FOREVER
Year Five
Part three
Subtitled: The Law of Unintended Consequences
Dedicated: To my friends who have been overwhelmingly supportive.
A/N - My grandfather just died a few minutes ago. Because of this I may not have the next chapter posted for a little while. Anyway I really enjoyed writing this chapter, it got my mind of things and I guess I just want to say that I really appreciate and love all of you and am so grateful for all the readers and reviews out there. SO enjoy!
Thanks to Parselmouth Granger, Fire Lizid, Carrie, Quack Quack 88, Lynx, Princess Hermione, LilyEvens, *Zoe*
Sunshine - Matty was Anna's original name, sorry if that was confusing!
Arwen - Hehe (Smiles evilly) I know I'm awful but I have to get them all mad at each other (It makes things much more interesting later.) ::Evil laugh::. But to be completely honest, I had a lot of trouble naming the new character Harry its just that the uses later ::hint hint:: were to good to pass up!
Gurlie 409 - Jeeze! DO you read my mind or something?? I read your review and just laughed. Most of your statements were right on target!
Valicity - Thanks and I'm going as fast as I can ::grin:: Unfortunately FF.Net keeps going down. GRR!!
Critical Reader - Living up to your name I see J ! Don't worry everything will be fixed soon enough!
Fizzy- Actually I was just toying with the idea of James and someone else. But then you'll see soon enough I'm sure.
Ginny- Whoa! I HAVE missed you but I'm so glad you're back! I've been kinda sad lately with my granddad and all so I guess that's why my chapters have been so depressing lately. Kissing under the stands, hmmm I didn't even think of that one! Hehe I love hearing your ideas! And trust me there are plenty of twists coming up! Plus I hope to eventually branch on to some outside issues too, like I with Voldemort, hint hint!
"You're James, right?" A very pretty Ravenclaw named Sarah asked as she caught up with James.
James paused and smiled. "Yeah, you're new right?" He asked as they walked to the Charms corridor.
"Yeah I'm Sarah, Sarah Phillips. Listen I hear you're really good at flying-"
James shrugged in what he hoped was a cool way.
"And since they didn't give flying lessons at my last school I was wondering if you could, you know, tutor me?" She smiled slightly and pushed a strand of blond hair out of her very pretty face.
James stared for a minute, collecting his cool. "Um, yeah, sure, when?"
"Friday? After dinner?" She asked smiling slightly at him.
"Yeah, okay, see you then." He said.
She smiled and bit her lip flirtatiously. "Alright, see you then." She said and walked away.
Remus, who had been watching the whole thing, cleared his throat. "Earth to James, hello!" He said waving his hand in front of James' eyes, which still were fixed on Sarah's retreating back.
"Huh?" James asked finally, as he tore his gaze from the corridor.
Remus just rose his eyebrows in an unspoken question and slipped into the Charms classroom not bothering to hide his amusement or his disgust. James didn't even notice the blow off.
*****
"Come on!" Sirius whispered as they tiptoed through the castle to Professor McGonagall's office.
"Why are we going here again?' Peter asked uneasily as they ran as quickly as possible without making any noise. Well, Peter, Sirius and Remus were, James was rather loud.
"Because she gave me detention." Sirius said scowling.
"So?" Remus asked, laughing quietly. "You always get detention."
"Yeah but this one I actually had to spend with --" he shuddered. "Mary Robbins." Sirius said, disgust clearly written on his face.
Remus snorted. "Mary Robbins, that third year Hufflepuff?"
"The one who follows you around?" Peter asked giggling.
"Yeah." Sirius said sullenly, obviously trying to avoid the thought. Suddenly there was a huge clang from behind them. Peter, Remus and Sirius spun around to find James sprawled in a pile of armor that he had put there.
"James," Remus groaned. "Why didn't you look where you were going."
Sirius glared at James' fallen figure. "Because he was daydreaming again about a certain Ravenclaw again." He said eyebrows shooting up and down suggestively.
"We're going to get caught." Peter whined as he stooped to help James up, not out of the kindness of his heart but out of pure and an adulterated fear of being caught.
"Astute observation, Mr. Pettigrew." A new voice said coolly. "The first of its kind from you, if I'm not mistaken."
Peter stood stock still while Remus and Sirius turned very slowly to face whomever the voice belonged to. Sirius blanched. "Why hello, Professor Avery." He said, laughing shakily. "Lovely evening for a stroll, eh?"
*****
"We have got to find a way to avoid the professors from now on." Peter whined as he stared at his raw hands. "If I have to scrub one more cauldron I'll…I'll kiss Snape."
"Well pucker up cause here's another one." James said dryly as he picked up the one nearest to him and hauled it next to Peter who looked ready to kill. Whether the look was directed at James or the cauldron is uncertain. "But you're on to something." James said thoughtfully after he had settled next to yet another cauldron.
"What do you mean?" Peter asked irritably as he picked up his brush again.
"We do need a way to find out where the professors are going to be ahead of time." Said James, his voice muffled as he was deep inside a particularly large cauldron.
"Oh? And how do you propose we do that?" Remus snapped his own hands on the verge of bleeding. "Get their schedules?"
"No," James said quietly as he chewed his lip. "Because that would only apply to what classes they have and when and we pull most of our pranks at night. What we need, is something to tell us where they're going to be at any given time in the castle or on the grounds." He paused his work and stared into oblivion, deep in thought.
"Good luck." Sirius laughed, shaking his head.
"I've got it!" James cried suddenly.
"What?" Remus asked eagerly.
James jumped out of his cauldron and ran to the door. "I can't tell you now but -" He had his hand on the knob. "Well just cover for me or something, ok?" He didn't wait for his answer and bounded out the room.
"You owe us!" Sirius called after him.
"This better be good!" Peter muttered. "He left five cauldrons unfinished."
*****
They found him hours later pouring over numerous books in library.
"What are you doing?" Sirius demanded and put a hand to James' forehead to check for a fever.
"I'm reading." James said irritably and swatted Sirius hand away, meanwhile his eyes never left the page.
"Are you alright James?" Peter asked in alarm. He nodded wordlessly and turned the page.
"Wow, being a prefect really has changed you." Remus said provocatively.
James tore his eyes away from the page long enough to glare at Remus before he immediately turned back to the book.
The three boys exchanged looks and Sirius cleared his throat. "Um, anyway its time for dinner." He said waiting expectantly for James to close his book.
"I'm not hungry." He said shortly.
"Alright we'll see you later then." Remus said eyebrows raised at James' tone and the left the library.
They pushed open the door to the Great Hall and walked over to their table. Sirius went to seat in his usual seat but saw another person in it. Swaggering over to the person confidently, he tapped on the boy's shoulder.
"Excuse me." Sirius said, taking more note than he liked to admit that the boy was Harry and he was sitting in his chair but next to Anna and was in deep conversation with her. Sirius, filled with jealously, did something not even he expected. "Will you go to Hogsmade with me next Saturday, Anna?" He blurted out. Several students sitting near Anna and Harry dropped their forks in amazement and more than one goggled in shock because one: suave Sirius Black did NOT blurt out dinner invitations and two: He did NOT ask out friends.
Anna, however, was neither shocked nor surprised. She looked him straight in the eye and smiled slightly. "No." She said simply and turned back to her conversation with Harry. The kids around them grew wide eyed and were unsure as to how to react for Anna had just made Hogwarts history and had done something no one else had. She had turned down Sirius Black.
*****
"But I thought you wanted him to ask you out?" Lily asked after dinner in their dorm.
"I did." Anna said quietly.
"So…what's the problem?" Lily asked as she got out her Charms homework.
Anan scowled into her pillow. "How can I explain this. He didn't ask me out cause he liked me." She said sighing.
Lily looked up in surprise. "Really?"
"Yeah, he didn't want me. He just didn't want anyone else to want me. Its still an ego thing with him and until he gets over that, well…" She fingered her tassels on the pillow.
"So is that why you said no?" Lily asked slowly.
Anna looked up and giggled. "Partly, but there IS half of me who thought he just needed to hear no once. He needs to realize that he can't just take what he wants, whenever he wants and drop it when he's done That is exactly what would have happened with me. He would have gone out with me just to 'show up' Harry and once he'd done that, he'd have gotten bored. " She smiled slightly. "Plus, the look on his face was absolutely classic." Lily took one look at her and they broke down into giggles.
*****
The portrait door swung open and James, exhausted but happy, staggered in. He glanced quickly around the room to locate his friends. He found them in their usual spots around the fire. "Hey guys!" He said as he plopped down next to them, not noticing Sirius' red face.
"Hey!" Peter said cheerfully.
"Hey Prongs" said Remus. Sirius only waved.
"So what are you guys doing? Planning tomorrows adventures?" He asked waggling his eyebrows.
The Peter and Remus exchanged looks. "Not really." Remus said and Peter burst into giggles. Sirius stayed uncharacteristically silent and continued to stare blankly into the fire.
"Hey what's with him?" James asked jerking his head in Sirius' general direction.
This, much to James' confusion, sent them into fresh peals of laughter while Sirius blank face changed into a scowl.
When Remus had calmed down enough to speak he turned to James. "Sirius got rejected." He said simply, a smile playing on his lips.
James didn't know whether to laugh or scoff. 'By who?" He asked incredulous.
Remus at this time was grinning. "Anna." He said shooting a glance at Sirius' face.
James burst out laughing. "Anna?" He gasped. "What were you thinking Padfoot? Did you really ask her out?"
There was no answer. "He's in shock." Peter explained.
"Or sulking, one of the two." Remus supplied, snorting.
"Well did you actually like her?" James asked as gently as possible.
Sirius turned around. "What kind of question is that?" He demanded.
"Whoa buddy, calm down. I'm just trying to help. Do you like her?" James repeated slowly.
Sirius mumbled something under his breath.
"What?" James asked.
"I don't know." He sighed, settling back into his chair in defeat. "Its just that, I dunno I think she's really nice and funny and stuff." He said his voice muffled by the over stuffed chair.
James and Remus exchanged looks. "AH, well I have something that might cheer you up." James said brightly and pulled something out of his bag.
"What?" Sirius asked sullenly looking very much like a child who had been sent to their room.
"This." He handed a piece of parchment to Remus.
"You spent six hours in the library on this? A blank bit of parchment?" He asked, shaking his head.
"Yes and no." James said smiling secretly. "Watch and learn my friend." He tapped the parchment with his wand and said. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Suddenly a map appeared.
"Whoa!" Peter gasped. "Look it says that Snape is in his dorm. This is awesome Prongs how did you do it?"
James shrugged. "Trick of the trade." he said easily. "But I'm rubbish at security curses and was wondering if you wanted to do it Sirius. You know, some kind of diversion." He handed it to Sirius and was pleased to see a bit of light come shining back in. "Oh you guys, I have to tutor Sarah Phillips tomorrow night, so I may be a little late to our..um..adventure, but I'll be there."
"Okay, and James?" Peter said.
"Yeah?"
"What's it called?" Peter asked gesturing to the Map.
"Oh, I dunno, What do you guys think?" He asked rubbing his head tiredly.
"The Marauders Map!" Peter said quickly.
"How original." Remus said wryly. "A self named map."
"I like it." Sirius said smile slightly.
"Me too." Said James.
"Alright." Remus sighed. "The marauder's map it is."
******
"Where's James?" Sirius asked looking about him.
"He had a prefect's meeting, remember?" Remus said, leaving the classroom.
"He and Lily got to miss Charms?" Sirius asked. "Man, I should have been a prefect."
"There's Black, the reject." A voice hissed in Sirius ear.
Sirius, fists clenched. "Oh yeah, one in three hundred. Definitely a reject." Sirius said coolly, poised to punch Snape, and shrink his overly large nose.
"Yeah, but when you're rejected by one of the people who knows you well as opposed to a stranger, it says something about you doesn't it? Perhaps your personality isn't as great as your looks?"
"Aw, you think I'm cute Snappey! I'm flattered." Sirius cooed, stepping threateningly at him.
"Gentleman." Professor Flitwick admonished and the boys grudgingly split up.
"I know those pathetic twits sneak off the grounds once a month and as soon as I find out what they do they'll be expelled. " Snape whispered to his friend as they walked by Sirius.
Sirius, not over the sting of Anna's rejection and angry, made a rash decision. He scribbled a note quickly and jogged passed Snape. He was careful to drop the note in Snape's eyesight.
Snape stooped to pick up the note and slowly unfolded it.
Peter,
Don't forget, tonight in the Whomping Willow is our secret meeting. Just prod the knot with a stick and walk through while its frozen. I'll see you there after moonrise.
Sirius
From his spot in the corner, Sirius grinned with satisfaction as Snape read the note.
*****
"So what do you want to work on?" James asked as they stood on the grounds after dinner.
Sarah bit her lip in thought, "well what do I need to know?" She asked as she toyed with a piece of loose hair.
"I guess the basic mechanics of brooms would be best." He said. "But we'll need to go inside for that."
Sarah grinned. "Okay, but I think someplace private would be best. We don't want any disturbances or anything."
"I know just the place." He said and lead her to the room he had found in their second year and had been affectionately named the red-room.
*****
Lily gazed out the window and sighed. It was a full moon. She felt bad for Remus and regretfully turned back to her homework, Out of the corner of her eye she saw a piece of parchment with moving dots all over it.
"Sirius must have left this." She said, shaking her head at her cousin's disorganization. At a closer glance though, it was more than just a piece of parchment. It was a map. Lily looked immediately to the grounds to see if Remus was sleeping. Much to her surprise and shock she saw Snape's figure moving towards the Whomping Willow at an alarming speed. She searched the map quickly for James' location and took off at full speed for the red room.
*****
Nothing Lily could have done could have prepared her for this. She, of course, knew that James liked Sarah and that him was tutoring her but, she had no idea they were this…er…intimate. She stared at their tangled figures and desperately tried to steel herself against the knife that was tearing her into pieces.
"James, Remus is going to bite Snape, hurry!" Even to her, or maybe because it WAS her, her voice sounded choked.
James jumped at her voice and even in his muddled state the urgency wasn't lost on him. He looked up in confusion. "What?" He asked slowly untangling himself from Sarah and strangely enough, feeling rather guilty.
Lily sighed in frustration. "Sirius is playing a prank on Severus and told him how to get into the Whomping Willow." She said gritting her teeth.
James snorted. "So?" he asked starting to sit back down.
"Tonight!" Lily hissed pointing out the window at the full mood.
The affect of that one word was instantaneous. James jumped up and bolted out the door with Lily hot on his trail. He paused only long enough to grab the map from her hands and wave bye.
He raced out the door as a burst of cool October air welcomed him. He shivered involuntarily and rocketed to the Whomping Willow with all the strength he could muster. He passed the Quidditch field and the Forbidden Forest, and despite the pitch black, from the light of the moon, an element he had previously cursed but now thanked, he reached the Whomping Willow just as the branches began moving again.
"Bloody HELL!" he cried as he frantically searched for the branch used to freeze the thrashing tree. Finally, out of pure desperation, he dove into the swinging wood and touched the knot himself. Bruised and scratched he ran into the tunnel. "Snape!" he cried, barely making out his form in the distance. He dug in his robes for his wand. "Lumos." He said, to light the passageway. James saw Snape near the end of the tunnel and sprinted toward him. Snape turned slowly around and much to his surprise was tackled by James.
"Potter." He growled and hit him square in the jaw. "I was just going to interrupt your little party!"
All of the sudden there was a lean, hard growl from behind them. Both boys stopped fighting and caught sight of a wolf in the door.
James, already badly hurt, groaned and pointed his wand at Snape. "Screw this." He gasped to himself rendered Snape unconscious. Using a hovering charm, he ran for his life, dragging Snape along for the ride.
"James!" A new voice cried disturbing the silence of the night. James jumped. He gasped as someone through all their weight onto him and held onto him by the neck.
"Lily?" he asked recognizing the red hair even through the darkness.
She let go and stepped back. "Oh my god!" she cried anxiously as she shined her light from her wand onto his face.
"I must look pretty bad, huh?" He asked, grinning through his split lip.
She nodded wordlessly.
"Jeeze, you look awful man!" Sirius said walking in from the shadows.
Lily and James both jumped in surprise.
"Nice black eye, Prongs." Peter commented wryly as he walked next Sirius.
"Thanks." James scowled.
"How'd you get it, anyway?" Sirius said with interest as he munched on an apple.
"I couldn't find the freezing stick and our buddy here," He jerked his head toward Snape. "didn't help." James sighed as he fingered his bruised face.
"You mean this stick?" Sirius asked holding up freezing stick in his other hand.
"Yeah." James said frowning, trying to figure out how Sirius got it, he was, after all, supposed to be joining Remus shortly as a dog. James shook his head and moved on to more pressing matters. "Well, anyway, Sirius we have trouble. Grease boy here knows about Remus." He gestured to Snape who was lying unconscious on the ground.
"No he doesn't." Sirius said calmly.
"He does. "James insisted stubbornly. "Somehow he knows how to get into the Whomping Willow."
"I know." Sirius said with out blinking an eye.
"How do you know?" James demanded, exasperated.
"I told him." Sirius said easily.
"You WHAT???" James cried as he thought how lucky Sirius was that his punching arm was injured.
Sirius, uncaring of James' reaction, laughed. "I told him, pretty good joke, huh Prongs?"
James mouthed at him furiously for a moment.. "Are you out of your bloody mind?" He asked finally finding his tongue. "Remus almost bit him. Not only would Snape be werewolf then, but Remus would be kicked out. Is that what you want?" He said yelling at the top of his lungs.
Lily placed a calming hand on James' arm. "Shhh." She said comfortingly.
James took no heed. "Is that what you want?"
Sirius became increasingly paler as his friend continued. "I had no idea." He whispered finally. "I didn't think-"
"No, I don't suppose you did." James snapped.
"Is this party by invitation only?" A new voice said from behind.
Sirius turned around as he was the only one not facing the new person. "Hello Professor Avery." He said, grinning. "We can't go on meeting like this."
"Indeed," said Professor Avery. "This has to be a record Mr. Black. The second time in a week. I think I shall take great pleasure in taking you all to Professor Dumbledore personally." He quickly assessed the situation taking special note of Lily's hand on James, James' bloody nose, black eye, split lip, and broken glasses and Snape's unconscious figure. "So it seems this time you are not only wandering the grounds at night but participating in fights and illegal coed activities."
"Professor?" James asked, confused as to the last one.
Professor Avery grinned. "You and Ms. Evans, Potter. " He said jerking his head in their general direction. Lily immediately removed her hand and blushed at the full implication of the statement. "Follow me, won't you?" He said amiably as though Christmas had come early.
Sirius scowled. "Maybe we'll be expelled." He whispered gloomily to Peter. "That would sure make his day." Peter allowed himself a small smile but the rest of the walk was spent in relative silence, broken only by Professor Avery who was so cheerful that he actually started humming, unaware or uncaring of the nasty looks being sent his way.
They entered Dumbledore's office all looking quite upset except, of course, for Professor Avery who was exuberant and Snape who was still out cold. Dumbledore surveyed them all with a stern countenance so rarely seen on him that it made Lily's palms sweat and James' stomach plummet. "Professor, would you please awake Mr. Snape."
Avery stood over Snape and muttered a few words. Seconds later, he sat up groaning, his own face containing a few bruises as well. "Ms. Evans, would you please help Mr. Snape into a chair."
Lily nodded wordlessly and help Snape into the nearest armchair. Professor Dumbledore nodded, satisfied with the situation he turned to Avery. "What exactly is the charge?"
Avery grinned. "Roaming the grounds after curfew- Ms. Evans, Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, Mr. Pettigrew, and…erm…Mr. Snape." He added grudgingly. "engaging in fights - Mr. Potter, who attacked Mr. Snape."
"That's not true!" Sirius cried out in protest looking as though he could easily slit Avery's throat if Dumbledore wasn't in the room.
Dumbledore held up a hand to silence him. "Continue professor."
"And participation in illegal coed activities in the part of Ms. Evans and Mr. Potter." Avery finished looking quite pleased with himself. Snape sat up tensely, looking suddenly very awake.
"Thank you Professor." Dumbledore said, nodding his head. "Will you please excuse us now?"
Professor Avery nodded, looking slightly put out at having to leave, but swept from the room anyway.
Dumbledore took off his glasses and sighed. "You all are aware, of course, of the seriousness of these charges? Especially since two of you are prefects?"
They all nodded mutely.
"Very well, Mr. Black why don't you give your version of what happened first."
Sirius nodded. "It started today during classes. Snape was taunting me so I decided to get back at him. I…I wrote down a note that was supposedly to Peter explaining how to freeze the Whomping Willow and to get to the other side."
"How did you come across this information yourself?" Dumbledore asked gravely.
Sirius hesitated and made a hasty decision. "Remus told me sir." He said quietly,
Dumbledore nodded. "I expected as much. Than I can guess you are all aware of Remus' condition?" Everyone but Snape nodded.
"He's a werewolf, isn't he?" Snape asked venomously. Everyone nodded.
"Please continue, Mr. Black." Dumbledore said, ignoring Snape's question.
"I then dropped in front of him because I knew he'd pick it up, nosy git." Sirius said shooting murderous glares in Snape's direction.
"That'll be quite enough Mr. Black."
"Sorry Professor. Anyway, I took the freezing stick, so Snape couldn't actually get into the Whomping Willow just get beat up a bit, you know teach him to mind his own business but somehow he got in anyway." Sirius said looking very guilty.
"Is that all?" Dumbledore asked, suddenly looking very tired. Sirius nodded. "Then from that I am to presume that you were willing to risk your friend's situation at this school and Mr. Snape's life over your pride?"
Sirius hung his head in shame and nodded.
"You were very reckless, Mr. Black, but I don't think you meant any real harm. You may go back to your dorm, report back here in the morning after breakfast to receive your punishment." Sirius nodded and left quickly.
"Mr. Pettigrew?" Dumbledore asked Peter.
"My story's the same as Sirius except I didn't know about the note until after it had happened, I had gone outside with him tonight because I thought we were going to-" He paused as he thought about what to say. After all he couldn't very well say the truth which was that he was going to turn into an Animagus and be with his werewolf friend. "Pull a prank." he said finally.
Dumbledore nodded and excused him also with the same instructions about the morning. "Ms. Evans?"
Lily bit her lip and chose her words very carefully as Dumbledore couldn't know about the map or the fact that Sirius, James, and Peter were Animagus. " I was doing my homework when I looked outside and saw Severus headed toward the Whomping Willow. It's a full moon and I know about Remus, so I ran to find James."
"Why James?" Dumbledore interrupted.
Lily thought quickly. "I knew Sirius and Peter were playing a prank, I didn't know what though, and James was the only other person who knew about Remus. So I interrupted his tutoring session with Sarah Phillips and he ran out after Severus. I grew really anxious and ran out after him after about five minutes and found him after he had saved Severus, that's when Professor Avery found us."
"I see." He said quietly. "Mr. Snape?"
"I knew Potter, Black, Pettigrew and Lupin were up to something and I told Black so when Potter was at a prefect's meeting. That git couldn't take an insult and set up his plan to kill me. I, I'm sorry to say, stepped right into it and would have been killed if Potter didn't lose his backbone at the last minute and "saved me"." Snape said bitterly feeling utterly miserable as his head was pounding, his pride bruised, and, according to Professor Avery, his girlfriend cheating on him with his worst enemy and her ex boyfriend. "Maybe Macnair and all of them were right. Maybe I should dump her, after all, she is just a mudblood." Snape though as he sulked.
Dumbledore sighed. "Very well Mr. Snape, you are excused. Please see me in the morning. Oh, and Mr. Snape, if you value your time at this school you won't utter a word about Mr. Lupin's condition. If you do you will face expulsion." Dumbledore said crisply as Snape reached the door. As the door closed behind him Dumbledore turned to Lily and James.
"James, shall we hear your version?" Dumbledore asked tiredly.
James nodded and took a deep breath. "I was tutoring Sarah Phillips when Lily ran in and told me about Snape. I ran out to the Whomping Willow. I couldn't find the freezing stick so I dove in and touched the knot myself. That's why I got so beat up Professor, not because we were fighting. Anyway I saw Snape at the end of the tunnel but he wouldn't come back so I tackled him and made him unconscious. I ran outside because Remus was breaking out of the shrieking shack and outside I met up with Lily, Peter, and Sirius." James said as he toyed with his broken glasses.
"Let me see them James." Lily said kindly and he handed her them. She muttered a few words and they came back together. "I thought you only needed these for reading." She said quietly and handed them back.
"I do but I was reading when you found me." James grinned. "Well sort of."
Lily smiled painfully.
"I can then assume that the two of you weren't actually involved in anything when Professor Avery found you?"
James and Lily shook their heads both blushing furiously. "Very well. I want to thank both of you. What you did was very brave. 100 points to Gryffindor for James and 50 for Lily. James you might want to report to the hospital wing and get looked at. There's no real need for the two of you to see me with the others tomorrow. Goodnight." He disappeared and Lily and James walked in silence to the Hospital Wing.
A/N - My dad and I were talking about the law of unintended consequences, and believe it or not it does apply tot his chapter. Basically that law is when you do, say, or make something that has repercussions that you couldn't or didn't foresee. For instance in this chapter, If Anna hadn't turned Sirius down, he wouldn't have sent Snape to the Whomping Willow and if Professor Avery hadn't caught them the first time, James wouldn't have thought of the map. And if James hadn't thought of the map, Lily wouldn't have been able to find James and James wouldn't have been able to save Snape, ect. Okay sorry I'm done rambling now! J
