Disclaimer: see 1st chapter. I don't own "My Reply" the Ataris does. I just
changed some of the lyrics. I actually don't own any of the songs I'll be
using. I'll give credit at the end of the chapters. And don't worry I will
use songs from the 70's also.
The great and masterful Yoda: lol thank you for being so awesome! Peter was asleep.... cause I didn't feel like writing about him. Hehe
Yavanna: thank you! Yes, Remus is my ideal Marauder as well. Muahahahaaa. Sorry about the confusion, FF wouldn't do it rite.
IMPORTANT! Okies peeps. ~~~~~~~~~ = scene/ POV change and -this- type of wording means italics or emphasis on a word. kk? ** = someone singing.
The next day everyone was talking about the dare. Of course, they didn't know it was a dare.
*~Flashback~*
James and Riley walked into the Slytherin common room with the others. Malfoy looked up, "I see you've changed your mind." Then he saw James. "Why is he here?"
"To see my stalker." James said in the most seductive voice he could muster. Riley thought the urge to laugh. She smiled with vicious sweetness at Malfoy, and walked over. James sighed and looked for Snape. 'If I'm gonna do this it might as well be good.' He thought, not knowing Riley was thinking the same thing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Lily and the others used an invisibility charm and were watching from nearby. Lily was confused; She never expected James to be the type to want to help werewolves. And to top it off he was acting like a human being! Maybe she should try to get to know him?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
Another thought struck James. Lily was watching him. She'd think he was an ass for what he dared Riley. But Riley wanted to kick Malfoy's arse anyway, and now she had a reason other than the one that she wouldn't tell them. So it was ok right? James walked over to Snape and imitated Riley.
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"What the -hell- are you doing, Potter?!" demanded Snape looking quite scared. In that exact moment Riley stood up and kneed Malfoy in the groin. Walking out, she winked at James. James looked from Snape to the door and ran out.
"I -hate-you!" he panted when he was back in the RoR.
Other dares included: Lily charming mistletoe to hang around places in the castle and it not being able to come down until after Christmas. This was magical mistletoe and until the two under it kissed they couldn't move 3 feet from the other, unless it was a person of the same gender. Riley had to have a nose ring for a month, which she was happy about cause she always wanted to try it but never had time, and Rebecca had to go with Sirius to the Halloween ball, if they had one. She was not happy about that. Why? Well, we'll get to that a bit later. Those were the only major dares, other than Sirius having to bungee jump off of the astronomy tower.
*~ End Flashback~*
James was getting annoyed. People kept asking him if he was in love with Snape. No wait, stupid people kept asking him that. Smart people figured it was a prank or a dare. Sirius was finding it all amazingly amusing. Remus was finding it hard to keep James from killing Sirius. Peter was confused up until Remus explained it to him. Remus, Sirius and Peter were meeting him so, James was walking down to the great hall the day after for lunch (it was Sunday) and he ran into someone. He looked down and saw it was Lily. 'Bloody fantastic, another reason for her to hate me.'
Helping her up he said, "I am so sorry, Lily. Are you okay?"
Lily nodded not saying anything. The two walked to the hall together in silence. She was wondering if she should try to befriend him, as he hadn't done anything revolting this year. Yes, she decided, they would be friends.
( A/N: Sorry about the just friends thing yallz, but I'm going to try to go by the books and they'll get together in 7th or maybe the summer before . See, it didn't say that they weren't friends in 6th, so I'm gonna do this year with them as friends. Or do you want some love/hate? Let me know). "James -"
"Lily, can I say something?" James rambled on not waiting for an answer. "Look, I thought a lot this summer about what you said that day by the lake last year. I don't want to be like that. I guess I just didn't realize how much of a jerk I was. I'm sorry and do you think we could be friends at least?"
"Wow, a mind reader. Yes, let's try to be friends. Only don't ask me out anymore as a joke ok?" She grinned. James nodded thinking about how it hadn't been a joke, but just being able to have her as a friend was enough - for now. They walked into the hall together receiving odd glances. People were in awe. Lily Evans and James Potter, talking not yelling? What was the world coming to??
"JAMES ELIZABETH POTTER!" a masculine voice screamed. James and Lily turned to see Sirius coming toward them. "Wait, that's not my middle name!" exclaimed James in embarrassment.
"Does it look like I care? Where have you been? We've been so worried! Whoa! Are you walking with Lilypookins and being civil? Both of you? IT'S A MIRCALE!" proclaimed Sirius getting down on his knees and looking upward. Peter came up and tugged Sirius off the ground. "Leave them alone." He said. James sat down by Remus.
"So what's up with Padfoot?" he asked.
"Cave Canum." Remus replied. James just looked at him.
"I didn't know you knew Latin."
"I didn't know you did either." They both laughed. Rebecca, Peter and Sirius had no clue what was going on. Lily, however, raised an eyebrow. "Beware of the dog?" she asked.
"Yeah, we always kid around that Sirius is a dog, so uh, yeah.........." James finished lamely.
Riley decided now would be a nice time to change the subject as all the guys looked slightly uncomfortable. "Oh by the way, what is up with you all and the muggle comic book heroes?"
"Oh, you mean the pajamas?" Peter asked.
"Well this one time we were over at Pete's house in the summer before 2nd year and we read his comic books. My favorite was Batman, James' is Spiderman, Pete's is the Hulk, {was the Hulk a comic? Err..} and Remmie is Superman. And that summer we ran around fighting crime." Sirius explained, his eyes glazing over as the memories came back, his ocean blue orbs dancing with mirth only seconds later. "So it's been an inside joke since then. You know, Remus knew about them before we did."
"My parents and I live in a muggle neighborhood so they thought I should know some muggle stuff. I remember this one time when I was 7....... never mind." Remus cut himself off. Peter and James started laughing because they had heard this before. Remus looked strained as if he couldn't believe he had done what he did.
"MAY I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION?" Dumbledore yelled over the prattlings of the students. "Thank you. Now next month is Halloween, as you all know. We shall be hosting a ball that night, I will let you know later if it is formal or costume. I suggest you find yourselves partners." His eyes were twinkling brightly on this last statement.
Rebecca started hit her head on the table. 'Great.' She thought. "Aw, come on am I that bad?" Sirius asked. Rebecca glared at him and left.
"I'll go check on her." Riley and Lily said at the same time.
"Someone explain why she hates me." Sirius requested sadly. The two girls sighed.
"We can't."
"Why?"
Riley glanced at Lily. And said uncertainly, "She doesn't really hate you......She just thinks you're a player...."
"Which you kind of are." Lily added. Sirius' jaw dropped, he got himself together then nodded. "Thanks." He said. "I'm going to go for a walk." The three of them left.
James looked around for Remus and saw that he had snuck off. Probably to think about stuff which he did occasionally. Then he got an idea. "Hey, Pete, you wanna go visit Hagrid?"
"Sure." Peter replied.
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James and Peter got back from visiting with Hagrid that night around 6 o'clock or so. They had been helping him out in the Forbidden forest and met up with Sirius there. The three of them bade Hagrid goodbye then left to go to the Gryffindor common room and up to their dorm. They got up there and heard the shower running and someone singing. Whoever it was had the best voice they'd ever heard.
**I got your letter and the poetry you sent me
postmarked in December of last year
i really hope you're doing better
all your friends close by your side
one step closer to recovery
i wish there was something i could say
to erase each and every page
you've been through
even though its not my place to save you
i appreciate but cant accept this thank you note
that's sealed with your last breath
and i won't stand aside
and listen to you give up**
"Remus probably has the radio on." James said. The other two shrugged. Sirius went over to where they kept the radio. "It's not on." He said. They listened into what could only be Remus singing.
** If you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on
if you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on
these arms remain stretched out to you
maybe someday you'll accept them
maybe its too late to save a young girls heart that's long stopped beating
wake up wake up you've gotta believe
wake up wake up
you cant give up time keeps going on without us
long after we're dead and gone**
Peter spoke up. "Did he write that song?"
"I think he may have....." James replied.
"I've never heard it." Sirius piped up.
** I wish there was something i could say
to erase each and every page
you've been through
even though its not my place to save you
i appreciate but cant accept this thank you note
that's sealed with your last breath
and i won't stand aside
and listen to you give up
if you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on
if you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on**
"Needs some instruments." Spoke James.
"Really good though." Sirius stated while Peter nodded enthusiastically. Remus came out trying to shake his head of light brown hair, streaked by no means of his own with gold and silver {not gray}, dry. His eyes widened as they saw his three friends there watching him.
"Can I ask ya somethin' Moony?" James' voice came out singsong like.
"Erm.....sure."
"How come you never told us you could sing?!" wailed Sirius. Remus looked flustered now. Strange, he was always the calm one. "Because I can't?"
"Don't try that! We heard you!" grinned Prongs.
"Friends for six years, you think you'd know a person." Padfoot joked.
"Did you write it?" asked an excited Wormtail. Remus nodded. "Have you written anything else?" The rest of the night for the Marauders was spent with Remus showing them what he'd written and the others displaying their musical talents. (Sirius = Drum player and curiously a pianist. James = bass guitar, Peter = keyboard/ sound effects. Remus played electric guitar, which he charmed to work in Hogwarts.) The four, or rather, Padfoot came up with the idea of a band. They would play at the Halloween ball. Little did they know Dumbledore had already booked a band, a female band at that.
It was Remus' turn to go get the food for their weekly midnight madness feast so he went down to the kitchens with no problems until someone ran into him from behind.
Remus turned and saw that it was Riley. She looked up at him from a height of 5'11, and said, "We've got to stop meeting like this."
Remus felt his knees weaken when she smiled but he gazed down at her from the height of 6'3 (The tallest of the Marauders with Padfoot and inch behind and James a centimeter below that. Peter was just short.), hopefully showing nothing in his eyes. "What are you doing out so late?"
"I could ask you the same thing, Mr. Prefect."
Remus looked up. "You know...oh crap.."
"What?" Riley looked up to where his eyes were. "Urgh. Damn the mistletoe! No offense Remus but I don't wanna kiss you." 'And now I'm lying to myself', Riley thought. But she'd had enough of guys in general as boyfriends.
"The feeling is mutual. Maybe the charm will wear off by morning? If not we could ask Dumbledore."
"Nice plan but where are we gonna sleep? We can't be three feet from each other. The couch in the common room?" asked Riley with a raised eyebrow.
"People will come in..." Remus trailed off. Riley got an idea though. "Ok we'll go in your dorm and I'll sleep on the floor and you on your bed. See it all works." She said. It didn't look like they had much of a choice unless they wanted to be blackmailed and have a ton of rumors start. Remus nodded hoping the guys would understand, and not make a big mess of it all. Riley was wishing for the same thing. The duo went up to the dorms without any further delay. As soon as they stepped inside they explained the mistletoe incident. Sirius raised an eyebrow suggestively at them, James thought it was particularly comical for some reason, and Peter laughed. Riley gave a glare that shut them up, then she got an idea. "Hey Remus."
"What?"
"Let's just go ask Lily, she's still up." Remus hit his head, as they should have thought of that earlier. "How am I going to get up to the girl's dorms?"
"Just come on." Riley said. The staircase let them go up because of the spell.
"What took you so -" Rebecca started but faltered when she saw Remus there.
"Lily please tell me there's a counter spell for the mistletoe thing."
"Not unless it wears off by morning. Why?"
"Till morning then my friends." Riley said as she and Remus went out.
"That was pointless." Remus observed, fortunately the full moon wasn't until later that month.
"Well it was worth a shot." Riley retorted. Remus just kept walking. Riley shook her head.
The next day -
'Classes soon. Joy.' thought Riley to herself as she woke up. Forgetting why she was in the boys' dorm she got up to go to the door. Before she made it out however, she was pulled back by some force and landed right on Remus. Remus shot up in his bed. "What?" he asked blearily.
"Forgot about the spell." Riley said. "How are we gonna change?"
"Er.....ok why don't you stand outside the door and I'll change on the other side of it." Riley shrugged and went out while Remus followed her to the door and summoned his clothes so that they wouldn't get pushed together again.
James was with Lily, around the lake, both of them were looking at the clouds. The clouds spelled out "Will you marry me, Lily?" Then he took a ring from his robes and proposed to her. She said yes. Then there was this weird buzzing noise. Oh yeah, his alarm. Damn that cursed thing.
James sighed and got up, noticing that Remus was changing by the door. "Spell still on?" he asked. Moony nodded. "What are yall gonna do?" He shrugged. James wished it had been him and Lily caught under the mistletoe, but he'd never voice that out loud.
They all had Potions first, with the Slytherins. The Potions Mistress, Professor Tatra, made them all go in pairs to make an invisibility potion. Remus and Riley paired up together because of the spell. James paired up with Sirius, though he tried to get Lily to partner with him. She was Rebecca's partner. Peter had no one until Snape showed up late. The two ended up having to work with each other, much to Wormtail's horror. It would take two days to complete the potion. After class was over Peter walked over to James and Sirius, (Remus was being forced to hang out with the girls) and said, "Bloody hell! He's a nightmare!" Sirius looked at him with sympathy.
"Can't you get a partner change?" James asked.
Peter shook his head. "No, I already asked."
"Don't worry. If he tries anything we'll hex him." Sirius said.
During History of Magic, Rebecca looked over at Riley and Remus through her amethyst eyes as she pushed a strand of long brown hair out of her face. They would make a really good couple. Riley, however, was afraid of getting hurt again though she'd never admit that that was the reason. And Remus...well Remus was a werewolf. Rebecca heard the Marauders talking about this in the library once. His whole life had been based around prejudices and rejection. Rebecca always wanted Remus to know that not all people were like that but she couldn't just tell him that she knew. She also knew for a fact that Riley couldn't care less if he was one. But Rebecca had her own relationship problems to deal with at the moment.
Sirius Black. Who did he think he was to dare her to be his date? She didn't really mind it, because she had a crush on him since the end of 5th year. She didn't want to be the "flavor of the week" for him. Then again, he had been better about that. He hadn't really had a girlfriend since..5th year. Odd. Maybe she was just imagining it?
Another thought struck her. Remus would have to be at their band practice if the two didn't kiss soon. The same thought seemed to have come to Lily. They looked at each other and Rebecca scribbled a note to Riley about it.
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Sapphire, he's gonna have to be at our band practice if you don't kiss him. - Amethyst
I know, but I didn't really think that would be much of a problem? Heh heh... - Sapphire
Grr.I don't want anyone there! But he could rate us... I guess. But the spell isn't going to wear off so you might just want to get it over with - Emerald
Riley looked at the paper. Them and their logic, doi! Then again, if she did go ahead and kiss him they could get it over with and go around normally. Riley sighed and rolled her eyes. If they didn't think of something by dinner she'd do it before then. Little did they know, the guys were trying to get Remus to go ahead with it also. The bell rang and they all went down to lunch. Luckily, Riley had all her classes with Remus so it wasn't much of a problem.
Rebecca was talking to Lily on the way down to dinner. "Do you think they'll do it?" She asked.
"Riley probably will, she's about to go crazy with not having much privacy from a guy." Rebecca said. Lily giggled. They walked into the hall and noticed people were looking up when they walked, and where they sat. "Guess they found out." Lily said mischievously. Sirius was running around trying to avoid a mob of girls in his little, or large, fan club all of who were trying to get him under the mistletoe.
"LIBEC! HELP!" he bellowed as he scrambled toward him.
"Libec?" Lily asked with a puzzled expression.
"Tryin' to save time!" Padfoot exclaimed, finally he found a seat between Prongs and Wormtail.
That's all for now. Love it? Hate it with a passion? Tell me what I can do to make it better. Oh and with the girls' note segment, I used different fonts for all of them so if it looks weird or doesn't turn out that's why.
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The great and masterful Yoda: lol thank you for being so awesome! Peter was asleep.... cause I didn't feel like writing about him. Hehe
Yavanna: thank you! Yes, Remus is my ideal Marauder as well. Muahahahaaa. Sorry about the confusion, FF wouldn't do it rite.
IMPORTANT! Okies peeps. ~~~~~~~~~ = scene/ POV change and -this- type of wording means italics or emphasis on a word. kk? ** = someone singing.
The next day everyone was talking about the dare. Of course, they didn't know it was a dare.
*~Flashback~*
James and Riley walked into the Slytherin common room with the others. Malfoy looked up, "I see you've changed your mind." Then he saw James. "Why is he here?"
"To see my stalker." James said in the most seductive voice he could muster. Riley thought the urge to laugh. She smiled with vicious sweetness at Malfoy, and walked over. James sighed and looked for Snape. 'If I'm gonna do this it might as well be good.' He thought, not knowing Riley was thinking the same thing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Lily and the others used an invisibility charm and were watching from nearby. Lily was confused; She never expected James to be the type to want to help werewolves. And to top it off he was acting like a human being! Maybe she should try to get to know him?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
Another thought struck James. Lily was watching him. She'd think he was an ass for what he dared Riley. But Riley wanted to kick Malfoy's arse anyway, and now she had a reason other than the one that she wouldn't tell them. So it was ok right? James walked over to Snape and imitated Riley.
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"What the -hell- are you doing, Potter?!" demanded Snape looking quite scared. In that exact moment Riley stood up and kneed Malfoy in the groin. Walking out, she winked at James. James looked from Snape to the door and ran out.
"I -hate-you!" he panted when he was back in the RoR.
Other dares included: Lily charming mistletoe to hang around places in the castle and it not being able to come down until after Christmas. This was magical mistletoe and until the two under it kissed they couldn't move 3 feet from the other, unless it was a person of the same gender. Riley had to have a nose ring for a month, which she was happy about cause she always wanted to try it but never had time, and Rebecca had to go with Sirius to the Halloween ball, if they had one. She was not happy about that. Why? Well, we'll get to that a bit later. Those were the only major dares, other than Sirius having to bungee jump off of the astronomy tower.
*~ End Flashback~*
James was getting annoyed. People kept asking him if he was in love with Snape. No wait, stupid people kept asking him that. Smart people figured it was a prank or a dare. Sirius was finding it all amazingly amusing. Remus was finding it hard to keep James from killing Sirius. Peter was confused up until Remus explained it to him. Remus, Sirius and Peter were meeting him so, James was walking down to the great hall the day after for lunch (it was Sunday) and he ran into someone. He looked down and saw it was Lily. 'Bloody fantastic, another reason for her to hate me.'
Helping her up he said, "I am so sorry, Lily. Are you okay?"
Lily nodded not saying anything. The two walked to the hall together in silence. She was wondering if she should try to befriend him, as he hadn't done anything revolting this year. Yes, she decided, they would be friends.
( A/N: Sorry about the just friends thing yallz, but I'm going to try to go by the books and they'll get together in 7th or maybe the summer before . See, it didn't say that they weren't friends in 6th, so I'm gonna do this year with them as friends. Or do you want some love/hate? Let me know). "James -"
"Lily, can I say something?" James rambled on not waiting for an answer. "Look, I thought a lot this summer about what you said that day by the lake last year. I don't want to be like that. I guess I just didn't realize how much of a jerk I was. I'm sorry and do you think we could be friends at least?"
"Wow, a mind reader. Yes, let's try to be friends. Only don't ask me out anymore as a joke ok?" She grinned. James nodded thinking about how it hadn't been a joke, but just being able to have her as a friend was enough - for now. They walked into the hall together receiving odd glances. People were in awe. Lily Evans and James Potter, talking not yelling? What was the world coming to??
"JAMES ELIZABETH POTTER!" a masculine voice screamed. James and Lily turned to see Sirius coming toward them. "Wait, that's not my middle name!" exclaimed James in embarrassment.
"Does it look like I care? Where have you been? We've been so worried! Whoa! Are you walking with Lilypookins and being civil? Both of you? IT'S A MIRCALE!" proclaimed Sirius getting down on his knees and looking upward. Peter came up and tugged Sirius off the ground. "Leave them alone." He said. James sat down by Remus.
"So what's up with Padfoot?" he asked.
"Cave Canum." Remus replied. James just looked at him.
"I didn't know you knew Latin."
"I didn't know you did either." They both laughed. Rebecca, Peter and Sirius had no clue what was going on. Lily, however, raised an eyebrow. "Beware of the dog?" she asked.
"Yeah, we always kid around that Sirius is a dog, so uh, yeah.........." James finished lamely.
Riley decided now would be a nice time to change the subject as all the guys looked slightly uncomfortable. "Oh by the way, what is up with you all and the muggle comic book heroes?"
"Oh, you mean the pajamas?" Peter asked.
"Well this one time we were over at Pete's house in the summer before 2nd year and we read his comic books. My favorite was Batman, James' is Spiderman, Pete's is the Hulk, {was the Hulk a comic? Err..} and Remmie is Superman. And that summer we ran around fighting crime." Sirius explained, his eyes glazing over as the memories came back, his ocean blue orbs dancing with mirth only seconds later. "So it's been an inside joke since then. You know, Remus knew about them before we did."
"My parents and I live in a muggle neighborhood so they thought I should know some muggle stuff. I remember this one time when I was 7....... never mind." Remus cut himself off. Peter and James started laughing because they had heard this before. Remus looked strained as if he couldn't believe he had done what he did.
"MAY I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION?" Dumbledore yelled over the prattlings of the students. "Thank you. Now next month is Halloween, as you all know. We shall be hosting a ball that night, I will let you know later if it is formal or costume. I suggest you find yourselves partners." His eyes were twinkling brightly on this last statement.
Rebecca started hit her head on the table. 'Great.' She thought. "Aw, come on am I that bad?" Sirius asked. Rebecca glared at him and left.
"I'll go check on her." Riley and Lily said at the same time.
"Someone explain why she hates me." Sirius requested sadly. The two girls sighed.
"We can't."
"Why?"
Riley glanced at Lily. And said uncertainly, "She doesn't really hate you......She just thinks you're a player...."
"Which you kind of are." Lily added. Sirius' jaw dropped, he got himself together then nodded. "Thanks." He said. "I'm going to go for a walk." The three of them left.
James looked around for Remus and saw that he had snuck off. Probably to think about stuff which he did occasionally. Then he got an idea. "Hey, Pete, you wanna go visit Hagrid?"
"Sure." Peter replied.
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James and Peter got back from visiting with Hagrid that night around 6 o'clock or so. They had been helping him out in the Forbidden forest and met up with Sirius there. The three of them bade Hagrid goodbye then left to go to the Gryffindor common room and up to their dorm. They got up there and heard the shower running and someone singing. Whoever it was had the best voice they'd ever heard.
**I got your letter and the poetry you sent me
postmarked in December of last year
i really hope you're doing better
all your friends close by your side
one step closer to recovery
i wish there was something i could say
to erase each and every page
you've been through
even though its not my place to save you
i appreciate but cant accept this thank you note
that's sealed with your last breath
and i won't stand aside
and listen to you give up**
"Remus probably has the radio on." James said. The other two shrugged. Sirius went over to where they kept the radio. "It's not on." He said. They listened into what could only be Remus singing.
** If you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on
if you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on
these arms remain stretched out to you
maybe someday you'll accept them
maybe its too late to save a young girls heart that's long stopped beating
wake up wake up you've gotta believe
wake up wake up
you cant give up time keeps going on without us
long after we're dead and gone**
Peter spoke up. "Did he write that song?"
"I think he may have....." James replied.
"I've never heard it." Sirius piped up.
** I wish there was something i could say
to erase each and every page
you've been through
even though its not my place to save you
i appreciate but cant accept this thank you note
that's sealed with your last breath
and i won't stand aside
and listen to you give up
if you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on
if you'll just hold on for one more second
just hold on to what you have
just hold on/ just hold on**
"Needs some instruments." Spoke James.
"Really good though." Sirius stated while Peter nodded enthusiastically. Remus came out trying to shake his head of light brown hair, streaked by no means of his own with gold and silver {not gray}, dry. His eyes widened as they saw his three friends there watching him.
"Can I ask ya somethin' Moony?" James' voice came out singsong like.
"Erm.....sure."
"How come you never told us you could sing?!" wailed Sirius. Remus looked flustered now. Strange, he was always the calm one. "Because I can't?"
"Don't try that! We heard you!" grinned Prongs.
"Friends for six years, you think you'd know a person." Padfoot joked.
"Did you write it?" asked an excited Wormtail. Remus nodded. "Have you written anything else?" The rest of the night for the Marauders was spent with Remus showing them what he'd written and the others displaying their musical talents. (Sirius = Drum player and curiously a pianist. James = bass guitar, Peter = keyboard/ sound effects. Remus played electric guitar, which he charmed to work in Hogwarts.) The four, or rather, Padfoot came up with the idea of a band. They would play at the Halloween ball. Little did they know Dumbledore had already booked a band, a female band at that.
It was Remus' turn to go get the food for their weekly midnight madness feast so he went down to the kitchens with no problems until someone ran into him from behind.
Remus turned and saw that it was Riley. She looked up at him from a height of 5'11, and said, "We've got to stop meeting like this."
Remus felt his knees weaken when she smiled but he gazed down at her from the height of 6'3 (The tallest of the Marauders with Padfoot and inch behind and James a centimeter below that. Peter was just short.), hopefully showing nothing in his eyes. "What are you doing out so late?"
"I could ask you the same thing, Mr. Prefect."
Remus looked up. "You know...oh crap.."
"What?" Riley looked up to where his eyes were. "Urgh. Damn the mistletoe! No offense Remus but I don't wanna kiss you." 'And now I'm lying to myself', Riley thought. But she'd had enough of guys in general as boyfriends.
"The feeling is mutual. Maybe the charm will wear off by morning? If not we could ask Dumbledore."
"Nice plan but where are we gonna sleep? We can't be three feet from each other. The couch in the common room?" asked Riley with a raised eyebrow.
"People will come in..." Remus trailed off. Riley got an idea though. "Ok we'll go in your dorm and I'll sleep on the floor and you on your bed. See it all works." She said. It didn't look like they had much of a choice unless they wanted to be blackmailed and have a ton of rumors start. Remus nodded hoping the guys would understand, and not make a big mess of it all. Riley was wishing for the same thing. The duo went up to the dorms without any further delay. As soon as they stepped inside they explained the mistletoe incident. Sirius raised an eyebrow suggestively at them, James thought it was particularly comical for some reason, and Peter laughed. Riley gave a glare that shut them up, then she got an idea. "Hey Remus."
"What?"
"Let's just go ask Lily, she's still up." Remus hit his head, as they should have thought of that earlier. "How am I going to get up to the girl's dorms?"
"Just come on." Riley said. The staircase let them go up because of the spell.
"What took you so -" Rebecca started but faltered when she saw Remus there.
"Lily please tell me there's a counter spell for the mistletoe thing."
"Not unless it wears off by morning. Why?"
"Till morning then my friends." Riley said as she and Remus went out.
"That was pointless." Remus observed, fortunately the full moon wasn't until later that month.
"Well it was worth a shot." Riley retorted. Remus just kept walking. Riley shook her head.
The next day -
'Classes soon. Joy.' thought Riley to herself as she woke up. Forgetting why she was in the boys' dorm she got up to go to the door. Before she made it out however, she was pulled back by some force and landed right on Remus. Remus shot up in his bed. "What?" he asked blearily.
"Forgot about the spell." Riley said. "How are we gonna change?"
"Er.....ok why don't you stand outside the door and I'll change on the other side of it." Riley shrugged and went out while Remus followed her to the door and summoned his clothes so that they wouldn't get pushed together again.
James was with Lily, around the lake, both of them were looking at the clouds. The clouds spelled out "Will you marry me, Lily?" Then he took a ring from his robes and proposed to her. She said yes. Then there was this weird buzzing noise. Oh yeah, his alarm. Damn that cursed thing.
James sighed and got up, noticing that Remus was changing by the door. "Spell still on?" he asked. Moony nodded. "What are yall gonna do?" He shrugged. James wished it had been him and Lily caught under the mistletoe, but he'd never voice that out loud.
They all had Potions first, with the Slytherins. The Potions Mistress, Professor Tatra, made them all go in pairs to make an invisibility potion. Remus and Riley paired up together because of the spell. James paired up with Sirius, though he tried to get Lily to partner with him. She was Rebecca's partner. Peter had no one until Snape showed up late. The two ended up having to work with each other, much to Wormtail's horror. It would take two days to complete the potion. After class was over Peter walked over to James and Sirius, (Remus was being forced to hang out with the girls) and said, "Bloody hell! He's a nightmare!" Sirius looked at him with sympathy.
"Can't you get a partner change?" James asked.
Peter shook his head. "No, I already asked."
"Don't worry. If he tries anything we'll hex him." Sirius said.
During History of Magic, Rebecca looked over at Riley and Remus through her amethyst eyes as she pushed a strand of long brown hair out of her face. They would make a really good couple. Riley, however, was afraid of getting hurt again though she'd never admit that that was the reason. And Remus...well Remus was a werewolf. Rebecca heard the Marauders talking about this in the library once. His whole life had been based around prejudices and rejection. Rebecca always wanted Remus to know that not all people were like that but she couldn't just tell him that she knew. She also knew for a fact that Riley couldn't care less if he was one. But Rebecca had her own relationship problems to deal with at the moment.
Sirius Black. Who did he think he was to dare her to be his date? She didn't really mind it, because she had a crush on him since the end of 5th year. She didn't want to be the "flavor of the week" for him. Then again, he had been better about that. He hadn't really had a girlfriend since..5th year. Odd. Maybe she was just imagining it?
Another thought struck her. Remus would have to be at their band practice if the two didn't kiss soon. The same thought seemed to have come to Lily. They looked at each other and Rebecca scribbled a note to Riley about it.
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Sapphire, he's gonna have to be at our band practice if you don't kiss him. - Amethyst
I know, but I didn't really think that would be much of a problem? Heh heh... - Sapphire
Grr.I don't want anyone there! But he could rate us... I guess. But the spell isn't going to wear off so you might just want to get it over with - Emerald
Riley looked at the paper. Them and their logic, doi! Then again, if she did go ahead and kiss him they could get it over with and go around normally. Riley sighed and rolled her eyes. If they didn't think of something by dinner she'd do it before then. Little did they know, the guys were trying to get Remus to go ahead with it also. The bell rang and they all went down to lunch. Luckily, Riley had all her classes with Remus so it wasn't much of a problem.
Rebecca was talking to Lily on the way down to dinner. "Do you think they'll do it?" She asked.
"Riley probably will, she's about to go crazy with not having much privacy from a guy." Rebecca said. Lily giggled. They walked into the hall and noticed people were looking up when they walked, and where they sat. "Guess they found out." Lily said mischievously. Sirius was running around trying to avoid a mob of girls in his little, or large, fan club all of who were trying to get him under the mistletoe.
"LIBEC! HELP!" he bellowed as he scrambled toward him.
"Libec?" Lily asked with a puzzled expression.
"Tryin' to save time!" Padfoot exclaimed, finally he found a seat between Prongs and Wormtail.
That's all for now. Love it? Hate it with a passion? Tell me what I can do to make it better. Oh and with the girls' note segment, I used different fonts for all of them so if it looks weird or doesn't turn out that's why.
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