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.
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Chapter Twelve - The other side of the pensive
A/N: You know how in the Harry Potter series Harry enters Snape's pensive? Well this has its story… From Lily's POV.
It's only a quarter of the way through NEWT exams, but I know that I have only gotten through because of my great friends. They're all very, very helpful.
Especially Moony. He has such a clever mind! He should grow up, and stand up for unemployed werewolves. He could even teach here at Hogwarts – I'm sure Proff.Dippet would let him. And if he isn't around, Dumbledore will. And if he's not there, McGonagal will. So either way, he should definitely stay and teach at Hogwarts. He's good enough.
I wish I could be that intelligent. Well, I've tried…
And half-failed.
I can half-fail. That's when you're not quite up there, but you're not as bad as a Hufflepuff.
Which is why I'm in Gryffindor.
And not in Ravenclaw.
But if I'm in Gryffindor, I must be brave to some extent… I am – I've endured hating the marauders, and then had the courage to join them and be friends.
It'd be great if I thought constructively all through NEWT. And not of Prongs…
I do think about him a lot.
'Fifteen minutes left.' Proff.Dippet said.
Good Goblins! I better get back to work. Now… How do you tell wether someone is a werewolf? Four different ways?! Poor Moony. He'd know this very well.
Ah yes – they disappear every full moon… Have funny bone structure when humans (maybe). They shiver even when it is really, really warm… I can't think of a fourth one.
Next question… Is the last question…
A 2-foot essay? In 15 minutes? Oh well – anything's possible.
I set about writing furiously.
'10 minutes.' Proff.Dippet said before I had finished the first paragraph.
I found out that I knew quite a lot about this subject.
'5 minutes.'
I didn't panic.
Which was unusual.
I found that I could be quite clever and full of relevant information when I need to be.
'Quills down.'
Go me. I had just successfully completed all the questions that I could. I think that the only one that I didn't get was the werewolf one. I should've known that one.
I hear the marauders talking. Prongs's stolen a snitch from somewhere, and taken it out of his pocket, letting it loose, then catching it at the last moment.
'Moony – did you get all the ones about the werewolf?' Padfoot asked. A/N: Sorry for leaving him out quite a bit.
'Yeah. No. 1 - his name is Remus Lupin. No. 2 – he is sitting in my seat. No. 3 – he goes down to the shrieking shack every full moon. No. 4 – he is me.' Said Moony.
'I only got the one about the snout and shivering…' Wormtail said.
'Did you see Snivelly?' Prongs asked.
'Yeah. His nose was stuck to the parchment, and quite literally.' Padfoot answered.
I glared at them, but they didn't see me. I knew they still were having secret pranks against him. After all I've said… And pleaded… James! I'm going to have to marry him now, to keep him on the right track of being nice to other people and not continually showing off with pranks against other so called "competitors".
Grrrrrrrrr. Lily is angry. They're going now. I better follow.
When I got outside, I could see my worst nightmare. Serverus Snape, who wasn't my friend, but wasn't my enemy, was upside down with his panties showing.
Worse still – Prongs was the cause. Then I heard him say something so foul that made me come up to him.
'Who wants to see me peel off Snivelly's panties?'
The crowd roared, and me along with them, but for a different reason.
I stormed up to marauders and James Potter, and the crowd was silent.
'LET HIM BE NOW!' I shouted at him.
'Only if you'll go out with me.' He replied.
'WHAT? POTTER…'
'You're calling me Potter again…'
'YES – YOU! LET HIM GO!'
'Let him go?'
'YES. LET HIM GO NOW!'
'Ok.' Serverus Snape dropped a foot, and then I saw him get up, and try to fetch his wand. He got it, and was about to hex James when Padfoot turned around and shouted.
'Expelliarmus!' he said. Serverus got blown away from his wand by a couple of metres.
'STOP IT! ALL OF YOU – LEAVE HIM ALONE! LET HIM GO! DON'T PLAY ANY MORE PRANKS ON HIM, OR ELSE!'
I think that by now the marauders were pretty scared and convinced, as they had helped me learn many new ways of hexing, jinxing and stopping others still. They said ok in unison, then went away.
A/N: I know that this is when Snape pulls Harry out of the pensive, so here's what I think happened after. Also, I realise that it is different to the actual event in the book, but I couldn't be bothered to copy it word for word. It also makes it a bit less copyright. Hope it's close enough.
I ran up to the common room to tell the marauders off in private. I planned to send them howlers, but they were quite expensive, and the only one with money to waste was James.
When I reached the common room, I found the marauders. Before I could speak, Padfoot said, 'Pertrificus Totalus!' and I fell to the floor.
They walked around me, carried me up to their dormitory and lay me on one of the beds.
'Now we've got a lot of explaining to do to you.' Peter started.
'And we don't want you to say anything until we've finished.' Padfoot said.
'So just lie there, relax.' Moony said.
'And enjoy our explanation.' Prongs finished.
'That was the first time in two years that we've played a prank on Snivelly.' Padfoot said.
'Serverus.' Peter said.
'Snape.' Moony said.
'Now we know that we were talking about him after NEWT datda creatures test, but it was just a random topic.' Prongs explained.
'And you can't blame us.' Wormtail said.
'Well… You can.' Said Padfoot.
'But don't.' Said Moony.
'So it wasn't such a big deal after all. Once in two years. Never again.' Prongs finished.
Padfoot un-did his full-body bind spell.
I had one question.
'That's all fine. But one question.' I said. 'James, why did you ask me to go out with you? I'm already going to…'
'It's ok. We know. Marry him.' Said the three marauders that didn't turn into a deer.
'Lily, I know that we're going to marry, but I still need to go out on dates and stuff. Otherwise it's… Unnatural.'
'Ok. I accept.'
'Really?'
'Yup.'
'Whoopee!'
'Cushion is a muggle invention. You sit on it and makes you fart.' Padfoot finished off.
'Padfoot!' Said the four marauders that didn't turn into a dog.
'What? That's what a whoopee cushion is.'
'Huh? Oh…' said three of my four best friends.
We all burst out in laughter. Isn't it great when everyone gets along? Random muggle info normally helps. I wonder why… Muahahahahahahahaha!
Just joking. But it is good to be back together with the marauders, it really is.
Really.
A/N: Well, review plz! I've given you enough to think about, so there's got to be something you want to say.
I'm counting on it.
Your name better be in the next chapter…
Please? wobbles bottom lip to create puppy dog whining impression.
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