A Fairy Tale | Chapter 4

A week had gone by and Andie's horrible warts had finally disappeared. She was still not talking to Sirius, although he did apologized and bought her a large box of Chocolate Frogs. She took them and completely ignored Sirius. He got mad and thought that he got ripped-off.

Sirius, Remus, and Peter had started to work on the potion again. Remus was a bit hesitant, afraid that the results may come out incorrectly again. Sirius had talked him into it though. So they mixed up the potion (ingredients added by Remus personally--he had told Peter to sit quietly and not to touch anything). They added another piece of James's hair and now all they need was Lily's. Sirius was thinking of another way to get Lily's hair and Remus was sitting by, waiting to foolproof it.

"I've got it!" Sirius announced.

"What?" Remus asked suspiciously.

"We can sneak up behind her and pluck out a strand."

"Oh great," Remus said sarcastically. "I'm sure she would never notice if some guy came up behind her and pulled out her hair."

"Well, when you put it that way…"

"Shut up and keep thinking."

"You're so bossy." Sirius poked his tongue out at his friend.

Remus sighed. "Why do I have to put up with this? Why?"

Silence. A long, uncomfortable silence took over the boys' dormitory (James was at a Heads' meeting and Peter was studying in the Common Room with help from Ronnie).

"I've got another plan!" Sirius cried.

"What is it?" Remus asked carefully.

"We can borrow Lily's hairbrush."

Remus thought about it. It wasn't a bad idea, but-- "What makes you think she'd let you borrow it?"

Sirius smiled mysteriously. "I have my ways…"

"Forget it."

"What?!"

"For--get--it. I can see you wheels turning, Padfoot. This is going to be a stupid idea and something probably--no, definitely--will go wrong."

"You act like I'm an idiot or something."

Remus coughed mockingly. "That is the understatement of the year."

Sirius glared at him. "I did get a higher grade than you did in Divination, remember?"

"You got lucky with your stupid bull."

Sirius grinned. "It wasn't luck--it was pure talent. You're just jealous."

"Whatever."

"I'm still going with my hairbrush plan."

"Padfoot--"

Sirius held up a hand to silence Remus. "I've made up my mind." He walked out of the room.

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A/N: I'm sorry that this chapter is so short. I also apologize for that lateness. As I expected, my homework piles are getting heavy. Plus, as I've mentioned to a few of you, I have a great idea for a new story and I am itching to write it. I can't start it until I've finished this one though; I can't manage two stories at a time. The last time I had tried that, I had ended up deleting one of them because I couldn't take the pressure. Stupid plot bunnies!

I would tell you guys about my story, but I'm afraid that somebody would steal my ideas. There has been some plagiarism around this site before and I do not want that to happen to me. Well, I don't think my stories are good enough to be plagiarized, but I don't want to risk it. So I'm going to give out information about it at the end of this story, just like I had done at the end of I'll Always Love You. That is, if you guys are interested. I'm getting pretty sick of my writings and maybe some of you are too. For the others, here are some little info on it:

*It's going to be an AU fic. (I know haven't much luck with AU stories before, but I am willing to try this time. Plus, it is way more original than the whole "Cinderella" thing. Come to think of it, why did I bother to write it?)

*It is, of course, Lily/James. (Any body tired of my Lily and James stories? Think that I should write about some other pairings? I'm not very good at other couples. Sorry. I'm a 100% Lily/James shipper. But if you give me some ideas, maybe I can develop it.)

*And, as I said above, it's pretty original. I haven't seen anything like it around this or any other fan fiction site. I just hope that by the time it's posted that nobody had already written something similar.

So far I've only got the summary and basic plot down. The story line still needs to be developed, but I have a feeling that it's going to be pretty good. ::Giggles:: I'm so modest!

Thank you everybody for reading/reviewing. Here are some personal replies:

e!i: Soon…pretty soon. Well, as soon as this potion get done--which should be within the next chapter or two.

Pat: Hey there. No problem. You really don't need to apologize because I didn't take your review as a flame or anything. I was actually glad that you mentioned it so I can improve. Thank you. I mean it sincerely.

MysticAngel4: Er…I guess I forgot to mention that this story does not follow the fifth book. Sorry. I did mention in my bio that probably all of my stories would be AU then. Sorry for the confusion.

Marauders Magelet: Thank you so much! And thanks for wishing me good luck too. I think I'll need it.

American Mione: Thanks! I'm glad you like.

Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fan fiction belongs to me. They're owned by J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros and a whole lot of other companies and people, but certainly not me. The only ones that belong to me are those that you don't recognize.