Disclaimer: I do no own Harry Potter. It all belongs to JK Rowling.
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James and Sirius arrived at Diagon Alley seconds before Lily and Bella did. James and Sirius didn't see the two girls, but Bella called out "Oi! James! Sirius! Over here!" and the two boys turned around and ran up to the girls.
"Well hello Miss Figg and Miss Evans" Sirius said, breathless at the sight of Bella.
"Hey Sirius, James" Lily said.
"Hi Lily" James said back to her.
"That's it? Just "Hi Lily?" No rude comment? No pranks up your sleeve?" Lily asked James.
"Nope. Lily, despite what you may think, I can be mature when I want to" James answered the fiery redhead.
"And other times you can be a complete, arrogant jerk," Lily interjected.
"Lily, I've changed. I know I was a jerk, but I'm trying my hardest not to be. Can't we just be at least friends?" James pleaded.
"Ok. Friends. Nothing more though. I don't want a boyfriend right now" Lily told the other three.
'Sure Lily, you say that now...' Bella thought.
"So, ladies, mind if we hang out with you? You look like you're here to shop for school, which is the main purpose of our actions too," Sirius asked them.
"Sure Sirius" Bella answered for her and Lily.
Lily scowled. 'A whole day with Potter and Black? Is she serious?' Lily thought.
"Lily...Lily...LILY!" Bella shouted at Lily trying to get her attention.
"W.What? Sorry I was just thinking..." Lily trailed off.
"About me?" James asked hopefully.
"No, not you Potter. Actually I was thinking of my Severus. Oh yes, isn't he adorable? We've been secretly dating for two years and now I'm carrying his child," Lily said with a straight face.
James looked horrified. "WHAT?" he shouted, turning a few heads his way.
Lily burst out laughing. "God James, you're so gullible!" she said through fits of laughter.
Sirius and Bella were now also in hysterics.
"Mate your face was priceless!" Sirius said to James.
"Alright, alright, now you've all had a go at me, can we please go get our stuff?" James asked, eager to get of the subject.
"Alright, Jamesie, don't get your knickers in a knot!" Bella said, still laughing.
The four of them started walking down Diagon Alley.
"Ok, where to first?" Lily asked the other three.
"Uh...Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions? We need dress robes this year; we're having a Graduation Ball" Bella replied.
"Ok" James agreed.
On the way to the store, the three of them discussed their other friends, especially Zani, as she was both the boys and the girls' friend, and Sirius' cousin.
"So, boys, I heard she had to spend two weeks with you two," Lily said.
"Yeah, but boy has that girl changed! Hasn't she Padfoot?" James asked Sirius.
"Yeah. She's like more withdrawn, and she didn't join in with any of our pranks or anything!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Really? That's weird!" Lily said, as Zani was almost as well known for pranks as Sirius and James.
They had reached the shop by now. The four of the stepped inside and were greeted by Madam Malkin herself.
"Welcome, Ladies and Gentleman, how may I help you today?" Madam Malkin asked them.
"Uh, we're Seventh Year's at Hogwarts and we need dress robes for our Graduation Ball" James told her.
"Well, gentlemen, you're in luck! We have just received a new order of blue and green dress robes that I think would go with your eyes nicely. As for you, ladies, our women's section is over there. Go and check out what you would like!" Madam Malkin said rather forcefully.
"Geez, she could have said that a bit nicer" Lily murmured as she and Bella made their way to the women's section.
Bella laughed. "Yeah, but I think she just jealous that us two are hanging around with Sirius Black and James Potter!" She said.
Lily laughed in agreement, and began looking at the robes, as did Bella. After about five minutes, Bella had found some baby blue robes that matched her eyes perfectly, but Lily was still searching.
'Why, oh why was I born with red hair?' she thought to herself.
"Lils! Come here! I found the perfect robes for you!" Bella called to her from the other side of the ladies section.
Lily ran over to Bella, who was holding up the most beautiful dress robes she'd ever seen. They were emerald green, figure hugging at the top, and flowy (A/N: is that a word? Well it is now!) at the bottom.
"Oh my God Bella! They're perfect! Let's go buy them!" Lily said, and ran to the counter.
After the girls had paid for their robes, they walked outside to find the boys waiting for them, although now joined by Remus.
"Hey Remus!" Bella called out, and hugged him. Remus and Bella were extremely good friends. Some people thought they were dating, but they never would. Their relationship was more brother/sisterish.
"Bella! I've missed you so much!" Remus said as they let go.
"Same here, Moony old pal!" Bella said, as she and Lily had found out about Remus being a werewolf in Third Year.
"So guys, what else do we need to get?" Sirius asked the group.
"Uh.well, we haven't got our books yet, so we have to go to Flourish and Blotts, but other than that, does anyone need to get anything else? Quills? Parchment?" Lily asked.
A chorus of "Nope's" and "No's" was heard all around the group, and they headed to Flourish and Blotts.
On the way, however, they were stopped by Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"What do you two losers want?" James said, irritably.
"Oh nothing, Potter, we were just going to tell you some information about you're cousin, Black, Zanthia" Malfoy said, eyes towards Sirius, "But after you're little outburst, Potter, I don't think we will" Malfoy finished evilly.
"What did you do to Zanthia?" Sirius roared, grabbing Malfoy by the collar, wand pointing at his chest.
"Um...sh...she w...was..." Malfoy spluttered.
"What was she Malfoy" James asked him, wand pointed at his head.
"I c...can't tell you, b...but she's ok, i...it happened last year" Malfoy told them.
"Leave him, Sirius, he's not worth it" Bella told Sirius quietly.
Sirius obeyed Bella, dropping Malfoy on the ground.
"Leave Zanthia alone, Malfoy, or I'll personally make you wish you were never born!" Sirius snarled at Malfoy, and Malfoy ran off with Snape, muttering about half-squib girlfriends.
"I swear, if he did anything to Zani I'll-" Sirius started, but was interrupted by Bella.
"Sirius, please, just leave it, ok?" she pleaded.
"Fine" he said, calming down.
The rest of the afternoon, the mood was glum, just buying all their things, and then they went their separate ways, Lily and Bella together, Sirius, Remus and James together, saying "I'll owl you" or "Cya at Hogwarts".
But they didn't know that the next two weeks would be two weeks they would never forget... *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A/N: A sorta cliffhanger! So, what happened to Zani? What happens in the next two weeks? That'll all be in the next couple of chapters! Plz review!
jellybeanqueen
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James and Sirius arrived at Diagon Alley seconds before Lily and Bella did. James and Sirius didn't see the two girls, but Bella called out "Oi! James! Sirius! Over here!" and the two boys turned around and ran up to the girls.
"Well hello Miss Figg and Miss Evans" Sirius said, breathless at the sight of Bella.
"Hey Sirius, James" Lily said.
"Hi Lily" James said back to her.
"That's it? Just "Hi Lily?" No rude comment? No pranks up your sleeve?" Lily asked James.
"Nope. Lily, despite what you may think, I can be mature when I want to" James answered the fiery redhead.
"And other times you can be a complete, arrogant jerk," Lily interjected.
"Lily, I've changed. I know I was a jerk, but I'm trying my hardest not to be. Can't we just be at least friends?" James pleaded.
"Ok. Friends. Nothing more though. I don't want a boyfriend right now" Lily told the other three.
'Sure Lily, you say that now...' Bella thought.
"So, ladies, mind if we hang out with you? You look like you're here to shop for school, which is the main purpose of our actions too," Sirius asked them.
"Sure Sirius" Bella answered for her and Lily.
Lily scowled. 'A whole day with Potter and Black? Is she serious?' Lily thought.
"Lily...Lily...LILY!" Bella shouted at Lily trying to get her attention.
"W.What? Sorry I was just thinking..." Lily trailed off.
"About me?" James asked hopefully.
"No, not you Potter. Actually I was thinking of my Severus. Oh yes, isn't he adorable? We've been secretly dating for two years and now I'm carrying his child," Lily said with a straight face.
James looked horrified. "WHAT?" he shouted, turning a few heads his way.
Lily burst out laughing. "God James, you're so gullible!" she said through fits of laughter.
Sirius and Bella were now also in hysterics.
"Mate your face was priceless!" Sirius said to James.
"Alright, alright, now you've all had a go at me, can we please go get our stuff?" James asked, eager to get of the subject.
"Alright, Jamesie, don't get your knickers in a knot!" Bella said, still laughing.
The four of them started walking down Diagon Alley.
"Ok, where to first?" Lily asked the other three.
"Uh...Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions? We need dress robes this year; we're having a Graduation Ball" Bella replied.
"Ok" James agreed.
On the way to the store, the three of them discussed their other friends, especially Zani, as she was both the boys and the girls' friend, and Sirius' cousin.
"So, boys, I heard she had to spend two weeks with you two," Lily said.
"Yeah, but boy has that girl changed! Hasn't she Padfoot?" James asked Sirius.
"Yeah. She's like more withdrawn, and she didn't join in with any of our pranks or anything!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Really? That's weird!" Lily said, as Zani was almost as well known for pranks as Sirius and James.
They had reached the shop by now. The four of the stepped inside and were greeted by Madam Malkin herself.
"Welcome, Ladies and Gentleman, how may I help you today?" Madam Malkin asked them.
"Uh, we're Seventh Year's at Hogwarts and we need dress robes for our Graduation Ball" James told her.
"Well, gentlemen, you're in luck! We have just received a new order of blue and green dress robes that I think would go with your eyes nicely. As for you, ladies, our women's section is over there. Go and check out what you would like!" Madam Malkin said rather forcefully.
"Geez, she could have said that a bit nicer" Lily murmured as she and Bella made their way to the women's section.
Bella laughed. "Yeah, but I think she just jealous that us two are hanging around with Sirius Black and James Potter!" She said.
Lily laughed in agreement, and began looking at the robes, as did Bella. After about five minutes, Bella had found some baby blue robes that matched her eyes perfectly, but Lily was still searching.
'Why, oh why was I born with red hair?' she thought to herself.
"Lils! Come here! I found the perfect robes for you!" Bella called to her from the other side of the ladies section.
Lily ran over to Bella, who was holding up the most beautiful dress robes she'd ever seen. They were emerald green, figure hugging at the top, and flowy (A/N: is that a word? Well it is now!) at the bottom.
"Oh my God Bella! They're perfect! Let's go buy them!" Lily said, and ran to the counter.
After the girls had paid for their robes, they walked outside to find the boys waiting for them, although now joined by Remus.
"Hey Remus!" Bella called out, and hugged him. Remus and Bella were extremely good friends. Some people thought they were dating, but they never would. Their relationship was more brother/sisterish.
"Bella! I've missed you so much!" Remus said as they let go.
"Same here, Moony old pal!" Bella said, as she and Lily had found out about Remus being a werewolf in Third Year.
"So guys, what else do we need to get?" Sirius asked the group.
"Uh.well, we haven't got our books yet, so we have to go to Flourish and Blotts, but other than that, does anyone need to get anything else? Quills? Parchment?" Lily asked.
A chorus of "Nope's" and "No's" was heard all around the group, and they headed to Flourish and Blotts.
On the way, however, they were stopped by Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"What do you two losers want?" James said, irritably.
"Oh nothing, Potter, we were just going to tell you some information about you're cousin, Black, Zanthia" Malfoy said, eyes towards Sirius, "But after you're little outburst, Potter, I don't think we will" Malfoy finished evilly.
"What did you do to Zanthia?" Sirius roared, grabbing Malfoy by the collar, wand pointing at his chest.
"Um...sh...she w...was..." Malfoy spluttered.
"What was she Malfoy" James asked him, wand pointed at his head.
"I c...can't tell you, b...but she's ok, i...it happened last year" Malfoy told them.
"Leave him, Sirius, he's not worth it" Bella told Sirius quietly.
Sirius obeyed Bella, dropping Malfoy on the ground.
"Leave Zanthia alone, Malfoy, or I'll personally make you wish you were never born!" Sirius snarled at Malfoy, and Malfoy ran off with Snape, muttering about half-squib girlfriends.
"I swear, if he did anything to Zani I'll-" Sirius started, but was interrupted by Bella.
"Sirius, please, just leave it, ok?" she pleaded.
"Fine" he said, calming down.
The rest of the afternoon, the mood was glum, just buying all their things, and then they went their separate ways, Lily and Bella together, Sirius, Remus and James together, saying "I'll owl you" or "Cya at Hogwarts".
But they didn't know that the next two weeks would be two weeks they would never forget... *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A/N: A sorta cliffhanger! So, what happened to Zani? What happens in the next two weeks? That'll all be in the next couple of chapters! Plz review!
jellybeanqueen