The Tutor
Summary: Lily Evans is a sweet sixteen year old whom just happens to attend a school for Witchcraft and Wizardry. She has her friends Alyssa Jean, Lindsay, and Sunny that help her through school, and help her prank her sister over the summer. But something happens once she starts her Sixth Year at Hogwarts that involves the Seventh Year Marauders, who just want to prank Snape. James Potter, a famous Marauder, after something that is cured, starts to fail his classes, and needs some help. Guess who he turns to?
Author's Note: This is it. Chapter Two. I hope to be done today, it's 7 February 2003, so hopefully, I can start on Chapter Three tonight. It'd be a miracle.
Author's Note 2: This chapter is a little complicated. The beginning of it is Part One, The Feast, Part Two is Classes, Part Three is Remus' Lunar Problems, and it'll either end with that or Part Four. So, it'll say when the end of a part is and when on begins. Hope this clears some stuff up.
Chapter Two
"Oh, dear. So, Mr. Lupin, you say you can create the cure?" Dumbledore asked the thin boy, his eyes no longer sparkling, but showing concern for the young women and men.
"Yes, Professor. But I'll need time, and James, Sirius, and Peter will have to help me. And with those two, Lily and Lindsay will have to come along. And knowing the girls, AJ will want in as well." Remus shrugged. "And…my mother…she's getting sick, Professor. I'll need to see her soon."
"Of course, Mr. Lupin. You are always granted permission to see your ailing mother. But the potion…is it hard to concoct?"
"Yes, actually, it is. Terribly hard. That's why I need Sirius' skills at Potions, Peter's skills at Herbology and James' skills at Transfiguration," Remus stated, running a hand over his face. "If it goes wrong, Professor, it could be lethal."
"But can you do it with out fatalities?" asked Dumbledore.
"I can, but I'll need the boys, sir."
"Then you have my permission and the time to concoct it, Mr. Lupin," Dumbledore said gravely, clapping his hands.
"Thanks, sir," grinned Remus.
"Please sit down, boys and girls, so the Feast can begin."
"Yes, sir," they all chorused and dashed back to their seats.
Sirius was drumming his fingers on the table, looking bored. When he saw them, his eyes lit up and a smile crossed his face. "Well? Did you get detention?"
"No detention, Padfoot," Remus stated cheerfully.
"Moony, well, what happened?"
"I've got time to do the potion, Sirius. But all three girls will have to come along. Two because of Peter and James and then AJ will want in, because she's Alyssa. So should we start tonight or next week?"
James pondered this, while Sirius watched Dumbledore greet everyone. He looked at Remus. "We should wait. You'll – your mother might need you, so keep your strength up. No need using it all on a potion when you mother takes most of it up, anyways."
Remus sighed and put his hands on the table. "I know, James. But my mother does need help."
"I know. And I'm sure she'll get it."
"This potion takes a lot of energy, you've gotta be up to it, Prongs. I don't want you getting hurt," Remus whispered, as not to alert others.
"I don't want you to exert all your strength, Moony." James sighed. "Maybe Sirius, Peter, and the girls can do it?"
"No, Prongs. I have to be there to watch over everything."
"Fine, but we're gonna do all the stuff."
"What's with the nicknames?" Lily asked, who had been listening to there conversation.
James rolled his eyes, while Sirius snickered and said, "Just nicknames. Just like we call AJ as –"
"I get it, Sirius. Remus? I'm sorry to hear about your mother. Tell her I said hi when you see her again. It's terrible that she gets sick all the time. I mean, she's never sick when I see her."
"Oh," Remus said, getting jittery, "I'll tell her, Lily."
"Good." Lily smiled at him, and then smacked James on the back of the head. "Don't stare at her like that! She doesn't deserve to be an ogling item. Especially by you – a womanizer."
"I wasn't staring, Carrot-Head. Sunny's got something going for her; I'm simply admiring it."
"Sunny Cash is no prize, Potter. She's a human being, albeit she has a big chest, but so does Lindsay, and you aren't staring at her!" Lily huffed.
Sunny Cash was one of her best friends, even though she hadn't seen her over the summer, Sunny had definitely grown. She was no longer the tall, skinny, tan blonde haired gray eyed girl she'd known. Sunny was still tall, but busty, and a bit chubby. Her hair had gotten volume, and the boys were staring at her.
"Now that everyone has been Sorted, let's eat some grub!" Dumbledore boomed with a smile. He clapped his hands and food appeared on the tables.
Lily sighed. "Figures we'd be talking and miss the Sorting."
"Lily! Alyssa! Lindsay! Oh, it's been ages since I've seen you girls!" Sunny chirped from her seat. She got up, and sat in front of Lily. "Something's wrong with the boys of Hogwarts. Am I fat?"
"'Course not!" Sirius said joyfully, eating some chicken and mashed potatoes. "You're just blossoming into a sunflower, and everyone wants a pick at ya!"
"You make me sound like picking something gross," Sunny frowned. She threw her hair over her shoulder and dug into her now piled mile high plate of food.
"Ah, you're nothing gross. Wanna know what's real gross? Them!" he pointed to Lindsay and Peter who were nose-to-nose and grinning.
"Ew, that's disgusting!" Sunny covered her eyes with her chicken and shut her eyes. She then ate her chicken. "Mmm, tangy barbecue sauce…"
"Hey Sunny!" called a blonde haired short girl. She waved frantically from the Hufflepuff table.
"Madison! Come on over! I want you to meet my girls," Sunny grinned. She then turned to Lily, Lindsay, and AJ. "Girls, this is Madison McKinley. I met her at Fat Camp a couple years back. You know, when my mom went on her "Broth Binge" and sent me away to the first camp available, I met Madison. Her mom thought she was too chubby."
Madison scooted into the seat beside Sunny. "Hi, I'm Madison."
"Lily Evans and these are my friends –"
"Alyssa Miller and Lindsay Bryant. I know who you guys are. You're like a shrine to us." Madison grinned and bowed her head in a joking manner. "The geeks we live by. And that's – oh, my dear Lord, shoot me, stuff me, mount me – that's James Potter!"
James, hearing his name, turned away from his conversation with Sirius and Remus about their potion to Madison.
"Daddy," he whimpered. His eyes went wide with fear. "Not you. Anyone but you."
"James, how nice of you to join us," Madison sneered. She flipped her short hair over her shoulder, only it went back into its first place. "Decided to join the commoners?"
"What's happening? I thought all Hufflepuffs loved Potter," AJ half shouted.
"Not all of us. He's the one who pesters us into doing his homework, but he doesn't need it. He's smart. He doesn't even need to study, while we work out tails off just trying to pass the needed classes!" Madison said, her eyes going wide with anger.
"Hey, hold on, Madison. James is, um…, well, he's a bit under the weather," Lily said weakly. Madison was short, but from Sunny's talk of a girl a few years back who beat up the Camp Counselor, she knew Madison was not a girl to mess with.
"Yeah, I am," James said, and to prove his point, he gave a few flimsy coughs and sniffled. He opened his eyes wide and went for the innocent look.
Madison gasped. She climbed over the table and Lily and felt his forehead. "You're not running any temperature. Move over, Lily!" She managed to get herself on his lap. "You poor, poor thing. I'm so sorry; I didn't know you were feeling sick. Do you have any summer homework you need me to do?"
James chuckled nervously. He turned to the girls and mouthed "Help me!"
Lindsay pulled her hand from Peter's grasp. Lily bent backwards, so Lindsay could have a clear field. Lindsay put her hands on Madison's head and turned her toward her.
"What do you think you're doing with my boyfriend?" she screeched loudly. Kids from other tables and Gryffindors included turned. Some started snorting at the sight of Madison. Others shook their heads and muttered about "That stupid little Hufflepuff girl should know better than to mess with Lindsay Bryant's guy."
"Your – your boyfriend? I'm sorry, Lindsay. I never knew! I'll never mess with him again! Get out of my way, Lily."
"Gee, thanks for stepping on me, Madison," Lily said as Madison climbed back over her. Madison stopped short. She punched Lily in the nose. "Oh, my God! Ow!"
"Madison!"
"Lily, are you alright?"
"Ice…. People, we need ice!"
Sirius, who had clambered over to the Ravenclaws, grabbed someone's Pumpkin Juice filled goblet, and splashed it on Lily, saying "There's some ice. Better?"
"Ooh, ow, get off me." Lily pushed everyone away, and felt her nose. There was blood on her hand. She shrieked. "I'm bleeding! Help me! Someone! Professor McGonagall, help me, I'm bleeding!"
The Hall was in an uproar. James was being pulled around by Lily who was rushing around, trying to get the blood off her. Lindsay was dragging Peter around trying to calm Lily, and Peter was openly crying. AJ was hitting Sirius and screaming at him for throwing ice at Lily. Sirius was cowering on the floor and trying to get AJ to shut up and to stop hitting him. Remus was trying to calm everyone down, but Madison slugged him in the stomach. He growled, his werewolf side taking over. He jumped on her, hitting, and clawing at her ferociously.
Dumbledore took his wand out, and a loud BANG emitted from it.
The young men, woman, little girls and boys all stopped their rush to get everything calmed down to look up at the elderly man.
"Everyone will sit down this instant!" he shouted, his voice carrying through the Great Hall. The Hall instantaneously quieted down and they all sat in their seats. Dumbledore nodded at McGonagall who was standing by Lily, calming her. "Please take Miss Evans to Madam Pomfrey, Minerva. Mister Lupin, Miss McKinley, detention. I will let you know what your detention is tomorrow at lunch by owl. Miss Miller, Mister Black, please stop hitting each other. Now, everyone else, including the others I previously mentioned, off to bed, now."
"Sheesh. Dumbledore sure is an old geezer," Madison said quietly to AJ.
"No he's not, you little bimbo!" AJ exclaimed, pushing Madison ahead of her.
Madison turned to hit AJ, but ran into the door, falling down. She giggled. "Hey, this is fun. C'mon, Alyssa, your turn!"
"Say hello to the little weirdo," AJ muttered as she stepped over the giggling Madison with Lindsay and Peter and headed towards the Gryffindor Common Room.
~*~
Part Two of Chapter Two
Once there, AJ, Lindsay, and the Marauders minus James sat down in the large, squishy chairs as others headed up to bed.
"With our predicament," Lindsay quietly said, "we have no place to sleep. And once Lily and James return from the Hospital Wing, they will also have no place to sleep."
"Lindsay's right. Prongs and Lily will have nowhere to sleep. I'm almost positive Lindsay will object to sleeping in our dorm."
"Remus' right. I'm so not sleeping with some boys!" Lindsay exclaimed. "It's wrong for a sixteen year old girl to sleep in the same room with hormonally charged seventeen year old boys."
"Ah, lighten up, Bryant," AJ said. "Where else are you going to sleep? The Common Room? Get real."
"The Common Room…that's a good idea." Lindsay grinned at Peter. "What d'you say? Wanna sleep in the Common Room?"
"There's absolutely no way I'm sleeping on the floor! Hell will have to freeze over before I'm caught sleeping with two guys on the floor," Lily exclaimed loudly as she walked through the Portrait Hole with James.
He nodded. "Carrot's right. There's no way McGonagall's gonna catch me with Evans. Even if she dressed up in full Quidditch gear and sang "Happy Birthday" there'd still be no way."
"James," Lily whined. "I have a very good voice! Wanna see? Happy birthday to you, happy –"
Lily's singing voice was cut off by Sunny's hand covering her mouth. "Please, Lily, for the sake of everything religious, don't sing."
"Fine. But you'll be missing out on my very good voice," she said.
"And so said the girl whose voice could break a mirror," AJ chuckled.
Lily chucked a pillow at her. AJ gasped and threw it back.
Remus got ready to tell them off, but Sirius and James put a hand on his arms. "Don't," they chorused, "let's watch them go at it."
"Please," Sunny said. "Just shut-up! Madison was a little…thing, but don't turn into little mini Madison's. It would be so wrong. Now, everyone listen up. We will all sleep in the girls' dorm tonight. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. I'll kick out Kayla Valmont, and Alice Barnes, ok? Lily, you and James will have to push two beds together, as will Lindsay and Peter. Sirius, Remus, you two sleep in Alice and Kayla's beds. And no, Sirius, they don't have cooties. AJ and I will sleep in our beds. Oh, Lily, Lindsay? Just conjure up two beds and push them together with yours. It should work."
"Hey, that's good," Sirius said. "And here I was thinking you were just some blonde ditz."
"I'm not. All the time, anyways. So is everyone up for my little plan? Say aye."
"Aye."
"Ditto."
"I guess, Sunny."
"Do I have to? Ow! Lily, do you know your elbows are abnormally sharp?"
"I'm in it if James, Sirius, and Remus say so."
"We all say yes, Sunny. Let's go kick out some little behinds!"
"Remus!" Lindsay said surprised. "I'd have thought something like that from Sirius, but you?"
"I'm not always the golden boy I'm tagged to be."
"Alright," Sunny said, getting everyone's attention. "Let's get Kayla and Alice out of the dorm, ok?"
"Woo!" Sirius bellowed as they climbed the stairs and were about to enter the girls' dorm, but Peter yelped.
"What if they're…in the nude?" he asked squeakily.
"Don't worry," Sunny assured him. "I'll check."
She opened the door and found the girls gossiping on Kayla's bed.
"All clear. Let's go in," she whispered to them.
"Hi, Kayla, Alice," Lily said cheerfully to the two girls who were now doing each other's hair.
"Hey, Lily!" Kayla and Alice said merrily, glancing at them.
"Wait," Kayla said slowly. "What're the boys doing with you of all people, in here?"
Sunny chuckled. "Well, you see, it's actually a very funny story. Lily and James, Peter and Lindsay are sorta…stuck together, so to say, literally. And, to say the least, we're kicking you out of the dorm so we can stay together without breaking the little group up. So, shoo!"
"Hmm," Alice considered. "You mean like a coed sleepover?"
"Sort of," Lindsay began. "But without you or parental supervision."
Kayla scowled. "Give us one good reason why we shouldn't go tell McGonagall or the Head Girl about your little sleep over."
Sirius stepped up. "Don't worry, Sunny. I'll take over." He grinned charmingly at Kayla. "I'll take you to Hogsmeade tomorrow night – I meant Saturday night, I'm busy tomorrow night – with no one but you and me, Kayla."
Smiling, Kayla nodded. "But what about Al?"
"Oh, Kay, don't worry about me. I'm fine just as I am. I actually think this little sleepover thing is gonna be so cute! Oh, Sunny?"
"Yeah, Alice?"
"D'you think you could do something for me?"
"Sure. What is it?"
"Get all the Marauders wearing make-up and dress them up as girls, please?" Alice said pityingly, like a little girl on her death bed.
"I wouldn't dream of not doing it, Alice."
"Oh, thanks so much, Sunny!"
She jumped off Kayla's bed, got her robe from her bed, and sashayed over to Sunny. "Just don't use my make-up. Use Kayla's. Ta, Sunny, Lily, Lindsay, Alyssa Jean."
Kayla frowned, her brain just having processed what Alice had told Sunny to do. "Not all of my make-up, hmm? It's imported from the Americas, so don't use it all. And don't get it all mucky, I don't want my father to have to order more. It costs a fortune! Hmm…I guess I better go. Ta!"
She walked over to Sirius, swinging her robe over her slim shoulders and kissed Sirius on the cheek.
Sunny grew red. She bit her tongue to keep from throwing an insult at her. Instead, she dreamt of something very raunchy and turned red again. She giggled and the others stared at her.
"What? I can't have fantasies? A new rule? Fine, fine. I'll just shut-up now."
"Sunny?" Lily said. "Did anyone ever tell you that you're real weird?"
"Actually, it's a known fact. Anyways, let's get some beds and then play with the boys."
AJ and Sunny gathered some extra blankets from a closet to put over the newly conjured beds for the boys. They then made up the beds and pushed them together with Lily's and Lindsay's. Lily then magically glued them together for the night and many more to come so they wouldn't separate and scoot over, leaving a hole for them to fall in. AJ bribed the boys to sit down and let them put make-up on.
"Ooh, that's a good color for James, Lil," Sunny told her friend, who was sitting by James.
"Well, what're you waiting for? Put it on him!"
An hour later, the boys were wearing both Kayla's or Alice's clothes and Kayla's make-up. Sunny and AJ stood back to admire their work. They nodded.
"This seems strangely familiar," AJ finally said.
Lily burst into a fit of laughter. "Oh, my goodness! He looks like a – a clown! AJ, you're not too familiar with make-up, are you?"
"Nope," AJ grinned.
Remus' make-up was put on perfectly, his hair perfect, his clothes, matching, unlike James' and Peter's. Sirius' was also put on perfect. The boys looked like twins, if one had sandy brown hair and brown eyes and the other with black hair and blue eyes.
Peter and James looked like clowns – who had messily put on their attire. Peter looked like he wanted to cry when Sunny whipped out a camera.
"Say cheese, boys! Oh, wait. Don't say cheese; that's good. What we're doing isn't good. It's bad. So, say…rotten onions! No, wait. I like onions. Say rotten squash!"
"Rotten squash," they all muttered miserably, their faces in a fake grin. Lily and Lindsay – who were beside the boys – were in stitches. The only guy who wasn't faking his smile was Sirius. He had thought if he was dressed up perfectly, why not flaunt it?
"Mmm, mmm, this rotten squash is delicious, Alyssa, dear!" Sirius droned his voice high-pitched. "My, my, how yummy it is, dear! It's absolutely yummy-licious!"
"Sirius, stuff a sock in it!"
"Sunny," Lily began, "I think we ought to get some sleep. We have classes tomorrow, and it's past midnight."
"Oh, you spoil-sport. You gone and done stole all my fun, but you're right. It's really late."
She waved her wand and the clothes and make-up disappeared. She then waved her wand again and everyone was in their night clothes. Sunny yawned widely.
"Let's hit the sack, guys."
Everyone slowly got up, Lily and James heading over to Lily's little corner and falling into their beds. Lindsay and Peter slowly crawled over to their beds, as did AJ, Sirius, Sunny, and Remus. Lily yawned and snuggled up to her yellow teddy bear, Sunshine. James shrugged and when his head hit the pillow, he was out like a light.
Sunny clapped her hands, and the lights went out.
~*~
"Mmm," moaned Lily. She was dreaming. She knew she was, but she couldn't will herself to wake up. The dream was pretty darn interesting. There was a girl and a boy. The boy looked remarkably like James, and the girl looked a bit like AJ and Lindsay mixed together, but she obviously was of no kin to either. The two kids were talking in what looked like the Gryffindor Common Room.
"…didn't know, Harry," she had said, her large brown eyes glittering with tears in the firelight.
"No one did. No one knew the truth…no one but you, now that I've told you," the boy named Harry said, his eyes downcast.
"So…so he just killed him like that? With a snap of his fingers?" she asked, not really wanting to tread on that ground.
Harry sighed. "Yes, Hermione, how many times do I have to tell you that he killed him with Avada Kedavra?"
"I'm sorry Harry. But this is a little odd for me. I mean, it's just hard comprehending that a man would so willingly kill someone for someone else, and a young person no less!" Hermione said. She frowned. "How come you've told me about…Cedric's death, and not Ron? Isn't he the 'fun' best friend?"
Harry bowed his head. "Hermione, I've told you many times I'm sorry for saying that."
"It's guilt, isn't it?"
"Is what?"
"That you've told me and not Ron? You felt guilty, and wanted to make it up to me, so you told me about Cedric's death?" she asked him, her eyes showing something he wasn't sure of.
"Well, yes, you could say that. I'm just sorry, and I've told you something I thought would make it up."
Hermione's eyes pooled with tears that fell unto her cheeks. "So it is out of guilt. I know it's hard for you telling me about Cedric's death, but you could've told me because you wanted to and not out of guilt!"
She stood. "I really hate you right now, Harry Potter!" Hermione cried and ran up the stairs into darkness. He could hear her cries fading as she went father and farther away.
Someone came out of the darkness and Harry mentally groaned.
"Harry, that was really low," the person said.
"Ron, I'm sorry, I told her. I know I told her out of guilt, but it was nagging at me, and I had to tell someone…"
"…still really…hates you now…Harry…"
"…know…like her…miss her…don't want her to leave…"
Their voices faded and Lily found herself waking. She was cuddled next to someone soft, thick, and warm. She smiled and opened her eyes, expecting to see her parents, but was jolted out of her pleasant thoughts when she saw James Potter sleeping next to her. Lily gasped, sat up quickly, and placed a hand on her thumping chest as the memories of yesterday slowly came flooding back to her. She shook her hair and laid back down, scooting away from James.
James, feeling the commotion, roused from sleep. He blinked drowsily and said, "Five more minutes, Mum. School doesn't start, and I want to eat the purple bunnies."
"James," she said and shook his shoulders gently.
He yelped when he saw her. "Bloody…what on earth are you doing in my bed? In my house?"
"We're at Hogwarts, in the girls' dorm, James."
"What?" he asked drowsily. His memory seemed to be failing him.
"Well, yesterday, your prank for Snape and Malfoy kinda backfired and we got stuck together. We then got our clothes switched by Sirius. Ring any bells?"
"Oh," he said slowly. "The prank…Sunny, your nose…it's all coming back."
"Short case of amnesia anyone?" Lily asked jokingly.
"Carrot," James whined. The sun hit his eyes and he shut them tightly. He squinted against the light and sighed. "Why'd you wake me?"
"I had this dream," she whispered mysteriously. She knew acting like this would pique his interest, and boy was she right.
"What dream? What was it about?"
"This boy and girl talking about this guy who'd gotten murdered. And then the boy said he only told her it because he was guilty for calling his other best friend the fun one. So she ran off, and then this other boy came up, and then I woke up," she told him excitedly.
"That's it? About a boy being killed and guilt?"
"The boy's name was Harry Potter. Maybe he's your son."
"My son who talks of guilt and murders? Was he good-looking?"
"He looked…well, who am I to say if someone looks good or not? You said I'd think a rock was good looking if I could get a date from it."
"I did? Oh, man, that's good."
"James, get serious. The boy saw a murder! He must be feeling terrible. What if what I saw was a premonition? Go!"
"Go where, Carrot?"
"Save your son from a terrible fate of having to see someone being killed!"
"Was' goin' on ov'r ther'?" Sirius asked from the bed across them. He sleepily got up and stumbled over to James and fell on his bed. He groaned. "What's the matter, Prongs, ol' buddy, ol' pal?"
"Lily said she had a premonition of my son, taken from her own words 'Save your son from a terrible fate of having to see someone being killed.' Honestly, whatever she's on, I want some," James told Sirius, yawning.
"I'm not on anything, James! You should – you should listen to me! One day, I know it, your son will suffer something mental – in the head, depression or something – and you'll be thinking 'Why didn't I listen to Lily Evans? She warned me about this.'"
"Come on, Lily. You think your dream is going to come true? If that happens to every human being, I'd be married to Su – a certain someone." Sirius chuckled nervously and tried to cover his flub, by covering his face with his hands.
"So," Lily grinned wickedly, "someone's got a crush on my friend – a girl named Sunny Cash?"
"Of – of course not. Sunny's a spoiled little brat who thinks others are meant to hit," Sirius said quickly. His blue eyes scanned Lily's face. He sighed. "Yes, I do, but don't you tell her, Lily Evans! Or I'll tell everyone you and James were snogging!"
"What? I would never touch Carrot-Head Evans with a ten foot broomstick!" James shouted, waking the others.
"Prongs?" Remus asked sleepily. "Prongs, I didn't know you and Lily were that close," he exclaimed looking beside his bed.
"We're not!" James shouted again, this time accompanied by Lily.
"Well, then who's this?" he asked, pointing to a kissing couple in –
"Lindsay!" Lily shrieked, her eyes going very wide.
Lindsay and Peter jumped apart extremely fast, both blushing to the tips of their hair. Lindsay smoothed out her nightgown, and AJ – who was now up and standing beside the laughing Sunny – frowned.
"Now who's the one talking about 'sex before marriage is a mortal sin?'"
"We weren't having…sex. We were just kissing, Alyssa Jean!"
"Hey, what in the name of Godric Gryffindor is going on here?" Kayla Valmont exclaimed as she walked into her dorm with Alice Barnes. "Lindsay Bryant with Peter Pettigrew? Alice, fan me! This is just too juicy for its own good!"
Alice fanned Kayla with her hand and glanced over at Peter. "Lindsay and Peter sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. That's not all, that's not all, mama saw the daddy drinkin' alcohol."
~*~
"Peter Pettigrew and Lindsay Bryant? That's a match only made here!" exclaimed one Hufflepuff student. Her friend nodded.
"I know. I heard Lindsay's pregnant with twins!"
Lindsay bowed her head and blushed crimson. They were in the Great Hall eating breakfast, and the rumors were swirling. There were some even going as far as saying Lindsay and Peter were brother and sister, and still having sex! Lindsay and the rest tried their hardest to ignore them, but they just kept getting more and more absurd.
"Please, can't we just go to class now?" she asked her friends. They nodded and gathered their stuff for their first class – Transfiguration.
Professor McGonagall was there when they entered. She didn't look up from her papers, but when she tensed up they knew she knew they were there. They sat in their usual desks – or tried to. Lily pulled James in one direction, and he pulled her in another.
She growled. "This is so frustrating! I'll be so happy when Remus does the antidote, that I'll throw a party for the Gryffindors. And I'll invite everyone but you."
"Well, I'll throw one too, and invite everyone but you, Carrot-Head Evans," James retorted.
"Kids," began McGonagall, "do an old woman a favor, and sit down and shut-up!"
The group stared at her. "What crawled up her arse and died?" asked Kayla who'd followed them with Alice.
"You," muttered Sunny.
"What was that?" asked Kayla who thought she hadn't heard her right.
"She said you climbed up Mrs. McGonagall's butt and died," Alice supplied for her, not noticing the dark looks Sunny had shot her. "Hmm, this desk's got a chipped edge. Maybe some polish will fix it?"
"Ooh, what color? Should it have flavor, Al?" Kayla asked her, now interested in the desk.
"I'm not sure, Kayla. I'm still stuck on the color. But…what if we hurt it?"
"Oh, Alice, desks can't be hurt. See? Hit it," Kayla said, banging her books on the desk.
"Ow," Sirius whined for the desk.
Kayla jumped. "Oh, did you hear that, Al? It talked to me. It said ow!"
"Oh, Kayla, you shouldn't have hurt it! Now it's gonna be so angry at you! I didn't you hurt you," Alice whispered to the desk.
Lily snorted along with Sunny. "Alice," Lily began, "the desks…tell me to say don't smack them, hit them with books, or splash polish on them."
Sunny grabbed Lily's arm and snorted into her desk.
"Really? Oh, dear. They must be hurting," Kayla exclaimed as the class started filling in. She rubbed the desk in a motherly fashion. "Don't worry, desk, no one will hurt you no more."
She stood just as McGonagall stood. Alice tried to tug her friend back down, but Kayla pulled her up.
"Professor, I'd like a word with you and the class."
McGonagall said nothing but gave her a bored stare.
"Thanks." She turned towards the class and patted the desk. "Desks these days are being ruined. People are writing on them, banging them against another desk. Well, I talked with one today, and I've decided to start a rally to stop the ruining of desks. They have emotions too. It said ow. We're hurting them, and it's wrong. Now, who is with me?" She pumped her fist in the air, expecting loud cheers, but got silence and the few occasional snickers.
"Miss Valmont," McGonagall said, looking oddly at Kayla, "you talk to desks?"
"Yes. They say not to hurt them. And to not throw polish on them! Ask Lily Evans!" Kayla stated, throwing up a hand on pointing at Lily.
She looked innocent. "Kayla has a problem. All the fingernail polish is getting to her head. And Alice's. They're acting very strange."
"Miss Valmont, sit down so the lesson can begin," McGonagall sighed. Once Kayla had sat, McGonagall nodded. "Welcome everyone. Today's lesson will consist of transforming an inanimate object into a living creature. Do you think you can handle that?"
The class all said yes.
"Good. Now, I'll read out your partners. Sunny Cash, Sirius Black. Lily Evans, James Potter. Lindsay Bryant, Peter Pettigrew. Alyssa Miller, Madison McKinley. Kayla Valmont, Remus Lupin. Alice…"
Once everyone was situated, the Professor gave everyone a card and said the spell and told the class to recite it for her. They did, and she let the class saying something about a staff meeting, and she left Sunny in charge.
James sighed, and took out his wand. "I'm the best at Transfiguration, so I'll go first."
"Fine, James. What're you transforming the card into?" Lily asked him, sweetly.
"I dunno…"
"How about an animal you're familiar with?"
"Ah, thanks, Carrot. I'll transform it into a stag," James grinned. He waved his wand over the card, did a few tricky wrist movements, said the spell, and the card turned into a large purple bunny.
Lily cooed at it. "Aw, James, it's so cute! James?" She looked over at him and saw his expression; one of terror. Lily burst into laughter.
"It's not funny at all, Evans."
"You're scared of bunnies? Purple bunnies?"
"Yes. I am. Deathly afraid, so turn it back."
Lily smirked at him, waved her wand, did a few tricky wrist movements, and the bunny was now a card again.
"Now, for the finale, I shall turn this ordinary card into a…replica of James' bunny!" Lily grinned. Seeing James' look, she snorted. "Sorry. How about…a replica of you? It'll prove who is better at class."
People were now gathering around them, carrying their transformations. Sunny and Sirius stood by AJ and Madison, who were occasionally hitting each other.
"Do it," Sunny urged.
"Fine. If you do it and it works, I'll streak in the Great Hall at supper. If it doesn't, you go around saying 'James Potter is the best person at Transfiguration, Charms, DADA, Potions, and I will forever kiss the ground he walks upon, because James Potter is the King of Hogwarts.'"
Lily grinned. "If it actually works, you will streak through the Great Hall during supper, wearing a sign saying 'Lily Evans; Queen of Hogwarts & Pranks.' And then you will scream, 'Lily Evans is the best ever! I shall kiss the ground she walks upon, including the ground of her shadow, because even the ground her shadow graces is holy!'"
"You got it, Carrot."
"Shake on it," Madison said, nodding her head.
Lily and James shook on it, James smirking.
Lily picked up her wand, waved it, did some tricky wrist movements, and said the spell. There was a loud pop, and instead of the card there, there was a boy around the age of seventeen, looking exactly like James, a sign above him saying 'Lily Evans; Queen of Hogwarts & Pranks.'
James gaped, his mouth open and closing like a fish out of water. Giggles erupted in the room, and the laughter spread like wildfire.
"Tarzan," screeched one girl. "He looks like Tarzan! Linen cloth and all! Oh, man, this is too good!"
"What?" James asked, bewildered. He looked over at Lily who was red in the face. She pointed to something and James jumped onto the replica, covering the replica's anatomy, pulling Lily with him.
"James! Get off…James," Lily said sternly.
"No, he's not wearing much, so no!" James whined. He seemed partial to whining that day.
"James, come on. I'll transfigure him back to the card, if you get off him!" sighed an exasperated Lily. She giggled once James had gotten off his replica. She blushed once she saw something. She waved her wand, said a few things, and POOF! the card was back, and the Tarzan-clad James was gone.
Lily grinned. "That was simple. So, no leather flap. We wanna see some nakedness."
Madison nodded furiously. "And some bouncing. Make it bouncy."
The people quieted, and stared at her. "What? It's sorta of a fantasy to see James Potter nude."
"Bouncing? My rep'll be tarnished, Evans. Give me a flap."
"Fine. But just to cover your...manhood. It's short so it won't take much." Lily snorted when James swatted at her. "And I'll make your hair longer, it's already messy, so it'll be like you're Tarzan."
"Evans," James whined again. "Please? No Tarzan sh –"
"Hello, Professor," Lindsay said from her seat. "We were just..."
"I know what you were doing. It's amazing how you kids don't notice a feline watching you," she nodded at Lily. "Miss Evans that was a remarkable transfigure. You and Mister Potter get an A on this assignment."
"Wait," Lily said. She looked at James. "I've just realized that we're in the same class as the Seventh Years. How come this happened?"
McGonagall sighed. "Please, sit down." Once everyone was back in their seats, and Peter was holding his frog, the Professor perched herself on the edge of her desk.
"With this new danger surrounding us, some parents have decided to pull their children out of school. The Muggle Born children that would not normally have any magical tutoring were sent to other schools around the world. But most have perished. So, therefore, Dumbledore has decided to move the Seventh Years back with the Sixth to help them, because...well...I can't tell you, but something very dark is looming over Hogwarts, and there's nothing we can do."
"So, will we die?" asked a Hufflepuff Sixth Year.
"Of course not! Albus Dumbledore is the finest Headmaster Hogwarts has ever seen! He will save us. He will save us all. Someone out there, if Albus doesn't, will save us, mark my words. A hero is out there, and will come, and save us all." McGonagall nodded, and swiped at her eyes.
End Part Two of Chapter Two
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Part Three of Chapter Two
After classes, Lily and James were discussing the Transfiguration homework.
"No, Evans. I've done this; I think I know what the bloody answers are!" James shouted at Lily.
"Yeah? Well you must've failed it, because that is not the answer!" Lily shouted back.
"Oh, and you would know, geek?" James said, mimicking Lily's studies.
"Yes!"
Lily and James shut up when they saw Remus speed by, with a quick goodbye, saying he was leaving to see his mother, and then zoomed out the Portrait Hole.
Lily was left, confused. "Wow that was really fast. What did he say? Something about his mother?"
James nodded. "Yeah, I have to go talk to Sirius and Petey. Damn, forgot about the curse." He banged his head on the wall, and fell unconscious. Lily gasped and tried to wake him, but he just grunted and rolled over. She frowned. She knew he was faking it, but she was stuck on the floor as well.
"Well, that was informative. Hey, Lindsay, Peter, Sunny, AJ. Did you guys see Remus speed out of here like a Nascar racer?"
"Remus?" Peter asked, suddenly very worried. "He left already?"
"Yeah. Just missed him. Said he was leaving for his mother's now," Lily said. "Why?"
"Oh, nothing. I just wanted to say goodbye before he left. Haven't been able to see him without my sweetie listening in on our conversation," Peter sighed.
"How many times do I have to tell you, don't call me sweetie!" Lindsay exclaimed, hitting him on the shoulder. "And besides, it's not my fault James and Sirius and you created that little curse, and then Snape and Malfoy pushed us together, Petey."
"I know, love, but it's all the same. I haven't talked to Prongs - what's he doing on the floor? Wait, I don't wanna know - and Padfoot and Moony in ages alone."
"Oh, Petey, your nicknames are adorable! I just love yours! Wormtail...isn't that just so adorable, Sunny?" Lindsay asked her friend, her eyes glued on the pudgy boy, not once looking at the sprawled out James as she stepped on him, getting over to a chair, and sitting down on Peter's lap.
"Yeah, Lin, very cute," Sunny said, trying to smile. "Sounds like a rat's name."
Peter suddenly laughed.
"What is it, Petey?"
"Nothing, my little poppy seed. Just an inside joke. Prongs? I think we have to go and see Sirius."
James jumped up, pulling Lily along with him. "I know, Wormtail, but we're having some difficulties. We have to let Padfoot go. There's nothing we can do."
"But he'll be angry, and besides, James, he can't do it alone."
"Do what?" Lily asked, impatiently.
"Nothing, Lily. Nothing. Now keep your geekiness out of our conversation," James growled.
"Well, how can I with you shouting it to the Common Room!"
"We're not shouting, it's you who is shouting," Lindsay reminded James and Lily, still not taking her eyes off of Peter.
"Please, people. Do I always have to be the mediator? Or is it medium? Anyways, all we were doing was talking about Remus," Sunny scolded.
"Sorry," James and Lily murmured. Peter and Lindsay didn't say anything, though that would probably be because they were now kissing like crazy.
"Oh, please!" AJ shouted, throwing her hair over her shoulder. "Enough of the smoochies. Please. It's getting sickening seeing Peter sticking his tongue down my friend's throat! It's disgusting!"
Lindsay and Peter stayed kissing, Lindsay moaning at times.
Lily, being fed up, and hating seeing Lindsay being smothered by the pudgy boy, took out her wand.
Sunny frowned. "Can't, Lily. No magic outside… "
"…the classes. I know. But we're witches, how come we have to wait to do magic? They're restricting us, and that's disgusting!" Lily mimicked Peter and Lindsay. She then stopped and looked at her watch.
"Chowtime, James."
"Carrot," he whined. "Are we gonna streak together?"
"No! We're going to use that separation spell that we've been using so that we can use the rest rooms and change. So, I'm so not streaking!" Lily reminded him, smacking his head.
Sirius, who was talking with Kayla, smiled at the group. He looked at Kayla, and then back. "Excuse me," they heard him say. Once with the Marauders and the girls, Sirius collapsed on a chair. "She's horrible! Polish this, did you know blue looks good on you, polish, polish, polish! It's all the bloody girl can talk about! Fingernail polish, toenail polish, desk polish!"
Giggling, Sunny petted Sirius' head. "Trust me, Sirius, it's not as bad as seeing Peter –"
"Padfoot! You know you should be…out and away!" James shouted, smacking Sirius.
"Out? Oh…bloody hell! I completely forgot!" Sirius moaned. "He'll kill…Snape. My prank. Do you remember I said that Snape'd be out of out hair this semester?"
"Yeah; you were acting giddy and then you splashed yourself with the whiskey my dad stashed in his study. You weren't acting too…sober," James snorted.
"Well, I had this idea. If we let Snape go see…him, and tell Snape how to see him, it'd get him out of our hair," Sirius grinned, pumping his fist in the air like Kayla had done earlier that day.
"Sirius, you didn't tell him how to get through the Whomping Willow, did you?" James asked, now frightened.
Grinning, Sirius nodded. "Yeah. He'll be gone by dusk."
"The Whomping Willow? What?" Lily, Lindsay, AJ, and Sunny asked, simultaneously, their voices low.
"Shut up, girls. Sirius, fuck, let's go. Lily, up!" James ordered her, his chocolate brown eyes blazing with fire.
Lily stood, quickly. "But James, we'll miss dinner, and you won't streak."
"I don't give a shit. Remus is going to kill Snape because of Sirius' stupidity," he explained rather sourly as he stalked out the Common Room, an entourage following him. They consisted of AJ, Sunny, Lindsay, Peter, Sirius, and Kayla. Alice had retired for bed early.
"Remus won't kill anyone, James, he's not like that," panted Lily, as she was pulled along. They snuck out the castle, and sprinted to the tree.
"Remus wouldn't, but the werewolf would!" James shouted, and cursed when a figure in a dark cloak entered a hole in the tree.
"Werewolf?" asked the now very quiet Lily. Her eyes filled with tears. "That poor young boy. A werewolf? Oh, poor Remus!"
Sunny and Lindsay both sympathized, and headed into the hole with the boys. But AJ held back, her eyes wide.
"Werewolf?" she muttered, closing her eyes, the tears leaking out. "My God…he's an animal. A cold-blooded murderer. Wait, what am I saying? He's Remus Lupin, the famous Marauder, known to be quiet, and sexy, and hunky, and a buff guy. Not a werewolf. No. No."
She shook her head, bringing herself out of her state. She rushed forward, poking the tree with the stick James used. She ran in, and found herself in a house, with people howling.
"The Shrieking Shack," AJ muttered, her eyes going wide again.
"Alyssa!" she heard someone shout, and saw Sunny rushing down the creaky steps towards her. "Alyssa, you won't believe it! James transformed into an animal! He's an Animagus! Not only that, but so is Sirius and Peter! Oh, you won't believe this; Lily's riding James the Stag! (A/N: Not in that way, you sick, sick people!) She put some protection spell on her. Come on, this is amazing, you have to see it!" Sunny grabbed Alyssa and pulled her up the stairs, talking along the way.
The site before her was astonishing. Sunny had been right. Lily was on top of a large silver-ish colored stag, her hair wild as she clung onto him, as the stag fought back a werewolf.
Sunny pulled her into a corner where Kayla and Lindsay were struck with fear, Severus Snape was also there, but his face was in a scowl. AJ crowded with them.
The stag was bleeding profusely, and he staggered – no pun intended – over to the girls and kicked up, Lily shrieking. He snorted, and Lily getting the idea, shook her head.
"You guys shouldn't be here."
"Lily! Look out!" Lindsay suddenly screamed her eyes as wide as saucers.
The stag turned at the last minute, seeing the werewolf charge at him. Lily took out her wand and stunned the ferocious beast, but not before he could charge at them, throwing Lily against the wall of the room just as she said the spell, hitting the animal.
The room quieted, and a squeak made a dog turn his head. He barked and the animal squeaked again.
Lindsay shrieked. "Rat! Lily!"
She, Sunny, Kayla, and AJ rushed to Lily.
Sunny took her wand out, said a spell, and Lily woke up, groaning. She grabbed her head and moaned. Lily suddenly snapped her head to the side.
"James!" she screeched, and pawed at the stag. "Wake up, James. Please, c'mon, James. James? Please, wake up. Oh, God, I'm so sorry for everything I've ever said, but you have to get up. There're two animals in here, one a cuddly wolf, and the other a heartless, ruthless, ugly Slytherin, so come on. Wake up, please."
"Oh, thanks, Evans," sulked Snape from his corner. The black dog growled at him, and Snape quieted.
"James?" sniffled Lily.
The girls were quiet as they watched Lily cry. Suddenly, the stag disappeared and in its place, James was there.
Lily screamed, threw her arms around the groaning boy and cried.
"Thank the Heavens!"
"What is going on here?" Madam Pomfrey screeched, her eyes very wide. It looked as if she had come to check up on Remus.
"Uh-oh," Lindsay and Sunny muttered simultaneously.
End of Part Three
I've decided to end this chapter on a high note, and a cliffhanger. Ah, evil Alyson Hershey! Anyways, the next chapter will deal with the next morning and how people deal with learning Remus' secret. Hope you like it! And if you find any mistakes, let me know!
~S.Q