Part Eight

"So you guys are friends with her again?" Peter asked looking at the 3 other Gryffindor 6th year boys.
"Yup. She didn't' kiss Snape. She explained to us."
"Oh. I'm going to go to the library." Peter left. He didn't go to the library thought. He went to the broomshed and left the grounds.
"Master. The Darkes girl is still alive. Killing her mother and having her friends turn against her didn't' have to commit suicide."
"Did you try killing her yourself?"
"I sent the Cruitcus Curse at her. Severus even played his part in it."
"I'm disappointed in you Peter."
"I'm sorry Master. Should I try and kill her again."
"No, you will just fail me again. Give this to Lucius." Voldemort gave Peter an envelope.
"Please Master. I won't fail you. I'll kill her."
"Leave me before I use Avada Kedrava."
"Yes Master." Peter left Voldemorts hide out and flew back to Hogwarts.
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"Guess who?" Sirius put his hands over Karen's eyes.
"Lets see, your hands smell like burnt fireworks. So I'm guessing you're Dog Boy."
"Nope."
"Remus?"
"No."
"Oh I know now. You must be the person who's fingers I'm going to break if they don't remove them from my face."
"Alright." Sirius jumped over the back of the couch and kissed her.
"Hey! My first guess was right."
"My name is not Dog Boy, it's Padfoot."
"Same thing."
"Did you see the bulletin?"
"Nope."
"There is going to be a Christmas Dance."
"Cool, Who are you going to ask?"
"Probably Lauren." Karen smacked him. "Kidding. Why do you need to ask? I'm asking Gina. Kidding again. Hey watch it, I bruise easily. I'm asking you! Oww!" Karen was chasing Sirius around, hitting him with her book.
"Are you sure you guys are Prefects? You act more like first years." James laughed seeing Sirius carrying Karen over his shoulder.
"Don't you think this is a good view of Karen? Ow!" Karen hit him in the head.
"Put me down. Don't tickle me!" Sirius started tickling her when he dropped her on the couch.
"I'm seeing if you're ticklish."
"I am, so quit, before I kick you where it counts."
"Alright I'll stop/" Sirius got off of her, just to be tackled and started to get tickled himself.
"Your turn. James hold his arms down.
"Want to know where I'm ticklish?"
"Where?" Sirius whispered something in her ear.
"No way am I going to tickle you there."
"Awe, why not?"
"Because I'm not!" She smacked him and then kissed him.
"Do his feet smell that bad?" Remus asked, looking at the two with amusement.
"I forgot to tickle him there." She sat on him stomach and pulled his shoes off. "Remus, could you help James hold Dog Boy's arms.
"Please stop." Sirius screamed through his laughter. "Please, you guys are torturing me." James and Remus let go of his arms, and Sirius grabbed Karen around the middle.
"Let me go, and quit spinning me."
"I would think I'd except more of my Prefects." McGonagall was looking at the four of them.
"Sorry Professor, we had a tad too much sugar today."
"It sounded like someone was up here giving you two the Cruitcus curse."
"Nope. Just figuring out if we're ticklish."
"Have any of you seen Mr. Pettigrew?"
"He said he was going to the library."
"Alright, and quit doing that, you're suppose to be setting an example for the younger children."
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It was the last day before Christmas break. The Marauders except Peter, who thought it was too cold, were outside with the other Gryffindor 6th years, Frank Longbottom, Gina Centini, Lauren Smith, Arabella Figg, and Lily Arnold, having a snowball fight. Lily charmed her snowballs to hit the people by themselves, but the others were just having fun. Gina missed all the people she threw at, "What if I break a nail?"
"Hey Sirius. I have a really good idea."
"What?"
"We should charm the snowballs to follow the Slytherins."
"Yeah, Lily could you help us out with this?"
"Sure."
"Can you make them so they don't melt?"
"Yeah, I just need to get my charms book." Lily ran back to the castle. While she was gone they made more snowballs. Lily came back with her book.
"Lily, I could kiss you but I'll let James do that." Sirius got hit with 3 snowballs for that comment, two from James and one from Lily.
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"Karen? Are you done in there yet? There are other people who need to get ready for the dance too."
"Yeah I'm done. How do I look?" Karen cam out of the bathroom wearing a red dress. She had her hair braided at the sides of her head and pulled back together. A red ribbon was holding them in place.
"Where did you get that?" Lily and the other girls were shocked.
"I sent an owl to Madame Malkin with my sizes and told her what I wanted, and she sent me this and a couple of charms for my hair. Isn't it pretty"
"Just hope it's water- proof 'cause Sirius will be drooling at he sight of you."
"And Severus."
"And all of the other guys in this school."
"Haha. Maybe. Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to walk in high heels."
"Wait. I have the perfect shoes to go with that." Gina rushed over to her closet and pulled out a pair of black knee high boots. "Try them on, they should fit you."
"Thank you so much. They look perfect."
"Now let me have the bathroom." Gina ran in and locked the door.
"Lily, you and Lauren can go down to the Prefect bathroom. Arabella could probably go down too."
"You should stay up here, so you don't ruin that dress."
"I'll just put my cloak over top, then nobody will see it." They grabbed their stuff and went down to the common room, and out the portrait hole.
"Girls, are you going to the dance?" Dumbledore asked when they were close to the Prefect bathroom.
"Yeah, we need to get ready. Karen took to long in the bathroom. Would you mind if Arabella comes to the Prefect bathroom with us?"
"No, we don't want her to miss the dance. Good day."
"Come on guys." Karen muttered the password (dog breath) and they went in.
"I can't get tie this stupid tie." The girls froze. It was James voice.
"GO for the rebel look. Have your collar unbuttoned, and flipped up and your hair messed up."
"Or you could just go with a clip on." Karen looked around the corner, and saw that James Remus, and Sirius were looking in the mirrors, fiddling with their tuxes.
"Watch this." Karen whispered to the other girls. She pulled out her wand and shot a banishing charm at Sirius. He flew back and landed in he water.
"Hey! Who did that?"
"Me." Karen jumped out of her hiding spot and went to help Sirius out of the water.
"Why did you do that? Do you want me to go to the dance like this?"
"No. Take your stuff off and I'll perform a drying spell."
"Do I have to take it off?"
"Yes, unless you want your whole body to be heated at a high temperature."
"Alright."
"Hey we have the answer to the long aged question."
"And that would be?"
"Boxers or briefs. You wear boxers, and not only boxers, but boxers with smilie face's that wink at you." Sirius started to blush and turned his head.
"How sweet. Now I know what to get you for your birthday."
"What?"
"Boxers with lip prints." Sirius picked her up and was about to throw her in the water.
"Don't! This dress isn't water proof."
"You're already ready?"
"Yeah. That's why they are down here." She pointed over where Lily, Lauren, and Arabella were laughing.
"Oh. May I see your dress?"
"No, you have to wait 'til the dance."
"Why?" He whined.
"'Cause I don't want you to drool on it. Now you guys go away so they can get ready. And I have to redo my hair."
"Alright." The boys gathered their stuff up.
"And no peeking." All of the girls said in unison.
"Darn."

"Are you girls done yet?"
"Yes." Karen unlocked the door for the guys.
"Please Karen, let me see your dress." Sirius begged.
"You act more like a dog everyday. I wonder if I made that potion wrong. My dress is read and it goes up to my knees. That's all I'm going to say."
"Sounds sexy." Sirius looked at the others. James' jaw dropped when he saw Lily. Remus and his date, Lauren, were talking about something or another.
"Sirius? Earth to Sirius? Houston we have lost contact."
"Huh? What?"
"Are you ready to go now?"
"Yeah, are you going to take your cloak off?"
"Yeah, when we get down there." Karen grinned at him and hooked her arm with his. "you know, I'll have you looking like you didn't spend hours primping by the nights end. You can dance right."
"Uh, not very good."
"Then I'll have to help you dance better." She smiled. "What are you thinking about?"
"How many guys I'll have to punch if they drool on your dress."
"Are you going to punch yourself?"
"No, just mentally punch myself not to stare." Sirius opened the Great Hall door. "Now you have to take the cloak off."
"But I'm nice and warm like this." Sirius glared at her. "Fine, I'll take it off."
"Wow." Was all Sirius could say.
"Remember no drooling."
"Do you want to dance?"
"Sure." Sirius took her hand and dragged her onto the dance floor.
"I just remembered something. You said that in the Mirror of Erised that you saw yourself wearing a red dress. Is that what it looked like?"
"Yeah, this is exactly what I saw. Every detail." She then thought to herself. "Even what I didn't tell you."
"James, isn't Karen and Sirius so cute together." Lily said looking over at her friends.
"Yeah. Want to know something. You know that mirror Sirius made? When he looks in it, he sees Andromeda and Karen."
"Really?"
"Yeah, but he had me promise not to tell her or Remus."
"What do you see when you look in it?"
"Just myself. I guess I already have my heart's desire." James pulled Lily a little closer to him.
"Want to know something?"
"What?"
"I just see myself too."
"Everyone this is the last dance." Dumbledore announced at midnight.
"Come on Sirius." Karen pulled him out of the chair.
"I had fun tonight."
"So did I."
"I have to tell you something Karen, you know when I told you that I see Andromeda in the Mirror."
"Yeah."
"I actually someone else, too."
"Oh, who?"
"You." Karen moved a little closer to him.
"You know when I said that this dress is exactly what I saw. Well there's more to it. I saw us dancing under a full moon, me wearing this dress, and you wearing a tux."
"But Karen, it's not a full moon, it's a crescent."
"Oh, well. Then I still have a heart desire." Karen lifted her head and shared a passionate kiss with Sirius.
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Did you guess who Karen saw? Thanks for all who reviewed Adam's song and Part 7
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