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Nice readers! Here's chapter 7!
Chapter Seven:
"How do you know? Wait! PADFOOT!" James shouted wondering if Sirius had been spying on him. Peter and Sirius were on all fours howling with laughter.
"Sorry Prongs, love of my life, but your beautiful cloak was lying there and we couldn't resist," said Sirius amid his joy and great amusement. James looked at him dangerously before setting both Sirius' and Peter's robe on fire. The two frantically raced around the common room in an attempt to stem flames. Smiling James made his way to the dormitory and fell asleep straight away.
The next day literally started with a bang, startled James grabbed his wand, put on his glasses and cautiously made his way to the common room.
"Ah, the infamous Mr. Potter!" said the usual voice of Sirius Black, cheesy and annoying. "Have these! Have these!" said Sirius with a grin he thrust a handful of lily flowers into James robe pocket. Noticing the flowers, James got rid of them using the vanishing spell. Sirius grinned even wider.
"Bravo! Mr. Potter! Bravo!" chanted Sirius ushering James to the common room. To his utter disbelief James saw that Sirius, with the aid of Peter, had given lily flowers to almost everyone in the whole common room. James, uncharacteristically, blushed a deep crimson and grinned sheepishly.
"Lets see my little Prongsy vanish all of these," said Sirius handing some flowers to a third year girl who blushed the same colour as James upon receiving them.
"Padfoot, why don't you get a life?" asked James through gritted teeth as the three Marauder's walked to the great hall. Every now and again some passer by would say "Thanks for the flowers Sirius!" At James' question Sirius grinned.
"Well Prongs my boy, I thought I had made this clear! You are my life! So I decided if Prongs gets Lily then everyone should get a lily." Peter and Sirius laughed loudly. After breakfast James Hurried of to class.
For the last few school days James avoided spending time with anyone with the exception of Remus, who James had told the events concerning the deaths of Mr. And Mrs. Evans. Each day Snape, who had gotten wind that James was going to the dance with a mud blood, would make snide remarks. Sirius also found taunting James rather amusing although he didn't approve of Snape's comments.
In Sixth year, given the same situation, James couldn't have waited for the dance. But now he would be found trying to hide from and stave of the moment. A rumour spread around the school that the great and proud James Potter was now a coward. This amused Sirius greatly as he could do pretty much what he wished in school.
On Christmas morning James woke up rather early to find a large pile of presents at next to his bed. Grabbing his glasses James rushed to open his presents.
"Merry Christmas!" said Remus grimly, he was already up and had opened his small pile of presents. "Thanks for the book!"
"Merry Christmas!" said James trying not to feel too bad for Remus, who James thought always got less than he deserved. With Remus' help James opened all his present. He had gotten many good things including a brand new, state of the art Nimbus 500 the latest racing broom.
After unpacking all their presents James and Remus headed towards the great hall for Christmas breakfast. The two Marauders stuffed as many mince pies into their mouths as possible before going back up to the common room. After an hour of Exploding snap Peter and Sirius came down looking rather pleased. The Marauders put up some Christmas entertainment for the Gryffindor. James who was in charge of 'stealing' food from the kitchens would put on his invisibility cloak sneak down to the kitchens and levitate food up to Gryffindor tower.
At three o'clock the Marauders headed to the school grounds and had several long and brutal snowball fights with each other and the Slytherins. Sirius made several hundred snowballs and magically flung them all at the transfiguration window. Snape fell victim to many of the Marauders handmade extra large snow balls. At six o'clock the Marauders headed for the great hall for some last minute food before the ball.
At about seven the Marauders went up to get changed. James took a quick shower and fixed his glasses, which Peter had broken. After the shower James changed into dark brown dress robes and a new pair of shoes. As he walked into the dormitory he saw the others. Sirius was standing there, grinning, in robes of brown and green, looking handsome as ever. Remus was sitting on his bed with slightly shabby and ripped robes of maroon. And Peter was standing closest to the door grinning nervously. James too was getting a bit nervous. What if he done something stupid? What if Lily still hadn't cheered up after her parents death. James had avoided Lily ever since she asked him to the ball. James thought if he wasn't around Lily the less chance he would have of messing things up.
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"Oh, cheer up Lily!" said Em for the for the sixth time. " I'm sure Potter still likes you."
"How do you know?" snapped Lily. "He hasn't even looked at me since-since-since th-that night." And Lily fell quiet, for her the pain was too near. And now stupid Potter had probably found himself a new girlfriend for the week.
For the past couple of days Lily's thoughts had been very much the same. When she wasn't wallowing in misery she was cursing Potter.
"Listen!" said Helen. "Will you two please knock it off! Listen Lily I'm sure Potter isn't going to stand you up. He's been begging for this since fifth year!" Lily said nothing and Helen shot Em a quick 'don't bother' look.
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"Oy! I think we'd best go down to the common room," said James after consulting his watch. Remus nodded silently and followed Peter out of the door and just as James was about to leave he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Listen, mate, have a good time and remember everything isn't your fault." said Sirius with a uncharacteristically serious look on his face. James said nothing but merely smiled.
The two boys made their way down the stairs and James began to feel rather nervous. Sirius on the other hand grinned widely and almost swaggered over to Helen Marchbank.
The pair exited through the portrait hole. Bracing himself James walked slowly over to Lily. She was wearing robes of bright green and had tied her hair into an elegant knob.
"You look dashing," said James a slight grin on his face. Lily smiled.
"You look nice too," she said sending James' heartbeat through the roof. Lily and James headed down towards the great hall, hand in hand.
"Nice mudblood you've found yourself, Potter," someone whispered in James' ear as the couple squeezed into the great hall. The hall had been completely reformed for the occasion. The four house tables were gone and in their place was a large area which James assumed was the dance floor. There were a lot of smaller tables on both sides of the hall.
James closed his eyes and gripped Lily's hand even harder. Presently Professor McGonagoll made her way over to Lily and James.
"Oh dear," she said half-amused. "You two aren't planning on going together are you?"
"Um, yea, we are," said James nervously.
"Well then you had better get to the dance floor because you are expected to start the event," said McGonagoll with the slightest of smiles. James followed Lily through the hoards of student who had filled up the great hall. Apparently everyone from fourth year and above had decided to spend the holidays in Hogwarts.
As James and Lily stepped on the dance floor the hall suddenly fell silent. James felt a large weight drop into his stomach. Surely they weren't expected to dance alone. As James placed his hand around Lily's waist Remus and a few other seventh year prefects stepped onto the floor. Remus winked at James making James smile. Suddenly slow and gentle music began playing and the prefects began to dance with their partners. James didn't know Lily was such a good dancer. She moved as gracefully as a gazelle and out manoeuvred James at every turn.
When the music died down a tumultuous applause filled the great hall. Dumbledore stood up and beamed down at the students. And as everyone prepared themselves for a speech Dumbledore smiled and then clapped his hands. The music picked up again but this time it was a faster and more lively tune. Not too eager at letting the prefects keep the limelight other students also made their way onto the floor and began dancing. James lightened up and began to enjoy himself and didn't fuss about the snide remarks passing Slytherins made.
In fact it turned out that Slytherins didn't make anymore snide remarks after the first half hour. Little did James know that Sirius had taken it upon himself to make sure his friend enjoyed his dream date. Apparently Sirius had placed a complex spell upon the great hall. If anyone even said the word "Mudblood" inside the vast hall they broke down with a sever case of vomiting. This ensured the Marauders a Snape-free night.
After many hours of dancing James and Lily headed towards the tables to eat carefully avoiding Sirius and Helen who were dancing recklessly.
"You know I didn't think you were that good a dancer," said James laughing. Lily smiled and looked taken-aback.
"Well I didn't think you could ever be so much fun," she added also laughing. For the first time since the quidditch incident, James and Lily both had a good time. They talked for what seemed like ages spent the night watching Dumbledore teach Sirius how to dance in a safe manner.
Around twelve o'clock James and Lily decided to call it a night. They said goodbye to the other Marauders, Em and Helen before heading up towards Gryffindor tower. As they walked James couldn't help but notice how radiant Lily looked in the moonlight. They climbed through the portrait hole and entered the common room.
"Well see you later," said James half-nervously.
"Yea see you later James," said Lily with a smile. As James turned on his heel Lily spoke again.
"Listen I really had fun tonight and Um, You're an OK guy Potter." James grinned. Lily moved closer to him and her head came nearer. James' heartbeat went through the roof. The blood rushed to his face. A few feet. Lily was too close. A few inches. James wanted to run but found that his legs had betrayed him. Almost there. He felt a strange tingling sensation as the gap closed.
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Lily slapped James and cursed him to bits
The End.
Only joking. So what did you think? Any good? Sorry about the delay. But I was busy. Hopefully you like it and please REVIEW!!
DISCLAIMER: We doesn't own any of this! Yes, precious! Good Smeagol! Lets nice JKR has all the credit. Nice JKR! gollum: JKR! WE HATES JKR! Nassssty, wicked, cruel. We hates her more than the fat hobbit! We wrings her filthy little neck! And then we takes it! Yes precious, we does. We takes the sixth book, the thief! The thief! She stole it from us! OURS, OURS! WE HATES THEM!
Nice readers! Hope you enjoy! We works ever so hard on this! Good Smeagol. gollum: Filthy readers! Doesn't even review! Kill them all. And then they review! Nasssty false wicked hurts us they does! REVIEW or we'll eats you!
Nice readers! Here's chapter 7!
Chapter Seven:
"How do you know? Wait! PADFOOT!" James shouted wondering if Sirius had been spying on him. Peter and Sirius were on all fours howling with laughter.
"Sorry Prongs, love of my life, but your beautiful cloak was lying there and we couldn't resist," said Sirius amid his joy and great amusement. James looked at him dangerously before setting both Sirius' and Peter's robe on fire. The two frantically raced around the common room in an attempt to stem flames. Smiling James made his way to the dormitory and fell asleep straight away.
The next day literally started with a bang, startled James grabbed his wand, put on his glasses and cautiously made his way to the common room.
"Ah, the infamous Mr. Potter!" said the usual voice of Sirius Black, cheesy and annoying. "Have these! Have these!" said Sirius with a grin he thrust a handful of lily flowers into James robe pocket. Noticing the flowers, James got rid of them using the vanishing spell. Sirius grinned even wider.
"Bravo! Mr. Potter! Bravo!" chanted Sirius ushering James to the common room. To his utter disbelief James saw that Sirius, with the aid of Peter, had given lily flowers to almost everyone in the whole common room. James, uncharacteristically, blushed a deep crimson and grinned sheepishly.
"Lets see my little Prongsy vanish all of these," said Sirius handing some flowers to a third year girl who blushed the same colour as James upon receiving them.
"Padfoot, why don't you get a life?" asked James through gritted teeth as the three Marauder's walked to the great hall. Every now and again some passer by would say "Thanks for the flowers Sirius!" At James' question Sirius grinned.
"Well Prongs my boy, I thought I had made this clear! You are my life! So I decided if Prongs gets Lily then everyone should get a lily." Peter and Sirius laughed loudly. After breakfast James Hurried of to class.
For the last few school days James avoided spending time with anyone with the exception of Remus, who James had told the events concerning the deaths of Mr. And Mrs. Evans. Each day Snape, who had gotten wind that James was going to the dance with a mud blood, would make snide remarks. Sirius also found taunting James rather amusing although he didn't approve of Snape's comments.
In Sixth year, given the same situation, James couldn't have waited for the dance. But now he would be found trying to hide from and stave of the moment. A rumour spread around the school that the great and proud James Potter was now a coward. This amused Sirius greatly as he could do pretty much what he wished in school.
On Christmas morning James woke up rather early to find a large pile of presents at next to his bed. Grabbing his glasses James rushed to open his presents.
"Merry Christmas!" said Remus grimly, he was already up and had opened his small pile of presents. "Thanks for the book!"
"Merry Christmas!" said James trying not to feel too bad for Remus, who James thought always got less than he deserved. With Remus' help James opened all his present. He had gotten many good things including a brand new, state of the art Nimbus 500 the latest racing broom.
After unpacking all their presents James and Remus headed towards the great hall for Christmas breakfast. The two Marauders stuffed as many mince pies into their mouths as possible before going back up to the common room. After an hour of Exploding snap Peter and Sirius came down looking rather pleased. The Marauders put up some Christmas entertainment for the Gryffindor. James who was in charge of 'stealing' food from the kitchens would put on his invisibility cloak sneak down to the kitchens and levitate food up to Gryffindor tower.
At three o'clock the Marauders headed to the school grounds and had several long and brutal snowball fights with each other and the Slytherins. Sirius made several hundred snowballs and magically flung them all at the transfiguration window. Snape fell victim to many of the Marauders handmade extra large snow balls. At six o'clock the Marauders headed for the great hall for some last minute food before the ball.
At about seven the Marauders went up to get changed. James took a quick shower and fixed his glasses, which Peter had broken. After the shower James changed into dark brown dress robes and a new pair of shoes. As he walked into the dormitory he saw the others. Sirius was standing there, grinning, in robes of brown and green, looking handsome as ever. Remus was sitting on his bed with slightly shabby and ripped robes of maroon. And Peter was standing closest to the door grinning nervously. James too was getting a bit nervous. What if he done something stupid? What if Lily still hadn't cheered up after her parents death. James had avoided Lily ever since she asked him to the ball. James thought if he wasn't around Lily the less chance he would have of messing things up.
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"Oh, cheer up Lily!" said Em for the for the sixth time. " I'm sure Potter still likes you."
"How do you know?" snapped Lily. "He hasn't even looked at me since-since-since th-that night." And Lily fell quiet, for her the pain was too near. And now stupid Potter had probably found himself a new girlfriend for the week.
For the past couple of days Lily's thoughts had been very much the same. When she wasn't wallowing in misery she was cursing Potter.
"Listen!" said Helen. "Will you two please knock it off! Listen Lily I'm sure Potter isn't going to stand you up. He's been begging for this since fifth year!" Lily said nothing and Helen shot Em a quick 'don't bother' look.
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"Oy! I think we'd best go down to the common room," said James after consulting his watch. Remus nodded silently and followed Peter out of the door and just as James was about to leave he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Listen, mate, have a good time and remember everything isn't your fault." said Sirius with a uncharacteristically serious look on his face. James said nothing but merely smiled.
The two boys made their way down the stairs and James began to feel rather nervous. Sirius on the other hand grinned widely and almost swaggered over to Helen Marchbank.
The pair exited through the portrait hole. Bracing himself James walked slowly over to Lily. She was wearing robes of bright green and had tied her hair into an elegant knob.
"You look dashing," said James a slight grin on his face. Lily smiled.
"You look nice too," she said sending James' heartbeat through the roof. Lily and James headed down towards the great hall, hand in hand.
"Nice mudblood you've found yourself, Potter," someone whispered in James' ear as the couple squeezed into the great hall. The hall had been completely reformed for the occasion. The four house tables were gone and in their place was a large area which James assumed was the dance floor. There were a lot of smaller tables on both sides of the hall.
James closed his eyes and gripped Lily's hand even harder. Presently Professor McGonagoll made her way over to Lily and James.
"Oh dear," she said half-amused. "You two aren't planning on going together are you?"
"Um, yea, we are," said James nervously.
"Well then you had better get to the dance floor because you are expected to start the event," said McGonagoll with the slightest of smiles. James followed Lily through the hoards of student who had filled up the great hall. Apparently everyone from fourth year and above had decided to spend the holidays in Hogwarts.
As James and Lily stepped on the dance floor the hall suddenly fell silent. James felt a large weight drop into his stomach. Surely they weren't expected to dance alone. As James placed his hand around Lily's waist Remus and a few other seventh year prefects stepped onto the floor. Remus winked at James making James smile. Suddenly slow and gentle music began playing and the prefects began to dance with their partners. James didn't know Lily was such a good dancer. She moved as gracefully as a gazelle and out manoeuvred James at every turn.
When the music died down a tumultuous applause filled the great hall. Dumbledore stood up and beamed down at the students. And as everyone prepared themselves for a speech Dumbledore smiled and then clapped his hands. The music picked up again but this time it was a faster and more lively tune. Not too eager at letting the prefects keep the limelight other students also made their way onto the floor and began dancing. James lightened up and began to enjoy himself and didn't fuss about the snide remarks passing Slytherins made.
In fact it turned out that Slytherins didn't make anymore snide remarks after the first half hour. Little did James know that Sirius had taken it upon himself to make sure his friend enjoyed his dream date. Apparently Sirius had placed a complex spell upon the great hall. If anyone even said the word "Mudblood" inside the vast hall they broke down with a sever case of vomiting. This ensured the Marauders a Snape-free night.
After many hours of dancing James and Lily headed towards the tables to eat carefully avoiding Sirius and Helen who were dancing recklessly.
"You know I didn't think you were that good a dancer," said James laughing. Lily smiled and looked taken-aback.
"Well I didn't think you could ever be so much fun," she added also laughing. For the first time since the quidditch incident, James and Lily both had a good time. They talked for what seemed like ages spent the night watching Dumbledore teach Sirius how to dance in a safe manner.
Around twelve o'clock James and Lily decided to call it a night. They said goodbye to the other Marauders, Em and Helen before heading up towards Gryffindor tower. As they walked James couldn't help but notice how radiant Lily looked in the moonlight. They climbed through the portrait hole and entered the common room.
"Well see you later," said James half-nervously.
"Yea see you later James," said Lily with a smile. As James turned on his heel Lily spoke again.
"Listen I really had fun tonight and Um, You're an OK guy Potter." James grinned. Lily moved closer to him and her head came nearer. James' heartbeat went through the roof. The blood rushed to his face. A few feet. Lily was too close. A few inches. James wanted to run but found that his legs had betrayed him. Almost there. He felt a strange tingling sensation as the gap closed.
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Lily slapped James and cursed him to bits
The End.
Only joking. So what did you think? Any good? Sorry about the delay. But I was busy. Hopefully you like it and please REVIEW!!