A/N: Ok… so here it is. I hope you like it and of course, I don't own anything except for the story, it all belongs to J K Rowling
The week before Halloween found Remus and Peter trying to wake James and Sirius by throwing things at them. They were unsuccessful until Peter took a running leap and jumped on Sirius. He awoke with a loud and angry, "OUCH!"
"Why'd you do that," Sirius said groggily.
"Hogsmeade trip on Halloween," Remus replied briskly.
"You woke me up because we go to Hogsmeade next week?" Sirius asked rather confused and angry.
"Hogsmeade!" James jumped out of bed wildly (magically by the mention of one word he'd awakened) and messed with his hair.
"Yes, I thought you might want your pick of girls," Remus teased him lightly.
"Why'd you jump on me? Sirius asked lazily into the pillow.
"Yes, Sirius I'm going to ask Clohe," Remus replied loftily.
"Huh?" Sirius looked up from his pillows. "Who cares about girls, why'd you jump on me?" but his friends were lost in their own dreams, even Peter, "WHY DID YOU JUMP ON ME?" Everyone came out of they're trance.
"Well, I assumed you would want to make sure all the good girls weren't taken," Remus said trying to calm him down.
"You mean like ask someone?" Sirius said in mock disbelief. "Remus, I'm Sirius Black, mate. Over half the female population is probably waiting outside my door, just to ask me. I don't need to worry about asking someone, although I can see why you all would want to get up early, but I am too cool."
"Actually they're outside," Remus said, trying not to laugh.
James and Peter moved toward the window, but Sirius stayed put. He wasn't going to let Remus, of all people, trick him into getting out of bed. But when his three best friends were all howling with laughter; James rolling on the floor, Remus crying, and Peter going into some kind of hysterics, he decided he might as well get up. He looked out the window and to his horror he saw girls marching around, holding up signs that said things like, "I'm Sirius' girl, Pick me Sirius, and I love Sirius."
"Awww, look, those girls over there even got a little chant going," James said managed to block Sirius' punch just in time.
"Er--, Perhaps I'll just skip the quidditch match." he said blushing.
"No can do mate, I'm captain and I'd have to ask you to step off the team," James said apologetically, "But I'll let you use my cloak to get down there. It must be awful to have people chasing you."
"I think it would be pretty cool," Peter said truthfully.
"Wormtail, you're a dimwitted fool," Remus managed to get out through his laughter.
The four boys slid down the staircase where they ran into Clohe, Miera, and Holly. They were all abuzz with the Hogsmeade trip coming up. They took a seat by the fire, except for Peter who went to ask Canddice, a Hugglepuff, to go with him and James who dragged Meira away from the others.
"James," Meira asked puzzled, "what are we doing?"
"Well once I got you over here I was planning to ask you to Hogsmeade," James admitted willingly.
"Figured it was no use with Lily this year, eh?" Meira said bluntly.
"Actually I'm over Lily and have been for awhile. I just kind of woke up and I wasn't crazy for her anymore, weird isn't it…but will you go with me?" he replied.
It seemed that for a moment she was going to say no, but she must of realized that James was being serious and changed her mind. He raced her back over to the others.
"What was that all about?" Remus asked curiously.
"I asked her to Hogsmeade, got a problem with that? And by the way, weren't you just saying that you were dying to ask Clohe? Why don't you give him some reassurance Clohe," James said smiling.
Clohe leaned over and gave Remus a quick kiss on the cheek. They both flushed a deep red while everyone else laughed.
Before they knew it the quidditch game was upon them. James, Sirius, Miera, and Holly all headed down to put on their quidditch robes, while Clohe and Lily found a seat in the stands, and Remus got ready to announce. James' pep talk was a bit of a joke because Sirius kept bewitching his clipboard to fly away, so he finally just gave up and motioned the team to the field.
"Here comes the Gryffindor team with Captain James Potter, Short, Mancir, Klien, Black, Miller, and Shick! For Ravenclaw it's Diggory, Calvin, Jones, Peters, Chang, Houte, and Stump!" Remus' voice echoed around the stadium. "Captains Potter and Diggory shake hands and their OFF! Short comes up with it ands passes to--err--HE SCORES!!! POTTER COMING OUT OF NOWHERE, GRABS THE QUAFFLE AND SCORES!! DIGGORY ISN'T GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS FOLKS! RAVENCLAW TAKES IT DOWN TO THE GRYFFINDOR END, PASSES TO CALVIN…and…OH MY! BLACK NAILS HIM WITH A BLUDGER!! THAT'S GOING TO HURT TOMMARROW FOLKS! Klien in possession, passes off to Short, she doges two bludgers, and SHE GETS IT PAST KEEPER JONES!! IT'S 20-0 GRYFFINDOR IN THE LEAD. Chang has it, but lost possession from a bludger hit by Black…Potter in possession, he moves down the field…SHICK HAS SEEN THE SNITCH BUT STUMP IS CLOSER!! SHE DIVES…AND I DON'T THINK SHE CAN CATCH HIM…WAIT!!! IT'S A FAKE OUT!!! SHICK PULLS OUT OF HER DIVE AND SPEEDS THE OTHER WAY…does she have it??? YES!!!! IT'S SHICK WITH THE SNITCH!!! 170-0 GRYFFINDOR!!!" Remus was doing a victory dance in the press box.
James looked around for Miera to congratulate her. The team had done a wonderful job and her was proud of them. Then he thought he heard Sirius yell, "PRONGS!" he looked around and waved at Sirius wondering why he was speeding toward him, screaming. 'He must be pretty happy we won… James thought. Then it hit him, literally. Diggory had taken a beater's stick to his head. He was seeing black, he knew he was falling…but he was still a hundred feet in the air! He could smell blood and hear people screaming, but he couldn't hold on any longer. He let the blackness overtake him.
"WHAT DOES HE THINK HE'S DOING!" Remus yelled into the microphone. "SIRIUS, NO!!!!"
Sirius was heading toward Amos Diggory at full speed on his broomstick. He jumped off of his broom and took Diggory with him. They were still almost 10' from the ground, but that didn't stop Sirius. He beat Diggory with a look of pure hatred upon his face. By now, Diggory was almost as bloody as James. Sirius hadn't been touched.
"SIRIUS STOP!! HELP JAMES!" Remus yelled, still in the press box. Hearing Remus, Sirius made a quick decision, he would deal with Diggory later. Now, James needed him.
"Mr. Black, please do remain calm," Professor Kindle, the potions teacher and their least favorite teacher, said as Sirius pushed him, "I think that detention is in order for pushing me while trying to see if your favorite scum is ok." Sirius' eyes flashed dangerously.
"MR. KINDLE! May I remind you that I'm in charge of Sirius' punishments and James Potter is no scum. The only scum here is you," Professor McGonagall cut in sharply, she looked angrier than Sirius had ever seen her and he was amazed at what she just said.
"Minerva, George, stop that," Dumbledore commanded, "I must take James to the hospital wing immediately. Mr. Black you may accompany me."
Sirius assured Meira that he would tell them if there was any change and he ran after Dumbledore. He looked at James, laying there on the stretcher unmoving. Please James…don't die…You're my best friend…you can die…I love you… Sirius looked at Dumbledore for reassurance, but all he saw was an old worried man who looked as if his life was drained from him.
"Sir?" Sirius began attentively, "Wi-Will James be alright?"
"I wish I could say yes, but truthfully I don't know. I'm very sorry, I know how close you are," Dumbledore replied heavily. "Poppie! Hurry!" Dumbledore yelled as they reached the hospital wing, she took one look at James and wheeled him into a closed off room. Dumbledore turned to Sirius, "I need to inform Mr. and Mrs. Potter, perhaps you would like to bring some friends down here to stay with James and yourself." Sirius nodded.
"SIRIUS!" Holly yelled as he entered to common room, "Is he-Is James…dead?"
"Not yet," Sirius choked out, "some people can come back with me now."
Remus hugged Sirius and tried to see in his eyes if James was ok, but he wasn't reassured when he saw Sirius with tears in his eyes.
"Alright then, Peter, Sirius, and I will go back," Remus said taking over, although he too was fighting back tears. When the girls objected saying that they wanted to come too, he said nothing, but lead them through the portrait hole.
"No!" Sirius barked suddenly, "Not Lily, this is her fault, Diggory was jealous of James because we won, and made him look bad in front of his girlfriend, but James doesn't even like her anymore. You probably told Diggory that James was going to ask you to Hogsmeade, didn't you?"
"Sirius, I- I didn't think that Amos would--" Lily pleaded.
"SHUT-UP!" Sirius yelled grabbing her shoulders, "You don't even care about James, you good for nothing girl!"
"SIRIUS!" but it wasn't Lily yelling it was Remus, "Let her go. Lily you stay here, the rest of you, let's go," so Sirius, Remus, Peter, Holly, Clohe, and Meira took off for the hospital wing, leaving Lily in the hallway with tears streaming down her face.
Ok…so tell me how you liked it and I'll try to write more soon!!
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