Lily heard a soft noise. She looked outside her room. Nobody. But she could feel their presence. Quickly she changed into a more appropriate outfit and started following them. They were going outside somewhere. Hiding behind every tree and every shadow, she let the boys lead her towards their hiding place. She was used to being totally silent and hiding that way because her sister was usually her babysitter and due to her despotic attitude she always had to hide and crawl around when she wanted to get some food or find a book she'd left somewhere.
It was a bright night; the moon was full which made it easy to see. When they arrived they took off their cloak. That was Lily's chance. Using a little spell to create wind she made the cloak fly away. It went far enough for James not to see it, just as she'd planed.
"My cloak!" James exclaimed, and was about to run away.
"There's no time for that," Pettigrew said and pointed at his watch. James nodded.
Lily really didn't know what was going on. She just grabbed the cloak put it on and followed them silently. Then she saw it. They were all turning into animals. Lily's now invisible eyes widened in shock. Now she had something to blackmail them with. Trying not to make too much noise, she went out again and left the cloak on some tree. It was her chance to have her revenge...
"Hm, more love letters...I'm not dating someone until next week." James said bored looking at his mail while eating breakfast.
"Don't you think your 'no dating for a month after breaking up' policy is a bit... well... stupid?" Remus asked his friend.
"Girls would call me a player otherwise," he answered with a charming smile.
"You are," Lupin replied eating.
"Yes, but I don't want to seem one, do I?"
"Whatever."
As he was looking at his mail he found something that caught his attention.
"From Lily Evans? Oooh Sirius will kill me!" he said more amused than scared.
"Let me see... I'll see you at the secret spot today at 6. Lily Evans... do you think she'll confess?"
"Nah, she hates my guts. But I'm not missing this anyway," he said with a little grin.
"So, why did you want to see me cutie?" James asked, showing off his ego.
"It's not like I really want to see you, and tell your friend to take off that thing. If he's going to listen he can at least show his face," Lily answered irritably. That guy...! Was he always so conceited? She'd never paid him much attention, even if he was a good student she didn't care about him. Now he was just a real pain.
Sirius obeyed Lily's orders immediately, took off the cloak and remained silent.
"Now, I have some useful information I'd like to trade."
"What information? My blood type?" James asked not taking her too seriously.
"Well...let's just say you're cuter when you're an animal... especially because you can't talk," she said, grinning. James' expression changed, this was the first time she'd see him serious.
"What do you want?"
"I want you to stop that rumor about me and Dumbledore."
"Fine, but are you actually dating him?"
"I've said it at least one hundred times, I am NOT dating him! He was just tutoring me!"
"I see... maybe I'll believe it. Anyway, to convince everybody you'll have to date someone else," he said immediately spotting the chance of helping his friend, "otherwise it won't work."
"I don't want to date anyone and besides, who would I date?" Well, lots of guys did like her but she couldn't just play with someone...
"How about Sirius?" James asked, smiling. Lily looked at him.
"Fine, but it'll be just an act."
"Deal. Tomorrow morning I'll tell everybody you're not really dating Dumbledore, it was a misunderstanding, later you must make sure someone finds you kissing-"
"Kissing?!" Lily asked shocked.
"...kissing Sirius. They must believe they caught you off guard so it's more credible."
"I'm not kissing anyone!" she shrieked.
"Do you want rumors to stop or not?"
"...Fine..." she mumbled. If she'd looked at Sirius she would have noticed how red he was. He didn't say anything; he didn't know what to say. He did like the idea of dating Lily... but was fake dating enough for him? It was better than total rejection...
The next day everything went just as they had planed. In the morning James told everybody he was wrong and later Lily and Sirius were found kissing in the classroom when nobody had arrived. Soon all the rumors had stopped... but new ones had started.
"So she's dating Black? Whoa I had no idea!"
Lily sighed. At least Albus wouldn't be involved anymore. But she would...
That night Lily couldn't sleep. She heard some steps outside, but didn't see anyone.
"I know it's you, Potter," she said out loud. He took off his cloak.
"What do you want, Evans?"
Before Lily could answer they heard more steps. Quickly he covered himself and her with the invisibility cloak.
"Who's there?" a teacher asked. They didn't answer. Quietly James led her outside and didn't take off the cloak until they were outside.
"Why did you bring me here?!" Lily asked, angry.
"It's your fault for coming out in first place. Now you're coming with me or going back alone, you pick."
Lily sighed. She couldn't go back alone, she'd be discovered. So the best thing to do was just follow James.
"I'll go with you. But you'd better hurry up doing whatever you have to do!"
"Don't worry, you'll be in bed on time, princess," he answered grinning. He was a real jerk... at least to Lily. Princess... why was he calling her that anyway?
After walking around they finally arrived. "Here we are," James said looking at a little hurt unicorn.
"I didn't know you liked unicorns..."
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me," he simply answered. Using his wand he healed it.
"I couldn't heal it the other day because I was an animal. Now it's fine." he said looking at the animal with a tender smile. Lily smiled too. He wasn't that bad, was he? Yeah, he was. But at least he was getting a tiny bit better...
"Let's go back princess, you must be tired."
"Actually... it's nice out here, can't we stay a little longer?" Lily didn't know what came over her to say that, she just did. Maybe it was the breeze or the unicorn... Or maybe someone had fed her drugs while she wasn't looking.
"Sure, I guess, but are you sure you want everybody to see your sleepy face tomorrow?" James teased her.
"Why should I care?"
"I thought you cared about what others said... You're always wearing those ribbons and looking so perfect it makes anyone sick." So that was why he was calling her princess.
"Well believe it or not I'm not a showoff like you! I just did it to impress someone..."
"May I know who?"
"That's none of your business!"
"Whoa, looks like the princess got mad," he teased her once more, "you know, you can get anyone you want in this school."
"Not him..." she said looking at the floor a tiny bit sad.
"Why don't you ask some of your friends for help or something?"
"I have no friends I can trust."
"That's weird, you're really popular. You must feel lonely..."
"Not really."
"Are you sure?"
Lily looked at the floor once more. She hadn't thought about it. Did she feel lonely? Sometimes she needed someone to trust... "Uhm..."
"You do. We all need friends. It's a curse but we're humans."
Lily looked at the boy. He'd suddenly transformed. He wasn't that immature jock he'd been a while before, he was... nicer. How did that stupid jerk turned into a sensitive guy? She wondered how many people had seen that other face of his.
"What?" he asked when he noticed she was staring at him.
"Nothing..."
"Your nothings don't mean nothing, do they?" he asked smirking, "I guess you and Sirius were made for each other."
"I'm not interested in Sirius."
"Give him a chance, he really likes you." James really wanted to help his friend. Maybe his true personality was nice... then why the heck did he show around his idiot self?!
"I know but..." her eyes saddened, "I do like someone else, I know what it feels like when your love isn't corresponded. If I loved everybody back then I'd have... lots and lots of boyfriends."
James nodded, "I know what you mean, it's awful to break people's hearts, isn't it?" Finally there was someone Lily could relate to. Being "perfect" wasn't easy. It was a double curse: lots of people she didn't like liked her and her love wasn't corresponded. She was destined to suffer twice what a real person suffers when their love is one sided.
"Yeah..."
Lily smiled.
"Thanks."
"Why are you thanking me, princess? I kidnapped you."
"Silly," she said giggling. James smiled. She was finally getting used to him.
"Let's get going or it'll become too late, even I have to sleep."
"All right, let's go."
After a long walk they returned. It had been their first adventure together and it wouldn't be the last one.
To be continued...
It was a bright night; the moon was full which made it easy to see. When they arrived they took off their cloak. That was Lily's chance. Using a little spell to create wind she made the cloak fly away. It went far enough for James not to see it, just as she'd planed.
"My cloak!" James exclaimed, and was about to run away.
"There's no time for that," Pettigrew said and pointed at his watch. James nodded.
Lily really didn't know what was going on. She just grabbed the cloak put it on and followed them silently. Then she saw it. They were all turning into animals. Lily's now invisible eyes widened in shock. Now she had something to blackmail them with. Trying not to make too much noise, she went out again and left the cloak on some tree. It was her chance to have her revenge...
"Hm, more love letters...I'm not dating someone until next week." James said bored looking at his mail while eating breakfast.
"Don't you think your 'no dating for a month after breaking up' policy is a bit... well... stupid?" Remus asked his friend.
"Girls would call me a player otherwise," he answered with a charming smile.
"You are," Lupin replied eating.
"Yes, but I don't want to seem one, do I?"
"Whatever."
As he was looking at his mail he found something that caught his attention.
"From Lily Evans? Oooh Sirius will kill me!" he said more amused than scared.
"Let me see... I'll see you at the secret spot today at 6. Lily Evans... do you think she'll confess?"
"Nah, she hates my guts. But I'm not missing this anyway," he said with a little grin.
"So, why did you want to see me cutie?" James asked, showing off his ego.
"It's not like I really want to see you, and tell your friend to take off that thing. If he's going to listen he can at least show his face," Lily answered irritably. That guy...! Was he always so conceited? She'd never paid him much attention, even if he was a good student she didn't care about him. Now he was just a real pain.
Sirius obeyed Lily's orders immediately, took off the cloak and remained silent.
"Now, I have some useful information I'd like to trade."
"What information? My blood type?" James asked not taking her too seriously.
"Well...let's just say you're cuter when you're an animal... especially because you can't talk," she said, grinning. James' expression changed, this was the first time she'd see him serious.
"What do you want?"
"I want you to stop that rumor about me and Dumbledore."
"Fine, but are you actually dating him?"
"I've said it at least one hundred times, I am NOT dating him! He was just tutoring me!"
"I see... maybe I'll believe it. Anyway, to convince everybody you'll have to date someone else," he said immediately spotting the chance of helping his friend, "otherwise it won't work."
"I don't want to date anyone and besides, who would I date?" Well, lots of guys did like her but she couldn't just play with someone...
"How about Sirius?" James asked, smiling. Lily looked at him.
"Fine, but it'll be just an act."
"Deal. Tomorrow morning I'll tell everybody you're not really dating Dumbledore, it was a misunderstanding, later you must make sure someone finds you kissing-"
"Kissing?!" Lily asked shocked.
"...kissing Sirius. They must believe they caught you off guard so it's more credible."
"I'm not kissing anyone!" she shrieked.
"Do you want rumors to stop or not?"
"...Fine..." she mumbled. If she'd looked at Sirius she would have noticed how red he was. He didn't say anything; he didn't know what to say. He did like the idea of dating Lily... but was fake dating enough for him? It was better than total rejection...
The next day everything went just as they had planed. In the morning James told everybody he was wrong and later Lily and Sirius were found kissing in the classroom when nobody had arrived. Soon all the rumors had stopped... but new ones had started.
"So she's dating Black? Whoa I had no idea!"
Lily sighed. At least Albus wouldn't be involved anymore. But she would...
That night Lily couldn't sleep. She heard some steps outside, but didn't see anyone.
"I know it's you, Potter," she said out loud. He took off his cloak.
"What do you want, Evans?"
Before Lily could answer they heard more steps. Quickly he covered himself and her with the invisibility cloak.
"Who's there?" a teacher asked. They didn't answer. Quietly James led her outside and didn't take off the cloak until they were outside.
"Why did you bring me here?!" Lily asked, angry.
"It's your fault for coming out in first place. Now you're coming with me or going back alone, you pick."
Lily sighed. She couldn't go back alone, she'd be discovered. So the best thing to do was just follow James.
"I'll go with you. But you'd better hurry up doing whatever you have to do!"
"Don't worry, you'll be in bed on time, princess," he answered grinning. He was a real jerk... at least to Lily. Princess... why was he calling her that anyway?
After walking around they finally arrived. "Here we are," James said looking at a little hurt unicorn.
"I didn't know you liked unicorns..."
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me," he simply answered. Using his wand he healed it.
"I couldn't heal it the other day because I was an animal. Now it's fine." he said looking at the animal with a tender smile. Lily smiled too. He wasn't that bad, was he? Yeah, he was. But at least he was getting a tiny bit better...
"Let's go back princess, you must be tired."
"Actually... it's nice out here, can't we stay a little longer?" Lily didn't know what came over her to say that, she just did. Maybe it was the breeze or the unicorn... Or maybe someone had fed her drugs while she wasn't looking.
"Sure, I guess, but are you sure you want everybody to see your sleepy face tomorrow?" James teased her.
"Why should I care?"
"I thought you cared about what others said... You're always wearing those ribbons and looking so perfect it makes anyone sick." So that was why he was calling her princess.
"Well believe it or not I'm not a showoff like you! I just did it to impress someone..."
"May I know who?"
"That's none of your business!"
"Whoa, looks like the princess got mad," he teased her once more, "you know, you can get anyone you want in this school."
"Not him..." she said looking at the floor a tiny bit sad.
"Why don't you ask some of your friends for help or something?"
"I have no friends I can trust."
"That's weird, you're really popular. You must feel lonely..."
"Not really."
"Are you sure?"
Lily looked at the floor once more. She hadn't thought about it. Did she feel lonely? Sometimes she needed someone to trust... "Uhm..."
"You do. We all need friends. It's a curse but we're humans."
Lily looked at the boy. He'd suddenly transformed. He wasn't that immature jock he'd been a while before, he was... nicer. How did that stupid jerk turned into a sensitive guy? She wondered how many people had seen that other face of his.
"What?" he asked when he noticed she was staring at him.
"Nothing..."
"Your nothings don't mean nothing, do they?" he asked smirking, "I guess you and Sirius were made for each other."
"I'm not interested in Sirius."
"Give him a chance, he really likes you." James really wanted to help his friend. Maybe his true personality was nice... then why the heck did he show around his idiot self?!
"I know but..." her eyes saddened, "I do like someone else, I know what it feels like when your love isn't corresponded. If I loved everybody back then I'd have... lots and lots of boyfriends."
James nodded, "I know what you mean, it's awful to break people's hearts, isn't it?" Finally there was someone Lily could relate to. Being "perfect" wasn't easy. It was a double curse: lots of people she didn't like liked her and her love wasn't corresponded. She was destined to suffer twice what a real person suffers when their love is one sided.
"Yeah..."
Lily smiled.
"Thanks."
"Why are you thanking me, princess? I kidnapped you."
"Silly," she said giggling. James smiled. She was finally getting used to him.
"Let's get going or it'll become too late, even I have to sleep."
"All right, let's go."
After a long walk they returned. It had been their first adventure together and it wouldn't be the last one.
To be continued...
