The next few weeks were hectic. James had been busy sending letters back and forth to his father, seeing if he had any connection with some of the followers that had gone to Hogwarts. He had received school records and other forms from the ministry. He noticed that in every report card, all of the students had the highest achievements and a completely clean record, but it still didn't give him any comfort. James was especially concerned about what would happen to Lily after they had finished school, and although most of this kept him busy, he was still trying to decide what he would do for Lily for Valentine's day. He had a few things planned, but he wanted to make sure it was especially meaningful.

Meanwhile Sirius and Remus were in the Gryfindor common room sitting right across from Lily, busy playing wizards chess. As Remus' knight smashed Sirius' queen to pieces, James came down to join them. Lily shook her head, and rolled her eyes.

"That game is absolutely barbaric. Why can't you play Muggle chess?" she asked, sitting up to make some room on the couch for James. James sat down, putting his arm around Lily, as she lay her head on his chest.

Sirius cleared his throat as if to say some kind of important speech.

"Well Lily, it's really quite simple. Wizards chess is not any Muggle amateur game. It is a way for Remus to attempt to show how 'manly' he is by knocking all of my pieces off of the board. He may be fierce with his mind, but to him it's still a way to prove how strong he is, even though I am truly the strongest."

Remus slapped him upside the head.

"Wonderful explanation I assure you," Remus replied bitterly. "But it still doesn't change that I'm the more attractive one."

James ignored Remus' comment, and shot daggers at Sirius.

"You really think you're stronger do you Padfoot?" James asked innocently.

Sirius nodded.

"Would you like me to test that for you Padfoot?" James asked again.

Sirius looked over his shoulder, and raised his eyebrows.

"What exactly did you have in mind?" he asked crossing his arms.

James stood up quickly, wrapped his arms around Sirius neck, and tripped him from behind with his right foot. Sirius gagged loudly, falling to the ground.

"Okay okay," he said through a muffled voice. "You win."

James laughed to himself, and sat down beside Lily once again. Lily smiled widely, and placed her hand around the back of his neck, pulling him into a soft kiss. James ran his fingers through her hair, and kissed her on the forehead.

"You see Sirius....Lily would even be stronger than you. You're a little weakling."

Sirius shook his head, and pushed his black hair back behind his ears, going back to the boy's dormitory, and not saying a word on the way out.

"I think you might of hurt his ego a bit, love," Lily said, bringing her feet up to her chest.

James shrugged, carelessly, and let his eyelids drop.

February approached fast, and James had finally figured out what he would do for Lily. Lately he had kept checking the Daily Prophet, making sure there was nothing too suspicious was happening in London. James was sitting in the common room, noticing it was mostly empty so he was hoping he would have some peace and quiet, as Sirius, Remus and Lily were in the great hall eating breakfast. He opened the newspaper to the middle, where he found an article on a man named Andrew Galish. James stood up and continued to the boys dormitory, so anything he read or wrote could remain unseen. He sat on his bed, resting his right hand beside him.

Ministry Worker lashes out after being fired

A Ministry worker by the name of Andrew Galish was fired the other day, after being caught looking at several restricted files. After having a meeting with Arnold McDougall, he stormed out, pulling several filing cabinets out, and throwing papers all over the building. As of right now, it is assumed that he may some danger to himself or others, and is currently being held in a maximum security room, with constant surveillance at St. Mungo's psychiatric ward.

He looked at the picture right beside it of the man, noticing a strange marking on the right side of his neck. He couldn't see the precise details but it looked curious.James pulled out a piece of blank parchment from his desktop drawer, and a feathered quill, writing a fairly long letter to his father.

Dear Dad,

I just read an article in the Daily Prophet that aroused my interests. I'm assuming they didn't put it on the front page because of the constant update on Tom Riddle. I suggest you look through. The title is "Ministry Worder lashes out after being fired. Look at the picture, and you may want to ask for some information on this man. I thought he may be the sun of the two killed ministry workers. Try an get some information. I don't think the ministry needs anymore devastating surprised right now.

Love James.

James opened his drawer once again, putting the papers back in, and pushing it shut to send in the morning. Once again he was overtired from staying up so long. He plopped down on his bed with his clothes still on and fell quickly into a deep sleep.