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James woke up just as the sun was rising, which was unusual for him to do on Saturday mornings.
"Wow I'm so glad that we came back on a Friday this year, we still have two more class free days," he thought to himself.
Looking around the dormitory, he saw the other three Marauders were still asleep. Sirius had a huge grin across his face, but James just figured he was having a really great dream.
He got dressed, and headed down to the common room. At first look he thought it was empty, but then he a muffled sound coming from the corner of the room. He looked around, and saw his fellow Quidditch team member, Allie Reiter crying on the couch in front of the fire. He ran over, and sat down next to her.
"What's wrong Allie?" he questioned.
Allie didn't even look up, she just handed James this mornings copy of the Daily Prophet.
James looked down at the headline on the front page, and read it out loud.
"Another Mass Killing Lead by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"
"Damn it, what's with this guy...he's getting more and more power every day...if the Ministry weren't such incompetent idiots maybe they could do something about it. And what's with being afraid to say his name. VOLDEMORT...it's not that hard!" James thought as he prepared to read on.
"Around midnight last night, 14 muggles and 5 wizards were killed by the Dark Lord's largest organized attack yet. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and his followers, more commonly known as Death Eaters, invaded Edinborough last night, with the intention of Muggle hunting. When five local wizards tried to defend the muggles, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named ordered his Death Eaters to attack the wizards instead. After a long hard fight, more Death Eaters apparated to the spot, finally cornering the five wizards and killing them all, using the Unforgivable curse Avada Kedavra. Frank Longbottom Sr., Alex Rizzo, and the Reiter brothers, Jack, Nick, and Jim, were the five wizards killed during their heroic fight...'
James couldn't read any further; he stood up, kicked the wall, and then sat down again and put a comforting arm around Allie. He knew nothing he could say would cheer her up, so he just sat there for hours, with her crying on his shoulder, thinking of all the horrible things he would like to do to Voldemort. He was glad he had chosen to try and become an Auror, because what he wanted more than anything was for these hard times to end, and was eager to do anything he could to help.
"Allie and Frank Longbottom Jr., another Gryffindor in Allie's year, plus countless others, have lost relatives just because a psychotic wizard and his followers find killing innocent people fun," James thought to himself. "There's really something wrong with this world."
James realized that the other Gryffindors would soon be waking up and heading down to the common room, so he decided to carry Allie up to her dormitory, since she was crying too hard to walk. He knew that the Girls' Dormitory stairs turned into a slide when a boy tried to walk up them, but with him and Sirius being the biggest Playboys in the school, he quickly learned the counter-jinx to fix that, so he and Sirius wouldn't have to share a dorm if they both wanted to be with girls on the same night.
He laid Allie down on her bed, told her that he had to get ready for breakfast and Quidditch tryouts, since he was the captain, but assured her that he would be back as soon as he was done.
He pulled her bed hangings shut so the other girls in her dorm wouldn't disturb her, and left the room as quietly as he could, so he wouldn't wake anyone up.
When he got to the bottom of the stairs, he spotted Lily staring at him from the couch looking livid.
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST JAMES! IT'S OUR FIRST DAY BACK AND YOU'VE ALREADY SLEPT WITH SOME RANDOM SLUT! YOU TOLD ME YOU LOVED ME AND I BELIEVED YOU! I THOUGHT YOU HAD CHANGED..." she ran from the common room, tears pouring from her eyes.
James just stood there staring after her, not knowing what to do. It was only his first day back and it was already starting to look like this would be James' worst year ever at Hogwarts.
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James woke up just as the sun was rising, which was unusual for him to do on Saturday mornings.
"Wow I'm so glad that we came back on a Friday this year, we still have two more class free days," he thought to himself.
Looking around the dormitory, he saw the other three Marauders were still asleep. Sirius had a huge grin across his face, but James just figured he was having a really great dream.
He got dressed, and headed down to the common room. At first look he thought it was empty, but then he a muffled sound coming from the corner of the room. He looked around, and saw his fellow Quidditch team member, Allie Reiter crying on the couch in front of the fire. He ran over, and sat down next to her.
"What's wrong Allie?" he questioned.
Allie didn't even look up, she just handed James this mornings copy of the Daily Prophet.
James looked down at the headline on the front page, and read it out loud.
"Another Mass Killing Lead by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"
"Damn it, what's with this guy...he's getting more and more power every day...if the Ministry weren't such incompetent idiots maybe they could do something about it. And what's with being afraid to say his name. VOLDEMORT...it's not that hard!" James thought as he prepared to read on.
"Around midnight last night, 14 muggles and 5 wizards were killed by the Dark Lord's largest organized attack yet. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and his followers, more commonly known as Death Eaters, invaded Edinborough last night, with the intention of Muggle hunting. When five local wizards tried to defend the muggles, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named ordered his Death Eaters to attack the wizards instead. After a long hard fight, more Death Eaters apparated to the spot, finally cornering the five wizards and killing them all, using the Unforgivable curse Avada Kedavra. Frank Longbottom Sr., Alex Rizzo, and the Reiter brothers, Jack, Nick, and Jim, were the five wizards killed during their heroic fight...'
James couldn't read any further; he stood up, kicked the wall, and then sat down again and put a comforting arm around Allie. He knew nothing he could say would cheer her up, so he just sat there for hours, with her crying on his shoulder, thinking of all the horrible things he would like to do to Voldemort. He was glad he had chosen to try and become an Auror, because what he wanted more than anything was for these hard times to end, and was eager to do anything he could to help.
"Allie and Frank Longbottom Jr., another Gryffindor in Allie's year, plus countless others, have lost relatives just because a psychotic wizard and his followers find killing innocent people fun," James thought to himself. "There's really something wrong with this world."
James realized that the other Gryffindors would soon be waking up and heading down to the common room, so he decided to carry Allie up to her dormitory, since she was crying too hard to walk. He knew that the Girls' Dormitory stairs turned into a slide when a boy tried to walk up them, but with him and Sirius being the biggest Playboys in the school, he quickly learned the counter-jinx to fix that, so he and Sirius wouldn't have to share a dorm if they both wanted to be with girls on the same night.
He laid Allie down on her bed, told her that he had to get ready for breakfast and Quidditch tryouts, since he was the captain, but assured her that he would be back as soon as he was done.
He pulled her bed hangings shut so the other girls in her dorm wouldn't disturb her, and left the room as quietly as he could, so he wouldn't wake anyone up.
When he got to the bottom of the stairs, he spotted Lily staring at him from the couch looking livid.
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST JAMES! IT'S OUR FIRST DAY BACK AND YOU'VE ALREADY SLEPT WITH SOME RANDOM SLUT! YOU TOLD ME YOU LOVED ME AND I BELIEVED YOU! I THOUGHT YOU HAD CHANGED..." she ran from the common room, tears pouring from her eyes.
James just stood there staring after her, not knowing what to do. It was only his first day back and it was already starting to look like this would be James' worst year ever at Hogwarts.