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Falling into Grace

Chapter Two

Business



All too quickly, summer holiday came to an end and the Marauders and Lily found themselves at Platform nine and three-quarters. The four were rather sad to see it go, but they looked forward to the year ahead of them. Of course, it would be full of adventures - when was their life not full of excitement and danger?

Lily was strolling through the corridors of the train, her Head Girl badge pinned at her chest, looking for the Head Compartment. The Head Boy and Head Girl always got a compartment to themselves where there was list of things that would be happening that year for the two to discuss. But, of course, discussions weren't on the Things To Do list that James had whispered in her ear the night before.

She smiled, slightly blushing as she walked into the Head Compartment. When she walked in, her jaw dropped and she gasped. Instead of it being the smallest compartment on the train (which was what it looked like from the outside), it was the largest compartment Lily had ever seen in her life - and she had been on many trains. There were several leather couches and armchairs, a grand window to view the passing scenery, a cupboard which Lily guessed was full of snacks, and an icebox holding a bottle of elderflower wine. There were vases of flowers on an elegantly carved coffee table with several cards standing by them stating "Congratulations."

"Wonderful, isn't it?" A voice said in her ear.

Lily jumped and turned around, only to be caught around the waist by James. He pressed his lips against hers and held them there until a voice broke into their "quiet time."

"Thank the almighty that you two have your own compartment. Better be soundproofing it soon."

"You hush, Sirius. The compartment is used for Head Boy and Head Girl, not for lovers."

"Whatever, your highness," Sirius said with a mocking bow at Lily. "The Head Boy and Head Girl just happen to be lovers; use the compartment to your advantage. I'm sure you didn't get any peace at my house...." He winked at James, then eyed the door to the compartment skeptically. "Let me see this compartment anyway; I hear it's damned grandiose." He pushed James and Lily out of the way. "Holy Irishmen! This thing is friggin' huge! This is totally not fair!"

James laughed at his best friend's accent. Over the seven years the five friends had been together, both Sirius and Remus' accents had softened, but they came out when they showed strong emotions or were really tired.

"What? Making fun of my Irish again?" Sirius asked, crossing his arms over his chest. "You've been making fun of my Irish-ness since the day you were born."

James put on an Irish accent.

"Oooh, look at me, look at me, I'm the leprechaun, they're always after me lucky charms. Is that a keg o' O'Paddy's? Screw the friggin' lucky charms - I'ma get meself smashed."

Sirius laughed good-naturedly and Lily was trying to suppress giggles. James clapped Sirius on the back and told him to get lost. He kissed Lily's cheek and left the couple to their very own compartment.

"Well, let's get down to business."

"All right!"

"No, not like that, mister," Lily said. "I meant, let's start working on our list."

She pointed to the piece of parchment sitting on the window seat. James couldn't help but notice that it was a really long piece of parchment.

"I didn't know being Head Boy would include so much work."

"It's a privilege," Lily stated. "Besides, we're in charge of almost everything the student body does. We control Hogsmeade weekends and feasts and holiday balls and graduation." She shot a sly look at James. "If you aren't up to being Head Boy, I'm sure that Sirius or Remus would be more than happy to take your place and be up here with me."

James cocked an eyebrow.

"I wasn't suggesting that I wasn't up to it," he said. "I was just commenting on how much work it was going to be. And the more work we have, the more fun we'll have...if you know what I mean..."

"Yes, I think I do. Now get your mind out the gutter and close the door; we've got work to do."

Lily picked up the parchment and sat down on a leather couch. James found two goblets and poured the elderflower wine, handing a goblet to Lily.

"Trying to get me smashed, are you?" she said, not looking up from the list and taking a sip of wine.

"Wouldn't dream of it."

"Good." She paused to take another sip, starting to feel a bit warmly relaxed already. "You know, we get our own rooms this year...that should be an adventure." She looked up and smiled at James, who looked slightly abashed that she had made that comment. "Down to business...the first thing on our list is to learn all the passwords. We've got nearly two hundred passwords to learn and we get the privilege of changing them each month."

"There are that many passwords?" James asked.

"Yes, but I assume you already know two-thirds of them, as two-thirds of them don't get changed at all."

"Quiz me."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Do you think we have time for this? I don't think we do." She drained her glass and James poured more into it. "I'll leave the passwords up to you. Wait, on second thought, I think I'm going to have to supervise so you don't come up with something completely offensive."

James put a hand over his heart. "Are you accusing me of such a thing?"

"Damn right I am," Lily said. "Now onto our next subject. Oooh, look at that, there's a ball this year. We're in charge of invitations and decorations. That should be exciting...." James smiled at the sarcasm. "We've got hallway patrol and meetings to conduct and Quidditch matches to plan..."

Lily continued on for the next half hour about the duties the two of them would have as Head Boy and Head Girl. James listened silently the whole time, shocking Lily that he could be so quiet.

"Are you okay, James?" she asked. "Do you have any questions?"

A sly smile spread across his countenance and he leaned forward and whispered the question that had been on his mind for the last half hour into her ear. Lily giggled nervously and allowed his lips to capture hers in a searing kiss.

* * *

After the Sorting Ceremony, Headmaster Dumbledore stood and gave his usual start-of-term speech, announcing Lily Evans as Head Girl and James Potter as Head Boy. There was mad cheering from the crowd, especially Gryffindor table. The Slytherins clapped politely, although they didn't look too happy that two Gryffindors had gotten the positions.

After Dumbledore instructed everyone to eat and the food appeared on the tables, the Headmaster and Head Boy and Girl sat down, James on Dumbledore's left, Lily on his right.

"I want to congratulate the two of you once again," Dumbledore said, forking turkey onto his golden plate. "I am very proud of you."

"Thank you, sir," Lily said, sipping her glass of pumpkin juice. "We're very happy to have this position, aren't we James?"

James, who usually ate like he had been starved during the summer holiday, was slicing his ham neatly and politely chewing. He nodded and Dumbledore beamed at him.

"Wonderful!" the Headmaster exclaimed. "Now I'm sure you're curious as to what I wrote in my letter to the both of you. The keys are for the rooms you will be using and one of them will open any door. I'm sure you can figure out which keys are which."

Lily nodded again and smiled when James gave her wink that Dumbledore couldn't see.

"As for the Headroom arrangements, Head Boy and Girl get their own rooms, as you know. This year, I've decided that the two of you could have your own quarters. One quarter."

"But, sir, isn't that against school regulations?" Lily asked.

"Well, I thought I could bend the rules this year. You two are obviously very much in love and I'm sure you've discussed marriage..." Both Lily and James blushed. "And the foremost reason is because you two have been through a lot together. After you both were kidnapped on separate occasions, I felt that to keep the two of you safer is to have you by each other's side constantly - even in the middle of the night." He paused and looked at his two pupils. "I do hope you don't have any conflicts to sharing a room."

"No, not at all, sir," James said. "It most definitely won't be a problem."

"Wonderful!" the elder wizard cried jovially. "Now let's enjoy this marvelous feast the house elves have prepared."

* * *

"I've got to see this."

"Isn't supposed to be huge?"

"And Dumbledore didn't care at all that he was promoting sex?"

"He was not promoting sex," Lily said, climbing up the staircase to the girls' dorms. "He said that it was so we could protect each other."

"No, I like the sex theory better."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Please, you guys, shut up!"

It was silent the rest of the way up the staircase until they reached the top of the staircase where there was only a landing and a huge bay window looking out on the forest. There was also a monstrous tapestry of two swans sitting on a lake, their beaks pressed together and their necks and bodies forming a heart.

Typical, Lily thought, but she smiled and looked at the four Marauders.

"I suspect this is the tapestry he was talking about," James said lifting the material and looking behind it. "Hey, there's only a blank wall."

"I suspect, dear, that you have to say the password," Lily said. "Move out of the way."

Lily went behind the tapestry, whispered "Lovebirds," and the wall shifted into and archway for them to enter.

"It's so huge!" Sirius exclaimed after he had pushed his way through to get in second.

The quarters really were huge. They walked into a mediocre-sized sitting room which had a grandiose fireplace with two high backed leather armchairs in front of it and a large crimson sofa along another all. Along the remaining wall were colorful paintings and full bookshelves. A door to the right lead to a bedroom, where a large four-poster bed with crimson and gold hangings could be seen. A door off to the left that lead into a massive coral-colored bathroom and a set of French doors straight ahead lead to a veranda.

Lily was awed. "Isn't it wonderful James?" she asked, patting the head of a lion statue.

"This is all ours?" he said in disbelief. "I wonder how grand the other Head Boys' and Girls' rooms were."

"Not nearly as," Sirius commented, sniffing the fresh flowers in a vase that sat on the coffee table. "Icilyn's room was tiny. She often chose to sleep in the dormitory with the other girls, though." He ran into the bedroom and jumped on the bed, ruffling the crimson duvet comforter. "This thing is massive. All five of us could sleep on it and not see one another all night."

"Well, I'll keep that in mind if I ever want to have the three of you sleep over," Lily said, rolling her eyes. "Now if you don't mind, you are ruining our bed and I am tired and if you don't get down those stairs soon, the girls will see you and think you were trying to spy on them."

"Yes, your highness," Sirius said for the second time that day. "We shall leave. Have a good sleep."

James rolled his eyes and watched his three best friends walk out the archway. He then turned back to Lily and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. "Look at that, love," he said. "This will be our very first bed that we are allowed to sleep in without anyone giving us a ruckus about it." He paused, a sly smile passing over his lips unbeknownst to his girlfriend. "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

"You've got to be kidding me?"

"Well, we do need to make it our own...."

"Oh please, James. You're as bad as Sirius - sometimes worse. I don't know how I put up with you."

James shrugged. "It was just a suggestion."

"I'm sure it was.... Besides, we've got classes tomorrow, I certainly don't think we should be up half the night doing only god knows what with your dirty mind. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed while you can spend your time fantasizing somewhere else."

James rolled his eyes. "You know I was only joking."

"Sure, sure."

Lily pulled off her clothes and rummaged through the dresser for her pajamas. She crawled into her bed and instantly fell asleep between the warm sheets. James pulled the covers up to her chin and smoothed them over her body. He kissed her forehead, blew out the candles, and pulled the hangings closed.

* * *

Lily awoke the next morning and looked over at James' sleeping form. She smiled, thinking about how great it was to wake up next to him and not to worry about getting into any kind of trouble.

James stirred in his sleep, opened his eyes slowly and looked up at Lily.

"Watching me?" he asked.

Lily smiled and kissed James' forehead. "I'm going to shower."

Twenty minutes later, James was showering and Lily was making herself up when a knock came at the toilet door. Lily, who only had mascara on one eye, cracked the door open to see Sirius standing there. She rolled her eyes at him, wondering what he could possibly want this early in the morning.

"What is it?" she snapped.

"You two aren't showering together? Or are you? As he couldn't see Lily's body, he pushed the door open and saw that Lily was fully dressed while James was showering. The shower had three glass walls and one stonewall, Lily rolled her eyes as Sirius waved at James, who waved back, seemingly oblivious to the fact that he was stark naked. She smiled and shook her head.

"Nothing fazes you guys, huh?"

"Nothing at all, love. Can I speak to you out here?"

Lily agreed to speak with him but only after she finished applying her makeup. She shut the door in Sirius' face and continued to apply her beautifying supplies.

"I can't believe you guys...him walking in here like that! That was disturbing."

James shrugged. "We're best friends."

"Yeah, he's my best friend too but I don't go around looking at him while he's naked."

"You don't? I thought that's what all best friends did. I see you naked all the time and you're my best friend too. You should go out there and see if Sirius will strip for you."

"I don't doubt that he would," she replied dryly.

"And then you can have a shagging party." Lily's jaw dropped slightly. "And when I'm finished showering, I'll invite Britannia Watson up here to join in...she was rather fun, if I say so myself."

Now Lily's jaw really dropped.

"Jerk!" she shrieked.

She leaned over the sink and turned the handle on the left side of the faucet. Hot water came streaming from the tap, steam fogging up the mirror. Lily smirked and walked out of the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. She practically rolled with laughter when she heard James shrieking at the cold water that was now spraying down upon him.

"What was that?" Sirius asked, his eyebrows knitted in confusion.

"Oh, he was being an arsehole, so I turned the hot water tap on."

"Which would...?"

"Oh honestly, Sirius, it made the shower water cold!"

"Why didn't you just use your wand to do that?"

"Urgh! Never mind," Lily spat. "What is it that you want?"

Sirius produced a piece of parchment from his robes and handed it to Lily, who looked it over gingerly.

"A Homemaking-slash-Book Club?" Lily asked, looking back up at Sirius. "Where did you get this?"

"It was posted in the Prefects' Bathroom - yes, I know I'm not a prefect, stop looking at me like - that but I was in there this morning and I saw this sign. It starts in two weeks and I think I want to take it up."

"Siri, love, are you sure you're feeling well?" Lily placed a hand on Sirius' forehead.

"Yes, I am. If I join this club, I'll have something to keep my mind busy. Besides, it couldn't hurt to learn how to whip up some cooking spells or how to sew."

"You need to get out more. Just because you love Icilyn more than anything doesn't mean you're married yet. Why don't you find a nice witch to hang out with on a Hogsmeade weekend?"

"Earth to Lily - not going to happen. Just because you and James aren't married doesn't mean you can go around shagging whoever you want."

Lily rolled her eyes. "I wasn't suggesting that you shag another girl, Sirius and you know that."

"Sure you weren't.... And I'm joining the Homemaking-slash-Book Club."

"Please tell me you're being sarcastic."

"Nope."

"Lily, where are the towels?"

James was standing in the doorway of the bathroom, still in his birthday suit and dripping water everywhere.

"You're getting water all over the floor, James!"

"Yeah. I wouldn't be if you hadn't have moved the towels."

"I didn't move them, they're still in the closet."

James turned around and looked into the closet. "Oh...I found them." And he disappeared into the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

"I take back what I said," Sirius stated after a moment of silence.

"What's that?"

"You two are practically married already!"

* * *

Classes had started, and were already proving to become stressful for the seventh years, as the NEWT Exams would be given at the end of the year. Professor McGonagall had given them a fifteen-inch essay on the difference between human transfiguration and Animagi on the first day. Sirius winked at Lily when McGonagall showed the class her cat form and explained how difficult it was to become an Animagus. Lily just shook her head and smiled.

Right after dinner, James and Lily held a prefects meeting, welcoming them back to the new year of patrolling and rule keeping. Afterwards they celebrated the upcoming events with butterbeer and several wizarding snacks. As the party concluded and everyone left, James received an owl from Sirius, telling him to get his arse down to the Quidditch pitch for an emergency team meeting.

"You go ahead," Lily said, looking over James' shoulder at the note. "I'll finish up here, it's not a big deal."

James nodded, kissed Lily on the cheek, and headed towards the Quidditch pitch. Upon arriving, he saw the two remaining Gryffindor team members, Sirius Black and Emily Watson, a sixth year and James' ex-girlfriend, Britannia's, younger sister.

"We've really dwindled down," James said when he entered the changing room. "I guess we'll have to scout for new talent. We need one Chaser, two Beaters and a Seeker. Why did Lizabelle have to graduate?"

Sirius smiled. "Well, mate, Emily and I were having a discussion before you came?"

James raised his eyebrows in interest. "Oh?"

"And we decided that although Sirius keeps all the shots from going in, it's you that places the Quaffle through the opposing hoops," Emily informed.

"So, we decided that He-Who-Wins-The-Games should be He-Who-Leads-The- Team."

James' eyes brightened as he realized what his two friends and teammates were telling him. He smiled wide in awe and accepted the box that Emily handed to him. Inside, there was a golden triangular badge that read "GQC" in the center and "Gryffindor Quidditch Captain" along the sides.

"You made me a badge...how sweet of you." He pulled Sirius and Emily into a group hug, clapping them on their backs. "Well, now that we've got the mushiness out of the way, let's start our talent scouting.... Any suggestions right off hand?"

"Third year Michelle Ellis as Chaser," Emily said. "My little sister is her best friend and she's always played with my family; she's really good on a broom."

"If she'll join, we only need two Beaters, and a Seeker."

"Fifth year Daniel Mottinger for Beater along with Jesse Wilde the sixth year."

"All right," James said, "time for a Seeker.... Any ideas at all?"

"We need someone with sharp senses and good eyes. They have to have fast reflexes and can pay attention easily while searching stealthily for the Snitch."

I think we have a man of that stature," Sirius said, rubbing his afternoon stubble-covered chin.

"Who?" James asked.

"Tell me, do you think Remus would be up for it?

* * *

Lily had just finished Banishing all the trash into the dustbins and started on sweeping the floor when a cold chill ran up her spine. She figured there was a crack in the windowpane letting in the late evening air. She moved to pull the heavy drapes closed, but as she strode over to the window, she hit a seemingly invisible wall - which let out a violent buzz as it zapped her. The jolt wasn't strong enough to knock her unconscious, but it did throw her to the floor.

She looked around frantically as she got to her feet. She picked up a footstool and slowly walked towards the door. Three feet before the door, a buzz sounded and Lily felt the chair vibrate. She continued around the room, checking in various places until she was certain that the force field was all around the room. She growled in frustration, wondering if the past Head Boy and Girl placed the charm on the room so there would be no break- ins. But why would the charm be on the entire room? Peeves, maybe? The school poltergeist would certainly love to get his hands on and destroy the papers recording the school affairs.

Lily could see out the door a few feet on either side of it.

"Is anybody out there?" she called. "Can you here me?" She waited for a reply, but she could hear nothing, not even a mewl from the caretaker's smelly cat. Someone had to have heard her. It couldn't have been possible that no one was out there. A few feet away was Professor McGonagall's office, where she inhabited nearly every hour of her free time. "Can anyone hear me? Is anyone out there? If you can hear me, I'm stuck in the prefects' room! Please! Anyone?"

"It's no use," a cold voice said in Lily's ear, and she felt a breath of hot air on her neck. "No one can hear you." She knew that voice instantly and she didn't have to look into the red eyes to know that the person standing next to her was none other than Lord Voldemort.

Lily started and backed up abruptly, almost hitting into the force field again. She drew her wand from her pocket and pointed it shakily at the Dark wizard.

"I'll take that, thank you," he said. He held out his hand and Lily's ten and a quarter inch willow wand flew from her hand and into the outstretched one of the Dark Lord. "I'm not going to hurt you...well, not technically anyway."

Lily's eyes widened as the wizard pocketed her wand and smiled at her calmly. He snapped his fingers and she felt her legs go rigid then start to move as if her brain was out of control and her limbs were taking over. They led her to a chair at the table and sat her down. Her whole body then went rigid from the neck down and as hard as she tried to move, as much as she struggled, she could not make a single finger even wiggle.

Voldemort smiled and sat down on the chair across from Lily. He drummed his fingers on the table and said, "So, anything really important that you need to tell me before I launch into an unneeded and undeserved explanation?"

Swallowing what she could of her fear (which wasn't much, she was facing the Dark Lord after all), she said, "You've put our lives through hell, go terrorize someone else for a change." Her voice was shaking, and if she were in control of her body, it would have been shaking too.

"Ah, see, that's what I can't do. James - Lord Mordred - is my son and heir - even if he isn't on the winning side. I shall never leave you. You should know that by now. I feel it was fate that targeted you to me, which led James to coming into my life. I don't regret anything, no matter how absurd it seemed for me to be paired with you. You were a young girl of fifteen. You were what I needed. Not what I wanted. But when I look at he whole scheme of things coming into play, you are exactly what I want now, not to mention need."

Lily thought back through nearly two years worth of memories, which nothing could ever make her forget. She knew he didn't desire her then, but was rather appalled at the thought of his having to have a "Mudblood" for his heir's birthmother. Then James and Sirius had come at exactly the right moment and took her back to the castle.

After that, James started receiving letters from the Dark Lord and was kidnapped. He was angered that James had taken away Lily, but mostly, he knew that there was a way to get James over to his side - harm coming to his loved ones, and showing care and love for him as a type of manipulation. James was named Lord Mordred, but literally seconds before he took the Dark Mark.

Now they were happily at Hogwarts again, looking forward to a year without interruption, and here was the Dark Lord again, seeking out Lily for revenge on James, and Sirius, as well as herself.

Lord Voldemort examined his elegantly manicured hands then folded his arms and looked at Lily thoughtfully.

"I have just the plan for you, m'dear," he said. "I will give you the power to fulfill the desires of those closest around you. I know you're thinking that's a good thing, and it is. The spell is similar to me placing the Imperius on you, strange as that sounds. But for me - ah, ah - don't speak."

Lily had opened her mouth, but Voldemort snapped his fingers again and her jaw was clamped shut. She could only make moaning and squealing noises as she tried to pry her teeth apart.

"See what you're getting yourself into by disagreeing with me?" the Dark Lord asked, not unpleasantly. "I know you're thinking that all this is for me, and it is, but you'll be helping all your friends too. All I'm asking is you do this for me, and I'll leave you all alone to Sister Fate. It's about as simple as that." He looked at the struggling Head Girl in front of him. "I suppose I should get this over with. I've got some other things to attend to."

He stood and pulled out his wand. Lily's eyes widened and she stopped trying to move her unmoving limbs. Voldemort looked at her sympathetically.

"It's a shame you won't remember this meeting. It's been so pleasant." Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and thought of the incantation he wanted to use. He opened his red, snake-like eyes and stared into Lily's emerald ones, and roared, "Ser ised evig sreht oot nu! "

* * *

"Lily?" James called when he entered his quarters. "Lily? Where are you?"

No answer. He figured that she might have still been down in the prefects' room, so he traveled down to the stairs to the room and saw through the door that was ajar that Lily had fallen asleep with her arms pillowing her head on the table. He smiled at first, then an eerie feeling crept over him as he entered the room.

He shook Lily gently and she looked up at him. "All partied out, eh?"

"Party?" she asked, looking confused. "What party?"

"I'm sure you had yourself a bit too much butterbeer."

"Butterbeer?"

"Let's get you back to Gryffindor Tower. Up we go," he said as he grabbed her hand. Immediately after Lily stood, her legs seemed like wet noodles and she fell to the floor with a loud thud.

"Oh my god!" James cried. "Lily, are you okay?"

"My legs must have fallen asleep, I couldn't feel them at all and now they're tingling."

"Are you sure you're okay? Nothing broken?"

"James, I just fell; nothing major. I'm not very breakable you know."

She looked up at James, and felt her mind searching his brain for his desires on a wild instinct. He wanted to know that she was all right. Which she was; she wondered why he was so worried.

"I'm all right, James," Lily said. "Really, I am. I've just got a headache and I'm tired, that's all."

"Well, if you're sure..." James said uncertainly, feeling as if there was something Lily was hiding form him. It wasn't like her to fall asleep somewhere and not finish a task. It wasn't like her to not remember what she had done. There was something strange going on, but he wasn't going to pry too much, since he knew how Lily got when someone was invading her personal space.

Maybe it is just a headache, he told himself, still wondering why she hadn't at least owled him to tell him that she was going to bed without finishing. Or why she hadn't gone to bed in the first place. But he took her hands in his without further questioning and helped her up to her feet and kissed her softly on the top of her head before leading her away from the prefects' room and up to Gryffindor Tower.

Lily crawled into bed with James and fell asleep instantly in James' warm embrace. But James did go to sleep for a long time. He stayed up and thought about his life and the things that were going on within and around it. Quidditch Captain, Head Boy, in love with an amazing, beautiful, and smart witch, and best friends with Sirius, Remus, Peter - the most loyal people he knew.

For the first time in a long time, James felt that he was safe and secure in his own bed, with is own life, in his own skin.

James Alan Potter felt he had it good.

* * *

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