The Fight

By: SotMoon*

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Authors Note: Hi! Wow, I think I upset some of my Reviewers, and I am terribly sorry, but it had to be done! Here's the next Chapter, added on with a song called "Make Up Your Mind" by Theory Of A Dead Man.

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It had been a month since Raven had died, and everything was starting to calm down more, Sirius had almost gone back to his usual self, but sometimes if you looked at the right time, he had a far-away look in his eyes, as if dreaming about something that happened long ago. Lily noticed this quite often, and wondered what he was thinking about. James and Lily were trying to find a house to live in when they got out of school, and things weren't going to well in the Common Room one evening when they were still trying to decide. A heated argument arose between Lily and James—Lily saying she wanted the yellow two-story Victorian, and James saying he wanted the two-story blue house.

"The yellow is more beautiful, and we could have more room for the family," Lily argued, waving the papers in front of James face, he slapped the papers out of Lily's hand, and glared. Her eyes widened. "Don't you dare do that."

"Well, I'll be the one buying the house, won't I?" James growled, picking up the papers from the floor, and throwing them onto the small table of the Common Room.

"Yeah, well you wouldn't even have to worry about houses if it wasn't for me. If I hadn't have come along, you'd end up working in a joke shop, still living with your parents!" Lily shrieked, her face now a brilliant red color, she waved her arms about emphasizing her point. By this time, the whole Common Room was watching the argument, with smirks on their faces.

"Now, you guys, calm down," Remus began standing between the two. "You just need to act like adults and work this out…"

"Stay out of it, Remus," The two snapped at the same time, and they turned on each other again, like starved dogs on a bone.

"I would not, I'm going to become the best Auror that the Wizarding world has ever seen, or I'll become a Great Seeker. That will buy us a whole mansion, with house elves."

"House elves?" Lily said, her temper rising steadily. "That is cruel, I'd rather eat dirt than to have a house elf!"

"Then we'll do our own thing in our house," James growled again, he brought his hand up to his face and massaged his temples. "We'll do our own laundry and everything."

"I don't care what you do in your house," Lily growled, picking up her things in jerky movements. "Because I sure as hell will not be living there! I wish I hadn't met you at all, sometimes!" She left the Common Room quickly, heading for the Entrance Hall. When she got to the Entrance Hall, she flung open the doors, both doors making a loud bang in the quiet air. She stomped her way outside, and sat on the large stone that Sybil had sat on a few weeks before.

Make up your mind and I'll make up mine
don't worry about me, I'll be fine.

James stood in the place he was at when Lily left, and he quickly left the Common Room, walking down the halls silently, his hands brushing against the cold stone walls. He began thinking about why he'd been so rude to Lily about the Houses; hers was prettier than his—a foundation of stone.

Those words that you said to me, why wasn't I listening?
I wish I hadn't met you at all.

James began to walk down the stairs quickly, looking about for Lily, he looked in the Library—she wasn't there. He looked in the Astronomy Tower, The Owlery, anywhere he could think of. Still, no sign of Lily. Finally desperate enough, he looked in the Loo. The haunted bathroom. Moaning Myrtle was in the stall, looking out the small window, picking at her chin.

"What are you doing in here, you're not a girl!" Myrtle snapped, her translucent body floating in front of James, he sat down onto a sink, and looked up at the floating girl.

"Have you seen Lily? We had a fight, and I need to talk to her," James said. Myrtle pushed her glasses back up on her nose, and laughed, more of a cackle, really than a laugh.

"Ohhh, lost her, have you?" She said, gleefully. James sighed, and stood up, and began walking to the door, his feet making small splash noises in the water filled room.

"She's outside, you know," Myrtle said, pointing her pale finger to the grimy window—James splashed over and looked out the window, seeing a speck out by the lake. "That's her, I saw her walk out of the Castle. Angry she was, aye."

We'll wake up, we'll make up and do this for the last time
We'll wake up, we'll make up and do this for the last time

James walked outside slowly, thinking about what he was to say to Lily. After awhile he made it to the lake, he saw Lily sitting on a large stone, throwing pebbles into the lake. The squid that lives in the lake surfaced a moment; it's tentacles grabbing the stone in mid-air, and then going back under. Lily turned a bit, looking at James for a brief moment—in disgust clearly, and looked back out to the lake.

"Lily," James whispered, his voice being caught in the wind, Lily gathered her cloak about her more tightly, and threw another pebble. It was still clearly cold outside, since it was still the beginning of spring.

"What do you want, James," Lily asked coldly, her green eyes clashing with James' soft brown ones. James stepped back, and looked at Lily. It was a huge change when Lily was mad; it made her a whole different person. Her face-hardened, and her eyes grew as cold as winters first chill, James stepped closer, and put his palm onto Lily's cheek, which she jerked away defiantly.

If we break up, we'll wind up losing both of our minds
so wake up, let's make up and do this for the last time.

"Please forgive me, Lily flower. If you want the Victorian, you can have it. I'm so sorry I was being so stupid." James pouted, his eyes shone in the light.

"You brown-nosing isn't going to help you at all," Lily said again, stepping closer to James. "It'll be along time before I'm not mad at you, but it'll pass, it'll pass." Lily walked back up to the castle, her cloak billowing about her. Her red hair caught in the wind, blood red tresses billowed in the breeze, and James caught the scent of lemons from her hair as he followed her back like an obedient puppy.

Let's wake up, let's make up and do this
for the last time, let's wake up, let's wake up.

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The next few weeks, the Marauders' had gone to an extreme to pull in as much Pranks as possible, and not to be caught. The teachers were on red-alert to their pranks, and all the students became completely edgy about their food, and where they kept their personal items, afraid that they, too, would be the butt of the next prank. Lily had forgiven James two weeks later, and they decided on the yellow house, because it seemed that the blue house had already sold when James had been arguing about it in the first place.

"Yes, we were really going to get the blue," Lily said dryly one day as she watched Sirius turn Snape's hair blonde. "Ooh, that's a classic one, that is." She said pointing to Sirius' handiwork.

"Thank you, Lily, Dear." Sirius said tilting his head sideways, looking at Snape, who had not yet figured out why everyone was laughing. "This one's in memory of Raven." Sirius said, a small smile on his face.

"I've got the winner here," said Peter, with a few greatly chosen words, Snape's hair grew, to a great length, and was made into two piggy-tails. At this, the group howled. Snape turned about, completely livid and asked:

"Why is everyone laughing, am I that amusing?" Snape sneered at everyone, James walked up, holding a mirror. Snape looked from the mirror, to James then back to the Mirror. "Why do you have that?" He asked.

James held up the mirror, and Snape clenched his teeth, his beetle black eyes now completely livid scanned the room. "Who did this?" he growled, the Marauders' raised their hands, and James stepped back, took out his wand and waved it, making Snape wear a light blue sundress.

"That tops it off," James said, standing beside Sirius. They both tilted their heads in the same manor, both acting completely serious, as if surveying a high-priced piece of art. "It's a masterpiece."

Snape stalked off, and the group of kids laughed, Lily then too, took out her wand, and muttered a few words, making Peter appear in a bikini. Peter covered himself, a heavy blush appearing on his face, he cursed Lily for what she did, and took off at a run.

"I'll get you back, somehow, Lily Evans! I really mean it, I will get you back!" Lily just laughed at the time, but she didn't know that he would really get her back for what she did.

"A bikini really doesn't match his figure," Remus said with a grin. "Maybe next time, you should try a one-piece, huh, Lils?"

"Okay, next time. Next time." Said Lily as she brushed a stray piece of hair out of her face. "Let's go to lunch." She said as she began her way to the Great Hall to eat lunch with her best friends.

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AN2: Hey everyone! Another Chapter Done! ~Cheeky Grin~ You are really lucky that I could get this done, because I scratched my left eye pretty badly, so now I cannot put in my contacts, so now I can hardly see. The whole time I was typing this my face was two inches from the screen. Lol!

I hope you liked this chapter. I enjoyed typing it.

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