"James, get up!"
It was 12:00 in the afternoon, and to Lily Evan's that was a late enough time to sleep. Lily walked around James' abnormally large room and picked up some dirty clothes hear and there. She had become very organized and responsible since there were no adults around to watch them.
"Lil, what do you do this to me? Your not my mother..." he faded away with sadness in his voice
"No I'm not. But I'm also not going to let you melt into despair. James, you have to get by! I need you all right?" he nodded "Now get up and get dressed. We're going to meet the rest of the chaps in Diagon Alley for some school supples and for the Animagi potion."
Lily walked briskly out of the room so he could get changed.
"Boy can I see her as a mother!" James muttered to himself
*-*
"Is he up yet?" Remus asked as he chewed his bacon and eggs
"Yes. But if he isn't down here in 15 minutes let's leave him behind shall we?"
she suggested
"Lil, will you just take it easy! You don't have to be a mother to him, he can take care of himself you know!" Remus pointed out " I just don't want you overworking yourself!"
"I'm not! I'm just staying organized is all!" she shook her wand at the dishes in the sink and they started to clean themselves. The Ministry had understood their situation and had allowed them the use of magic for only house-held chores.
"Of course you are!" he rolled his eyes
James wadled down the stairs and into the kitchen. He plopped himself down next to Lily and dished himself some food.
"What time should we be there by?" he asked as he stuffed his face with eggs
"This is good who made it?"
"I did!" Lily said
"And we should be there..."she looked at the clock "FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO!"
She grabbed all their plates and threw them into the sink. She then picked up a purse and then the boys. They were dragged all the way to the fireplace, and then practically thrown into the fire.
"Hey! There's no floo powder there yet!" James yelled
"Oh, right!" she grabbed the green powder and sprinkled it in.
"Diagon Alley" and she disappeared
*-*
When Lily hopped out of the fireplace she was looking into the faces of four very aggravated faces. (Well three very aggravated faces, Peter wasn't paying attention)
"Where have you been?" they all asked simultaneously
"James over-slept. I'm really sorry, we're late!" she apologized
"Who's we?" James said hopping out of the grate "You're the one who didn't wake me up!"
"Wake you up? Wake you up? That's it I'm not talking to you ever again!"
She stormed off. And in the process grabbing Tasha and Molly by the scruff of their shirts.
"So how as your summer been?" Molly asked sarcastically
"Oh aren't you the funniest thing?" she shot back while walking into Flourish and Blotts.
"Lily, Remus told me how hard you've been working yourself. You shouldn't hold responsibility for everyone in that house! Sure you can look out for them but not be their mother!"
"I'm not trying to be!" she handed the list to the manager
"Well, would being made a prefect have anything to do with this?" Tasha smiled
"Your a prefect? Why didn't you tell me?"
"How did you find out?"
"James was looking at your Hogwart's school letter and saw that you had gotten the same thing he had! He's a prefect too, so he told Sirius who just happened to let it slip to me!" she was examining her nails by now
"James is a prefect? Great..."
"Hey...do you remember that girl in our first year, Great Wizards I can't remember her name, she was the prefect that led us to the Gryffindor tower for the first time..."
"Oh! You mean Kayla?" Molly said as she was walking out of the store
"Right that's it Kayla! OOH she had a nasty temper she did! Remember how mad she was when we were all covered with food?"
They laughed at the memory. The girls took a stroll down memory lane for a little longer then met up with the boys at the Leaky Cauldron.
"Did you get everything you needed?" Lily asked eyeing their huge bags.
"Sure did! All right mates, let's eat something and then call it a day shall we?
They all nodded.
"Good day James! What'll be?" Lily looked over to a young man with very little teeth. He seemed to be the only one serving the people here.
"Hello Tom! Oh I'll have some hot tea please! What do you chaps want?"
"Tea!" they all said in unison
"And crumpets!" Sirius piped
"All righ, So that's six tea's and a basket full o' crumpets!" He smiled and bowed himself away.
"He's nice! How do you know him?" Molly asked James.
"I used to come here all the time with my parents..."
Lily smiled at him.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
When Lily got home she started on the dishes, She felt like doing them by hand, James was looking at his old photo album of him and his parents when he was younger. Remus was down in the basement getting ready for another turn of the full moon. What a bunch she lives with.
There was a knock at the door.
"Get the door will you James?"
James lifted himself up from his comfy seat, and went to the door. Who could it be at this time of day? 'Anyone stupid!' the little voice inside his head told him. He opened the door to find a large pudgy man with a purple face.
"Hello" he cleared his throat " Does Ms. Lily Evan's live here?"
"Who's asking?" James asked curiously
This man looked like an over-weight pig. Is was an amusing sight to see.
"Who's asking? Who's asking?" A high pitched voice screamed "Her sister and her brother-in-law that's who!"
Lily heard screaming coming from outside. She rolled her eyes. It's probably some poor muggle being terrorized by James again. Once was enough.
Lily came to the door.
"James really James, once is-" She swallowed all her words
"P-P-Petunia? Vernon? What are you doing here?" she looked over there shoulder to see her cousin Louie sitting by the car waiting with a glum face.
"Louie? How in the world did you three get here?" She was about to say find them but that would imply that they're stupid and she didn't want to insult her cousin.
"We're here unfortunately to take you home with us! Louie here is the same thing you are and because of both your abnormality we all have no parents!"
"Louie?" Lily asked "You're a wizard?"
He walked over to her "Listen Lil I just graduated from the school Durmstrang out in Bulgaria! They are very tough there. But you didn't tell me that you were a witch!"
"Well I had no clue you were a wizard." She smiled at him. They were in the same boat.
"Wait a moment here! Lily there here to take you away, you know! Away! Vamoose, good bye, Dosvedanya!" James wasn't happy about this
"Wait what do you mean take me away from here? This is my home now!"
"Lily as Louie has told us you live with two boys and one of them is a werewolf" Petunia wrinkled her nose. "Now go get you things or whatever you people have and get in the car."
"NO! Louie please, I have to stay here. This is my home now, I'm not going to live with YOU" she looked at Vernon and Petunia in disgust
"You have no choice!" Vernon roared
"Oh yes she does." James whipped out his wand and stood in front of Lily protecting her.
"Don't James!" Lily whispered into his ear.
"You remember Remus, Petunia?" Lily asked
"Yes. What of him?"
"Well he's sort of my brother now and he lives here with James and I! I would not be able to live without him but the problem is..."
"What?"
"The problem id he's a werewolf! And right now he's transforming in our basement!" They heard aloud howl.
"No werewolf is living at my house Petunia!" Vernon yelled again "Let's leave her here, If she wants to stay and ruin her life then let her do it! But I will not be associated with a werewolf!"
"Oh don't be such a ham!" James replied
Lily gave him a look.
"Wa-Wa-Was that some sort of curse?"
"Maybe, maybe not!"
"All right! Fine, have it you way. Come Petunia, let's leave them here in this-this" He looked at the castle-like mansion "This pit! Let's go Louie!"
"I think I'll stay for a while Vernon but I'll be back by tonight!"
"Fine, but make sure you wash up before you step foot in our normal house. I don't want any filth in it!" He snarled at Lily and James then whipped his head around and led Petunia to the car. It seemed even she was surprised at how he had acted. They soon were driving out of sight.
"Louie? You're a wizard right?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Then why do they like you and not me?"
"Lil, why would you want them to like you?" but he saw how serious "I told them what a squib was and then told them I was one! Listen I'm going away for awhile Lil, and I don't know when I'm coming back so..." he went over and hugged her "Good bye!"
"Wait! Where are you going?" but he dissaperated before he could answer
Lily sighed. "Come on James. We're going back to Hogwart's tomorrow, we have to at least try to get a good night's sleep!"
"Even while Remus is howling away?"
"You'll be able to fix that soon! Everything is ready for the charms and the potions!"
"Ah! My Genius!" He kissed her forehead then they went to bed.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
The next morning Lily ran downstairs to the basement to find Remus asleep on a torn up couch. Lily sighed to herslef.
"poor poor Remus" she muttered to herself
"Oh please!" he said groggily
"Come one get up! We have to be on the platform in two hours!"
"Oh so we're actually on time?"
"If James will get up on time we will be!" Lily smiled as she helped him up to the kitchen
"I brought your things down."
"Thanks Lil!" Remus said sitting down at the kitchen table.
He started to eat some pancakes for the large journey.
"Lil, I know this is going to sound crazy and American like, but do we have Coffee? I swear I feel like I'm going to drop!"
"Umm...I don't think we have any coffee Remus but I'll make you some hot tea!"
They both heard s noise coming from the stairs.
"Oh, look who's up! It's sleeping beauty!"
"Sod off Lil will you! It's just too early for this!"
"Well Sirius' mother is going to be here any moment to pick us up so at least try to look...neat!" her eyes drifted to the messy hair
He tried to flatten it out of an impulse.
Their was a knock on the door and Lily finished the dishes and ran to the door. It was Sirius and Tasha.
"Hello Chaps! And how are we this lovely lovely morning?" Sirius walked inside with Tasha following him. Lily looked out side and saw it was raining. 'What a cook!' she thought to herself.
They carried all their trunks and owls to the cars(Nobody knew that Lily's owl was named James still!).
IT was a long ride to King's Cross station and by the time they had arrived they had 15 minutes to board.
"You be bad Sirius! I mean g-g-good!" Sirius' mum said to him. "Hello Children!"
and with that she strode through the barrier and left for the muggle world.
"Well, shall we?" Sirius asked pointing to the train
"I think we shall!" Lily leaded them onto the train.
It was 12:00 in the afternoon, and to Lily Evan's that was a late enough time to sleep. Lily walked around James' abnormally large room and picked up some dirty clothes hear and there. She had become very organized and responsible since there were no adults around to watch them.
"Lil, what do you do this to me? Your not my mother..." he faded away with sadness in his voice
"No I'm not. But I'm also not going to let you melt into despair. James, you have to get by! I need you all right?" he nodded "Now get up and get dressed. We're going to meet the rest of the chaps in Diagon Alley for some school supples and for the Animagi potion."
Lily walked briskly out of the room so he could get changed.
"Boy can I see her as a mother!" James muttered to himself
*-*
"Is he up yet?" Remus asked as he chewed his bacon and eggs
"Yes. But if he isn't down here in 15 minutes let's leave him behind shall we?"
she suggested
"Lil, will you just take it easy! You don't have to be a mother to him, he can take care of himself you know!" Remus pointed out " I just don't want you overworking yourself!"
"I'm not! I'm just staying organized is all!" she shook her wand at the dishes in the sink and they started to clean themselves. The Ministry had understood their situation and had allowed them the use of magic for only house-held chores.
"Of course you are!" he rolled his eyes
James wadled down the stairs and into the kitchen. He plopped himself down next to Lily and dished himself some food.
"What time should we be there by?" he asked as he stuffed his face with eggs
"This is good who made it?"
"I did!" Lily said
"And we should be there..."she looked at the clock "FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO!"
She grabbed all their plates and threw them into the sink. She then picked up a purse and then the boys. They were dragged all the way to the fireplace, and then practically thrown into the fire.
"Hey! There's no floo powder there yet!" James yelled
"Oh, right!" she grabbed the green powder and sprinkled it in.
"Diagon Alley" and she disappeared
*-*
When Lily hopped out of the fireplace she was looking into the faces of four very aggravated faces. (Well three very aggravated faces, Peter wasn't paying attention)
"Where have you been?" they all asked simultaneously
"James over-slept. I'm really sorry, we're late!" she apologized
"Who's we?" James said hopping out of the grate "You're the one who didn't wake me up!"
"Wake you up? Wake you up? That's it I'm not talking to you ever again!"
She stormed off. And in the process grabbing Tasha and Molly by the scruff of their shirts.
"So how as your summer been?" Molly asked sarcastically
"Oh aren't you the funniest thing?" she shot back while walking into Flourish and Blotts.
"Lily, Remus told me how hard you've been working yourself. You shouldn't hold responsibility for everyone in that house! Sure you can look out for them but not be their mother!"
"I'm not trying to be!" she handed the list to the manager
"Well, would being made a prefect have anything to do with this?" Tasha smiled
"Your a prefect? Why didn't you tell me?"
"How did you find out?"
"James was looking at your Hogwart's school letter and saw that you had gotten the same thing he had! He's a prefect too, so he told Sirius who just happened to let it slip to me!" she was examining her nails by now
"James is a prefect? Great..."
"Hey...do you remember that girl in our first year, Great Wizards I can't remember her name, she was the prefect that led us to the Gryffindor tower for the first time..."
"Oh! You mean Kayla?" Molly said as she was walking out of the store
"Right that's it Kayla! OOH she had a nasty temper she did! Remember how mad she was when we were all covered with food?"
They laughed at the memory. The girls took a stroll down memory lane for a little longer then met up with the boys at the Leaky Cauldron.
"Did you get everything you needed?" Lily asked eyeing their huge bags.
"Sure did! All right mates, let's eat something and then call it a day shall we?
They all nodded.
"Good day James! What'll be?" Lily looked over to a young man with very little teeth. He seemed to be the only one serving the people here.
"Hello Tom! Oh I'll have some hot tea please! What do you chaps want?"
"Tea!" they all said in unison
"And crumpets!" Sirius piped
"All righ, So that's six tea's and a basket full o' crumpets!" He smiled and bowed himself away.
"He's nice! How do you know him?" Molly asked James.
"I used to come here all the time with my parents..."
Lily smiled at him.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
When Lily got home she started on the dishes, She felt like doing them by hand, James was looking at his old photo album of him and his parents when he was younger. Remus was down in the basement getting ready for another turn of the full moon. What a bunch she lives with.
There was a knock at the door.
"Get the door will you James?"
James lifted himself up from his comfy seat, and went to the door. Who could it be at this time of day? 'Anyone stupid!' the little voice inside his head told him. He opened the door to find a large pudgy man with a purple face.
"Hello" he cleared his throat " Does Ms. Lily Evan's live here?"
"Who's asking?" James asked curiously
This man looked like an over-weight pig. Is was an amusing sight to see.
"Who's asking? Who's asking?" A high pitched voice screamed "Her sister and her brother-in-law that's who!"
Lily heard screaming coming from outside. She rolled her eyes. It's probably some poor muggle being terrorized by James again. Once was enough.
Lily came to the door.
"James really James, once is-" She swallowed all her words
"P-P-Petunia? Vernon? What are you doing here?" she looked over there shoulder to see her cousin Louie sitting by the car waiting with a glum face.
"Louie? How in the world did you three get here?" She was about to say find them but that would imply that they're stupid and she didn't want to insult her cousin.
"We're here unfortunately to take you home with us! Louie here is the same thing you are and because of both your abnormality we all have no parents!"
"Louie?" Lily asked "You're a wizard?"
He walked over to her "Listen Lil I just graduated from the school Durmstrang out in Bulgaria! They are very tough there. But you didn't tell me that you were a witch!"
"Well I had no clue you were a wizard." She smiled at him. They were in the same boat.
"Wait a moment here! Lily there here to take you away, you know! Away! Vamoose, good bye, Dosvedanya!" James wasn't happy about this
"Wait what do you mean take me away from here? This is my home now!"
"Lily as Louie has told us you live with two boys and one of them is a werewolf" Petunia wrinkled her nose. "Now go get you things or whatever you people have and get in the car."
"NO! Louie please, I have to stay here. This is my home now, I'm not going to live with YOU" she looked at Vernon and Petunia in disgust
"You have no choice!" Vernon roared
"Oh yes she does." James whipped out his wand and stood in front of Lily protecting her.
"Don't James!" Lily whispered into his ear.
"You remember Remus, Petunia?" Lily asked
"Yes. What of him?"
"Well he's sort of my brother now and he lives here with James and I! I would not be able to live without him but the problem is..."
"What?"
"The problem id he's a werewolf! And right now he's transforming in our basement!" They heard aloud howl.
"No werewolf is living at my house Petunia!" Vernon yelled again "Let's leave her here, If she wants to stay and ruin her life then let her do it! But I will not be associated with a werewolf!"
"Oh don't be such a ham!" James replied
Lily gave him a look.
"Wa-Wa-Was that some sort of curse?"
"Maybe, maybe not!"
"All right! Fine, have it you way. Come Petunia, let's leave them here in this-this" He looked at the castle-like mansion "This pit! Let's go Louie!"
"I think I'll stay for a while Vernon but I'll be back by tonight!"
"Fine, but make sure you wash up before you step foot in our normal house. I don't want any filth in it!" He snarled at Lily and James then whipped his head around and led Petunia to the car. It seemed even she was surprised at how he had acted. They soon were driving out of sight.
"Louie? You're a wizard right?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Then why do they like you and not me?"
"Lil, why would you want them to like you?" but he saw how serious "I told them what a squib was and then told them I was one! Listen I'm going away for awhile Lil, and I don't know when I'm coming back so..." he went over and hugged her "Good bye!"
"Wait! Where are you going?" but he dissaperated before he could answer
Lily sighed. "Come on James. We're going back to Hogwart's tomorrow, we have to at least try to get a good night's sleep!"
"Even while Remus is howling away?"
"You'll be able to fix that soon! Everything is ready for the charms and the potions!"
"Ah! My Genius!" He kissed her forehead then they went to bed.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
The next morning Lily ran downstairs to the basement to find Remus asleep on a torn up couch. Lily sighed to herslef.
"poor poor Remus" she muttered to herself
"Oh please!" he said groggily
"Come one get up! We have to be on the platform in two hours!"
"Oh so we're actually on time?"
"If James will get up on time we will be!" Lily smiled as she helped him up to the kitchen
"I brought your things down."
"Thanks Lil!" Remus said sitting down at the kitchen table.
He started to eat some pancakes for the large journey.
"Lil, I know this is going to sound crazy and American like, but do we have Coffee? I swear I feel like I'm going to drop!"
"Umm...I don't think we have any coffee Remus but I'll make you some hot tea!"
They both heard s noise coming from the stairs.
"Oh, look who's up! It's sleeping beauty!"
"Sod off Lil will you! It's just too early for this!"
"Well Sirius' mother is going to be here any moment to pick us up so at least try to look...neat!" her eyes drifted to the messy hair
He tried to flatten it out of an impulse.
Their was a knock on the door and Lily finished the dishes and ran to the door. It was Sirius and Tasha.
"Hello Chaps! And how are we this lovely lovely morning?" Sirius walked inside with Tasha following him. Lily looked out side and saw it was raining. 'What a cook!' she thought to herself.
They carried all their trunks and owls to the cars(Nobody knew that Lily's owl was named James still!).
IT was a long ride to King's Cross station and by the time they had arrived they had 15 minutes to board.
"You be bad Sirius! I mean g-g-good!" Sirius' mum said to him. "Hello Children!"
and with that she strode through the barrier and left for the muggle world.
"Well, shall we?" Sirius asked pointing to the train
"I think we shall!" Lily leaded them onto the train.
