"Lily, why don't you go talk to him," Jenna said as the three of them sat down at the Great Hall.
"No way am I going to go talk to that stupid git," Lily said as she glared at him down the table.
"But…"
"No. I'm going to the library and then to back to the common room. Meet you all there," Lily said as she stood up, grabbed her books and left.
"You know, I am really starting to think that her and James are the ones acting childish…besides Sirius," Sarah said as took a glance at Sirius who was smirking at the Slytherin table, along with James and Remus.
"Hmm…true," Jenna said as she soon saw two Slytherins who were dancing on the table and swinging their capes above their heads, their faces telling that they had no idea what was going on.
"I've got to admit that pulling the trick on Snape and Malfoy will…"
"Twenty points from Gryffindor!" said a voice from behind them.
"Give us a break, Evans," James said as he turned around and glared at her.
"Then stop acting childish, Potter!" Lily said as she pushed past them and continued walking to the common room.
"You first, Evans!" James yelled as Sirius and Remus grabbed his arms to hold him back.
"You know, I'm beginning to think that pulling that prank on Evans was now a bad idea," Sirius said as James calmed himself down.
"Yes, it only took you about six years to realize that," Remus said, releasing his hold on James.
"Whatever," James said as he continued on walking towards the common room where Lily was heading.
"You know, Moony…I'm getting an idea," Sirius said, looking at where James and Lily were a while ago.
"Well then, Padfoot, lets keep it your idea," Remus said as he followed James.
"Oh, come on now, Remus old chap! At least hear me out," Sirius said, walking faster to keep up with him.
"Unfortunately, Sirius, I'm listening," Remus said, as he still continued to walk, but stayed a few feet behind James.
"Why don't we try to get those two…"
"Potter! Ten points from Gryffindor!"
"You know, Evans, you're suppose to help out your house, not help out the other houses," James said, glaring down at Lily as a crowd started to form around them.
"I would be helping my house if you weren't in it!" Lily yelled, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at him.
"Maybe if you weren't in my house, you would be helping us!" James yelled, his eyes losing all warmth in them.
"Potter…"
"Mr. Potter, Miss Evans…what is going on here?" asked a voice from the crowd.
"Nothing Professor McGonagall," they both said, still glaring at each other.
"Both of you, follow me…now," McGonagall said, looking at both students before she started to walk away.
"This is all your fault," James said, walking behind the professor.
"Me?! You're the one whose always getting into trouble! It's probably your fault more than anything," Lily said, glaring at him from the corner of her eye.
"Whatever, Evans," James said, walking faster and leaving Lily behind.
"What a prick," Lily said, not bothering to catch up.
"I wonder what happened this time," Sirius said, looking down the hallway.
"Who knows," Remus said as he saw Sarah and Jenna running down the other hallway towards them
"Have you guys seen Lily?" Sarah asked as she and Jenna ran up to them, carrying a newspaper with them.
"Here I was thinking that you were coming here to talk to us and…"
"Sirius, Remus, please! We have to find Lily," Jenna said, looking back and forth between the boys.
"Something bad has happened and we don't want her to find out the hard way," Sarah said, looking at Sirius.
"What happened?" Remus asked, looking at the girls.
"We…we can't say," Jenna said, looking at the floor.
"Well, she and James had to go with McGonagall somewhere," Remus said, wondering what was going on since they never ever talked to one another before.
Before Sarah could put the newspaper she was carrying in her hand back in her book bag, Sirius reached for it and held it over Sarah's head as she tried to get it back.
"Sirius please!" Sarah said, trying to get to it.
"Padfoot, just give them the newspaper back," Remus said as he reached for it, scanned it quickly and gave it back to Jenna.
"Thanks, Remus," Jenna said as she smiled at him sadly grabbed Sarah's hand and went into the common room.
"Were you able to read anything?" Sirius asked, looking at his friend's face, which was sad looking.
"Poor Lily," Remus said, looking at Sirius' face and shook his head.
"What?" Sirius asked, becoming a bit impatient.
"I don't think it's my place to say, Padfoot," Remus said, knowing that Sirius would at least understand this.
"…Oh, all right then," Sirius said as the both of them walked into the common room.
"Miss Evans, you will wait here for a moment. Mr. Potter, come with me," McGonagall said as Lily waited outside Professor Dumbledore's office and James followed her inside.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Potter," Dumbledore said, his eyes looking dull and his face solemn.
"Hello," James said as he was motioned to sit down in a chair in front of Dumbledore's desk. James also noticed that Madam Pomfrey was in the room with a solemn look on her face as well.
"Mr. Potter, the reason why I asked for you to come here is because we are dealing with a situation right now that is proving to be a bit more difficult than any of us thought," Dumbledore said, looking down at James.
When James didn't say anything, Dumbledore looked at McGonagall and nodded to her. She nodded back, looked at Pomfrey and silently, they both made their way to the door, where Lily was waiting and closed the door silently behind them.
"I'm more than sure that your parents have told you of a wizard named Voldemort, who is slowly gaining some followers, to get rid of some…if not all…muggle born wizards and witches, young and old…such as Miss Evans and…her family," Dumbledore said, looking at James' face.
"Professor…are you…I mean…"
"Yes, James. Miss Evans' parents have…"
"No!" screamed a voice from beyond the door, where Lily and McGonagall were.
Just then, McGonagall stepped in and looked at Dumbledore. She nodded sadly and closed the door behind her, silencing the screams that were being heard on the other side.
"She's taking her to the hospital wing," McGonagall said, walking up to the two and standing next to Dumbledore.
"James…I know that you and Miss Evans don't really get along well…all because of a prank…but I'm asking you a favor," Dumbledore said, leaning forwards.
"Yes, professor?" James asked, wondering what it was and what it had to do with him and Lily.
"I would like for you and the rest of the…Marauders…to watch over Miss Evans until this all clears," Dumbledore said, looking at James intently.
"Professor Dumbledore, sir…wouldn't it be better if one of her friends watch out for her instead?" James asked, not really liking the idea.
"Well, Mr. Potter, as it so happens, you and the rest of the…your friends, seem to be the best thing for her. You are all pretty much ahead and advanced in some subjects as well as Miss Evans, but her being muggle born will be hard. Especially after what has happened," Dumbledore said.
"Very well then, professor. I'll tell the others about it, but what about Evans? I know that she won't…"
"Do not worry about it, Mr. Potter. Everything will be taken care of once Miss Evans is out of the hospital wing," Dumbledore said.
"Right. Goodbye professors," James said as he stood up and left, leaving the two professors there.
"Are you sure about this?" McGonagall asked.
"The four of them are advanced and seeing as how this has happened to Miss Evans, I believe that they will be able to help her," Dumbledore said, looking up at her.
"I just hope that they don't end up hexing each other," McGonagall said as she looked towards the door.
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