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This chapter I'm gonna try to write about the Marauders, Lily and Arabella. People I haven't already written about, so I can get the feelings and stuff out of the way and move on to the events!!
Carpe Diem
"BLACK!"
Sirius swallowed hard. What did he do this time? He couldn't think of anything…and apparently he wasn't the only one wondering.
"What'd you do Padfoot?" James asked. Sirius shrugged and turned to face the direction the shout had come from…and burst out laughing. Arabella stood there completely covered in little, green tentacles.
"I—I didn't—do it," Sirius managed to gasp out between laughs.
"I know you didn't do it you git," she snapped. "But your brother did."
"So why are you yelling at me?"
"Because I have this whole thing with McGonagall where if I get caught cursing anyone in your family one more time, she'll take away my Hogsmede privileges. Oh, yeah, and did I forget, he's your brother!"
"Alright, next time I see the git, I'll curse him until he runs crying to Mother, alright?"
"Thank you," she then turned on her heel and strode off in the direction of the Hospital Wing.
As soon as she was out of sight, Sirius turned to James and asked, "If she's not allowed to curse anyone in my family, why does she still curse me?" James just laughed in response.
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Remus was wandering the halls, alone, just thinking. About the people from the future, mostly. He was the most observant of the Marauders, and while the other may not have noticed how all but the Malfoy boy looked at James, Lily and Sirius like they were ghosts, he did. And how they looked at Peter with something he could only describe as hate. Or at least strong dislike.
It scared him.
What happens in the future to make them act like that? Did James, Lily and Sirius, Merlin forbid, die? If they did, how? Why? And why would they hate Peter? Sure he wasn't overly liked by most people, but he was still a loyal friend. And he couldn't think of Peter doing anything that would make anyone hate him.
Remus sighed and hoped there was a logical explanation, and that no harm befell his friends in the future.
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Lily sat in the library, working on an essay for advanced Charms about the uses of a Protean Charm. When she finished, she put her things away and began the walk to the Gryffindor common room.
As she walked, she thought about Harry. Harry Potter, her son. Of course, he never actually said she was his mother, but he had her eyes. Nobody else had eyes like hers.
Lily wasn't sure how she felt about that. In the future she would have a son with James. She sighed. The only reason Lily had gone on a date with him at all was so he would stop asking her out. And then she realized that there was more to him than the prankster she had always seen, so she went on more dates with him. She liked him a lot, but did she love him?
Lily sighed again. She just wasn't sure.
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"Evil little git," Arabella muttered to herself. She was sitting in the Hospital Wing, waiting for Madame Pomfrey to finish mending a fourth year Hufflepuff's leg. "Stupid Regulus Black…I swear when school is over…just wait till the train ride home…"
"Alright Miss Fig. It's your turn."
Arabella waited as Madame Pomfrey performed a counter curse, then left the blinding whiteness of the Hospital Wing behind as she left for the Gryffindor common room. She still had a potions essay to do and she had to practice shield charms for Defense Against the Dark Arts. She just wanted to fall into bed and stay there for a year or eight. She reached the portrait and gave the password, then collapsed on a couch in front of the fireplace.
Pulling out her potions book, she was about to start on her potions essay when she noticed a speck of red sticking up from above one of the chairs to her left. Getting up, she walked over to it and found Ginny sitting there, staring off into space.
"Hey, you okay?" The younger girl jumped.
"Huh?—Oh, yeah. I'm okay, just thinking."
"`Bout what?" Arabella asked, eager to put off homework.
She seemed to consider her answer for a moment. "Not much, just…my friends. And my boyfriend. I miss them."
Arabella smiled. She felt sorry for this girl. What would she do if she were pulled into the past? Probably have a mental breakdown. "You'll be back home in no time. You'll see. Dumbledore can do anything."
Ginny smiled brightly. "Thanks."
Arabella went back to her homework, and when Lily came in, went to bed.
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In a dark corridor on the 7th floor, the unconscious form of Peter Pettigrew was slumped in a broom closet, where he had been stuffed after a group of Slytherins led by Lucius Malfoy had gotten through with him.
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A/N: Hehe…torture Peter…die Peter die! *notices people* um…ahem…anyways…you cant tell me you didn't want something like that to happen! Now be nice and review `cause my Physiatrist says reviews boost my confidence and make me less dangerous to those around me.