The Fourth Marauder

By: Lily Independence Evans

Rating: PG-13

Ships: J/L, S/OC, R/OC

Spoilers: SS, COS, POA, GOF, OOTP

Summary: James Potter has loved Lily Evans since the first time he set eyes on her... Now, after dating for two weeks... they break up. It is up to Moony, Padfoot and a few of Lily's friends to get them back together, and get dates for the Halloween Ball at the same time. Will they succeed? Alternate Universe.

Author's Note: This is kinda an Alternate Universe fanfic. Yet, there are still spoilers, because, this is only partially Alternate Universe. If you get confused, keep reading, you'll understand later on, most likely. Peter isn't considered a Marauder is this fic, you'll find out what happened to him later on. :o)

WARNING: These people swear A LOT!

Disclaimer: I only own what you don't recognize.

Chapter 3: Moony's Mistake

In Sirius Black's POV

C'mon, Presley... dismiss us.

Damn, if there's a teacher I don't like... it's him. He fancies Lil! Now, I understand she's flat-out hot... but if she's your student... you don't fancy her! The guys in our year already do that enough.

"Black!" Professor Presley barked at me.

"What do you want, you fucker?" I spat back at him.

You could see he was taken quite aback by my remark... he doesn't want to take points or give me detention... because that would make Lil mad, but he must want to discipline me... because I just called him a fucker. I smiled at the thought of Lil getting mad at him... that would be so cool.

"What are you smiling about?" Presley snapped.

"The struggle you're going though right now... do you punish me? Do you not punish me? To punish or not to punish... that is the question."

The class was laughing now.... I knew the remark must have sounded ingenious... because they know nothing about him compared to what I pick up about him.

Most might call me an overprotective older brother. I really don't care what you call me... I'm here to protect my little sister. Her appearance makes her a target of horny boys... and in this case... horny professors.

Me and Remus have had to be there to protect Lil from these horny people... we know all they want from her is a good night.

She's figured this out, too. We know she has, but, she's the reason we don't kill ourselves... her and Prongs are the reasons we don't kill ourselves. Prongs needs us as Lil needs us.

That's why I find it so hard to see her and Prongs not together... they have so much in common. The world is within their reach. ANYTHING they want is within their reach.

"Black!"

"Yep."

"You're off the hook this time..."

I smiled. I knew it was going to end up this way.

"Next time you won't be so lucky."

"In your dreams."

The funny thing about this was, that he smiled at my remark.

"Sure, my dreams will become a reality the next time you smart off to me like that."

"Okay... that'll be now when I say that in your reality, you're married to my sister... Lily."

"You're asking for it, aren't you?"

"Was that a threat, Presley?"

"Maybe... maybe not."

"Is this one of those times where maybe means yes?"

"Dunno, is it?"

"I'm sorry, I won't know because I don't speak freak."

The class laughed... I could've swore that I saw Lil smirk... I was happy to see that.

Then I looked over at Prongs... he was looking over at Lil... I realized that she was just talking to Aaron.... He gave me an apologetic look.... What did he do?

James whispered something in Lil's ear... she actually smiled! Okay, something was definitely different.

"Potter, do you mind repeating what you're whispering to Lily?" Presley said coldly.

Lily stood up.

"You know what? You're a HORRID professor! It's none of your business what James... yes, I said JAMES told me! There is one right in this Wizarding World that you're depriving us of.... Not just the freedom of expression... but the privacy of one's life. What happens in my world is strictly between me, and whomever is involved in it... not some dumb-assed professor who knows as much as a child of the age of five!" Lil's voice suddenly rose. "IT'S MY LIFE AND MINE ALONE! I SHARE IT WITH WHOMEVER I WISH TO! I TELL WHOMEVER I WANT WHAT'S GOING ON IN IT! YOU'LL KNOW IF I'M LETTING YOU INTO MY ELITE CIRCLE OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHY I AM THE WAY I AM... AND I'M NOT LETTING YOU, SO, GET YOUR OVERLY LARGE ASS OUT OF MY BULL SHIT!" Lil strode for the door, slamming it loudly.

As soon as Lil slammed the door, whispers were spreading around the room.

You know how much I hate to jump upon a ban wagon, but I had to ask Prongs what was going on.

"Padfoot... it's nothing. I just had to tell her I'm sor... I'm... my brain is sore from choosing patrol hours for Prefects... nothing amazing."

"Then why did Lil smile... might I ask?"

"Dunno, she just did..."

"No, she don't just smile... it has to be something really WONDERFUL for her to smile... she didn't even smile when she was made Head Girl and you know how much that meant to her."

"No, I dunno how much that meant to her... enlighten me."

"Fine... let's just say that it meant as much to her as it does that we beat Slytherin in everything we do."

You could tell that Prongs was floored by the comparison.

"That is surprising."

"Can I ask you something, Prongs?"

He sighed. "Fine."

"Do you love Lil?"

Prongs looked very taken aback by my question.

"Prongs, I was just wondering."

I dunno how I was supposed to read the look on his face. Was he mad? Happy? Sad? It could have been anything... but for the first time in my life... I saw almost a look of overwhelming joy in his eyes that I've never known was possible for one to hold in without exploding.

The smirk on his face was just... of something of a muggle cartoon. He had this insanely happy smirk on his face that I've never really seen before.

He chuckled. "If I didn't, then you'd be married to Pettigrew."

I completely forgot about Pettigrew. There was something about him I just didn't like... I dunno know what it was, but it was something that I had never really seen before.

The only one who was really aware of this was Moony... and I'm sure Lil had figured it out at some point.

When Prongs and Pettigrew found out that Moony was a werewolf, and they decided that we should become illegal animagi... that was it. I just had to tell Prongs how I felt about him.

Prongs still wanted to let Pettigrew become an animagi. Well, when it came down to casting the charm... I gave Pettigrew the wrong incantation.... Instead, it blew him up.

The only one who was really mad at me for doing that was Prongs. Moony didn't mind... he found it funny actually.

I was glad that I gave him the wrong incantation, because a couple months later, we finally finished our map of Hogwarts we had been working on since second year. The last thing we did was the intro to the map... it originally said; Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, but me and Moony changed it to Messrs, Moony, Padfoot, Prongs, and Mistress, Mystery.

To this day, Prongs doesn't know who Mystery is. I'll just say that the girl is an illegal sportimorphamagi, basically a metamorphamagi, but in animal form. Mystery is also an illegal metamorphamagi. She wasn't any of this by choice though. Her father was a very magical wizard. He had the metamorphamagi ability, but Mystery came up with the sportimorphamagi incantation... she's very brilliant. I'm not just saying this because I know her, but because it's true.

Lil was very mad when she found out I had killed Pettigrew, not because she liked Pettigrew, but because I had killed somebody. If anyone found out what happened, I'd be in Azkaban when I came of age.

Lil is a very darling person, really. You couldn't ask for a better sister. She is independent enough where she doesn't need your FULL UNDIVIDED attention, but doesn't mind you paying attention to her. She can be a right out handful though. She is drop-dead-gorgeous. Me and Moony have had our hands quite full with her over the years, but it's all been worth it in the long run.

You see, our parents dropped us off on the streets when we were one.

Our parents had been cheating on our spouses, and we were the result of it. They had done this once before, well, she's a squib, and we never mention her. Anyway, after we were born, I was sent off to live with Eliza Black, our Mum, Moony was sent off to live with Robert Lupin, our Dad, and Lil was sent off to Amy and Alec Evans, our aunt and uncle.

The three families kept in touch, somewhat... or just enough touch to plan to dump us on our first birthday. Dad didn't know anything about it... his wife, demented Emily, was the one in charge of this devious plot.

So, we got to see each other again on our first birthday. Lil's hair had turned fully red, except for the two black streaks by her face that remained as a memory of her once black hair. Moony and I were very different in appearance. I was rather pudgy, though Moony was rather thin, and Lil was by far the thinnest of us... may said she was skin and bones... and looking at the pictures, the seldom we have, they were right. Just by looking at the pictures, she looks like she was on the verge of her death bed. The only trait we all shared was our dad's bright green eyes... and our loyalty to each other.

Well, all went as planned, and at eight o'clock, one hour before Dad was supposed to show up to see us, the girls dumped us in front of Quality Quidditch Supplies... we were left for dead.

That next day, the owner of the shop picked us up and basically raised us for a few weeks. She was very old, but very loving. The reason she only kept us for a few weeks was because she died of a heart attack. Taking care of three todlers had took it out of her.

Well, we were all sitting in her living room, playing with fake broomsticks... having a lot of fun, you know? Well, we were all pretending to say some stupid stuff with these old wands this woman had, when Moony, being a brainy one, actually said a spell... the serpent conjuring one.

Little did we know that she was terrified of snakes... it landed right in her bowl of pancake mix, she was making breakfast for us.

All I remember hearing was her shrill scream, and a loud thud... then an eerie silence, only the slither of a snake in the background.

Then, Lil did something really, really kinda foolish... she approached the snake.

A/N: Sirius drifts off into a flashback

I looked over at Lil, who was walking over to where Moony was sitting, gaping at the dead body of our care giver.

"Wemus, Wemus, what happen?" Lil said, a note of fear to her voice.

"I no no, Lil." Moony replied, the same fear in his voice.

"I gotsta ingestagate," she replied, taking the wand from Moony, and approaching the corpse.

"Lil, be careful." I said, completely terrified.

Lil looked back at me.

"Tust me, I ill be."

I don't remember much, but only that when she approached the corpse, the snake came her way... and she, well, she started speaking to it.

"Sy oth see ethson. Sa macha choy, sa ma ta. Selelven..." her voice suddenly became loud, almost harsh "Sy gomez! Yanata, sy gomez! Evenesco!"

The strangest thing seemed to be going on. Lil's eyes appeard to flash dangerously. The snake exploded, then the ashes disappeared, thus meaning the incantation was working. Lil just saved us from Moony's mistake.

A/N: End of flashback.

A/N: I know this is getting off-topic, but I promise the next chapter will be amusing. Please R/R!