A/N: So I'm back in business, or so hope. I haven't updated for far too
long, so I'm going to give a few chapters of this story at once. I hope
that I can be forgiven in time. I'm at University and I have decided that I
hate 2000 word essays. Your always one hundred words short! Oh well, you
win some you lose some. I'm looking forward to balancing Fan Fiction with
my schoolwork again. Thank you to everyone that has loyally reviewed and
been patient enough to wait for my updates. I hope that you enjoy.
Disclaimer: Although I'd love to take credit, "this book belongs to..." JK Rowling and Joss Wheaton.
Chapter FOURTEEN.
The last year of their time at Hogwarts came and went far to quickly. Exams were finally all over and it was three days until they left and Lily's eighteenth birthday was that day. She rolled out of the bed in the heads rooms. She showered and dressed and headed out to her own private common room.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Four voices yelled at her. She looked around to see the Marauders all lined up in front of her.
"Guys! What are you doing here?"
"We got let in." Peter admitted. "Amos was on his way out."
"Yeah, good thing that he did, cause you changed the password again. Honestly I can't keep up with them all." Sirius cried exasperatedly and flopped into a chair. Lily giggled.
"It's a good thing that you finally got up. I thought that we would have to wait forever." James said, pecking her on the cheek. "Happy Birthday, my love." He whispered. He placed a long box in her hands. Curious she opened it and gasped at what was inside. It was a locket. A beautiful love heart on a golden chain. When she looked inside there was a photo of both Lily and James together in Hogsmead and opposite was a photo of her with the marauders and Buffy. It had been taken that summer that they had spent at James house.
James took it out of the box and she raised her hair and he fastened the clasp behind her neck. "I love it James! I love it and I love you!" She cried, throwing herself into his arms. They started kissing and Remus had to cough to get their attention. The looked over at the others who were looking at them as if to sat 'not again'. She smiled and stood up again.
"Lily my dear we have gifty's for you too." Sirius said in a tiny sarcastic voice. She laughed and went back to the boys. Remus gave her a book on magical maladies and another on advanced charms work. Peter gave her a new set of stationary because he knew that she ran out weekly with all the writing she did on her letters to Buffy. (She wrote them about events that happened to her, but then posted them all at the same time.) The stationary was enchanted to replace itself magically when she reached the bottom of the box.
Sirius went for the traditional box of chocolates. Lily grinned and hugged them all, particularly when he said that he had seen an ad on the television over the summer that advertised a packet of chocolate biscuits that never ran out. When he had tried to do the same, the spell didn't exactly work so he promised that when he visited her when they finished school, then he would always bring a box of chocolates. Lily was thrilled with all of her presents and she went with them to the Great Hall for lunch, her arms linked with both James and Remus. Peter and Sirius followed along happily.
They were sitting at the tables and halfway through their meal when there was a surprise for the whole student population and most of the teachers. A person covered completely in a cloak came out and joined the teacher's table for lunch. The person had a hood that was pulled up and over their face so that you could not see them at all.
A murmur of whispers echoed through the student population. The stance of the cloaked figure betrayed her amusement at the welcome of her appearance. She whispered to Dumbledore who grinned widely and continued to eat his meal. The cloaked figure spoke instead to Professor McGonnagal intently, as though she had known her for years. It gave the students to puzzle over that afternoon.
James took Lily to Hogsmead that afternoon. They had finished their NEWTS the day before and James had obtained permission to take her out for the afternoon. Of course, the rest of the Marauders were organizing for Lily to have a party but she didn't know that. James let Lily choose where they were going, and they went to Zonko's Joke shop and to so many other places that couldn't all be named in a short time.
Lily paused briefly at the jewelers and stared in the window at the rings. James smirked briefly behind her before they moved on. It was almost six by the time that they got back. As they got to the common room James stopped her from heading back to the head's rooms.
"I have another surprise for you." He said to her softly.
"Oh, what's that?"
"I'm taking you out for dinner. Dumbledore said that it is okay. Go and get changed and I'll come and collect you from your rooms in ten minutes." He told her.
Lily threw her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek. "I don't think that I have ever had such a fun day before." She told James sincerely, and then took off before he could respond to her.
***
As promised, James knocked on the head's door ten minutes later. He was dressed very smartly and looked adorable. When Lily emerged she looked just as pretty. She wore a long dress that came down around her ankles. Her hair fell around her face in ringlets and the necklace James had given her was hanging around her neck. She looked gorgeous and James told her so.
They walked hand in hand down to the entrance hall. Suddenly James froze. "Lily, I really should tell professor Dumbledore that we are heading off." He said.
"Of course. I'll come with you." The headed to the hall and James pushed open the doors. They were met with pitch black. "James?" Lily whispered, alarmed then suddenly the lights came on and there was a chorus of people screaming SURPRISE to her. Sudden realization hit her and she looked around at all the people that were there. Practically the whole school was in attendance.
A banner hung across the hall and it read, "Happy Birthday Lily Evans, The best Head Girl Ever." Surprised was the least of what she felt right at that moment. She looked around and found the culprits. The four Marauders were standing looking at her quite pleased with themselves for pulling the charade off. She hugged them all.
The party progressed and finally it was time for speeches. Each of the Marauders had their turn at the magical microphone and Lily smiled in pleasure at each of them, although her ears and face was burning a little in embarrassment.
No one noticed when Dumbledore entered the hall through the front entrance, the cloaked stranger holding his arm. He walked with her up to the make shift stage and escorted her to the microphone which Sirius had only just made vacant. The whole hall became silent.
"I have known Lily her whole life." The person began her voice revealing her to be female. "There wasn't much that we ever did with out each other. I hadn't dreamed of seeing her again this soon and it is thanks to four special people that I am able to come at all. Apart from Professor Dumbledore." She added quickly turning to the man, "Your special too."
"Thank you." He said modestly. The hall gave polite giggles.
"No, I need to thank you Padfoot." She looked directly at Sirius, "Moony," she looked at Remus, "Wormtail," She looked at Peter, "and Prongs." She looked at James. They all were pale. How had she known who they were and what their nicknames were?
The girl stepped forward so that she was facing the hall and directly in front of Lily. She lifted her arms up and pulled back the hood. The robe fell to the floor around Buffy's feet and she looked her sister in the eyes.
"Buffy?" She gasped, tears in her eyes.
"Yup, in the flesh so to speak." She quipped. Under the eyes of the whole school Lily and Buffy flew at each other, tears streaking each of their faces and they grabbed each other in hugs. They were speaking to each other and only they knew what they were saying because the two hysterical girls were not making any sense to anyone else.
Finally they parted. The students had gone back to dancing and left Buffy, Lily and the Boys to their reunion. She moved over to each of the boys in turn. She hugged James first. "Lady Bug, I've missed you."
"Good." She replied. She saw that James was about to ask her something. "I know what it is that you want to ask me. Yes I know about that incident with Severus. I forgive you. Isn't that big of me." She grinned up the man that her sister loved so much. "And yes we will talk about 'that' tomorrow." She winked and he was stunned that she had known everything that was going on in his head.
Buffy moved on to Sirius. She gave him a huge hug and he spun her around. "Okay, dizzy now." She announced. "Put me down before I hurl." He immediately put her down. "Good doggy." She said to him and winked. "Sirius, she's not going to wait forever you know, ask her to dance!" She commanded him.
"Yes ma'am." He saluted her.
"Remus, I missed you." She said and before she could hug him, he hugged her.
"I missed you more." He said grinning openly. Buffy rolled her eyes. "The blonde suits you, you always said that you would dye your hair one day. Tell me, did you become a cheerleader?"
"Of course, only the best. I'm the head of the group."
"Naturally." She grinned and finally came to Peter. He wasn't too much taller than her and instead of giving him a hug; she took both of his hands in hers. Her eyes met his and she looked almost straight into his soul.
"Don't do it." She said simply. "We will talk tomorrow, first thing. Before then, don't do anything." She said to him firmly and he paled and nodded in shock. How had she known? "Now give me a hug!" She ordered and held out her arms. With out hesitation he lifted her into a hug.
Everyone smiling, Lily led Buffy off to a corner with chairs so they could talk. The minute a slow song came on, Buffy kicked Sirius. "Move it buddy."
"Alright, alright, I'm going." He said and stood. Wandering over to a sixth year named Evon, Sirius bowed over her hand and led her to the dance floor. Buffy gave a little sigh that was missed by all but Lily and she looked sharply at her little sister. Buffy shrugged.
Buffy then forced Lily and James up, and looked at Remus and Peter evilly until they both stood and asked girls to dance as well.
Buffy sighed and watched the happy people wistfully.
A boy cleared his throat beside her and she looked up at him. "Hi." he said, "I was wondering if you would like to dance?"
"I'd love to." She responded and offered the boy her hand. He swept her away. "So, what's your name?" She asked him.
He looked her in the eye. "Severus Snape."
Disclaimer: Although I'd love to take credit, "this book belongs to..." JK Rowling and Joss Wheaton.
Chapter FOURTEEN.
The last year of their time at Hogwarts came and went far to quickly. Exams were finally all over and it was three days until they left and Lily's eighteenth birthday was that day. She rolled out of the bed in the heads rooms. She showered and dressed and headed out to her own private common room.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Four voices yelled at her. She looked around to see the Marauders all lined up in front of her.
"Guys! What are you doing here?"
"We got let in." Peter admitted. "Amos was on his way out."
"Yeah, good thing that he did, cause you changed the password again. Honestly I can't keep up with them all." Sirius cried exasperatedly and flopped into a chair. Lily giggled.
"It's a good thing that you finally got up. I thought that we would have to wait forever." James said, pecking her on the cheek. "Happy Birthday, my love." He whispered. He placed a long box in her hands. Curious she opened it and gasped at what was inside. It was a locket. A beautiful love heart on a golden chain. When she looked inside there was a photo of both Lily and James together in Hogsmead and opposite was a photo of her with the marauders and Buffy. It had been taken that summer that they had spent at James house.
James took it out of the box and she raised her hair and he fastened the clasp behind her neck. "I love it James! I love it and I love you!" She cried, throwing herself into his arms. They started kissing and Remus had to cough to get their attention. The looked over at the others who were looking at them as if to sat 'not again'. She smiled and stood up again.
"Lily my dear we have gifty's for you too." Sirius said in a tiny sarcastic voice. She laughed and went back to the boys. Remus gave her a book on magical maladies and another on advanced charms work. Peter gave her a new set of stationary because he knew that she ran out weekly with all the writing she did on her letters to Buffy. (She wrote them about events that happened to her, but then posted them all at the same time.) The stationary was enchanted to replace itself magically when she reached the bottom of the box.
Sirius went for the traditional box of chocolates. Lily grinned and hugged them all, particularly when he said that he had seen an ad on the television over the summer that advertised a packet of chocolate biscuits that never ran out. When he had tried to do the same, the spell didn't exactly work so he promised that when he visited her when they finished school, then he would always bring a box of chocolates. Lily was thrilled with all of her presents and she went with them to the Great Hall for lunch, her arms linked with both James and Remus. Peter and Sirius followed along happily.
They were sitting at the tables and halfway through their meal when there was a surprise for the whole student population and most of the teachers. A person covered completely in a cloak came out and joined the teacher's table for lunch. The person had a hood that was pulled up and over their face so that you could not see them at all.
A murmur of whispers echoed through the student population. The stance of the cloaked figure betrayed her amusement at the welcome of her appearance. She whispered to Dumbledore who grinned widely and continued to eat his meal. The cloaked figure spoke instead to Professor McGonnagal intently, as though she had known her for years. It gave the students to puzzle over that afternoon.
James took Lily to Hogsmead that afternoon. They had finished their NEWTS the day before and James had obtained permission to take her out for the afternoon. Of course, the rest of the Marauders were organizing for Lily to have a party but she didn't know that. James let Lily choose where they were going, and they went to Zonko's Joke shop and to so many other places that couldn't all be named in a short time.
Lily paused briefly at the jewelers and stared in the window at the rings. James smirked briefly behind her before they moved on. It was almost six by the time that they got back. As they got to the common room James stopped her from heading back to the head's rooms.
"I have another surprise for you." He said to her softly.
"Oh, what's that?"
"I'm taking you out for dinner. Dumbledore said that it is okay. Go and get changed and I'll come and collect you from your rooms in ten minutes." He told her.
Lily threw her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek. "I don't think that I have ever had such a fun day before." She told James sincerely, and then took off before he could respond to her.
***
As promised, James knocked on the head's door ten minutes later. He was dressed very smartly and looked adorable. When Lily emerged she looked just as pretty. She wore a long dress that came down around her ankles. Her hair fell around her face in ringlets and the necklace James had given her was hanging around her neck. She looked gorgeous and James told her so.
They walked hand in hand down to the entrance hall. Suddenly James froze. "Lily, I really should tell professor Dumbledore that we are heading off." He said.
"Of course. I'll come with you." The headed to the hall and James pushed open the doors. They were met with pitch black. "James?" Lily whispered, alarmed then suddenly the lights came on and there was a chorus of people screaming SURPRISE to her. Sudden realization hit her and she looked around at all the people that were there. Practically the whole school was in attendance.
A banner hung across the hall and it read, "Happy Birthday Lily Evans, The best Head Girl Ever." Surprised was the least of what she felt right at that moment. She looked around and found the culprits. The four Marauders were standing looking at her quite pleased with themselves for pulling the charade off. She hugged them all.
The party progressed and finally it was time for speeches. Each of the Marauders had their turn at the magical microphone and Lily smiled in pleasure at each of them, although her ears and face was burning a little in embarrassment.
No one noticed when Dumbledore entered the hall through the front entrance, the cloaked stranger holding his arm. He walked with her up to the make shift stage and escorted her to the microphone which Sirius had only just made vacant. The whole hall became silent.
"I have known Lily her whole life." The person began her voice revealing her to be female. "There wasn't much that we ever did with out each other. I hadn't dreamed of seeing her again this soon and it is thanks to four special people that I am able to come at all. Apart from Professor Dumbledore." She added quickly turning to the man, "Your special too."
"Thank you." He said modestly. The hall gave polite giggles.
"No, I need to thank you Padfoot." She looked directly at Sirius, "Moony," she looked at Remus, "Wormtail," She looked at Peter, "and Prongs." She looked at James. They all were pale. How had she known who they were and what their nicknames were?
The girl stepped forward so that she was facing the hall and directly in front of Lily. She lifted her arms up and pulled back the hood. The robe fell to the floor around Buffy's feet and she looked her sister in the eyes.
"Buffy?" She gasped, tears in her eyes.
"Yup, in the flesh so to speak." She quipped. Under the eyes of the whole school Lily and Buffy flew at each other, tears streaking each of their faces and they grabbed each other in hugs. They were speaking to each other and only they knew what they were saying because the two hysterical girls were not making any sense to anyone else.
Finally they parted. The students had gone back to dancing and left Buffy, Lily and the Boys to their reunion. She moved over to each of the boys in turn. She hugged James first. "Lady Bug, I've missed you."
"Good." She replied. She saw that James was about to ask her something. "I know what it is that you want to ask me. Yes I know about that incident with Severus. I forgive you. Isn't that big of me." She grinned up the man that her sister loved so much. "And yes we will talk about 'that' tomorrow." She winked and he was stunned that she had known everything that was going on in his head.
Buffy moved on to Sirius. She gave him a huge hug and he spun her around. "Okay, dizzy now." She announced. "Put me down before I hurl." He immediately put her down. "Good doggy." She said to him and winked. "Sirius, she's not going to wait forever you know, ask her to dance!" She commanded him.
"Yes ma'am." He saluted her.
"Remus, I missed you." She said and before she could hug him, he hugged her.
"I missed you more." He said grinning openly. Buffy rolled her eyes. "The blonde suits you, you always said that you would dye your hair one day. Tell me, did you become a cheerleader?"
"Of course, only the best. I'm the head of the group."
"Naturally." She grinned and finally came to Peter. He wasn't too much taller than her and instead of giving him a hug; she took both of his hands in hers. Her eyes met his and she looked almost straight into his soul.
"Don't do it." She said simply. "We will talk tomorrow, first thing. Before then, don't do anything." She said to him firmly and he paled and nodded in shock. How had she known? "Now give me a hug!" She ordered and held out her arms. With out hesitation he lifted her into a hug.
Everyone smiling, Lily led Buffy off to a corner with chairs so they could talk. The minute a slow song came on, Buffy kicked Sirius. "Move it buddy."
"Alright, alright, I'm going." He said and stood. Wandering over to a sixth year named Evon, Sirius bowed over her hand and led her to the dance floor. Buffy gave a little sigh that was missed by all but Lily and she looked sharply at her little sister. Buffy shrugged.
Buffy then forced Lily and James up, and looked at Remus and Peter evilly until they both stood and asked girls to dance as well.
Buffy sighed and watched the happy people wistfully.
A boy cleared his throat beside her and she looked up at him. "Hi." he said, "I was wondering if you would like to dance?"
"I'd love to." She responded and offered the boy her hand. He swept her away. "So, what's your name?" She asked him.
He looked her in the eye. "Severus Snape."