The fifth Harry Potter book is out in June!!!! Yipee! This is fact. not
fiction. Just believe me!
Chapter 10-
All the marauders were shocked at Sirius's marks. They couldn't remember any of his grades much. Just that they were good. He shrugged it off as if it wasn't that big of a deal. Though they wanted to press him further, they decided it was best not to. Things didn't change between the group. Everyone seemed to get over it as the graduation ceremony approached. It was a day that every seventh year anticipated and dreaded. It was the day when they could leave school and embark out into the real world. It was also the day the friendships were lost. Securities that had been so real at Hogwarts were going to be pulled away. To the Marauders and Lily, however, this security had been lost that night in the forest. Their friendship would never be lost, their destinies held them together.
(A/N: I would like to explain something about Destiny, which is a reoccurring theme in this short story. Destiny is a secret sort of thing. No one knows their destiny and it isn't set in stone. Your destiny may be in short, to break that destiny, and live your own life. This is the case with Sirius and Peter. Destiny is not given out freely either. In Lily's case, she was never supposed to know. Just a little note on destiny. Thank you!)
The End-of-Year feast was wonderfully decorated in blue in yellow. Ravenclaw had won the house championship this year. (a/n: NOT GRYFFINDOR OR SLYTHERIN!) The Slytherin table was looking particularly glum this year, as usual. James went up to the Gryffindor table where Sirius was already sitting. He gently slipped something onto the table beside Sirius and walked over to congratulate the Ravenclaws.
"Superb job, really great! OY, PENNY!" he called to the Ravenclaw keeper, "Sorry 'bout that last Quidditch match. really!" She nodded her head and smiled. James was popular everywhere, including with some of the Slytherins, after all, they weren't all bad. James waved to some of his Slytherin friends, Annett Mcloose and her brother Kirk. They waved back, as did some of the other Slytherins.
Suddenly a sly, slippery voice came from behind him, "What not expelled yet Potter? I would have thought you would be outa here by now. Or are the teachers too blind by your suck-up glow?" James turned on his heel to face Snape and Lucius, their girlfriends gone off somewhere else.
"Oh, guys, I am so sorry!" James retorted, drawing out the 'so' sympathetically. "Did your girlfriends finally see, oh I don't know, what annoyingly, disgusting excuses for men you are? And Snape, hanging around a fifth year are we. isn't that classy!" James turned back around and headed back to the Gryffindor table, watching gleefully in one of the mirrors as Lucius lunged for him.
Snape held the fifth year back as James walked to the Gryffindor table. "You can't attack him! The teachers will have you for it. did you ever think of that?"
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PRICE THAT IS ON HIS HEAD!" Lucius yelled back at Snape. A few Slytherins looked at them.
"Practicing the play!" his voice quieted. "What are you talking about? Why is there a price on his head, Lucius?" Snape eyed the boy suspiciously.
"Voldemort wants him dead. He is at the top of the list, along with that Hufflepuff, Bones. Two students stand between Voldemort and complete Immortality! Don't you see?" Lucius's voice was harsh and at the same time, incredibly weak.
"How do you know this?" Snape had calmed, so Voldemort was behind it all.
Lucius pulled up his sleeve and showed Severus a skull and snake tattoo. Snape's eyes grew wide. "I am a Death Eater, Severus. I went through the Initiation and now I have my rewards!" Lucius grabbed Snape's cloak and clutched it with all his strength, "He is gaining power. No one is safe from his wrath, but join his group, join us, and you will be far more protected than any spell could provide!" Snape sat considering what Lucius had just told him, when he felt something hit his head followed by a great slime creeping down his back. Snape fumed, his face as red as Charlie Weasley's hair, who was a second year, laughing his head off. Severus clenched his fists and looked menacingly behind him. There at the Gryffindor table was Remus in a fit of hysterical laughs. Beside him sat Sirius, who wasn't even looking at Snape, but was so obviously laughing. Peter too was giggling. Lily was crying through gasps on James's shoulder, trying as hard as he could to compose himself. The only people not laughing in the room were the teachers and Snape's band of friends. Though Professor Sprout and Flitwick were hiding their faces, it seemed they thought that Snape deserved it.
Through clenched teeth, Severus whispered over to Lucius, "I wish to join you band of Death Eaters or whatever the hell they are." Lucius nodded.
The Marauders sat laughing hysterically unable to control themselves.
"Ahem!" someone cleared their throats behind Remus, James, and Lily. When Sirius and Peter suddenly became quiet, the other three turned around simultaneously.
"Uh-oh!" Peter whispered when he saw McGonagall's face.
"Uh-oh is right Mr. Pettigrew! All five of you! In my office!" she said shrilly.
"Don't make Lily come; she didn't have anything to do with it! It was all our idea!" James called in defense of his girlfriend. She nodded okay and let Lily stay. On the way to her office he turned around and blew her a kiss. She caught it and in a most cheesy and romantic movie way, blew one back.
***
"Come on, McGonagall! It was an end of year prank, can't we let it go?" Remus cried. To their disbelief she nodded.
"That isn't why I called you to my office; you just gave me a time to do it," they arrived at her office. "James wait outside please!" she added. The others looked at him and he shrugged. They walked in her office.
"Uh, McGonagall?" Remus asked.
"Yes? And I would appreciate it if you called me Professor, thank you!"
"Right then, Professor, what is this about, because the last time you dragged one of us away, he found out that You-Know-Who killed his parents. Then You-Know-Who tried to kill us!" the others were nodding. "Now, I don't know about them, but I fear for my life here! Being in a teacher's office, honestly!" McGonagall chuckled.
"That is what I want to talk to you about. But don't worry; you need not worry about your life! I promise." she trailed off, it was hard to say this to adults so young. "What I called you here for was that, well, James is on his own now, and so is Lily." The others looked at each other. They had never asked Lily about what had happened. They were shocked that the He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named had killed her parents, they were muggles. "I need you to watch out for them. They are going through rough times and are in danger. In danger." she repeated herself. The others nodded.
"We will do whatever it takes! They are our best friends, we love them like family!" Sirius said and the others nodded in agreement, even if Peter's was a little feeble. She nodded and shooed them out of the office. "Go on back to the feast then, and see you at graduation!"
Sorry this isn't about the graduation as promised! That will be in the next two chapters! I really, really promise! Well Chapter 11 is called Lily's Revenge and Chapter 12 will be Graduation! Lilolu ;).
Chapter 10-
All the marauders were shocked at Sirius's marks. They couldn't remember any of his grades much. Just that they were good. He shrugged it off as if it wasn't that big of a deal. Though they wanted to press him further, they decided it was best not to. Things didn't change between the group. Everyone seemed to get over it as the graduation ceremony approached. It was a day that every seventh year anticipated and dreaded. It was the day when they could leave school and embark out into the real world. It was also the day the friendships were lost. Securities that had been so real at Hogwarts were going to be pulled away. To the Marauders and Lily, however, this security had been lost that night in the forest. Their friendship would never be lost, their destinies held them together.
(A/N: I would like to explain something about Destiny, which is a reoccurring theme in this short story. Destiny is a secret sort of thing. No one knows their destiny and it isn't set in stone. Your destiny may be in short, to break that destiny, and live your own life. This is the case with Sirius and Peter. Destiny is not given out freely either. In Lily's case, she was never supposed to know. Just a little note on destiny. Thank you!)
The End-of-Year feast was wonderfully decorated in blue in yellow. Ravenclaw had won the house championship this year. (a/n: NOT GRYFFINDOR OR SLYTHERIN!) The Slytherin table was looking particularly glum this year, as usual. James went up to the Gryffindor table where Sirius was already sitting. He gently slipped something onto the table beside Sirius and walked over to congratulate the Ravenclaws.
"Superb job, really great! OY, PENNY!" he called to the Ravenclaw keeper, "Sorry 'bout that last Quidditch match. really!" She nodded her head and smiled. James was popular everywhere, including with some of the Slytherins, after all, they weren't all bad. James waved to some of his Slytherin friends, Annett Mcloose and her brother Kirk. They waved back, as did some of the other Slytherins.
Suddenly a sly, slippery voice came from behind him, "What not expelled yet Potter? I would have thought you would be outa here by now. Or are the teachers too blind by your suck-up glow?" James turned on his heel to face Snape and Lucius, their girlfriends gone off somewhere else.
"Oh, guys, I am so sorry!" James retorted, drawing out the 'so' sympathetically. "Did your girlfriends finally see, oh I don't know, what annoyingly, disgusting excuses for men you are? And Snape, hanging around a fifth year are we. isn't that classy!" James turned back around and headed back to the Gryffindor table, watching gleefully in one of the mirrors as Lucius lunged for him.
Snape held the fifth year back as James walked to the Gryffindor table. "You can't attack him! The teachers will have you for it. did you ever think of that?"
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PRICE THAT IS ON HIS HEAD!" Lucius yelled back at Snape. A few Slytherins looked at them.
"Practicing the play!" his voice quieted. "What are you talking about? Why is there a price on his head, Lucius?" Snape eyed the boy suspiciously.
"Voldemort wants him dead. He is at the top of the list, along with that Hufflepuff, Bones. Two students stand between Voldemort and complete Immortality! Don't you see?" Lucius's voice was harsh and at the same time, incredibly weak.
"How do you know this?" Snape had calmed, so Voldemort was behind it all.
Lucius pulled up his sleeve and showed Severus a skull and snake tattoo. Snape's eyes grew wide. "I am a Death Eater, Severus. I went through the Initiation and now I have my rewards!" Lucius grabbed Snape's cloak and clutched it with all his strength, "He is gaining power. No one is safe from his wrath, but join his group, join us, and you will be far more protected than any spell could provide!" Snape sat considering what Lucius had just told him, when he felt something hit his head followed by a great slime creeping down his back. Snape fumed, his face as red as Charlie Weasley's hair, who was a second year, laughing his head off. Severus clenched his fists and looked menacingly behind him. There at the Gryffindor table was Remus in a fit of hysterical laughs. Beside him sat Sirius, who wasn't even looking at Snape, but was so obviously laughing. Peter too was giggling. Lily was crying through gasps on James's shoulder, trying as hard as he could to compose himself. The only people not laughing in the room were the teachers and Snape's band of friends. Though Professor Sprout and Flitwick were hiding their faces, it seemed they thought that Snape deserved it.
Through clenched teeth, Severus whispered over to Lucius, "I wish to join you band of Death Eaters or whatever the hell they are." Lucius nodded.
The Marauders sat laughing hysterically unable to control themselves.
"Ahem!" someone cleared their throats behind Remus, James, and Lily. When Sirius and Peter suddenly became quiet, the other three turned around simultaneously.
"Uh-oh!" Peter whispered when he saw McGonagall's face.
"Uh-oh is right Mr. Pettigrew! All five of you! In my office!" she said shrilly.
"Don't make Lily come; she didn't have anything to do with it! It was all our idea!" James called in defense of his girlfriend. She nodded okay and let Lily stay. On the way to her office he turned around and blew her a kiss. She caught it and in a most cheesy and romantic movie way, blew one back.
***
"Come on, McGonagall! It was an end of year prank, can't we let it go?" Remus cried. To their disbelief she nodded.
"That isn't why I called you to my office; you just gave me a time to do it," they arrived at her office. "James wait outside please!" she added. The others looked at him and he shrugged. They walked in her office.
"Uh, McGonagall?" Remus asked.
"Yes? And I would appreciate it if you called me Professor, thank you!"
"Right then, Professor, what is this about, because the last time you dragged one of us away, he found out that You-Know-Who killed his parents. Then You-Know-Who tried to kill us!" the others were nodding. "Now, I don't know about them, but I fear for my life here! Being in a teacher's office, honestly!" McGonagall chuckled.
"That is what I want to talk to you about. But don't worry; you need not worry about your life! I promise." she trailed off, it was hard to say this to adults so young. "What I called you here for was that, well, James is on his own now, and so is Lily." The others looked at each other. They had never asked Lily about what had happened. They were shocked that the He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named had killed her parents, they were muggles. "I need you to watch out for them. They are going through rough times and are in danger. In danger." she repeated herself. The others nodded.
"We will do whatever it takes! They are our best friends, we love them like family!" Sirius said and the others nodded in agreement, even if Peter's was a little feeble. She nodded and shooed them out of the office. "Go on back to the feast then, and see you at graduation!"
Sorry this isn't about the graduation as promised! That will be in the next two chapters! I really, really promise! Well Chapter 11 is called Lily's Revenge and Chapter 12 will be Graduation! Lilolu ;).