5
The Letters of Life and Death

The feast was very long and painful for Lily, so at eight thirty she whispered to Tanya that she was going upstairs. Tanya understood completely. Lily sat in her usual armchair by the fire. She loved her father more than anything. The one thing she couldn't understand was, why? Was it really an accident? It had something to do with her she knew it.
Someone coughed. Lily jumped around. It was Remus. She smiled. He sat down across from her. "Chess?"
"Sure." He beat her terribly and they just laughed about it.
"Lily, I know how you feel about your dad."
"How could you ever know?" He took a deep breath.
"I haven't even told James or Sirius, and they're my best friends." He took another deep breath.
"If you don't want-"
"It's okay," he interrupted. "My dad died just this summer, right before I came to James' house. I would have never come to school even if it weren't for my brother Romulus. He was in his seventh year last year. Slytherin." He said making a face. Lily giggled.
"I'm really sorry, Rem."
"Well, we can just be normal around each other, since we're even now." Lily nodded, almost smiling.
"I guess so, Rem do you-" The door burst open and all the Gryffindors ran in. "I'll see you tomorrow I guess." He nodded. Lily sat on her bed thinking. How had Remus' father die? Did it have anything to do with dad? Then from her nearest window.BANG! She sat up and ran to the window. Sitting on the outer sill was a large barn owl. She yanked the window open. The note said:

Dear Lily,
Your father and I miss you very Much, So since your birthday is in October, we sent you an early gift. We Hope you like it very much. We love you always.

Mum

Lily sat reading the letter over and over again. Your Father and I. This must have been written ages ago. She put it down and wrote on another paper:

Mum,
Is dad there right now? Write Soon I really need to know. Is he there? Also, Thank you for the note. How did you find an Owl? Anyway keep writing with owl post.
Lily

The door opened and Tanya came in. "Lily! We're having a party. Hurry down!" pause. "Lily? Hmm." Lily sat silently, pretending to be asleep. She grabbed the brown box next to the owl, tied her note to the owls leg and it flew off. She unfolded the package and then she pulled out a picture of her entire family. They were at the lake on a big boat with her friend Camille and her brother and sister, Vernon and Marge, and their parents, Karen and Jim Dursley. Marge, who was about the size of eight Camille's, was sitting on the beach chair that was sagging to the deck of the boat. Vernon and Petunia were over talking by the television and Camille, Lily, Karen, Jim, Rose, and Edward were all on the top deck in life jackets. Lily pulled out the next item. It was a diamond heart necklace. She put it around her neck and put her head on her pillow and fell asleep.

The next day was hard for Lily, who was waiting eagerly for her mother's reply. By the end of classes she dashed up to her dormitory to find the owl on the bed.

Dear Lily,
Yes, of course your father is here. Why Wouldn't he be dear? I hope you liked the gift. We'll send you another one on your real birthday. We got the owl at a store in London. We are going to keep it to keep in touch with you. Our owl's name is Yellow. Cameron named her that. Did you get a new pet in Diagon Alley? Well write soon.

I love you, Mum

Lily dashed down the stairs and ran over to Remus. "Rem, I need to talk to you."
"What?"
"Did you get a letter about your dad?"
"No, my mom told me." Lily dropped her shoulders dramatically. "Why what's up?"
"My dad. I got a letter from my mom. He's not dead. He's at home. Do you think it was a nasty joke or something?" He stared.
"Who wrote it?" she pulled out the letter and handed it to him. "Marita M. Joklray" he read. "Come with me to the library. I want to find out who she is." They ran to the Library and immediately ran to the Famous Magical Persons section. He looked at all the titles and then stopped.
"Look, the biography of the Joklray family." Lily pulled it from the shelf and began reading.
"There's only barely a page about her." Lily began reading the page out loud. "Born in 1944, Marita May Joklray was born under the new moon of August fourth. Oh, this is so unimportant. Here, In 1975, That was two years ago, she joined a group of evil wizards with a leader of the name Tom Marvolo Riddle, or Lord Voldemort."

"I've heard of him! He's supposed to be the most powerful and evil wizard of this century!"
"She has been convicted of twenty two murders in the last two years. Look, this book was written about, oh my god! This was written in 1922." Remus jumped to her side.
"Look here. She tells her victims ahead of time that they will be murdered, but they don't recognize it. She has been known by her future reading skills! Remus! I need to tell my parents! They could get killed! That letter! That was the warning!" Lily was shaking very hard now.
"Okay, we'll send him a letter.No, let's go to Dumbledore." They agreed and began running down the hall. "Look at the time. It's passed ten, if we get caught-"
"Ooh!" It was Peeves the Poltergeist. "Look what we have here!"
"Peeves, no, please, leave us alone!"
"Students out of Bed!"
"Run!" Remus whispered they turned a corner and ran headlong into McGonagall.
"What are you doing?" she shrieked.
"We," Lily gasped. "Need-to-get-to-professor-Dumbledore."
"Why?" Lily sighed then yanked the torn out library page and the letter out of her pocket. "Dear Lord, come with me." She led them around a corner to a large stone griffin. "Bertie Botts every flavor beans." The griffin jumped to life and moved aside to show a concealed door. She pointed them to the moving staircase and they stepped on and moved upwards. They knocked on the door and no one answered. Just go in! Said a small voice in her head. Without thinking twice she entered. Dumbledore was standing halfway to the door with his hand outstretched.
"Ms. Evans, what are you doing up so late? Explain." Lily explained everything then Dumbledore began tapping his teeth.
"Ms. Evans, Mr. Lupin, back to bed. I will take care of everything. But Lily, no matter how hard I try, I don't know if I can save him in time." Lily nodded and they walked to their dormitories.

Lily was in a large tree. There were small rustling noises all around her. Then to her complete surprise Petunia jumped out.
" 'Tunia?"
"You! How dare you! It's all your fault. You will never be welcomed again at home."
"Oh, what did I do?" Lily asked innocently. In re turn Petunia sneered, "As if! Coming home this summer. ' I'm so good because I'm a witch!' I don't think so! You're nothing less then a freak."
"But Petunia!" She pushed her.

"Lily!" It was Tanya and the other dormitory girls standing over her. Jamy, Laycy, and Lawerin. "Lily, your dad.Dumbledore told us to tell you.Well, he wants to meet you in the Defense against the Dark arts classroom." Lily jumped up and grabbed her robes, not bothering to get dressed. She ran through the portrait hole and to the room where she usually had Defense against the Dark Arts with Professor Intrigua. Dumbledore was in a corner with her own mother and Petunia.
"Ms. Evans, your father has been killed, but I'm keeping your mother and sister here."
"But, Dumbledore, they're muggles."
"Well, some arrangements have been made. But I have a feeling you may be in danger too. So tell me if anything odd is happening. I am letting them hide in a compartment here where food will be sent to them. We are, in the meantime trying to catch the murderer." He was twirling his beard oddly. Her mother was so white she didn't even think of giving her a hug of welcome. "Lily, go back to bed. It's almost three."

Lily didn't hear much more about her mother and sister for about a month. She was sitting in the common room with Sirius, Remus, Tanya and James when another owl, looking just like the one who had delivered the fake letter about her father, flew in. Dear Lily,
You are a smart little child, I see, but, you Are already too late for your mother, I'm afraid, She will be lying dead forever. I have no need for Your sister, just you. I will be searching for you, Until I find you. Dear old Dumbledore will not be Able to help you much either, you are you and only You can save yourself, My dear.
Sincerely,
Marita M Joklray
On Halloween, before the feast, were the Gryffindor quidditch try- outs. James, Sirius, Peter and even Tanya were trying out.
"C'Mon Lil'" said Sirius, "Try-out, if you get chosen you can always resign." Lily sighed, she knew Sirius would badger her until she gave in.
"Okay, but I'm not promising I'll do it."

On Halloween they all walked down to the pitch. Katie Jonson, the Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, was standing near a pile of brooms. Sirius and James had sneaked in their own broomsticks and so Peter, Lily and Tanya went alone to get their brooms.
"Right, now, I'm Katie Jonson. Who s trying out to be a chaser?" Sirius, James, and Lily raised their hands along with two fifth year girls, Alisha Parkinson, and Traci Stone.
"Okay, you guys, fly around the pitch once and then pass and everyone score once. Go." They lifted off the ground. By the looks of it the two fifth year girls were terrible. The ball they were passing was a red one that always slipped from their hands. James, Sirius and even Lily scored right away, by throwing through the three gold hoops at the end of the field. But Alisha and Traci took about twenty minutes to score.
"Right," said Katie, writing on her clipboard. "So now beaters," by dusk she had watched the chasers, beaters and keepers.
"Right, er, chasers, Potter, Black, Evans." Lily smiled, she had begun to hope to get chosen. "Beaters, well we already have one, but our new one is Tori Perkins. Keeper, Alex Montgomery. First practice, tomorrow at five, and first game November 18th." Tanya, Peter and Lily walked up to the feast, as James and Sirius ran up to the dormitories to put their brooms away.

On November 18th Lily didn't eat anything, she sat in the Great hall, shaking.
"C'mon Lily, it's going to be okay- Stop it you guys!" James and Sirius were chucking hashbrowns at Severus Snapes head.
"What has he done to you bonehead?" Tanya asked wickedly.
"Nothing, it's more that he's there." Sirius said shortly.
"POTTER! BLACK! EVANS!" They looked up.
"I didn't Professor, I swear."
"What are you talking about Evans? If you want to be ready for the match you better go. Evans, eat something." She threw Lily an apple, which she ate half of before throwing it to the giant squid in the lake on the grounds.
When they started playing the commentator, Gilderoy Lockhart, began talking very quickly.
"Gryffindor in Possession, Potter, Evans, Black, Potter, Evans, Potter, SCORE! Gryffindor 10-0! Slytherin, Kasely, Couric, Jamia, Couric, Jamia, Kasely, Gryffindor! Potter, Black, Potter, Black, Potter, Evans, Black, SCORE! 20-0. Potter, Black, Evans Score. Slytherin in possession, no Gryffindor, Potter, Evans, Black, Evans, SCORE! 30-0. Oh- Dear God! Bludger to Evans head. She, my-oh my! She hit the whomping willow!" Dumbledore was running towards her, accompanied by Madam Pomfrey. "Well, er, Gryffindor caught the snitch. They win." Sirius, James, Tanya, Remus and Peter were all running, their broomsticks in the middle of the field.

"Is she alive, Headmaster?" Tanya said.
"Yes, but very weak, gee wizz! That could very well have killed her!"

The entire quidditch team came to the hospital wing. Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey were talking in a corner. "I don't think she should ever play again!"
"Madam Pomfrey, be realistic, maybe next year." She nodded.
Every day Remus, Peter, Tanya, Sirius and sometimes James visited her.
On December 8th she woke up, but had a leave of absence from classes
until the Christmas break was over. After they all left on the 8th she
fell into a dreamy sleep. She was on a tree, with James.
"I can't believe you! How could you put us out like that?" James looked very angry.
"We were such a good team." Lily looked up. Sirius was above her on a branch. Both of them in their Quidditch robes with their broomsticks. "Then you had to go and quit!"
"I chose you for a reason!" Katie was on her other side. "I didn't choose you to quit!"
"But Madam Pomfrey said-" They pushed her, farther, farther down, into the blackness. And then she felt the pain, the same pain as when she was hit.
"Lily! Lily! LILY!" Lily opened her eyes. Remus and Tanya were above her. "Are you okay?" Lily nodded.
"Why?" She said oddly.
"You were screaming." Lily looked stunned.
"What time is it?" Remus pointed to the clock. 2 AM. "It was weird I was in a tree. James and Sirius, and oh, yah, Katie, were yelling at me because I resigned."
"YOU RESIGNED?" Sirius and James were standing behind her, horrorstruck. Lily nodded.
"Then they pushed me and I was in so much pain. It was terrible."
"Well, You get to come out of the hospital tomorrow." Lily nodded, very embarrassed.
"Go to bed you guys, sleep in, you shouldn't have come, It's okay."

The shock of her mother's death lasted until near Christmas. On Christmas Morning she woke to find a small pile of gifts at the foot of the bed. They, just as they had the year before, took their gifts to the boy's room. None of them were awake so Tanya and Lily rustled them awake. From Remus Lily received a wizards chess set with crystal and chrome pieces. From Tanya she got a necklace that matched the one Lily liked that Tanya always wore, and a crystal collar for her cat, which she named Kiwaki. Sirius gave her a set called:

Fireworks, Dungbombs and other Illegal tricks to

Play on Friends

James

James had given her a little crystal ball.

"Er, sorry, what is it?" Lily said quietly.
"It's called a Misery Maker. It tells the most miserable parts of your future, or your descendants futures."
"Oh, that's so sweet, I hope you like my gift." He pulled out the small gift bag. And pulled out a small blue creature with wings. "It's a pixie."
"I noticed." James said as it bit him.
"It will stay with you for 1000 hours unless the counter curse is put on it, then it will be a sweet little pet."
"Make it stop! Ouch!"
"Tell me how to work this thing, then I will."
"You just ask to see the worst part of your life or something and then it will show them in pain or misery."
"Right, then show me the worst part of my life." It turned foggy then there was an enourmous burst of green light and it was clear.
"Mentobula!" The pixie sat infront of James and squeeked cheerfully. "Okay, to me it looked as if James just cursed me." Even James burst out laughing and the Pixie made a strange sound that sounded like 'ree-oo-ree- oo.' In a tone that sounded as if it were choking. They laughed even harder at that. The pixie growled and Lily said, "James, it looks like you've got a very violent Pixie." They laughed some more.

After the feast they went outside to have their, if it counts, annual snowball fight. "Same teams!" Tanya yelled running for Sirius' motorcycle.
"Evans, you break my leg again and I'll kill you."
"What if I-"
"No Broken bones!" He almost yelled.
"Alright, alright, no broken bones." As they flew above the others Lily muttered a simple curse, called the broken bone undoer to Lily. "Go lower." Lily said in James' ear. He followed her directions. "Look behind us!" Lily said in a very excited voice. He turned and was smashed in the face by the snowball and they fell into the cold snow. He sat up laughing and reached for his broom. It was gone.
"Hey, where's my-" Then he noticed. Lily was soaring higher and higher on James' broom. "You should never have resigned, even being you, Evans." She smiled and then got hit in the head with a snowball, thrown by Sirius, which was cursed to bounce of your head until to a temperature in which it would melt.
After the snowball fight James and Sirius led them down the stairs towards where the Hufflepuff's usually came up to breakfast from. They were led to a painting of a large bowl of fruit. James looked around then tickled the pear. It giggled, then turned into a doorknob, which was seized by Sirius. They entered a dark room and were soon surrounded by twenty or so little goblin like creatures.
"House elves." Sirius muttered.
"Can we help you, Black, the bold?" Muttered one.
"Pettigrew the Perfect." Squeeked another.
"Lupin the Loyal." Chimed the next.
"Garters the Great." Gasped the most large house elf, who looked to fat to say anything.
"Evans the Entertainer." Lily giggled.
"Potter the Potty." James' jaw dropped and Lily bumped into him purposely.
"Oh, sorry POTTY!" Lily sneered. But James kicked her out of the way and stepped forewords.
"We want, er, six butterbeers for now, can you make those instantly refilling. And er, we want some pumpkin pasties, Bertie Botts," They were instantly naming their favorite sweets.
"Lemon Drops." Lily added.
"Huh? What are those?" Tanya asked very un-sure.
"Lemon drops, muggle sweets." Tanya nodded. Ten minutes later they were in the boys dorm eating and drinking everything. Sirius, after eight butterbeers, was staring through unfocused eyes and giggling slightly.
"Tanya, what's up with Sirius?"
"The butterbeers, they're alcoholic." She said, as if it were obvious.
"What? But we're-we're only twelve." Tanya shrugged oddly.
"I'm almost fideen." Sirius giggled quietly.
"Siri, you're almost dead!" James shouted, as if Sirius were deaf. Sirius scratched his chin as the others laughed insanely. Sirius had twelve butterbeers all together by the time they went to bed, and James with seven, was not nearly as bad as Sirius had been with eight. By the time classes started again, they were back to their normal selves. Except perhaps Sirius, who had never been quite normal.

"1, 2, 3, Feraverta. Mr. Potter, you try it first." McGonagall
said sternly.
"No, Professor, please." James plead.
"Professor, I'll do it." Said Lily excitedly, but then thought
twice, wanting to see James kill himself.
"No, Mr. Potter, you do it." Lily smiled. He groaned. James
raised his wand and muttered, "1, 2, 3 Feraverta." The small parrot
infront of him popped and a tall silver cup was in it's spot. There
was applause from everyone, even Lily. After Transfiguration they
walked towards the dungeons resentfully.

Professor Coluberosor was pacing the room mumbling something
that sounded like, Awful, rotten, dirty Slytherin filth. And Lily was
sure that she was right because the Slytherins, on the other end of
the room were al looking at their feet guiltily.
"Get out your books. Slytherins, you will be doing the potion on
page 836 and-"
"Professor Coluberosor! That's for fifth years." Snape shrieked.
Coluberosor turned to him.
"Better get started then, you little piece of filth. And," she
continued, "Gryffindors, on page 351 dears." Lily scanned the page.
The chapter was titled: Potions for beginning your first year. She
smiled and began slicing caterpillars.
Half way through class a tall thin, evil looking Slytherin stood
up, and his cauldron banged to the floor. His knife stripped the end
of his robes and he opened his mouth to talk.
"THIS IS NOT FAIR, COLUBEROSOR! THOSE GROSS GRYFFINDORS ARE
DOING A SIMPLED FIRST YEAR POTION AND WE'RE STUCK WITH A FIFTH YEAR
POTION!?! I'M TALKING TO DUMBLE-"
"Mr. Roklart, Professor Dumbledore will not care, it is me who
is the teacher, so hold your tongue." Roklart was about to yell again
but stopped.
"Oliver! You say one more word and you will have detention for
the rest of this year! It is not my fault that you had to steal
Dumbledore's items with your other stuck up Slytherin friends! If you
or your buddies do one more thing wrong you will have detention in the
summer like last year! But then your mummy and daddy will miss you. SO
YOU BETTER STRAIGHTEN UP, YOU WRENCH FACED PIG! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MUCH US TEACHERS HAD TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE NOT EXPELLED!
SO SIT DOWN AND START OVER ON YOUR POTION!" She cursed very loudly and
Oliver Roklart's mouth was hanging open and he was very white.
Coluberosor was straightening out her robes and she pulled out her bun
to show long curly auburn hair. Roklart sat down and Coluberosor
smiled.
"Good, now Gryffindors, since, I see you are done, you may go,
NO! Roklart, you and your Slytherin group are not done." Lily and
Tanya collapsed into the common room laughing.
"Coluberosor is so awesome!"
"Even McGonagall wouldn't let us out early! And she's our head!"
"Or give us fifty points extra for the heck of it!"
"Where is Sirius and James?" asked Peter. Him and Remus had just
come through the portrait hole.
"No idea, but don't you think that was the most awesome, where
are you going?" They had suddenly run out of the common room. Tanya
and Lily followed. They turned a corner. A portrait shut and Lily went
up to the man and said, "We're with them." He squinted his eyes at
them.
"What were their names?"
"Remus and Peter." Tanya gasped.
"And the ones before?" Lily bit her lip and said, "James and
Sirius." It swung open. "Was that the password? What are you guys
doing?"
"Evans, shut up!" James swung the portrait shut and looked at
them. "What are you doing here?" Lily shrugged and looked around.
There were shelves lining the room and in the corner a handsome
fireplace, three chairs and two twin beds. In front of the shelves was
a large table with two candles and six chairs around it. In the
shelves were huge mugs of butterbeer, bags of sweets, and boxes of
Filibuster fireworks and Zonko's products. In cages by the artificial
window were the pixie and the garden gnome.
"James, what is this place?"
"Well, we call it the Lair." Lily raised her eyebrows. Sirius
waved his wand and three more chairs appeared. Remus, Tanya and Lily
sat down and Peter took the empty one next to Sirius, who handed them
all mugs of butterbeer.
"Evans, you mention this to anyone and we get expelled, okay,
you don't say anything! Got it?" Lily nodded.
"Why just me?"
"Why else? I don't trust you!" Lily shook her head in disbelief.
The rest of the evening they spent in front of a grand fire doing
homework. At near ten the large barn owl swung through the portrait
and landed infront of Remus and Lily gasped. Remus opened it and
swallowed, holding back tears.
"It's my mum, she's, she's dead." Lily swung her arms around him
and whispered.
"It's all right, we're here for you." In the morning Lily woke
up first, she was laying on a bed with Tanya, whose face was stuck to
her paper, and Remus, who had pushed his way to the pillow. Since it
was a Saturday, Lily didn't wake them up but went to her homework
again. But by nine she decided it was time. She grabbed a few
Filibuster Fireworks, lit them and blew them off by the beds. There
were a few screams and then James was throwing Bertie Botts Beans at
her head.

They spent almost every afternoon in the 'Lair', goofing off and
wasting time with sweets. It was good for everyone, except perhaps
Sirius, to have a place to go to get more Butterbeer. Sirius was drunk
almost every night. By the Easter holidays they had to go to the
Kitchens and restock on sweets.
Easter Morning Lily woke up alone in her dormitory. She grabbed
her bag from her bedside and ran to the boys dorm. It was deserted.
The common room was full of other kids, but no Tanya, no Sirius, no
Remus, no Peter, and thankfully, no James. She was about to slump into
a chair when she remembered. She ran down the stairs and down a
corridor.
"Sirius and James." The portrait swung open and Lily jumped onto
the bed next to Tanya.
"Hey Lil'." Lily had gotten everybody a box of muggle chocolate
eggs, secretly bewitched with live chicks inside. James grabbed one
and bit it. He cried out in surprise and pulled it out of his mouth.
He cracked it in half and a tiny chick jumped out. Even James burst
out with laughter.

In late April there was another quidditch game. Gryffindor
verses Ravenclaw. The school headed down for the pitch around eleven
and when the teams saw them coming they stopped practicing and went
into the locker rooms. Sirius and James put on their scarlet robes,
talking quietly. Katie stood up and began tapping her teeth and pacing
back and forth.
"Right, now, we win this game, and the next and we're in the
finals. Right now we're tied for third, meaning today we could get
into last place. We have the best team in five years. So-"
"Kate, it's only five years because you came five years ago."
"Shut up, Black." She said laughing. "Ok, James, you and Sirius
need to keep doing your thing. You can do it. You've done well in
every other game. Don't try too hard, or else we'll be down the drain
by the end. So, tut, tut, let's go!" she was, obviously, very nervous.

The new chaser was Oliver Steel. He was a very tall, black
haired boy, who always seemed to be giggling over stupid things, like,
today, the grass being wet.
"That's weird." Oliver giggled. "It's wet! When we want to play
quidditch!" James and Sirius dropped their jaws. Why did Lily RESIGN!
The whole school seemed to be out in the stands. The teams
mounted and the whistle blew just as Gilderoy Lockhart started
commentating.
"Gryffindor in possession, and gee, Potter does fly well, but
nothing compared to me, I was asked already to join the national squad
when I leave school, in my dorm I have a comet 180 and-"
"Lockhart!" It was McGonagall, "talk about the game, or else you
won't have a broom, or legs to ride it!"
"Right, er, oh, my, GRYFFINDOR SCORES THREE TIMES! 30-0! Dear
GOD! Gryffindor caught the snitch, but that catch was very pitiful, I
could do that even better, even thought I best at Beater, but I am a
talented keep-"
"Lockhart! The game has ended!"
"Ah, right, 180 to, FINE LEAVE! DON'T LISTEN TO ME!"

Meanwhile, the Gryffindors were having a party.

Meanwhile James, Lily, Tanya, Remus, Sirius and Peter were
having another party.
"That was so awesome! The game barely lasted two minutes! You
are the best team."
"Even me, Evans?" Lily looked over at James.
"I never said you Potter! I was talking to Sirius!" Lily said
smiling.
"Thanks Evans!" Said Sirius and James together, but in slightly
different tones. Sirius got up for another butterbeer and another and
finally after his ninth, Tanya and Lily grabbed the butter beer out of
his hands and shoved him into his seat.

In the common room they were having a larger party (people wise)
but a miniscule one (food wise)
"Hey! Oliver!" Oliver Steel looked over and said, "huh?"
"Where are the team stars, Potter and Black?" He shrugged and
handed her a butterbeer, which splashed a little but didn't spill.
Oliver started choking in laughter.
Gryffindor had another game in April, which they won easily
against Hufflepuff, and that put them in the finals. So in mid-May
they walked onto the field on considerably empty stomachs. James and
Sirius didn't talk or listen while Katie went on and on about how it
was our year and if we lost we would be pounded to pulp.
So they walked onto the field, not feeling much better than
before. The whistle blew, and James absent-mindedly scored three
times, along with Sirius with two. After around, what must have been
well over an hour, James stared up at the huge score board.
Gryffindor; 260. Slytherin; 90. If Slytherin caught the snitch now, we
would still win, by 20. As long as they stayed one hundred fifty up.
But then Slytherin scored twice, they were at the bare minimum. James
dived for the Slytherin near the goal post. He whimpered a shriek of
surprise and dropped the quaffle, which James caught and scored.
"GRYFFINDOR SCORES!" Lockhart shrieked. "AND SLYTHERIN CAUGHT
THE SNITCH.BUT GRYFFINDOR WINS!" Katie flew over to James and hugged
him and pecked him on the cheek. Then Sirius. Oliver was on the ground
laughing. But in an instant James and Sirius were with their friends,
running to have their own party.

At the beginning of June the exams had started. Monday they sat
through history of Magic exam, Transfiguration exam, and Defense
against the dark arts. Tuesday was Astronomy, charms, and Potions
first year exam. Then they sat out on the grounds staring at the giant
squid.
"I can't wait till next year." Remus said dreamily.
"Why?" Lily said awkwardly.
"Hogsmede! Plus we get to choose our classes. Have you done it
yet, Lil'." She shrugged.
"Sort of." She pulled the page out of her bag. She had marked
off Study of Ancient ruins and Divination. But still needed three
more. Remus had also chosen Divination but instead of Study of Ancient
ruins he had Care of Magical Creatures. So just for the heck of it
they chose the same three, Ancient ruins, Divination and Magical
Creatures. In the end they had also chosen Artithmancy and Medieval
Magical Art. James, Sirius and Tanya had chosen Muggle Studies,
wanting to learn about other ways of life, and Divination.
Tanya invited Lily to stay in the summer and she agreed at once,
not wanting to spend one more second with Petunia. When the Hogwarts
Express pulled into Kings Cross Station on June 21st, Lily and Tanya
ran towards Tanya's dad, a tall dark blonde man with a large smile.
They had just gotten into the car when Remus ran up to the car.