Shadows of Fond Memories
A Short Little Fic
Discalimer: No, I'm not J. K. Rowling. So none of this stuff I going to write about belongs to me. Only thing that's mine is the plot, well most of it.
Chapter Two- A (Loathe-Filled) Legacy
Remus
You could say Lily and James were an "odd pair."
That was putting it pretty mildly. Especially because of the fact that whenever they were in a forty-foot range of each other pranks and unnaturally loud voices were extremely common results. You had to fight the urge to just jump in and hex them both.
Surprisingly enough, their social status didn't plummet downward. Instead, it just in sued the fact that Sirius started selling magical car plugs for five galleons a pair.
And people actually bought them too.
Of course, being a friend of James' made the whole situation even more unpleasant.
For starters, when we were trying to complete our homework (…well, me anyway…), James would ramble on about how horrible Lily was, and all the jokes he played on her. Now there's only so many times you can hear about Lily's breaded pudding "mysteriously" turning into troll boogers, and fend off the urge to throw-up afterwards.
Then, the second part was that Lily simply refused to talk to Sirius and I anymore. It was as though she saw us as the enemy. It wasn't our fault our friend had insulted her. We weren't the ones who caused it. Although, Sirius did play a big role in aiding James' stupidity by switching costumes with him at that Halloween party.
In short, as Sirius would say, life sucked.
Even more so when Peter would say every morning when he got up, like his life depended on it, "Maybe today they'll get along."
They started getting along 728 days after Peter started saying that. That proves that Peter is definitely not the "true seer," Professor Delina made him out to be.
And I would know the days, really. Sirius and I counted on our fingers and toes, so we might be a couple hundred off.
But for those 728 days where they didn't get along, life was hell for everyone at Hogwarts
Even ask the professors. They all thought Pr. Dumbledore to be batty when he made Lily and James Head Girl and Boy. Together.
The first day back, seventh year, Peter, Sirius, and I actually watched Pr. McGonagall chase Pr. Dumbledore down the corridor near the Great Hall, transfiguring muggle lemon drops to throw at his head. I found it quite entertaining to tell you the truth. They bounced off his head like he had a shielding charm protecting him. In reality, with McGonagall's aim, he probably did have a shielding charm.
And if you know Sirius and Peter, you know that there's no stopping them when candy is involved. They were on the ground, on their hands and knees, scooping up lemon drops like no tomorrow.
Then, right on cue, James and Lily burst out the doors of the Great Hall. Booming voices and a fair amount of screaming let me (and everyone else in the hall) know that they're fighting. Again. Supposedly they couldn't agree on Christmas decorations this time.
"Mistletoe!" Lily yelled at him, her arms waving in his face the plans, "You want mistletoe?!"
"Yeah, Evans. Bloody hell, what have you got against mistletoe?" James shouted back at her, storming in front of her as she walked away angrily, "And every idea I've proposed to you?"
She turned on her heel abruptly, just in front of myself and the two idiots too attached to their candy to notice James and her. She looked at him, glaring.
"I feel bad for the poor souls who would get stuck under the mistletoe with you."
"Come'on Evans. You know you want to be under mistletoe with me," he grinned, daring to flirt with her.
Lily sighed in what I believe to be a combination of exasperation and hate. Then she turned to me.
"Your friend has been acting like that all night," she said, curtly, "Please make him stop."
Wow. Lily talked to me for the first time in basically a year. I'm touched.
Of course, when I don't answer back (because I'm too shocked), they start shouting at one another again.
I took a hint from every other person in the hall and covered my ears, because I was not foolish to buy Sirius' ear plugs.
Finally, by some odd miracle, Lily and James cease fire.
Astonishing, huh?
But then I notice that the only reason why the voices have died down is because they have spotted the lemon drops on the floor.
Can you just guess what they do next?
If "clean them up" was your answer you need to listen more closely to what I tell you about James and Lily.
James starts pelting Lily with the drops. So then so chucks them back at him. It becomes a full raging war as some people begin to take sides and join in, while others like me shake their heads in amusement and frustration.
So now the two have a battle field that looks like the yellow brick road, with Sirius and Peter in the middle of it using their robes as bags. Not only that, but now Lily and James are screaming and fighting. With lemon drops.
I truly considered buying those ear plugs from Sirius at that exact moment.
Then you have to keep in mind the many students, that have joined us in crowding up the hallway, are staring open mouthed at the spectacle. The people watch like they are looking at wild animals in a zoo. Which they are.
This is when I am reassured of the fact I knew all along.
I am surrounded by total loonies.
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Subsequently, even after this incident, the feud between the two raged on. Neither seemed to ever back down to the other.
During Christmas break, the four of us, Peter, James, Sirius, and I, decided to go home for Christmas. After the holiday, we took a trip up to the mountains to try a sport Sirius had told us about from his Muggle Studies class, skiing. Apparently, James and Sirius were naturals at the sport.
Well, one day, when Peter and I were sitting in the lodge at the bottom of the hill (Peter having been worn out, and I having sprained my ankle), something interesting happened. James was skiing down the mountain and to the lodge with a girl. We had brought no girls with us on this trip so I sat up to get a closer look, as did Peter. The pair took off their skis and walked through the lodge doors together, laughing.
Lily. Lily was with him.
I had a feeling they wouldn't be fighting anymore.