Author: I do not own anything in this fic including (some) phrases, (most) words, (most) characters, ETC
=Chapter 8=
It was the next day. Lily was feeling a bit better, as was Remus. She joined James, Sirius, Alice, Frank, and Peter for Defense Against the Dark Arts (Their schedule just keeps repeating itself) today.
The door slammed open and Professor Bershtel came walking in, his robes swishing behind him. He made his way to the front and said in a loud and booming voice, "Today, I was told to teach you how to duel. I am to re-teach you a spell, then you pair up and practice on each other." Although Professor Bershtel was very kind, he was a bit freaky. "Today, you are to re-learn the disarming spell." He showed them the wand movement and had them repeat 'Expelliarmus,' about 25 times. "Now for an example…" He looked around the room, "Potter and Snape!"
The two stepped up to the front and glared at each other.
"That won't do," the two heard Professor Bershtel's voice say, "You two are probably to kill one another then disarm. Potter, go back to your seat. Pettigrew, please step forward."
Peter stepped forward, trembling a bit. When out of ear shot, Snape muttered, "You think you're scared, Pettigrew? I think I should be the one scared. You could screw this up badly enough for the whole classroom to explode."
"If I killed you, I'd be a hero to the world," Peter managed to get out, following what Sirius was mouthing to him.
Snape's lip curled and his teeth bared, "You'd better watch what you say, because one of these days, you're friends aren't going to be around to protect you. I know you go somewhere at the end of every month. I'm going to find out where, and use it against you," He turned to glare at Sirius.
The two then held their wands (Not that!!!) out in front of them, as if they were fencing. They turned back to back and took 10 steps.
"At the count of three," Professor Bershtel's voice rang throughout the classroom, "One-Two-" But Snape turned at the count of two and disarmed Peter.
"That was a cheap trick, Snivellus!" James stepped up from the class, his wand in front of him.
"James! Don't!" Lily tried to pull him down by tugging at his robes. "Don't," she repeated more sternly this time, "You're not good at Defense Against Dark Arts, Snivellus is! Don't put yourself in danger in a place of your weakness."
He lowered his wand, but before he could sit, a green light flashed, and James was lying unconscious.
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"He'll wake up in a matter of days," Madame Pomfrey said to the three marauders.
"What do you take me for? A wuss?" The four turned to James who was now sitting up. His three friends smiled at him, but Madame Pomfrey looked harsh.
"Mr. Potter! You need your rest!"
"I'm not going anywhere," He answered, "Please let me talk to my friends?"
She was so outraged she was speechless, so walked off towards her office instead.
"What happened?" James asked his friends.
"Snivellus casted something!" Sirius answered outraged, "Why didn't you do anything?"
James looked smitten, "Evans," he said in a dreamy sort of voice, "Called me by my given name." Sirius, Peter, and Remus began to snigger. "Sorry, Moony."
"Huh?" Remus looked up, "For what?"
"I don't think I'll be able to keep you company on Friday. Did you see that look in Pomfrey's eyes? It looked like she's going to tie me down at night, just in case.
"I understand," Remus answered. His calm expression opposite from Sirius'.
"It's not the same without you, Prongs!" He complained.
James just ignored his friend, "Can you believe Evans called me James."
"That's because you didn't seem to hear me when I called you Bitch, Womanizer, Fucker, Potter, or The Idiot Standing Up," came a voice from the door. Lily came it, her book bag in her hand, "Where's Madame Pomfrey?" she asked.
"In her office," Remus answered for her, "Why?"
"Good," she pulled out a plate filled with chicken, mashed potatoes, and peas, "Hey, Potter! I'll give this for you in trade for you honey dukes chocolate!"
"Deal!" He answered grabbing the plate.
"I have somewhere to go right now," Sirius said, still furious at Snape, "I forgot a few ladies are waiting for me. See you guys around." And he walked away.
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"Did you see that look on Pettigrew's face when you disarmed him, Severus?" Lestrange laughed.
"Indeed I did!" Snape answered. They were sitting next to the lake, talking about the experience on what happened a few minutes ago.
"I need to go. I promised I'd meet Malfoy in five," Lestrange stood and dusted herself off, "See you," and she ran off.
"So," Snape turned around to look at a furious Sirius, "You thought what happened today in D.A.D.A was funny, did you?"
"Potter got what he deserved," Snape spat, "All he does is strut around, I thought I should take away his glory for once!"
"I heard," Sirius just ignored him, "That you want to see what we do every month, is that right, Snivellus?"
"Yes," Snape answered, his eyes shining.
"Well, why don't you find out then? We're going to go there on Friday the Thirteenth!" Sirius said, his gleaming blue eyes never leaving Snape's, "Or are you too scared to leave the school?"
"No," Snape replied, "Where?"
"At the Whomping Willow. Take a stick and prod the knot. The branches will stop moving, and there will be a passage. Get there before us, there will be a surprise waiting for you. Get there after us, you may have a little trouble with us blocking your way," Sirius got up, his back turned from Snape, "I'd best go. Just seeing you makes me nauseous." He walked away.
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Friday the thirteenth came, James was still sitting in the hospital during dinner.
"Damn," he muttered to himself, "My homework pile must be higher than the sun."
As expected, there was a knock on the door, and Lily entered, plate in hand. "Here are three bars of chocolate," he said, holding out the honey dukes chocolate, "Why trade such good food for chocolate, anyway?" he asked, taking the plate from her hands.
"I have an addiction," she answered, taking a bite, "Now that my business is done, I'm leaving." She walked to the door and Sirius entered in place of her.
"Prongs?" he asked, looking uncomfortable.
"Hmm?" James looked up. Sirius was never uncomfortable around him, "What's up?"
"I told," He began, "I told Snivellus how to get into the whomping willow. He should be heading there right now. Its supposed to be a punishment for getting you in here! I was wondering if I did the right thing."
James's face lost all color as he looked up at the full moon, "ACCIO INVISIBILITY CLOAK! ACCIO BROOM!" His two items came in through the opened window, "Padfoot! Stay in here and pose as me! I'll go get him!" James yelled, flying his ass out the window and towards the Whomping Willow.
=End Chapter=
Author: I don't know why. I just wanted to add in some cussing at the end, so I used the phrase, "Flying his ass out the window!" I like that phrase! Oh well! PLEASE REVIEW!
Manny2003: Oh, MAN! That SUCKS! Good luck in school, I really mean it. But think that you're lucky. Some people have year round school!
Beth: How much I agree with you? THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SUN AND PLUTO TIMES INFINITY! I HATE that time of the month! Especially when your teacher starts talking to you and you (don't mean to but) say the first thing that comes to your mind, "Are you hittin' on me?" and then what? DETENTION!
ShagsTheDustmop: Yeah, boys do the stupidest things! Sadly, many of the boys get higher test scores than I do. Now that just makes me feel bad! LOL! I REALLY LIKE THE PENNAME YOU USED!
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BaByPaDfFoOt: YAY! I'm updating a lot recently, and I'm glad you liked the chapter!!! THANKIES FOR THE REVIEW!
Nurgon: LOL! Yeah, I liked that ending too! Thanks for the review, I REALLY APRECIATE IT! (maybe that's because I'm a review monkey!)
Princess Pixie Ice: LOL! My summer reading now consists of e-mail and FF.Net! Anyways, I was trying to get out of cliché, after all, almost all marauder stories have Lily following them to the shrieking shack, or James telling her. OH WELL! I'M ALREADY IN THE CLICHÉ WEB!