Wow! I got so many more reviews for the last chapter then in the previous ones. Thank you sooooo much guys! I really do appreciate. It's what inspired me to update so quickly compared to usual. Sry about the L/J fluff in this chapter. I had to do it. They're 17 having been a couple for the last 1 ½ years so they would be into this kind of stuff by now hopefully, or else that is a very unhealthy relationship. LOL. R/R people! Thanks a bunch!

Chapter Five

Back at Hogwarts



One completely mute carriage ride later, Lily entered the Great Hall looking around in awe and excitement that she was finally back home, where she felt like she actually belonged. The room was decorated to its usual splendor, the candles floating magically above the tables, the ceiling now dark violet with mysterious cloud shapes floating past.

"Lily!" Candace called, catching up with her.

"So, how were things with Sirius?" Lily asked, searching for a seat at the Gryffindor table.

"So much fun! He's such an awesome person." Candace grinned.

"By the way, Harmony went into hysterics again." Lily commented, as she saw Harmony enter the Great Hall.

"Oh great." Candace groaned, the smile sweeping of her face in an instant. "No one's going to sleep tonight."

"Bianca was trying to calm her down, but it wasn't working very well when I saw it." Lily continued.

"Where's Alice?" Candace asked looking around.

"No idea. Probably with Frank somewhere."

"Of course."

The Great Hall fell silent when the doors burst open, and the nervous looking first years lead by Professor McGonagall filed in, looking around in awe.

Professor McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on the three legged stool, and the quiet rumbling in the hall disappeared all together, yet with the occasional sniffles from Harmony.

The brim of the hat split open, and began to sing.

Far away, and long ago,

In a distant land called glen,

A young and cunning warrior,

Passed through from the land called fen.



And once in glen he came upon,

A young a beautiful face.

Her name was Rowena Ravenclaw,

And she possessed much wit and grace.



The warriors name was Slytherin,

He conquered rich and poor.

But when he lost all fortunes,

He had to choose another door.



He traveled far, and traveled wide,

And up to wild moor.

Then he came upon an man,

With a daring nerve, he bore.



He came upon another maiden,

Who worked for what she had.

She always was the loyal type,

But inside, was very sad.



He brought the three of them and him,

together to make a plan.

To teach those of magical talent,

Until they were woman and man.



They split apart to separate houses,

So they could pick ones they desired,

With the virtues they alone preferred,

To light their hearts on fire.



Fair Maiden Rowena Ravenclaw,

Chose those who loved to learn.

If you possess a ready mind,

She'll choose you in return.



But if you are a cunning child,

And wonder which house you're in,

You always will achieve your ends,

With great Salazar Slytherin.



Fair Maiden Helga Hufflepuff,

Chose those loyal, patient and true.

If you are unafraid of toil,

Then Hufflepuff's for you.



Last Lord Godric Gryffindor,

Chose those who're brave at heart.

Daring nerve and chivalry,

Was considered a great art.



I know the things inside your head,

I know what you possess,

So place me up upon your head,

And I'll tell you where you're best.

After the hat finished, the Great Hall burst into applause, and the Sorting began. All of a sudden, Harmony let out a loud audible wail.

"Harmony!" Lily said, jumping up. She pulled Harmony out of her chair and lead her to the door. From there she lead her to the closest bathroom.

Harmony was positively wailing by then.

"Jeez, Harmony! What in the world is wrong?" Her blue eyes were watery and mascara was running in black rivers down her face. Her blonde hair shone in the torchlight.

"It...it's Remus! He said that I..." She wailed. "He said...I...he thinks I'm a depressive!" She said throwing her head forward into the sink, her sobs reverberating around the porcelain and out into the bathroom.

"Who cares what he thinks?" Lily asked quickly.

"I do!" She sobbed. "I r...r...really like hi..him! And he...he likes you!" She sobbed even harder. Lily took her wand out and performed a simple Cheering Charm on Harmony. She raised her head out of the sink, blinked a few times, wiped her eyes and put on a weak smile. One last fat tear glided down her creamy face and past her high cheek bones.

"Thanks." She muttered.

"Just yell when you need another one." Lily said smiling at Harmony. There was something with Harmony, she was either very happy, or extremely depressed. There was no happy medium for her. The smallest things would throw her over the edge into hysterics, like the episode she had just had.

"Come on, we need to get back for the feast." Lily lead her out of the bathroom and back into the Great Hall. The Sorting had already finished, and the feast had begun. Lily sat down and began to pile food on her plate.

"How'd you calm her down?" Candace asked piling gravy on her green beans.

Lily pointed at Candace's gravy soaked beans with her fork."That's disturbing, Candace."

"My opinion, not yours. Anyways, how did you get her to calm down?"

"Just a Cheering Charm." Lily answered making sure her green beans were on the far opposite side of her mashed potatoes before she started pouring the gravy.

"Excellent thinking." Candace smiled beginning to eat her green beans. Three seats down from Candace, Peter was eating messily, and a small bit of gravy dripped down his school robes. Lily stared at it for a moment in disgust, dying to grab a napkin and clean it up.

Candace caught her gaze and took matters into her own hand.

"Oi Peter, clean your stinking robes." She said tossing a napkin to him.

"Thanks." Lily laughed.

"And again, you are too transparent."

"I'm not that transparent, you're just good at reading my mind." Lily answered, taking a bite out of her chicken leg.

Finally after everyone had finished eating, and the desserts had also been swept away, Professor Dumbledore stood up to speak. The hall fell silent once again.

"Welcome back to another year!" He said beaming at all the students, his long white hair gleaming brighter then anything else in the hall. "Note that the Forbidden Forest remains forbidden for all students. No spells are allowed to be performed in the corridors of the castle. Students are to be in their Common Rooms by nine o'clock, the older students in by nine forty-five. Now prefects and Head Students, please lead the first years to their Common Rooms at this time."

"First years." Lily called. James swam through the crowd to meet Lily.

"We don't have rounds tonight, do we?"

"No. They start tomorrow night." Lily said shepherding the first years out of the Great Hall. She lead them down the familiar path to the Common Room, until the portrait of the Fat Lady came into view.

"Password?" She asked mysteriously.

"Snapdragon." Lily answered. The portrait hole swung forward, and the students filed in. "You can explain this one." Lily said sternly to James.

"OK, kids. This is how it goes. Boys staircase is over there, go up and directly to your right, you will find your dormitories there. Girls staircase over to our left here, go up and directly to your left. Boys, don't try and go up the girls staircase. It can be painful." James said seriously. A few students laughed thinking he was joking.

"No, I'm serious!" James laughed. "Godric Gryffindor didn't trust boys, honesty, so he made and anti boy device on the girls staircase. You can try it if you want, but don't say I didn't warn you." Even Lily had to laugh.

"Hey Lily." Remus said wrapping his arms around her waist from behind.

"Hey." Lily answered fondly. "Wanna go for a walk?" She asked.

"Yeah, sure." Remus answered. They walked in silence out the portrait hole, James glaring at their retreating backs. The headed outside onto the chilled dark grounds.

"You look ill, are you OK?" Lily asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit tired." He answered yawning.

"So, I hear you think Harmony's a depressive." Lily said, rounding to face Remus.

"That girl is!" He answered hotly.

"Oh come on, Remus. You've known her for six years now. She's bipolar! She can't help it and you really shouldn't send her over the edge like that."

"Yeah, wasn't thinking, I guess." He ran his hands distractedly through his short hair.

"Please do think, cause when she gets thrown over the edge, she's over all night and no one in our dormitory gets any sleep." Lily stated truthfully. When Harmony wailed, she wailed all through the night.

"Yeah, I'll watch myself next time." He grinned guiltily.

"Thanks." Lily smiled at him. His light brown hair was already starting to grey, despite his young age, and his dark chocolate eyes wore a look of exhaust.

He leaned in and pressed his lips to hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and opened her mouth allowing him to deepen the kiss, and her to as well. He pulled her closer to him until every groove of their bodies had met.

He played with her long red hair, running it through his hands, feeling the smooth, silky texture of it. After a passionate fifteen minutes, Lily finally broke away.

Remus leaned in again, but Lily stepped back and smiled flirtatiously. "Now what would it look like if the Head Girl was caught snogging after curfew in the middle of the grounds?" Lily grinned.

Remus grinned and took her hand as they went inside. Lily gave him a quick kiss goodnight, then went up the stairs to her dormitory. Harmony was sobbing again, the curtains of her four poster drawn shut.

Alice was sitting reading Hogwarts, A History, Bianca was brushing her teeth in the bathroom, and Candace was nowhere to be found.

"Where's Candace?" Lily asked sitting down on her bed.

"Who knows." Alice answered without looking up from her book.

"Where were you?" Bianca asked looking out from the bathroom. Her short sandy hair was off her face in a high ponytail and her normally hazel eyes were now purple.

"On a walk." Lily answered, beginning to change while she pondered which spell Bianca had used to change her eye color.

"With Remus?" Alice asked looking up.

"Yeah." Lily answered. Bianca giggled as she came back into the room.

"Can someone shut her up?" Bianca asked looking at Harmony's bed. "It's all your boyfriends fault too!"

"That's why I was on that walk." Lily answered. "I was lecturing him for saying that. And yes, I can shut her up." Lily poked her wand through the curtains and performed another Cheering Charm. The sobbing stopped at once, and the only sound that came from Harmony's bed was a loud hiccup.

The door burst in and Candace entered giggling like mad. "He is just so hot!" She laughed at the looks of her four dorm mates, and apparently Lily was the only one who knew who He was.

"What were you guys doing?" Lily asked.

"Nothing like snogging if that's what you meant." Candace answered.

"Nothing more, I hope." Lily answered.

"Oh no, I'm not that sleazy!" Candace answered looking astounded Lily had even implied such a thing.

"OK, bed everyone." Lily ordered. "It's ten thirty and the first day of term starts tomorrow. We can't be tired and we can't be late."

"I hate sharing a room with the Head Girl." Bianca yawned getting into her four poster.

"I can move out any time to the Head Girl dorm if you want." Lily suggested.

"You're not going anywhere." Candace ordered.

"Yeah, OK." Lily answered laying back in bed pulling the curtains shut. Suddenly she realized she had been chewing on something for the last forty five minutes. She spat it out and saw a piece of gum. 'That was weird, I didn't have that before.' She yawned before falling fast asleep.

Personal Thank-you time! And those who think Remus is clueless to the fact that James likes Lily, read ~*~rOx_stA~*~ thank you below for a little explanation!

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~*~rOk_stA~*~: Neat name! Took me about five minutes to type it =/ LOL. I hope you didn't mind the L/R interaction in this chapter. Thanks a bunch for reviewing! Oh and Remus is very aware that James is obsessed with Lily. He just has a lot of trust in Lily that she won't leave him for James and beside the fact, he's sick of telling James off for hounding her.

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Thanks so much guys! I'll try to update as soon as possible! But I have the flu, so once my mom gets home, I'm banned to the realms of my bedroom to do nothing but read the five Harry Potter books over and over again...how I wish she would hurry up and publish the next one!