Sirius, Remus, and Peter were sitting in the kitchen playing a particularly
violent game of 'Exploding Snap' when James arrived home that night. He
walked into the kitchen and sat on an extra chair and sighed. His friends
didn't give him a second glance.
"Guess what," he said, putting his arms on the table causing his robes to make a gross little squishing sound. The other three looked at him with rather annoyed expressions. "Fine, then I guess I'll ask Snape to be the best man," James started to stand up, knowing he wouldn't have to go anywhere because that comment had caught there attention.
"Say that again Prongs?" Peter said, more of a statement than a question.
"I said, I guess I'll ask Snape to be the best man," James repeated slowly, waiting for this to sink in to his friends. All at one the other three looked at each other with looks of sadness, and then looks of happiness.
"I called best man in first year!" Sirius complained. "Any why are you so keen on leaving us anyway?" he asked suspiciously. "Are we not as good as Lily?"
"Nope," James always was a man of cold hard truth.
"Well, I get to be an usher," Peter said, "Where's Lily anyway, did she go home?" he asked, putting his cards down, forgetting about the game and causing it to explode in his face. This provoked laughter from his friends, but Peter couldn't help but join in.
"Yup, she's going to get changed, and we're going to tell her family.should be fun I reckon, with Petunia and all." James said taking a bite of an apple that was in the bowl of fruit on the table.
"How did you manage to get so. damp?" Remus asked almost afraid to know the answer. James was retelling the night's tale, completely skipping the part where he had been touched by the squid.
"I think you're missing something there Potter," Lily said, walking into the room in dry robes. The others looked from one friend to the other. "You seem to have forgotten where you were tapped by the squid,"
The others looked at James and burst into laughter. "You know Padfoot; I think I heard the scream from here." Peter said, wiping a tear of mirth from his blue eyes.
James glared at Lily, well James tired to glare at Lily, but she just smiled sweetly and shrugged her shoulders. "Are you going to change? We can't show up at Petty's when we're still soaking wet. You don't want my sister to know that you're mortified of a harmless squid do you?" she asked, poking him in the ribs in a very juvenile way, but then again she felt very much like a giggling school girl at that moment, and couldn't wait until she could tell Shelly and Andrea.
"Harmless my eye.and it's the size of a house!" James said, still glaring at his friends. They just shook their heads, and told him to go get changed because they couldn't finish their game with him and his girlish scream because the squid accidentally touched him.
"It wasn't accidental! It was groping me!" he whined as Lily led him out of the room and into the back bedroom. She pulled open the closet, reached in and pulled out some robes. She threw them at him and told him to change.
"And James, I'm sure that the squid found no sexual pleasure in what you call its 'groping' she said as she shut the door behind her, leaving him to change. "In fact I'm surprised you didn't kill the thing with that scream of yours." She added through the door. She smiled innocently as she heard a muffled 'shut up' coming from the other side. Soon they were on their way to go see Lily's parents and sister to tell them the news, despite the fact that it was almost midnight.
They walked down the deserted street in the muggle neighborhood where Lily's parent's and her sister lived. They stopped at number 13 Magnolia Drive and took a deep breath. Lily looked at James and then to the door. Finally after a long moment, she brought her hand up to knock, happy to see that there were still lights on in the lower portion of the house.
After a moments wait, Lily's mother opened the door, her red hair that was streaked with silver was dressed in a night gown and had a book in her hand. When she saw Lily, she dropped the book and hugged her youngest daughter.
"Oh Lily dear, is something the matter?" she asked looking at her daughter trying to find what was wrong that made her come knocking on her door in the later hours of the night. "Oh dear, your apartment caught fire didn't it? I should've known not to let you move out yet." her mother went on for a few minutes before Lily could actually get her attention.
"MOM!" she almost shouted. "Nothing is wrong! We just came to tell you the good news, we wanted you to be the first to know," she said. A relieved look swept across her mothers features, and then she noticed an abnormality to the hand that she was holding. She looked from the diamond and emerald ring to James who was standing quietly, almost afraid of the kind old woman that would soon be his mother in-law.
"Oh," she said faintly, "Jake, would you. would you come here a second?" she called into the house. Soon there they could see Lily's father walking down the stairs, he came to join them at the door, wondering what was wrong.
"Mom, Daddy, we're getting married!" Lily said, she grabbed James's hand and pulled him up so they could have a better look at him.
"Who is he? You can't get married we don't even know who it is!" Her dad yelled, looking at him closely.
"Daddy, you know who it is. He was here for Christmas last year, and Easter too. He was even here last month with me when we were going to see Grandma!" Lily said. "It's James Potter Daddy,"
The man looked at the younger man again, "Well I guess it is.Sorry about that boy, I guess I just didn't recognize you in your dress. Petunia's upstairs if you two would like to go inform her of your news I guess you could call it. I guess I'm just relieved that you're normal. Well you wear dresses but."
"Daddy they aren't dresses. They're wizard robes." Lily said taking James's hand and pulling him in the door passed her rude father and unusually quite mother. She led him upstairs to the room at the very end of the hall. They could see a light on from under the door and hear music playing softly. "Petunia?" Lily called softly when she got to the door.
"What?" she snapped when she saw who it was. "What do you and you're sick little boyfriend want?" she said, giving them the dirtiest look she could.
"We're getting married," Lily said causing Petunia to let out a little scream and close the door. "That went.well" she said as they walked down the stairs and passed her arguing parents.
"Do they always fight like that?" James asked once they were outside and the shouting was muffled slightly.
"No, only when I come around that's why I wanted to move out so bad. My daddy pretty much hates me, and so does my sister." Lily said sadly. She looked up at the stars and let out a gasp. Over a house not two blocks from her mother's house was the dark mark.
**
Kelsey sat in bed while her friends were all sleeping. She had just woken up from a different dream, worse than the last one. Maybe it was only worse because it involved her family, well what was left of her family. She couldn't remember the whole thing, but what she could was awful.
There were three men in black cloaks and masks that went up to the door of her aunt's house on Magnolia Drive. They didn't bother knocking, they just used a few unlocking charms, much like in the last dream she had been having. Her aunt was in watching TV, but they ignored her and went upstairs. To her horror the three men went strait to her room.
They were searching threw her stuff, according to one she was important to their side, and another one just wanted to kill her. The third one said nothing, but put a silencing charm on her aunt so they couldn't hear her yelling and screaming hollow threats.
Kelsey knew that the dark lord wanted her on his side, but she refused to go, the reason why her parents had died the summer before. Professor Dumbledore had helped Kelsey and her Aunt come up with a plan incase they showed up.
"Where is the girl?" One asked, her aunt, being a good actress, bowed her head and started to cry.
"I don't know, she just ran off a while back, I can't find her anywhere I even asked her headmaster, he hasn't seen her either," she said still sobbing.
"Maybe this will help you remember where she went," a different one said, placing the craculus curse on the poor woman. She twitched and screamed in pain, after a minute or two they took it off and questioned her again, still playing the act, she said she didn't know. After several more time of this, they put the awful curse on her again, while a second death eater yelled "Avada Kadavra" and the third sent the dark mark up in the sky.
'Thank god it was just a dream' she thought as she lie down and fell back asleep.
**
a/n: Sniff Sniff. Well, there's chapter eight, sorry it's not as long as the last chapter, which wasn't really all that long either, but I can't help it . if I write semi short c hapters like this I can update more. Yay for updating more lol
Thank you to everyone who reviewed!
"Guess what," he said, putting his arms on the table causing his robes to make a gross little squishing sound. The other three looked at him with rather annoyed expressions. "Fine, then I guess I'll ask Snape to be the best man," James started to stand up, knowing he wouldn't have to go anywhere because that comment had caught there attention.
"Say that again Prongs?" Peter said, more of a statement than a question.
"I said, I guess I'll ask Snape to be the best man," James repeated slowly, waiting for this to sink in to his friends. All at one the other three looked at each other with looks of sadness, and then looks of happiness.
"I called best man in first year!" Sirius complained. "Any why are you so keen on leaving us anyway?" he asked suspiciously. "Are we not as good as Lily?"
"Nope," James always was a man of cold hard truth.
"Well, I get to be an usher," Peter said, "Where's Lily anyway, did she go home?" he asked, putting his cards down, forgetting about the game and causing it to explode in his face. This provoked laughter from his friends, but Peter couldn't help but join in.
"Yup, she's going to get changed, and we're going to tell her family.should be fun I reckon, with Petunia and all." James said taking a bite of an apple that was in the bowl of fruit on the table.
"How did you manage to get so. damp?" Remus asked almost afraid to know the answer. James was retelling the night's tale, completely skipping the part where he had been touched by the squid.
"I think you're missing something there Potter," Lily said, walking into the room in dry robes. The others looked from one friend to the other. "You seem to have forgotten where you were tapped by the squid,"
The others looked at James and burst into laughter. "You know Padfoot; I think I heard the scream from here." Peter said, wiping a tear of mirth from his blue eyes.
James glared at Lily, well James tired to glare at Lily, but she just smiled sweetly and shrugged her shoulders. "Are you going to change? We can't show up at Petty's when we're still soaking wet. You don't want my sister to know that you're mortified of a harmless squid do you?" she asked, poking him in the ribs in a very juvenile way, but then again she felt very much like a giggling school girl at that moment, and couldn't wait until she could tell Shelly and Andrea.
"Harmless my eye.and it's the size of a house!" James said, still glaring at his friends. They just shook their heads, and told him to go get changed because they couldn't finish their game with him and his girlish scream because the squid accidentally touched him.
"It wasn't accidental! It was groping me!" he whined as Lily led him out of the room and into the back bedroom. She pulled open the closet, reached in and pulled out some robes. She threw them at him and told him to change.
"And James, I'm sure that the squid found no sexual pleasure in what you call its 'groping' she said as she shut the door behind her, leaving him to change. "In fact I'm surprised you didn't kill the thing with that scream of yours." She added through the door. She smiled innocently as she heard a muffled 'shut up' coming from the other side. Soon they were on their way to go see Lily's parents and sister to tell them the news, despite the fact that it was almost midnight.
They walked down the deserted street in the muggle neighborhood where Lily's parent's and her sister lived. They stopped at number 13 Magnolia Drive and took a deep breath. Lily looked at James and then to the door. Finally after a long moment, she brought her hand up to knock, happy to see that there were still lights on in the lower portion of the house.
After a moments wait, Lily's mother opened the door, her red hair that was streaked with silver was dressed in a night gown and had a book in her hand. When she saw Lily, she dropped the book and hugged her youngest daughter.
"Oh Lily dear, is something the matter?" she asked looking at her daughter trying to find what was wrong that made her come knocking on her door in the later hours of the night. "Oh dear, your apartment caught fire didn't it? I should've known not to let you move out yet." her mother went on for a few minutes before Lily could actually get her attention.
"MOM!" she almost shouted. "Nothing is wrong! We just came to tell you the good news, we wanted you to be the first to know," she said. A relieved look swept across her mothers features, and then she noticed an abnormality to the hand that she was holding. She looked from the diamond and emerald ring to James who was standing quietly, almost afraid of the kind old woman that would soon be his mother in-law.
"Oh," she said faintly, "Jake, would you. would you come here a second?" she called into the house. Soon there they could see Lily's father walking down the stairs, he came to join them at the door, wondering what was wrong.
"Mom, Daddy, we're getting married!" Lily said, she grabbed James's hand and pulled him up so they could have a better look at him.
"Who is he? You can't get married we don't even know who it is!" Her dad yelled, looking at him closely.
"Daddy, you know who it is. He was here for Christmas last year, and Easter too. He was even here last month with me when we were going to see Grandma!" Lily said. "It's James Potter Daddy,"
The man looked at the younger man again, "Well I guess it is.Sorry about that boy, I guess I just didn't recognize you in your dress. Petunia's upstairs if you two would like to go inform her of your news I guess you could call it. I guess I'm just relieved that you're normal. Well you wear dresses but."
"Daddy they aren't dresses. They're wizard robes." Lily said taking James's hand and pulling him in the door passed her rude father and unusually quite mother. She led him upstairs to the room at the very end of the hall. They could see a light on from under the door and hear music playing softly. "Petunia?" Lily called softly when she got to the door.
"What?" she snapped when she saw who it was. "What do you and you're sick little boyfriend want?" she said, giving them the dirtiest look she could.
"We're getting married," Lily said causing Petunia to let out a little scream and close the door. "That went.well" she said as they walked down the stairs and passed her arguing parents.
"Do they always fight like that?" James asked once they were outside and the shouting was muffled slightly.
"No, only when I come around that's why I wanted to move out so bad. My daddy pretty much hates me, and so does my sister." Lily said sadly. She looked up at the stars and let out a gasp. Over a house not two blocks from her mother's house was the dark mark.
**
Kelsey sat in bed while her friends were all sleeping. She had just woken up from a different dream, worse than the last one. Maybe it was only worse because it involved her family, well what was left of her family. She couldn't remember the whole thing, but what she could was awful.
There were three men in black cloaks and masks that went up to the door of her aunt's house on Magnolia Drive. They didn't bother knocking, they just used a few unlocking charms, much like in the last dream she had been having. Her aunt was in watching TV, but they ignored her and went upstairs. To her horror the three men went strait to her room.
They were searching threw her stuff, according to one she was important to their side, and another one just wanted to kill her. The third one said nothing, but put a silencing charm on her aunt so they couldn't hear her yelling and screaming hollow threats.
Kelsey knew that the dark lord wanted her on his side, but she refused to go, the reason why her parents had died the summer before. Professor Dumbledore had helped Kelsey and her Aunt come up with a plan incase they showed up.
"Where is the girl?" One asked, her aunt, being a good actress, bowed her head and started to cry.
"I don't know, she just ran off a while back, I can't find her anywhere I even asked her headmaster, he hasn't seen her either," she said still sobbing.
"Maybe this will help you remember where she went," a different one said, placing the craculus curse on the poor woman. She twitched and screamed in pain, after a minute or two they took it off and questioned her again, still playing the act, she said she didn't know. After several more time of this, they put the awful curse on her again, while a second death eater yelled "Avada Kadavra" and the third sent the dark mark up in the sky.
'Thank god it was just a dream' she thought as she lie down and fell back asleep.
**
a/n: Sniff Sniff. Well, there's chapter eight, sorry it's not as long as the last chapter, which wasn't really all that long either, but I can't help it . if I write semi short c hapters like this I can update more. Yay for updating more lol
Thank you to everyone who reviewed!