Chapter 7
DC: I don't own HP!
James threw the mirror onto his bed, raced downstairs, and found Sirius and Remus sitting down in the living room.
"Get blankets, make something warm! I'll be back!" James said out of breath.
"Wait what's wrong?" Remus yelled.
"Lily!" That's all James managed to say before apparating out. Sirius and Remus hurriedly left to make warm things, and got blankets.
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"Get out of my house!" She screamed.
"Where is Lily?" He asked.
"She's dead!" Petunia said. James looked at her with a confusing expression.
"But I just saw her! She said she was at cemetery!" James said. Petunia smiled.
"You must be Potter. Did you know she's had a crush on you for years?" Petunia said trying to make life hard for the both of them. James didn't respond. "I don't care about her but if you want the freak she is down this street." She said.
James could have killed that woman, but Lily was in danger. So he ran with out shutting the door, and turned into a Deer, or Stag (.... Not sure which one it really is.... or are they almost the same?)
He raced down to the cemetery. He saw her trunk. But didn't see her. Then he looked down. Snow had covered her up. He turned back into a human, and dug her up. Her lips were a blue color, and she was shivering badly. He gathered her and her trunk up, and disapparated back to the Potter Mansion.
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Lily woke up and sneezed into Sirius soup. Her lips weren't blue and she looked almost normal. Sirius didn't want any soup anyway, so she picked his up and ate it all.
"I feel better, thank you." She said to Remus, Sirius, and James.
"Don't worry about it." They said. After she finished eating the soup she fell asleep. Remus, Sirius, and James left to make their own soup.
-------- A little while later, she called them to come into the living room. And told them what happened at her house.
"Sorry to say SP, but I hate your sister." Sirius said. Lily nodded.
"She doesn't seem to like me, either." She said. She then told them what she found at the cemetery. They were all dumbfounded when she told them.
"They made a grave for you?" James said angrily. Lily nodded and wiped away tears. Sirius crossed his arms.
"Can we go kill her?" He asked. Lily shook her head. And laughed.
"I couldn't do that. She's my sister! Plus I don't want to become like You-know-who, killing muggles here and there." She said. She then sighed and got up. She helped them clean up and Sirius and Remus left Lily and James in the living room. Lily started to cry, and James put his arms around her. She cried onto his shoulder.
"Did you find anything on your mum?" She asked.
"The ministry buried her in her hometown. I would like to visit it tomorrow. Do you want to come with me, Sirius, and Remus?" He asked.
"That would be nice." She said. Lily laid her head on his shoulder and James put his arms around her waist. They felt so comfortable in each other's arms, and James just noticed. He looked down, and Lily looked up. James did what he thought was going to be the last thing he ever wanted to do. (Maybe...) He kissed her.
Lily was equally surprised, but didn't pull away. When they stopped they blushed and turned away. James looked back and she rested her head on his shoulder again. From then on Lily Evans and James Potter were dating.
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They visited James mum's grave, and it's been a week since then. Remus and Sirius found out they were now going out, and didn't care. Lily thought they would have been jealous, but they were happy about it. Sirius even said 'Finally!'
It was Christmas Eve, and they were decorating the house, and doing last minuet shopping in Diagon Alley, and other stores. They had a big tree and the halls were decorated in red, and green.
That night they sat in front of the fire eating Lily's cookies and drinking hot cocoa. Lily secretly made no sugar, sugar cookies for Sirius, so he wouldn't be up all night. At eleven they said goodnight and went to bed.
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"IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Lily heard Sirius scream at the top of his lungs. Exaggerating the word Christmas. Lily smiled, but looked at the clock. It was seven and she was hoping to get more sleep. She closed her eyes, only to be awoken by Sirius jumping up and down on her bed.
"Okay, Okay! I'm up! Let me get dressed and I'll make some more hot chocolate." She said.
Sirius was already dressed and ran to wake up James. She put on her clothes and went down into the kitchen. She got some cookies, and made some hot chocolate. She didn't mind if Sirius had real sugar cookies this time since he was already hyper. Sirius came into the kitchen and ran around, making Lily almost drop the cookie tray. He then ran, knowing Lily was going to kill him.
"Sirius Black! You are being so immature!" She said. And set the cookies on the coffee table. Remus looked tired when he sat on the couch. James came down after him. Lily passed them some cookies, and some hot chocolate around.
"Sirius come eat!" She yelled. Sirius didn't answer.
"Padfoot will not get any presents, unless he comes and sits down!" Remus said. Sirius appeared out of know where and grabbed some cookies. He ate them quickly and had some newfound energy.
"Come on! Hurry up! You're going too bloody slow!" Sirius said. They gave in and sat around the tree. Sirius opened one up, to find a fake wand in there. He smiled evilly and set it down. Everyone got a present from a woman named Mrs. Weasley. They met Mrs. Weasley while shopping, she needed help because she couldn't bend down and pick up something cause she was pregnant.
"She is a very nice lady!" Lily said. Setting down her red sweater with the letter L on it.
She then opened a small gift. It was a locket and inside it had her and James in it. She smiled and hugged him. He opened a present, from Lily, and it was a whole cleaning kit for his Nimbus. This made him really happy. He hugged her back. Then all of them opened a present from Remus. It was a picture they took during the summer of their fourth year.
"I remember! We went to the beach and got sunburn!" James said. They reminisced on that moment and went on. Remus got a box of never ending chocolates from Lily.
"I don't get why it says never ending. It expires in three years. So once you eat one another will form in its place." Lily explained. Remus smiled.
"Thanks Lily." He said.
"Hey who gave me this thing?" Sirius said holding up a muzzle. Lily giggled.
"Its so when you transform you wont bite yourself. Those fleas do get annoying." She said. Sirius gave her a glare but smiled politely, and set it next to his wand. Then Lily passed them each a framed picture of the Kukuclocklikings cursed James. They started to laugh. Even James laughed a little.
Finally they got to their last present. When they opened it, it was a picture of all of them. Sirius was jumping and waving, Lily was holding James hand and waving. James was blushing and waving and Remus's eyes were cross-eyed and waving. They laughed.
"I've never seen you do that Remus!" Sirius said. Remus smiled.
"I was trying to be serious but I couldn't help myself." He said.
Everyone cleaned up, putting his or her presents away, and helped with the holiday dinner. Lily cooked, Remus did the table, and Sirius and James went out to get some things that they didn't have. When Remus was done with the table he helped Lily.
"Oh Remus, I've been wondering. How do you know all these magical cures?" She asked.
"I study a lot about them. I don't know why, but some help with my werewolf problem. And others are just so I know what to do if it were to happen." He said. Lily smiled and they continued on with the holiday dinner. James and Sirius arrived home and Lily could finally finish things up. At six dinner was ready the sugar was wearing off on Sirius, but dessert would make him awake again.
It was a perfect dinner. Lily invited Frank, Alice, and Martin (A/N: Martin Thomas is Dean's Thomas's dad. Alice is Frank's future wife/ Neville's mom) to dinner. They had a lot of fun, and Sirius tried to teach them his curse, Kukuclocklikings. (See Ch. 1 and 2) James was the only one who got it. In the end they had a sleep over. Girls in one-room boys in another.
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Such a nice little holiday for the Marauders, and friends. I think I'm going to take them back to school and skip a few weeks. Maybe oh well till I update again.
-Megumi
