Thanks to:
Lily Rowling Potter
Loser-me-ushi
and
ChickbabeC For their reviews =)
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Last chapter ending: Before she went to bed, though, Lily looked at the figurine she had purchased in Hogsmeade of Godric and Lily Gryffindor.
They had their backs turned from one another, and Godric looked as though he had remnants of potato salad on his new robes... just like James.
And Lily... she looked fairly angry with Godric, as though he had accused her of spilling the salads on him... just like Lily (Evans).
Lily gasped.
'This doesn't mean anything... does it?
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Chapter 9: Christmas, letters, and dinner parties
All of the students at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were very pleased after the ball... everyone except for the Slytherins... and Lily and James...
No one, however, was more pleased that Sirius... which the marauders were still trying to figure out why...
Amos was pissed. He hadn't won Becka back, all the girls saw what she did to him... and everyone saw what he did to her... there was no use fighting it. He'd be lucky if he got a girlfriend now.
Amos sighed. Her words echoed in his mind.
'I would NEVER become your girlfriend again. Accept it. I found someone better who actually cares about me!'
'I did care about her...' He mumbled.
His mind disagreed.
"No you didn't! All you cared about was sleeping with her, and gaining her popularity. Amos, you user, you loser,"
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Soon, the term had ended, and Professor McGonagall was walking around with a sign up sheet for who was staying at Hogwarts over the holidays. Lily, James, Frances and Remus signed up straight away, but Becka and Sirius just looked at it with a grin.
'No thanks,' Becka smiled, 'I'm going elsewhere for the Christmas holidays...'
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After breakfast, Lily, Frances and Arabella were desperately trying to find out where Becka was going. But, she kept grinning and shaking her head.
'Nope! Not telling!'
The marauders were trying to find out if Sirius knew where she was going too.
Sirius obviously did, but his answer was the same as Becka's.
'Nope! I do know, but I'm not telling! =)' (A/N see... now I've just made it obvious...)
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The girls were sitting in the library, reading, when Becka came in with her trunk.
'See you guys after the holidays!' She smiled, then quietly added, 'make sure you leave me details about all the pranks and happenings!' Lily and Frances got up and hugged her, and Arabella did a puppy face.
'Pwease tell us where you're going...' She mumbled.
'I'll tell you at Christmas... promise! Bye!' Becka hauled her trunk up, and walked out to the entrance hall, where Sirius was waiting for her.
'Ready to go?' He asked with a grin.
'Yep... let's got on a carriage...'
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Lily woke up on Christmas morning, to a shout and cheer from Frances.
'It'S cHrIsTmAs! LiLy, It'S cHrIsTmAs!!!' Frances cheered. Lily sat up and rubbed her eyes, just when a small snowy owl flew in her window.
The letter it had tied to it's leg was from Becka.
'Guys!! It's from Becka!' Lily exclaimed.
'Read it out! Read it out!' Frances and Arabella exclaimed.
Dear Godric's Angels,
How are you? I'm fine, here at... I'll tell you later.
Anyway, I hope you have a great Christmas, and Have fun with the gifts I got you, they should be downstairs now, if my timing was right =)
Anyway, Hope Hogwarts is good without me =(
From Becka.
P.S. you know how I made the promise to tell you where I was? Well... I'll uphold the deal. I'm staying at Sirius' for Christmas, cause his family is really rich, like James', and they're holding a dinner party for Christmas. Sirius has few people his age that come, and his parents told him he could bring a date... which is why I'm here... anyways, Owl me soon, and I'll see you back at school... (we'll be there next week =) )
Luv, Becka
'A dinner party at Sirius'? Why do I fail to believe that?' Frances smirked.
'I bet they're just snogging in his room...'
Just then, a black owl flew into the room, and landed on Frances' bed. The letter was again, from Becka.
'I heard that!'
Frances blushed.
'Jeeze! Sorry!'
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James woke up, to quiet... which was unusual on a Christmas morning, but James realized that Sirius was at home.
A barn owl flew in the window, and James recognised it to be Sirius'.
Dear James,
How are you? I'm fine. Becka's over at my house for that dinner party thing my parents are holding.
You are still coming, right? And before you say anything, no, we are NOT just snogging in my room... That only takes up part of the time...=)
Anyway, see you at the party,
Sirius.
James smiled. He and Remus would be going to Sirius' parents party, but they had to bring dates. Remus would no doubt bring Frances, and James thought that it he told Lily she'd be seeing Becka, And staying at the Black's overnight, with Becka, she'd go with him... he hoped anyway...
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Frances walked down stairs, to see Remus surrounded by a pile of gifts.
'Wow, you are popular,' Frances grinned at him.
'Actually, these are all yours... I thought I'd be nice, and get them all out for you...' Remus smiled.
'REALLY?! All these gifts are for ME?!' Frances ran down, and checked out the pile.
'Yep... all 365 of them...'
'Whoa...'
Remus smiled as his girlfriend sat down and started opening her gifts.
'Frances,' He started.
'Yeah...'
'Do you want to come with me tomorrow to the Black's house for their Christmas dinner party?' Remus smiled.
'You mean there actually IS a dinner party?! They're not just snogging in Sirius' room?! Whoa...' Frances and Remus laughed.
'Sure! I'll go =)'
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James found Lily up in her dorm, writing a letter to Becka.
'Lily?' James knocked on her door.
'Yes?' Lily kept her head down, and continued writing.
'er... you miss Becka... right?'
Lily turned around.
'What kind of stupid question is that? Of course I miss her!'
'Well... would you like to go and see her tomorrow night?'
'Yeah!' Lily cried.
'Well... would you come with me to the Black's dinner party tomorrow? Then we can stay the night at Sirius' with Sirius, Becka, Frances and Remus...' James mumbled.
'Ok!' Lily's face brightened up, 'I'll tell Becka! =)'
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Frances had reached gift 364, from Lily, after an hour.
'Aww! It's a soft puppy! So cute!' Frances exclaimed.
Frances put the dog aside, and picked up her last gift. It was small, and light.
Frances opened the card, and read:
Dear Frances,
Happy Christmas!!!
See you tomorrow!
Becka =)
Frances tore open the paper, and opened the small box inside.
Inside, was a gold and ruby ring, with a cute lion on the front.
When she looked closely at it, Frances saw two words engraved on it.
'Godric's Angels'
She slipped the ring on her finger, and looked at her hand... except it wasn't there anymore...
Frances ran to a mirror, and she couldn't see herself in it...
She gasped.
'It's an invisibility ring!'
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Frances ran up the stairs to her dorm, to show Lily and Arabella the cool gift she had received, but, when she got up there, no one could be seen.
'Frances!' Lily cried.
'Lily? Where are you?!'
Lily pulled off her ring.
'Becka gave me an invisibility ring!'
'Me too!' Frances cried happily.
'Me three!' Arabella added, pulling off her own ring.
At that moment, a tawny owl flew through the window, and Arabella pulled off the letter it had.
'By now, you should have received your invisibility rings.
They are our friendship rings... use them well...
Becka' Arabella read.
'Cool... friendship rings!'
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Becka woke early on Christmas morning, to a tall, dark figure sneaking around her room.
Becka grabbed her wand from the bed side stand, and muttered a charm.
A black net shot out, and trapped the figure.
'Sirius! What are you doing sneaking around my room... and why are you building a fort in here?' Becka exclaimed.
'I'm not building a fort! I'm bringing in your presents! Do you know how many admirers you have?!' Sirius cried.
Becka blushed.
'...'
Sirius grinned.
'And, I was 'sneaking' around you room because I wanted to surprise you with my gift!'
Becka jumped out of bed.
'Really? What is it?' Sirius held up his hands.
'Not yet...' he grinned. Becka threw her arms around Sirius' neck, and smiled.
'Aww... I wanna know now!' Sirius and Becka kissed, but were soon interrupted by a house elf.
'Sir and Lady Black request your presence at Breakfast Master Black and Miss Stockaz,' it squeaked.
'Ok Knobby. Tell my parents we're coming...' Sirius ordered the house elf. Knobby squeaked in reply, and ran out of the room.
'I should probably get dressed now,' Becka stepped back.
'Yeah,' Sirius headed for the door.
'See you in a minute...'
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Down in the master dining room, Becka, Sirius, Karla Black (Sirius' mum), and Stephen Black (Sirius' Dad) sat, and ate their breakfast, a feast that envied the ones at Hogwarts.
'So Becka, did you sleep well?' Mr Black smiled at Becka.
'Very well thank you, and you?' Becka took a swig of her orange juice, as did Sirius.
'Quite alright. So... you are the girlfriend that Sirius has told us about?' Becka and Sirius choked on their orange juice.
'Dad!' Sirius cried angrily.
'I'm sorry Sirius, I didn't realise that you didn't wish for me to speak about that matter...'
Sirius' mother smiled.
"Becka Black... doesn't sound to bad...actually... sounds pretty good..." she thought.
'More pancakes anyone?'
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Lily was trying to pick out a nice dress for the dinner party. James told her it was fancy casual, so a long skirt and top would be fine.
Finally, she found what she wanted to wear. Lily grinned, and packed the other stuff she'd need.
Frances barged into their dorm later, and started packing too.
'Wow... I'm surprised! There actually WAS a dinner party... I really thought it was just Sirius' excuse to get Becka to come over to his house and snog...' Frances and Lily laughed.
'Riiiiiiiight!' Lily grinned.
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James ran into the girls dorm, and Remus followed him.
'Sorry,' he rambled, 'but I forgot to tell you, there'll be muggles at this party, so don't wear anything magical...'
'Why?' Lily and Frances asked.
'James and Sirius' fathers are aurors, and the Vice ministers of magic. They are conducting studies on muggles, wizard muggle relations, and the rising dark lord etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...' Remus waved his hand.
'Really? Ok... well… thanks for letting us know =)'
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Soon it came the time for Lily, Frances, Remus and James to leave for the Black's.
The four jumped on a horseless carriage, and waited to leave for Hogsmeade Station.
'James, are your parent's going to be there tonight?' Frances asked James.
'Er... yeah...' James mumbled.
'Cool...' Lily grinned evilly. James looked at her suspiciously.
'What?' he asked.
'Nothing,' Lily smirked.
'What?'
'Nothing!!'
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'Lily! Frances! James! Remus!' Becka and Sirius were waiting for the four at Kings Cross Station.
'Becka!' Lily and Frances ran at her.
'Sirius!' James and Remus walked over casually.
'How was your train ride?' Becka asked the girls.
'Fine...' Lily smiled. Frances smirked.
'What?' Becka asked.
'Don't you think Sirius looks good in Pink sparkly lip-gloss Lily?' Frances grinned. Becka turned several shades of red.
'Shoosh!' Becka slapped her friend playfully.
Frances hit her back, and Lily stood between them.
'No fighting children!' she protested.
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In the Limo to Sirius', James and Sirius had a big conversation about the party that night.
'Sirius, can we swing by my house first? I've gotta drop some stuff off...' James smiled.
'Sure! I mean, it's only next door...' Sirius grinned.
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Once they had arrived at Sirius' mansion, Becka showed Lily and Frances to the room she was in... and where the 3 would be that night.
James, Sirius and Remus went for a swim.
After they swam, the boys came inside, and got dressed, while the girls sat downstairs, talking and laughing.
Then, Sirius, James, and Remus cam downstairs, holding gifts behind their backs, with stupid grins on their faces.
'Happy Christmas!' Sirius cried, as the girls blushed.
'Aww!!!' Becka hugged Sirius.
'Close your eyes...' Sirius commanded Becka. She did, and Sirius placed his gift on the table in front of her.
'Open!' he cried, and as her eyes fluttered open, she gasped.
'A...a...a phoenix?'
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Arabella was bored at Hogwarts. Sure, it was fun to hang around Jason, but no Lily, Frances or Becka was incredibly boring.
(A/N Ok, I admit, I'm only doing this to stall...)
'Two days... they'll be back in two days...'
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Becka had her young phoenix perched on her finger. She looked deep into her eyes to try and name her.
'Phobos. Her name is Phobos,' Becka stated plainly.
'Ok... my turn!' Remus cried, 'Frances, close your eyes!'
Frances shut her eyes, and Remus placed her gift in front of her.
'Open!' he commanded. When Frances had done so, she saw a medium sized model of a quidditch pitch, with hand crafted players, and moving balls.
'Oh! It's gorgeous!' Frances exclaimed.
Remus grinned.
'It's a model of the Gryffindor Vs. Slytherin game where we won the quidditch cup,' he said, 'It had all the different players, small Frances, small Becka, small James, small Zabini... everyone!'
'It's gorgeous!!! I love it!' Frances cried as she hugged Remus.
James grinned, and Handed lily a small box. Inside was a small mirror, decorated with jewelled lilies, and vines.
'It's like a miniature mirror of erised,' James smiled, 'hope you like it...'
'It's... I'm speechless! James... thank you!'
Frances stood up proudly.
'Our turn!' She cried, with glee.
Becka got Sirius a quidditch set, Frances got Remus a cat, and Lily got James a Gold and Ruby picture frame.
'Thankyou!' the boys cried, with cheer and vigour.
'Everyone! Time to go upstairs and change for the party! Remove anything wizardy!' Karla Black called to the 15 year olds.
'Yes Mum!' Sirius called back.
'Come on guys, let's go!'
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*yawn* I'm too tired to continue... I'll write chapter 10 tomorrow... but this will have to do for now... night!
*Princess Potter falls asleep on her keyboard*
=D |o) Zzzzzzzzzzz
Lily Rowling Potter
Loser-me-ushi
and
ChickbabeC For their reviews =)
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Last chapter ending: Before she went to bed, though, Lily looked at the figurine she had purchased in Hogsmeade of Godric and Lily Gryffindor.
They had their backs turned from one another, and Godric looked as though he had remnants of potato salad on his new robes... just like James.
And Lily... she looked fairly angry with Godric, as though he had accused her of spilling the salads on him... just like Lily (Evans).
Lily gasped.
'This doesn't mean anything... does it?
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Chapter 9: Christmas, letters, and dinner parties
All of the students at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were very pleased after the ball... everyone except for the Slytherins... and Lily and James...
No one, however, was more pleased that Sirius... which the marauders were still trying to figure out why...
Amos was pissed. He hadn't won Becka back, all the girls saw what she did to him... and everyone saw what he did to her... there was no use fighting it. He'd be lucky if he got a girlfriend now.
Amos sighed. Her words echoed in his mind.
'I would NEVER become your girlfriend again. Accept it. I found someone better who actually cares about me!'
'I did care about her...' He mumbled.
His mind disagreed.
"No you didn't! All you cared about was sleeping with her, and gaining her popularity. Amos, you user, you loser,"
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Soon, the term had ended, and Professor McGonagall was walking around with a sign up sheet for who was staying at Hogwarts over the holidays. Lily, James, Frances and Remus signed up straight away, but Becka and Sirius just looked at it with a grin.
'No thanks,' Becka smiled, 'I'm going elsewhere for the Christmas holidays...'
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After breakfast, Lily, Frances and Arabella were desperately trying to find out where Becka was going. But, she kept grinning and shaking her head.
'Nope! Not telling!'
The marauders were trying to find out if Sirius knew where she was going too.
Sirius obviously did, but his answer was the same as Becka's.
'Nope! I do know, but I'm not telling! =)' (A/N see... now I've just made it obvious...)
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The girls were sitting in the library, reading, when Becka came in with her trunk.
'See you guys after the holidays!' She smiled, then quietly added, 'make sure you leave me details about all the pranks and happenings!' Lily and Frances got up and hugged her, and Arabella did a puppy face.
'Pwease tell us where you're going...' She mumbled.
'I'll tell you at Christmas... promise! Bye!' Becka hauled her trunk up, and walked out to the entrance hall, where Sirius was waiting for her.
'Ready to go?' He asked with a grin.
'Yep... let's got on a carriage...'
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Lily woke up on Christmas morning, to a shout and cheer from Frances.
'It'S cHrIsTmAs! LiLy, It'S cHrIsTmAs!!!' Frances cheered. Lily sat up and rubbed her eyes, just when a small snowy owl flew in her window.
The letter it had tied to it's leg was from Becka.
'Guys!! It's from Becka!' Lily exclaimed.
'Read it out! Read it out!' Frances and Arabella exclaimed.
Dear Godric's Angels,
How are you? I'm fine, here at... I'll tell you later.
Anyway, I hope you have a great Christmas, and Have fun with the gifts I got you, they should be downstairs now, if my timing was right =)
Anyway, Hope Hogwarts is good without me =(
From Becka.
P.S. you know how I made the promise to tell you where I was? Well... I'll uphold the deal. I'm staying at Sirius' for Christmas, cause his family is really rich, like James', and they're holding a dinner party for Christmas. Sirius has few people his age that come, and his parents told him he could bring a date... which is why I'm here... anyways, Owl me soon, and I'll see you back at school... (we'll be there next week =) )
Luv, Becka
'A dinner party at Sirius'? Why do I fail to believe that?' Frances smirked.
'I bet they're just snogging in his room...'
Just then, a black owl flew into the room, and landed on Frances' bed. The letter was again, from Becka.
'I heard that!'
Frances blushed.
'Jeeze! Sorry!'
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James woke up, to quiet... which was unusual on a Christmas morning, but James realized that Sirius was at home.
A barn owl flew in the window, and James recognised it to be Sirius'.
Dear James,
How are you? I'm fine. Becka's over at my house for that dinner party thing my parents are holding.
You are still coming, right? And before you say anything, no, we are NOT just snogging in my room... That only takes up part of the time...=)
Anyway, see you at the party,
Sirius.
James smiled. He and Remus would be going to Sirius' parents party, but they had to bring dates. Remus would no doubt bring Frances, and James thought that it he told Lily she'd be seeing Becka, And staying at the Black's overnight, with Becka, she'd go with him... he hoped anyway...
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Frances walked down stairs, to see Remus surrounded by a pile of gifts.
'Wow, you are popular,' Frances grinned at him.
'Actually, these are all yours... I thought I'd be nice, and get them all out for you...' Remus smiled.
'REALLY?! All these gifts are for ME?!' Frances ran down, and checked out the pile.
'Yep... all 365 of them...'
'Whoa...'
Remus smiled as his girlfriend sat down and started opening her gifts.
'Frances,' He started.
'Yeah...'
'Do you want to come with me tomorrow to the Black's house for their Christmas dinner party?' Remus smiled.
'You mean there actually IS a dinner party?! They're not just snogging in Sirius' room?! Whoa...' Frances and Remus laughed.
'Sure! I'll go =)'
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James found Lily up in her dorm, writing a letter to Becka.
'Lily?' James knocked on her door.
'Yes?' Lily kept her head down, and continued writing.
'er... you miss Becka... right?'
Lily turned around.
'What kind of stupid question is that? Of course I miss her!'
'Well... would you like to go and see her tomorrow night?'
'Yeah!' Lily cried.
'Well... would you come with me to the Black's dinner party tomorrow? Then we can stay the night at Sirius' with Sirius, Becka, Frances and Remus...' James mumbled.
'Ok!' Lily's face brightened up, 'I'll tell Becka! =)'
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Frances had reached gift 364, from Lily, after an hour.
'Aww! It's a soft puppy! So cute!' Frances exclaimed.
Frances put the dog aside, and picked up her last gift. It was small, and light.
Frances opened the card, and read:
Dear Frances,
Happy Christmas!!!
See you tomorrow!
Becka =)
Frances tore open the paper, and opened the small box inside.
Inside, was a gold and ruby ring, with a cute lion on the front.
When she looked closely at it, Frances saw two words engraved on it.
'Godric's Angels'
She slipped the ring on her finger, and looked at her hand... except it wasn't there anymore...
Frances ran to a mirror, and she couldn't see herself in it...
She gasped.
'It's an invisibility ring!'
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Frances ran up the stairs to her dorm, to show Lily and Arabella the cool gift she had received, but, when she got up there, no one could be seen.
'Frances!' Lily cried.
'Lily? Where are you?!'
Lily pulled off her ring.
'Becka gave me an invisibility ring!'
'Me too!' Frances cried happily.
'Me three!' Arabella added, pulling off her own ring.
At that moment, a tawny owl flew through the window, and Arabella pulled off the letter it had.
'By now, you should have received your invisibility rings.
They are our friendship rings... use them well...
Becka' Arabella read.
'Cool... friendship rings!'
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Becka woke early on Christmas morning, to a tall, dark figure sneaking around her room.
Becka grabbed her wand from the bed side stand, and muttered a charm.
A black net shot out, and trapped the figure.
'Sirius! What are you doing sneaking around my room... and why are you building a fort in here?' Becka exclaimed.
'I'm not building a fort! I'm bringing in your presents! Do you know how many admirers you have?!' Sirius cried.
Becka blushed.
'...'
Sirius grinned.
'And, I was 'sneaking' around you room because I wanted to surprise you with my gift!'
Becka jumped out of bed.
'Really? What is it?' Sirius held up his hands.
'Not yet...' he grinned. Becka threw her arms around Sirius' neck, and smiled.
'Aww... I wanna know now!' Sirius and Becka kissed, but were soon interrupted by a house elf.
'Sir and Lady Black request your presence at Breakfast Master Black and Miss Stockaz,' it squeaked.
'Ok Knobby. Tell my parents we're coming...' Sirius ordered the house elf. Knobby squeaked in reply, and ran out of the room.
'I should probably get dressed now,' Becka stepped back.
'Yeah,' Sirius headed for the door.
'See you in a minute...'
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Down in the master dining room, Becka, Sirius, Karla Black (Sirius' mum), and Stephen Black (Sirius' Dad) sat, and ate their breakfast, a feast that envied the ones at Hogwarts.
'So Becka, did you sleep well?' Mr Black smiled at Becka.
'Very well thank you, and you?' Becka took a swig of her orange juice, as did Sirius.
'Quite alright. So... you are the girlfriend that Sirius has told us about?' Becka and Sirius choked on their orange juice.
'Dad!' Sirius cried angrily.
'I'm sorry Sirius, I didn't realise that you didn't wish for me to speak about that matter...'
Sirius' mother smiled.
"Becka Black... doesn't sound to bad...actually... sounds pretty good..." she thought.
'More pancakes anyone?'
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Lily was trying to pick out a nice dress for the dinner party. James told her it was fancy casual, so a long skirt and top would be fine.
Finally, she found what she wanted to wear. Lily grinned, and packed the other stuff she'd need.
Frances barged into their dorm later, and started packing too.
'Wow... I'm surprised! There actually WAS a dinner party... I really thought it was just Sirius' excuse to get Becka to come over to his house and snog...' Frances and Lily laughed.
'Riiiiiiiight!' Lily grinned.
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James ran into the girls dorm, and Remus followed him.
'Sorry,' he rambled, 'but I forgot to tell you, there'll be muggles at this party, so don't wear anything magical...'
'Why?' Lily and Frances asked.
'James and Sirius' fathers are aurors, and the Vice ministers of magic. They are conducting studies on muggles, wizard muggle relations, and the rising dark lord etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...' Remus waved his hand.
'Really? Ok... well… thanks for letting us know =)'
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Soon it came the time for Lily, Frances, Remus and James to leave for the Black's.
The four jumped on a horseless carriage, and waited to leave for Hogsmeade Station.
'James, are your parent's going to be there tonight?' Frances asked James.
'Er... yeah...' James mumbled.
'Cool...' Lily grinned evilly. James looked at her suspiciously.
'What?' he asked.
'Nothing,' Lily smirked.
'What?'
'Nothing!!'
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'Lily! Frances! James! Remus!' Becka and Sirius were waiting for the four at Kings Cross Station.
'Becka!' Lily and Frances ran at her.
'Sirius!' James and Remus walked over casually.
'How was your train ride?' Becka asked the girls.
'Fine...' Lily smiled. Frances smirked.
'What?' Becka asked.
'Don't you think Sirius looks good in Pink sparkly lip-gloss Lily?' Frances grinned. Becka turned several shades of red.
'Shoosh!' Becka slapped her friend playfully.
Frances hit her back, and Lily stood between them.
'No fighting children!' she protested.
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In the Limo to Sirius', James and Sirius had a big conversation about the party that night.
'Sirius, can we swing by my house first? I've gotta drop some stuff off...' James smiled.
'Sure! I mean, it's only next door...' Sirius grinned.
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Once they had arrived at Sirius' mansion, Becka showed Lily and Frances to the room she was in... and where the 3 would be that night.
James, Sirius and Remus went for a swim.
After they swam, the boys came inside, and got dressed, while the girls sat downstairs, talking and laughing.
Then, Sirius, James, and Remus cam downstairs, holding gifts behind their backs, with stupid grins on their faces.
'Happy Christmas!' Sirius cried, as the girls blushed.
'Aww!!!' Becka hugged Sirius.
'Close your eyes...' Sirius commanded Becka. She did, and Sirius placed his gift on the table in front of her.
'Open!' he cried, and as her eyes fluttered open, she gasped.
'A...a...a phoenix?'
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Arabella was bored at Hogwarts. Sure, it was fun to hang around Jason, but no Lily, Frances or Becka was incredibly boring.
(A/N Ok, I admit, I'm only doing this to stall...)
'Two days... they'll be back in two days...'
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Becka had her young phoenix perched on her finger. She looked deep into her eyes to try and name her.
'Phobos. Her name is Phobos,' Becka stated plainly.
'Ok... my turn!' Remus cried, 'Frances, close your eyes!'
Frances shut her eyes, and Remus placed her gift in front of her.
'Open!' he commanded. When Frances had done so, she saw a medium sized model of a quidditch pitch, with hand crafted players, and moving balls.
'Oh! It's gorgeous!' Frances exclaimed.
Remus grinned.
'It's a model of the Gryffindor Vs. Slytherin game where we won the quidditch cup,' he said, 'It had all the different players, small Frances, small Becka, small James, small Zabini... everyone!'
'It's gorgeous!!! I love it!' Frances cried as she hugged Remus.
James grinned, and Handed lily a small box. Inside was a small mirror, decorated with jewelled lilies, and vines.
'It's like a miniature mirror of erised,' James smiled, 'hope you like it...'
'It's... I'm speechless! James... thank you!'
Frances stood up proudly.
'Our turn!' She cried, with glee.
Becka got Sirius a quidditch set, Frances got Remus a cat, and Lily got James a Gold and Ruby picture frame.
'Thankyou!' the boys cried, with cheer and vigour.
'Everyone! Time to go upstairs and change for the party! Remove anything wizardy!' Karla Black called to the 15 year olds.
'Yes Mum!' Sirius called back.
'Come on guys, let's go!'
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*yawn* I'm too tired to continue... I'll write chapter 10 tomorrow... but this will have to do for now... night!
*Princess Potter falls asleep on her keyboard*
=D |o) Zzzzzzzzzzz