A/n: AHHHHHHH!!!!!! I'M SOOOO SORRY!!!!!! Really though I am. Firstly I've made all my wonderful reviewers wait an excruciatingly long time (2 months). Being an avid reader of fanfiction myself I know how infuriating it is when authors don't update. I also know just how annoying it is when they make u wait forever and then post a short chapter…so all I can say is that I'm really sorry, and that I curse writer's block, and HP number Five, not b/c it was bad, but b/c it caused the writer's block…but n e way enjoy!
P.S. I didn't feel like reading it over so if there r mistakes, kindly ignore them
Disclaimer: Same old same old…
"Sirius, will you please play chess with me?" Lily asked in a whiny voice.
"Do I have to?" he asked back in just as whiny a voice.
"Yes," Lily said.
"Fine."
"Yay!" with that she jumped up and brought her set over.
Unfortunately, before they were able to begin the game, Gwynne rushed in.
"Lily," she said out of breath from running all the way back from the library.
"Yes, Gwynne? Were you running?" Not heeding the second question, Gwynne continued.
"Lily, you know how you and James heard those people who didn't like you, and like, wanted to get back at the Marauders or whatever?"
"Yeah," Lily was suddenly very attentive.
"I know who they are."
Lily's eyes snapped up at her friend, wide with surprise. Sirius, who hadn't really been following the conversation, certainly heard the last part and was looking his share of shocked as well.
"Who is it?" Lily asked. Gwynne would have answered too, if Jackie hadn't walked in at just that moment.
"Who's what?" Jackie asked sitting down in a nearby chair.
"Who's going to attack Lily," Sirius clarified.
"Sirius, we don't know if they're going to attack her," Gwynne said exasperated.
"Does it matter what they are going to do? Who are they?" Lily asked irritated.
"It's Narcissa Black, Helen Marion, and…" Gwynne paused a moment, "Katy Hall."
"So it really is Katy that's behind it!" Jackie cried, "But what are they going to do…and how do you know all this?"
"Well, I don't think Katy is the one that had the idea, per say, but she certainly is behind it," Gwynne replied to the first question, "And I have no idea what they're doing, but I do know that they're doing it in a month or so from now. And I know all of this," Gwynne finished in a disturbingly ubiquitous voice, "Because I heard them talking about it behind a shelf in the library."
"Heard who talking about what behind a shelf in the library?" Remus asked as he, James, and Peter came down the steps from the boys' dormitory.
"Ugh! Why can't you people all just…stay together or something?!" Gwynne cried falling into the chair that was behind her and looking quite exasperated. All of them were a little speechless considering they had never seen Gwynne look so stressed.
"Ok, will somebody else answer my perfectly innocent question?" he asked eyeing Gwynne with a little uncertainty.
"We found out Narcissa, Helen, and Katy are going to kill Lily next month," Sirius supplied.
"Wow, Sirius, you have such a way with words," Jackie quipped sarcastically.
"I know."
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So it was decided that Lily shouldn't be left alone at any long period of time during the next month. Even if the whole thing was just some misunderstanding (but really how could it be?) it was better to know Lily was chatting with Gwynne and Jackie instead of being hacked into tiny pieces by Narcissa, Helen, and Katy.
Of course, the entire ordeal was making all of them just a little…shall we say paranoid? But of course they referred to their over attentiveness to all the little teeny tiny details as vigilance not the 'p' word (as they now chose to call it). All seven of them were feeling a little…on edge those few weeks. It didn't really help that that month was the one before Christmas holidays, and that of course always means, exams. So on top of being slightly paranoid on Lily's behalf, they also had the teachers shoving tons upon tons of homework, reviews, and really hard and complicated stuff at them.
So in all honesty, you could really say it wasn't wholly Sirius's fault for what he did when he finally snapped. Alright…maybe you could blame him just a little itty bitty bit…
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"You know I wish they would just attack her and get all this waiting shit over with," Sirius complained one night as he and the other three Marauders returned from a nice night out at Hogsmeade. They had all definitely needed it, and the girls had been more than delighted to have them out of the way so that they could enjoy another wonderful girls' night.
"What a lovely wish," James cynically replied to Sirius's remark.
"Well, I would rather be furious over what they did than waiting for it to happen."
"Worried for your little mudblood friend?" a voice none of them wanted to hear at the moment, or any moment really, asked. All four of them stopped in their tracks and turned around as Severus Snape stepped out from the shadows.
"Excuse me, did we hear you correctly?" James asked, "Because I could have sworn at one of our last…encounters, we explicitly reminded you not to call her that."
"I wouldn't be too much in a hurry to wish her ill-wishers on her. They mean business," Snape commented as if he hadn't heard what James had said.
"Did we ask you to join our conversation?" Sirius asked. He always got a little more than annoyed at all of their confrontations with Slytherins, especially this one.
"No need to get all worked up, Black. I was merely commenting. But back to the real reason I was here. Being out past curfew will certainly lose you a few house points," he absently stated.
"Report us then. Now that that's over, we'll be on our way," Remus said hoping to avoid any physical contact.
"Hurrying off to your monthly escape, Lupin? I'm sure the professors would love to know what you're up to," Snape idly stated, apparently enjoying their frustration.
"I'm sure you would love to know what he's up to, however, that information is classified, so we'll be going now," Peter said, realizing it probably would be best to leave before Sirius got too worked up as he always did when Snape began to get inquisitive about Remus's disappearances.
So they all turned to go, with the exception of Sirius. In his pocket was a tiny slip of paper that James had written to remind him of the next full moon after the break considering the one for December would be during the break.
"One day, Snape, you're going to wish you never asked that question," and while he turned to go he accidentally-on-purpose let that little bit of paper fall out of his pocket.
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"One more day!" Lily sighed as she sank into one of the numerous armchairs in the Gryffindor common room. It was after dinner and the seven were hoping to enjoy a quiet evening of idle chit-chat.
"One more! Can you believe it? Winter break is already here!" Jackie mused as she too sat down.
"Ah, it will be nice to get up at dawn every morning, instead of having to wake up early," Gwynne said taking her place beside Jackie.
"You are insane. How can you wake up that early, and still be…normal?" Sirius asked her.
"You know…I don't know. I suppose it's a gift," she pondered in answer to his question.
"Or a curse, especially if you room with her," Jackie added.
"So says the late riser?" asked Remus with no intent of an answer.
"So who all is staying over Christmas?" James asked.
"Well, Petunia owled me the other day," Lily informed him, "Our dear parents are on their way to Hawaii for a nice tropical Christmas. Petunia said it is up to us if we want to come home or stay here, but she did say she would be so lonely without our wonderful company over the holidays. Needless to say, we're not on the list."
"As always I will be heading home for the hols. This year we are having a family reunion, and I can already tell what kind of hell that's going to be," Jackie said.
"I'm staying," Gwynne stated shortly not wanting to add needless reasons.
"And as per usual I will be remaining here for the holidays," Sirius said.
"Mum did say it was my choice, but I told her I would be coming home this year," Remus replied.
"I'm heading home as well," Peter said.
"So it looks as if it will just be Sirius and Gwynne staying?" Lily said knowingly, "Hopefully you'll get the dorm to yourself, Gwynne, wouldn't it be awful to have to stay all Christmas with Katy and them? Especially as we all know what Katy has been doing in her spare time…"
"I checked the list; she's not on it," Gwynne replied, "And do you know, it's almost been a month, perhaps their threats were empty."
"Don't be so sure, there is still tomorrow, and who knows? Maybe they'll wait until after the holidays," Jackie pointed out.
"Ok, let's get off this morbid topic. I have a wonderful idea!" Sirius said happily.
"I'm almost afraid to ask, but, what is your idea, Sirius?" James asked.
"I won't say all of it here, but it involves naked boys on cows and homosexual pigs…"
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So the next day was a day of departure; a rather depressing day considering they knew they wouldn't be seeing each other for another three weeks. And while Gwynne was sad to see five of her new friends go, she couldn't help but be happy that she would be spending the next three weeks practically alone with Sirius Black.
Once the train pulled off he turned to her.
"So I guess it's just you and me?" She smiled as they turned to head back to the castle.
"Yeah, I guess it is."
A/n: well I suppose that's the best I can do for now n e ways. Please review, and suggestions for what the bad ppl could do to lily would be greatly appreciated as I have no idea what I'm going to have them do! Once I figure that out I shouldn't be long in posting the next chapter so until then
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