~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 39- Special Delivery!
"Lily, I need to talk to you real quick," said James, making his way over to Lily. Lily put down the book that she was studying from and looked over at James.
"What is it?" she asked. The two had been getting along wonderfully since the dance, and had now become the best friends that they had been until they started going out in the fifth year.
"Well, something happened last night Lily," James started. Lily could tell by the tone in his voice that this was something big, she pushed all of her notes away from her and sat back, looking at James attentively. "Well, I think you might know what yesterday was..."
"The full moon," said Lily, who was now intrigued. She motioned for James to continue.
"Well, Sirius, Peter, Remus and I did the usual. We, and don't get mad about this Lily because there isn't anything you can do to change it, we went into the forbidden forest." Lily gave James the look that said You could have been killed! "It's okay Lily we've been in there loads of times and not gotten hurt. We anyway, we went into the forbidden forest and...well we...we saw..."
"James, what did you see, you sound like it was something terrible!" exclaimed Lily. James gulped and then began to talk again.
"There was a meeting of death eaters, the dark wizards that are in the league with Voldemort. Well, we stayed there and watched and...and..." but James just remembered the cat, twitching horribly, and he tried not to let himself cry at the thought. Lily pulled him into a hug and listened as he sobbed out the rest of the story.
"Oh James, you have to tell Dumbledore right away!" Lily demanded once James had finished. James shook his head.
"I can't do that. If he knows that Sirius, Peter and I were out, and that Remus let us, and that Remus has been roaming around the campus...Lily, we're doing illegal magic. We could, well, we would all be expelled. It's too much of a risk," said James.
"No, having dark arts meetings on campus, teaching students how to violently torture people, that's too much of a risk. You need to tell Dumbledore," said Lily.
"But I'll be expelled!" said James.
"Well just give him an anonymous tip," stated Lily matter-of-factly. James looked at her as if she were crazy.
"A nonmouse tip? What is that?" asked James.
"It must be a muggle idea then. Well pretty much you let Dumbledore know what has happened without telling him who you are," explained Lily. James still looked confused.
"So I go up to him and tell him I'm not me?" asked James. Lily laughed.
"No, no. You write everything down in a letter. I'll charm it so that your handwriting is disguised. Then you can get a school owl to deliver it to Dumbledore at one of the meals. That way he knows what's going on, but has no idea who told him," said Lily.
"Yeah, that sounds good to me!" exclaimed James, taking out a quill and writing to the headmaster. He had just finished and handed the letter back to Lily when Sirius walked through the door to the common room.
"Mmmm, breakfast is always the best on a Saturday," Sirius stated, sitting down between Lily and James. He looked down at the letter in Lily's lap and his grin quickly faded away. "You are not going to tell him are you?"
"Well kind of," replied James, telling Sirius Lily's idea. Sirius looked thoughtful and then nodded his head.
"Yeah, okay that sounds good. I haven't been able to get the image of that poor cat out of my mind. But we have to go James, I have something waiting for me," said Sirius. Lily looked over at Sirius.
"What do you have waiting for you? Where are you going? You boys aren't going to go get yourselves in trouble are you?" she asked.
"We'll be back soon," said Sirius, pulling James up and dragging him out the door. Lily could tell that they were hiding something from her.
"Where are you going!" she demanded, but the portrait hole had shut and James had disappeared into the halls.
***
"Dude, this is awesome!" exclaimed Peter, looking over at the huge bike. Even though the rest of the boys had seen it before, they had to agree. The big bike was a shiny black, with red accents on it, and a little button that would make it fly.
"We have to go and fly it somewhere," said James. Everyone agreed with him.
"But where?" Sirius asked. James looked thoughtful for a moment and then responded.
"We can fly it at Hogwarts. No one will notice," said James.
"Are you trying to tell me that you're bringing that flying back to Hogwarts?" asked a very familiar voice from behind them. James turned around to see Lily Evans, who had flipped her red curls over her sholders and now had her arms crossed over her chest, giving him a look that showed that she obviously didn't agree with what he was doing.
"Yep," said Sirius. "Why are you here anyway?"
"I knew you guys were up to something so I followed you to Hogsmeade. And I think this is ridiculous, no one is going to miss a huge motorbike," said Lily. Sirius seemed to have thought out a plan.
"Well we will just hid it in the Marauders' headquarters. No one knows about that," said Sirius.
"And how do you think that you're going to get it up there?" asked Lily.
"There's a secret passage that comes right to that area. All we do is check the map and move the bike when it's safe," said Sirius, a satisfied grin on his face. Lily huffed.
"Fine. I guess I'll see you four back in the common room, that is if you're not all expelled by then," and with that said Lily walked out the door and back towards a passage home.
"God James, sometimes your girlfriend can be such a bossy know it all," said Remus. James didn't even bother to correct him.
"Yeah," he said, still staring out the door as Lily retreated for the castle.
***
"Hey James, there's Helena!" exclaimed Lauren, pointing towards James' snowy owl, who was carrying a rather large letter in it's beak. Helena dropped it on James' lap, affectionately nipped his shirt and then flew away. James opened the letter and recognized his mother's handwriting, along with a clipping from the Daily Prophet. James read, with Sirius reading over his shoulder:
Dear James,
As you may have heard, the attacks on muggles have gotten worse lately, and there have been attacks on wizards now too. I think you will understand why we want you to come home for the holidays. Your father and I are throwing a christmas party, and all of your friends are invited. They may stay at our house if they need a place, it is quite safe here and they will not need to worry. I will meet you at the Hogwarts Express the day it arrives, and don't you try to pull anything funny, like pretending that you didn't come or that you lost an arm. We all know what happened last time...
Also, please find enclosed something that may be of interest to you. I do hope you enjoy the article. Well, I love you James. I'll see you on December 17th.
Love,
Mom
"Your mom's crazy," said Sirius. "Hogwarts is the safest place in the world."
"Yeah, but I understand why she wants me home. It just makes her feel better, like she can protect me," James stated. He then put down the letter and then picked up the newspaper article. It was on a broomstick, the Clean Sweep five, the best racing broom ever. James looked longingly at the picture of a broomstick floating a few feet off the ground and then turned to his friends. Lily also seemed to have gotten a letter and appeared rather upset.
"What's wrong Lily?" asked James.
"My family isn't going to be able to let me stay with them for the holidays this year. They have something better to do, some trip to asia, and they didn't buy me a plane ticket. I'm stuck here all break, and since everyone else is going home I have no one to celebrate with." said Lily, bursting into tears.
"It's okay Lily. My parents are having a Christmas party, and they said that if any of my friends need a place to stay they would let them stay at my house. So you can come over and spend Christmas with us," said James. Lily lit up at once.
"You really mean it?" asked Lily. James nodded, and Lily gave him a huge hug.
"You are the best!" she exclaimed, and James grinned. He had never felt so excited about the holidays before in his life...
A/N- Wow, this chapter didn't take long to write at all. I think that I am finally getting back into the swing of things. I got my new computer to work, so this is my first post from the new computer. I hope everything turned out all right. Well, the next chapter should be up very soon. Until then, please review! You know that you would love to...
Disclaimer- I don't own much, except this computer and a bunch of candles. I defiantly don't own Harry Potter and co. So don't sue me...
Chapter 39- Special Delivery!
"Lily, I need to talk to you real quick," said James, making his way over to Lily. Lily put down the book that she was studying from and looked over at James.
"What is it?" she asked. The two had been getting along wonderfully since the dance, and had now become the best friends that they had been until they started going out in the fifth year.
"Well, something happened last night Lily," James started. Lily could tell by the tone in his voice that this was something big, she pushed all of her notes away from her and sat back, looking at James attentively. "Well, I think you might know what yesterday was..."
"The full moon," said Lily, who was now intrigued. She motioned for James to continue.
"Well, Sirius, Peter, Remus and I did the usual. We, and don't get mad about this Lily because there isn't anything you can do to change it, we went into the forbidden forest." Lily gave James the look that said You could have been killed! "It's okay Lily we've been in there loads of times and not gotten hurt. We anyway, we went into the forbidden forest and...well we...we saw..."
"James, what did you see, you sound like it was something terrible!" exclaimed Lily. James gulped and then began to talk again.
"There was a meeting of death eaters, the dark wizards that are in the league with Voldemort. Well, we stayed there and watched and...and..." but James just remembered the cat, twitching horribly, and he tried not to let himself cry at the thought. Lily pulled him into a hug and listened as he sobbed out the rest of the story.
"Oh James, you have to tell Dumbledore right away!" Lily demanded once James had finished. James shook his head.
"I can't do that. If he knows that Sirius, Peter and I were out, and that Remus let us, and that Remus has been roaming around the campus...Lily, we're doing illegal magic. We could, well, we would all be expelled. It's too much of a risk," said James.
"No, having dark arts meetings on campus, teaching students how to violently torture people, that's too much of a risk. You need to tell Dumbledore," said Lily.
"But I'll be expelled!" said James.
"Well just give him an anonymous tip," stated Lily matter-of-factly. James looked at her as if she were crazy.
"A nonmouse tip? What is that?" asked James.
"It must be a muggle idea then. Well pretty much you let Dumbledore know what has happened without telling him who you are," explained Lily. James still looked confused.
"So I go up to him and tell him I'm not me?" asked James. Lily laughed.
"No, no. You write everything down in a letter. I'll charm it so that your handwriting is disguised. Then you can get a school owl to deliver it to Dumbledore at one of the meals. That way he knows what's going on, but has no idea who told him," said Lily.
"Yeah, that sounds good to me!" exclaimed James, taking out a quill and writing to the headmaster. He had just finished and handed the letter back to Lily when Sirius walked through the door to the common room.
"Mmmm, breakfast is always the best on a Saturday," Sirius stated, sitting down between Lily and James. He looked down at the letter in Lily's lap and his grin quickly faded away. "You are not going to tell him are you?"
"Well kind of," replied James, telling Sirius Lily's idea. Sirius looked thoughtful and then nodded his head.
"Yeah, okay that sounds good. I haven't been able to get the image of that poor cat out of my mind. But we have to go James, I have something waiting for me," said Sirius. Lily looked over at Sirius.
"What do you have waiting for you? Where are you going? You boys aren't going to go get yourselves in trouble are you?" she asked.
"We'll be back soon," said Sirius, pulling James up and dragging him out the door. Lily could tell that they were hiding something from her.
"Where are you going!" she demanded, but the portrait hole had shut and James had disappeared into the halls.
***
"Dude, this is awesome!" exclaimed Peter, looking over at the huge bike. Even though the rest of the boys had seen it before, they had to agree. The big bike was a shiny black, with red accents on it, and a little button that would make it fly.
"We have to go and fly it somewhere," said James. Everyone agreed with him.
"But where?" Sirius asked. James looked thoughtful for a moment and then responded.
"We can fly it at Hogwarts. No one will notice," said James.
"Are you trying to tell me that you're bringing that flying back to Hogwarts?" asked a very familiar voice from behind them. James turned around to see Lily Evans, who had flipped her red curls over her sholders and now had her arms crossed over her chest, giving him a look that showed that she obviously didn't agree with what he was doing.
"Yep," said Sirius. "Why are you here anyway?"
"I knew you guys were up to something so I followed you to Hogsmeade. And I think this is ridiculous, no one is going to miss a huge motorbike," said Lily. Sirius seemed to have thought out a plan.
"Well we will just hid it in the Marauders' headquarters. No one knows about that," said Sirius.
"And how do you think that you're going to get it up there?" asked Lily.
"There's a secret passage that comes right to that area. All we do is check the map and move the bike when it's safe," said Sirius, a satisfied grin on his face. Lily huffed.
"Fine. I guess I'll see you four back in the common room, that is if you're not all expelled by then," and with that said Lily walked out the door and back towards a passage home.
"God James, sometimes your girlfriend can be such a bossy know it all," said Remus. James didn't even bother to correct him.
"Yeah," he said, still staring out the door as Lily retreated for the castle.
***
"Hey James, there's Helena!" exclaimed Lauren, pointing towards James' snowy owl, who was carrying a rather large letter in it's beak. Helena dropped it on James' lap, affectionately nipped his shirt and then flew away. James opened the letter and recognized his mother's handwriting, along with a clipping from the Daily Prophet. James read, with Sirius reading over his shoulder:
Dear James,
As you may have heard, the attacks on muggles have gotten worse lately, and there have been attacks on wizards now too. I think you will understand why we want you to come home for the holidays. Your father and I are throwing a christmas party, and all of your friends are invited. They may stay at our house if they need a place, it is quite safe here and they will not need to worry. I will meet you at the Hogwarts Express the day it arrives, and don't you try to pull anything funny, like pretending that you didn't come or that you lost an arm. We all know what happened last time...
Also, please find enclosed something that may be of interest to you. I do hope you enjoy the article. Well, I love you James. I'll see you on December 17th.
Love,
Mom
"Your mom's crazy," said Sirius. "Hogwarts is the safest place in the world."
"Yeah, but I understand why she wants me home. It just makes her feel better, like she can protect me," James stated. He then put down the letter and then picked up the newspaper article. It was on a broomstick, the Clean Sweep five, the best racing broom ever. James looked longingly at the picture of a broomstick floating a few feet off the ground and then turned to his friends. Lily also seemed to have gotten a letter and appeared rather upset.
"What's wrong Lily?" asked James.
"My family isn't going to be able to let me stay with them for the holidays this year. They have something better to do, some trip to asia, and they didn't buy me a plane ticket. I'm stuck here all break, and since everyone else is going home I have no one to celebrate with." said Lily, bursting into tears.
"It's okay Lily. My parents are having a Christmas party, and they said that if any of my friends need a place to stay they would let them stay at my house. So you can come over and spend Christmas with us," said James. Lily lit up at once.
"You really mean it?" asked Lily. James nodded, and Lily gave him a huge hug.
"You are the best!" she exclaimed, and James grinned. He had never felt so excited about the holidays before in his life...
A/N- Wow, this chapter didn't take long to write at all. I think that I am finally getting back into the swing of things. I got my new computer to work, so this is my first post from the new computer. I hope everything turned out all right. Well, the next chapter should be up very soon. Until then, please review! You know that you would love to...
Disclaimer- I don't own much, except this computer and a bunch of candles. I defiantly don't own Harry Potter and co. So don't sue me...