Disclaimer: I am not J.K so this is not mine. J.K owns the world and the
Marauders. I own some of the characterization and the original characters.
That's it I'm very sorry to say. I wish I owned it but alas, I do not.
Author's Note: Sorry about the long wait. I had written a chapter but I felt it was horrible and I tossed it. That was how bad I thought it was. This one I feel is a bit better and it balances out the fluff. This one is longer than the last chapter and I feel it pulls us back in the time that the story takes place in. I have given a date so we have more of an idea when it takes place, not just winter. This was a hard chapter to write because I had to go from fluff to drama which is hard to do. I don't want to give anything away so I am going to be quiet now. This chapter is dedicated not to a single person but to fan fiction writers everywhere. Hope you all enjoy it.
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"L.V."
The sun streaked through the window, it was a beautiful day. The sun played off of the freshly fallen snow that blanked Hogwarts. It was December twenty fourth, Christmas Eve. James yawned and went to sit up when the memorizes of last night rushed back into his mind and he remember it all. This was going to be the best Christmas ever he thought. He was with his girl and his friends, nothing was going to go wrong and everything was going to be right. Lily was his girl, it sounded so right. Looking at his shoulder he could see that she was still sleeping there. He would be surprised if she had ever made use of her dorm bed for he had seen her there more than once this week alone. James thought about getting up, maybe grabbing some breakfast and causing some trouble to celebrate but when he shifted Lily stirred and he didn't want to wake her up, she looked so peaceful, like an angel. He sat back and went to get his wand but Lily happened to be leaning on his shoulder and made it impossible. He would have to wait.
Peter, Remus, and Sirius meanwhile were sleeping peacefully up in their dorms. It was silent except for the few snores in the room, silent until the alarm went off anyway. James alarm, which was set for seven am went off, the snitch making a very loud ringing sound and spinning around the room. Remus rolled over and pulled back his curtain, his eyes were very sleepy as he looked for the alarm clock. This, he remembered, was why he had wanted to throw it away.
"James! Turn that off!" Sirius yelled from under his pillow, his voice muffled. It continued, becoming louder and more annoy every second. "James, get your arse out of bed and turn that thing off!" Sirius yelled placing his head under the pillow.
"Sleep.not morning.sleep." Peter mumbled from his bed. Remus, awning slowly got up. Heavy bags were under his eyes and his hair was sticking up at rather odd angles. Looking up he caught sight of the alarm clock, it was close to the ceiling and in order for him to reach it he would have to stand on James bed. Pulling back the curtain he noticed that James wasn't there. Hopping onto the bed he reached for the alarm but missed, trying again he nearly fell.
"Forget this." He said taking his wand from his bedside table. With a wave the alarm fell to the bed and bounced on the mattress. "Sirius do you think James would mind if I maybe broke this?"
"Remus, all I care about right now is getting back to sleep. Do what you want." Sirius pulled the curtains further around his bed, blocking out the light that crept through the curtain from the nearby window. Remus considered breaking the alarm but decided against it. Remus wasn't sure where James had gotten it and for all he knew it might have been a present from James' parent and that, no matter the real value, made it priceless. Remus considered going back to bed but he knew it was impossible, besides he had stuff to do today. He still had to wrap the presents he had bought and pick up something for Gwen. He might as well go to Hogsmeade soon before the rest of the late shoppers started out. He couldn't wrap his gifts yet anyway, he had given them to Sky to hold for safe keeping as Sirius and James had the habit of snooping around for their gifts. Grapping his bathrobe from the nearby hook he decided to go and take a bath in the prefects' bathroom to wake himself up. He picked up a pair of slacks and a blue sweater and went downstairs.
James turned at the sound; somebody was coming down the boys' staircase. He couldn't believe one of the boys was getting up this early; he was the only one who got up this early. Turning his head as much as possible he saw Remus hop down the last few steps. With his free arm he motioned for Remus to be quiet and to come near him for a moment.
"Morning James." Remus whispered, "I see things went well." He continued referring to Lily.
James looked down at the sleeping angel. "Things went more than fine Remus and I can thank you for that."
"Well go ahead." James looked confused for a second. "Go on James, thank me." Remus grinned and James returned his smile.
"Thanks." He said sincerely, looking back at Lily he looked back up, "Really, thank you."
"You're welcome Prongs. Now if you want to do me a favor. I can clearly see that neither the Head Boy nor the Head Girl are going to be using their bathroom right now so do you mind if I use it? The Prefects one is always crowed in the morning."
"Sure, the password is Suds." James whispered,
"Thanks." Remus turned and exited very quietly. As if to prove James point about girl rising early than most boys Sky and a few of her friends walked down the stairs, dressed and obviously on their way to breakfast. Sky, who saw them smiled and the girls left in a fit of almost silent giggles. James felt his cheeks blush a bit, something he hardly ever did. James was very thankful when his owl came flying in through the window, carrying in it's beak a few letters and the Daily Prophet. The letters were really of no importance, most of them at least. Two piece of junk mail from Quidditch Players United advertising new broomsticks and quaffle designs. A few Merry Christmas letters were also in the group. One from a friend of his mothers' who had particularly nice since her death, one from a few of his graduated friends and one from Voldermort. On the front there were reindeer flying around a small house on the outside and inside, in a very fancy green inked script, read;
Potter, I wish you a Merry Christmas and I would like to give you a small present. You can find it on the first page of the Daily Prophet. Do enjoy you holidays.
~ L.V.
Voldermort had started to send James letters whenever he did something particularly evil and cruel since his parents' murder. He seemed to revel in the fact that James couldn't do anything but sit and watch as Voldermort killed his family and innocent people. He never signed it Lord Voldermort but the L.V. was easy enough to figure out. Not a soul knew about the letters, only James and it tore him up. With shaking hands he picked up the paper and unrolled it. His throat catching at the headline. It read; HORROR AT HOSPITAL: YOU-KNOW-WHOS LATEST ATTACK
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Erin has done it again! I was leaving it without the headline but she told me unless I wanted to be murdered in my sleep I had to put one so I did. Next chapter will have the information of the attack and a conversation or two. I was thinking g about Voldermort and he does seem to be full of himself so I thought he might brag. Jack the Ripper send letters to the police while he was at large so Voldermort might do something similar. I hope it works ok. Now I would like to thank all those who reviewed the last chapter. I know that there is a 24 hour delay before I can see my reviews so I sent in a marker and started thanked everyone who appeared before it. If I miss you I am very sorry. Just tell me and I will try my best to make it up.
Tta: Thanks! I was nervous everyone would be upset at the length but you agree with me. It had to end there. I added the conversation at the beginning but that was the most I could do. I want to thank you always reviewing. It makes me really happy to see that someone has stuck with it.
SasseeSam: Hi Sam! Don't worry about it. Thanks! I loved the new chapter in R2B by the way. Great story. I love the plot and Harry is so cute! I really love it so if I write a chapter that gets you in the mood to write I am going to have to update a lot more because I love your stuff. You are a great writer and you capture little Harry perfectly. I hope your computer is better. I read that it was acting up. Ttyl
Kristatwen: Hi Krista! I cried too (stupid fluff!) Here is some more as you requested. I hope you like this one.
Annon: Don't worry about repeating the reviews. I love any and all feedback no matter how many times it is there. I know what you mean, sometimes they don't show up. When that happens I review again too. I hope you like this chapter.
Blank: Just putting your second one in Annon. Thanks!
Sweet Star: Thanks! I was worried I would kill you all with the fluff but you liked it! I hope this one was ok.
Sweet Star: Yup, more fluff! I love writing fluff it's a lot of fun to write fluff. I just get to write the romantic life that we all dream about.
Rosh: I'm happy you liked the ending! Thanks! This one was longer to make up for the last one being very short. I hope you like this one and thank you so much for the review.
Liz: Peter has a girlfriend (I don't know for how long thought). Remember Mel? She is his girlfriend, for the moment at least.
Liz: Don't worry about them. They were undefeated in our age group and we beat them 5-1. We had an error that allowed the one run in or we would have shut them out. Trust me that got them upset. Thanks!
Erin: Hi Erin! Thank you for everything! From helping me with my writing to answering my dumb questions. Don't get skinned alive! We need you too much and you are too good of a friend. Bea was great! I can't get that song out of my head now! Lol, * puts on cd, listens to song * nope, it's still there. TTYL, Au Revoir!
Annon: Hi! I'll look at those fics, thanks for telling me about them. I mostly get my ideas from the plot bunnies that won't get out of my head and from music. In order to get the most recent reviews I go into the reviews, go to show reviews for a prior chapter and then go back to show all reviews that seems to work. Ttyl.
FutureInTheStarz: Thank you! I always felt there had to be a reason behind the name Snuffles so I had to do that. I want to try and explain a few things that I have some ideas on. I am going to do one more thing like that pretty soon. Thanks for the review and I hope you liked this chapter as well.
PadfootBeatsAll: First off, I love your name! It is so cute and so true! I love Sirius, that's why I made my name Katie Black. Thank you so much, Sirius' engagement was cute. I will continue. Hope you like this one as well.
Nicoliewolie: Hi! Thank you so much! I do plan on writing it until then and if I can I plan on writing counterparts to the story such as Remus' time between the end of this story and Goblet of Fire as well as with Sirius and any other characters which survive this story. I would say who but I don't want to give anything away. I will keep writing, I live to write at this point because I love it so much. Lily and Arabella are lucky. Where is my Sirius, James, or Remus? I want to know where he went. I hope you liked this chapter too. Ttyl.
Everyone see those people, I thanked every single one of them and I will thank you too but I need your name so if you just click on that button that says review and put in a few words I'll thank you. Until the next chapter. ~ Katie Black
Author's Note: Sorry about the long wait. I had written a chapter but I felt it was horrible and I tossed it. That was how bad I thought it was. This one I feel is a bit better and it balances out the fluff. This one is longer than the last chapter and I feel it pulls us back in the time that the story takes place in. I have given a date so we have more of an idea when it takes place, not just winter. This was a hard chapter to write because I had to go from fluff to drama which is hard to do. I don't want to give anything away so I am going to be quiet now. This chapter is dedicated not to a single person but to fan fiction writers everywhere. Hope you all enjoy it.
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"L.V."
The sun streaked through the window, it was a beautiful day. The sun played off of the freshly fallen snow that blanked Hogwarts. It was December twenty fourth, Christmas Eve. James yawned and went to sit up when the memorizes of last night rushed back into his mind and he remember it all. This was going to be the best Christmas ever he thought. He was with his girl and his friends, nothing was going to go wrong and everything was going to be right. Lily was his girl, it sounded so right. Looking at his shoulder he could see that she was still sleeping there. He would be surprised if she had ever made use of her dorm bed for he had seen her there more than once this week alone. James thought about getting up, maybe grabbing some breakfast and causing some trouble to celebrate but when he shifted Lily stirred and he didn't want to wake her up, she looked so peaceful, like an angel. He sat back and went to get his wand but Lily happened to be leaning on his shoulder and made it impossible. He would have to wait.
Peter, Remus, and Sirius meanwhile were sleeping peacefully up in their dorms. It was silent except for the few snores in the room, silent until the alarm went off anyway. James alarm, which was set for seven am went off, the snitch making a very loud ringing sound and spinning around the room. Remus rolled over and pulled back his curtain, his eyes were very sleepy as he looked for the alarm clock. This, he remembered, was why he had wanted to throw it away.
"James! Turn that off!" Sirius yelled from under his pillow, his voice muffled. It continued, becoming louder and more annoy every second. "James, get your arse out of bed and turn that thing off!" Sirius yelled placing his head under the pillow.
"Sleep.not morning.sleep." Peter mumbled from his bed. Remus, awning slowly got up. Heavy bags were under his eyes and his hair was sticking up at rather odd angles. Looking up he caught sight of the alarm clock, it was close to the ceiling and in order for him to reach it he would have to stand on James bed. Pulling back the curtain he noticed that James wasn't there. Hopping onto the bed he reached for the alarm but missed, trying again he nearly fell.
"Forget this." He said taking his wand from his bedside table. With a wave the alarm fell to the bed and bounced on the mattress. "Sirius do you think James would mind if I maybe broke this?"
"Remus, all I care about right now is getting back to sleep. Do what you want." Sirius pulled the curtains further around his bed, blocking out the light that crept through the curtain from the nearby window. Remus considered breaking the alarm but decided against it. Remus wasn't sure where James had gotten it and for all he knew it might have been a present from James' parent and that, no matter the real value, made it priceless. Remus considered going back to bed but he knew it was impossible, besides he had stuff to do today. He still had to wrap the presents he had bought and pick up something for Gwen. He might as well go to Hogsmeade soon before the rest of the late shoppers started out. He couldn't wrap his gifts yet anyway, he had given them to Sky to hold for safe keeping as Sirius and James had the habit of snooping around for their gifts. Grapping his bathrobe from the nearby hook he decided to go and take a bath in the prefects' bathroom to wake himself up. He picked up a pair of slacks and a blue sweater and went downstairs.
James turned at the sound; somebody was coming down the boys' staircase. He couldn't believe one of the boys was getting up this early; he was the only one who got up this early. Turning his head as much as possible he saw Remus hop down the last few steps. With his free arm he motioned for Remus to be quiet and to come near him for a moment.
"Morning James." Remus whispered, "I see things went well." He continued referring to Lily.
James looked down at the sleeping angel. "Things went more than fine Remus and I can thank you for that."
"Well go ahead." James looked confused for a second. "Go on James, thank me." Remus grinned and James returned his smile.
"Thanks." He said sincerely, looking back at Lily he looked back up, "Really, thank you."
"You're welcome Prongs. Now if you want to do me a favor. I can clearly see that neither the Head Boy nor the Head Girl are going to be using their bathroom right now so do you mind if I use it? The Prefects one is always crowed in the morning."
"Sure, the password is Suds." James whispered,
"Thanks." Remus turned and exited very quietly. As if to prove James point about girl rising early than most boys Sky and a few of her friends walked down the stairs, dressed and obviously on their way to breakfast. Sky, who saw them smiled and the girls left in a fit of almost silent giggles. James felt his cheeks blush a bit, something he hardly ever did. James was very thankful when his owl came flying in through the window, carrying in it's beak a few letters and the Daily Prophet. The letters were really of no importance, most of them at least. Two piece of junk mail from Quidditch Players United advertising new broomsticks and quaffle designs. A few Merry Christmas letters were also in the group. One from a friend of his mothers' who had particularly nice since her death, one from a few of his graduated friends and one from Voldermort. On the front there were reindeer flying around a small house on the outside and inside, in a very fancy green inked script, read;
Potter, I wish you a Merry Christmas and I would like to give you a small present. You can find it on the first page of the Daily Prophet. Do enjoy you holidays.
~ L.V.
Voldermort had started to send James letters whenever he did something particularly evil and cruel since his parents' murder. He seemed to revel in the fact that James couldn't do anything but sit and watch as Voldermort killed his family and innocent people. He never signed it Lord Voldermort but the L.V. was easy enough to figure out. Not a soul knew about the letters, only James and it tore him up. With shaking hands he picked up the paper and unrolled it. His throat catching at the headline. It read; HORROR AT HOSPITAL: YOU-KNOW-WHOS LATEST ATTACK
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Erin has done it again! I was leaving it without the headline but she told me unless I wanted to be murdered in my sleep I had to put one so I did. Next chapter will have the information of the attack and a conversation or two. I was thinking g about Voldermort and he does seem to be full of himself so I thought he might brag. Jack the Ripper send letters to the police while he was at large so Voldermort might do something similar. I hope it works ok. Now I would like to thank all those who reviewed the last chapter. I know that there is a 24 hour delay before I can see my reviews so I sent in a marker and started thanked everyone who appeared before it. If I miss you I am very sorry. Just tell me and I will try my best to make it up.
Tta: Thanks! I was nervous everyone would be upset at the length but you agree with me. It had to end there. I added the conversation at the beginning but that was the most I could do. I want to thank you always reviewing. It makes me really happy to see that someone has stuck with it.
SasseeSam: Hi Sam! Don't worry about it. Thanks! I loved the new chapter in R2B by the way. Great story. I love the plot and Harry is so cute! I really love it so if I write a chapter that gets you in the mood to write I am going to have to update a lot more because I love your stuff. You are a great writer and you capture little Harry perfectly. I hope your computer is better. I read that it was acting up. Ttyl
Kristatwen: Hi Krista! I cried too (stupid fluff!) Here is some more as you requested. I hope you like this one.
Annon: Don't worry about repeating the reviews. I love any and all feedback no matter how many times it is there. I know what you mean, sometimes they don't show up. When that happens I review again too. I hope you like this chapter.
Blank: Just putting your second one in Annon. Thanks!
Sweet Star: Thanks! I was worried I would kill you all with the fluff but you liked it! I hope this one was ok.
Sweet Star: Yup, more fluff! I love writing fluff it's a lot of fun to write fluff. I just get to write the romantic life that we all dream about.
Rosh: I'm happy you liked the ending! Thanks! This one was longer to make up for the last one being very short. I hope you like this one and thank you so much for the review.
Liz: Peter has a girlfriend (I don't know for how long thought). Remember Mel? She is his girlfriend, for the moment at least.
Liz: Don't worry about them. They were undefeated in our age group and we beat them 5-1. We had an error that allowed the one run in or we would have shut them out. Trust me that got them upset. Thanks!
Erin: Hi Erin! Thank you for everything! From helping me with my writing to answering my dumb questions. Don't get skinned alive! We need you too much and you are too good of a friend. Bea was great! I can't get that song out of my head now! Lol, * puts on cd, listens to song * nope, it's still there. TTYL, Au Revoir!
Annon: Hi! I'll look at those fics, thanks for telling me about them. I mostly get my ideas from the plot bunnies that won't get out of my head and from music. In order to get the most recent reviews I go into the reviews, go to show reviews for a prior chapter and then go back to show all reviews that seems to work. Ttyl.
FutureInTheStarz: Thank you! I always felt there had to be a reason behind the name Snuffles so I had to do that. I want to try and explain a few things that I have some ideas on. I am going to do one more thing like that pretty soon. Thanks for the review and I hope you liked this chapter as well.
PadfootBeatsAll: First off, I love your name! It is so cute and so true! I love Sirius, that's why I made my name Katie Black. Thank you so much, Sirius' engagement was cute. I will continue. Hope you like this one as well.
Nicoliewolie: Hi! Thank you so much! I do plan on writing it until then and if I can I plan on writing counterparts to the story such as Remus' time between the end of this story and Goblet of Fire as well as with Sirius and any other characters which survive this story. I would say who but I don't want to give anything away. I will keep writing, I live to write at this point because I love it so much. Lily and Arabella are lucky. Where is my Sirius, James, or Remus? I want to know where he went. I hope you liked this chapter too. Ttyl.
Everyone see those people, I thanked every single one of them and I will thank you too but I need your name so if you just click on that button that says review and put in a few words I'll thank you. Until the next chapter. ~ Katie Black
