a/n: this is going to be in James' POV for a little while....maybe i'll do the other char. POV's also...im sorry i didn't get this out sooner!!

Secret Santa part 3.

James starred at the fat lady which had just closed.....the fat lady was looking at him with a strange look. "Mr. Potter? Are you alright?"
"Wha??? Ya....I'm fine..." James said and walked off to get back to Remus, Sirius, and Peter.

When he got back to the whomping willow he had a strange though that somehow Remus wasn't in the shrieking shack anymore....that maybe he had escaped when they were not looking...but why would he? It's not like there would be any reason to...he likes our company....right?
James put the invisitbility cloak on and ran through the hole.

He changed into a stag halfway through. When he got fully in it was quiet....almost too quiet. He went upstairs no one was there. No one was anywhere. 'Where the hell are they?' wondered James. He went back outside and decided they were probably safe.

He went to the lake and looked out it was a nice night. He breathed in the cool night and put his hands in his pockets. 'What the hell is wrong with Lily? I didn't do anything...did I?' James thought not paying attention to the werewolf sneaking up to him, followed closely behind a running dog and mouse.

James sighed and suddenly got worried. Something should be moving...something should be....
"JAMES MOVE!" He heard a girls' voice say. He looked behind him. 'O DAMN! Remus!!' He thought and without thinking turned and ran quickly he heard Remus behind him sooo....close then,
"STUPEFY!!"
He kept running then noticed Remus wasn't following him anymore. He looked behind him and saw Sirius going up to an unconcious werewolf. He sighed and sat down to try and calm down.

He lied down in the grass and closed his eyes he felt someone come over to him and sit down next to him.
"Is that you Sirius?" James asked not opening his eyes.
"No...." said a girl who sounded like Lily.
"Lil?"
"Ya. I saw you standing there and heard howling at the moon and decided to come back down and help you could have been killed!!"
"I thought you were mad at me Lily" He said giving her a lop-sided grin.
"Oh shut up!!! I still am mad at you! But I'm not some Slytherin."
"You sure bout that Lil?"
Lily pushed him playfully and rolled her eyes. James smiled and laughed a little.
"Whats up with YOU?" Lily asked.
"Nothing...just thinking....."
Lily and James just sat for awhile enjoying the night.
"Lil!! James!! Wake up! We have to get back before we get caught it's almost 1:00!!! Come on Peter help me get Remus back in the shack....you two can go back upstairs."

Lily and James walked back to the common room in silence.
'I wonder what shes' thinking....wonder why she came back....just because i was about to die didn't mean she had to...and why was she looking outside anyways?' James wondered when he found himself at the common room.
Lily was about to wake the fat lady up.
"Lily....don't wake her up...i know a trick...." James dissapeared under the invisabilty cloak he just starred at Lily and laughed under his breathe...'wonder what she thinks I'm doing?'
He decided to pretend he had done something by now and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Lil....Lil...come on!! Hold on to my hand."
'what the hell am i doing? I could just have put her under the cloak...oh well too late.'

They went into a secret passage and came out in the fireplace it was burning.
"JAMES!" Lily screamed.
"shhhh...."
James looked around and picked up a bottle it had a blue potion in it. There were a few more bottles next to him.
"O crap...lily..."
"Whats going on? Why couldn't we just wake up the fat lady?" Lily asked getting worried.
"because it's ussually easier this way...but there's only enough potion for me, sirius and peter...only on days when we play a trick is when we have 4."
"what does the potion do?"
"It allows us to walk through the fire without gettin hurt..."
"So...unless I want to stay here all night I'm going have to figure out a way to get in?"
"No i think that....umm...if we....share each others blood it would work we each would drink half the potion and hold hands going through...."



Lily's POV:
'What did i get myself into? Now i have to share blood with a boy I hardly know....i bet his making this up...'
"What if I said I don't believe you?" Lily asked.
"Then you'll probably be sitting here waiting for Siri and Peter to come back and see if I'm correct..."
Lily sighed.
"Fine as long as it's not some trick of yours."
"I promise you it isn't...! Please Lil believe me?"
"Alright...I'll do it..."

"Ok" James said and searched around.
"What are you looking for?" asked Lily.
"My one use spare wand..."
Lily looked at him strangely then started looking around also. She saw in the corner a box that said "spare wands"
She took one out and looked at it.
"Um....James?"
"LILY! I'm busy here"
"But...James..I found one"
"Oh...thanks"
James took the wand and said a simple spell and a small but sharp pin appeared in his hand. The wand turned red, it had been blue before.
"Oh this is the 10 use wand...."
"Whatever...what are you doing with the pin anyways?"
"Well....look...I'll explain later just take this wand and the potion for a minute."
James handed Lily the potion and wand. Lily took it and watched James as he looked around, found two small cups then stood up.

"Where do you get all this stuff?" Lily asked.
"Oh here and there..." James said slyly.
James quickly took the potion from Lily equally shared it between the two cups then he took the pin and poked a hole in his skin. He put one of his blood drops in one cup and another drop in the other cup.
He looked at Lily.
"You ready?" He asked.
"Ya.....it's not like I'm gonna die for you or anything James..."
He looked strangely at her and took her hand and put a hole in it with the pin. It stung her for a little while but she hardly felt it. He put a drop in each cup and then put her hand down, took the wand and said "Demonstuido Judiso" The cups burned a shining silver color for a second then went back to normal.

"Well Lils....you ready to drink this?" He asked handing her one of the cups.
"Ya I'm ready but are you sure this is safe?" Lily asked examining the cup.
"Pretty sure...look if you're scared then I'll drink it first."
Lily rolled her eyes looked at the cup with reddish-blue liquid took a breathe and drank it up in one sip. She felt oddly at peace not poisoned or anything she looked around and saw the fire looked nothing like fire but dust. But she knew to wait for James. She looked for him but couldn't see him.
"Lily?" She heard James ask.


James' POV:
"LILY!? WHERE'd YOU GO?" James looked around worriedly one minute Lily was there drinking the potion the next she was dissapearing.
"I'm fine just drink the potion James..then maybe we could see each other again." Said Lily in a far-away voice.
James slapped his head, of course!! The potion! He took it in with one gulp and felt a strange sensation. He had never accually done this but Siri had told him how in case they only had one potion. The four muraders were already connected but James had never tried this the day they tested it out James had been in the Hospital Wing with a broken arm, nice friend they are he thought.

"James! There you are..." Lily said coming towards him.
"Ah Lily!" James answered.
Lily looked him over then said,
"I have a feeling you've never done this?"
"Nope....Siri just told me how to...."
"Oh that makes me feel much better about all this."
"Lils...I'm getting tired...it's probably past 2:00 wonder where Siri and Peter are anyways.."
"Shhh.....listen..."
James listened and sure enough heard his pals, Padfoot and Wormtail.
"Peter!! Where's James....and Lily? They had to have gone through here but they should have used two of the potions...we could do that connecty thing..." the voice of Sirius said.
"I know....but let's just go it's already 3:00! It took enough time getting Remus back into the shrieking shack without James." Peter said back.
"Come on Lily we lets go back into the common room now." James said hoping to get there before his friends.
"James? You knew i could have taken one of those potions..." Lily said madly.
James rolled his eyes grabbed Lilys hand and ran out of the fireplace. They tumbled in. Lily fell on James because of his careless attempt to get Lily to shut up.
"Lil...err....your...kinda...."
"James? Lily? What are you guys doing?" James heard Sirius say.
"I'm not getting off until he tells me why he didn't let me use my own potion!" Lily said annoyed.
"Ya why didn't you?" asked Peter.
"BECAUSE!! I FORGOT ABOUT IT AT THE TIME!! BY THE TIME I REMEMBERED IT WAS KIND OF TOO LATE!!" James screamed.
Everyone stared at him. Lily got off him and whispered to Sirius,
"Do you think he's okay?"
"He's just tired Lils lets get him to bad" Sirius said smiling.
Lily laughed.
James looked around and stood up.
"Looks like he got up himself." said Peter.
"Yup...." said Lily yawning.
James yawned at the same time.
"Awww....aren't they sooo cute? Why don't we put them in the same bed?" Sirius said laughing with Peter.
"SIRIUS!!" James and Lily yelled.

a/n- i worked pretty hard on this one caz i didn't get it out last week like i said i would!! but neways hope you liked it!~