(A/N: Ok, I had reviews!!! YAY!! Ok—Quick response real fast—

I had somebody tell me that Lilly's name was spelled LILY, well, I know, I'm sorry I forgot to tell you, but I get confused sometimes, and I decided to spell it Lilly w/ 2 Ls, so I wouldn't make so many errors, b/c I'm kinda a dumb-butt and forget these things easily—so sorry!! (I know i just confused the heck out of you, and I'm sorry for that too)

BTW—Thanks for saying its good...if you have any questions or ideas or whatever, just let me know!)

"Lilly?" James looked for her all around the dance floor. He walked around to where the double doors leading to the garden were and peeked out. He saw a figure move in the trees, then he saw a flash of silver—Lilly's charm bracelet. He saw another figure—a boy's—a boy with long blonde-white hair. He tried to open the door, but it was locked. He put the glasses of soda on a table near the door and pulled out his wand.

"Alohamora," He said, then cracked open the door.

"Let go of me! Help! HELP! HE—" Lilly's yells for help filled the empty courtyard. James looked over his shoulder and motioned for Sirius to come over to where he was. He explained what he'd just heard, and they walked into the courtyard, to where Lucius Malfoy, Auguste Crabbe, Marcus Goyle, and Severus Snape (who'd just joined them) were standing, taunting Lilly. James peered through the bushes and saw Lilly, struggling to get free of Lucius. He started to go in after her, but Sirius put his hand on James' arm and pulled him back.

"Wait—Wait for my signal—but don't go before I give you a signal." He whispered before disappearing into the opposite side of the trees.

"You filthy little Mudblood—"Lucius was hissing in Lilly's ear, "You have no right to live—no right to be at this school." James' fists clenched as he saw Lucius slip his hand under Lilly's dress.

"You bastard—"Lilly squealed after she'd bitten Lucius' hand and he'd let go of her face. She turned around and clawed at him, missing mostly, but getting a few good swipes on his face, drawing blood. He grabbed her again and wrestled her to the ground. He pinned her down with a knee on each side of her hips and his one hand pressed down over her mouth. She couldn't speak—she couldn't breathe.

"He'p me!" She tried to yell, but she knew no one could hear her. This was killing James—he wanted to get in there—to save her, but he decided to do as Sirius said and await a signal. He looked back over at Lilly, who was on the floor, her dress up around her hips. The other Slytherins stood around grinning and laughing and urging Lucius on. She bit his hand again—he screamed—she tried to get away, but was still pinned down on the ground. He slapped his hand back over her mouth and tightened his grip around her waist as he heard a rustle in the bushes.

"Who's there?!" He yelled into the darkness. Goyle, Crabbe, and Snape all stopped clapping and laughing at Lilly's struggle so they could listen. All of a sudden, a big black dog bounded out of the trees and attacked Lucius, knocking him off his feet and allowing Lilly to get free. She backed away slowly, and looked around her cautiously. She knew the dog was Sirius—but nobody else did. She made sure Goyle, Crabbe, Snape, and Malfoy were occupied with Sirius before she slunk back into the shadows. James' eyes grew rounder as he watched his precious Lilly disappear. Where she had stood five minutes before was a chestnut fox, flicking her tail. She looked over and saw him in the bushes, staring at her in disbelief. The fox seemed to hesitate for a moment, then bowed its head slightly and ran into the fight, nipping and biting at Goyle and Crabbe. James heard Sirius growl at Lucius and leap on him again. Lilly snarled and James couldn't take it anymore—he transformed into his Animagus form, a stag, and bounded into the fight to help Sirius and Lilly.

Twenty minutes later the fight was over and Lilly, James, and Sirius were shoving the last limp figure—Malfoy's—into the bushes.

"Fat one that? Isn't he?" Sirius said with a grin, then gave Malfoy a swift kick in the pants before they walked back towards the castle. Lilly laughed and glanced over at James. He looked odd—shocked—nervous.

"James?" Lilly said, touching his arm softly. "Is something wrong?" James seemed to snap out of his stupor and put on a fake (Lilly could tell) smile.

"No love, I'm fine—but you look terrible." He said, chuckling slightly as he took in Lilly's hair, once curled softly around her shoulders, now frizzy and sticking out in every which way. There were sticks and leaves and dirt clods stuck in it also. Her dress had dirt on it and her face was also streaked with mud. Sirius looked just as bad, and James imagined he must look the same.

"We'd better go get changed"—Sirius said, "Before those jerks wake up. Merlin I wish they wouldn't—"He said as Lilly slapped him around the head.

"Sirius! Just because we hate, despise, and loath them doesn't mean we want them dead!" James grinned as Lilly slipped her hand into the crook of his arm and winked at him, "Would we James?" James grinned and shook his head.

"Nope, we'd never want any harm to come to our dearest Slytherin friends."