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~Ok – I updated on a Wednesday (Feb. 5th) – so if you didn't read Chapter 26 that deals with Sirius' punishment, has a bit of Mythology and some Genie in it – then go back one, and read it! :)~
God I love this chapter. Shorter that they have been lately, but I was rushed. But it has back some of my good ol' humour! And we know how much we love my humour!! :):) Like we love air… like we love air.
And I know I said I'd update this for Sunday… but you know what – I couldn't write that much in such short of time. Family things, you know? But other than my excuses – here's a good chapter. I think it's good.
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And apparently that makes it so! ;) Hope you guys enjoy it, and I apologize for my tardiness.
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"Hey Lily-Billy!" Jen said, catching up with her best friend in the halls after her Advanced Transfiguration, Tuesday morning.
"Hey Sirius!" Lily replied, giving Jen a big fake smile.
"Sirius? Ok, I take offence to that." Jen replied dryly.
"Then don't call me Lily-Billy. It's too… Sirius-y."
"Would you rather me be James-y?" Jen asked in a bad sultry voice.
"How would – Oh God!" Lily shrieked as Jen snaked her arms around her waist, and kissed her cheek.
Jen let go laughing, and watched a few Hufflepuff seventh years walk by. She turned around and winked at the boys as the guys watch Jen and Lily pass them.
"Ok, why must you do those kind of things?" Lily asked. "We have another Prefect meeting coming up, due to your disturbance last week. I believe our Head Girl is a Hufflepuff.
Jen laughed. "I just like adding spice to your life. Speaking of Head Girl," Jen said, (interrupting Lily's "I am to spicy!" whining), "Guess who I hear is up for that prestigious title for next year…" Jen teased.
"Oh – who, who, who?" Lily asked, grabbing Jen's arm. "If it's that Buschelle or that flake Young…" Lily said spitefully. There was nothing wrong or flaky with either of the girls. They just weren't allowed to beat Lily. That's inevitable.
"Calm down Lily-Billy!" Lily glared. "My sources tell me it's going to be a Gryffindor year!" Lily stopped her glaring. "Wouldn't that be the cutest? Lillian Tamara Evans – Head Girl."
"Sh!! Don't say my middle name out loud!" Lily said, looking all around them.
"Oh don't 'sh' me. We're on spare. Wanna go outside?" Jen asked as they walked past a window, and saw the crystalline water of the lake.
So Lily and Jen put their books away and told Ara and Mel (who were studying) where they were going. They grabbed their cloaks in case it got cold or rained, and then headed to the school grounds. They walked to the lake, than preceded to circle it.
"So Lils… what are you going to do about the letter Dumbledore gave you, concerning you know… our friends." Jen asked, watching the Giant Squid lazily drift in the water as she kicked stones into water.
"I have been putting that off, haven't I?" Lily rhetorically asked, looking at the ground as she walked. She sighed. "Soon." She laughed a hollow laugh, completely devoid of humour. "It's always 'soon' isn't it? My birthday is in a couple of days, and I don't want to ruin people's spirits, feelings towards me, or anything that you guys might have planned… And I don't want to wait until after so that people think I was being selfish, and wanting presents. Should I do it today? They can have tonight and Wednesday to cool down, then we can party Thursday." Lily sat down on a rock, and picked at the long blades of spring grass that grew long around the boulder. Among the grass, and around the boulder also, were tons of daisies. "Do I do it before or after dinner? In our dorm, empty classroom, or in Dumbledore's office?"
"Dumbledore all the way, Lily. He can delve deeper into the psyche of the asshole Voldemort, and will get all the answers to their questions answered. Well, maybe not all, but more than we know for sure. Now, Mel will feel singled out because of what happened to her family." Jen said, braiding daisies together, and making a headdress.
"Yea, I thought of that." Lily leaned back on her hands, and squinted at the light refracting off the water's surface. "And I thought of Remus and all the issues he's dealing with at the moment…"
"I can deal with him. But yes, he'll not enjoy this tidbit of news too much. Ex-squeeze me Lily." Jen said, reaching across Lily's lap to grab a handful of daisies from the redheads' side of the rock. "Think Remus'll like the crown?"
Lily smiled. "I think he'll think you look beautiful in it. He's very taken with you, Jen."
"I know… I love him so much. I guess I always have, or at least for a while but… you know, just didn't see it. Oh and this is for him to wear, not me." Jen said, gesturing to the flower circlet in her hand. The two of them laughed and sun tanned the best they could, talking about whatever until lunchtime.
"I'm going to see Dumbledore before lunch is over, and see if we can do it tonight. If he can allot an hour or so for us." Lily said as she brushed off all the grass pieces from her robes and helped Jen up.
"Sounds good to me." Jen replied as she put her crown on her head. "Tada!"
"Oh darling, you look marvellous!" Lily said, kissing Jen's hand.
"Was that supposed to be Remus-y?" Jen asked, after her fake giggling and 'Oh you!'
"Yes. I think I did a grand impression."
"Indubitably."
Jen and Lily walked into the Great Hall, arms linked, and skipped off to the Gryffindor Table. Genie was sitting next to Sirius with Dakota beside her. On the other side of Sirius were Peter and Mel with Gus.
There was space enough for both of them between Remus and James that were saved for them, who sat across from the others. Lily sat beside James, and they shared a quick kiss, than started up small talk about morning classes.
Jen stood behind Remus and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Good day, love." She said as she sat down.
"Hello. You look beautiful with the flowers on." Remus said, kissing her hand.
Jen gave him a huge smile, while Lily laughed beside her. "Thank you. I actually made it for you." She told him as she took it off her head.
"Well, I really don't -" Remus said quickly, ready to duck, but abruptly stopped as the flowers were delicately placed on his head.
"They go so pretty with your eyes." Jen murmured, kissing his lips, which he did not return.
Everybody laughed, and Sirius cracked a couple of jokes.
Sirius and Remus were on better terms now, than they were the week before. Albeit they aren't perfectly fine, but Remus saw Sirius' side of things, and learned exactly what Snape did to provoke him. Sirius told only Remus about everything Snape said about himself, and his 'following ways'. He felt it more Remus' right to know than everyone else's.
"Moony, you truly are special to put up with that." James told him as Remus promised Jen he'd leave it on for lunch. Remus smiled at James as a couple of petals fell and got stuck in his hair or food.
"What are all those cute nicknames you guys use for each other?" Genie asked them, pouring some more pumpkin juice.
"Yea, I'm sure the whole school wonders about that." Dakota said, putting a lock of her dark blonde hair behind her ear, and leaning in to see all their faces, gazing at them all with her light green eyes.
"Well," Sirius said, "I'm Pad- ow!" Sirius stopped, rubbed his leg, and glared at James. James gave him a piercing look. "Sorry – I'm not Pad… but um…" he cleared his throat and quickly glanced at James, "Tampon." All the girls choked on their food and whipped their heads up to look at Sirius. They guys all became wide-eyed. Genie and Dakota looked at each other, than back at Sirius. "You know… know how teenage guys are." The two girls slowly nodded their heads.
"James over there is uh… Thongs." Lily burst out laughing as James hid his smile by taking a slow, long drink. Everyone else was containing his or her laughter beautifully. "Remus is… is… what are you again, Remus?"
"Uh – Moon-me." He replied quickly. Jen started to take shuddering breathes, trying to keep her mirth inside. A couple of people around them stared as the bunch of Gryffindors continued to burst out into laughter after feeble attempts at caging it.
"Right, right. Sorry I forgot – spring heat." Sirius said, nearly rupturing from his contained laughter.
"That's ok, Tampon old friend." Remus replied, keeping a straight face, and patting Sirius' hand across the table. Students about them started laughing as well.
"And Peter… he's," Sirius swallowed to keep from laughing, then said, an octave higher than usual, "Sperm Whale."
James fell off the bench, and laughed on the floor, with his legs on the bench. Peter banged his head on the table multiple times. Remus was laughing into his folded arms on the table, as Jen laughed and supported herself on his back. Lily fell across James' legs, while Mel laughed and clung onto a chortling Gus as Ara slowly pounded a fist on Sirius' back as she laughed.
Sirius himself kept himself up right, and calmly ate a roll, ripping off pieces and popping them into his mouth. Not to say he wasn't smiling, or shaking slightly… oh he was.
As people began to calm down, and in James' case, get back seated on the bench, Genie looked confused.
"Where'd you get the last one?" she asked.
"If only you knew Gene. If only you knew." Sirius said as people laughed some more. "Well, we have Ancient Runes now." Sirius addressed all his friends. "Come on, Moon-me, Sperm Whale, Thongs, ladies."
They all got up slowly, too weak from laughing, and grabbed their bags - everyone unable to stop smiling.
"I'll see you guys there. I have to talk to Dumbledore for a second." Lily said, kissing James on the cheek.
Sirius kissed Genie on the cheek, waved to Dakota, and left with his friends.
"I didn't mean to make some up, Tampon." James said as Sirius caught up with them.
"Well, Thongs, I wasn't just going to shut up and leave them in the dark. That'd just be rude." Sirius said.
"Messrs Moon-me, Sperm Whale, Tampon, and Thongs. Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers." Remus said with a flourish, sweeping his hands in front of himself.
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Lily left her friends in considerably higher spirits than she had earlier that day. She walked against the current of people heading the opposite direction with a number of: "Excuse me", "So sorry", and "Pardon me's."
"Dumbledore!" Lily called as he got up to leave, while talking to Prof. Spencer PhD, teacher of Medical Magic. He nodded to her, and spoke a couple more words to Spencer.
Lily made it up to the staff table and waited patiently.
Spencer turned to her with a smile. "Why hello Lillian." He said happily.
"Hello Professor Spencer." Lily replied, smiling pleasantly, still laughing from earlier.
"Well, thank you Albus." The doctor said to the Headmaster, than turned to Lily. "Till Friday then."
"Till Friday." She responded, and he left.
"Well, Ms. Evans, what may I help you with?" Dumbledore asked.
"Oh right – are you available tonight to talk… about, you know…" Lily trailed off, not wanting anyone to overhear. But no matter how bad it really was she still couldn't stop smiling over their lunch discussion. She didn't want any of that to change.
"I had planned to stock up on my Muggle candy this evening, but perhaps that can wait." He told her with his usual twinkle in his eye.
Lily gave him a huge smile, quick "Thank you Professor!" Then ran off to Ancient Runes.
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"Hey guys." Lily said as she slipped into Ancient Runes. She sat beside James and Sirius. "Tampon, Thongs." She said, nodding to them in turn. "Did I miss anything?"
"Lily, class hasn't even started. You've missed just about as much as Boot over there." James pointed out, indicating the Ravenclaw Prefect, sitting straight, parchment out, quill in hand.
"Patrick never rests, does he?" Sirius said as people spoke around the boy, and he waited patiently for Rah-Sün to arrive. "Think he'll be Head Boy next year? I mean… how boring would he be?"
James sighed. "Probably."
"James." Lily scolded. "Of course not. You, my man, will be Head Boy." She said, patting him on the back.
James groaned and buried his head in his arms that were folded upon his desk. "Lils you sound like my dad."
"And I love him, remember?"
"I thought you loved Thongs?" Sirius said while James' back shook with silent laughter. "That'll never grow old, will it?" James shook his head no, effectively having his glasses dig into the bridge of his nose.
"Well I do." Lily said, answering Sirius' question. "Mr. Potter was the giver of champagne, and James was the bringer of champagne." Lily stated matter-of-factly.
"Ah. So if -" Sirius was cut off by Rah-Sün entering the class.
"So sorry for my tardiness class." The Egyptian professor said, hurrying to the front. She stood behind her desk, leaned on it with her hands, and stared at the class. "Which is no reason your essays shouldn't be waiting for me on my desk."
Students scrambled to the front, essays in hand, rummaged through their bags, or recited excuses in their head.
"Thank you. Now, today we will be discussing Chile, more specifically, Easter Island, and looking at the Moai. Now, although Muggle researchers have found the giant statues, and nearly destroyed the ancient site by tampering with it, they don't know of the caverns and spells placed on them."
Patrick put up his hand, and was addressed by Rah-Sün. "Is it much like the Egyptian pyramids and their curses?"
"Yes, quite. Although they are not curses, merely ancient Confundus Charms and Muggle repelling spells…" Rah-Sün went on for the entire class, and soon it was time for Defence.
"Well that was interesting, wasn't it?" Mel said as they left.
"Oh it was a ball." Peter yawned.
"Shut up, Sperm Whale." Jen said. "Hell of a lot better than History of Magic." They girls agreed with her.
"And Divination." Remus said. The boys agreed with him.
"Here, here Moon-me." James cheered. "I think we're doing Stonehenge in a couple of weeks or so – then exam review! Oh yay!" he said sarcastically.
Ara walked behind him with Peter, Jen, Remus, and Mel. "Don't you sound excited." Ara replied just as sarcastically. "I like exams – oof!" She slammed into Sirius' back and fell onto the floor. "Sirius you ass! Don't just stop there!"
Sirius turned around smiling and reached out a hand to help her up. "Sorry, but I thought I just heard you say you liked exams."
"I did. Ow! You damn prat!" Ara yelled, as Sirius let go of her hand and let her fall back onto the floor. People watched them as they passed. Sirius bent over, putting his hands on his knees and started breathing slowly.
Ara scoffed and let Mel help her up. Brushing off her robes, Ara kicked Sirius behind his left knee so that he stumbled forward.
"Hey!" He whined, straightening up.
"Come on Tampon, Aubury won't let us be late again." James said, guiding Sirius by the shoulders.
"But… but she said…"
"I know, shh, I know." James soothed as he caught up with a few of the others who continued ahead when Ara sauntered off. "She got you pretty good though." James said. "Right in the back of the knee."
"Shut up. Not my fault she likes… likes… oh I can't even say it!" Sirius said loud enough for Ara to hear. She turned around and stuck out her tongue. "See what I mean?" He said in conspiracy to James. "Unhinged."
Ara dropped back, and waited for the two best friends to catch up with her as the others went ahead. "Yes, and you are so together -"
"But of course -"
"Tampon." Ara continued forcefully.
James burst out laughing, and high-fived Ara.
Sirius stood where he was, glaring at them. "I really, really, really -"
"Are going to be late if you three don't hurry up!" Lily yelled from down the corridor and up a flight of stairs.
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Sirius moodily ate dinner that evening. He glared whenever his friends addressed him, or touched him and the food he was going to take.
"Come on Sirius, you're not still sore from when Ara mocked you in the hall-"
"Or kicked your leg."
"Thank you Jen, or kicked you in the leg, are you?" James asked.
"No." Sirius said, pouting and drawing mad faces into his mash potatoes.
"Right. He feels belittled." Jen informed them all, giving her brother a smug look and popping some peas in her mouth.
"No, maybe that's not it." Sirius said, sneering at his sister from across the table.
Jen was taken aback and everyone stared at Sirius, not knowing what to say.
"Jeez, I was just playing Sirius."
"Well maybe you can mind your own beeswax."
"My beeswax? Maybe if you presented your case like an adult and not a child, we can move on." Jen said, slamming her fork on the table and leaning forward. People sighed, knowing that this wasn't to end soon.
"Yea well – you smell." Sirius yelled, unable to think of a better come back because of his sour mood.
Jen laughed bitterly. "I smell? Well you're a doody-head! You can't even use 'big people' words."
"And you call doody-head 'big people' words? Why don't you just shut -"
"Can you two please not argue?" Lily asked as James pushed Sirius, who was rising, back in his seat. "We have more important things to do tonight, and don't need the added tension."
Everyone turned to face her, and was surprised to see Psyche sitting on her forearm, eating some peas. Enraptured by the sibling rivalry, they hadn't noticed the Barn owl fly in. They also just noticed Lily folding a letter and putting it in her robes, before looking back at her food that her owl was eating.
"We have a meeting with Dumbledore at 8 o'clock tonight, and please don't ask me what about." She continued before giving Psyche some pumpkin juice.
Everybody nodded and continued to eat in silence, Sirius giving Jen the 'I'll tell you about me later' look. Jen nodded and went back to her Shepard's pie, knowing what the meeting will be. Psyche flew off after having her fill and with a napkin filled of peas for Cupid being held in her beak.
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The time after dinner was spent in confusion and contemplative silence, and books. Everyone studied about the Common Room, no more than three together.
"Bloody Muggle Studies." Ara growled, scrunching up her third attempt at explaining how planes fly and lobbing it into the fireplace. "It's not like I'll be dealing with muggles any given time in my career."
"Then why did you take it?" Peter asked, drawing out some star charts for Divination.
"Why did I take the damn subject? Because. That's why. Apparently I thought I'd need it to become a Crazy Cat Lady!" Mel sniggered beside her. "Learning the way to fly, and build an aeroplane will help me ship cats off to other countries once they have too many litters, and… oh I don't know! Mel – why did I take this damn course?" Ara asked her as Peter contemplated the Crazy Cat Lady reference.
"Because rumour has it that next year it will be a young, cute wizard teaching us." Mel answered, not looking up from her number calculations for Arithmancy.
"Oh yea." Ara turned to Peter. "Cause the teacher next year will be smashing."
Peter blinked a couple of times. "Ok." And then he turned back to his own work.
"And what's with this meeting thing we're going to tonight?" Ara asked, thoroughly in a testy mood.
Mel sighed and put her quill behind her ear. "We're not supposed to ask." She replied calmly. "But it has to do with Lily some how. I don't know why but… it just seems to fit. Remember what she got… er, that day?" Ara nodded: the day her family died. "Well, we don't know what it was about. The letter she got at dinner was about this meeting, and you could tell by the way she talked. And she's been a bit more withdrawn and touchy. Like we were talking about this morning while her and Jen were out walking. James seems to know something's up and maybe Jen – but I don't know about that for sure. She has all those talks with Dumbledore too. We can't label all of those as 'Prefectorial duties' can we? All we have to do is be there for her, no matter the reason she's been upset, or in need of Dumbledore's help."
Ara and Peter stared at Mel open-mouthed. "You're very thorough and observant you know?" Ara said. "I was really expecting you to stop at 'We're not supposed to ask.'" Peter nodded his agreement and wondered if all girls talked behind each other's back, and noticed such things about each other.
Lily and James weren't talking as they did their work on a circular table by a window. But something kept nagging at the back of Lily's mind.
"James," she said quietly. James replied with a sound from his throat, not looking up from his Care of Magical Creatures. "I'm not sure I want Peter to come with us."
James looked up. "Why not? He's our friend, and we can trust him."
"He's your friend, and I don't know anything about him. I don't think it's right that he should know so much about me. Know something so personal…"
James pulled her into a hug and sighed. "It's your call, really, but… it'll cause some of that unwanted tension you spoke of at dinner. I trust, as do Remus and Sirius, Peter with my life. If that's not good enough for you, then ok, he can stay here."
Lily stared at him. "Do you trust Mel with your life?" James was stuck for an answer. "You don't know much about her! This is my life, James, not yours, and I don't want Peter to know!"
James tried to calm her down; people were glancing over at them. "I'm so sorry Lily… it's just a very stressful time." "You think?"
"Lily." James said firmly. "Stressful for everyone. I'm just saying that Peter has done things for others that many would never do." He said, thinking of their animagus transformations. "You have my word that telling him won't hurt you. Who's he going to tell?"
Lily sat, biting her bottom lip. "Ok. Well, we should head – it's a quarter to." She and James stood up and started packing up.
Mel, Ara, Peter, and Sirius (who was with Genie) saw them and followed suit. Lily, on her way to the dorm to put her books back, tapped Jen on the shoulder and both her and Remus packed up as well. They all left Gryffindor Tower together, and trekked to Dumbledore's office.
They got to the gargoyle and Lily said the new password. "Crackerjack."
Mel and Ara, who never had any reason to go to Dumbledore's office, jumped when the gargoyle did and stared at the moving staircase in wonder.
"It gets better." Sirius whispered in Ara's ear. She smiled at him and stepped up behind Mel.
They reached the great wooden door with a large gryphon knocker. Lily, in the lead, knocked with it.
"Come in."
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Lily opened the door and they all walked in. The couch that was there the previous meeting was there yet again, although larger this time.
The filed in: Mel, Ara, Sirius, James, Lily, Jen, Remus, and Peter. They sat in the same order, with Peter closet to the door. Dumbledore smiled at them all as they took their seats. Mel and Ara were taking in all the gadgets, and paintings of other Headmasters.
"Told you it got better." Sirius whispered to Ara, who smiled as she continued to look around.
"Good evening to all of you." Dumbledore said pleasantly, as if they just popped in for a cup of tea and some scones.
"Good evening, Albus. I hope we find you in good spirits." Sirius said, smiling at the older man. "Yes, thank you." Sirius said as Dumbledore offered them all some sherbet lemons.
"Indeed you do, Mr. Black. I picked some up before dinner." He added to Lily who was looking amused at him and his muggle candies. "I am glad you decided to tell them Ms. Evans. Shows great courage and trust." Lily blushed. "Now, we are here for Ms. Evans, and something she wishes to tell you all." Mel and Ara looked at each other, than at Lily.
Lily seemed to be debating how to start. She took a deep breath, than started. "Well, I've been getting these letters. Um, for almost a year now I guess." She watched as everyone nodded his or her heads and Mel and Ara looked surprised. "They're not those letters you saw me reading in the beginning of the year." She added to them. They nodded their heads again.
"So I guess that cancels out pregnancy." Sirius murmured to Ara, who tried not to laugh. James hit him in the stomach.
"Well, these letters I've been getting are from Voldemort." She waited for the collective gasps to stop before continuing. "He's taken an interest in me that I don't yet understand. They're sort of similar to the kinds that Donna got, but he's not really trying to recruit me, so much as putting a damper on my happiness." James and Jen both took her hands and held them for support. "Um… he seems to want all of you against me… and he – he kills than I sometimes a get a letter saying he did it for me, or to me, depending on the person or persons." Remus, Ara, and Mel were all staring at her, waiting to say if it concerned them. Lily got a little emotional over the next little bit she had to say.
"It drives me insane, and hurts me so much. I know exactly how Donna felt, but I'm more confused than she was. I don't even know why he's doing this to me. I'm just some muggle-born – nothing to him. I'm not a Seer, Magid, or any type of creature he wants."
Ara stood up and gave Lily a hug, and James moved over so that she could sit beside her, while Lily cried into her shoulder.
"You said that he's trying to turn us against you. How?" Remus asked, looking angry at the thought of Voldemort doing any such thing to another friend of his.
Lily bit her lip. "I got a letter that day of the massacre in Diagon Alley, but it was just him doing it for his own benefit. What I'm trying to say is that… You two weren't chosen because of me…" She said looking at Remus than Ara. "But… I'm so sorry Mel. I had no idea that he'd do that. I am so sorry." Lily was looking at Mel who was looking directly past her head, looking at nothing. "Mel," Lily said, thick with emotion. "Mel please say something."
Mel sat there detached, going over everything Lily had told them. He family died. Died because of Lily. Lily. They died because of her. That's the letter she got that day.
"Ms. Gorman," Dumbledore broke into her thoughts. "Ms. Gorman, it is imperative that you do not blame your friend. The entire ordeal is out if her hands. It is evident from what he writes in his letters that he wants all of you to turn against her. We cannot let him win this. He is responsible for all that is going on."
Mel slowly looked at Dumbledore who was staring intently at her. She then looked at Lily who was crying, and waiting for some sort of response out of her.
"That letter," she said quietly and strained, "that I got the day my parents and brother died… that letter was from him… wasn't it?" Mel asked. "He was going to blame Lily?"
Lily nodded her head, and James answered. "Yes, he wrote to Lily merely a few minutes before you got yours."
Mel seemed to be remembering that night, and going over everything that was said. Lily had apologized. "I said, that night, that it wasn't your fault, Lily, and I… I still hold myself to that." She said, looking into Lily's green eyes with her amber ones. Lily went over to her and engulfed her into a hug.
"Thank you so much Mel. I was so worried that you would hate me."
"I could never hate you." Mel sobbed into her friends shoulder. "But I will be honest and say that this is going to take time…" Lily nodded into her shoulder.
"Are there any questions or anything you're confused about? Any of you?" Dumbledore asked as Lily and Mel continued to hug.
"I really want to know why he's going after Lily." Remus said.
"As would we all, Mr. Lupin, but we only have small guesses that we wish not to be spread around." Dumbledore told him. "That being said, it is evident that none of you are to speak of this to anyone else or even near any other person. If you must mention it, do so in complete secrecy, and make sure that no one hears you."
They all nodded their agreement and understanding, and sat there quietly for a few minutes, each thinking his or her thoughts.
"Well, I guess we should go. Thank you so much Professor. Unless there's anything else?" Lily asked, standing up.
"You're welcome, Ms. Evans. I have nothing else to say."
No one said anything but stood instead. As they walked to the door, Remus stopped and looked back at Dumbledore.
"Who will next years nurse be, Professor?" He asked, remembering that he forgot last time he saw the Headmaster.
"Ah yes, I had forgotten to tell you last time I saw you Mr. Lupin." Remus smiled at the Headmaster as he shuffled through his papers. "Her name is Pomfrey."
"Thank you." Remus nodded to Dumbledore.
"Thanks for your time Albus!" Sirius waved goodbye to the Headmaster.
"You're welcome, Sirius."
As the eight friends made their way down the staircase, Sirius proclaimed: "He called me Sirius!" as if Dumbledore had just made him Headmaster of the school.
"Madam Pomfrey… I wonder if she's nice." Remus contemplated, exiting the passageway.
"Or cute." Added Sirius. "A young, new nurse." Ara smacked him upside the head. "Ow!"
"Don't be a prat."
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Ok – I can honestly say that I'm sick and tired of writing sad things, and am glad to get that out. *sighs and wipes forehead* About damn time. And all those Dumbledore meetings have been bothering me. Hopefully we won't have many more of those, eh?
So what do you guys think of Moon-me, Sperm Whale, Tampon and Thongs? You know I came up with that at 3am, when I couldn't get to sleep? I think I laughed for nearly 20 minutes in to my pillow, until I decided to get up and write it down. Then I went back to bed, and laughed some more. Hehe…
Did any of you guys re-read? I hope you did the ones I told you to. Especially the first few! Tell me in a review if you did – I'm just curious as to who actually did read them… seeing as I did spend a week revising…
Well, thank you, everyone who reviewed!!
Sugarquill: It was long wasn't it? Horribly long. ;) But the others won't be so long… like this one – it's short to me… but really it's quite long… you know, considering what it used to be! Yea… Lily's bash – just got done writing out Chapter 28. It'll be interesting. ;) Thanks for the review!
KeeperOfTheMoon: Lol – oh yea. School with Potter. But yes – hope you liked this chapter too! Thanks for reviewing everytime!
fairypixie3: Thank you!! And yea… didn't hurry too much did I? I have an excuse! I was done typing it up, but I couldn't post it when I wanted cause I had to thank all you lovely reviewers! But by then – I had a meeting that took hours (grad planning) and I couldn't post. *sighs* Sorry bout that! Hope you liked this chapter!
Moe23: Dakota's in fifth year. Is that a good 'ditzy' for you? I didn't want to make her brainless in anyway… but yes. And Sirius is forgiven, although I'm sure Remus will remember that faithful incident. Hope you liked this chapter!
kerry: omg thank you!! I'm glad you liked the chapter! Go me – yes that's right! Hope you enjoyed this one as well! Thanks for the review!!
Lily Smith: Thank you so much!! Hope you liked this one too. Although it was a tad odd, what with the whole Tampon thing… lol.
Nessie: Murphy's law – it can really be useful sometimes, can't it? LOL – you said that Genie is annoying, but my friend isn't? I take offence to that. OF COURSE SHE IS! Genie is nearly a carbon copy. I let her read all her parts, and I told her what you said and she laughed, and said: "Whatta you mean I'm not like that?" The whole 'temporary brain lapse' is very, very, very much like her. But she's not mean in any way… it's funny. But ANYWHO! Yea… and I didn't update Sunday… couldn't. I was nearly ready, but I wouldn't have been able to proof read or add thank you's to get it up by then. But I digress. Thanks for the review – like every time! Oh and guess what! My brother bought me a Legolas chocolate bar! How f*cking cool is that? His brand was PB and chocolate! My favourite – right up there with caramel. It was sooooo good! Anywho – I had to tell you! Right when he gave it to me I thought: "Have to tell Nessie!" So I did.
penpunk: One of the better ones you've read? Why thank you. I do enjoy Sirius. I enjoy writing him, too. And can I say wow? I loved all the information you gave me! I might use that in my story if I see the need to write more scenes with Rah-Sün explaining it and whatever. Thank you ever so much for the review!!
fuzzy-bunnys-enemy: French – you will learn – is a difficult language. Every damn rule has a God damn exception. And it drives me up a wall. But yes – thank you for the review. And… you're welcome for the story! You're the first person to thank me!! :):)
~sundust~: Ok – I think I'm in love with you. Lol – no but really, I love your review like there's no tomorrow!! James and Sirius… *drool* Do you think it said I am infatuated with make-believe characters? And that I am even more in love with Remus? Oh yes – you *did* forget to give me Remus. But seeing as he is already my pet, and unable to be given – all is forgiven. Lol – thank you so much for the review! Hope you liked this chapter, and the new Marauders. Lol.
everblue3: Alright – I love you. All 26 chapters? You reviewed every chapter… I think I'm going to be orgasmic. But then again maybe not… *looks back and forth suspiciously* Lol – but really – you and ~sundust~ are my new loves. Deep, deep love. I would love to comment on everything you wrote… but really… I can't. That'd take at least a page to itself, and my dinner is ready – *laughs*. So this is for you: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I think that gets my point across – doesn't it? No really… 26 reviews in one night… I couldn't stop smiling the rest of the night, and next day! Hope you liked this chapter too!!
And for people who reviewed other chapters! Crazy Cat Lady (Nice name. ;)), carolina (thank you so much! I like being one of the best!), Frankie (lol – thanks!!), baaaaaa (yes I have – and have cried all 10 times.) and everblue3 (for being the crazy psycho you are to take so much of your time for me!). Thank you all!!
And AngelGurl: No I haven't forgot about you!! I'm just waiting to see when I can add you, ok? Just send a review along my way so that I know you're still reading. ;) Cause if you got mad at me for not putting you in, and left… well. But just review saying that you're still with me, ok?
Hey – I just realized there's only a few chapters left of this story! OMG!! Only like… 3 or something. Then it's onto Year 7 with a *new* story!
OK! Thank you all for reading – and yea! Hope you guys read the parts I told you to in other chapters. :):):)
See you next week!! And don't forget to review because you all love me so much.
