How It All Began
Disclaimer: Haven't I got the point across? I own NOTHING!
Author's Note: Sorry for the wait. I was so excited about Pirates of
the Caribbean coming out. . . Orlando Bloom (Drool! Hottness!) and
Johnny Depp (Cuteness!) Anyway, I also started another story. Its
called Some Things Happen For a Reason! Please check it out! Now, on
with the story!
PG-13ish
Chapter 9
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"Good morning sleepy head!" Lindsey said drawing back my curtains and
revealing the sun.
"I thought you weren't a morning person?" I replied groggily.
"I'm not!" she answered simply. "Its 12:00!"
"Is it really? Oh damn! I have homework to finish," I said jumping
out of bed.
I ran into the bathroom and took a nice warm bath. Thoughts of what
happened last night came flooding back and it brought on a new
emotion, happngry. It's a mix between the feelings happy and angry.
Cool word isn't it?
"Come on Lily! We haven't got all day!" Lindsey said tapping her foot
impatiently.
"One more minute!" I yelled back. She did this to me every morning.
I'd be in the bathroom for like 10 minutes, and she would sit outside
impatiently. How predictable is she? And it seems that she does it
when I'm on my hair.
"Lily, honestly!"
"Geez Linds! Calm down. I'm trying to put my hair up!"
"Fine, Fine, Fine!" Moments later, I came out of the bathroom, my
hair in two French braids.
"Happy?"
"Very!" We linked arms and bounded down the stairs.
"A little late today?" Remus said from the couch.
"Extremely! I was so tired," I replied taking a seat next to Remus.
"Where's Sirius?" Lindsey asked looking around.
"He's upstairs talking to James. It's something pretty important."
"Can I know?" she asked amused.
"Umm, no! Sorry!"
"Hmp, you're no fun!" Lindsey plopped down in an armchair. She yawned
and then smiled.
"Anyway Lily. Why were you so mad at Jimmy yesterday?"
I choked on absolutely nothing. Remus snorted. Lindsey still
continued to look at me.
"Oh, and why are you so pissed off at Bella?"
I looked at her and mouthed 'Later.'
"Anyone up to a spot of breakfast?" I asked changing the subject.
"Spot of breakfast to you, spot of lunch to everyone else," Remus said
as he wrapped his arm around my waist. I laughed and we headed out
the portrait.
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(James's point of view.)
"Sirius, what's so important?"
Sirius walked around the room fidgeting with little trinkets here and
there on the desks.
"Spit it out Padfoot!" I practically shouted.
"WAIT! I have a question first. What did you do to Lily to make her
so upset?"
Oh, I see what he was doing. He was trying to change the subject. "I
have no idea what I did. She just got her back up and threw a hissy
fit."
"But you must have done something for her to act like that," Sirius
reasoned. "Did anything happen last night that might have made her
angry?"
"I did tell her to be careful about Remus, but that was only because
he's a werewolf and she doesn't know. Oh and Bella did cut in when we
were dancing. She must have gotten mad at Bella for doing that."
"Don't flatter yourself James," Sirius said involuntarily. Rubbing
his head, he added, "Although, you might have a point with that Bella
thing."
"I do?" I inquired. Hmm, you could have fooled me!
"Yeah, you do. Maybe Lily got pissed off because it was a song for
you and her to dance to, but Bella ruined it by cutting in."
I frowned. "As much as I want that to be true, it probably isn't.
Lily wouldn't get mad over something like that."
"Hmm, I don't know James," Sirius responded.
"Okay, so back to the reason on why you wanted to talk to me," I said.
Sirius began fidgeting with trinkets again, and said, "Umm look. I
don't know how to ask you this. Your family has done so much for me
already. They took me in, bought me school books and supplies,
clothes, you name it, they did it."
"Get to the point Si!" I said impatiently.
"Right. Well you see, the holiday season is coming up, and I found
the perfect gift for Lindsey. It's fifteen Galleons, and I only have
seven. . ."
"If your asking for money Sirius, the answer is and always will be
yes. Your like a brother to me, of course!"
Sirius sighed in relief and sat down next to me. "Thanks James!"
"No problem at all. By the way, how much money do you have left?" I
asked simply out of curiosity.
"A few Sickles, some Knuts," he answered shrugging.
"This summer I'll make sure you get allowance. Oh and anything you
want is on me."
"James I don't know what to say!" You could tell he was genuinely
thankful.
Changing the subject I said, "So, you really like Lindsey, eh?"
"Really like is an understatement James. Much to the same effect as
you really liking Lily is an understatement."
"Look! I got Bella. Besides, I'm over that little Lily
infatuation." He eyed me suspiciously and grinned.
"Yeah I suppose you are since you moved on."
"Of course I moved on!" Of course I didn't move on. I was still in
deep like with Lily. Phew, that was good to get off my
chest.
* * * * * * * * * (Lily's PoV)
We sat down at the usual table and started eating. "Where's Sirius?"
Lindsey asked looking at her watch.
"He should be here soon. Like I said, he had to tell James
something," Remus said through a mouthful of stew.
"Yeah. Oh and close your mouth while you chew," muttered Lindsey.
Not a second later Sirius and James came stampeding into the Great
Hall.
"Hey everyone!" Sirius said taking a seat next to Lindsey. He put his
arm around her and she leaned into him.
"Hey all!" James said taking a seat next to Lindsey on her other side.
"Has anyone seen Bella?"
"She's probably off shagging some Slytherin," I mumbled. Gratefully,
no one heard me. I know, I'm speaking ill tempered about one of my
friends, but right now, I really don't care.
Oh crap, Lindsey rolled her eyes. She must have heard me.
"No sorry James, I haven't seen her since this morning," Lindsey said
patting him on the back.
"That's alright. I wanted to talk to her about last night. So anyone
up for a prank?" James asked excitedly.
"I'm in!" Remus said grinning.
"Maybe we can get Rachel to talk to a Slytherin and we can crawl over
and slip a potion that will dye their hair. . ." Sirius started.
"PINK!" Lindsey shouted.
"Pink, why pink?" James asked confused.
"I don't know. It's a girly color. And it's definitely far from
green."
"She has a point," Sirius said smirking.
"Right then. Pink it is! Go get Rachel!"
Lindsey got up and made her way over to where Rachel was sitting with
her boyfriend Robert. They conversed a bit and she smiled.
"Hey guys! That plan sounds wicked. Does anyone have the potion?"
Rach asked looking around.
It was silent for a while until Sirius went, "Oh wait, I do!"
"We need to say an incantation to make sure that the color of their
hair becomes pink. The potion is set for yellow," James said looking
at me. Slowly, everyone turned his or her heads towards me.
"Stop looking at me!"
"Please Lily!" Remus said giving me puppy dog eyes. I caved in.
"Okay, I'll do it." They handed the potion vial to me and I muttered
the spell. The liquid inside turned from an icky brown to a magenta.
"Thanks!" Remus exclaimed hugging me and then giving me a kiss.
"No problem."
"Okay, do your magic!" James said laughing.
Rachel walked over to the Slytherin table, Remus crawling behind her.
A few people snickered. Robert looked furious but Lindsey ran over to
tell him what we were doing.
"Hey Malfoy, Snape!" Rachel said nicely.
Malfoy and Snape's attention peeked when Rachel said hello. "Hello,"
they both replied.
They turned their heads from their goblets and plates and started
talking. Bella through her head back and chuckled. Apparently she
was pretending to be entertained.
Remus popped up without being noticed and poured a little of the
potion in each goblet. Once he ducked back down, Rachel said, "Oh
would you look at the time. I have to go. Bye guys!" She smiled and
waved.
"Done," Remus said plopping back into his seat.
"Thanks Rachel!"
"No problem!"
"Let's just watch and see what happens." They took a sip of their
goblets and instantaneously their hair turned pink, but it didn't stay
pink, it started changing to purple, yellow, blue, and then red.
"Wow, didn't think that would happen," Sirius said chuckling.
I got up and said, "I'm going to the library to finish some homework,
you comin' Lindsey?"
"Ah, I finished all my homework last night with Sirius. I'm sorry.
Sirius wanted to do something."
"Something, ha ha! Really what are you two going to do," I asked laughing.
"Look, its top secret." He explained. At this comment, Remus and
James lifted their eyebrows at him.
"It's something you two know about though," he added quickly. "Come
on sweetie, let's go!" He got up lifted Lindsey out of her seat and
they ran out of the Great Hall.
"Those two are very weird, but it works for them," I stated smiling.
I then proceeded out of the Great Hall.
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(Lindsey's PoV)
"Sirius, honey, stop for a second. Where are we going?" I stopped
short. He looked impatiently at me.
"I have to get to the owl post office in less than a half hour."
"So that's where we're going, to Hogsmeade! So much fun!" Sirius put
a hand over my mouth.
"Shh!"
"I'm sorry!" He kissed me on the lips and then we took off again.
He took out a map and whispered, "I solemnly swear, I am up to no
good." I gasped at what I saw. The whole school became mapped out on
this piece of parchment. "Okay. No one is there. Good! Come on!
We must hurry!" I followed obediently.
After five minutes of running we came in front of the one-eyed witch,
and again Sirius muttered something. The witch's hump opened up and
before I knew anything, Sirius boosted me up and I was in a dark
narrow passage. Sirius followed suit. "This way!" He motioned for
me to trail him.
Ten minutes later, we found ourselves in the HoneyDukes basement.
"How the hell are we going to get out of here and not get noticed?"
Sirius sighed once more, ran a hand through his disheveled hair. He
looked so cute when he did that. He started to pace and then stopped
dead in his tracks. He ran his fingers through his hair once more and
said, "I got it! We crawl up the stairs and pass the counter. We get
up by the wall with all the rows of sweets and stand up. It'll be
like we were looking for something on the floor."
"You're a genius!" I kissed him and we made our way up. Moment later
we emerged from the trapdoor and crawled over to the wall. Sirius
stood up and so did I. He swung an arm over my shoulder and we
sauntered out of the store being followed by the tiny clink clank of
the bells.
"To the owl post office," Sirius said grinning.
"What are you picking up?" I said pleasantly. His smile just grew
wider. "You're a naughty boy dragging me here and then not telling me
why."
"You'll see soon enough!"
We reached the huge post office and walked through the doors and over
to a counter. A pretty blonde witch about the age of 19 sat at the
desk. She eyed Sirius, and I grabbed his hand, which was slung, over
my shoulder. She glared at me and then said, "Welcome to the
Hogsmeade post office. How may I help you?"
"I would like to pick up a package. Its under the last name Black. I
have the receipt of the item and I have the notice that your people
sent me about picking it up." He handed the witch all the paper
work. Her eyes flickered across the writing of each document and she
nodded.
"Follow me," she said almost bored.
"Close your eyes," he said eagerly. I put my hands over my eyes.
Sirius made sure to see if they were really closed. "I see you. No
peeking!"
"Fine, fine, fine!" I closed my eyes for real this time and he led me
outside.
"Here you go Mr. Black."
"You could open them now!" he exclaimed excitedly.
I opened my eyes and my jaw hit the ground. A black and silver
motorbike stood in front of me. I walked over to it and saw that
there was a button that, if it was pressed, you start to fly. "Oh
Merlin Sirius! It's gorgeous! It's your, right?"
"Yep!" He was acting like a little boy who just received his first
broom. I giggled.
"Let's get a butterbeer. My treat!"
"Good, I haven't got any money to begin with," he said frowning. I
gave him a pat on the back. "But first we have to shrink it. Your
good in charms!"
I smiled at his compliment and muttered 'reducto junctis' (Sorry, I'm
not very good with making up spells!) It shrunk to the size of a toy
car and Sirius pocketed it.
We walked to the Three Broomsticks and found a secluded table. "I'll
get the butterbeers, can I have 4 Galleons," Sirius added slightly
embarrassed.
"Babe, its alright. It really is. Here ya go!" I handed him 4
Galleons. He was so cute when he got embarrassed. His face got all
red and he sort of gave a lob-sided grin. He was just so sweet!
"Back!"
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(Lily's PoV)
"James, what is your problem? I can go out with whomever I want?" I
screamed.
"Calm down! I thought you should know something before you thought
that Remus was the one!" James yelled back.
"I wouldn't care. For all I care he can be a werewolf!" I shouted.
Remus paled and James frowned.
"Did I say something wrong?" James shook his head and Remus looked down.
Sirius and Lindsey burst through the portrait hole. "Hey. Did
something happen?" Sirius said noticing the silence.
James grimaced and motioned for Sirius to come to him. He whispered
something in his ear, and Sirius put a hand to his mouth.
"Remus?" Sirius asked.
Remus nodded and then said, "Everyone upstairs!"
We headed upstairs and entered the 6th year boy's dorm. It was like a
pigsty. But, hey! What can you expect from boys, especially the
Marauders?
"Lily, you may have to sit down for this."
I obeyed his request and sat down on his bed.
"Wow, this really isn't easy, but here goes nothing. Have you ever
noticed that I seem to be or look ill on full moons? It's no
coincidence. I'm a-"
I knew how to end his sentence, "werewolf."
"You know. Lindsey did you tell her?"
Lindsey through her hands up and said, "I did nothing of that sort.
She's a smart girl you know?"
I chuckled but quickly stopped realizing this was neither the time nor
the place. "How did it happen?"
Remus licked his lips and began, "It all started on a warm summer
evening when I was five. My family was having dinner with my
neighbors, and all of us kids were playing around near the woods. My
mother told Romulus and me to be careful and not to go in there, but
did we listen? Of course not!"
I interrupted Remus just once, "Whose Romulus?"
"My stupid older brother. He graduated last year. Anyway, we were
playing hide- and- go- seek. Romulus went into the woods. I followed
him and moments later a wolf cornered me. I screamed, but by the time
my mother and father got to me, I was bitten."
"Oh Remus, I'm so sorry!" I said getting up and giving him a huge hug.
He patted my back and kissed my forehead. "And one more thing, what
about the nicknames?"
"You can take that one Sirius," James said.
"James and I found about Remus's condition in our fourth year. In our
fifth year, we started brewing a potion that would help us, help him.
We turned into animagi."
"But you aren't registered," I said disapprovingly.
"No we weren't, but we had to do something. James turned into a stag,
so hence the name Prongs. I turned into a big black dog, Padfoot.
And Remus, the werewolf, Moony."
"You see Lily, last night I was out of line. I told you to be careful
about Remus because I knew he had not told you about this in the first
place. I'm terribly sorry for making it sound like I didn't want you
with Remus. I just wanted you safe," James said looking down.
I walked over to James and gave him a hug. "I'm the one who should be
sorry. I shouldn't have lashed out at you," I whispered. I gave him
a kiss on the cheek and turned away. "And Remus. You should know
that I would like you no matter what. I don't care if you're a
werewolf" I strode over to Remus and gave him a mind-blowing kiss.
"It wouldn't matter to me one bit!"
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Disclaimer: Haven't I got the point across? I own NOTHING!
Author's Note: Sorry for the wait. I was so excited about Pirates of
the Caribbean coming out. . . Orlando Bloom (Drool! Hottness!) and
Johnny Depp (Cuteness!) Anyway, I also started another story. Its
called Some Things Happen For a Reason! Please check it out! Now, on
with the story!
PG-13ish
Chapter 9
* * * * * *
"Good morning sleepy head!" Lindsey said drawing back my curtains and
revealing the sun.
"I thought you weren't a morning person?" I replied groggily.
"I'm not!" she answered simply. "Its 12:00!"
"Is it really? Oh damn! I have homework to finish," I said jumping
out of bed.
I ran into the bathroom and took a nice warm bath. Thoughts of what
happened last night came flooding back and it brought on a new
emotion, happngry. It's a mix between the feelings happy and angry.
Cool word isn't it?
"Come on Lily! We haven't got all day!" Lindsey said tapping her foot
impatiently.
"One more minute!" I yelled back. She did this to me every morning.
I'd be in the bathroom for like 10 minutes, and she would sit outside
impatiently. How predictable is she? And it seems that she does it
when I'm on my hair.
"Lily, honestly!"
"Geez Linds! Calm down. I'm trying to put my hair up!"
"Fine, Fine, Fine!" Moments later, I came out of the bathroom, my
hair in two French braids.
"Happy?"
"Very!" We linked arms and bounded down the stairs.
"A little late today?" Remus said from the couch.
"Extremely! I was so tired," I replied taking a seat next to Remus.
"Where's Sirius?" Lindsey asked looking around.
"He's upstairs talking to James. It's something pretty important."
"Can I know?" she asked amused.
"Umm, no! Sorry!"
"Hmp, you're no fun!" Lindsey plopped down in an armchair. She yawned
and then smiled.
"Anyway Lily. Why were you so mad at Jimmy yesterday?"
I choked on absolutely nothing. Remus snorted. Lindsey still
continued to look at me.
"Oh, and why are you so pissed off at Bella?"
I looked at her and mouthed 'Later.'
"Anyone up to a spot of breakfast?" I asked changing the subject.
"Spot of breakfast to you, spot of lunch to everyone else," Remus said
as he wrapped his arm around my waist. I laughed and we headed out
the portrait.
* * * * * *
(James's point of view.)
"Sirius, what's so important?"
Sirius walked around the room fidgeting with little trinkets here and
there on the desks.
"Spit it out Padfoot!" I practically shouted.
"WAIT! I have a question first. What did you do to Lily to make her
so upset?"
Oh, I see what he was doing. He was trying to change the subject. "I
have no idea what I did. She just got her back up and threw a hissy
fit."
"But you must have done something for her to act like that," Sirius
reasoned. "Did anything happen last night that might have made her
angry?"
"I did tell her to be careful about Remus, but that was only because
he's a werewolf and she doesn't know. Oh and Bella did cut in when we
were dancing. She must have gotten mad at Bella for doing that."
"Don't flatter yourself James," Sirius said involuntarily. Rubbing
his head, he added, "Although, you might have a point with that Bella
thing."
"I do?" I inquired. Hmm, you could have fooled me!
"Yeah, you do. Maybe Lily got pissed off because it was a song for
you and her to dance to, but Bella ruined it by cutting in."
I frowned. "As much as I want that to be true, it probably isn't.
Lily wouldn't get mad over something like that."
"Hmm, I don't know James," Sirius responded.
"Okay, so back to the reason on why you wanted to talk to me," I said.
Sirius began fidgeting with trinkets again, and said, "Umm look. I
don't know how to ask you this. Your family has done so much for me
already. They took me in, bought me school books and supplies,
clothes, you name it, they did it."
"Get to the point Si!" I said impatiently.
"Right. Well you see, the holiday season is coming up, and I found
the perfect gift for Lindsey. It's fifteen Galleons, and I only have
seven. . ."
"If your asking for money Sirius, the answer is and always will be
yes. Your like a brother to me, of course!"
Sirius sighed in relief and sat down next to me. "Thanks James!"
"No problem at all. By the way, how much money do you have left?" I
asked simply out of curiosity.
"A few Sickles, some Knuts," he answered shrugging.
"This summer I'll make sure you get allowance. Oh and anything you
want is on me."
"James I don't know what to say!" You could tell he was genuinely
thankful.
Changing the subject I said, "So, you really like Lindsey, eh?"
"Really like is an understatement James. Much to the same effect as
you really liking Lily is an understatement."
"Look! I got Bella. Besides, I'm over that little Lily
infatuation." He eyed me suspiciously and grinned.
"Yeah I suppose you are since you moved on."
"Of course I moved on!" Of course I didn't move on. I was still in
deep like with Lily. Phew, that was good to get off my
chest.
* * * * * * * * * (Lily's PoV)
We sat down at the usual table and started eating. "Where's Sirius?"
Lindsey asked looking at her watch.
"He should be here soon. Like I said, he had to tell James
something," Remus said through a mouthful of stew.
"Yeah. Oh and close your mouth while you chew," muttered Lindsey.
Not a second later Sirius and James came stampeding into the Great
Hall.
"Hey everyone!" Sirius said taking a seat next to Lindsey. He put his
arm around her and she leaned into him.
"Hey all!" James said taking a seat next to Lindsey on her other side.
"Has anyone seen Bella?"
"She's probably off shagging some Slytherin," I mumbled. Gratefully,
no one heard me. I know, I'm speaking ill tempered about one of my
friends, but right now, I really don't care.
Oh crap, Lindsey rolled her eyes. She must have heard me.
"No sorry James, I haven't seen her since this morning," Lindsey said
patting him on the back.
"That's alright. I wanted to talk to her about last night. So anyone
up for a prank?" James asked excitedly.
"I'm in!" Remus said grinning.
"Maybe we can get Rachel to talk to a Slytherin and we can crawl over
and slip a potion that will dye their hair. . ." Sirius started.
"PINK!" Lindsey shouted.
"Pink, why pink?" James asked confused.
"I don't know. It's a girly color. And it's definitely far from
green."
"She has a point," Sirius said smirking.
"Right then. Pink it is! Go get Rachel!"
Lindsey got up and made her way over to where Rachel was sitting with
her boyfriend Robert. They conversed a bit and she smiled.
"Hey guys! That plan sounds wicked. Does anyone have the potion?"
Rach asked looking around.
It was silent for a while until Sirius went, "Oh wait, I do!"
"We need to say an incantation to make sure that the color of their
hair becomes pink. The potion is set for yellow," James said looking
at me. Slowly, everyone turned his or her heads towards me.
"Stop looking at me!"
"Please Lily!" Remus said giving me puppy dog eyes. I caved in.
"Okay, I'll do it." They handed the potion vial to me and I muttered
the spell. The liquid inside turned from an icky brown to a magenta.
"Thanks!" Remus exclaimed hugging me and then giving me a kiss.
"No problem."
"Okay, do your magic!" James said laughing.
Rachel walked over to the Slytherin table, Remus crawling behind her.
A few people snickered. Robert looked furious but Lindsey ran over to
tell him what we were doing.
"Hey Malfoy, Snape!" Rachel said nicely.
Malfoy and Snape's attention peeked when Rachel said hello. "Hello,"
they both replied.
They turned their heads from their goblets and plates and started
talking. Bella through her head back and chuckled. Apparently she
was pretending to be entertained.
Remus popped up without being noticed and poured a little of the
potion in each goblet. Once he ducked back down, Rachel said, "Oh
would you look at the time. I have to go. Bye guys!" She smiled and
waved.
"Done," Remus said plopping back into his seat.
"Thanks Rachel!"
"No problem!"
"Let's just watch and see what happens." They took a sip of their
goblets and instantaneously their hair turned pink, but it didn't stay
pink, it started changing to purple, yellow, blue, and then red.
"Wow, didn't think that would happen," Sirius said chuckling.
I got up and said, "I'm going to the library to finish some homework,
you comin' Lindsey?"
"Ah, I finished all my homework last night with Sirius. I'm sorry.
Sirius wanted to do something."
"Something, ha ha! Really what are you two going to do," I asked laughing.
"Look, its top secret." He explained. At this comment, Remus and
James lifted their eyebrows at him.
"It's something you two know about though," he added quickly. "Come
on sweetie, let's go!" He got up lifted Lindsey out of her seat and
they ran out of the Great Hall.
"Those two are very weird, but it works for them," I stated smiling.
I then proceeded out of the Great Hall.
* * * * * * * * *
(Lindsey's PoV)
"Sirius, honey, stop for a second. Where are we going?" I stopped
short. He looked impatiently at me.
"I have to get to the owl post office in less than a half hour."
"So that's where we're going, to Hogsmeade! So much fun!" Sirius put
a hand over my mouth.
"Shh!"
"I'm sorry!" He kissed me on the lips and then we took off again.
He took out a map and whispered, "I solemnly swear, I am up to no
good." I gasped at what I saw. The whole school became mapped out on
this piece of parchment. "Okay. No one is there. Good! Come on!
We must hurry!" I followed obediently.
After five minutes of running we came in front of the one-eyed witch,
and again Sirius muttered something. The witch's hump opened up and
before I knew anything, Sirius boosted me up and I was in a dark
narrow passage. Sirius followed suit. "This way!" He motioned for
me to trail him.
Ten minutes later, we found ourselves in the HoneyDukes basement.
"How the hell are we going to get out of here and not get noticed?"
Sirius sighed once more, ran a hand through his disheveled hair. He
looked so cute when he did that. He started to pace and then stopped
dead in his tracks. He ran his fingers through his hair once more and
said, "I got it! We crawl up the stairs and pass the counter. We get
up by the wall with all the rows of sweets and stand up. It'll be
like we were looking for something on the floor."
"You're a genius!" I kissed him and we made our way up. Moment later
we emerged from the trapdoor and crawled over to the wall. Sirius
stood up and so did I. He swung an arm over my shoulder and we
sauntered out of the store being followed by the tiny clink clank of
the bells.
"To the owl post office," Sirius said grinning.
"What are you picking up?" I said pleasantly. His smile just grew
wider. "You're a naughty boy dragging me here and then not telling me
why."
"You'll see soon enough!"
We reached the huge post office and walked through the doors and over
to a counter. A pretty blonde witch about the age of 19 sat at the
desk. She eyed Sirius, and I grabbed his hand, which was slung, over
my shoulder. She glared at me and then said, "Welcome to the
Hogsmeade post office. How may I help you?"
"I would like to pick up a package. Its under the last name Black. I
have the receipt of the item and I have the notice that your people
sent me about picking it up." He handed the witch all the paper
work. Her eyes flickered across the writing of each document and she
nodded.
"Follow me," she said almost bored.
"Close your eyes," he said eagerly. I put my hands over my eyes.
Sirius made sure to see if they were really closed. "I see you. No
peeking!"
"Fine, fine, fine!" I closed my eyes for real this time and he led me
outside.
"Here you go Mr. Black."
"You could open them now!" he exclaimed excitedly.
I opened my eyes and my jaw hit the ground. A black and silver
motorbike stood in front of me. I walked over to it and saw that
there was a button that, if it was pressed, you start to fly. "Oh
Merlin Sirius! It's gorgeous! It's your, right?"
"Yep!" He was acting like a little boy who just received his first
broom. I giggled.
"Let's get a butterbeer. My treat!"
"Good, I haven't got any money to begin with," he said frowning. I
gave him a pat on the back. "But first we have to shrink it. Your
good in charms!"
I smiled at his compliment and muttered 'reducto junctis' (Sorry, I'm
not very good with making up spells!) It shrunk to the size of a toy
car and Sirius pocketed it.
We walked to the Three Broomsticks and found a secluded table. "I'll
get the butterbeers, can I have 4 Galleons," Sirius added slightly
embarrassed.
"Babe, its alright. It really is. Here ya go!" I handed him 4
Galleons. He was so cute when he got embarrassed. His face got all
red and he sort of gave a lob-sided grin. He was just so sweet!
"Back!"
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(Lily's PoV)
"James, what is your problem? I can go out with whomever I want?" I
screamed.
"Calm down! I thought you should know something before you thought
that Remus was the one!" James yelled back.
"I wouldn't care. For all I care he can be a werewolf!" I shouted.
Remus paled and James frowned.
"Did I say something wrong?" James shook his head and Remus looked down.
Sirius and Lindsey burst through the portrait hole. "Hey. Did
something happen?" Sirius said noticing the silence.
James grimaced and motioned for Sirius to come to him. He whispered
something in his ear, and Sirius put a hand to his mouth.
"Remus?" Sirius asked.
Remus nodded and then said, "Everyone upstairs!"
We headed upstairs and entered the 6th year boy's dorm. It was like a
pigsty. But, hey! What can you expect from boys, especially the
Marauders?
"Lily, you may have to sit down for this."
I obeyed his request and sat down on his bed.
"Wow, this really isn't easy, but here goes nothing. Have you ever
noticed that I seem to be or look ill on full moons? It's no
coincidence. I'm a-"
I knew how to end his sentence, "werewolf."
"You know. Lindsey did you tell her?"
Lindsey through her hands up and said, "I did nothing of that sort.
She's a smart girl you know?"
I chuckled but quickly stopped realizing this was neither the time nor
the place. "How did it happen?"
Remus licked his lips and began, "It all started on a warm summer
evening when I was five. My family was having dinner with my
neighbors, and all of us kids were playing around near the woods. My
mother told Romulus and me to be careful and not to go in there, but
did we listen? Of course not!"
I interrupted Remus just once, "Whose Romulus?"
"My stupid older brother. He graduated last year. Anyway, we were
playing hide- and- go- seek. Romulus went into the woods. I followed
him and moments later a wolf cornered me. I screamed, but by the time
my mother and father got to me, I was bitten."
"Oh Remus, I'm so sorry!" I said getting up and giving him a huge hug.
He patted my back and kissed my forehead. "And one more thing, what
about the nicknames?"
"You can take that one Sirius," James said.
"James and I found about Remus's condition in our fourth year. In our
fifth year, we started brewing a potion that would help us, help him.
We turned into animagi."
"But you aren't registered," I said disapprovingly.
"No we weren't, but we had to do something. James turned into a stag,
so hence the name Prongs. I turned into a big black dog, Padfoot.
And Remus, the werewolf, Moony."
"You see Lily, last night I was out of line. I told you to be careful
about Remus because I knew he had not told you about this in the first
place. I'm terribly sorry for making it sound like I didn't want you
with Remus. I just wanted you safe," James said looking down.
I walked over to James and gave him a hug. "I'm the one who should be
sorry. I shouldn't have lashed out at you," I whispered. I gave him
a kiss on the cheek and turned away. "And Remus. You should know
that I would like you no matter what. I don't care if you're a
werewolf" I strode over to Remus and gave him a mind-blowing kiss.
"It wouldn't matter to me one bit!"
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Author's Note: Wahoo! My longest chapter yet! Hope you enjoyed it.
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