It Has Already Been Arranged
Disclaimer: I just wanted to let everyone know that I don't own any other the characters that you may recognize from the Harry potter books. I only own the characters that you have never heard of before, so please don't steal the ones I created. J.K.Rowling is a genius, and I'm just twisting the whole Lily/James Potter storyline for your entertainments purposes.
Chapter 1: I'm sorry, WHAT?
"Mum, Dad, How could you?" Lily Evans screamed at her parents.
"It's for your own good, pumpkin."
"Yeah, right." She snorted.
"Lily, we expected you to take this as an opportunity, to welcome a new challenge with open arms!" Her mother sighed at her stubborn daughter.
"Mum, you need to understand, this isn't the 1600's, people don't plan marriages anymore. What do you expect me to do, walk right up to the guy and say, 'well, since we're getting married, I might as well get a good shag out of this', and run off to the nearest broom closet? I mean really, how's you think I would take this. I'm not about to throw myself at a guy and say 'Take me, I'm all for being the wife of a stranger'!"
"Lily! We really thought you'd handle this more maturely."
"Please, pumpkin, do this for us, it's not like he's a bad guy, we've met him, and he's very nice. You'll like him, he's your age too, it's not like we would have you get married to someone who is 5 years older than you. I'm sure you'll like him!"
"Who is this man who has so wonderfully won the affections of my parents?"
"That's a surprise! We don't want you two to meet until your wedding. We thought it would be a better experience for you that way.
"I need to think about this." And with that, Lily Evans grabbed her cloak, shoes, and car keys to go for a nice, soothing drive away from her problems.
Lily had just turned 19, and was quite a catch. Her long red waves of hair fell to the middle of her back. Her creamy complexion was the kind other women would kill for. But, the most incredible feature on her was her glittering green eyes. They were so bright, and sparkled with happiness. Many people would say they even twinkled, on occasion. Lily Evans was about 5ft 5 in and was around 120lbs.
Lily found a nice, quiet park and decided she could use a walk. Parking her car, she set out on one of the designated trails to an unknown destination.
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Meanwhile....
"James, we have some wonderful news for you!" James's mother yelled, hoping he would stop flying that obnoxious broom long enough to come in and listen to her.
"Yes?" James Potter called from high in the air.
"Come in, we need to talk."
"Alright." James was disturbed by the infamous term 'we have to talk' coming from his mother. Speeding down at a speed that was way to fast for a sensible person, James landed on the ground near his mother. Hurrying to put his broom in the nearby shed, James rushed to here the 'good' news that would be told to him soon.
As he entered the parlor, James was surprised to see that his dad was here. Mr. Jonathan Potter was a very busy man. He was an Auror and was always busy doing work, or informing James on what he should be doing, and how he was screwing everything up. For example, he was always on James's case about how he should follow in his fathers footstep, or at least pick a career soon, for he had already been out of Hogwarts for two years, and while James had a nice little job working at Gringnotts, it wasn't good enough for a 'Potter'. It was obvious that he had not wanted a child, to raise him, but more for him to be an heir.
"You wanted to talk to me?" James asked.
"Yes, dear, we have some wonderful news."
"Yes mum?"
"Well, oh dear, it seems to be a bit harder to say...well, we have..."
"Found a girl ho will be glad to marry you."
"You WHAT?"
"We have found a girl who will be happy to marry you and become your wife. She a pretty little thing, and any child of yours will be lovely. Especially with her eyes." His father said, as if they were talking about a new shirt.
"I can't believe you!" James screamed. "What about my thoughts on this?"
"Well, you will be needing an heir soon, and hopefully you will be able to have an acceptable one with this wife. If not, find a new one. It's not like there is any shortage of women. It wouldn't be too hard to find a girl to marry you, but we have found a keeper.
James was in shock. "When will I meet her?"
"As she walks down the aisle, that will be the first time you see her."
"WHAT? You cannot be serious! I can't just get married to anyone? Marriage is a strong bond between two people. I can't just create this bond with anyone? Marriage is about Love!" At this his mother shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
"Stop filling his brain with mush, Liz. Son, it's time you learned the way of the world. Everything is in terms of business, take being an auror for instance, your job is to kill the bad wizards, and for that you get money, it's like a game, the more you kill, the more you get. But with marriage, it's just a contract saying your married." For this part he whispered into James's ear so that his mother couldn't hear them. "There are only 3 reasons to get married, 1 is that many rich business men like families, and are happy to have workers who like spending family time working for them. Number 2 is that you will need an heir, especially in the aurorer business, it become a matter of kills or be killed. Number 3 is the best, if you have a pretty gal; you got a 'round the clock' sex partner. I mean sure, you can always go to a whore house, but I feel it is better if your married to a girl before you start bedding her every night."
James couldn't do anything but stare at his father in shock. It was true, they had never spent any quality time together, but now, listening to him talk like this, James was glad for all the 'business' trips his father took, that prevented him fro getting to know this stranger before him.
"I...uh.... I think I'll just g-go out for a w-walk." James stuttered, still in a state of shock. "I need to think about all this." And without a glance back he walked out the front door, and into a glade in his back yard. From there he turned into a stag, his animagus form, and ran out into the forest.
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Lily walked through the woods, her favorite place in the world, until she came across a small pond. It was already getting close to being sunset, and she thought this would be a nice spot to stop and rest before she followed the path back to her car.
Looking down at the pond she saw different wild life all around her, and she wished she could be like these animals, living in the woods all day, relaxing on a leaf, like a dragonfly, of hopping rock to rock like a frog. Life would have been perfect as an animal.
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, Lily saw a wood nymph hop from leaf to leaf on a small tree nearby, as if daring each leaf to fall in the October weather. Halloween was fast approaching, and if her parents had their way, she would be married on Christmas Eve.
The days were slipping through s sieve, and it seemed that while she tried to block the openings, and try to fill the sieve with time, the days would just slip by. Time would speed up, and her wedding would be here, but what of the wedding night? Was she expected to sleep with a man who she had known for less than a day? This would need much consideration.
Suddenly, behind her, Lily heard a twig snap, and then another. She could hear something moving closer. Turning around, she saw the most beautiful stag. It made her heart stop to look at it. Afraid to startle if, Lily moved closer slowly, trying to get a better look at this magnificent creature. Her right hand was down by her side, and the stag nudged it, asking if she would pet him. Lily obliged, amazed at her luck. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, to be this close to such a royal and majestic creature.
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James had taken off at a run, galloping all over the countryside. How he wished Sirius Black, his best friend, had not gone on vacation to the America's for a month. It would be so nice to talk to him face to face, flooing just wasn't the same. Remus Lupin, his other best friend, was out of town too, visiting his sick Aunt, who actually was sick, not just an excuse to disappear once a month. And then there was Peter Pettigrew, but Peter was never a good person to talk to, he would just do what you told him to. It was a known fact that Peter annoyed James to an unbelievable extent, so Peter was defiantly out of the question.
All throughout his thoughts James never once stopped his galloping. He found a small pond, filled with other wildlife, and he decided to let of a little steam by prancing and bucking at trees, just to relive stress. Suddenly, and much to his dismay, he heard footsteps, coming down a warn path, and he ran back into the heart of the woods, but his curiosity got the better of him, an he stayed hidden, but close by, as a beautiful woman stepped out from the path.
James stayed, transfixed. He knew this angel. It was none other than Lily Evans, his biggest crush when he was at Hogwarts. After two years she looked even better, but as he looked at her closely he saw different emotions play across he face, as she looked around at the animal surrounding her. First longing, then dismay, and last, repulsion. It was only when he saw that last emotion that he walked forward, slowly to greet her. She stared at him, afraid to startle him. It took James's nudging of her hand before she started petting him, and soon talking to him.
"Your such a majestic creature." She cooed.
'Why thank you, but I don't think you would be saying that if you knew who I am. You hated me at school.' James thought, but from where lily was looking he just looked at her with thanks in his eyes.
"So intelligent, and so lucky. I'm not as lucky as you are, though I wish I was." She looked at him with such a longing; it was all he could do to stay as he was. But he did tilt his head, as if to ask why.
"Why? Well because I'm to be married around Christmas, and I'm not excited about it. I will defiantly not be a blushing bride." She sighed as she scratched behind his ears.
'You too huh, I wish you would be my bride, but then again, you wouldn't be a blushing bride if I was the groom either.' Instead of saying everything, he lifted his ears, as if he heard something, and he started to walk away, so as to let her know he had to get back, for it was near dark.
"Well, if your heading home, I guess I better go home as well. Goodnight, your highness." Lily said. She turned around to follow the path home.
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As Lily walked back to the car, she mused about what had just happened. She had talked with a stag, but he looked as if he could understand everything she had said. When she reached the car she put the keys into the ignition, turned the radio up, and drove home, to where she would rest for the night.
When Lily finally got back to her house she wasted not time in getting ready for bed. As she fell into the land of dreams she could hear her parents and Petunia fight over Petunias new boyfriend, Vernon, but all she could think about was the stag's eyes, and how for some reason they reminded her of the prick, James Potter. The last intelligent thought she had was that he hadn't been so bad, and with that she fell asleep, dreaming of James Potter, the Stag, and her wedding.
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James galloped back home, not really watching where he was going. He new enough to be aware of any an all hunters and poachers that were around the woods, but he wasn't that worried.
When he finally got home he crept up to his room, and without even taking off his day clothe, he fell into a deep sleep. His sleep was filled with thoughts of Lily, weddings, and many different animals.
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Well, what do you think? I know, another one of my crazy Lily/James fics. I'll get off my but and write more for all of my stories soon, I promise. Please R&R. I need a beta for this story, so if you're interested, let me know. I hope you like this story! More will be up soon! ~Lily Bell
Disclaimer: I just wanted to let everyone know that I don't own any other the characters that you may recognize from the Harry potter books. I only own the characters that you have never heard of before, so please don't steal the ones I created. J.K.Rowling is a genius, and I'm just twisting the whole Lily/James Potter storyline for your entertainments purposes.
Chapter 1: I'm sorry, WHAT?
"Mum, Dad, How could you?" Lily Evans screamed at her parents.
"It's for your own good, pumpkin."
"Yeah, right." She snorted.
"Lily, we expected you to take this as an opportunity, to welcome a new challenge with open arms!" Her mother sighed at her stubborn daughter.
"Mum, you need to understand, this isn't the 1600's, people don't plan marriages anymore. What do you expect me to do, walk right up to the guy and say, 'well, since we're getting married, I might as well get a good shag out of this', and run off to the nearest broom closet? I mean really, how's you think I would take this. I'm not about to throw myself at a guy and say 'Take me, I'm all for being the wife of a stranger'!"
"Lily! We really thought you'd handle this more maturely."
"Please, pumpkin, do this for us, it's not like he's a bad guy, we've met him, and he's very nice. You'll like him, he's your age too, it's not like we would have you get married to someone who is 5 years older than you. I'm sure you'll like him!"
"Who is this man who has so wonderfully won the affections of my parents?"
"That's a surprise! We don't want you two to meet until your wedding. We thought it would be a better experience for you that way.
"I need to think about this." And with that, Lily Evans grabbed her cloak, shoes, and car keys to go for a nice, soothing drive away from her problems.
Lily had just turned 19, and was quite a catch. Her long red waves of hair fell to the middle of her back. Her creamy complexion was the kind other women would kill for. But, the most incredible feature on her was her glittering green eyes. They were so bright, and sparkled with happiness. Many people would say they even twinkled, on occasion. Lily Evans was about 5ft 5 in and was around 120lbs.
Lily found a nice, quiet park and decided she could use a walk. Parking her car, she set out on one of the designated trails to an unknown destination.
^^^^^^^
Meanwhile....
"James, we have some wonderful news for you!" James's mother yelled, hoping he would stop flying that obnoxious broom long enough to come in and listen to her.
"Yes?" James Potter called from high in the air.
"Come in, we need to talk."
"Alright." James was disturbed by the infamous term 'we have to talk' coming from his mother. Speeding down at a speed that was way to fast for a sensible person, James landed on the ground near his mother. Hurrying to put his broom in the nearby shed, James rushed to here the 'good' news that would be told to him soon.
As he entered the parlor, James was surprised to see that his dad was here. Mr. Jonathan Potter was a very busy man. He was an Auror and was always busy doing work, or informing James on what he should be doing, and how he was screwing everything up. For example, he was always on James's case about how he should follow in his fathers footstep, or at least pick a career soon, for he had already been out of Hogwarts for two years, and while James had a nice little job working at Gringnotts, it wasn't good enough for a 'Potter'. It was obvious that he had not wanted a child, to raise him, but more for him to be an heir.
"You wanted to talk to me?" James asked.
"Yes, dear, we have some wonderful news."
"Yes mum?"
"Well, oh dear, it seems to be a bit harder to say...well, we have..."
"Found a girl ho will be glad to marry you."
"You WHAT?"
"We have found a girl who will be happy to marry you and become your wife. She a pretty little thing, and any child of yours will be lovely. Especially with her eyes." His father said, as if they were talking about a new shirt.
"I can't believe you!" James screamed. "What about my thoughts on this?"
"Well, you will be needing an heir soon, and hopefully you will be able to have an acceptable one with this wife. If not, find a new one. It's not like there is any shortage of women. It wouldn't be too hard to find a girl to marry you, but we have found a keeper.
James was in shock. "When will I meet her?"
"As she walks down the aisle, that will be the first time you see her."
"WHAT? You cannot be serious! I can't just get married to anyone? Marriage is a strong bond between two people. I can't just create this bond with anyone? Marriage is about Love!" At this his mother shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
"Stop filling his brain with mush, Liz. Son, it's time you learned the way of the world. Everything is in terms of business, take being an auror for instance, your job is to kill the bad wizards, and for that you get money, it's like a game, the more you kill, the more you get. But with marriage, it's just a contract saying your married." For this part he whispered into James's ear so that his mother couldn't hear them. "There are only 3 reasons to get married, 1 is that many rich business men like families, and are happy to have workers who like spending family time working for them. Number 2 is that you will need an heir, especially in the aurorer business, it become a matter of kills or be killed. Number 3 is the best, if you have a pretty gal; you got a 'round the clock' sex partner. I mean sure, you can always go to a whore house, but I feel it is better if your married to a girl before you start bedding her every night."
James couldn't do anything but stare at his father in shock. It was true, they had never spent any quality time together, but now, listening to him talk like this, James was glad for all the 'business' trips his father took, that prevented him fro getting to know this stranger before him.
"I...uh.... I think I'll just g-go out for a w-walk." James stuttered, still in a state of shock. "I need to think about all this." And without a glance back he walked out the front door, and into a glade in his back yard. From there he turned into a stag, his animagus form, and ran out into the forest.
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Lily walked through the woods, her favorite place in the world, until she came across a small pond. It was already getting close to being sunset, and she thought this would be a nice spot to stop and rest before she followed the path back to her car.
Looking down at the pond she saw different wild life all around her, and she wished she could be like these animals, living in the woods all day, relaxing on a leaf, like a dragonfly, of hopping rock to rock like a frog. Life would have been perfect as an animal.
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, Lily saw a wood nymph hop from leaf to leaf on a small tree nearby, as if daring each leaf to fall in the October weather. Halloween was fast approaching, and if her parents had their way, she would be married on Christmas Eve.
The days were slipping through s sieve, and it seemed that while she tried to block the openings, and try to fill the sieve with time, the days would just slip by. Time would speed up, and her wedding would be here, but what of the wedding night? Was she expected to sleep with a man who she had known for less than a day? This would need much consideration.
Suddenly, behind her, Lily heard a twig snap, and then another. She could hear something moving closer. Turning around, she saw the most beautiful stag. It made her heart stop to look at it. Afraid to startle if, Lily moved closer slowly, trying to get a better look at this magnificent creature. Her right hand was down by her side, and the stag nudged it, asking if she would pet him. Lily obliged, amazed at her luck. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, to be this close to such a royal and majestic creature.
^^^^^^^
James had taken off at a run, galloping all over the countryside. How he wished Sirius Black, his best friend, had not gone on vacation to the America's for a month. It would be so nice to talk to him face to face, flooing just wasn't the same. Remus Lupin, his other best friend, was out of town too, visiting his sick Aunt, who actually was sick, not just an excuse to disappear once a month. And then there was Peter Pettigrew, but Peter was never a good person to talk to, he would just do what you told him to. It was a known fact that Peter annoyed James to an unbelievable extent, so Peter was defiantly out of the question.
All throughout his thoughts James never once stopped his galloping. He found a small pond, filled with other wildlife, and he decided to let of a little steam by prancing and bucking at trees, just to relive stress. Suddenly, and much to his dismay, he heard footsteps, coming down a warn path, and he ran back into the heart of the woods, but his curiosity got the better of him, an he stayed hidden, but close by, as a beautiful woman stepped out from the path.
James stayed, transfixed. He knew this angel. It was none other than Lily Evans, his biggest crush when he was at Hogwarts. After two years she looked even better, but as he looked at her closely he saw different emotions play across he face, as she looked around at the animal surrounding her. First longing, then dismay, and last, repulsion. It was only when he saw that last emotion that he walked forward, slowly to greet her. She stared at him, afraid to startle him. It took James's nudging of her hand before she started petting him, and soon talking to him.
"Your such a majestic creature." She cooed.
'Why thank you, but I don't think you would be saying that if you knew who I am. You hated me at school.' James thought, but from where lily was looking he just looked at her with thanks in his eyes.
"So intelligent, and so lucky. I'm not as lucky as you are, though I wish I was." She looked at him with such a longing; it was all he could do to stay as he was. But he did tilt his head, as if to ask why.
"Why? Well because I'm to be married around Christmas, and I'm not excited about it. I will defiantly not be a blushing bride." She sighed as she scratched behind his ears.
'You too huh, I wish you would be my bride, but then again, you wouldn't be a blushing bride if I was the groom either.' Instead of saying everything, he lifted his ears, as if he heard something, and he started to walk away, so as to let her know he had to get back, for it was near dark.
"Well, if your heading home, I guess I better go home as well. Goodnight, your highness." Lily said. She turned around to follow the path home.
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As Lily walked back to the car, she mused about what had just happened. She had talked with a stag, but he looked as if he could understand everything she had said. When she reached the car she put the keys into the ignition, turned the radio up, and drove home, to where she would rest for the night.
When Lily finally got back to her house she wasted not time in getting ready for bed. As she fell into the land of dreams she could hear her parents and Petunia fight over Petunias new boyfriend, Vernon, but all she could think about was the stag's eyes, and how for some reason they reminded her of the prick, James Potter. The last intelligent thought she had was that he hadn't been so bad, and with that she fell asleep, dreaming of James Potter, the Stag, and her wedding.
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James galloped back home, not really watching where he was going. He new enough to be aware of any an all hunters and poachers that were around the woods, but he wasn't that worried.
When he finally got home he crept up to his room, and without even taking off his day clothe, he fell into a deep sleep. His sleep was filled with thoughts of Lily, weddings, and many different animals.
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Well, what do you think? I know, another one of my crazy Lily/James fics. I'll get off my but and write more for all of my stories soon, I promise. Please R&R. I need a beta for this story, so if you're interested, let me know. I hope you like this story! More will be up soon! ~Lily Bell