The Marauder and the Prefect

By: super fox

Chapter 3

"... I'll go out with you-"

"YES!"

"-If you don't tell anyone about it."

"Oh, come on Lily, it takes all the fun out of it!"

"Fine, than I'll just go with someone else-"

"OK, OK, I won't tell people, but can I at least tell Sirius?"

"NO!"

"OK! I won't tell him! Sheesh!"

"Alright, than it's a date. How about... Let's say the next trip to Hogsmead?"

"I'll be there."

And with that, they both walked side by side back to the Gryffindor common room.

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The next day, James ran up to Sirius, dragged him to a quiet corner in the castle, and said,

"I've got to tell you something!"

"Does it have to be now, Prongs? I was in the middle of eating lunch-"

"YES! It has to be NOW!"

"Why?" "Because otherwise, she will hear me talking about it!"

Sirius looked at James in confusion.

"Who is she?"

"EVANS!"

"Lily Evans?"

"YES! Yesterday, she said she'll go out with me, but I can't tell anyone!"

"So why are you telling me?"

James smiled sheepishly.

"Well... You know... I had to tell at least someone... But please, promise you won't tell!"

"Hey, if your telling me, why shouldn't I-"

"BECAUSE SHE'LL NEVER AGREE TO GO OUT WITH ME AGAIN!"

"Fine then, I won't tell."

"Good."

Meanwhile, Lily was going with Rebecca to their next potions lesson. They walked down the stairs to the dark dungeon, were the potions master, professor Claven, taught them potions.

"Settle down, everyone," said professor Claven in her sleek, smooth voice. "Today we are going to make a potion that needs a lot of concentration. The potion we will be making will be an Anti-bruise potion, which will cure bruises. Since you are all going to test this potion on yourselves, you better get it right, or," professor Claven smiled in an evil sort of way, "the results will be gruesome..."

Rebecca shivered to the sound of the word 'gruesome'. She was never really good at potion making; the last time she had to test her own potion, her skin turned green and her nose grew ten times it's normal size.

"Don't you worry, Rebecca, I'll help you." said Lily quietly, trying to soothe her friend. Rebecca nodded, but didn't say a word.

Professor Claven waved her wand, and suddenly, the instructions for making the Anti-bruise potion appeared on the board. Rebecca let out a little pleading wail, and started reading the instructions on the board.

The instructions were very specific. Everything had to be accurate: The number of roots put in, the length and width of the roots being put in, the number of times the potion was stirred, the amount of time the potion was heated, ect., ect., ect...

Lily's potion came out rather good; when the professor came by to look at it, she said nothing. Though Rebecca's potion was a disaster; it was bright pink and kept letting out little golden sparks, while Lily's potion was turquoise.

"You forgot to add the chopped up frog legs!" said Lily. "That's the most important ingredient!"

Rebecca let out another little wail, and turned pale when professor Claven said "Miss Peters, it is your turn to test the potion..."

Rebecca came to the front of the classroom, shivering, and took the teaspoon, which melted into nothing when she dipped it into her cauldron with her potion inside it. She let out a little frightened shriek, and professor Claven said,

"I see... Well, you'll just have to drink the potion straight from your cauldron..."

Rebecca took the cauldron with her shaky hands, spilling the bright pink liquid all over her robes, and drank a little of the potion. Suddenly, the potion dropped from Rebecca's hands, and her face got covered with bright pink fur. Rebecca screamed, holding her hands on her furry face, and the professor said,

"Well, well, well... I see you forgot to add the chopped up frog legs... Severus, take her to the hospital wing."

Severus grabbed Rebecca's hand and dragged her off to the hospital wing, muttering something about her being the 'mudblood's friend. Professor Claven called the other students, one by one, to test their potions, and most of the students ended up in the hospital wing. Finally, professor Claven called Lily up to the front of the classroom to test her potion, and to the professor's despair, (she was head of the Slytherins and Lily, was, of course, a Gryffindor) it worked perfectly well.

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"Um, Madam Pompery? Can I please see Rebecca?"

Lily decided to visit the hospital wing during dinner, to see if Rebecca was OK.

"Oh, yes, yes, Miss Peters is over there," Madam Pompery pointed to the other side of the room, "she'll have to stay over night. The pink fur on her face is really hard to get off."

Lily walked to the other side of the room, were Rebecca was sitting behind a white sheet, apparently to cover her pink and furry face.

"Lily?" she asked.

"Yes, it's me. How are you doing?"

Rebecca thought for a moment.

"I am fine, except the fact that this fur is really itchy, and that I'll have to stay here over night."

"You know, I think it was really mean of professor Claven to make you drink that potion. I mean, most of the others were sent here too, but the effects of their potions weren't nearly as bad as yours."

"Yes, I know..." wailed Rebecca. "Most of them just came here, drank another potion, got magical cream put on their infected spot, and left! Now I am stuck here with no company but some dumb firstie that got hexed."

"Oh, don't worry, Becc, It'll all be over by tomorrow."

"Yeah, I guess..." Rebecca sighed.

"Well, I'd better get going while there is still some food left for me." said Lily. "Bye!" "Bye Lily!"

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Lily and James were observing their Bowtruckle in the empty classroom again. They remained in an awkward silence the whole time, until Lily said,

"I'm going to complete the drawing of the Bowtruckle, but I need the book to write about each of it's body parts... Can I borrow yours? I forgot mine."

"Sure."

Lily leaned over to take the book, when suddenly, she found herself right in front of a pair of hazel eyes. She couldn't help it. She was falling for him. He couldn't help it either. They both fell into a deep kiss, but this time, Lily didn't break it. They kissed like that for nearly a minute, but what they didn't know, was that Rebecca got back from the Hospital wing early, and she was watching them...

End of Chapter 3

A/N: Please review! This is only my second fan fiction and I really want to know what you all think of it!