term but the Potters had barely left St Mungos since their arrival.

James and Sirius were playing exploding snap and whispering back and forth furiously while sneaking glances at her as she watched them and waited for her husband to join her as he had pestered the healers into letting him and Sirius go home until they agreed.

"Aunt Dorea," said Sirius. "James said you did something to the Potter family tree."

Dorea smiled at him. "You can call me Mum if you like, dear. Charlus and I will explain what I did when we go home."

Sirius nodded, not managing to hide his grin.

"When can we go home?" whined James.

"As soon as your father gets back dear."

Sure enough, as soon as Mr Potter returned, the four flooed home.

James started speaking as soon as they were all sat in the living room.

"Mum -" he started but Mrs Potter nodded.

"Yes James, I know. You want to know what I did. Now, you both remember my lessons on blood adoption, I'm sure."

James and Sirius nodded.

"Now, because Sirius is technically the Head of the Black family, the adoption works a little differently. Nothing about Sirius' physical features has changed; instead, Charlus and I are also his parents. We have the same right to Sirius that Orion and Walburga do. If you like dear, your name can be changed to Sirius Orion Potter Black." Mrs Potter explained.

Sirius blinked, eyes shining. Mrs Potter smiled softly and hugged him.

James blinked as he absorbed everything.

"Does that mean Sirius can learn Potter family magic?" he asked excitedly.

Dorea knew exactly which spell James wanted to share.

"No, unfortunately, because Sirius is the Head of the Black Family, he cannot be taught Potter family magic, in the same way, I cannot teach you or your father Black family magic."

James sighed sadly.

Charlus, who could never deny James anything, patted his shoulder. "You can't teach your brother the magic but you can still use that spell."

James grinned. "Did you hear that brother mine?"

Sirius grinned back. "Why don't you write that letter to Moony and Wormtail while I change my name?"

James rushed out of the room and Sirius laughed as he heard Mipsy tell him off for running inside the manor.

"Must you encourage him?" sighed Dorea half-heartedly.

Sirius and Charlus shared a mischievous look.

"We all know who he gets it from Mum." Sirius teased.

Mrs Potter smiled fondly, shaking her head. "I suppose we do."

24 hours later, the four Marauders sprawled across the floor of James' bedroom.

"I don't think this is a good idea." Remus protested.

"It is. Evans won't be able to ignore James after this." Sirius insisted.

James threw the snitch he was playing with up into the air, "Nah...Mum will kill me if I even ask Lily the time. Thanks for telling her what happened Remus." James glared.

Remus frowned. "What are you talking about? I didn't write to her."

Sirius banished a nearby pillow towards Remus who ducked just in time.

"Yes, you did Moony!" Sirius insisted.

Peter grinned. "Why would Moony write to Mrs Potter? Aren't you the one who sends her long letters about James and Lily?" He asked innocently.

James turned to glare at Sirius.

"I wouldn't do that to you brother...after all, I had to listen to Mum lecture you for an hour yesterday! Why in Merlin's name would I torture myself like that?" Sirius pouted.

"Because you'd enjoy telling that story later on...wait...did you just call Mrs Potter Mum?" asked Remus.

Sirius smirked. "Why would I call Aunt Dorea Mum? Honestly, Moony...are you feeling alright?"

Remus stared at Sirius before rubbing his forehead. He looked at Peter who looked just as confused.

"Stop messing with me. I know you called her Mum." Remus said firmly.

Peter bit his lip. "Uh...maybe he didn't. I thought so too but..." he trailed off.

Sirius gestured towards Peter. "See Moony! Even Wormtail thinks you're wrong!"

Remus shook his head. "Uh-huh, and you forget that I know you too well Padfoot. Why did you call her Mum?"

Sirius pouted. "I wish you weren't here. Wormtail would've had a better reaction."

James rolled his eyes. "Mum and Dad blood adopted Sirius into the family."

Remus and Peter stared at him.

"Merlin!" Remus breathed.

James rolled his eyes. "I'll never understand you, Moony. You're confused when Arthur Weasley's declared a blood traitor but not at the super rare types of blood adoption that Mum had to explain to me and Sirius."

Remus rolled his eyes. "Everyone uses the term blood traitor. The reaction didn't make sense. You know my family's not big on the old ways."

"Wish mine wasn't," muttered Sirius.

"As for blood adoption, I researched it with Lily last year because Professor Binns mentioned it in History, remember?" continued Remus, ignoring Sirius.

James frowned. "No, he didn't."

"He did." insisted Remus.

"Who cares for Merlin's sake?" Sirius groaned, banishing a pillow each towards them.

A few weeks later, Lily Evans was still conflicted about her situation with Severus. Finally, she couldn't stand the letters begging for forgiveness anymore and she stomped out the house and strode to the park and waited for him to appear.

A few minutes later, as she expected, Severus was approaching her and started apologising to her all over again.

"Why?" Lily demanded.

"Why what?" asked Severus.

"Why are you sorry you called me a mudblood but not sorry that you call every single other muggleborn a mudblood even when I've asked you not to? Why?"

Severus stepped closer. "Because they're not you. They're all mudbloods who don't deserve magic. You're not like them though." He replied.

Lily stumbled backwards, tears streaming down her cheeks. "You grew up with muggles! How can you say that?"

Severus looked away. "If it wasn't for you, I'd never come back here. I'd live anywhere but here. Can't you see Lily? Magic makes us special, powerful. My mum has magic and she doesn't use it...it makes her weak. Pathetic."

Lily wiped away her tears. "My parents don't have magic. Does that make them weak and pathetic too?" She asked.

Severus' looked at her, frowning. "You can't deny they're weak Lily. Don't you see they'll fear you like Petunia does? Like my dad fears my mother and me." He insisted.

Lily sniffed. "I'm sorry that your dad's such a bully and I'm sorry that Petunia hates magic but my parents' not having magic doesn't change anything. Their blood isn't any less worthy than anybody else. I...I can't be friends with you anymore. Not when you truly believe all this."

Then she turned and walked away, ignoring Severus' apologies and shouts behind her.

When Lily got home, she went straight to her mother and hugged her tightly.

"Lily! What's wrong?"

"I asked Sev why...why he's sorry for calling me a mudblood but not sorry for calling everybody else one and he...I can't be friends with him anymore! It's like he's a completely different person..." cried Lily.

Iris Evans hugged her daughter tightly and soothed her until Lily ran out of tears, exhausted.

"Would you like to invite Marlene and Alice for dinner?

Lily nodded.

The funeral at the beginning of August was as bad as James and Sirius had expected it. Mrs Potter had insisted that Andi came underneath the invisibility cloak and James had been forced to stay beside her the whole time, having to endure people giving him weird looks for muttering to himself when he was trying to comfort her.

Walburga Black had glared at them throughout the whole funeral and it was as if she knew that they were hiding Andi.

Bellatrix hadn't stopped smiling manically and James could see his mother's hand twitch as she restrained herself from cursing Bellatrix.

Somehow, though, they managed to get home without having to talk to Walburga or Bellatrix.

"Are you okay dear?" Dorea asked Andromeda, who nodded.

"Is it terrible, I'm still angry he cast me out?" Andi sniffed.

Dorea patted Andi's hand, guiding her to sit on the sofa next to her.

"Of course not."

Andi sniffed again, closing her eyes and pinching the bridge of her nose. "Sorry. I've been all over the place since we found out."

Dorea smiled. "Good news dear?" she asked.

Andromeda beamed. "We're expecting a child in February."

Dorea smiled and hugged her. "Congratulations dear. I know it doesn't help but Arcturus was planning to add you back...I know it'll be a few more years but I'm certain Sirius will accept you back in the family."

Andromeda smiled sadly. "I know."

The rest of Lily's summer felt anticlimactic compared to the start. After the end of her friendship with Se-Snape. Lily spent most of her days at Alice's or Marlene's.

They still hadn't talked about Potter or Snape which Lily was grateful for. But she knew that with them going back t Hogwarts soon, she'd have to talk about it soon.

"Mum! I'm portkeying over to Alice's." Lily called out before clutching the necklace Alice had given her and activating it.

When she arrived in the hallway, she saw Mrs Fortescue.

"Hello, Lily." She greeted.

"Hi, Mrs Fortescue...is Alice in her room?" Lily asked.

Mrs Fortescue nodded and Lily walked up the stairs into Alice's blue bedroom.

Alice was sitting in her window seat and staring outside. Marlene was clearly late.

"Are you okay Alice?" Lily asked.

"Huh." Alice jumped. "Oh hello, Lily. I'm fine..." Alice smiled.

Lily sat opposite Alice.

"You're twisting your necklace so clearly there's something on your mind. Spill," said Lily.

Marlene entered the room, grinning widely.

"Who's spilling what?" She asked, eyes lighting up at the thought of gossip.

Alice shook her head, smiling. "Fine...my mum just asked me if she can arrange a marriage contract for me and Frank after my birthday." She explained.

Marlene gasped. "A marriage contract? Getting serious are we?" She teased.

Alice blushed and stared at her hands. "I guess...I said yes."

Marlene pulled Alice up and hugged her. "Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!"

Lily smiled, frowning slightly. "Wait. Wait...I still don't entirely understand marriage contracts." She admitted, embarrassed.

Marlene nodded, smiling kindly. "They're basically a written agreement that two people will get married. Most just state how the wife can't teach family magic to her spouse and children..." She started before frowning and shrugging. "I don't know how to explain the rest of it properly...sorry Lils."

Lily smiled. "Don't worry about it."

Alice clicked her fingers. "My mum might know how to explain it better." She said before leaving to find her mum.

Mrs Fortescue smiled as she entered the room with Alice.

"Sorry to disturb you," said Lily.

"Oh don't worry about it, dear...I know how difficult it can be to learn so much about a different culture. I remember a friend of mine saying that, years ago." Mrs Fortescue said wistfully.

"Now marriage contracts are like an engagement ring and marriage certificate in one Lily, according to my friend. They bind two people together with magic just like any magically binding contract does. The difference is that most marriage contracts require a drop of blood from each person too because magical marriages bind the essence of your magic alongside your partner's. That why breaking marriage contracts can have such severe consequences, like death or losing your magic. It's also why you have to be an adult when you enter them and why divorce is so rare in the magical world. Does that make sense dear?"

Lily nodded eyes wide. "Congratulations Alice...I can't believe you're engaged." Lily exclaimed.

Mrs Fortescue slipped outside unnoticed, smiling sadly as she remembered her own youth and her own dear friend who'd died shortly after their graduation.

Alice smiled at Lily. "Not engaged yet...I've only agreed to the contract being drawn...I still have to wait for my birthday."

Marlene rolled her eyes. "Not long left. It's in October. You're practically engaged."

Alice blushed, practically beaming. "I'm so happy. I really love Frank." She admitted.

Lily pulled her into a hug along with Marlene.

"We know." laughed Marlene. "We had to watch you two court last year remember!"

With such happy news, Lily talked herself out of talking about Snape or Potter. Why ruin such a happy day?

First September

Lily managed to board the Hogwarts Express without even spotting James Potter let alone arguing with him.

The peace was unfamiliar and felt wrong. Where was Potter? She hadn't seen or heard from him in months...something felt strange about that. Why couldn't she just be happy that he wasn't bothering her?

"Lily, you're glaring," Remus informed her as he entered the Prefects' compartment.

"Potter," Lily muttered.

Remus stared at her in confusion. "Last time I checked my surname was Lupin." He said dryly. Lily gave a wry smiled. "I've been with James all morning...he hasn't spoken to you...what's wrong?"

Lily ignored him and sat down one seat away from Narcissa Black who glanced at her briefly before looking back at her book.

"Narcissa." Remus greeted with a small smile as he sat down between Lily and Narcissa.

Narcissa looked up and inclined her head. "Lupin." She replied.

Lily heard Avery ask "Why did he call you Narcissa?" angrily.

She watched on as the other prefects stared in their direction.

Narcissa looked up, sniffed and haughtily replied. "Lupin is friends with my cousin Sirius, Avery. He refuses to call me Black. Unlike some people. I was raised with manners to respond to any and all greetings."

Remus flushed bright red and looked down at his hands, embarrassed at the attention as the seventh and sixth year Slytherin prefects snorted loudly and snickered at Avery who'd flushed a dull pink and sat back down.

"How was your summer?" Lily asked brightly, trying to distract her friend.

Remus gave a small smile. "Alright...how about you?"

Lily shrugged.

Luckily, the meeting started and soon Lily and Remus were looking for their friends.

"I did not!" Peter exclaimed when Lily and Remus entered the compartment.

"Did too." Sirius retorted.

Remus rolled his eyes and sat down next to Alice staring the small pile of sweets on her lap.

Alice passed him a chocolate frog, smiling amusedly at his expression of pure longing.

"Why don't you sit down Lilypad?" Sirius smirked, assessing the compartment.

The only seat available was next to James bane of her existence Potter. To make matters worse, with seven of them, everybody was a little squashed. There was no way Lily was going to sit down.

"I'll stand," Lily replied, crossing her arms.

Marlene rolled her eyes, got up from where she was sitting and practically shoved Lily onto James who caught her wrist and helped her sit next to him, a small smirk on his face.

Lily glared at Marlene, cheeks hot with embarrassment. Marlene ignored her glare and plopped herself next to Sirius again, stealing his half-eaten sugar quill.

"Hey!" Sirius yelled, trying to steal the sweet back.

Marlene bunched it up and shoved it in her mouth, grinning at him.

Sirius crossed his arms and pouted, staring at Alice sadly.

Alice sighed. "I told you we shouldn't have sat here. Now they're stealing all of our sweets!" She said to Frank, who was sitting on the other side of her, as she passed over a sugar quill to Sirius.

"Our sweets?" Sirius teased but he was distracted by Marlene who to grab his quill again but Sirius was quicker this time and he started tickling her, the quill fluttering to the floor before Peter leant forward and saved it.

"Stop flirting with Marlene. She's hitting me! James cried, leaning towards Lily to escape Marlene's elbows as she tried to escape the tickling.

"Aren't flirting Prongs." Sirius shot back as he continued to tickle Marlene without mercy and James had scoot back even further because Marlene had swung her feet back on the seats and was kicking them, as she laughed and tried to escape Sirius. Lily was practically glued to the window by this point.

"Potter." She said.

He ignored her.

"Potter" she tried again, but Marlene's giggling drowned her voice again.

"James" Lily yelled.

Silence. James Potter turned to face her, their faces inches apart Lily flushed.

This was the moment Severus Snape chose to enter the compartment, completely unnoticed by the others who were frozen in shock.

He froze for a second but then had pulled his wand and yelled. "Petrificus Totalus!"

James's body froze up and he fell backwards, landing on Marlene's feet.

Lily blinked and moved away from the window.

Snape stalked towards James whose eyes hardened.

"How dare you?" Snape sneered. "Stop bothering Lily! She hates you, Potter." He spat.

Sirius was on his feet, wand twirling in his hand. "Alarte Ascendare!" He cast.

Snape shot up into the air, head almost hitting the ceiling. "Let me go Black." Snape spat, cursing loudly.

Lily shook her head, feeling as if she wasn't in control of her movements. She muttered the counterspell, freeing James who sat up, grabbing his wand that fallen on the ground.

"Lily, why are you helping him? That..." Snape was cut off by large pink bubbles in his mouth but still, he continued to spew out a mixed stream of mumbled curses and swear words.

James stood up; flicking his wand and Snape fell to the ground, the bubbles disappearing. "How many times must I remind you not to swear Snivellus?" He asked.

"You'll regret this. You may have saved your father this time but the Dark Lord will wipe out the Potters. Every last one." Snape threatened.

James restrained Sirius from attacking Snape, jaw clenched to hold back his anger. He had to stay calm to stop Sirius from killing him. No matter how much James wanted to kill him himself.

Lily stood up. "ENOUGH!" She yelled. She turned to James. "I still hate you." She stated.

She faced Snape. "I told you. We're no longer friends. Get out!"

Snape stared at her and Lily banished him out of the compartment, locking the doors.

"Evans..." Potter started.

Lily cut him off. "I don't want to hear your excuses. You're still an arrogant prat and bully."

Lily sat down again but Potter stalked towards the door, unlocked it, left the compartment and locked it from the outside again.

Nobody talked until Lily calmed down and then Marlene asked. "Not friends anymore huh?"

Lily groaned.

James spent the rest of the train journey in a compartment with Emilia and Narcissa.

"Sometimes, I think she'll never stop hating me." he moaned.

Emilia pointed her wand at him. "Do you want me to silence you?" She threatened. James glared at her.

Narcissa smiled in amusement. "She was in a terrible mood when she entered the Prefect's compartment. She must have been thinking about you, she called Lupin Potter."

James almost fell out of his seat.

"She was thinking about me?" He repeated, before grinning. "I knew she couldn't resist me! Who couldn't think about me...my amazing hair, my quidditch skills, my -"

"Silencio!" Emilia and Narcissa giggled as James' mouth continued to open and close like a fish as he gestured dramatically towards his throat, his eyes huge before he narrowed them and glared at them, pouting.

"I'll finite it after you listen to me," Emilia reassured between giggles. "Think about why Evans was thinking about you. For once there was no argument at the station...if it unsettled me then imagine how much Evans must have been unsettled by it."

James' eyes widened and his mouth started moving again before he realised he still couldn't speak and resumed pouting.

Emilia giggled but ended the spell.

"Oh thank Merlin! My beautiful voice!" James gushed. He stopped as soon as he saw Emilia raise her wand again though.

"Did you bother her over the summer?" Narcissa asked suddenly.

James shook his head. "Too busy and I don't bother her! I'm wooing her!" Narcissa rose her eyebrows.

"Haven't seen her since we argued by the lake," He added. Narcissa nodded in response.

"You know what that means..." Emilia said as she smiled...it was a smile that James recognised. It was a Marauder's smile.

When James slid into his usual seat on the Gryffindor table, he knew his friends were surprised by his good mood.

Somehow, Lily had ended up sitting opposite and she eyed him warily before turning to watch the first years enter.

"How could you plan a prank without us?" Sirius whispered loudly.

As if she knew that they were discussing pranks, Professor McGonagall glanced in their direction sternly before starting the sorting.

"What are you talking out Padfoot? I haven't planned anything!" James whispered back.

Remus sighed in defeat before muttering. "Your smile Prongs. You only smile like that when you're pranking."

James grinned even wider. "When we're pranking." he corrected smugly. "And I didn't know you catalogued my smiles Moony. I'm flattered. Told you Moony loves me best, Padfoot." He replied, winking at Remus.

Sirius glared at Remus. "You better have catalogued my smiles Moony or do you love Prongs more?" He yelled, forgetting to whisper.

Everybody in the hall turned in their direction as hushed conversations broke out. Remus shrank into his seat, blushing bright red for the second time that day.

Professor Dumbledore chuckled, eyes twinkling. "As amusing as your conversation sounds Messers Black and Lupin. Or is it a prank? Hmm..." Professor McGonagall coughed pointedly. "Ah yes, Minerva. Let us continue with the sorting."

Professor McGonagall gave Professor Dumbledore her disapproving look but Professor Dumbledore continued smiling.

"Detention Mr Black." Professor McGonagall added.

The sorting hat chuckled. "Ah yes, you'll surely be amused in GRYFFINDOR! That Mr Potter and his friends are surely the best pranksters to attend Hogwarts yet." He called out.

James beamed. "Did you hear that?" He called out loudly and standing up and pulling up Sirius, Remus and Peter along with him. "The best pranksters ever." He repeated before taking a bow along with the others...even Remus wasn't as reluctant as he usually was.

The sorting hat praised them! That was practically the same as the founders praising them himself.

The hall broke out with applause and cheers as the Marauders took another bow, grinning while the first year watched them in awe, Sorting hat still on his head.

Professor McGonagall shook her head and gave all of them detention but Remus could have sworn there was a small smile on her face all the same.

Fifth October

The first month at Hogwarts had been unsettling month ever for Lily. James Potter had not asked her out. Not a single time. She didn't know what was wrong with him. It was like she was in her fourth year all over again when he'd asked her out for the first time.

What was worse, nobody else knew what was going on with J-Potter. And Lily couldn't stop thinking about him. It was driving her mad.

He seemed to be spending a lot more time with Emilia Burke, his potions partner, smiling and laughing with her in lessons while Lily was stuck with Snape.

Lily glared at the direction her thoughts were going in. She had better things to think about. Like the surprise, they were planning for Alice's birthday!

She entered the Potions' classroom, smiling at Professor Slughorn politely.

She took her usual seat at the front of the classroom and Professor Slughorn started the lesson with a quick recap of the theory.

He beamed excitedly. "Today, you'll be working in groups of four. Each group will be working on a different potion. Now let's see. Mr Potter and Miss Burke with Mr Snape and Miss Evans. Mr Avery and Mr Pettigrew with..." He continued allocating groups and then motioned for them to move.

Lily quickly sat down in Potter's chair when he stood to get the ingredients, not wanting to sit next to Snape if she didn't have to.

When Potter came back, he narrowed his eyes but reluctantly sat next to Snape anyway.

They worked on their potion; Lily was surprised by how knowledge Burke was and happily explained why she'd made improvements she'd noted down. Potter jumped in with little jokes or terrible puns and Lily had to bite her lip to stop herself from laughing. It wouldn't do to encourage Potter!

But Potter didn't seem to care; he paid more attention to Burke instead. Lily was surprised by how much it irritated her. She should have been relieved - she was relieved. She's wasn't hurt. She wanted him to ignore her for Merlin's sake!

She'd forgotten that Snape was even there until he hissed something to Potter, which jolted her back to reality. Potter tensed but ignored Snape as he walked towards Lily.

Ten minutes later, the potion was bubbling away and it was Potter's turn to stir it, watching it carefully. Lily, Emilia and Snape moved away and started tidying up while Snape grabbed something and threw it into the potion.

Lily ran towards it, she had to fix whatever Snape had done.

Potter pushed her away and cast a shield just as the potion exploded over him and he was knocked back into the table behind him.

The chopped ingredients hissed they reacted with the potion all over him and the other potion Remus' group had been working on fell onto Potter as well.

Lily couldn't move, couldn't blink, couldn't breathe. Sirius Black pushed past her as he ran to James, reaching him at the same time as Remus and Peter.

Professor Slughorn was there seconds later.

"Prongs? Prongs? James, come on wake up! Jamie...oi James." Sirius was chanting as if trying to annoy Potter to wake him.

But nothing changed, Potter was still unconscious and...Was he shrinking?

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Sorry for the cliffhanger! I wasn't planning on it but this didn't go where I'd planned for it to go...Lily, James and Snape are being annoyingly stubborn about what they want to do! Review and tell me what you think! Reviews make me smile and I love getting feedback! I have gone through the chapter but please do let me know if you spot any mistakes!