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Your Heart Has Reason Which Reason Does Not Know

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James finally managed to get into the dormitory at around one o'clock that morning. After hiding from two teachers and several ghosts that would have turned him in, he got to the Fat Lady muttered 'Horse tails' and got into the common room.
Creeping up the stairs, he walked into the dorm quietly and pulled off his shoes. With a rather loud yawn, James pulled his robes off over his head and collapsed down under the blankets. Taking several deep breaths he closed his eyes, saw three stages of darkness, and then was completely asleep.
The window that separated the cold wind from the crackling fire creaked silently emitting a dark purple light. With her finger locked and her eyes closed into squints, Nox hovered into the male dormitory.
A gust of wind chilled her, until her tiny teeth chattered. She used a little more magic then necessary and the window slammed closed with a loud bang! Letting out a fearful yelp, she dived onto the floor and waited for someone to get up.
Remus' eyes snapped opened immediately and he quickly glanced around the room. Nox was hiding under Sirius' bed but her dark purple aura still glew slightly. Remus appeared to think this over, decided it was his imagination, turned over, and fell asleep again.
Nox let out a sigh of relief, and turned back to stare at James. Landing carefully on his blankets, she kneeled and began crawling towards him like a cat. When she reached the end of his blanket, she stood up and cracked her fingers. When she was just about ready to attack him, he threw his blankets off the bed and she tumbled with them onto the floor. Nox let out a yelp of surprise from underneath the heavy quilt.
"Wretched boy!" she hissed, flying up into the air. Diving down for her second attempt, she paused and looked at him from high above. He was quite handsome, laying there, bathed in moonlight without a night shirt on. Nox could feel her face tingling, like it was trying to pull into a smile, but at the last second she smacked herself across and her expression changed into a scowl.
"No way am I changing into another Luna!" she spat out, putting her hands on her hips. Her wings flared out as she flew towards him again, "Now lets see," Nox paused to think to herself out loud, "Which would work the best to break his bond with her...? I could boil him in a pot, or make him an inch high; I could make him hate Lily." She thought for quite awhile until she decided that if she could reverse all of his emotions, it would be the easiest way to get her to hate him and vice versa. Nox shook out her hands and flicked a length of hair over her bare shoulder.
She mumbled her enchantment, and watched it instantly go straight for his forehead, but when it reached him it shot back and, at twice the speed, it made Nox dart downward to avoid being hit.
"What the hell!?" she asked, floating down on top of James' bare chest. There was a small giggle, and Nox covered her face when a white light illuminated in the air.
"Nice to see you're still alive, Nox," Luna said, giggling as she meet Nox eye to eye.
"Luna," Nox said with a small angry scowl, "What are you doing here?"
"Oh nothing really, I just thought I'd make sure this boy was OK," Luna said, walking over towards his head and kissing him on the cheek.
"I see you've chosen him," Nox said, pretending to brush off her tiny skirt, "I'll be on my way then."
"Oh, you wanted to choose him?" Luna asked, running forward in with a fleet of giggles.
"Of course not," Nox said sternly, not even the slightest bit blush covered her face, "You know I'd never give up my dignity. I wouldn't slip so low as to loving a human."
Luna shrunk back. She looked hurt, her cheeks puffed pink, and she looked like she was going to cry. Nox began flying away, when Luna noticed something on the tips of her wings. They sparkled white and reflected the same aura as Luna always did.
She laughed and flew up to block Nox's exit, "What do you want?" Nox asked angrily.
Luna laughed and pointed at her wings, "You might want to reconsider your thoughts." Before Nox could ask any questioned Luna disappeared with another small giggle. Nox turned and looked at her wings; they were black as night with jagged tips. She examined the points and the texture, which felt completely normal, but when she reach the last tip she gasped and nearly died to shock, it was a glittery silver and reflected white light in her eyes.
"There's little time... I must get a stronger body," she looked around the room one last time then disappeared underneath the floor boards.

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Sirius yawned and looked at his night stand. His clock read 7:45. He smacked it into silence, "Great, only fifteen minutes," he said angrily throwing his blankets to the ground, "I hate getting up late! Too bad I'm addicted to it," he walked over to James' bed who (as per usual) was still sleeping, "Get up, James, we have to get ready," Sirius said, shacking his friend into a mild consciousness.
"What do you want, Sirius?" James asked, rolling over and away from his friend.
"We only have fifteen minutes to get to Herbology," Sirius said, shacking him again.
"Tell Athens I'm going to be late," James said, tucking his head underneath his pillow.
"Yeah, fine, whatever," Sirius gave up and headed down stairs to the common room.
James didn't want to get up, his body wasn't functioning properly. He meant to go to class but didn't realize how tired he was. He fell asleep again and started to dream.

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"James...?" echoed a familiar voice somewhere nearby. His eyes fluttered open, and he gawked at his new surroundings. No longer the dark dormitory, but a brightly lit forest area. The trees surrounded him and shut off his exits. There was a tiny waterfall that danced down dark gray stones and entered a tiny pool. Roses giggled around the little pond, creating a dark red border. The trees pushed him closer to the pool of water. It was getting suffocating.
"James....?" the same echoed female voice said. The sky instantly darkened, and the waterfall ceased it's descent. Moonshine pierced the dense forest and illuminated the resting pool of water. A ripple began in the center... slowly it reached the outer edges. The roses reacted and turned dove white, like the sea when the winds make the waves crash.
Lily's image appeared above the lake. She floated weakly above its surface. Her eyes snapped open and she smiled brightly. Her image was almost transparent, but the roses flew up from the ground and covered her in a white elegant gown.
"I'll remember this day always," she said, stepping down on air. She reached him and took both his hands, "It's been a long time. I missed you."
The sun appeared again, and Lily still stood in front of him. He just remembered that he'd fallen asleep in his underwear, quickly looking down he realized that he was in a white tuxedo that matched the flower petals that scattered Lily's dress.
She giggled, plucking a flower from a nearby tree. She pinned it gently onto her cloak and smiled at him brightly.
"I love you," she whispered, kissing his cheek.
"I love you too," he felt himself saying... what was he thinking?! He'd had a crush of Lily for awhile, but he wasn't ready to admit it to her. He covered his mouth, causing a smile to form on her face.
"Come with me, we must call out the fairies to grant our wish," Lily said, dragging him alone. The trees separated for her and she showed him a circle of stones with a large pool of water that seemed to be bottomless.
"Help me call out the fairy so we can get our wish granted," Lily said lifting one stone and putting it in his hand.
"What wish would that be?" he asked, turning the stone over. It was pearly white and shined in the sun.
"To get married, of course," Lily said lifting another rock from around the circle. He gawked at her openness... this wasn't the Lily Evans whom, on the first time she rode a broomstick, tried to save Peter from the top of a tree, only to get stuck there herself; this wasn't the Lily who never spoke to anyone because she was shy, or the Lily that tried to impress the teachers with her knowledge.
"But... I-..." James began. Lily silenced him with one finger.
"Let's call out the fairies." she insisted, dropping her small stone into the water. James mimicked her and threw his stone in. Lily smiled and looked down at the water. It turned a light translucent green, and several fairies flew up into the air.
"Finally!" a familiar looking Sirius fairy said, landing on Lily's shoulder, "You really ought to let us out more often."
"I'm sorry," Lily said, patting the little Sirius's head. He was wearing tight forest green trousers that were torn at the knees. He didn't have a shirt on, and James couldn't help but laugh at his mini-sized best friend, with light pink wings and dirty feet.
"And whom might this be?" a blond fairy asked, surveying James' facial features, "He's new isn't he, Lily?"
She nodded. James held out his hand, and the tiny Remus fairy landed in his palm. Remus had tight blue trousers on. He was also shirtless, but seemed to be cleaner then Sirius.
There was a small patter. The 'Moon Garden', as it was called, rippled, tense, as one coughing Peter fairy tried to flap out, but with wet wings it was nearly impossible. Lily lowered her hand and lifted the small fairy slowly.
"Thank you," he coughed, shacking off like a wet dog, "Who is this?"
"This is James Potter," Lily said. The three fairies landed next to her as she sat on the ground, "We're going to get married."
The three fairies appeared happy for them. They flew up and landed on her shoulders, congratulating her. Then they flew over to James and inspected him, to see if he was 'worthy' of donning their treasure.
As they talked it over with each other, no one noticed that the water in the Moon Garden was turning slowly scarlet. It began getting turbulent, when one more spirit appeared. It was dark. The sky faded into blackness, scaring the three fairy men into Lily's arms. A dark purple aura surrounded the newcomers weak body as she slowly lowered herself to the first white stone.
Sirius, Remus, and the rather shacking Peter landed in front of her, and blocked her entrance to their 'Mistress'.
"What are you doing here?" Sirius snapped, stepping forward.
"Dirty again, I see," Nox said quickly scanning him with her eyes, "You were never able to keep clean were you? Honestly! You even live underwater!" She threw some hair over her shoulder, and strutted over towards Lily. Lily lowered her head in a respective bow. Nox pushed Remus behind her and into Sirius. She only glared at Peter, who slowly shuttered out of the way.
"Lily," Nox began, she looked disapproved, "You bring another suitor with you.... have you not learned from what happened last time?"
"He's worthy! I can feel it," Lily explained lowering her hand to let the dark pixie sit on it. Nox refused. She flew up to to stare into James' eyes. He instantly felt a sharp pain. His eyes watered as she refused to let go of her glare.
"No! Like all the others, none of them can live up to your expectations." Nox said, gliding down to the ground.
"That's a lie," Sirius spat out, and Nox turned towards him. She looked at him confused.
"You would know, would you?!" she began, "If I remember correctly, you're the fairy who allowed those people to turn into animals... Animagi, as you called it. Ha! Transfiguration helped our civilization for years. The pathetic witches and wizards of the world should be happy that they can do simple spells!"
Nox was getting carried away. Sirius grew tense. He would have punched her if she wasn't female. Remus lead him away and hissed in his ear, "She's just protecting Lily."
"She doesn't have any reason to exclude him," Sirius said, gesturing to James, who didn't hear their tiny conversation, but noticed that they must have been talking about him.
"Nox, I'm going to marry James," Lily suddenly said, as she was meditating on one of the several stones.
"I can allow that," Nox said sternly.
"If you don't let me, then we'll...." Lily thought of the right word, "We'll elope!"
James flushed. He didn't want to marry her, or run off together, despite his thoughts about her, he wasn't ready for this yet.
"Lily, I..." James began, taking her hand.
"Yes, Darling?" Lily asked, looking up at him with glassy emerald eyes.
"I can't marry you right now," he said quickly, hoping she wouldn't be angry with him. He hated to see her hurt, every time Severus burnt the tips of her hair, or tripped her on purpose, he felt her irritation and pain.
Lily didn't react at all. She didn't speak. It was like a frozen shock, "Bu-But I thought..."
"You see! Told you he wasn't worthy!" Nox screamed, pointing her long index finger at James. Lily's hair flared up like lightning blots. Fire surrounded the entire forest. Lily was shouting for Nox to stop, but when Nox took her deadly aim at his heart, he quickly felt someone jump out in front of him and take the hit. Lily landed on the dew- covered ground, her eyes opened straight. It was like she was off in a hypnotic glaze.
The fire burnt the tips of his fingers as he tucked back a lock of dark red hair. She reached up slowly, her eyes still haunting his mind, her fingers pointed to her eyes, then she clutched her fist to her chest. Then, reaching up weakly, she pointed at him before falling limp, still keeping her frozen stare at the ground.