Love is always easier said than done

Disclaimer: I am not J.K.Rowling, no matter how much I wish I were. If I owned the stuff I write then I'd be rich, strolling along the beaches of Hawaii, hand in hand with Daniel Radcliffe. Ahem…. You get the picture.

Anyways

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The Two Sides of a Mirror Part: I

A boy of seventeen years of age woke up with a start as the alarm started ringing. He fumbled for his glasses along the bedside stand, finally found them and started looking for something else. He searched and searched but to no avail. He seemed to be waging a war with his room in order to find what he was looking for.

'Aha, found it at last ' thought James Potter as he took or rather excavated his wand from beneath a billion books and posters. He also managed to take a bottle of ice-cold water from the fridge and a cardboard box from the same place.

' Lumos ' he muttered under his breath and the wand lit up showing his way to a carpet that led to a door on one side of the room. ' There are certain advantages of being the minister's son I suppose ' thought James as he carefully crossed his room and opened the door to the other room.

James Potter was a seventeen-year-old handsome and most wanted boy of Hogwarts. He was around 6 foot tall. Girls wanted to date him and guys wanted to be him. He had beautiful hazel eyes that was full of warmth and reminded you of bittersweet nostalgias. He had raven black hair that simply refused to obey him and remained in a tangled mess that gave him a ' just-got-out-of-the-bed' look that all the girls adored. He was the unofficial ringleader of the Marauders – prank extraordinaire. James was also the seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

He stepped inside the other room and slowly made his way to the bed. He stood there and simply gazed at the person lying there and sweet memories flooded in him. He silently stood there thinking of all the fun they had together, all the trouble they got into for it, all the detentions they had gotten into… His flow of thoughts was interrupted as the person in the bed turned over. James quickly hid beneath the bed. Making sure that the person was asleep again, James quickly stood in front of him and grinned like a Cheshire cat, opened the bottle and poured the contents on Sirius's face.

Sirius Black was James's best friend and more like a brother. They were literally attached at the hip and one couldn't be seen without the company of the other. He was a little taller than James and had stormy gray eyes and black hair that fell to his forehead with elegance. He was also a Marauder and formulated all the plans. He was also one of the most eligible bachelors of Hogwarts. He was the beater in the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

" Mother … this isn't the way to wake your son up " shouted Sirius as he woke up to find James Potter standing there grinning.

" Happy Birthday Sirius" said James

" You good for nothing friend of mine. I was just having a nice dream of kicking my dear mum out of my house when you so rudely poured water on me to wish me a happy birthday. Wait a minute. Yeah. It is my birthday today. Thank u James" said Sirius

" Yeah. Here blow the candles", said James as he unwrapped the box to find a cake with 17 candles on it.

Sirius blew the candles, cut the cake and went near James to give him the first piece. James opened his mouth eagerly but Sirius jammed the cake into James's mouth and ran shouting " Payback time"

James ran after him and finally caught up with him and finally what started, as a simple issue became a full-fledged food fight. At the end of it Sirius had pasta dripping on his hair, spaghetti on his shirt and to top it all ice cream on his face and hair. James looked no better with sauce dripping down his face, mashed potatoes on his hair and his shirt drenched with pumpkin juice. This was how Mrs. Potter found her son and his best friend (whom she also thought of as her son) at 2'o' clock in the night, when she came down to see what was causing the ruckus downstairs.

" James Henry Potter! Who do you think you are? Pouring Sauce all over and playing food fight like a silly three year old. And you, Sirius. You are going along with him. I am thoroughly disgusted with your … " her voice trailed of, as Mr. Potter came up from behind and emptied a jug of ice cold Pumpkin juice on her head.

" Couldn't resist it Elizabeth darling," said he.

" You. How dare u Henry?? Now you are going to see the side of Elizabeth no one has seen before" and she smashed a whole carton of eggs on his head.

" Let the fun begin", shouted Sirius and the food fight started again.

It went on for a long time and before anybody could realize it was 7'o' clock in the morning. A black owl that came swooping down to Sirius disrupted everything. Sirius's handsome features darkened in disgust as he realized whom the letter was from.

A black owl only belonged to the Noble and most ancient house of Black and once it came to Sirius, it surely meant no good news.

Sirius opened the howler.

" You no good son of mine", the voice that James recognized as Mrs. Black's screamed. Everything came to a standstill.

" How dare you associate yourself with people who dare besmirch the noble work of The Dark Lord. You are no longer a son of mine and you have no place in my heart or in my house. As you turn seventeen today, I thought it would be best of me to inform you that I am blasting your name from the family tapestry. So do not ever step into the noble house again."

Sirius writhed in anger, " How dare she. To insult me and kick me out is one thing but insult your family, James; I will not rest until I kill this woman who calls herself my mother. I am really sorry for the evil repute I have caused on you Mr. And Mrs. Potter. I truly am. If you please I will leave the house this very…"

Sirius stopped abruptly as James slapped him across his face.

" So honestly you think that just because of a small thing like this we would hate you? Tell me Sirius. Is that what you thought. I am disgusted Padfoot. Never again in your life should you occur a word about this." Said James.

" I am sorry James, I just never thought she would do something like this"

" It's Ok. Look our Hogwarts owls have arrived" said James and rushed forward to receive them.

" Dear Mr. Potter,

Your list of supplies for the term is listed below. … Blah…blah… We are also pleased to inform you that you are the Head Boy this year. Blah…. blah… The same usual nonsense Sirius and the only thing new is I am head boy. Wait a minute. Did I just say that? Padfoot old pal, I am head boy"

" My Prongsie boy is all grown up and is going to become head boy " said Sirius as he wiped a fake tear, all sadness forgotten.

" Time for a guys night Padfoot, owl Peter and Remus and tell them to apparate here the first thing today evening"

" Yes Mr. Head Boy " said Sirius and galloped off to find his owl, Devil.

Remus Lupin was the third member of the Marauders and had sandy brown hair and deep, blue eyes. He was the most sensible one among the group and found ways to rationalize the pranks to avoid trouble. Though he was not as popular as James or Sirius, he had his own share of admirers.

Peter was just there, a short chubby boy with watery blue eyes.

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