A/N Thanks for the reviews!!! At first I didn't get many but every day was
another and another. I'm not going to ask for 100 reviews or some thing
crazy like that but some will be nice (hint! hint!)
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to the amazing JK, characters, parts of the plot etc. Anything that doesn't belong to her or to anybody else belongs to little ol' me.
Summery: The Marauders and the girls' sixth year is going to be a blast! Romance, Pranks, Muggle Songs, Animagi, fights a weird DADA but also Death Eaters, Voldemort and Deaths!!! L/J L/SS SB/OC RL/OC. Oh, and a mystery with a magical sword .
There Is No Such Thing As Fate
Chapter Two: Train Ride
Lily got into her parents car. She knew the ride from Surry to London was going to be long so she pulled out her discman and started singing with the music.
Well he looks at me with those Innocent eyes,
And says it looks like you're wearing some kind of disguise,
Because your hair sticks up and your shoes are untied,
And I hope you got that shirt at half price,
Lily loved muggle songs. Everybody else was crazy about the wizard's bands but she liked the muggle ones.
And every word I say falls flat on the floor,
I try to tell a joke but he's heard it before,
And I don't think I can take it no more,
Cause he's driving me right out of my front door,
Her parents smiled at her. She smiled back. They were already used to the fact that Lily sang together with the discman and often burst out in songs for no reasons.
They didn't care, they loved her.
Why do you do what you do to me baby,
You're shaking my confidence you're driving me crazy,
You know if I could I'd do anything for you,
Please don't ignore me cause you know I adore you,
She wished her sister, Petunia, would treat her the same way her parents treated her. But after 5 years of trying she knew it wasn't possible.
When they were young they were best friends, but then came the letter asking Lily to join Hogwarts and changed everything.
Can't you just pretend to be nice,
Can you at least pretend to be nice,
If you could just pretend to be nice,
Everything in my life would be alright,
Personally, Lily thought, finding out she was a witch was the best thing that ever happened to her. There was only one problem - Petunia. Since the day the letter came Petunia thought she was a freak, that she had some kind of abnormality.
And I try so hard just to figure him out,
But he won't tell me what he's thinking about,
And then he falls asleep on the living room couch,
With his sunglasses on and his tongue hanging out,
Now, Petunia wouldn't even speak to her. It hurt Lily very much but she was also a bit mad at her. She didn't do anything bad to her and still Petunia feared her. Lily tried to explain that she isn't dangerous but Petunia was so stubborn.
And then he disappears for a week at a time,
And then he just shows up just like everything's fine,
And I don't get what goes on in his mind,
But I'm tired of hearing the same stupid line,
Lily started to get depressed.*Stop it! You are going to see your friends in a few hours! Cheer up!!!* So she cheered up and spent the rest of the ride singing all her favorite songs.
Why do you do what you do to me baby,
You're shaking my confidence making me crazy,
You know if I could I'd do anything for you, I don't mean to bore you cause you know I adore you,
But can't you just pretend to be nice,
Can you at least pretend to be nice,
If you could just pretend to be nice,
Everything in my life would be alright!!!
Finally the arrived at King's Cross. Lily waved goodbye to her mother and father and went into the platform nine and three quarters. She immediately started searching for her friends. She stood on her trunk and looked for familiar heads.
A couple of seconds later she saw a head with shoulder length dark brown hair and right near him a head with curly, dark blond hair.
She ran towards them.
"Jen! Katie!" She screamed and hugged her two best friends.
"Lils!!!" They both turned around and hugged her back.
Kate's dark brown eyes were looking at her merrily and Jane's pale blue ones seemed to be laughing.
"I haven't seen all of you the whole summer!" Lily said. "How was it?"
"Well, I went to Germany and got great photos." Jane said toying with her camera.
"And I had to baby-sit Julia almost every second night, boring!" Kate yawned. "What about you Lils?"
"Not much to tell, I bought some new books and read almost all of them." She said.
"So, where are the boys?"
"No idea"
"We haven't seen them since we got here."
"Really?"
"Yeah and that's great, bcause I have an 'interesting' idea of how to greet them." Kate smiled mischeviously.
"Oh Katie I thought you grew out of these nonsense!" Lily looked at her with an expression torn with amusement and despair.
"Obviously you were wrong." Jane replied.
"So you're going to help me or not?" Kate looked at them pleadingly.
"Of course!"
"Can I even oppose?"
"No."
James, Sirius and Remus got on to the Platform.
"Ah. the smell of school" Sirius said inhaling the air.
"Terrible." James said seemingly seriously.
"Exactly!" Sirius said and they all cracked up.
"Has anyone seen Wormtail?" Remus asked.
"Nope, but he's always late, Moony." Sirius said.
"Now, where are the girls?" James asked.
"You mean where is Lily?" Sirius said and he and Remus both sniggered.
James blushed. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, come on, Prongs!" Sirius said.
"It's so obvious!!!" Remus said.
"What?" James decided to play dumb.
"You like her!" Sirius said.
"No I don't!" He said and blushed even more.
"Sure you don't." Remus said, his eyes twinkling.
"I think they are there." James spotted their backs.
"Well, let's go then." Remus said and they all went to the place they were standing.
"Hey girls!" Sirius said.
That was their cue, together the spun around, put one hand on their waist and said in a very tempting and sexy voice: "Hello boys."
The boys' jaws almost hit the floor.
Jane quickly took out her camera and took a photo of the three stunned boys. Then the girls started laughing.
"God, it was so funny!" Lily said between laughs.
"Your faces." Was all Kate managed to say.
"This would be a picture to remember!" Jane said.
They waited for the boys to respond but didn't get a thing. The boys were still stunned.
"Hello?" Jane asked.
Lily waved her hand in front of their faces.
Seeing there was no other way Kate slapped Sirius.
He jumped and yelled: "What was that for?" following her example Lily and Jane shook the other two. They got the same response from both boys. "Med women." Sirius muttered under his breath massaging his face and trying to avoid Kate.
At that moment Peter appeared.
"Hey guys." Peter said.
"Hey." They all said in unison.
"What happened?" Peter asked suspiciously.
"Nothing!" Lily and James both jumped.
"What happened?" Peter insisted seeing the looks the others were exchanging.
"Nothing happened Wormtail, now come, we need to get a compartment." Sirius assured him. Peter scowled. They were hiding something. He knew it. *Why didn't they tell me? I'm supposed to be their friend!*
They all boarded the Hogwarts Express and found a compartment.
As they were half way to Hogwarts the sky became gray and it started to rain. Jane, Peter and Remus all went to sleep. Sirius and Kate were talking about Quidditch, Lily sat cuddled near a window with her discman and James watched Lily.
Lily started singing, more to herself then anyone else.
If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened,
If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself
If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and
If it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much.
James liked watching her. She looked so peaceful, like nothing bothered her.
Ooh this could be messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime.
He tried to hear what she was singing but she was singing so quietly he couldn't.
We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this.
He wanted to come over to her, talk to her about something. But what seemed so normal two years ago was nearly impossible now.
You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me
You're kind of my protégé and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian
I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it .
No! This was stupid! It wasn't impossible! All he had to do was approach her and start talking. How bad could it get? Very Bad.
Ooh this could get messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime. Why does everything have to be so complicated? Why?
We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this.
And besides, she looked so adorable curled up like that. He came near her. He wanted to hear her sing.
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
What with this distance it seems so obvious.
Slowly he sat near her.
She was looking outside the window at the raindrops and kept singing and didn't notice him.
Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family
We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse
I wish I could tell the world cuz you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and keep your firm body.
He started gathering his courage to say something. He had to.
Ooh this could be messy and
Ooh I don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime.
"Who sings this?" James finally managed to say.
Lily practically jumped up in the air.
"God James, you scared me!" She panted.
"Sorry." He mumbled feeling very idiotic indeed.
Lily calmed down.
"What did you say before?" She asked.
"Er, who sings this song?" He repeated his question. *Really smooth Prongs!*
"Alanis Morissette." She answered, a bit bewildered with his question.
"Who?"
"She's a muggle singer."
"Oh." James now regretted for the first time for not listening in Muggle Studies.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, I just heard you sing and..."
"And what?"
"I-I wanted to say you, you, er, sing really nice."
"Thanks." Lily blushed a bit and looked down at her feet as an awkward silence filled the air.
"So..."
"So..."
"I think I'm going to- er- ask the driver how much time is it going to take to get to the Hogsmead station."
"Right."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye."
James left the compartment and Lily cuddled next to the window again.
*Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!* James was mad at himself. He totally screwed it and Lily probably thinks he is weird and insane.
Lily, Meanwhile, was thinking something similar. *Dimwit! Dimwit! Dimwit! He probably thinks you're really stupid now!*
Kate finished talking to Sirius and went to sit next to Lily.
"Hey." She smiled at her.
"Hey." Lily answered much less enthusiastically, feeling down.
Suddenly they heard a loud snore from behind them. They turned around and saw Peter drooling and snoring so loudly he could break the walls. (A/N imagine Peter drooling. YUCK!!!)Both started to giggle.
"What's so funny?" Sirius looked at both of them.
Unable to speak Kate pointed at the sleeping Peter. An evil smile spread on Sirius's face. He went towards the place where Jane was sleeping and started to look for something in her bag. Jane, who was a very light sleeper, quickly opened her eyes and hit Sirius.
"Thieve!" She said still in a sleepy mode.
"Ouch, you're strong, and I'm not a thieve I'm Sirius!!!" Sirius said.
"Oh sorry Sirius, but what were you doing with my bag?"
"I just wanted to take out the camera!"
"For what?"
"To take a picture."
"Very funny. What kind of picture?"
"Peter drooling all over himself."
"That's not a really nice thing to do."
"It's not a really nice thing to see too."
Lily and Kate giggled even more.
"Give me the camera Jane!"
"No! Let me sleep!"
"I don't think so!" Sirius started tickling her.
"Hey stop that!"
"Not until I get the camera!"
"I think we should go and help her, don't you think?" Kate asked Lily.
Lily nodded and they both jumped on Sirius and started tickling him.
"Leave poor Jane alone!" Lily cried.
"Hey! Three on one isn't fair."
"I'll help you!" James has just come back from the driver.
He went to the pile of teenagers and started tickling the girls.The tickled each other and laughed. It seemed pretty much tied. Finally after a long battle, including a few interesting tactics and some heroic moves Sirius and James won.
"We are the champions! We are the champions! We are the champions!" They started singing. The three girls were still on the tackled on the floor.
"Now I can finally take the camera!" Sirius quickly grabbed the camera from Jane's bag and photographed Peter. After he was done Jane, who was still on the floor, laughed quietly.
"What's so funny?" Lily whispered.
"I just remembered," Jane started but couldn't continue because she was laughing so hard.
"What?" Lily asked.
"The film is finished!" Jane said and kept laughing and was quickly joined by Lily.
"Could you please tell me what is so funny?" Kate demanded.
Lily shook her head. "The camera is empty." At this Kate started to laugh also.
"What are you crazy girls laughing about?" James asked.
"Yeah, we want to know!" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, and why do you wake innocent people?" Remus started to wake up too.
"I would like to know that too!" Peter woke too.
At this the train stopped and the doors opened so they will be able to get out.
"Sirius love, there is no film!" Jane said and all three girls quickly ran out of the compartment.
Severus was making his way towards the great hall. He thought about the things Voldemort asked him to do. He shivered slightly.
Voldemort wanted to spread terror in the school, with his help. Severus thought Voldemort was getting a bit too carried away. *Does he really think he could control the whole world? It is ridicules!*
But a certain green-eyed redhead who was crossing the grounds with her friends suddenly stopped his thoughts.
Lily Evans. Severus took a deep breath and approached her. "Hello Lily." He greeted her.
Lily looked up at the Slytherin. Was he talking to her? "Hello Severus." She said.
"H-how was your summer?"
"It was fine. How was yours?"
Severus thought about it for a second. 'Wonderful, I become a Death Eater and Voldemort wants me to help him terrorize the school.' Didn't sound good so he just said: "Nice."
"Good." She smiled and he melted.
"Come on Lily I'm starving!" Kate said and pushed Lily towards the great hall.
"Er, bye." She said.
"Bye." He replied and she walked away.
He sighed and made his way to the great hall too. She was a Gryffindor and he was a Slytherin. It didn't go well. She was muggle born and he was a pure blood. That didn't go well wither. What would his father say? And the biggest problem - she didn't like him!
He sat down next to Lucius Malfoy in the Slytherin table and watched the sorting ceremony.
Lily, Jane and Kate sat down.
"What was that?" James saw Lily and Snape talking. Lily bit her lip. James didn't like Severus.
"We only talked." She said.
"Only talked? That's Snape for god's sakes!" James seemed a bit upset.
"Calm down James!" She didn't understand what was the big deal.
"Calm down? He's a Slytherin Lily."
"So?"
"S-l-y-t-h-e-r-i-n. Slytherin!!!"
"I don't think he's like the others!"
"How do you know?"
"I don't, but-"
"Exactly! You don't!"
"What's your problem James?"
"I have no problem."
Lily wanted to reply but just then professor McGonagal brought the sorting hat and started talking: "When I'll read your name you will wear the hat on your head and it will sort you." She explained the little first years.
"Jenny Bones." "Gryffindor!"
"Dean Perekinson" "Slytherin!"
The sorting went on and on.
Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, Slytherins and Gryffindors.At last it was over and food appeared on the tables. Before James and Lily could start fighting again, Sirius addressed the rest of the Marauders.
"So, what will be our start of the year prank?"
"Let's start brain storming." James said and it began.
"Humiliation."
"Gold and red - the house colors."
"Food."
"Boxers."
"Thinking dirty Peter?"
"Shut up Sirius!"
"Embarrassment."
"Slytherin."
"Pink and fluffy."
"Or the professors."
"On breakfast."
"Or during Hogsmead."
They all smiled mischievous smiles and kept talking.
Lily rolled her eyes at their childishness, but was quite relived that James seemed to forget about Severus. She really didn't want to fight with James. But why did it bother him so much?
After they finished eating they all went up to the Gryffindor tower and to their dorms. Lily lied on her bed, thinking about the things that happened that night. *All Severus did was talk nicely to me! I don't get James... And why *do* the boys hate him so much? What could he have possibly done that is was so bad?* She fell asleep wandering.
At the Slytherin common room two boys weren't even thinking about sleeping.
"The Dark Lord wants us to give him a list of all the mudbloods in Hogwarts." Lucius explained Severus.
"Oh." Was all Severus could say. He didn't really want to know why. But, of course, in some point he will.
"I'll search for them in Hufflepuff and you will search in Ravenclaw." Severus nodded.
"We'll search Gryffindor together." Lucius smiled evilly.
Severus nodded again.
"Do you know about any already?" he asked.
Severus only knew about one - Lily Evans. "No I don't."
"I know two. One in Ravenclaw and one in Gryffindor. Take out a piece of parchment and write them down."
Severus did as he was told.
"We'll go year by year, starting from the younger ones and to the oldest, and sort them out. Possible ones will be written down on another parchment, understood?"
Severus gave a little node, gritting his teeth. What did Malfoy think he was? His servant? They were in this together. And although he wished he wouldn't have joined them at all, he still wasn't going to take orders from anyone.
Severus gave Malfoy a very pursed smile. "If you'll excuse me Lucius, I'm going to bed now. I'll see you at the morning, good night." Malfoy looked at him with a sour expression, but he said nothing. Severus swept away.
Dark days are coming.
Bane the centaur watched the night sky. The skies were predicting dark days.
He sighed and made his way to the council. Magical animals of all kinds were waiting for his words. "Members of the council! The sky is not telling good. Dark danger lures everywhere.
We must protect the sword! If needed we will sacrifice our own lives for the sake of the sword.
And most important - we must not make contact with Humans, let alone expose them to the sword!!! They are danger to everyone." He waited for their reaction.
"But what if humans can help?" Firenze, a young foolish centaur, asked.
"Humans can not help! Humans are greedy! They will do anything for power! Humans are not trustworthy!!!" The other council members nodded angrily, even *considering* humans was ridicules!
"But not all humans are the same!"
"Your bedtime has already past Firenze! This is a council for adults, it's no place to play!" Bane hushed him while some of the members snickered.
Firenze left quietly. Bane was the foolish one! Humans may help in a great way! But the members were prejudice! What if Jade himself was human? He needed to make them understand, even if he would have to make it all by himself.
A/N Well what did you think? Who is the mysterious Jade? You will have to wait a few chapters!
I don't care that my songs don't exist in that time! Do you want crappy 70's songs? I thought not.
Thank you all the great reviewers:
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Songs used: Pretend To Be Nice - Josie and The Pussycats, Hands Clean - Alanis Morrisette and We Are The Champions - Queen.
Lyrics source: www.lyricsplanet.com
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to the amazing JK, characters, parts of the plot etc. Anything that doesn't belong to her or to anybody else belongs to little ol' me.
Summery: The Marauders and the girls' sixth year is going to be a blast! Romance, Pranks, Muggle Songs, Animagi, fights a weird DADA but also Death Eaters, Voldemort and Deaths!!! L/J L/SS SB/OC RL/OC. Oh, and a mystery with a magical sword .
There Is No Such Thing As Fate
Chapter Two: Train Ride
Lily got into her parents car. She knew the ride from Surry to London was going to be long so she pulled out her discman and started singing with the music.
Well he looks at me with those Innocent eyes,
And says it looks like you're wearing some kind of disguise,
Because your hair sticks up and your shoes are untied,
And I hope you got that shirt at half price,
Lily loved muggle songs. Everybody else was crazy about the wizard's bands but she liked the muggle ones.
And every word I say falls flat on the floor,
I try to tell a joke but he's heard it before,
And I don't think I can take it no more,
Cause he's driving me right out of my front door,
Her parents smiled at her. She smiled back. They were already used to the fact that Lily sang together with the discman and often burst out in songs for no reasons.
They didn't care, they loved her.
Why do you do what you do to me baby,
You're shaking my confidence you're driving me crazy,
You know if I could I'd do anything for you,
Please don't ignore me cause you know I adore you,
She wished her sister, Petunia, would treat her the same way her parents treated her. But after 5 years of trying she knew it wasn't possible.
When they were young they were best friends, but then came the letter asking Lily to join Hogwarts and changed everything.
Can't you just pretend to be nice,
Can you at least pretend to be nice,
If you could just pretend to be nice,
Everything in my life would be alright,
Personally, Lily thought, finding out she was a witch was the best thing that ever happened to her. There was only one problem - Petunia. Since the day the letter came Petunia thought she was a freak, that she had some kind of abnormality.
And I try so hard just to figure him out,
But he won't tell me what he's thinking about,
And then he falls asleep on the living room couch,
With his sunglasses on and his tongue hanging out,
Now, Petunia wouldn't even speak to her. It hurt Lily very much but she was also a bit mad at her. She didn't do anything bad to her and still Petunia feared her. Lily tried to explain that she isn't dangerous but Petunia was so stubborn.
And then he disappears for a week at a time,
And then he just shows up just like everything's fine,
And I don't get what goes on in his mind,
But I'm tired of hearing the same stupid line,
Lily started to get depressed.*Stop it! You are going to see your friends in a few hours! Cheer up!!!* So she cheered up and spent the rest of the ride singing all her favorite songs.
Why do you do what you do to me baby,
You're shaking my confidence making me crazy,
You know if I could I'd do anything for you, I don't mean to bore you cause you know I adore you,
But can't you just pretend to be nice,
Can you at least pretend to be nice,
If you could just pretend to be nice,
Everything in my life would be alright!!!
Finally the arrived at King's Cross. Lily waved goodbye to her mother and father and went into the platform nine and three quarters. She immediately started searching for her friends. She stood on her trunk and looked for familiar heads.
A couple of seconds later she saw a head with shoulder length dark brown hair and right near him a head with curly, dark blond hair.
She ran towards them.
"Jen! Katie!" She screamed and hugged her two best friends.
"Lils!!!" They both turned around and hugged her back.
Kate's dark brown eyes were looking at her merrily and Jane's pale blue ones seemed to be laughing.
"I haven't seen all of you the whole summer!" Lily said. "How was it?"
"Well, I went to Germany and got great photos." Jane said toying with her camera.
"And I had to baby-sit Julia almost every second night, boring!" Kate yawned. "What about you Lils?"
"Not much to tell, I bought some new books and read almost all of them." She said.
"So, where are the boys?"
"No idea"
"We haven't seen them since we got here."
"Really?"
"Yeah and that's great, bcause I have an 'interesting' idea of how to greet them." Kate smiled mischeviously.
"Oh Katie I thought you grew out of these nonsense!" Lily looked at her with an expression torn with amusement and despair.
"Obviously you were wrong." Jane replied.
"So you're going to help me or not?" Kate looked at them pleadingly.
"Of course!"
"Can I even oppose?"
"No."
James, Sirius and Remus got on to the Platform.
"Ah. the smell of school" Sirius said inhaling the air.
"Terrible." James said seemingly seriously.
"Exactly!" Sirius said and they all cracked up.
"Has anyone seen Wormtail?" Remus asked.
"Nope, but he's always late, Moony." Sirius said.
"Now, where are the girls?" James asked.
"You mean where is Lily?" Sirius said and he and Remus both sniggered.
James blushed. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, come on, Prongs!" Sirius said.
"It's so obvious!!!" Remus said.
"What?" James decided to play dumb.
"You like her!" Sirius said.
"No I don't!" He said and blushed even more.
"Sure you don't." Remus said, his eyes twinkling.
"I think they are there." James spotted their backs.
"Well, let's go then." Remus said and they all went to the place they were standing.
"Hey girls!" Sirius said.
That was their cue, together the spun around, put one hand on their waist and said in a very tempting and sexy voice: "Hello boys."
The boys' jaws almost hit the floor.
Jane quickly took out her camera and took a photo of the three stunned boys. Then the girls started laughing.
"God, it was so funny!" Lily said between laughs.
"Your faces." Was all Kate managed to say.
"This would be a picture to remember!" Jane said.
They waited for the boys to respond but didn't get a thing. The boys were still stunned.
"Hello?" Jane asked.
Lily waved her hand in front of their faces.
Seeing there was no other way Kate slapped Sirius.
He jumped and yelled: "What was that for?" following her example Lily and Jane shook the other two. They got the same response from both boys. "Med women." Sirius muttered under his breath massaging his face and trying to avoid Kate.
At that moment Peter appeared.
"Hey guys." Peter said.
"Hey." They all said in unison.
"What happened?" Peter asked suspiciously.
"Nothing!" Lily and James both jumped.
"What happened?" Peter insisted seeing the looks the others were exchanging.
"Nothing happened Wormtail, now come, we need to get a compartment." Sirius assured him. Peter scowled. They were hiding something. He knew it. *Why didn't they tell me? I'm supposed to be their friend!*
They all boarded the Hogwarts Express and found a compartment.
As they were half way to Hogwarts the sky became gray and it started to rain. Jane, Peter and Remus all went to sleep. Sirius and Kate were talking about Quidditch, Lily sat cuddled near a window with her discman and James watched Lily.
Lily started singing, more to herself then anyone else.
If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened,
If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself
If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and
If it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much.
James liked watching her. She looked so peaceful, like nothing bothered her.
Ooh this could be messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime.
He tried to hear what she was singing but she was singing so quietly he couldn't.
We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this.
He wanted to come over to her, talk to her about something. But what seemed so normal two years ago was nearly impossible now.
You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me
You're kind of my protégé and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian
I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it .
No! This was stupid! It wasn't impossible! All he had to do was approach her and start talking. How bad could it get? Very Bad.
Ooh this could get messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime. Why does everything have to be so complicated? Why?
We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this.
And besides, she looked so adorable curled up like that. He came near her. He wanted to hear her sing.
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
What with this distance it seems so obvious.
Slowly he sat near her.
She was looking outside the window at the raindrops and kept singing and didn't notice him.
Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family
We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse
I wish I could tell the world cuz you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and keep your firm body.
He started gathering his courage to say something. He had to.
Ooh this could be messy and
Ooh I don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime.
"Who sings this?" James finally managed to say.
Lily practically jumped up in the air.
"God James, you scared me!" She panted.
"Sorry." He mumbled feeling very idiotic indeed.
Lily calmed down.
"What did you say before?" She asked.
"Er, who sings this song?" He repeated his question. *Really smooth Prongs!*
"Alanis Morissette." She answered, a bit bewildered with his question.
"Who?"
"She's a muggle singer."
"Oh." James now regretted for the first time for not listening in Muggle Studies.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well, I just heard you sing and..."
"And what?"
"I-I wanted to say you, you, er, sing really nice."
"Thanks." Lily blushed a bit and looked down at her feet as an awkward silence filled the air.
"So..."
"So..."
"I think I'm going to- er- ask the driver how much time is it going to take to get to the Hogsmead station."
"Right."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye."
James left the compartment and Lily cuddled next to the window again.
*Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!* James was mad at himself. He totally screwed it and Lily probably thinks he is weird and insane.
Lily, Meanwhile, was thinking something similar. *Dimwit! Dimwit! Dimwit! He probably thinks you're really stupid now!*
Kate finished talking to Sirius and went to sit next to Lily.
"Hey." She smiled at her.
"Hey." Lily answered much less enthusiastically, feeling down.
Suddenly they heard a loud snore from behind them. They turned around and saw Peter drooling and snoring so loudly he could break the walls. (A/N imagine Peter drooling. YUCK!!!)Both started to giggle.
"What's so funny?" Sirius looked at both of them.
Unable to speak Kate pointed at the sleeping Peter. An evil smile spread on Sirius's face. He went towards the place where Jane was sleeping and started to look for something in her bag. Jane, who was a very light sleeper, quickly opened her eyes and hit Sirius.
"Thieve!" She said still in a sleepy mode.
"Ouch, you're strong, and I'm not a thieve I'm Sirius!!!" Sirius said.
"Oh sorry Sirius, but what were you doing with my bag?"
"I just wanted to take out the camera!"
"For what?"
"To take a picture."
"Very funny. What kind of picture?"
"Peter drooling all over himself."
"That's not a really nice thing to do."
"It's not a really nice thing to see too."
Lily and Kate giggled even more.
"Give me the camera Jane!"
"No! Let me sleep!"
"I don't think so!" Sirius started tickling her.
"Hey stop that!"
"Not until I get the camera!"
"I think we should go and help her, don't you think?" Kate asked Lily.
Lily nodded and they both jumped on Sirius and started tickling him.
"Leave poor Jane alone!" Lily cried.
"Hey! Three on one isn't fair."
"I'll help you!" James has just come back from the driver.
He went to the pile of teenagers and started tickling the girls.The tickled each other and laughed. It seemed pretty much tied. Finally after a long battle, including a few interesting tactics and some heroic moves Sirius and James won.
"We are the champions! We are the champions! We are the champions!" They started singing. The three girls were still on the tackled on the floor.
"Now I can finally take the camera!" Sirius quickly grabbed the camera from Jane's bag and photographed Peter. After he was done Jane, who was still on the floor, laughed quietly.
"What's so funny?" Lily whispered.
"I just remembered," Jane started but couldn't continue because she was laughing so hard.
"What?" Lily asked.
"The film is finished!" Jane said and kept laughing and was quickly joined by Lily.
"Could you please tell me what is so funny?" Kate demanded.
Lily shook her head. "The camera is empty." At this Kate started to laugh also.
"What are you crazy girls laughing about?" James asked.
"Yeah, we want to know!" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, and why do you wake innocent people?" Remus started to wake up too.
"I would like to know that too!" Peter woke too.
At this the train stopped and the doors opened so they will be able to get out.
"Sirius love, there is no film!" Jane said and all three girls quickly ran out of the compartment.
Severus was making his way towards the great hall. He thought about the things Voldemort asked him to do. He shivered slightly.
Voldemort wanted to spread terror in the school, with his help. Severus thought Voldemort was getting a bit too carried away. *Does he really think he could control the whole world? It is ridicules!*
But a certain green-eyed redhead who was crossing the grounds with her friends suddenly stopped his thoughts.
Lily Evans. Severus took a deep breath and approached her. "Hello Lily." He greeted her.
Lily looked up at the Slytherin. Was he talking to her? "Hello Severus." She said.
"H-how was your summer?"
"It was fine. How was yours?"
Severus thought about it for a second. 'Wonderful, I become a Death Eater and Voldemort wants me to help him terrorize the school.' Didn't sound good so he just said: "Nice."
"Good." She smiled and he melted.
"Come on Lily I'm starving!" Kate said and pushed Lily towards the great hall.
"Er, bye." She said.
"Bye." He replied and she walked away.
He sighed and made his way to the great hall too. She was a Gryffindor and he was a Slytherin. It didn't go well. She was muggle born and he was a pure blood. That didn't go well wither. What would his father say? And the biggest problem - she didn't like him!
He sat down next to Lucius Malfoy in the Slytherin table and watched the sorting ceremony.
Lily, Jane and Kate sat down.
"What was that?" James saw Lily and Snape talking. Lily bit her lip. James didn't like Severus.
"We only talked." She said.
"Only talked? That's Snape for god's sakes!" James seemed a bit upset.
"Calm down James!" She didn't understand what was the big deal.
"Calm down? He's a Slytherin Lily."
"So?"
"S-l-y-t-h-e-r-i-n. Slytherin!!!"
"I don't think he's like the others!"
"How do you know?"
"I don't, but-"
"Exactly! You don't!"
"What's your problem James?"
"I have no problem."
Lily wanted to reply but just then professor McGonagal brought the sorting hat and started talking: "When I'll read your name you will wear the hat on your head and it will sort you." She explained the little first years.
"Jenny Bones." "Gryffindor!"
"Dean Perekinson" "Slytherin!"
The sorting went on and on.
Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, Slytherins and Gryffindors.At last it was over and food appeared on the tables. Before James and Lily could start fighting again, Sirius addressed the rest of the Marauders.
"So, what will be our start of the year prank?"
"Let's start brain storming." James said and it began.
"Humiliation."
"Gold and red - the house colors."
"Food."
"Boxers."
"Thinking dirty Peter?"
"Shut up Sirius!"
"Embarrassment."
"Slytherin."
"Pink and fluffy."
"Or the professors."
"On breakfast."
"Or during Hogsmead."
They all smiled mischievous smiles and kept talking.
Lily rolled her eyes at their childishness, but was quite relived that James seemed to forget about Severus. She really didn't want to fight with James. But why did it bother him so much?
After they finished eating they all went up to the Gryffindor tower and to their dorms. Lily lied on her bed, thinking about the things that happened that night. *All Severus did was talk nicely to me! I don't get James... And why *do* the boys hate him so much? What could he have possibly done that is was so bad?* She fell asleep wandering.
At the Slytherin common room two boys weren't even thinking about sleeping.
"The Dark Lord wants us to give him a list of all the mudbloods in Hogwarts." Lucius explained Severus.
"Oh." Was all Severus could say. He didn't really want to know why. But, of course, in some point he will.
"I'll search for them in Hufflepuff and you will search in Ravenclaw." Severus nodded.
"We'll search Gryffindor together." Lucius smiled evilly.
Severus nodded again.
"Do you know about any already?" he asked.
Severus only knew about one - Lily Evans. "No I don't."
"I know two. One in Ravenclaw and one in Gryffindor. Take out a piece of parchment and write them down."
Severus did as he was told.
"We'll go year by year, starting from the younger ones and to the oldest, and sort them out. Possible ones will be written down on another parchment, understood?"
Severus gave a little node, gritting his teeth. What did Malfoy think he was? His servant? They were in this together. And although he wished he wouldn't have joined them at all, he still wasn't going to take orders from anyone.
Severus gave Malfoy a very pursed smile. "If you'll excuse me Lucius, I'm going to bed now. I'll see you at the morning, good night." Malfoy looked at him with a sour expression, but he said nothing. Severus swept away.
Dark days are coming.
Bane the centaur watched the night sky. The skies were predicting dark days.
He sighed and made his way to the council. Magical animals of all kinds were waiting for his words. "Members of the council! The sky is not telling good. Dark danger lures everywhere.
We must protect the sword! If needed we will sacrifice our own lives for the sake of the sword.
And most important - we must not make contact with Humans, let alone expose them to the sword!!! They are danger to everyone." He waited for their reaction.
"But what if humans can help?" Firenze, a young foolish centaur, asked.
"Humans can not help! Humans are greedy! They will do anything for power! Humans are not trustworthy!!!" The other council members nodded angrily, even *considering* humans was ridicules!
"But not all humans are the same!"
"Your bedtime has already past Firenze! This is a council for adults, it's no place to play!" Bane hushed him while some of the members snickered.
Firenze left quietly. Bane was the foolish one! Humans may help in a great way! But the members were prejudice! What if Jade himself was human? He needed to make them understand, even if he would have to make it all by himself.
A/N Well what did you think? Who is the mysterious Jade? You will have to wait a few chapters!
I don't care that my songs don't exist in that time! Do you want crappy 70's songs? I thought not.
Thank you all the great reviewers:
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Songs used: Pretend To Be Nice - Josie and The Pussycats, Hands Clean - Alanis Morrisette and We Are The Champions - Queen.
Lyrics source: www.lyricsplanet.com