Chapter Eight: The Prophesized Ones.

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'Sirius, what,' James started to say as he looked around. Instead of the dark dorm room he was in the Forbidden Forest with a sleeping Lily at his feet.

'Lily,' James whispered. 'To wake the tiger or not.' He asked himself. NOT!

Lily rolled over in her sleep and snuggled closer into the warmth of James' legs.

She is cute when she sleeps. He thought as a shiver ran down his back. Lily appeared to be shivering also. So James took out his wand and conjured up a big wool blanket.

'Here little Lily now at least you'll be a warm tiger. Man, when you wake up your going to kill me, I just know it' James muttered as he slipped under the blanket and fell asleep.

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'Gortage look, humans. They look lost.' Yontar said to his fellow centaur Gortage.

'Should we take them back to their school? It's not safe for them in the forest.' Gortage said as he looked at Lily and James.

'These two look familiar. Do they not Gortage?' Yontar said as he inspected the sleeping teens.

'Indeed they do, they almost look like the ones from the prophecy.' Gortage said as he too walked over and inspected Lily and James.

'So I thought.' Yontar said.

'If that is so, they must be returned to safety at once.' Gortage said as he bent to lift up Lily.

'Yes but remember the prophecy also said they should be lovers. From what Dumbledor has told us they are anything but.' Yontar said staying Gortage's hand.

'Yet learn to love each other they must, if the prophesy is true. For one is nothing without the other.' Gortage said.

'Indeed maybe we should not return them to the castle, love may grow from the peril and adventure.' Yontar said as he backed away from the sleeping forms.

'There is truth in your words my friend, love often is tested by fire and grows from the ashes of dislike. We shall leave them to their fait. Far ye well young ones.' Gortage whispered as he walked into the forest towards the home of the centaurs.

Yontar lingered by their forms, looking from one face to the other. So young they were. Yet the world needed them, needed their love. Slowly Yontar turned and followed his friend into the deep of the forest. Yet in his heart he sent a wish for the safety of these two up into the stars. That they might learn to love and to trust.

The sleeping forms never knew of the centaurs or their blessings. They slept through the night in relative peace.

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Lily was the first to wake that morning. She rolled onto her other side and encountered the solid wall of James' chest. Lily started, frantically checked to see if her clothes were all on. When she was satisfied with the fact that she was fully clothed she realized were she was.

'Crap! I'm in the middle of the Forest, I'm only wearing my pajamas, and James Potter is sleeping next to me. Can my life get just a little worse.' Lily asked the sky as she moved back to her other side a discovered another unpleasant fact (at least for her.). She had her head on James' out stretched arm. This was just enough to send Lily of the breaking point. She let out a scream that could have woken the dead and did wake James.

'Hey Evans, where's the fire.' James asked sleepily.

'The fire is right here, Potter. Do realize were we are? Well let me enlighten you, WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOD FORSAKEN FORBIDEN FOREST.' Lily screamed on the top of her lungs.

'So I see Evans, may I ask how you got us into this mess?' James asked as he pulled the blanket so it covered him more then Lily.

'ME?!' Lily asked, well really yelled.

'You.' James replied as he pulled the rest of the blanket off Lily and onto him. Which by the way would make it very cold for Lily, since the only thing she has on are her pajamas.

'Hey, I most certainly did not get us into this mess and you give me some of the blanket it's freezing.' Lily said as she shivered.

'Well aren't we miss pushy.' James said as he gave her some of the blanket.

'Wait a minute mister. How come I'm in my pajamas but your in regular clothes.' Lily said as she looked at James.

'Well,' James started trying to find an answer that wouldn't make Lily mad at him. Then he realized that no matter what he said she would be mad at him so he might as well tell the truth.

'See what happened is it was a spell that Sirius messed up. I'm not quit sure how Sirius mixed it up but instead of switching Snape's clothes for Smoke's it ended up putting us into the Forbidden Forest, but it did. So really I didn't do it, Sirius did.' James said all in one breath. Lily was speechless as she tried to figure out what he said.

'All right let me see if I got this straight. You were playing a prank on Snape, and that turned into sending us into the middle of the Forbidden Forest?' Lily asked trying to be rational and understand how this could happen.

'Yeah,' James said as he waited for another outburst of anger.

'I don't understand you James Potter. But please don't explain, I don't want to know. Lets just concentrate on getting out of here.' Lily said as she got up and took the blanket with her.

'Alright I think I know the way out.' James said as he went looking for his cloak.

'No way Potter, you've done your share and then some of helping. I'll get us out.' Lily said as she walked off. Leaving James to follow her if he wanted.

'Wait a second little missy. Have you ever been in the Forbidden Forest?' James asked as he hurried after her.

'Oh will you shut it Potter. I know what I'm doing.' Lily said as she walked off.

'What ever you say Evans.' James muttered as he followed her.

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'Oh come on Mayda let me up.' Sirius said as he lay on the ground with Mayda sitting on his chest.

'No!' Mayda said as she went back to the book in her hand.

'The spell isn't in that book. If you let me get up I might show you which one does have it in it.'

'Right I noticed you said 'might', you aren't going to get out of this mess so easily Black.' Mayda said as she looked at a spell to turn a doorknob into a pillow (who would ever want to do this was beyond her.).

'Well if you insist on sitting on me may I ask you a question?' Sirius asked.

'No.'

'Right,' Sirius went on as if he hadn't heard what she said. 'Why are you so worried about finding them? I mean, they are both highly capable of taking care of themselves. Both have their wands, I remember you saying once that Lily slept with hers. Man, is that girl weird, pretty, but weird.' Sirius said as he shifted his positions.

'Well,' Mayda said as she tried to find a good comeback. Oh well, she thought she is weird. 'She isn't out there with just anyone. She's out there with James. Probably the one person in the world, besides you, who she hates. I can't abandon her out there with him.'

'Why not? Why don't you let them work together to get out?' Sirius asked. 'You must realize how much James likes her. Maybe if Lily opened her eyes she would see it too.'

'But, she doesn't like him.'

'She might try a little harder, Merlin's beard HE has. Haven't you seen how he has tried to be what she wanted? How he wants to be what she needs. Personally if it were me, I would have given up back in third year. But not James he loves that girl.' Sirius said as he looked into Mayda's eyes.

'I don't know, maybe we should let them work this out for themselves.' Mayda said after she had shaken herself out from the shock of hearing Sirius talk like that.

'So you'll get off me.' Sirius said with a smile.

'Well I don't know.' Mayda said with a mirror image of the mischievous smile Sirius always wore.

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'You know Lily I think I know every all these trees on a first name basis.' James said

'What are you talking about now Potter?' Lily asked

'Well this must be the fifth time we've passed the same clearing.' James said as he sat down on a tree stump.

'It is isn't it?' Lily said as she sat down on the grass. 'I'm getting tired of all this walking.' Lily said with a sigh. They had been walking through the forest for ten hours. It was now about nine at night, the forest was dark.

'Well don't worry about it Lily. We'll find our way back tomorrow.' James said as he slid down from the stump to sit next to Lily.

'I guess so, I sure turned out to be a bad leader.' Lily said as she laughed.

'Yeah but you were determined. I don't think I could have convinced you to let me lead if our lives depended on it.' James said.

'Don't our lives depend on us getting back to the castle? I mean there is a reason why the forest is forbidden.' Lily said as she spread the blanket over both James and her own legs.

'I guess so but we don't really have to fear that much. We're both are top of our class. I think we can handle anything in the forest. Except maybe the centaurs, but they wouldn't kill us. At least I hope they wouldn't.' James said.

'Your really good at that optimist stuff aren't' you? Right little ray of sunshine.' Lily said as she looked up at the stars.

'Well what can I say when I've been walking in circles for ten hours straight?'

'Okay I already admitted I was a screw up as a leader. What more do you what?' Lily asked.

Before James could reply they both heard a howl not far from them. Soon it was followed by howls from all around them.

'Crap!' James said.

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Okay so there is the next chapter. Man, they're all so cute. Who knew that Sirius was that much of a romantic? Thanks everyone who reviewed. I wasn't sure how your would like Chapter Seven. Thanks again.

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