The Missing Marauder

by theslytherinmarauder

' My name's Lilah Darcy' 'And I'm here to save you' she smirked at the boy who looked just like her former best friend. Well apart from his eyes. His eyes were of another friend of her's... Lily Welcome to the life of Lilah Octavia Darcy and her past, present and future.

9. 8- The Quidditch Incident

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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222; text-align: center;" data-p-id="9eafe09795eb3eed16daacf6121ea19e"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"I laughed loudly knowing he hadn't read it all. "Wow honey you actually think that comment was about you and from me?" I used my sarcastic nickname for him; making James choke with laughter again and Peter chuckle quietly hoping to not catch Sirius' attention./em/p
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