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Lily and James- A Prophecy Fulfilled

Chapter 4

They got into the great hall, and they were awed by the decorations. Black trees were growing through the floor, jack-o-lanterns were glowing eerily on every table and black cats were wandering around, and Lily recognized her own cat, Rhett, as one of them. James immediately went to the refreshments table and got himself some pumpkin juice and cauldron cakes, but he dropped both of them when he saw Lily take off her cloak. His eyes grew round as saucers at the magnificent picture she presented. Almost every guy in the room had the same statement on his face, Remus included. Couples stopped dancing on the floor, because the guy out of each one was staring at Lily. The youngest singer from the magical pop band that was around fifteen stopped in the middle of the chorus. Lily was blissfully unaware of all of this.

Sirius choked on some peanuts he had grabbed on the way in, and Lily got up and hit him squarely on the back.

"Thanks" he said,

"anytime, hey what are you guys looking at?"

"YOU" Remus, Sirius, James, and even Peter said at the same time.

"Is it my dress, I think I'll just wear my cloak. I was afraid it would make me look ridiculous." Lily said and reached for her cloak, but Remus ed it away from her and said, "NO! You look nice. Don't put the cloak on."

They sat down, and the feast began. After awhile Remus asked nervously, "Lily do you want to dance?"

"I would love to" and she flashed him a beautiful smile that almost made him pass out. They were dancing their fifth straight dance when Remus suddenly asked, "Lily, will you be my girlfriend?"

"Umm, yes I will." Lily answered, and Remus returned her smile. They were completely absorbed in each other when James tapped on Remus's shoulder and said, «May I cut in?" and Remus reluctantly handed Lily over.

Unlike between her and Remus, Lily put a good foot of daylight between her and James.

"So, Lily, what's going on between you and Remus?" James asked.

"He asked me to be his girlfriend." she said simply.

"And what did you say?"

"Well aren't you being snoopy, but I said yes."

"Just asking.» James said in a snappy voice

"Just answering" she said in an equally snappish tone and frowns settled over both of them, then Sirius cut in.

"Hello Lily, what's going on between you and Remus?" Sirius asked without preamble, and Lily purposely stepped on his foot.

"We're going out" she said irritably, "I wish you people could learn to mind your own business."

Sirius smiled and said, "Can't teach an old dog new tricks."

"Yeah right" but Lily smiled back

"Okay, its time for me to get to dance with her again." Remus cut back in, and they were once again dancing.

"Lily, do you want to go for a walk in the gardens with me?" Remus asked

"Sure."

"hey, can I dance with her?" Shane interrupted and Remus reluctantly handed her over once again.

"Hey, you look real nice tonight Lily."

"Thanks Shane. Who did you bring?"

"Caitlin, but she's dancing with Matthew."

"Cool, she's nice. Think we'll be ready for the match tomorrow?"

"Probably so."

"Hey, Shane, I'll trade you partners." Matthew said, and they switched. Lily danced with him for a minute then said, "I need to go, Remus is waiting for me." and she started walking toward him, but Luke McClain intercepted her. They danced a song, and then Severus Snape walked up.

"Lily, would you please honor me with a dance?" he asked, and she couldn't be mean so she accepted. This lasted for about twenty seconds them Remus said coldly, "Snape, I believe she's with me."

"Well, if she can dance with other guys she can dance with me too." Snape said

"No she can't"

"HEY!" Lily exclaimed,

"Sorry Lily, but you still don't realize the full extent of his malice and stupidity."

"Whatever you say Remus, let's just continue dancing." Lily said pleadingly and led him back out to the dance floor. Lily noticed that only a few couples were on the dance floor at any given time, and she switched partners often, but every other dance was always with Remus. Most of the time he sat out when he wasn't dancing with Lily, and it was toward the end of their 27th dance that James came over and said, "Please dance with Gina, she's driving me crazy." They did trade partners and

Lily said, "I thought you two weren't going to dance."

"Gina has only danced three other dances besides this one, and she wanted to dance, so I was the gopher. Unfortunately. Then she just complained once we started dancing."

"That sounds like a lot of fun."

"oh, it was, trust me" he said sarcastically. About twenty minutes later, the ball ended. It was 12:00.

Lily went up to the dorm and got into her pajamas. She flopped onto the bed and said, "I'm exhausted."

"I'm not" Adriana said

"Me neither" Gina complied

"I'm still fresh" Renee told them

"My goodness, how can you guys NOT be tired." Lily asked.

"Easy, none of us danced more than five dances." Gina said good-naturedly

"WHAT?" Lily asked with disbelief

"Exactly, there wasn't a girl in this school besides you that danced more than fifteen dances." Renee informed her.

"Why am I so special?" Lily asked in astonishment.

"Look at you! You looked gorgeous tonight. You were the only girl they wanted to

dance with." Adriana said.

Lily blushed and mumbled good night.

The next morning Lily was more than a little embarrassed to go down to the common room, let alone the great hall. She thought she would disguise whatever made her so popular last night by pulling her hair back in a tight pony-tail, streamers and all, and forsaking any kind of beauty amplifier (makeup). She also left all her jewelry upstairs and put on her rattiest sneakers. She thought the tomboy effect was pretty darn good. She skipped down the stairs and saw that the common room was surprisingly filled. With 90% of the Gryffindor male population. When they heard her coming down the stairs they had expectant looks on their faces, but they turned to looks of surprise and disappointment when they saw how she looked. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all got up and followed her out the portrait hole. James was the first one to talk. "So, did you decide to quit playing dress-up?"

She said calmly, "Yes, I think I put more work into looking like this than what I normally do though."

"I have to say, you look like crap." James said, and Lily momentarily stared. Then she went over to him and punched him.

"Hey, what'd you do that for?" he said indignantly.

"It takes 42 muscles to frown, it only takes about 4 to punch you."

She smiled nastily and Sirius, Remus, and even Peter started laughing, and Lily kept walking. Remus caught up to her quickly and said, "Lily, you still look pretty."

"Thanks Remus" she said and they walked down to breakfast together. That morning they had potions straight off. Their teacher was an old witch named Madame Morano, which the students secretly called Madame Moron.

Today in class they were going to be making happiness potions, and at the end of class, they were going to test them on themselves. Remus was perfectly happy about this, because he thought it would be a good time to tell Lily his secret. All of his friends besides her knew, and he wasn't looking forward to telling her. They all made their potions, and tested them. Most people's worked, including Lily's, but Remus couldn't bring himself to tell her while she was under the spell's effect. He promised himself he would tell her after the quidditch match against Ravenclaw.

That night the team walked nervously out to the quidditch field. Gina as it turned out, was going to be the announcer. The Gryffindor quidditch team walked down to the locker rooms and changed, then listened to the pre-game pep talk by Shane.

"Okay, we need to start the season with a bang, to show Slytherin they won't be able to walk all over us, got it? Good. Now here's the plan. You chasers, score as much as you can, obviously, and exaggerate the fouls as much as you can. Beaters, keep the bludgers away from our players as much as possible, and direct them to their chaser, Minihe; he's the biggest scorer. Also, really give their seeker a tough time. Okay team, let's go out there and show them what we're made of."

Gina sat in the announcer's box and started talking once the team came out.
Here are the teams. Captains Shane Maddox and Taylor Webster shake hands. Gryffindor's got a lot of green players this year, and Ravenclaw's got experienced ones. This may determine the game right here. Experience.

The teams are off! Evans immediately takes the quaffle, tosses it to Potter, score! 10-0 Gryffindor!
Dimity Monroe of Ravenclaw has the quaffle, passes to Jacobs, OH, interception by Lupin, toss to Potter, handoff to Evans, oh a good fake, and a toss back to Lupin, SCORE 20-0! The Gryffindor beaters are really hammering the Ravenclaw chaser Minihe, though he's in a shower compared to the hailstorm the seeker is going through. They're really beating those bludgers. Ravenclaw scores! 20-10, and no sign of the snitch. OOH! Lena Ninton flies into Evans and she gets a foul shot. She makes it 30-19. Oh My! Another foul already. This time Potter has a foul shot and its 40-10 Gryffindor. Minihe has the quaffle, the bludger gets him, and Evans picks it up, tosses it across the field to Potter and score! 50-10 Gryffindor, the Gryffindors are cherry picking, it happened again 60-10! Look at them dive! Shane Maddox and Reynolds Wrap are in a neck and neck dive for the snitch. Maddox leaps off his broom and grabs the snitch! Gryffindor wins!
Remus pulled Lily over to the side and said, "After you get changed I need to tell you something."
"okay" and she went to change, not trying as hard as she usually did to look good. The attraction to Remus was wearing off; she kept wishing his hair were darker, and maybe not so neat. The chocolaty brown eyes weren't as cute as before, and she wished he had lighter eyes, and she was finding herself more attracted to the bad boy type. She knew Remus was a wonderful person, but her feelings weren't the same anymore.

Lily met Remus in the corner of the common room.
"Lily, I'm just going to tell you this straight out, because I can't keep this secret from you anymore. I will understand if you want to break up with me because of it."
"Tell me Remus, what's bothering you?" Lily asked, fearing the worst.
"James, Sirius, and Peter already know. They're trying to help me with my problem."
"JUST TELL ME"
"Well, Lily, I'm a werewolf."

"What?" she whispered in disbelief.
"I was bitten by a werewolf when I wandered out into the woods when I was five."
"Wow. I don't know what to say." Lily said, still stunned.
"I didn't expect anything different. You've actually taken it better than I thought. I expected screaming and crying and fear. That's what I get for everybody else. I understand that you don't want to go out with me." Remus said sadly, and he suddenly seemed tired. He turned before she could say anything and went to the boys' dorm. She stared after him.

James, Sirius, and Peter were watching Lily anxiously. She turned and started walking up the stairs all the while thinking. They could practically see the wheels turning. Lily was thinking I was going to break up with him, but I can't now. He'll think it's because of the werewolf thing. What should I do? She was upstairs now, and she sat on her bed, still thinking. I know he won't believe me if I explain it to him. I'll just have to go out with him still. That's all I can do, and I'll make the best of it. I won't let him regret it either. Lily smiled grimly at this idea, and got ready for bed, then fell into a restless horror filled sleep.