The first couple of hours of the ride home were rather uneventful. James, as usual, beat Peter at wizard's chess while the girls looked through an issue of one of Auria's muggle magazines.
"I'm bored" Sirius said haughtily leaning back in his seat.
"Me too" added Remus.
Just then James' knight smashed Peter's queen into a thousand pieces.
"We could pull a prank. An end of year one on Snivellus" James said as he put the rest of his chess pieces back into their box.
"Oh yes" said Peter, clapping his hands in delight.
"Except that we don't know what compartment he's in, and their not going to let us search the whole train" replied Remus.
"We could use the invisibility cloaks" Auria said, getting her trunk down.
"Good idea" James said reaching for his own.
A few moments later Auria, Sirius and James were searching the train for Snape.
"There he is" Auria said looking in a window three cars down.
"Ok, let's go plan something" Sirius said.
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After they had bought lunch from the trolley woman they put their plan into motion.
"Ok ready guys?" James asked excitedly.
Lily and Jade rolled their eyes and sighed.
"Look, we're going to need your help" Remus said.
"Alright alright" Jade said.
Right on cue the entire compartment broke out into a yelling match. The girls began to scream at each other for trying to steal their boyfriends, while the boys began play fight, faking kicks and punches. It only took a couple of minutes for half the train to be peering in the window. Everyone inside the compartment kept looking through the crowd to see if Snape was out there. A moment later Remus spotted him in the front of the group, pressed against the door. He nudged Sirius and the two of them yanked the door open, pulled Snape inside and then quickly shut it again.
"Ah, hey! What are you doing? Let me out of here" he said struggling while the four boys held him down.
"Stop struggling Snivellus, we're not going to hurt you" Lily said.
"Yeah right. You might not but she will" he screamed jabbing a finger at Auria.
Auria just smiled softly and silently walked to the door. She undid her cloak, and using a sticking spell put it up against the window.
"Alright, that's enough!" Sirius yelled as Snape kicking him in the head.
A small trickle of blood began to run down his face. In a flash Sirius pulled out his wand and shouted, stupefy!
Snape lay there stunned and motionless.
"There" Sirius said rubbing his head.
"Oh here, let me fix that" Auria said hopping lightly over Snape.
She pulled out her own wand, muttered a spell and the cut disappeared.
"Thanks" Sirius said touching the spot where the cut used to be.
He cupped her face in his hands and gave her a kiss.
Auria blushed and looked away, slightly embarrassed to have kissed while everyone was watching them so intently.
"It was nothing" she whispered.
Auria turned around and faced the girls.
"Ready?" she asked with a devious grin.
"Ready!" Jade and Lily said in unison.
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For the next half an hour the girls worked on Snape, while the boys made sure he remained stunned. When the girls were done they stood up to admire their work.
"Well done" Lily said.
"I argee" Auria replied.
"Now we just have to wait until he comes to" Jade said, sitting down on Remus' lap.
Five minutes later Snape woke up and began to scream and fight, exactly what everyone had wanted. The boys held him down for a couple of minutes until they heard voices outside the compartment again. When the boys decided there were enough people they let go of Snape. He jumped to his feet and pulled the compartment door open. Everyone outside gasped and then burst out laughing. Just as Snape reached for his wand, Sirius pushed him outside and slammed the door. Auria quickly replaced the black cloak with the invisibility cloak so that they could all see outside, but no one could see in.
The seven friends watch in delight as the crowd pointed and laughed at Snape's face.
"What? What is it?" they heard him yell.
When no one answered he turned around and glared at them through the window. At that moment everyone inside the compartment began to howl with laughter, for they could finally see the finished product. The girls had put a generous amount of make up on Snape's face; bright red lipstick, blue and purple eye shadow, pink blush and fake eyelashes. The fact that his face, now twisted in rage, was now matched the color of the lip stick made it even funnier.
"I'll get you all someday; you're going to pay for this!" he shouted and then ran off into the crowd.
No one in that room was the least bit concerned about the threat, although eventually they would discover that they should have been. But for the time being the seven friends talked and laughed about their prank until the train pulled into platform 9 ¾.
As students began to leave the train, Sirius held Auria back.
"I'm going to miss you so much" he said, gazing into her eyes.
"I'm going to miss you too" she said, her eyes filling with tears.
"Hey" he said gently tilling her face towards his. "Don't worry, I know where Alexia lives."
"I know" she said. "But still, I won't get to see you everyday."
"Well, there is a way" he said thoughtfully. "But I'll have to mail it to you."
Auria blinked in confusion.
"You'll see" he said. "It's a surprise."
"Oh ok" she grinned.
The grin faded as she slowly reached up and pushed a strand of black hair away from his handsome face.
"I love you" she said blinking back tears.
"I love you too" he said.
He bent down and kissed her, softly at first, and then more passionately. As the train became quiet they broke apart.
"We'd better go" Auria said.
Sirius nodded silently. He helped her gather up her things and they headed for the exit.
"Oh, one question" Sirius said turning at the door to the compartment looking very nervous. "Do you think you're ready to meet my mother, because she's going to be waiting out there."
"Sure. I've already faced Voldemort, how bad can she be?"
"Um" Sirius said hesitantly.
"Oh, I see" Auria said quietly and then bravely added. "Well then bring her on!"
With one last reassuring smile at Sirius they left the train hand in hand.
THE END...of part 1
A/N: I'm NOT finished the story. I'm just going to continue it in a new thread because this one has gotten quite long. It will be called The Phoenix in the Order: Part II
Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed this story...I really appreciate it.