Like Magic
A/n: Holy hash you guys... I swear I get all giddy when I read reviews! Lol. I love you guys sooo much. Bloody hell, 129 reviews!! ::squeals::The next chapters are going to be dedicated ones! Lol. For the people who make me feel ultra-cool, which all of you do!!
I've had the worse time trying to get this chapter out, things keep coming up- I did the best I could! Lol. ENJOY!!
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-Chapter Nine: The Truth About James-
I lye in the bed, my mind swirling. What kind of confession could James have for me? That he liked me? I've known that since third year, or wait! Maybe he didn't like me! Oh, that would be awful. I heard James speak.
"Lils? You all right?" I almost grinned at the new nickname.
"I'm fine," I told him, "what sort of confession is it you have?" I tried to make my voice hide the fear, I'm not sure if I succeeded at that.
"You remember in Hick's room? When we, well had that talk?" He wouldn't meet my eyes. I nodded, I'm not sure if he saw me. But he kept on.
"I'm not a seer." He told me and looked at me. My stomach relaxed and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is that all? Bloody hell James, you scared me." I started to laugh when he put a hand up.
"I'm not finished." His face was impassive. I couldn't read a single emotion, which was something new for me.
"I could tell you were lying, because I have an ancient magic." I nodded for him to continue.
"I 'see' emotions." He gave me a crooked smile. "It's really neat actually. See I can see auras of people, but only when I look at their eyes."
"Wow", it seemed to be the only word I could say. "How does it work?" I asked after a moment.
"Well, there are five basic colors of auras." He started putting his hand up to count off. "Blue is happiness of course and black is depression. Red is anger, pink means the person is aggravated. And green is sort of.... Normal. Like that person isn't just one feeling. There's also silver, but Professor Hicks says they don't have a direct emotion for that yet."
I was astonished. I couldn't believe James Potter had this sort of power. Then I was flooded with a memory.
"Wait, how did you know when ... well, I was counting?" My eyes were on the floor. He shrugged with a small smile.
"I have no idea." He told me. Then I continued on with questions.
"What about that day, in divination, what you saw in the crystal ball? Sirius had seen it too..." I was completely lost. James nodded.
"That, comes and goes. Sometimes I do 'see' things, other times it looks like clouds in there, I can't control that." He explained to me.
"Well that's pretty bad ass." James laughed as I smiled.
"So what 'aura' am I right now?" I sat up straight and ginned. He looked thoughtful.
"You're a bit of a mix of blue and green. About half and half I'd say." I gaped.
"How long have you been able to do this?" I asked him lying back down, due to the spinning of my head.
"I started seeing it in fifth year, but I sort of just blocked it out. I told professor Dumbledore last year, who talked to Professor Hicks about it, so I was told about my powers and such." He pulled a chocolate frog out of his pocket and offered me some. I shook my head.
"Does it run in your family?" I asked him, immediately interested. He shook his head.
"I'm the first in a while Dumbledore said." He said, a mouth full of chocolate. I nodded.
"That's really amazing James, honestly." I rolled over on one side. He grinned.
"Well I am an amazing guy." I laughed. "Don't push it Potter."
I left the hospital wing the next day. The only orders given to me were to take a sleeping potion every night. James and I seemed like we had joined a cast of actors. We totally blocked out all of our... 'feeling' conversations. I wasn't exactly happy, but it lessened the stress on us for sure.
I began to see the normal amount of Mandi, which made me happy at the least. Sirius and Jessie decided to just be friends, apparently Sirius still wanted his fan club to have active members.
"I swear Sirius, she was too good to you!" I smiled as I heard Marla's voice.
"Oh Marla, I'm not like Remus! I can't stay with one girl." Sirius was laughing as he said this.
"Whatever Si- you're hopeless." I sat down and Sirius smiled at me.
"Lily, darling, FLOWER!" He scooted in beside me on the couch and fluttered his eyelashes.
"Using your good looks ay? What do you want?" I stifled a giggle and he made a fake pout.
"I'm more than good looks!" He cried. I laughed. "I'm talented, brave, friendly, bold, courageous,"
"And not the least conceited!" I said in a fake astonished voice. He grinned.
"I know! I'm bloody perfect!" he cried throwing his hands in the air.
"I think not!" It was James. He pulled a chair up across from us.
"Where's little Jessie Padfoot?" James asked. Sirius shrugged.
"Just friends now." He looked almost sad. I watched James' eyes float over Sirius. I decided to break the chain of silence.
"What's up with those stupid nicknames anyways?" I asked turning to face them. A look crossed James that I couldn't read.
"Guy stuff." Sirius said quickly. I laughed.
"No... guy stuff is like porn, and talking about their manhood. Nicknames are childish." I informed them. James smiled.
"I've always said we're children at heart!" He exclaimed. I rolled my eyes.
"Children at I.Q. level too." Sirius gasped. "Don't be so harsh flower, you might damage our pride!"
"Oh that'd be horrible!" I cried. We all burst into laughter. Just then Mandi ran down the stairs from the girls' dormitory and ran out the portrait. She wasn't too fast though, I saw the bruise on her left cheek. I jumped up.
"What is it?" Sirius asked. I shook my head and ran after Mandi. I follower her silently, maybe seeing why she so many bruises. I wasn't dumb. That Davis guy of hers, I saw him Annette Langley the day before.
She was walking down a long a corridor I hadn't seen in the castle before. She was almost shaking as she walked, like she was terrified of something. Then I saw her. Bella Black, Sirius' cousin stood in front of her.
"Took you long enough." She spat.
"Maybe your owl isn't fast enough." Mandi said through clenched teeth. I watched as other Slytherin's appeared. I gasped as I felt a hand cover my mouth and pull my backwards. A Slytherin boy, Macnair, looked right at me. I knew I'd been caught, only... he didn't 'see' me. I smelt something familiar, I turned to see James behind me. He put a finger over his mouth.
"Invisibility cloak." He whispered. He placed a hand in front of my stomach, I was guessing to hold my balance and we slowly walked forward to listen.
"Any news?" Bella spat. Mandi was shaking.
"I'm not your slave, Black. Unlike you, I'm not a follower of this stupid Dark Lord, he tried to kill my best friend!" Mandi hissed.
"Don't criticize the Dark Lord." A voice said, I saw as Severus Snape appeared.
"I swear Snape, I ask you for some minor help in potions and you freakin' turn me into some sort of game piece!" Mandi told him. Snape smiled in an evil way I'd never seen.
"I'm sure you don't want any more bruises, Miss Lane. I'm sure your friends are beginning to wonder," he put a hand o her bruised cheek. She shivered.
"Don't mess with my friends." She spat, and literally spat at their feet. Bella hissed.
"You're going to help us Lane, if you want to or not." And with that they all left, leaving a crying Mandi on the floor.
I wanted so bad to go comfort her. But James was pulling me in the opposite direction. Into an empty classroom. He pulled off the cloak.
"Bloody hell." He whispered. "That's what he meant..." I grabbed his arm.
"Who James? What's going on?" I pleaded. James gave me one of his thoughtful looks, like he was thinking something over.
"You know about Remus right?" He asked me. I assumed it was about him being a werewolf. I nodded.
"Well, in fifth year Sirius went sort of crazy. He decided to tell Snape how to get into the Whomping Willow, that's where Remus transforms." I stopped him.
"How did Sirius know how to get in there?" I asked. James shook his head. "Later", he told me.
"Well when Sirius told me what he'd done I freaked. I knew Snape could die. So I ran and well, I guess saved his life. After Dumbledore suspended Sirius for a week, awarded me like 2 points, due to Sirius' loss of them, he made Snape swear not to tell anyone." James paused for a moment and took a breath.
"Well when we, Snape and I were going to our towers, Snape told me that Remus would leave our side. That since he was a dark creature he'd be recruited to help some Voldemort. See, that's before we knew he was dangerous and all." I just nodded.
"And this has to do with Mandi... how?" I was still lost. James sighed.
"Remus fancies Mandi! I assume the Slytherins know, they might be trying to get Mandi to join, or maybe get her to pursue Remus." He told me. I nodded again.
"Now back to Sirius, how did he know to get into the Willow?" I asked him. James sighed again.
"They're going to kill me." He whispered to himself. "Lily, you can't tell a single soul what I'm about to tell you, I mean it. Swear to me you won't." his eyes were almost blazing.
"I swear." I said sitting down.
"Well, the boys and I, we became animagous fifth year. To help Remus that is, see werewolves won't hurt other animals, so we can keep him as Remus- like as possible." James awaited my reaction.
"Animagi? James, that's so advanced!" I told him. He blushed.
"Well we started research in third year, and by fifth year we were ready. Even Peter can do it." I smirked.
"Well...what are you?" I asked him he grinned. And without a sound James was no longer in front of me. A brilliant white stage was. I pet his head and he nuzzled my hand. I laughed. I touched his antlers.
"Oh! Prongs!" I suddenly realized. James was now James again.
"Yea, see Sirius is a dog, I mean he is but he changes into one too." I laughed, "Padfoot, makes sense." I said. "And Wormtail? Is Peter a lizard or something?" I asked. James laughed.
"Nah, Pete's a rat." I nodded slowly. "Doesn't it reflect your character or something?" I asked, because if Peter was a rat, that couldn't be good. James shrugged.
"Or size, because Peter is short one." I nodded. "Yea maybe." I was absolutely astounded.
The James Potter I had always known had been, rude, crude, conceited, and childish. Well the childish part hadn't changed, but the James I was beginning to learn about was the perfect Gryffindor.
"That is something James, that you'd that for Remus." I praised him, wished I hadn't. I knew his head would grow 2 sizes. But instead he shrugged.
"He'd have done it for one of us." And with that he walked away. I sat in the empty classroom and sighed.
Friendship is like magic, if you come to think of it. A bond between a group of people, who would risk their lives for one another. James did have a certain 'magical quality' about him... other than him being a wizard that is.
I was just beginning to learn... the truth about James Potter.
A/n: BOO YAH! Lol. I hope you guys like this chapter, again you guys are awesome and I love you!!!
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A/n: Holy hash you guys... I swear I get all giddy when I read reviews! Lol. I love you guys sooo much. Bloody hell, 129 reviews!! ::squeals::The next chapters are going to be dedicated ones! Lol. For the people who make me feel ultra-cool, which all of you do!!
I've had the worse time trying to get this chapter out, things keep coming up- I did the best I could! Lol. ENJOY!!
This chapter is dedicated to Californiagurl, she's reviewed from the beginning and she's awesome! You made my day! Thank you!
-Chapter Nine: The Truth About James-
I lye in the bed, my mind swirling. What kind of confession could James have for me? That he liked me? I've known that since third year, or wait! Maybe he didn't like me! Oh, that would be awful. I heard James speak.
"Lils? You all right?" I almost grinned at the new nickname.
"I'm fine," I told him, "what sort of confession is it you have?" I tried to make my voice hide the fear, I'm not sure if I succeeded at that.
"You remember in Hick's room? When we, well had that talk?" He wouldn't meet my eyes. I nodded, I'm not sure if he saw me. But he kept on.
"I'm not a seer." He told me and looked at me. My stomach relaxed and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is that all? Bloody hell James, you scared me." I started to laugh when he put a hand up.
"I'm not finished." His face was impassive. I couldn't read a single emotion, which was something new for me.
"I could tell you were lying, because I have an ancient magic." I nodded for him to continue.
"I 'see' emotions." He gave me a crooked smile. "It's really neat actually. See I can see auras of people, but only when I look at their eyes."
"Wow", it seemed to be the only word I could say. "How does it work?" I asked after a moment.
"Well, there are five basic colors of auras." He started putting his hand up to count off. "Blue is happiness of course and black is depression. Red is anger, pink means the person is aggravated. And green is sort of.... Normal. Like that person isn't just one feeling. There's also silver, but Professor Hicks says they don't have a direct emotion for that yet."
I was astonished. I couldn't believe James Potter had this sort of power. Then I was flooded with a memory.
"Wait, how did you know when ... well, I was counting?" My eyes were on the floor. He shrugged with a small smile.
"I have no idea." He told me. Then I continued on with questions.
"What about that day, in divination, what you saw in the crystal ball? Sirius had seen it too..." I was completely lost. James nodded.
"That, comes and goes. Sometimes I do 'see' things, other times it looks like clouds in there, I can't control that." He explained to me.
"Well that's pretty bad ass." James laughed as I smiled.
"So what 'aura' am I right now?" I sat up straight and ginned. He looked thoughtful.
"You're a bit of a mix of blue and green. About half and half I'd say." I gaped.
"How long have you been able to do this?" I asked him lying back down, due to the spinning of my head.
"I started seeing it in fifth year, but I sort of just blocked it out. I told professor Dumbledore last year, who talked to Professor Hicks about it, so I was told about my powers and such." He pulled a chocolate frog out of his pocket and offered me some. I shook my head.
"Does it run in your family?" I asked him, immediately interested. He shook his head.
"I'm the first in a while Dumbledore said." He said, a mouth full of chocolate. I nodded.
"That's really amazing James, honestly." I rolled over on one side. He grinned.
"Well I am an amazing guy." I laughed. "Don't push it Potter."
I left the hospital wing the next day. The only orders given to me were to take a sleeping potion every night. James and I seemed like we had joined a cast of actors. We totally blocked out all of our... 'feeling' conversations. I wasn't exactly happy, but it lessened the stress on us for sure.
I began to see the normal amount of Mandi, which made me happy at the least. Sirius and Jessie decided to just be friends, apparently Sirius still wanted his fan club to have active members.
"I swear Sirius, she was too good to you!" I smiled as I heard Marla's voice.
"Oh Marla, I'm not like Remus! I can't stay with one girl." Sirius was laughing as he said this.
"Whatever Si- you're hopeless." I sat down and Sirius smiled at me.
"Lily, darling, FLOWER!" He scooted in beside me on the couch and fluttered his eyelashes.
"Using your good looks ay? What do you want?" I stifled a giggle and he made a fake pout.
"I'm more than good looks!" He cried. I laughed. "I'm talented, brave, friendly, bold, courageous,"
"And not the least conceited!" I said in a fake astonished voice. He grinned.
"I know! I'm bloody perfect!" he cried throwing his hands in the air.
"I think not!" It was James. He pulled a chair up across from us.
"Where's little Jessie Padfoot?" James asked. Sirius shrugged.
"Just friends now." He looked almost sad. I watched James' eyes float over Sirius. I decided to break the chain of silence.
"What's up with those stupid nicknames anyways?" I asked turning to face them. A look crossed James that I couldn't read.
"Guy stuff." Sirius said quickly. I laughed.
"No... guy stuff is like porn, and talking about their manhood. Nicknames are childish." I informed them. James smiled.
"I've always said we're children at heart!" He exclaimed. I rolled my eyes.
"Children at I.Q. level too." Sirius gasped. "Don't be so harsh flower, you might damage our pride!"
"Oh that'd be horrible!" I cried. We all burst into laughter. Just then Mandi ran down the stairs from the girls' dormitory and ran out the portrait. She wasn't too fast though, I saw the bruise on her left cheek. I jumped up.
"What is it?" Sirius asked. I shook my head and ran after Mandi. I follower her silently, maybe seeing why she so many bruises. I wasn't dumb. That Davis guy of hers, I saw him Annette Langley the day before.
She was walking down a long a corridor I hadn't seen in the castle before. She was almost shaking as she walked, like she was terrified of something. Then I saw her. Bella Black, Sirius' cousin stood in front of her.
"Took you long enough." She spat.
"Maybe your owl isn't fast enough." Mandi said through clenched teeth. I watched as other Slytherin's appeared. I gasped as I felt a hand cover my mouth and pull my backwards. A Slytherin boy, Macnair, looked right at me. I knew I'd been caught, only... he didn't 'see' me. I smelt something familiar, I turned to see James behind me. He put a finger over his mouth.
"Invisibility cloak." He whispered. He placed a hand in front of my stomach, I was guessing to hold my balance and we slowly walked forward to listen.
"Any news?" Bella spat. Mandi was shaking.
"I'm not your slave, Black. Unlike you, I'm not a follower of this stupid Dark Lord, he tried to kill my best friend!" Mandi hissed.
"Don't criticize the Dark Lord." A voice said, I saw as Severus Snape appeared.
"I swear Snape, I ask you for some minor help in potions and you freakin' turn me into some sort of game piece!" Mandi told him. Snape smiled in an evil way I'd never seen.
"I'm sure you don't want any more bruises, Miss Lane. I'm sure your friends are beginning to wonder," he put a hand o her bruised cheek. She shivered.
"Don't mess with my friends." She spat, and literally spat at their feet. Bella hissed.
"You're going to help us Lane, if you want to or not." And with that they all left, leaving a crying Mandi on the floor.
I wanted so bad to go comfort her. But James was pulling me in the opposite direction. Into an empty classroom. He pulled off the cloak.
"Bloody hell." He whispered. "That's what he meant..." I grabbed his arm.
"Who James? What's going on?" I pleaded. James gave me one of his thoughtful looks, like he was thinking something over.
"You know about Remus right?" He asked me. I assumed it was about him being a werewolf. I nodded.
"Well, in fifth year Sirius went sort of crazy. He decided to tell Snape how to get into the Whomping Willow, that's where Remus transforms." I stopped him.
"How did Sirius know how to get in there?" I asked. James shook his head. "Later", he told me.
"Well when Sirius told me what he'd done I freaked. I knew Snape could die. So I ran and well, I guess saved his life. After Dumbledore suspended Sirius for a week, awarded me like 2 points, due to Sirius' loss of them, he made Snape swear not to tell anyone." James paused for a moment and took a breath.
"Well when we, Snape and I were going to our towers, Snape told me that Remus would leave our side. That since he was a dark creature he'd be recruited to help some Voldemort. See, that's before we knew he was dangerous and all." I just nodded.
"And this has to do with Mandi... how?" I was still lost. James sighed.
"Remus fancies Mandi! I assume the Slytherins know, they might be trying to get Mandi to join, or maybe get her to pursue Remus." He told me. I nodded again.
"Now back to Sirius, how did he know to get into the Willow?" I asked him. James sighed again.
"They're going to kill me." He whispered to himself. "Lily, you can't tell a single soul what I'm about to tell you, I mean it. Swear to me you won't." his eyes were almost blazing.
"I swear." I said sitting down.
"Well, the boys and I, we became animagous fifth year. To help Remus that is, see werewolves won't hurt other animals, so we can keep him as Remus- like as possible." James awaited my reaction.
"Animagi? James, that's so advanced!" I told him. He blushed.
"Well we started research in third year, and by fifth year we were ready. Even Peter can do it." I smirked.
"Well...what are you?" I asked him he grinned. And without a sound James was no longer in front of me. A brilliant white stage was. I pet his head and he nuzzled my hand. I laughed. I touched his antlers.
"Oh! Prongs!" I suddenly realized. James was now James again.
"Yea, see Sirius is a dog, I mean he is but he changes into one too." I laughed, "Padfoot, makes sense." I said. "And Wormtail? Is Peter a lizard or something?" I asked. James laughed.
"Nah, Pete's a rat." I nodded slowly. "Doesn't it reflect your character or something?" I asked, because if Peter was a rat, that couldn't be good. James shrugged.
"Or size, because Peter is short one." I nodded. "Yea maybe." I was absolutely astounded.
The James Potter I had always known had been, rude, crude, conceited, and childish. Well the childish part hadn't changed, but the James I was beginning to learn about was the perfect Gryffindor.
"That is something James, that you'd that for Remus." I praised him, wished I hadn't. I knew his head would grow 2 sizes. But instead he shrugged.
"He'd have done it for one of us." And with that he walked away. I sat in the empty classroom and sighed.
Friendship is like magic, if you come to think of it. A bond between a group of people, who would risk their lives for one another. James did have a certain 'magical quality' about him... other than him being a wizard that is.
I was just beginning to learn... the truth about James Potter.
A/n: BOO YAH! Lol. I hope you guys like this chapter, again you guys are awesome and I love you!!!
Ocean Pepper: bloody hell! Thank you soo much! That is a HUGE compliment! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Geena-Waters: Thanks again! You're awesome!
Lilsweetheart821: You rock my socks too! And thanks, I doubt I'm the best- but I won't stop you from saying it! lol thank you!!
Queen of Day Dreams: :;ducks broomsticks and history books:: Sorry! Lol. See!? I made this an almost non-cliffie! Lol. Thanks for reviewing I love you! Lol.
Lily4477: Aww! Thank you! I'll updated as soon as I can!
Lady Riddle: Thank you so much!
SiriusJamesRemus'Girl: Well, nobody has burned me yet, but if they do I will sure take up your offer! Lol. Thank you so much!
Redheadaquarius: Aww! Thank you!
Karine Black: Lol, the fluffiness will continue for a short while. Lol. Thank you!
Amybee: Yay! My aussie chick is back! Lol. You SHOULD SO write a fanfic, people are great lol. Like you! And me and my friend Jess04182, that's all we do sometimes is discuss Harry Potter lol. Yea, Peter is ON his way back, it'll all tie in next chapter, he plays a big role! (As of right now he will... my plans often change lol) But THANK YOU!!! I heart you Aussie! Lol.
MaskedEnchantress: You sit and wait? Bloody hell! I must be faster! Lol. Thank you!!!
Jessie: I'm sorry! Lol. I LOVE YOU! WAHOO! And no, you're story does NOT suck! EVERYONE READ JESS04182'S STORIE!! NOW!! Lol, there ya go! I love u jess!
Rhea Hiryuu: Thank you! Lol. You're awesome.
Mrs.ProfessorLupin: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Californiagurl: THIS IS YOUR CHAPTER! Lol. Thanks so much! And me a professional? You might be surprised, that's what I wanna do after highschool, lol. I wanna be a writer! WHOO HOO! Lol.
Galadriel Herminone Potter: You hissed? Well I don't want to do that again! Lol. Thank you!
Pirate of the pearl: THANK YOU!!!
Serenedeptee: yes, Katie is Olivier's Dad's sister. Lol. Thank you!
::Wipes happy tear:: I love you guys so much! I'll try and update BY Sunday, hopefully tomorrow though, Thanks!! Review some more! Lol.
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