Chapter 26: I Haven't Written Anything
on this Story in so Long that I Can't Think of a Title but it is Time to Wrap
Things Up
James started to come painfully
into consciousness.
"Ooooooo,"
he groaned. "My head."
"Shut up, Sirius, he's awake," said
a voice. James opened his eyes, which also hurt, but everything was blurry. He
brought his hand to his face, but accidentally smacked himself in the face.
"Ow," he said. James tried to sit
up, but couldn't, it hurt too much. "Ow," he said again.
"Cat, get Madame Pomfrey," said the
voice again. "James?"
"Ow," replied James. He blinked
several times. "Glasses?" Someone handed them to him
and he tried to put them on, but hit himself in the face again. "Ow."
"Here," said the voice. Someone put
his glasses on him, and the world came into focus. "Now, James, can you say
anything other than 'Ow'?"
"Ow," said James, as he tried to
sit up. "I'm okay, I think. Where are you?"
"I'm right next to you, and have
been for the past few hours," said the voice. James turned his head, quite
painfully, and saw that the voice was Lily. (A/N: I'm taking this out of first
person now because I don't like writing in first person that much. I'm ending
this after year one so DO NOT hope for a sequel
because this series is too painful to keep writing.)
"Hi Lily," said James.
"Hey big guy," said Lily. "You
feeling any better now?"
"No," said James.
"Cat is getting Madame Pomfrey,"
said Lily. "She'll make you feel better." As if on cue,
Cat returned, followed by Madame Pomfrey.
"How are you feeling, Mr. Potter?"
she asked.
"Like I've been beaten with a brick
then put in a trash compacter," said James.
"Take this," said Madame Pomfrey,
handing him a steaming goblet of what smelled like mud. He made a face and Madame
Pomfrey laughed. "Don't worry dear; it doesn't taste as bad as it smells."
James reluctantly sipped the potion, and was surprised to find it tasted a bit
like salt water. He felt better instantly. James gulped the potion down, and
felt almost as good as new, except that he was still immensely tired, a bit
sore, and extremely hungry.
"How do you feel now?" asked Lily.
"Hungry," said James. Lily laughed.
"Madame Pomfrey, can we bring him
to the Great Hall for breakfast?" asked Lily. "If we promise we'll bring him
right back?"
"Alright, fine," said Madame
Pomfrey. "Bring him back before the bell rings." Lily and Sirius helped James
out of bed, and he stumbled, but they held him, well Sirius held him, while
Lily tried to support him. Eventually, Remus took over for Lily and she just
smiled in thanks. They walked slowly to the Great Hall where James sat down and
gobbled everything in sight.
"Aren't you going to come up for
air?" asked Lily.
"No," said James through a full
mouth.
"You can't blame him, Lil," said
Sirius. "He hasn't eaten in twenty four hours."
"But he's not breathing," said
Lily. "You're going to make yourself sick, James."
"Relas,"
said James, speaking with his mouth full and giving them all a good look at his
chewed breakfast. "I'm hine iey."
"Okay," said Lily, uncertainly. She
dug into her own breakfast, which was ten times smaller then James's. Half an
hour later, Lily pushed her plate away. "I'm full," she said.
"I'm not," said James. Lily just
stared at him.
"It doesn't matter anyway," said
Remus. "The bell is going to ring in five minutes and we have to get you back
to the Hospital Wing."
"But Remus," protested James. "I'm
still hungry."
"We'll visit you again at lunch,"
said Lily. They walked with a much sturdier James back to the Hospital wing
where they picked up their books and left.
A few days later, James was allowed
to return to his classes. Weeks passed and there was no word from Voldemort.
James knew he was still around, but his friends' parents were okay, and that
was enough for him. Sirius was very pleased, because by the time finals came
around, he had received thirty two detentions. With his first ten, Sirius had
been put out, but after ten, he decided to make a game of it. Peter had bet
Remus a sickle that that Sirius would have at least forty by the end of the
year. There were only a few weeks of school left, so no one knew who was going
to win, and while Sirius knew about the bet, no one knew whose side he was on.
A week before finals started, Lily was finally able to drag the Marauders to
the library with her and Cat.
"You guys have to study," said
Lily. "Do you think you can just breeze through these exams?"
"Yes," said James.
"Yes," said Sirius.
"Probably," said Remus.
"I hope so," said Peter. Cat
laughed, while Lily sat fuming.
"Well, you have to study," said
Lily. "Because you guys can't remember everything that you learned over the
year, I know that I don't."
"I remember a lot," said James.
"I remember a lot," agreed Sirius.
"I remember enough," said Remus.
"What was yesterday's
Transfiguration lesson on?" asked Peter. Cat laughed even harder, while Peter
glared at her.
"Fine," said Lily. "Fail the exams.
I guess I won't be seeing you next year." Lily opened her notebook to the
Herbology study sheet she was working on and resumed work on it.
"Lily, dearest," said Sirius.
"Might I borrow your notebook for a few minutes?" Lily eyed him suspiciously,
and Sirius tried to look innocent.
"Yes," said Lily. "But can I see it
for a minute?"
"Sure," said Sirius. Lily took her
notebook and took all of the study sheets out.
"Here," said Lily, as she went back
to work on her Herbology study sheet. Sirius's face fell as he took the
notebook.
"Thanks," said Sirius. He started
using Lily's notes to work on a study sheet of his own. Lily looked up at
Sirius as he pitifully tried to make his first study sheet. She laughed.
"Oh, here," said Lily, as she
thrust her finished History of Magic study sheet into his hands. "Copy it and
give it right back."
"Thank you, Lily," said Sirius.
"This is for all of us, you know."
"Just make sure you give it back,"
said Lily. "I really don't want to make another one. That one took me three
days." They all sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Lily, can I borrow your Herbology
study sheet?" asked James.
"Sure," said Lily. "I just finished
it."
"Lily, can I borrow your D.A.D.A
study sheet?" asked Remus.
"Sure," said Lily, as she handed it
to him.
"Lily, can I borrow your Charms
study sheet?" asked Peter.
"I'm sorry, Peter," said Lily. "I
didn't make one."
"Oh dear," said Peter. "Cat?"
"I haven't made one, either,
Peter," said Cat. "I'm sorry."
"Why?" asked Sirius, looking up
from copying Lily's History of Magic study sheet. "You aren't as good as Lily
and you've had a few floats with Lacompte."
"No, I'm not as good as Lily, but
who is?" asked Cat. "Besides, my floats have paid off, and I'm good at Charms
now. But don't worry Peter; I'm sure you'll do fine."
Finals came and went. Sirius and
James passed with flying colors, despite their minimalist approach to studying.
Lily and Cat did extremely well. Remus missed a few of the exams, due to a full
moon, but his record was so good that his teachers knew that they could pass
him and not worry. Peter, on the other hand, didn't do so well. He passed, but
barely. His one remotely good mark was in Herbology, but everyone did really
well in that exam.
Gryffindor won the House Cup, even
though Ravenclaw had won the Quidditch Cup. Gryffindor was first with 459
points; Ravenclaw was second with 435 points; Slytherin was third with 386
points; Hufflepuff was fourth with 372 points. Everyone packed their bags, and
got ready to go back home.
Sirius and James were spending the
summer with James's aunt. Lily was spending the summer with her aunt Sara, but
everyone was going to stay with Cat for the last three weeks of vacation. Peter
and Remus went home with their parents. The train ride home was sad and joyful.
Everyone was glad that it was summer vacation, but to Lily, Sirius and James it
was a somewhat painful reminder of what they had lost. When the train reached
the station, Lily was hesitant to leave.
"You'll owl me, right?" she asked
everyone.
"Lily, we've told you again and
again, yes, we will owl you," said Remus. "What more do you want?"
"To go home with you guys instead
of Petunia," said Lily. "She hates me. She thinks I'm the reason that Mum and
Daddy died."
"You are," said an oily voice from
behind her. Lily whirled around, with anger in her eyes that James had never
seen before.
"What did you say?" she hissed to
Malfoy.
"You are the reason your parents
died, you little Mudblood," said Malfoy. "Are you going deaf?" SMACK! Lily hit
Malfoy across the face so hard that he fell down. Lily promptly took this
glorious opportunity to beat the living daylights out of Malfoy. While he was
on the ground, she grabbed his wand from out of his hand and threw it onto the
train tracks. Now that he had no wand, he was just a scrawny, slightly short
boy who had a death wish. Lily was able to wrestle James and Sirius and pin
them both when she was just playing. Malfoy was only a little taller then Lily
herself and so she had no trouble in giving him a bloody nose, two black eyes
and a sore gut before James and Sirius came to their senses and grabbed her
back. Lily glared at them with malice that said plainly, 'if you try to stop
me, you're next' and they let go. Finally, Malfoy's cronies dragged her off of
a groaning Malfoy. He got slowly to his feet, while holding his stomach.
"You'll pay for that," said Malfoy.
"If you ever talk to me again, I
won't be as merciful," hissed Lily. With one final punch in the stomach, Lily
turned back to her friends, who were staring at her.
"Can I have your autograph?" asked
Sirius. Lily laughed.
"You'd be surprised what I'm
capable of when angry," said Lily. "It's a gift that comes with being a
redhead." James and Sirius nodded.
"I'm just glad she's my friend,"
said Cat. "I'll see you all in five weeks, got it?" Everyone nodded. "I got to
go; my parents are waiting for me."
"I see my Aunt," said James. "Come
on, Sirius."
"I should get through," said Lily.
"Aunt Sara is probably waiting for me. I'll see you all soon. Don't you two get
killed on me, okay?" she asked James and Sirius. "Everyone gets a hug." Lily
hugged Cat, Peter, Remus, Sirius, and finally James. While she was hugging
James, she whispered, "You take care, okay? Don't go dying on me; we've had
enough scares for one year."
"Don't worry," said James back. "I
don't plan to so much as break a bone." Lily gave him one more squeeze and
walked through the barrier to where her aunt and sister were waiting.
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It was in sixth year that James and
Lily finally hooked up. Sirius and Cat took much less time then Lily and James,
and started dating secretly in their third year. It took James, Remus and Peter
three months to find out. Remus had a brief fling with a girl a year younger
then them in his seventh year. She dumped him upon figuring out he was a
werewolf, but she claimed that there was someone else to spare his feelings.
Peter never found anyone.
After graduation, Cat and Sirius
moved in together. James and Lily waited three years before getting engaged,
and another year before getting married. Nine months later, Harry James Potter
was brought into the world.
The
End
A/N: What do you think? I hope you
liked the ENDING. That's it. This series is over! It took a painfully long time
to write, probably because it was my first fic. This was so horrible. This is,
in my opinion, the worst thing I have ever written, with the exception of 'The
Witches' which was SO horrible that I had to delete it last September because
it was 200 pages of nothing. Please don't ask for a sequel, because you will be
disappointed. I'm not doing anymore with this because it was too painful and
too bad. You have the REVIEWERS to thank for at least getting me to finish this
story.
Thanks: I want to thank Yasmine
who wrote to me and told me to continue. She brought to my attention that I had
370 reviews, which blew me away because throughout this story I think I got one
half flame on the first chapter. Also Sirius Black
MJ who was a correspondent of mine while I wrote this. Jenny for being so out
of it that I had to write her little A/N of her own which added a little humor
to these, if she's reading this: Jenny I hope you had the BEST time at camp,
Jason IS a freak, and I'm going to miss you SO MUCH! Last but DEFINITELY not
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