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Chapter 2: Glimpse

Laughter rang through the almost empty hall, as four teenage boys ran around the corner and right into Rhi and Lily. They had been having a quiet coversation and now had the deer in the headlights look going on. But it soon dispersed as they realized just who had barged into them. Lily smirked and Rhi just burst into laughter.

"Why hello fair maidens! How is your fine evening going?" Sirius exclaimed with an undying energy.

"Who'd you prank now, guys?" Said Lily, brushing off the question.

"We did not prank anybody!"

"Okay then . . . who did you 'not' prank?"

"We did not turn Snape's hair pink , nor did we make it grow down to his waste. And we certainly didn't put him in a yellow dress!"

There was another bout of laughter. Rhi just smiled, enjoying this interaction more than any of them knew. Sixth year had just begun a week ago and she was going to enjoy it.

First Gryffindor Quidditch Practice!

Tonight at 7:00

Be there!!

James Potter

Rhi smiled down the table to the Marauders, waving the letter she had just received while picking at her dinner. Of course she had already known of the practice. The whole team had. It had been posted there all week, but she also knew how seriously James was taking being the quidditch captain.

After dinner she made her way down to the pitch. James and Sirius were already there, and that was all. But she was early. There were already in the air, so she just sat on the bleachers and pulled out a book. After about 5 minutes, Sirius flew down next to her.

"You do realize that during quidditch practice you have to fly."

She held up her broom. "I am perfectly aware of that but quidditch practice has not yet begun."

"Come on!" And in one swift movement he grabbed her and jumped on his broom, taking them both up and up.

"SIRIUS!" She screamed over the wind. She was more than a little freaked out but also found it surprisingly fun. So she threw back her head and laughed. They landed in the middle of the pitch at the same time as James. She promptly smacked Sirius jokingly, and walked away to get her own broom. Sirius just watched after her.

Lily loved the library. Her life was always so hectic and was almost never quiet anymore, that she relished the time spent in the peacefulness of the library. But today the quiet was not to be found, as James walked in, his hair windblown from quidditch. He didn't notice Lily and Lily pretended not to notice him. He went to the bookshelf behind Lily's table, searching for a particular book. He grabbed down Healing Potions: When Should They Be Used? and that was when he noticed Lily. He sat down across from her, clutching the book.

"James Potter! In a library?!?"

A look of hurt flashed in his eyes for just a moment. "Contrary to your beliefs, Lily, I do need to study . . . every once in a while. You see there are these things called grades that I must keep up so that I can actually graduate." He said as if explaining school to child who had never heard of such a thing.

"I know what grades are, you idiot! You know I was having a fine time here by myself before you came along and began insulting me. You know you could at least be nice to me, maybe then I'd return the courtesy, not just poke fun at me then . . ." But she never got to finish her sentence because a certain messy haired boy interrupted her.

"Hey Evans, you wanna go out sometime?"

"UGH!" And with that she stormed out of the library so loudly that she earned a disapproving glare from the librarian.

It was 3:oo am and Rhiannon Sray could not sleep. She could never sleep. But she didn't mind it so much. She loved this time of day, everything was quiet and everything seemed perfect. At this time, she could walk the line between sleep and awake, where there are no worries or fears. By this time the house elves had been through and cleaned, but no one was yet up doing last minute homework.

Then she heard steps and was suddenly fearful and on guard. She grabbed her wand and turned around to see Sirius, stumbling down the steps. She lowered her wand and smiled at him. He looked shocked to see her.

"Hey!" She offered.

"Hey, what are you doing up so late or early or whatever?"

"Couldn't sleep, you?"

"Same."

"I can never sleep, I'm here almost everyday"

"Woah, that sucks"

"Not really, I like it at this time in the morning."

"Oh, what are you reading?"

"The Silmarillion."

"I've never heard of it."

"You wouldn't have, it's a muggle book. But I love muggle books, they are almost all I read."

"Hmm, I've never read one."

"You should."

"Any recommendations?"

"Yah, you can borrow some whenever you want, I have a ton."

"I will."

They sat in a comfortable silent for a few minutes before Sirius broke the silence.

"What's it like in New Zealand?"

"I loved it there, it was so beautiful. I miss it."

"I want to go there. Just to get away."

"Get away from what?"

"I dunno, my family and all their expectations. They were so disappointed when I didn't get into Slytherin, and now they all hate me and treat me like I'm the most filthy thing to ever exist. I wish I could just leave, and never talk to them again. I mean everything I do is bad. I think the only way to redeem myself in their eyes would be to become a death eater and even then I don't think they'd forgive me."

Sirius didn't know what happened but he just knew he could talk to her. He was telling her things that he had only ever told James.

She didn't say anything, she didn't have to. All she did was hug him. He hugged her back, his head in her hair, tears threatening to fall, but suddenly everything felt a little better.

A/N: Wow! I wrote that in an hour. That's pretty good considering I haven't written anything in a month. This chapter is just to show you a glimpse into their life. I've started a couple of the story lines but there is still a lot to go. The next chapter should be up, at latest by next Sunday.

I am really sorry about the long wait for the next chapter, my heart wasn't in it, and I had no idea what I wanted to do with this story. But now I do. I have it all planned out, so now it should come fairly fast. I hope you enjoyed it. And if Rhiannon seems like a Mary Sue in this chapter, give me a little bit of time. I swear to you she is actually VERY screwed up. But of course I don't show that yet, the story has only just begun. It's called character development. For a good example of it watch "The Breakfast Club!" (It is a great movie!).

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