Summary: James loves Lily, Lily hates James. Or does she? When James decides to change his ways in order for Lily to notice him, she notices what she should have known years ago. Now Read this story! Read it and weep! Sorry… Read and Review.
Disclaimer: I am not J.K. Rowling so I do not own any of the following characters. She does.
A/N: Thankyou to all my reviewers! You all have been very helpful in creating my story.
Piper-Loves-Leo – Thankyou so much for giving your opinion. I was stuck for ideas, I really was. However, now that I want Lily to fall in love with James, I need animals that live near a deer – like a woodland animal. Good suggestions though.
Lady Cantara – Thanks for telling me. I forgot all about that. I can make time fly though… For story's sake, I'll make it 2 – that way she'll learn and be in 7th Year. From then she will stay at Hogwarts doing extra studying… Can she do that? Also – thanks for being such a frequent reviewer! You're da best!
Chapter 8 – A werewolf, rat, dog, deer and a what?!Time really has flown. It's been a good two years being a marauder, even though I haven't really planned many pranks. I'm now Head Girl of Gryffindor, and Prongs is Head Boy. That's right – 7th Year. I can't believe I survived, with animagus training on top of classes and homework.
Because of this, we spend a lot more time together. Over the past two years I have been working hard on becoming an animagus. What animal you ask? Well, they wouldn't let me become a deer, because that was Prong's animal, and they didn't want us to… while we were both animagus. You get what I mean.
Anyway, they wouldn't let me turn into any one of their animals, so I was stuck for ideas. I wanted to be a woodland creature - like a squirrel (I decided no – I wanted to much more large than Wormtail) or a bird. I decided to go with bird. Next question: what type of bird?
Duh! An owl – I was so pathetic that I couldn't think of anything else. Then I realised that it was a perfect choice because of the following reasons:
They're fairly common
They're nocturnal
If magical folk see me, they think I'm a messenger
I can fly (I've always wanted to, and I'm hopeless at riding a broom)
There are some in the woods
All of the above
So you see, I really had subconsciously been a genius. Still – more questions. What type of owl? Barn owl – the one that I see most in the Great Hall at mail time.
It takes two years (if you're really, really clever). Do I really want to do this? Answer: Of course, dummy!
Will I be legal or illegal? Legal - that way I can't go to Azkaban for flying round. But it must be a secret, or I will have everyone know about the marauder's secret.
So here I am, able to fly away at will. Go me.
Tiny bit of evaluation.
Through this process I realised that I can be quite clever.
Anyway, enough past, more present.
'How are you, Barney?' Prongs asked.
'Fine thanks.' I mumbled.
'Fine thanks.' Padfoot imitated.
'Shh!' Moony nudged Padfoot. 'Dumbledore is explaining how to do spell.'
'Thanks.' I said.
'You move your wand in a circle, the jab the centre twice, tapping your chest. While doing this you say the incantation, est espeditus. Now everyone get out your wands.' Dumbledore paused as wands came out of everyone's pockets.
'This would be useful while opposing Snivelly.' Wormtail said.
'Don't you dare!'
'Or maybe not.' Remus said, concentrating hard on learning the spell.
'Better.'
'So you move it in a circle, yes. Very good! And you jab the centre. Twice. Excellent, Mr. Lupin. You seem to be the only one that has been listening for the entire lesson. 5 points to Gryffindor. Now will everyone say est espeditus for me?'
A drone was heard.
'Very good. Well done. Now if you will but the two together, you have the armour spell. Very useful in battle for when you truly need it. But be careful- only use it when you truly need it. And don't say the incantation with the slightest lack of diction, or you will end up being in the hospital wing for more than a moment. Now, everyone, I give you two minutes to practice.'
I concentrated hard. I was getting better at this. 'Est espeditus. Est espeditus. Est espeditus.'
'Well done Evans! You have been the first to conjure up some light armour.
'Thankyou Professor.' I said as I examined my shield, sword and helmet.
'Show off.' Padfoot muttered.
A few seconds later all marauders were ready for battle.
A couple minutes later the class had transformed into a miniature army.
'Now that you have all mastered that, here is how to disarm it. Simply tap your chest with your wand and say extraxit.'
'Extraxit' was the drone now, and the army disappeared.
'Excellent. Well done. Very good. Class dismissed.'
'That was the most interesting spell I have ever learnt.' I breathed.
'Tell me about it.' Moony agreed
'Too bad we can't use it on Snivelly.' Padfoot said.
'Yeah. It would be so useful.' Wormtail said.
'Such a shame.' Prongs said.
'No.' I said. 'No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. We went through this. No bullying anyone. Not even snivelly.'
'Fine.' Said all but one marauder.
'Good.' Said Barney. (me)
A/N: Well, do you like this chapter? Is an owl called Barney a good idea? Did you like my idea of Dumbledore as a defence against the dark arts teacher? Will you please review?
Please and thankyou.