(A/N lol, yeah I know I'm evil. And I know that the whole locking-them-in-a-closet trip is very over-used, but it was just such a Sirius thing to do, and I needed to force Lily and James to really get to know each other, so, voila! Lock them in a closet! You're all going to hate me at the end of this one, too, heh)
Lily's face flushed for a moment, then subsided as she glared at Kaleb. "You, my love, are in for it." She clambered to her feet, then helped a bright-red James to his.
The pair stepped out of the closet, and Lily whirled on the group, eyes flashing. "What the hell is wrong with you people? Kaleb, you know I'm claustrophobic. What would you have done if you came back whenever the hell you decided to and I was passed out on the floor. James and I didn't have our wands, so he couldn't have done anything. There was absolutely no excuse for that."
Sirius shrank back a bit from the girl in black. "Sorry, Lily." He scuffed his foot on the ground sheepishly.
"Yeah? Well just wait, you're going to be even more sorry after I'm through with you." Lily said dangerously, and then her entire demeanor changed, she was calm, cool, collected, and gestured down the hallway. "Shall we?"
Everyone present save Kaleb gaped at Lily's sudden mood swing.
"We shall, my love." Kaleb said and she and Lily walked down the hall towards the Gryffindor Common Room. "Oh, here's your wand by the way." Kaleb offered the polished wood to Lily, who spun it on her fingers, much as a cowboy would a gun, and slipped it into her pocket.
Back by the closet, the three Marauders rounded on their bespectacled friend.
Peter opened his mouth, then closed it.
Remus was rubbing his brow and muttering to himself, in what sounded like French.
Sirius, on the other hand, was sputtering questions at James like he knew the meaning of life. "What? How? Were you two…did you almost…how in the name of all that is sacred did that come about?!"
James shifted his weight to his back foot. "Well my dumbass of a friend locked me and Lily in the closet. We talked. Nothing else happened."
Remus made a noise that sounded suspiciously like a snort. "Right, nothing else happened. We didn't see what could have started a major snog session between you and the Ice Queen. Nope, not at all. What is Sirius going on about."
"Listen, nothing happened. And even if it would have, it didn't. So let's just get back before Lily gets too far into her plans to castrate you. I can't believe you locked a claustrophobe in a closet. That's just…wrong." James shrugged and the group hurried down the hall after Lily and Kaleb.
"Sorry I interrupted you, love." Kaleb said, smiling wickedly. It really wasn't that big of a deal to her, Lily could snog whomever she wanted for all Kaleb cared. She knew better than to get hurt by becoming too attached.
"It's not a big deal, mate, it was only an 'almost kiss'. No harm, no foul, right?" Lily said, smiling at her best friend.
"I suppose. Ah, speak of the devil, here comes the Prep Patrol now." Kaleb said, bemused as the Marauders caught up with them.
"Just couldn't bear to be away?" Lily asked, arching her brow at James. "We just spent a day together, you should be sick of me by now."
James flushed slightly, and grinned. "Nah Lils, I think I'll keep you around for a while."
He rested his elbow on her shoulder nearest to him, as they walked into the Common Room.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Goody for me."
James just smiled at her, and Kaleb stifled a snicker.
Across the Common Room three pairs of brown eyes watched Lily and James, glaring at the laid-back redhead.
Lily ducked out from under James' arm and said brightly, "Well Kaleb, love, I'm not used to being forced into anyone's company, so I'm going for a walk around the corridors, see you later."
She lifted her hand in mock salute and bounded out of the Common Room.
"Being with you for a whole day could have been damaging to her health." Kaleb mused, looking at James.
"Bite me, Kale." James said, grinning.
"I think I'll pass, thanks much." Kaleb drawled.
Lily's involuntarily even tempo-ed steps tapped against the stone floor of the corridor, and she resisted the urge to get a soft-shoe routine in.
'I spent a day with James Potter, and no blood was shed. Hmm, the Apocalypse will be arriving any minute now.' Lily thought, amused.
'I don't suppose it was so terrible. He's a bit thick at times, but at least he has some semblance of a brain. He's rather insightful sometimes. But he is a prep, toys with girls…but he had his heart broken too. He is rather fetching, anyone can see that. But I absolutely refuse to fawn over that prep. It would be ridiculous.' Lily bit her lip, and stopped, mid-stride. She held her breath to stop the noise and listened intently.
Sure enough unevenly timed taps were heading towards her, and it sounded like girls from the sound of the shoes, probably three from the rhythm.
Lily continued down the hall, until she came to a corner, there she reached for her wand…and couldn't find it. Her eyes widened then narrowed as she looked up the corridor she had just walked through, searching for the piece of wood. When she looked up, three figures stood before her. They wore black hoods that hid their faces, and they were wearing robes that didn't even bear the Hogwarts seal, let alone the House seal.
"Can I help you with anything, ladies?" Lily drawled, leaning back against the wall, her muscles tensing.
"Well, first you could stop poisoning our school, mudblood, but my wager is that won't be happening." The middle figure said, in a hissing breathy sort of voice. Lily recognized the charm that had been used to alter her voice, and wondered why they went through such trouble so as not to be recognizable.
"You could stop trying to weasel your way into a pureblood's line, wouldn't want to taint any blood." The one on the left hissed.
"You could just lay down and die, save He Who Must Not Be Named a lot of effort, mudblood." The one on the right added.
"Well, I'll keep those suggestions in mind. Must be off now, ta!" Lily said, and attempted to move past the three girls.
"Oh, no, my pet. You're going to have to postpone your attempts at seducing James for a while, so we can 'play'." The one on the left said, maliciously, and shoved Lily back into the wall.
'Great, cornered by three wacko's without a wand. Hope I leave a good-looking corpse.'
Lily winced as her back hit the rough stone. She then ducked and dashed beyond the three girls. She had only made it about ten yards when she heard a voice hiss, "Accio!"
Lily flew backwards, and slammed into the wall again, and the taste of blood filled her mouth.
"Want to play, little mudblood?" The third girl said.
Lily spat some blood onto the girl's robe. "Bring it on." She challenged.
The second girl lifted her wand. "Now, we wouldn't want you to run away and spoil the game, so let's just keep you here." Lily couldn't catch the incantation the girl spoke, but Lily could barely move after she spoke it. Physically you wouldn't have noticed any difference, but try as she might, she couldn't run away.
The first girl's fist flew out and struck Lily in the ribs, stealing her breath. A spell was uttered and Lily the bones in her left forearm being crushed by an invisible vice.
She clenched her teeth, because she would not give them the pleasure of watching her squirm, or hearing her scream. She was strong. She always had been.
Fists and spells flew at her, and she felt the blood streaming from open wounds, bruises formed on almost every part of her body, but still she would not scream.
"Come on, mudblood, cry for us, scream and beg for mercy. We may just let you go." The second girl taunted.
Lily spat some of the ever-present pool of blood in her mouth at the three girls. "Look at the big strong witches, had to bind me with magic to beat me up. Sad, really." Lily said, and for the pain evident in it, it was the same as her usual cold demeanor.
"Crucio!" The third girl cried out, in outrage, and Lily fell to the ground, pain wracking every nerve of her body. It was agony, it was hell. 'Let me die…please just let me die…' She silently begged the curse.
"So Crucio doesn't hurt? Then let's just get rid of this little mudblood. Avada…."
Lily's face flushed for a moment, then subsided as she glared at Kaleb. "You, my love, are in for it." She clambered to her feet, then helped a bright-red James to his.
The pair stepped out of the closet, and Lily whirled on the group, eyes flashing. "What the hell is wrong with you people? Kaleb, you know I'm claustrophobic. What would you have done if you came back whenever the hell you decided to and I was passed out on the floor. James and I didn't have our wands, so he couldn't have done anything. There was absolutely no excuse for that."
Sirius shrank back a bit from the girl in black. "Sorry, Lily." He scuffed his foot on the ground sheepishly.
"Yeah? Well just wait, you're going to be even more sorry after I'm through with you." Lily said dangerously, and then her entire demeanor changed, she was calm, cool, collected, and gestured down the hallway. "Shall we?"
Everyone present save Kaleb gaped at Lily's sudden mood swing.
"We shall, my love." Kaleb said and she and Lily walked down the hall towards the Gryffindor Common Room. "Oh, here's your wand by the way." Kaleb offered the polished wood to Lily, who spun it on her fingers, much as a cowboy would a gun, and slipped it into her pocket.
Back by the closet, the three Marauders rounded on their bespectacled friend.
Peter opened his mouth, then closed it.
Remus was rubbing his brow and muttering to himself, in what sounded like French.
Sirius, on the other hand, was sputtering questions at James like he knew the meaning of life. "What? How? Were you two…did you almost…how in the name of all that is sacred did that come about?!"
James shifted his weight to his back foot. "Well my dumbass of a friend locked me and Lily in the closet. We talked. Nothing else happened."
Remus made a noise that sounded suspiciously like a snort. "Right, nothing else happened. We didn't see what could have started a major snog session between you and the Ice Queen. Nope, not at all. What is Sirius going on about."
"Listen, nothing happened. And even if it would have, it didn't. So let's just get back before Lily gets too far into her plans to castrate you. I can't believe you locked a claustrophobe in a closet. That's just…wrong." James shrugged and the group hurried down the hall after Lily and Kaleb.
"Sorry I interrupted you, love." Kaleb said, smiling wickedly. It really wasn't that big of a deal to her, Lily could snog whomever she wanted for all Kaleb cared. She knew better than to get hurt by becoming too attached.
"It's not a big deal, mate, it was only an 'almost kiss'. No harm, no foul, right?" Lily said, smiling at her best friend.
"I suppose. Ah, speak of the devil, here comes the Prep Patrol now." Kaleb said, bemused as the Marauders caught up with them.
"Just couldn't bear to be away?" Lily asked, arching her brow at James. "We just spent a day together, you should be sick of me by now."
James flushed slightly, and grinned. "Nah Lils, I think I'll keep you around for a while."
He rested his elbow on her shoulder nearest to him, as they walked into the Common Room.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Goody for me."
James just smiled at her, and Kaleb stifled a snicker.
Across the Common Room three pairs of brown eyes watched Lily and James, glaring at the laid-back redhead.
Lily ducked out from under James' arm and said brightly, "Well Kaleb, love, I'm not used to being forced into anyone's company, so I'm going for a walk around the corridors, see you later."
She lifted her hand in mock salute and bounded out of the Common Room.
"Being with you for a whole day could have been damaging to her health." Kaleb mused, looking at James.
"Bite me, Kale." James said, grinning.
"I think I'll pass, thanks much." Kaleb drawled.
Lily's involuntarily even tempo-ed steps tapped against the stone floor of the corridor, and she resisted the urge to get a soft-shoe routine in.
'I spent a day with James Potter, and no blood was shed. Hmm, the Apocalypse will be arriving any minute now.' Lily thought, amused.
'I don't suppose it was so terrible. He's a bit thick at times, but at least he has some semblance of a brain. He's rather insightful sometimes. But he is a prep, toys with girls…but he had his heart broken too. He is rather fetching, anyone can see that. But I absolutely refuse to fawn over that prep. It would be ridiculous.' Lily bit her lip, and stopped, mid-stride. She held her breath to stop the noise and listened intently.
Sure enough unevenly timed taps were heading towards her, and it sounded like girls from the sound of the shoes, probably three from the rhythm.
Lily continued down the hall, until she came to a corner, there she reached for her wand…and couldn't find it. Her eyes widened then narrowed as she looked up the corridor she had just walked through, searching for the piece of wood. When she looked up, three figures stood before her. They wore black hoods that hid their faces, and they were wearing robes that didn't even bear the Hogwarts seal, let alone the House seal.
"Can I help you with anything, ladies?" Lily drawled, leaning back against the wall, her muscles tensing.
"Well, first you could stop poisoning our school, mudblood, but my wager is that won't be happening." The middle figure said, in a hissing breathy sort of voice. Lily recognized the charm that had been used to alter her voice, and wondered why they went through such trouble so as not to be recognizable.
"You could stop trying to weasel your way into a pureblood's line, wouldn't want to taint any blood." The one on the left hissed.
"You could just lay down and die, save He Who Must Not Be Named a lot of effort, mudblood." The one on the right added.
"Well, I'll keep those suggestions in mind. Must be off now, ta!" Lily said, and attempted to move past the three girls.
"Oh, no, my pet. You're going to have to postpone your attempts at seducing James for a while, so we can 'play'." The one on the left said, maliciously, and shoved Lily back into the wall.
'Great, cornered by three wacko's without a wand. Hope I leave a good-looking corpse.'
Lily winced as her back hit the rough stone. She then ducked and dashed beyond the three girls. She had only made it about ten yards when she heard a voice hiss, "Accio!"
Lily flew backwards, and slammed into the wall again, and the taste of blood filled her mouth.
"Want to play, little mudblood?" The third girl said.
Lily spat some blood onto the girl's robe. "Bring it on." She challenged.
The second girl lifted her wand. "Now, we wouldn't want you to run away and spoil the game, so let's just keep you here." Lily couldn't catch the incantation the girl spoke, but Lily could barely move after she spoke it. Physically you wouldn't have noticed any difference, but try as she might, she couldn't run away.
The first girl's fist flew out and struck Lily in the ribs, stealing her breath. A spell was uttered and Lily the bones in her left forearm being crushed by an invisible vice.
She clenched her teeth, because she would not give them the pleasure of watching her squirm, or hearing her scream. She was strong. She always had been.
Fists and spells flew at her, and she felt the blood streaming from open wounds, bruises formed on almost every part of her body, but still she would not scream.
"Come on, mudblood, cry for us, scream and beg for mercy. We may just let you go." The second girl taunted.
Lily spat some of the ever-present pool of blood in her mouth at the three girls. "Look at the big strong witches, had to bind me with magic to beat me up. Sad, really." Lily said, and for the pain evident in it, it was the same as her usual cold demeanor.
"Crucio!" The third girl cried out, in outrage, and Lily fell to the ground, pain wracking every nerve of her body. It was agony, it was hell. 'Let me die…please just let me die…' She silently begged the curse.
"So Crucio doesn't hurt? Then let's just get rid of this little mudblood. Avada…."