Time moved on as time does and by the time that Christmas rolled around, Lily had become notorious for her pranks in her own little circle. Not only were they original and well planned out, but also she never got caught, unlike some people who were in detention practically every night. Since the teachers and students never suspected innocent Lily as the culprit of the schools most frequent pranks it was rare that she made enemies, the only sign of that the culprit had been there, besides the evidence of the prank, was a small flower seed. Therefore, it was usually James, Sirius, Remus and Peter who spent the time in detention, not that they minded though.
"James you going home for Christmas?" Lily asked one night when the marauders were sitting around the common room
"Yea so is Sirius and Peter." James responded.
"What about you Remus?"
"Nope I'm stuck here." Remus replied
"But what about your mother?"
"What about her?"
"Well she was sick last month so I thought you would be leaving to spend time with her."
"Why do you care?"
"Whoa, Rem calm down, Lily didn't do anything to you!" Sirius said
"Yea give Lily a break she was only trying to be nice," James said
"Yea whatever!" with that Remus stormed up the stairs
"Sirius what did I do to him to make him hate me so?" Lily wondered
"I don't know Lil maybe it'll just take some time," Sirius replied
"I hope so Sirius, I really do. Wow! Look at the time, I have to skidaddle on out of here! Bye!" (A/N I love that word skidaddle! It is so awesome!)
"See ya babe!" James and Sirius both called as Lily disappeared through the picture
"How can a girl as sweet as that go out with a Slytherin?" Sirius asked
"Who knows. Who knows." James replied
"Hey Lucius!" Lily called across the Front Hall.
"Lily darling. How are you?" Lucius asked
"Fine. Are you leaving for the break?"
"I'm afraid so. My father says it's very urgent that I return home. You understand don't you?"
"Of course I do."
"I knew you would." He said leaning over and kissing her. "Here I got you something."
"You didn't!"
"Of course I did! Here."
"Oh my God Lucius! It's absolutely beautiful. Can you put it on me?"
"Sure love. Turn around." Lucius put a diamond chain around her neck with a small sapphire and emerald lily on the end of it.
"Here I got this for you" she handed him a box
"You shouldn't have."
"But I did so it's over and done with now open it!"
"Lily this must have cost you a fortune!"
"Lucius I'm one of the wealthiest people in this school, trust me it was no chip off my back." (A/N would you like to know what she got him? Maybe I'll tell you, maybe I won't. Hey I'll be nice, I'll clue you in it was a watch that works both on and off Hogwarts ground that was studded with diamonds and other rare gems.)
"Will everyone who is leaving for the Holidays please come to the Entrance Way with your bags." Dumbledore called
"I guess that's my cue to leave. I'll see you when I get back."
"Bye." Lily walked to the Entrance to say good bye to everyone. After the Castle was pretty much empty she walked back to the common room. When she entered the Common Room she saw Remus sitting in front of the fireplace. "Hey Remus can I talk to you?"
"If you must."
"Why do you hate me so?"
"Because you are a bitch."
"What pray tell have I done to you?"
"It's not what you have done to me but what you have done to James and Sirius."
"What have I done to them?"
"They saved you life and you showed them no gratitude what so ever!"
"Excuse me!"
"You heard me."
"What do you mean I haven't showed any gratitude to them? I owe my life to them and have done nothing but be nice to them!"
"All you care about is you Slytherin boyfriend!"
"Wait a minuet is that what's bothering you? That my boyfriend is in Slytherin?"
"Yes!"
"I'm sorry Remus I didn't know that was what upset you. There's really nothing that I can do about it. I sincerely like him and I sincerely would like to be your friend and if that is what is bothering you I will try to spend less time with Lucius but you cannot control my life. Here."
"What is this?"
"I was going to save it until Christmas but I think that now is the right time to give it to you."
"Why did you get me something?"
"Because you deserve it. Go on open it up!"
"Lily thank you."
"I thought you would enjoy the sugar quills. But there's something else too."
"What?"
"Go on open up the card and find out."
"I don't get it."
"Let me explain. You don't really have a sick mother do you?'
"What do you mean?"
"Remus I'm not at the top of our year for nothing and I don't take second year DADA and charms for my own enjoyment, contrary to popular belief. Tell me the truth Remus, do you have a sick mother or don't you?"
"I don't."
"You're a werewolf aren't you?"
"Yes."
"There's nothing to be ashamed of Remus trust me. Now the other part of the gift is that I have decided to become an animagus so your transformations won't be so bad."
"Why would you do that for me? I have been nothing but rotten to you."
"It doesn't matter as long as I can help."
"I have you all wrong Lily."
"Thank you Remus."
"Anytime."
(A/N look it's a diagonal! Hehehe! Sorry go back to reading and don't mind this crazed author.)
"Shall we go down to dinner?"
"We shall."
The rest of the vacation passed by uneventfully for both Lily and Remus. After promising not to tell anyone about his "situation," Lily and Remus became very good friends and put their differences behind them. When the rest of school had returned from break, James and Sirius were surprised to find that their two fighting friends were getting along peacefully without any adult supervisors. (A/N did that make sense?) When they walked through the portrait after returning they say their two friends sitting in front of the fireplace laughing.
"Sirius are you seeing what I'm seeing?" James asked in disbelief.
"I think so." Sirius replied
"Hey Remus."
"Lily?"
"Yea? Oh hey guys how was vacation?" Lily said running up to them and giving them hugs. "Thank you so much for your gifts you really didn't have to do that!"
"No prob Lily," James said.
"Yea you got us something too." Sirius said laughing.
"Hey Remus are you feeling okay?"
"What do you mean James" Remus asked.
"I mean that you were having what looked like a civil conversation with Lily here."
"Oh, that. Well we put our differences behind us and caused havoc over the break and ended up having a lot of fun in the process."
"I'd never thought I would see the day did you Sirius?"
"Nope." Sirius replied, "I'm hungry."
"Do you ever think of anything besides food?" Lily asked.
"No."
"Fine then put your stuff away and let's go down to the kitchens."
"The kitchens?"
"Yea the kitchens."
"You figured out how to get there!"
"What did you expect me to do over break sit around and do absolutely nothing?"
"Well…."
"Do you want to come or not?"
"Yes!"
"Then hurry up!"
This took a long time and it was short I know and I'm sorry but that's about all I can say. Hopefully the next part will be longer and won't take as long to come out. I've been very busy, as of late, so that's my excuse please r/r. I hope you liked!
Disclaimer: I own it and since the snow is melting, even more of it becomes mine. Hahahahaha!