A/N:- It's my birthday today!!! WOOO!!! I start driving lessons on weds…WOO!! Well, it seems that Lily and April are getting over Jenny's death a bit quick but then they do have each other don't they?

February quickly blended into March then April and though Lily and April were starting to enjoy life more they never forgot about Jenny, if anything it kept a sort of blanket over them. They often checked up on Lee, who seemed to be coping a lot worse then Lily or April, but Lee had no friends who fully understood what she was going through. She couldn't see Lily or April whenever she wanted to because Lee was in Ravenclaw. The teachers insisted that the Seventh years start revising for the NEWTs. A task that Lily and April had already started but the boys were complaining about. The students were still banned from leaving their common room and the teachers had started to escort the students around the school. Lily and James had been told about these increases in security but they were never told exactly why.

"Lily, can I borrow your notes on the Veritaserum?" James asked as Lily did her History of Magic essay.

"Why?" Lily asked.

"Because mine are…they were eaten by Padfoot" James said. Lily looked at James.

"Sirius ate your notes?" Lily asked.

"No, Padfoot ate my notes, Sirius thought it was funny." James said slightly annoyed. Lily smiled and glanced at April who was giggling at it.

"Only if you give me a kiss." Lily said. James grinning and picked Lily up in his arms. He pressed his lips against hers and they shared a deep and passionate kiss.

"Get a room." April said when she noticed what Lily and James were doing. James put Lily down and Lily straightened her robes and patted her hair down.

"Ok, wait here." Lily said. She quickly went up the stairs to her dorm and she picked up her potions notes. She took them all downstairs as she flicked through them looking for the right notes. She sat down next to April while James sat on the table in front of Lily.

"April!" Sirius said bounding down the stairs. April looked up and smiled. "Guess what day it is?" Sirius asked.

"I know, it's the first of April." April said rolling her eyes.

"Not just that." Sirius said. "It's April fools day, which means that you're going to have to make a fool of yourself." April frowned.

"Do I have to, I have three essays to do and I have to write out the ingredients of a potion which I don't know." April said. Sirius pouted.

"Please, for me." He said. "Besides, stuff homework, it's the weekend."

"It's a Sunday, Padfoot." James said not taking his eyes off Lily.

"Here." Lily said handing the notes to James,

"Thanks." James said bending over and giving Lily a kiss.

"Remember it's my birthday on Friday" Lily said. She smiled as she thought about it. For once she'd have a peaceful birthday without something happening to her. Every year the Marauders would play a prank on her but this year because she was dating James that wouldn't happen. But this would be the first birthday without Jenny.

"I'll give you a present you'll never forget." James said smiling. He kissed her again. "Padfoot a word upstairs please." James and Sirius went upstairs. On the way Sirius grabbed the back of Peter's collar and dragged him from the notice board into the boys Dormitory. Remus was sitting on the edge of his bed flicking through a few notes.

"What's up?" Sirius asked.

"I need all your advice." James said. He closed the door and put his hands into his pockets. Peter, Remus and Sirius all looked at him curiously. "You know I love Lily and that I want to like spend my entire life with her."

"Please, you don't shut up about it." Sirius said. James grinned then he went serious. He took a deep breath and pulled out a small box from his pocket.

"Well, what do you think if I proposed to her?" James said. He opened the box to reveal a ring with three clear diamonds set in it. Peter let out a small squeak of surprise. Sirius and Remus looked at each other then at James.

"Are you joking?" Sirius asked, "Marriage is like certain death."

"Are you absolutely serious about it?" Remus asked.

"Well, I was thinking that we love each other and-" James closed the box, "You don't want me to propose?" James asked slightly disappointed.

"No, we think the idea is really good and we think you should get married but you're a bit…young aren't you?" Sirius asked.

"Love knows no age." James said. He sighed. "I won't ask her if you don't want me to. I just thought that because we love each other and because she's been quite depressed lately over Jenny and the world is getting worse, it might just, you know, lift her spirits." Peter frowned so much that his brow was a sea of wrinkles. Sirius thought for a while but Remus smiled.

"You have my support." Remus said. He had thought about it and about what Jenny and April would say about it. He could always find out what April would say but Jenny, she would definitely want James to propose. "Jenny would want you to get married." Remus added. James gave him a grim smile. Jenny's memory was haunting all of them. Sirius looked at Remus and sighed. He broke out into a grin and gave James a brotherly hug.

"Bachelor PARTY!" he shouted.

"Sh!" James said, "You never know if Lily can hear us from here" James turned to Peter, "What do you think?"

"Well, I don't know. Doesn't it bother you that the dark lord could be after her? She is a muggle born." Peter said. James nodded,

"I thought about that and I'll protect her." James said, "I'd die for Lily."

"I suppose you have my support as well then." Peter said shrugging. James grinned at his three friends.

"You're all going to be my best men." He said.

"You can only choose one." Remus said. "I for one think it should be me." He said smirking at Sirius. Sirius looked at Remus.

"No it should so be me. James has known me longer then he's known you." Sirius said.

"By, what? A couple of years. No, I think it should be me. I'm the rational one." Remus said. Sirius' eyes narrowed in pretend anger.

"You asked for it." Sirius said rolling up his sleeves. He grabbed Remus around the neck and rubbed his knuckles against Remus' head. James rolled his eyes as his friends fought over best man. He noticed that Peter was still frowning but James knew he'd come round eventually.

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"Today I will be handing out past NEWT questions for you to practice, yes I know it's only April but your exams are only in two months." McGonagall said. She handed the papers out to the students. She automatically handed a paper out to an empty seat next to Lily but then when no one took it she remembered why. She cleared her throat and carried on. Lily looked at April who was looking fairly grim.

"Well at least she remembered." April said. "Grout forgot."

"Yeah," Lily said. She picked up her quill and started to look through the paper. "What is the incantation to transform a human into a gerbil?" she read.

"Jenny knew the answer to that." April said.

"I know," Lily said. Lily wrote down the answer and went to the next question.

"What are you doing for your birthday?" April asked.

"Nothing." Lily said. She wrote down the answer to the next question and sighed. "We're not allowed to do anything remember."

"Oh yeah." April said gloomily. "Have you heard anything on the increased security measures?"

"No. The teachers are keeping their mouths shut on it." Lily said. "But the daily Prophet said there's been Dementors in Hogsmeade,"

"Dad told me there's been quite a few attacks on the muggles in our villiage." April said. April stared absently at the board and started doodling on her paper.

"Try and do these on your own but if you need help you may ask a question or refer to your notes. I will be collecting them in next lesson." McGonagall said. She went to her desk and sat down. McGonagall started marking some work while the class chattered among themselves and worked at the same time. Lily was finished in a few minutes and sat and helped April for a while.

"No, can't you remember what McGonagall said you should do if you got you transfiguration wrong." Lily said as she tried to teach April what you should do if your human transfiguration went wrong.

"Go to St. Mungos?" April asked, Lily shook her head. "I can't concentrate." April moaned as she dropped her head on the table with a good thump. A few people looked up from their work.

"Come on." Lily said. "Just stop for a while." The door opened and Professor Grout came in.

"Professor, the head master would like all students to return to their dormitories." Grout said to McGonagall before he was at the desk. McGonagall shot Professor an enquiring look but understood.

"Miss. Evans, Mr. Potter, please escort the students back to their common rooms." McGonagall said. Lily and James nodded and everyone started packing their things away.

"Ok, now." Sirius whispered to James. James nodded and pulled his invisibility cloak out of his bag. He tucked it under his robes until everyone was leaving the classroom. Lily turned to talk to James and she blinked a few times when she saw that James was no longer where she thought he was.

"James, this isn't funny" Lily muttered before following the students out. James, Sirius and Remus snuck out of the Transfiguration classroom and Sirius got out the Marauder's map.

"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good." He said tapping the wand. He watched as he saw a group of small dots converging where Dumbledore's office was.

"We've got to go there." James said pointing to Dumbledore's office. They hurried to Dumbledore's office. It was difficult trying to keep themselves covered because they were all quite tall but they managed.

"What is it Albus? You can't keep interrupting our lessons." Said McGonagall's voice. The three turned a corner to see all the teachers, including Dumbledore standing at the entrance to Dumbledore's office.

"I'm afraid that there as been another attack." Dumbledore said.

"On who?" asked Professor Sprout shocked,

"Which family do we have to tell their son or daughter has gone missing?" Grout drawled. James felt hatred for the man welling up inside him. Grout had no feelings at all.

"The Hamish's" Dumbledore said. "Louise went missing last night, her last two classes have gone without a teacher, it wasn't until miss Jerrad in the first year informed Professor Grout." James said Dumbledore looking at the three. The teachers all gasped.

"Louise?" squeaked Flitwick.

"Professor Hamish." Remus whispered. Sirius looked at the map looking for a small dot marked L.H. He gazed over the map of the grounds and came to a small group of dots that he hadn't seen before. They were in the forbidden forest but it looked as though they were heading towards the main entrance.

"There." Sirius whispered pointing to the group.

"Lets go." James said. He looked up at Dumbledore and saw him nod very slightly. Sirius and Remus saw it too and they all headed for the front entrance.

Lily stared out of the window in her dorm room. The day was very bright and there was a slight breeze that was blowing over the grounds. She sighed and was about to turn away when three figures suddenly appeared running towards the entrance gate. Lily stared at the three figures, one of them was carrying a long silvery cloak and the other a piece of parchment. James and Sirius, that meant the other figure was Remus. What where they doing outside? Lily thought for a while and realised that the only reason they'd be outside was if there was some kind of danger. Lily bolted out of her dorm and to the common room.

"April!" Lily shouted. April materialised beside her.

"You called?" she asked. Lily grabbed her hand and pulled her through the Portrait hole.

"Hurry up" Lily said. April looked at her confused but followed Lily through the castle. They were careful to avoid any teachers but they didn't run into any but they did run into Peeves the Poltergeist.

"Oh, the flower is out on the run with the month, what have you done now?" Peeves asked floating on his back at the same speed as Lily and April. He blew a few raspberries but stopped when Lily and April ran out into the sun.

"Lily, where are we going?" April asked. She could feel a stitch in her side.

"Helping the Marauders." Lily said. April frowned but forced herself onwards.