Okei, I started this before I even posted chapter 7 so I'll thank all of my chapter 7 reviewers next time. My sister recently got a White Stripes CD and I was writing this in the car while I was listening to it so I ended up working 2 of the songs into the next chapter, so bear with me. Has anyone else bought maladroit by Weezer? It's such a good cd! oh, that's off the subject, here you go. By the way, I AM A RICKMANIAC NOW!
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Chapter 8- NICE ONE MOONY!
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When Remus got home he started to pack his bags. He packed all of his new books, his robes and his letter. He read the note that all the prefects had gotten again. He growled- HE GROWLED. he squinted at his hands. His body began to go rigged. He shook tremendously. Hair sprouted all over his body, claws grew where fingernails used to be, his robes ripped as he ran into his closet and with some trouble, locked himself inside.
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When Remus awoke the next morning he was sprawled on his closet floor. He squinted at his hands again and sighed. no hair. Every muscle in his body ached. he stumbled as he tried to get to his bed, but with no success. He collapsed in front of his bed. This transformation had been so much more severe than his others... but why? He managed to climb onto his bed and was about to fall asleep when his mum knocked on his door and said,
"Remus? Remus, are you okay honey? I guess I forgot that yesterday was a full moon..."
"I guess you did." He grumbled angrily.
"Look, I'm sorry honey, but will you unlock this door?"
"Can't."
"Why ever not?"
"I had a bad night."
"Alright, I'll bring you your breakfast" After retreaving the breakfast she took out her wand, tapped the door and said, "Alohomora!" and the door flung open. His mother set the tray on the table and took his temperature.
'Mum, it's useless, you know why I feel like this."
"You may be a werewolf, but it's not impossible for you to get a fever."
"Right. You know why I feel like this, and it's not a fever." he said stubbornly. He ate breakfast, fighting unconciousness. He picked up his orange juice and lost the fight. He fainted.
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Remus squinted. His head spun like a top. He stood up and looked around. There was a small room, all that was inside was a tall chair and a fire place, no exit.
(A/N: OOH, WONDER WHO. This is so cliche, but I needed to have it happen for the story to make sense later.)
Remus looked behind him and a snake crept towards the chair. This wasn't reality... the snake had just went right thorugh his leg... what was happening? He saw a short, thin-haired man apparate, he looked almost like...
"Wormtail!" He shouted, but it couldn't be Peter, he was much older.
"Hello Wormtail..." The man in the chair said, his voice sent chills down Remus' spine. "When will you disclose the information about the Potters to me?!" Remus froze. The Potters? This was the future... and James had a family.
"Very soon my Lord, they're still convinced that Sirius Black is best for the job!" and they had used the Fidelius charm...
"It's only a matter of time before I kill Lily, James and Harry Potter... but still, looking ahead in time, I think that I'll have a rather easy time finishing the parents... but that child." He said angrily, gazing into the fire. SON?! JAMES AND LILY HAD A SON IN THE FUTURE?! Remus' dreams were getting more and more bizzare... but still, he listened in.
"The boy? Harry? I'll kill him if you want me to!"
"WORMTAIL! DO YOU DARE INSULT MY ABILITY TO KILL A CHILD?!" The man screeched.
"No, Master, Lord! I would never!"
"Wormtail, go there and persuade them to disclose the information to you! I'll be forced to punish you further if you don't!"
"Yes, Lord."
"Wormtail!"
"Yes master?"
"CRUCIO!"
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Remus woke up and gasped for air. He pulled himself up and looked around. At first he thought that his eyes were failing him. It was all white. White furniture, walls, blankets, everything. Even his clothes were white. He looked over and he saw the marauders, Lily and his parents.
"Moony!" The Marauders shouted at the same time. Lily smiled and waved and his parents smothered him in hugs.
"Er- good morning!" He said entergetically.
"Are you alright, Lupin?" Lily said with worry in her voice.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" Remus questioned.
"Moony, you've been asleep for 3 days."
"Oh... no wonder I'm so hungry..." Remus groaned, leaning back again. Peter grinned.
"Here you are Moony, everyone at Hogsmeade heard that you were in the hospital and Madame Rosmerta told me to give you this." He said, handing him a butterbeer. Remus stared a bit frightened at Peter for a second but took it.
"Thanks...Wormtail." he said hesitantly. But he took it and drank it. His mother fed him chocolate, he was pretty much fully healed by the end of the day. The nurse allowed 4 guests, they all had a round of rock, paper, scissors and the parents, James and Lily stayed. Sirius and Peter left sadly.
The parents went to sleep fairly early but Lily, James and Remus were up very late talking. Remus seemed a bit subdued... that dream, was it a dream? It didn't seem like one. It seemed real. A foretelling of events? If he did give in to his emotions and ask Lily out, would Wormtail not betray them... however he did? Would the man still rise in power? He thought about this while Lily and James argued in the background, they sounded a mile away.
"LUPIN!" Lily shouted. It appeared that they had been trying to get his attention for a while.
"Hmm? What?" He asked sleepily.
"How long have you been spacing out? We've been trying to get your attention for 5 minutes!" James whined.
"Well what's so important then?" Remus asked. James pointed to Lily.
"She says I'm a prettyboy that doesn't have enought brains to fill and eggcup!" He whined. Lily giggled.
"Hmm... too bad, you were thinking that no one would ever guess, did you?" Remus said, closing his eyes. James hit him on the head.
"Hey! No abusing the hospital patient!" Remus said quietly. Lily pulled his sheets over his head, pulled a flower out of the vase and set it on his bed.
"I put this flower here, in memory of Remus Lupin, who was savagely murdered by James Potter, his "friend," who killed him with his bare hands." Lily said quietly and broke into fake sobs. James stood up and hugged her dramatically. She broke down in his arms just as dramatically and Remus sat up. James and Lily both jumped.
"ZOMBIE!!!!!!!" They both shouted at each other and ran to the other side of the room. Remus stood up and walked, dragging his feet behind himself and picked up Lily and put her on his shoulder.
"Ooh, Lupin the muscle man!" Lily grinned. James laughed so hard that he fell over, clutching his stomach. Lily toppled over and fell onto the bed, Remus toppled over also, and landed next to her and James stood up. He ran over and jumped on the bed and Lily bounced to the front of the bed. Luckily the parents were in the other room or they would have woken up. Lily, James and Remus were up most of the night and barely got any sleep.
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The next morning There was a knock on the door. Lily got up and rubbed her temples. She got to her feet and walked to the door. It was Dumbledore.
"Headmaster!" She gasped.
"Hello Miss Evans, are Mr and Mrs Lupin around?" He asked politely.
"Room 246, Professor." Lily said. She noticed the look on his face. She realized how disasterous her hair must look. She ran her fingers through her hair.
"Thank you Miss Evans, I'll be seeing you at Hogwarts." He said, his eyes twinkling. He shut the door behind him and she heard his footsteps echo down the hall. She walked back to her chair and fell asleep. She didn't care that it was 10:00 A.M.
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"Kids... Kids..." Mrs Lupin whispered in their ears. Remus, Lily and James stirred and mumbled incoherently and got out of bed, yawning. Remus looked at his mother through squinted eyes.
"Mmm... mum, where's the fire..." He mumbled.
"Remus, get up, you too Lily, James." She said a bit more firmly.
"Okay mum... c'mon Lily and James, time to wake up..." They stumbled out of bed and changed out of their pajamas (IN SEPERATE ROOMS YOU PERVS!!! -___-;;) into their regular clothes. Lily Slipped on blue tank top with Sunggle the bear on it and put on cargo-style khaki shorts. She pulled her hair into two braids and put on her make-up lazily. James squeeled perkily,
"Like, omigod! Lily, you like, totally, like Smeared your like, mascara! Like, TOTALLY!" He pretended to twirl a lock of imaginary hair around his finger and chew annoyingly loud on a peice of imaginary gum. Lily glared.
"Is that an insult?" She said, raising her eyebrows. James immediately backed away and shook his head.
'N-NO MAA'M!" He said backing away further. She giggled and turned back to the mirror.
"It better not be, or I'll stick a Slytherin on you, I'm sure that Severus would voulenteer!" James backed away further.
"Er, that won't be necisarry."
"Lucius?"
"hm... maybe- I mean, no." Lily laughed like her teeth were having seisures. James groaned and walked out the door, leaving Remus and Lily alone. She looked behind herself in the mirror and saw Remus. She blushed and went back to her face again. Remus walked up to her and grinned.
"You know, there is such thing as too much makeup." and he strolled out into the hall with James. Lily automatically dropped her eyeshadow and stood up.
"I think that's enough makeup... yeah!" She actually inspected her face for the first time and noticed that James had been right, her mascara was sumdged.
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"So, have you gotten your letter Padfoot?" Remus asked slyly.
"yeah, but I haven't gotten the time to read it yet." He said. "Why? Is there something important in it?"
"Hmm... wonder why Dumbledore's in my parents' room..." He said, changing the subject.
"What's in that letter?" James asked stubbornly.
"Why don't you read mine?" Remus said, handing James the letter. He read it aloud:
"'You are cordially invited to the Annual Prefect's Ball at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
All prefects will arrive at Hogwarts one month in advance. Prefects will have a meeting every Tuesday and Thursday night to discuss ways to improve on your responsibilities.
Who: Every prefect from Gryffindor,Hufflepuff,Ravenclaw and Slytherin
What:Will be invited to a Prefect's ball and will have full access to the entire castle (with the exception of the forbidden forest)
Where: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
When:Arrival: August 1st, Prefect's ball: August 25th
We hope to see you there,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress, Head of Gryffindor House'" James looked at Remus.
"Who are you gonna ask, Moony?" He asked.
"I've already asked someone." He replied with a hint of pride. James scowled.
"How come girls fall head over heels for you, but treat the rest of us marauders like ground up scarabs?" He complained.
"How should I know?" he said, "It comes naturally!" This didn't cheer James up at all.
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In her head, Lily was making a list of all of the names of the prefects in their year.
'Hmm... I know the Hufflepuff prefects are... Jennifer Haugan, Allysa Hawthorn, Kerry Hennessy and Joe McGrath... Ravenclaw... Hannah Lehman, Stella Fundingsland, and... Luke Carughwell... Gryffindor...well DUH. James, Remus, Sirius and I obviously. Slytherin... Kay... I can't remember her last name now... and obviously Snape and Malfoy.'
"Lileeeeee!!!!" Mrs Evans shouted down the hall. Lily dropped her bag out of shock.
"Mum! You scared me half to death!"
"Sorry dear, it's just that I was so glad to see you! I was so worried!" She said, enfulging her in a giant hug.
"ER- fenks mum, but cud hoo gerrof me?" She said, her face being squished by the hug.
"Oh? Alright."
"What did you have to be afraid of?" She asked, but Lily's mum was distracted by something else.
"James... James Potter??" She said happily. James froze.
("Nice one James..." he thought)
"Oh? Mrs Evans! Why are you here?" He asked looking at Lily pleadingly. She shrugged weakly.
"Well one of Lily's friends from school was in the hospital and she and a few of her other friends were staying over-night with him..." She said giddily. At that moment Remus burst out the door.
"James! You forgot your stuff in my room!" He said. Mrs Evans looked at James strangely.
"Oh mum! Did I tell you that James walked into the wrong room by accident and he met me and Remus? He did!" Lily said quickly. "Well, let's get going mum!" She said, dragging her mother out of the hall. Mrs Evans waved goodbye to them quickly and they walked out the glass doors. Remus stooped down and picked up Lily's bag.
"She dropped it... strange that she should leave so abrubtly..." Remus said quizzically.
"Oh... her mum doesn't know that we know each other... she thinks I'm a muggle." James said quietly.
"A MUGGLE?! THAT'S A SCANDAL!" Remus said over-dramatically. James looked at him blankly.
"Shut up." He muttered.
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July 31st came and passed and before Lily knew it she was boarding the Hogwarts Express. She waved to Sirius, James and Remus and boarded the train, sitting down in a compartment with the other female prefects.
"So Lily, what did you do this summer, Lily?"Jennifer, Hannah and Stella all asked. Lily backed away a little, she was being confronted so forwardly by the most popular girls in the school.
"Well, my summer blowed. I had to survive a dinner party with James Potter, my sister acted like more of a bitch than ususal, and my parents almost made me survive another dinner party with the Potters, Blacks, and Lupins! Luckily, my letter came early. I've never been happier to be a prefect..." Lily said naturally.
"But aren't you all prefects this year?" Kay asked.
"It's not so much the Marauders, it's my sister that made it suck so bad."
"Oh, well look how lucky you are! One girl and the three most desirable guys at the school all in the same commonroom, all alone..." Jennifer said dramatically.
"Jen, you are a hopless romantic." Hannah put in. Jennifer nodded fervently.
"Well, you are lucky to be in a commonroom with Remus. He's so hot!" Allysa commented. They all giggled and nodded. Lily and Hannah were the only exceptions, instead of giggling, they were fighting nausea.
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Sirius, James and Remus piled into one compartment.
"So, we're all prefects, eh? What a drag... Well the only prefects we have to fear are the Slytherins and Evans."
"Yeah, they're out to get us." They talked for a while until the train started to move, then they could move and put their new plan into action.
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"Knowing the Slytherins, they'll try to steal all of the food before it gets to us when the food cart goes around." Remus said as they snuck around the corridor and to the food tray. James and Sirius agreed. "I'll set up the trap that it sould go off as soon as it gets to the first stop and the witch behind the tray is at the next compartment..." Remus said, skillfully concealing the pranks inside the candy. "If everything goes according to plan, she should stop at the Slytherins first..." About 3 minutes later the snack lady came around the corridor. And they heard it.
BANG BANG BANG!
Friewords, dungbombs, bewitched cockroaches, skunk fumes, slimy newts and girls' screams filled the once serene air. The marauders gaffawed but stopped when they realized that those weren't Slytherins screaming.
"SHIT!" Remus shouted.
"NICE ONE MOONY!" Sirius and James yelled angrily. They ran to the girls' compartment and opened the door.
"What the hell is going on in here?!" Sirius yelled to them. Lily's face contorted with rage as Hannah pulled a newt's severed head out of her hair.
"YOU ALL KNOW PERFECTLY WELL!" She shouted, her voice full of malice. The Slytherins ran in abrubtly.
"What have you dunderheads done now?!" Snape said calmly, but his voice shook with laughter at the sight of the girls, covered in lizard, skunk fumes, dungbombs and such. Malfoy rushed over to Hannah who batted his arm away.
"GET OFF ME YOU IDIOTIC SLYTHERIN." Hannah growled dangerously. Lucius struted back over to Snape, not looking slightly abashed.
"What do you mean, what did WE do?" James said angrily. "How can you jump to the immeadiate conclusion that we did this?" Snape and Malfoy sulked and prowled out the door.
"Potter, Black and Lupin!" Lily shouted again, pushing them down onto the seats. "You dunderheads! You idiots! What the hell were you thinking? You're all prefects! This will cost Gryffindor twice as many points!"
"Actually, we were thinking that WE DIDN'T DO THIS!" Sirius yelled.
"DON'T LIE TO ME, BLACK!" Lily yelled back.
"Okay, I'll admit we did this. but we were aiming at the Slytherins." He smiled innocently. She lightened up.
"Well if that's the case, we have nothing to be angry at you with!" She laughed. The boys laughed nervously and shot each other exasperated looks.
"We'll just... be... going now... see you around ladies..." James said, scooting towards the door. Kay looked at bit peeved after they had left.
"You know, I do have a reason to be angry with them, I am a Slytherin you know!" She said, obviously trying to keep her temper.
"Oh, of course, Kay! We don't blame you!" Hannah said quickly. "Besides, we all kind of have a reason to hate James anyways." She said wisely.
"Oh? Why?" Kay said half-interested.
"Well, for making Lily's dinner party a complete disaster!" She said.
"Why did I have to owl you after the dinner party?" Lily said mock-angrily.
"You should never disclose your secrets to me, I'm an open book!" Hannah laughed. Lily laughed along and soon all the girls were laughing hysterically.
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Peter was wiping off the counter at Zonko's whena new customer came through the door. Not a kid, but a young man. He kept his hood up.
"Hello sir!" He squeaked. "Would you liek to speak with the manager? I'm sure that you don't want to buy any of these practical jokes, now, do you?" He said good-naturedly.
"Actually, I've come for you. Do you know one James Potter?" The man spat coldly. His voice sent chills down Peter's spine, like nails on a chalkboard.
"Y-Yes... why do you ask? What should I address you as? Mr...???" From under his closk Peter could see the man smile.
"Lord."
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Sirius slept for the rest of the trip, Remus was in deep thought (most likely about his next transformation), and the only other prefects were friends of Slytherins (or Slytherins, themselves) or girls. This left James in a somewhat boring situation. He stood up and walked sown the hall. He sighed and mentaly punched himslef. Sliding the door open, he walked into the girls' compartment. An awkward silence filled the room as every head turned toward James. Stella Fundingsland gave him an angry look, like he had done something wrong. A few girls gave him devilish looks, a few made room for him and Lily turned her head away. Jennifer Haugan, an EXTREMELY popular Hufflepuff was telling her friend Hannah about all of the guys she had met that summer.
"Did I tell you about Steve? Demetrio? Russell? Andrew? Scott? Freddie? Gareth? Dom...?" She went on and on. Hannah was just reading a dictionary of japanese language and only half giving her attention to Jennifer. Jennifer stopped, ran her fingers though her blonde hair and blinked her blue-green eyes and waited for a response.
"Well?" She asked.
"Well... what?" Hannah said, looking up for the first time in a while. James watched them continue their incredably stupid conversation.
'how many guys did you meet?" She said, batting her lashes at James.
"Luke." she said simply. James laughed at the look on Jennifer's face. All the girls turned to give him a quizzicall look. He cleared his throat.
"Why, James? What ever is so funny?" Hannah said in a fake-flirty voice. Everyone gave her a confused look. "I was just kidding." She said blankly. They only gave her more confused looks. "Look at James!" She yelled pointing to James. All the heads turned to look at James as Hannah quickly turned back to her page in her book. A blond Hufflepuff, Kerry Hennessy, sat down next to James and said in a misty voice,
"So James, how are you...?" Hannah snickered into her dictionary and Jennifer just shook her head. Lily whispered something to Allysa and they both snickered quietly.
"Er... good." He said uncomfortably as Kerry scooted closer and closer. Not many girls were this... touchy-feely.
"You know, I think I'm gonna leave now... see you all later..." James said awkwardly. They all waved goodbye and Kerry frowned.
"Good bye Jamesie!" She yelled back. James could hear the great gaffaws of the Slytherins in the compartment across from the girls.
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In the hall James heard one of the girls leave the compartment. It was Stella.
"James Potter." She said serenely. She walked over to him quietly and he backed up against the wall. She put her hands on her hips. "James Potter, if you do anything with your stupid friends to harm Lily in any way, you'll be sorry. Not because of me or anyone else, in the future, it could ruin your chances with her. Don't ask how I know this, just don't play anymore pranks on her. Please, James, you have to trust me on this one. I probably sound like a loony, but I'm dead serious." She finished with a smile. James sighed when she left. For some reason James had the feeling that she was going to punch him. When James returned to the compartment Sirius and Remus were beside themslves with laughter.
"FUNDINGSLAND IS A LOONY!!!!" Sirius chortled. Remus was laughing too hard to talk.
"I'd get up if I were either of you, if someone walks in and sees you rolling around on the floor like that they may suspect something." James said angrily and sat down. They both stopped laughin abruptly.
"That's disgusting, Prongs." Sirius said quietly. Remus nodded as they both got up and sat down again.
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A/N: SO LONG!!! I'm sure that it's full of typos though... try to overlook them, cause my spellchecker is screwed up -_-' Please Read and Review! Well, you've already read it.... So time to review! hehe... *lol* I loved that chapter. *laughs her arse off* That was fun!
Love always,
Yumiko the Rickmaniac
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Chapter 8- NICE ONE MOONY!
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When Remus got home he started to pack his bags. He packed all of his new books, his robes and his letter. He read the note that all the prefects had gotten again. He growled- HE GROWLED. he squinted at his hands. His body began to go rigged. He shook tremendously. Hair sprouted all over his body, claws grew where fingernails used to be, his robes ripped as he ran into his closet and with some trouble, locked himself inside.
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When Remus awoke the next morning he was sprawled on his closet floor. He squinted at his hands again and sighed. no hair. Every muscle in his body ached. he stumbled as he tried to get to his bed, but with no success. He collapsed in front of his bed. This transformation had been so much more severe than his others... but why? He managed to climb onto his bed and was about to fall asleep when his mum knocked on his door and said,
"Remus? Remus, are you okay honey? I guess I forgot that yesterday was a full moon..."
"I guess you did." He grumbled angrily.
"Look, I'm sorry honey, but will you unlock this door?"
"Can't."
"Why ever not?"
"I had a bad night."
"Alright, I'll bring you your breakfast" After retreaving the breakfast she took out her wand, tapped the door and said, "Alohomora!" and the door flung open. His mother set the tray on the table and took his temperature.
'Mum, it's useless, you know why I feel like this."
"You may be a werewolf, but it's not impossible for you to get a fever."
"Right. You know why I feel like this, and it's not a fever." he said stubbornly. He ate breakfast, fighting unconciousness. He picked up his orange juice and lost the fight. He fainted.
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Remus squinted. His head spun like a top. He stood up and looked around. There was a small room, all that was inside was a tall chair and a fire place, no exit.
(A/N: OOH, WONDER WHO. This is so cliche, but I needed to have it happen for the story to make sense later.)
Remus looked behind him and a snake crept towards the chair. This wasn't reality... the snake had just went right thorugh his leg... what was happening? He saw a short, thin-haired man apparate, he looked almost like...
"Wormtail!" He shouted, but it couldn't be Peter, he was much older.
"Hello Wormtail..." The man in the chair said, his voice sent chills down Remus' spine. "When will you disclose the information about the Potters to me?!" Remus froze. The Potters? This was the future... and James had a family.
"Very soon my Lord, they're still convinced that Sirius Black is best for the job!" and they had used the Fidelius charm...
"It's only a matter of time before I kill Lily, James and Harry Potter... but still, looking ahead in time, I think that I'll have a rather easy time finishing the parents... but that child." He said angrily, gazing into the fire. SON?! JAMES AND LILY HAD A SON IN THE FUTURE?! Remus' dreams were getting more and more bizzare... but still, he listened in.
"The boy? Harry? I'll kill him if you want me to!"
"WORMTAIL! DO YOU DARE INSULT MY ABILITY TO KILL A CHILD?!" The man screeched.
"No, Master, Lord! I would never!"
"Wormtail, go there and persuade them to disclose the information to you! I'll be forced to punish you further if you don't!"
"Yes, Lord."
"Wormtail!"
"Yes master?"
"CRUCIO!"
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Remus woke up and gasped for air. He pulled himself up and looked around. At first he thought that his eyes were failing him. It was all white. White furniture, walls, blankets, everything. Even his clothes were white. He looked over and he saw the marauders, Lily and his parents.
"Moony!" The Marauders shouted at the same time. Lily smiled and waved and his parents smothered him in hugs.
"Er- good morning!" He said entergetically.
"Are you alright, Lupin?" Lily said with worry in her voice.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" Remus questioned.
"Moony, you've been asleep for 3 days."
"Oh... no wonder I'm so hungry..." Remus groaned, leaning back again. Peter grinned.
"Here you are Moony, everyone at Hogsmeade heard that you were in the hospital and Madame Rosmerta told me to give you this." He said, handing him a butterbeer. Remus stared a bit frightened at Peter for a second but took it.
"Thanks...Wormtail." he said hesitantly. But he took it and drank it. His mother fed him chocolate, he was pretty much fully healed by the end of the day. The nurse allowed 4 guests, they all had a round of rock, paper, scissors and the parents, James and Lily stayed. Sirius and Peter left sadly.
The parents went to sleep fairly early but Lily, James and Remus were up very late talking. Remus seemed a bit subdued... that dream, was it a dream? It didn't seem like one. It seemed real. A foretelling of events? If he did give in to his emotions and ask Lily out, would Wormtail not betray them... however he did? Would the man still rise in power? He thought about this while Lily and James argued in the background, they sounded a mile away.
"LUPIN!" Lily shouted. It appeared that they had been trying to get his attention for a while.
"Hmm? What?" He asked sleepily.
"How long have you been spacing out? We've been trying to get your attention for 5 minutes!" James whined.
"Well what's so important then?" Remus asked. James pointed to Lily.
"She says I'm a prettyboy that doesn't have enought brains to fill and eggcup!" He whined. Lily giggled.
"Hmm... too bad, you were thinking that no one would ever guess, did you?" Remus said, closing his eyes. James hit him on the head.
"Hey! No abusing the hospital patient!" Remus said quietly. Lily pulled his sheets over his head, pulled a flower out of the vase and set it on his bed.
"I put this flower here, in memory of Remus Lupin, who was savagely murdered by James Potter, his "friend," who killed him with his bare hands." Lily said quietly and broke into fake sobs. James stood up and hugged her dramatically. She broke down in his arms just as dramatically and Remus sat up. James and Lily both jumped.
"ZOMBIE!!!!!!!" They both shouted at each other and ran to the other side of the room. Remus stood up and walked, dragging his feet behind himself and picked up Lily and put her on his shoulder.
"Ooh, Lupin the muscle man!" Lily grinned. James laughed so hard that he fell over, clutching his stomach. Lily toppled over and fell onto the bed, Remus toppled over also, and landed next to her and James stood up. He ran over and jumped on the bed and Lily bounced to the front of the bed. Luckily the parents were in the other room or they would have woken up. Lily, James and Remus were up most of the night and barely got any sleep.
* * *
The next morning There was a knock on the door. Lily got up and rubbed her temples. She got to her feet and walked to the door. It was Dumbledore.
"Headmaster!" She gasped.
"Hello Miss Evans, are Mr and Mrs Lupin around?" He asked politely.
"Room 246, Professor." Lily said. She noticed the look on his face. She realized how disasterous her hair must look. She ran her fingers through her hair.
"Thank you Miss Evans, I'll be seeing you at Hogwarts." He said, his eyes twinkling. He shut the door behind him and she heard his footsteps echo down the hall. She walked back to her chair and fell asleep. She didn't care that it was 10:00 A.M.
* * *
"Kids... Kids..." Mrs Lupin whispered in their ears. Remus, Lily and James stirred and mumbled incoherently and got out of bed, yawning. Remus looked at his mother through squinted eyes.
"Mmm... mum, where's the fire..." He mumbled.
"Remus, get up, you too Lily, James." She said a bit more firmly.
"Okay mum... c'mon Lily and James, time to wake up..." They stumbled out of bed and changed out of their pajamas (IN SEPERATE ROOMS YOU PERVS!!! -___-;;) into their regular clothes. Lily Slipped on blue tank top with Sunggle the bear on it and put on cargo-style khaki shorts. She pulled her hair into two braids and put on her make-up lazily. James squeeled perkily,
"Like, omigod! Lily, you like, totally, like Smeared your like, mascara! Like, TOTALLY!" He pretended to twirl a lock of imaginary hair around his finger and chew annoyingly loud on a peice of imaginary gum. Lily glared.
"Is that an insult?" She said, raising her eyebrows. James immediately backed away and shook his head.
'N-NO MAA'M!" He said backing away further. She giggled and turned back to the mirror.
"It better not be, or I'll stick a Slytherin on you, I'm sure that Severus would voulenteer!" James backed away further.
"Er, that won't be necisarry."
"Lucius?"
"hm... maybe- I mean, no." Lily laughed like her teeth were having seisures. James groaned and walked out the door, leaving Remus and Lily alone. She looked behind herself in the mirror and saw Remus. She blushed and went back to her face again. Remus walked up to her and grinned.
"You know, there is such thing as too much makeup." and he strolled out into the hall with James. Lily automatically dropped her eyeshadow and stood up.
"I think that's enough makeup... yeah!" She actually inspected her face for the first time and noticed that James had been right, her mascara was sumdged.
* * *
"So, have you gotten your letter Padfoot?" Remus asked slyly.
"yeah, but I haven't gotten the time to read it yet." He said. "Why? Is there something important in it?"
"Hmm... wonder why Dumbledore's in my parents' room..." He said, changing the subject.
"What's in that letter?" James asked stubbornly.
"Why don't you read mine?" Remus said, handing James the letter. He read it aloud:
"'You are cordially invited to the Annual Prefect's Ball at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
All prefects will arrive at Hogwarts one month in advance. Prefects will have a meeting every Tuesday and Thursday night to discuss ways to improve on your responsibilities.
Who: Every prefect from Gryffindor,Hufflepuff,Ravenclaw and Slytherin
What:Will be invited to a Prefect's ball and will have full access to the entire castle (with the exception of the forbidden forest)
Where: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
When:Arrival: August 1st, Prefect's ball: August 25th
We hope to see you there,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress, Head of Gryffindor House'" James looked at Remus.
"Who are you gonna ask, Moony?" He asked.
"I've already asked someone." He replied with a hint of pride. James scowled.
"How come girls fall head over heels for you, but treat the rest of us marauders like ground up scarabs?" He complained.
"How should I know?" he said, "It comes naturally!" This didn't cheer James up at all.
* * *
In her head, Lily was making a list of all of the names of the prefects in their year.
'Hmm... I know the Hufflepuff prefects are... Jennifer Haugan, Allysa Hawthorn, Kerry Hennessy and Joe McGrath... Ravenclaw... Hannah Lehman, Stella Fundingsland, and... Luke Carughwell... Gryffindor...well DUH. James, Remus, Sirius and I obviously. Slytherin... Kay... I can't remember her last name now... and obviously Snape and Malfoy.'
"Lileeeeee!!!!" Mrs Evans shouted down the hall. Lily dropped her bag out of shock.
"Mum! You scared me half to death!"
"Sorry dear, it's just that I was so glad to see you! I was so worried!" She said, enfulging her in a giant hug.
"ER- fenks mum, but cud hoo gerrof me?" She said, her face being squished by the hug.
"Oh? Alright."
"What did you have to be afraid of?" She asked, but Lily's mum was distracted by something else.
"James... James Potter??" She said happily. James froze.
("Nice one James..." he thought)
"Oh? Mrs Evans! Why are you here?" He asked looking at Lily pleadingly. She shrugged weakly.
"Well one of Lily's friends from school was in the hospital and she and a few of her other friends were staying over-night with him..." She said giddily. At that moment Remus burst out the door.
"James! You forgot your stuff in my room!" He said. Mrs Evans looked at James strangely.
"Oh mum! Did I tell you that James walked into the wrong room by accident and he met me and Remus? He did!" Lily said quickly. "Well, let's get going mum!" She said, dragging her mother out of the hall. Mrs Evans waved goodbye to them quickly and they walked out the glass doors. Remus stooped down and picked up Lily's bag.
"She dropped it... strange that she should leave so abrubtly..." Remus said quizzically.
"Oh... her mum doesn't know that we know each other... she thinks I'm a muggle." James said quietly.
"A MUGGLE?! THAT'S A SCANDAL!" Remus said over-dramatically. James looked at him blankly.
"Shut up." He muttered.
* * *
July 31st came and passed and before Lily knew it she was boarding the Hogwarts Express. She waved to Sirius, James and Remus and boarded the train, sitting down in a compartment with the other female prefects.
"So Lily, what did you do this summer, Lily?"Jennifer, Hannah and Stella all asked. Lily backed away a little, she was being confronted so forwardly by the most popular girls in the school.
"Well, my summer blowed. I had to survive a dinner party with James Potter, my sister acted like more of a bitch than ususal, and my parents almost made me survive another dinner party with the Potters, Blacks, and Lupins! Luckily, my letter came early. I've never been happier to be a prefect..." Lily said naturally.
"But aren't you all prefects this year?" Kay asked.
"It's not so much the Marauders, it's my sister that made it suck so bad."
"Oh, well look how lucky you are! One girl and the three most desirable guys at the school all in the same commonroom, all alone..." Jennifer said dramatically.
"Jen, you are a hopless romantic." Hannah put in. Jennifer nodded fervently.
"Well, you are lucky to be in a commonroom with Remus. He's so hot!" Allysa commented. They all giggled and nodded. Lily and Hannah were the only exceptions, instead of giggling, they were fighting nausea.
* * *
Sirius, James and Remus piled into one compartment.
"So, we're all prefects, eh? What a drag... Well the only prefects we have to fear are the Slytherins and Evans."
"Yeah, they're out to get us." They talked for a while until the train started to move, then they could move and put their new plan into action.
--
"Knowing the Slytherins, they'll try to steal all of the food before it gets to us when the food cart goes around." Remus said as they snuck around the corridor and to the food tray. James and Sirius agreed. "I'll set up the trap that it sould go off as soon as it gets to the first stop and the witch behind the tray is at the next compartment..." Remus said, skillfully concealing the pranks inside the candy. "If everything goes according to plan, she should stop at the Slytherins first..." About 3 minutes later the snack lady came around the corridor. And they heard it.
BANG BANG BANG!
Friewords, dungbombs, bewitched cockroaches, skunk fumes, slimy newts and girls' screams filled the once serene air. The marauders gaffawed but stopped when they realized that those weren't Slytherins screaming.
"SHIT!" Remus shouted.
"NICE ONE MOONY!" Sirius and James yelled angrily. They ran to the girls' compartment and opened the door.
"What the hell is going on in here?!" Sirius yelled to them. Lily's face contorted with rage as Hannah pulled a newt's severed head out of her hair.
"YOU ALL KNOW PERFECTLY WELL!" She shouted, her voice full of malice. The Slytherins ran in abrubtly.
"What have you dunderheads done now?!" Snape said calmly, but his voice shook with laughter at the sight of the girls, covered in lizard, skunk fumes, dungbombs and such. Malfoy rushed over to Hannah who batted his arm away.
"GET OFF ME YOU IDIOTIC SLYTHERIN." Hannah growled dangerously. Lucius struted back over to Snape, not looking slightly abashed.
"What do you mean, what did WE do?" James said angrily. "How can you jump to the immeadiate conclusion that we did this?" Snape and Malfoy sulked and prowled out the door.
"Potter, Black and Lupin!" Lily shouted again, pushing them down onto the seats. "You dunderheads! You idiots! What the hell were you thinking? You're all prefects! This will cost Gryffindor twice as many points!"
"Actually, we were thinking that WE DIDN'T DO THIS!" Sirius yelled.
"DON'T LIE TO ME, BLACK!" Lily yelled back.
"Okay, I'll admit we did this. but we were aiming at the Slytherins." He smiled innocently. She lightened up.
"Well if that's the case, we have nothing to be angry at you with!" She laughed. The boys laughed nervously and shot each other exasperated looks.
"We'll just... be... going now... see you around ladies..." James said, scooting towards the door. Kay looked at bit peeved after they had left.
"You know, I do have a reason to be angry with them, I am a Slytherin you know!" She said, obviously trying to keep her temper.
"Oh, of course, Kay! We don't blame you!" Hannah said quickly. "Besides, we all kind of have a reason to hate James anyways." She said wisely.
"Oh? Why?" Kay said half-interested.
"Well, for making Lily's dinner party a complete disaster!" She said.
"Why did I have to owl you after the dinner party?" Lily said mock-angrily.
"You should never disclose your secrets to me, I'm an open book!" Hannah laughed. Lily laughed along and soon all the girls were laughing hysterically.
* * *
Peter was wiping off the counter at Zonko's whena new customer came through the door. Not a kid, but a young man. He kept his hood up.
"Hello sir!" He squeaked. "Would you liek to speak with the manager? I'm sure that you don't want to buy any of these practical jokes, now, do you?" He said good-naturedly.
"Actually, I've come for you. Do you know one James Potter?" The man spat coldly. His voice sent chills down Peter's spine, like nails on a chalkboard.
"Y-Yes... why do you ask? What should I address you as? Mr...???" From under his closk Peter could see the man smile.
"Lord."
* * *
Sirius slept for the rest of the trip, Remus was in deep thought (most likely about his next transformation), and the only other prefects were friends of Slytherins (or Slytherins, themselves) or girls. This left James in a somewhat boring situation. He stood up and walked sown the hall. He sighed and mentaly punched himslef. Sliding the door open, he walked into the girls' compartment. An awkward silence filled the room as every head turned toward James. Stella Fundingsland gave him an angry look, like he had done something wrong. A few girls gave him devilish looks, a few made room for him and Lily turned her head away. Jennifer Haugan, an EXTREMELY popular Hufflepuff was telling her friend Hannah about all of the guys she had met that summer.
"Did I tell you about Steve? Demetrio? Russell? Andrew? Scott? Freddie? Gareth? Dom...?" She went on and on. Hannah was just reading a dictionary of japanese language and only half giving her attention to Jennifer. Jennifer stopped, ran her fingers though her blonde hair and blinked her blue-green eyes and waited for a response.
"Well?" She asked.
"Well... what?" Hannah said, looking up for the first time in a while. James watched them continue their incredably stupid conversation.
'how many guys did you meet?" She said, batting her lashes at James.
"Luke." she said simply. James laughed at the look on Jennifer's face. All the girls turned to give him a quizzicall look. He cleared his throat.
"Why, James? What ever is so funny?" Hannah said in a fake-flirty voice. Everyone gave her a confused look. "I was just kidding." She said blankly. They only gave her more confused looks. "Look at James!" She yelled pointing to James. All the heads turned to look at James as Hannah quickly turned back to her page in her book. A blond Hufflepuff, Kerry Hennessy, sat down next to James and said in a misty voice,
"So James, how are you...?" Hannah snickered into her dictionary and Jennifer just shook her head. Lily whispered something to Allysa and they both snickered quietly.
"Er... good." He said uncomfortably as Kerry scooted closer and closer. Not many girls were this... touchy-feely.
"You know, I think I'm gonna leave now... see you all later..." James said awkwardly. They all waved goodbye and Kerry frowned.
"Good bye Jamesie!" She yelled back. James could hear the great gaffaws of the Slytherins in the compartment across from the girls.
* * *
In the hall James heard one of the girls leave the compartment. It was Stella.
"James Potter." She said serenely. She walked over to him quietly and he backed up against the wall. She put her hands on her hips. "James Potter, if you do anything with your stupid friends to harm Lily in any way, you'll be sorry. Not because of me or anyone else, in the future, it could ruin your chances with her. Don't ask how I know this, just don't play anymore pranks on her. Please, James, you have to trust me on this one. I probably sound like a loony, but I'm dead serious." She finished with a smile. James sighed when she left. For some reason James had the feeling that she was going to punch him. When James returned to the compartment Sirius and Remus were beside themslves with laughter.
"FUNDINGSLAND IS A LOONY!!!!" Sirius chortled. Remus was laughing too hard to talk.
"I'd get up if I were either of you, if someone walks in and sees you rolling around on the floor like that they may suspect something." James said angrily and sat down. They both stopped laughin abruptly.
"That's disgusting, Prongs." Sirius said quietly. Remus nodded as they both got up and sat down again.
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A/N: SO LONG!!! I'm sure that it's full of typos though... try to overlook them, cause my spellchecker is screwed up -_-' Please Read and Review! Well, you've already read it.... So time to review! hehe... *lol* I loved that chapter. *laughs her arse off* That was fun!
Love always,
Yumiko the Rickmaniac