Author: I do not own anything in this story including (some) characters, (few) phrases, (Most) words, (many) places, ETC
=Chapter 25=
James looked over the school uniform Lily was wearing again, "Won't you be cold?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"That's what jackets are for," Lily said, pulling a jacket from the closet to her right. She then took a step to her right, facing her parents, "Curfew?"
"10:30 PM," her dad answered.
Mandy got up and headed to the room she and Lily were sharing. Before she passed, Lily quickly asked, "Do you want to come?"
"No, I'll be fine here," Mandy said, "Just tell me every single detail," she whispered.
"Lily, you look like a whore," Petunia said, casually, "Wear something more descent!"
"I like what she's wearing right now," James said, still looking at the school uniform.
"Go ahead and change, dear," Mrs. Evans said, "You easily get sick, and it would be a shame if you two were only to go out once during this break."
Lily sighed and headed back to her room, "This won't take long. I'll meet you outside," Lily called over her shoulder.
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James watched her walk away and headed outside. Her looked at the houses to the left and right, all of them covered in snow. Few people were shoveling snow out of the driveway. A group of children were playing capture the flag. For a neighborhood that no magic was used by people that were slightly that was poorer than him, it was a very simple and beautiful neighborhood. It seemed that almost everyone was friends with other people. It began snowing lightly. A snowball hit him in the back of the head. Lily was wearing a turtleneck with different designs on it. Flaps from the hat she was wearing fell over her hair which was now placed in two braids. Not only did her top and hat match, but she was also carrying a matching bag. A pair of flares that went down to the ground fell over the tennis shoes she was wearing.
"So what are we going to do today?" Lily asked. After about a minute of silence, she said, "You didn't plan anything out, then? Let's just walk around the town, then." Lily spun around in the snowy glory she was receiving. A snowball hit her in the back, she turned quickly.
"Don't hit me," James said.
"I'll get you back."
"I'd like to see you try."
Lily sighed, "Let's get going. It's a big town."
They passed by Ness and Belle's houses. Walking off the hill that their houses were placed, they began walking in the direction of the school Lily would be attending if she wasn't going to Hogwarts, "Are you sure you want to go? It's near the top of a different hill."
"My stats are high, thank you very much," James said, "I think it's you who doesn't want to go!"
"Whatever," Lily shrugged.
On the way, they passed by a few stores, the mall, a coffee shop, bakery, and then began climbing a slightly steeper hill. Making a hard right, they were facing a large football field. A building could be seen near the end.
"There's one entrance," Lily said, pointing at a door in the gate. It was still open, "Some people like to come here during vacations," she explained.
"Why?" James asked, horrified at the idea of seeing teachers purposely.
"I don't know," Lily answered, truthfully.
"LILY!" A 7 year old girl came running up to her, holding something behind her back.
"A sister of one of my good muggle friends," Lily muttered, "What do you need, Leslie?"
"People moved into the haunted house!" Leslie answered, "Maybe they're monsters! Mommy told me to give them this," She pulled out what she was holding behind her back: a fruit basket, "But I don't want to. Mom said if I could find another way of giving it to them, without laying it in front of their house, then she won't care what I do! Can you give it to them?"
"Sure," Lily said, taking the basket, "But we'd better go then. Bye, Leslie!" Leslie ran off.
"Haunted house?" James asked.
"Some house on top of the hill. Kids proclaim it haunted," Lily said, "C'mon. Let's go."
The left the gate of the school and began walking up the hill, a few kids wishing them luck on entering the haunted house. James grinned at their imagination. Eventually reaching the large house, James understood why they all thought it was haunted. The three story, black house was slightly crooked. It's windows were large, with closed curtains behind the glass. Lily unlocked the gate, and began walking across the pathway towards the house, James warily following behind her. She knocked three times on the door.
As it opened, Lily took a quick bow, not looking at the new inhabitants of the house, "Welcome to this neighborhood. Some of the neighbors made this fruit basket, but they're a bit… fearful of the house!" She laughed.
"Lily?" Remus asked, taking the basket, "I didn't know you lived in this town!"
Lily looked up and saw the fellow Gryffindor looking down at her. She got up, "Hey, Remus! Sorry no one gave you that earlier. Kids believe the house is haunted by ghosts or something like that."
"It is," Remus said. Silence. "Prongs! What are you doing here?"
"Came to visit this thing," James pointed at Lily. She slapped him on the shoulder, "Plus, my grandmother is staying over at my place for the rest of the holidays."
"Ooh! That's got to be rough!" Remus laughed, "Good luck with that!"
Lily slammed her fist into her palm, "I was thinking! Come and join us, Remus! I was thinking that we should go the park!"
"A close friend came to visit," Remus said, "I'm sure he'd like to come with us!"
Sirius came out from behind Remus, "Yo!"
"Padfoot?" James asked, "What are you doing here?"
"You couldn't last with your grandmother," Sirius sighed, "What makes you think I'd be able to?!"
"We'd better get going," Lily laughed, "Come on! Before the snow gets harder!"
Sirius looked at what Lily was wearing, "Nice, Lily-kins! The flares suit you."
"You think that suits her?" James asked, "You should've seen what she was wearing before!"
The three began heading towards the park, Lily leading. They were stopped once by one of Lily's muggle friends who had to congratulate Lily on the group she was traveling in.
After a minute or two, they arrived at the park, which was also lightly covered in snow.
"What are you guys doing here?" The three looked at who was speaking: Ness with Belle standing next to her.
"What is this, a party?" James asked, "Where's Wormtail?"
"Who gives a 2 shilling shit where he is?" Belle asked, shrugging.
Lily laughed, "I love that phrase."
"Really?" James thought, "I've never heard that phrase be-" He stopped when a snowball rammed into his stomach. Looking to who hit him, he saw Lily standing there, "I told you I'd get you back."
"You know what that means?" James asked, "SNOW BALL FIGHT! EVERY PERSON FOR THEMSELVES!"
The balls went flying (A/N: Sorry, I just had to say that!). Everyone getting hit, non-stop. After about 10 minutes, Lily called out, "I think I'll just rest a bit!"
She walked over to the swings and patted the snow off one. A bit to tired to kick on the swing, to get her started, she decided just to rock back and forth. She felt something in her bag, opening it, she saw her wizard camera. She quickly took a picture of the sight in front of her: her best friends in front of her, frolicking around in the snow. Laughing and enjoying herself, Belle caught Lily take a picture of them, "You'd best hand over that camera, so we're sure you're not going to sneak in a few more pictures!" Lily laughed and put the camera back in her bag. She tossed the bag lightly to Belle.
After a minute or two of rocking back and forth, Lily didn't notice James come up behind her and push her swing. Lily almost fell off, but caught a hold of the chains, "What are you doing?"
"I'm just trying to push you on your swing! Is that illegal?" he asked. "And that's not the only thing I'm trying to do."
"What else are you trying to do?" Lily asked.
Grabbing the chains under her hands, James pulled her back for a good start. Before pushing her forward, he grabbed her waist and whispered, "I'm trying to get a bit closer to you," in her ear. Belle sneaked in a shot of that. Lily blushed slightly, and began smiling as James pushed her forward.
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After half an hour, the gang decided to lay down. Lily lied down against a tree bark. Her hands were placed behind her head. James rested his head on Lily's knees. Both their eyes were closed, so they didn't see Remus take a picture of that, Ness take a picture of the park, and Sirius run off to the bushes and take a picture of his butt.
"I found out where Snivellus lives," Sirius said, after 5 minutes of silence.
"Leave him alone, would you?" Lily asked.
"I can promise that," Sirius replied.
"Whatever," Lily sighed. She opened her eyes, "Is that what I think it is?"
The rest of them opened their eyes to see a large coyote staring at them. It bared it's teeth in a growl, ready to pounce.
"Run on the count of three," Remus breathed, "One-" Everyone ran for it. The coyote chased after them.
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"That was horrible," Ness said, breathing hard.
"I thought it was quite hilarious," James said, laughing hard.
"I have to get back," Lily said, "It's 4:00, but I don't want to leave Mandy by herself, having to face Vernon."
"We'll go with you," Ness and Belle said in unison.
"See you later," The girls said in unison. A shiver went up the guys' spine at the thought of the girls sharing a brain.
James watched the girls disappear into the distance before turning to Sirius, "Take us to Snivellus's home, now."
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The three boys climbed a tree and jumped into Snape's room. It was a deep green-almost black color. School books were placed on the bookshelf next to his desk. The three boys looked around until they found exactly what they were looking for on Snape's bed.
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I still can't find him Snape thought to himself at breakfast the day after break ended. The owls came flying in. A red and gold striped envelope landed in front of him.
+Flashback+
The three boys found a stuffed raggedy Andy doll laying on Snape's bed. They took it and ran. Remus gracefully landing on the ground, James and Sirius falling out.
"What do we do with this?" Remus asked, pointing at Raggedy Andy.
"You'll see," James grinned.
+End Flashback+
Snape opened the envelope. A small button fell out. Snape recognized it as his Raggedy Andy's eye. A note fell out. The words were written as if the person writing it was in deep pain. Snape read the note:
HELP ME!
--Raggedy Andy
=End Chapter=
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