The Marauders, Lily, and Alex sat out by the lake. They had just taken their last N.E.W.T exam. Alice was somewhere with Frank.

"I can't believe we'll be leaving Hogwarts for good in two weeks," said Sirius.

"God, I'll miss this place," said Lily. "Seven wonderful years though."

"What year is your best year?" asked James.

"7th," blushed Lily. He kissed her.

"I'm coming back," said Alex. "I'm going to be a teacher."

"What are you going to teach?" asked Remus.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts," said Alex. "Come on, let's go get ready for the dance." She grabbed Lily's hand and they ran in the castle to look for Alice and go to their common room.

"But, it doesn't start for another hour and a half!" James yelled after Lily. She waved her hand without looking back.

"It's been a long time since it was just the four of us," said Sirius. He lay on the grass and looked at the sky. "So, where do you plan on taking your relationship with Lily?"

"I love her. I don't know what I'd do if I saw her marry another man," said James.

"Are you going to ask her to marry you?" asked Remus.

"I want to, but we're only 17," said James.

"You can have a long engagement," said Sirius.

"I don't know, I might wait a year or so before asking her," said James.

"So, Lily," said Alex after they found Alice and they were walking to the common room.

"What?" asked Lily.

"Do you love James?" asked Alice.

"Yes, I do," said Lily.

"What if he asked you to marry him?" asked Alex.

"I'd say...yes," blushed Lily. "But, I don't want him asking me now. We're way too young."

"I agree," said Alice.

"So, what about you and Frank?" asked Lily.

"Oh!" Alice spun around. "I love him so much! I'd say yes. What about you and Remus Alex?"

"I like him a lot, but I don't know if I love him," smiled Alex.

Most of the 7th year girls were already in the common room and getting ready for the dance when they walked in. Lily slipped on her white as snow dress. It sipped low in the front and zipped up the back. It was floor length and had glitter everywhere. She muttered different spells on her hair to see what one her like. She liked her hair down, so she straightened it a little and flipped out the ends. James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter came into the common room about an hour later to change.

"I don't even know why you bother," Sirius said when he saw James trying to make his hair lay flat. "You're fighting a losing battle."

James sighed. "You're right. I just have to hope when I have a son, he doesn't have my hair."

"So, you'd want him to be a red-head? The worse color for a guy," laughed Sirius.

James gaped at him. "Red-head? I- oh God Sirius!" James punched him on the arm.

"You know you wanna," Sirius humped the air.

James rolled his eyes. "So, you never told me who you were taking."

"Tris Toren from Ravenclaw,"said Sirius.

"Oh," said James. His hand went into his pocket and fiddled with something.

"You've been doing that since we decided to change for the dance. What are you hiding?" asked Sirius.

"It's- it's nothing," said James. Sirius raised a brow in a disbelieving way. "It's a surprise. I can't tell you." They walked out of the bathroom and played Wizards' Chess while they waited for the girls. Remus and Peter (who couldn't get a date), came out about a minutes later to watch.

The girls bedroom door opened just as Sirius said "check mate" for the 2nd time. Lily walked down the stairs with Alex and Alice. James walked over to her when she reached the bottom. Almost every guy stared at her until their dates slapped them on the shoulder. James held out his arm and Lily took it. Remus did the same with Alex. Frank did the same thing with Alice too. Sirius would, but his date was in Ravenclaw. They were meeting in the Great Hall.

When they reached the Great Hall, little tables lined the perimeter of the room, except the front where a stage was set. The dance floor was in the middle. Everyone sat down as Dumbledore and the Heads of Houses walked on the stage. Dumbledore raised his wand and rows of chairs appeared in front of the stage. Everyone looked at them questionably.

"Today will be a day you 7th years will never forget. Today, you all become true adults. Today, you graduate. You all had your good times and your bad times." Dumbledore looked at Lily. "But, evil is growing. Lord Voldemort-" most of the hall shuddered. "-is growing and you all need to be careful. On a happier not, we have a surprise for you. Parents, if you please." The door that went to the entrance hall opened. Everyone looked that way. Everyone's parents managed to come. Even the muggles were able to come! All the students were very happy. All the parents sat down on the chairs and the graduation began. A few names were called.

"Sirius Black." Sirius rose to his feet and walked on stage to get his diploma from McGonagall. He shook hands with the Heads and went to Mr. and Mrs. Potter. They hugged him. He gave them his diploma and went to sit back down with his date. "Lily Evans." Lily got her diploma and hugged her mum and dad. "Remus Lupin." Remus got his diploma and hugged his mum and dad. "Peter Pettigrew." Peter got his diploma and hugged his mum. "James Potter." James got his diploma and hugged his mum and dad. "Alex Rays." Alex got her diploma and hugged her dad. "Alice Turner." Alice got her diploma and hugged her mum and dad. The rest of the 7th years were called and everyone graduated. Lily got up and talked to her mum and dad. James talked to the rest of the group.

"I was thinking of giving Lily this," James pulled out a box and opened it. Inside was a ring with a ruby on it. 'I promise' was engraved on the sides. Inside it, it said 'Forever yours, James.' "It's a promise ring."

Alex took it. "It's beautiful. She'll love it."

"Our little boy is growing up before our eyes," Sirius put on a 'sad' look on his face. Everyone laughed.

"Come on," said James. "I'm going to give it to her now." They got up and went to his parents. Lily walked over with her parents. She took James' hand in hers.

"Mum, Dad, this is James Potter," said Lily. James shook their hands.

"They must be your parents," Mr. Evans nodded to James' parents.

:Yes sir," said James.

"She's a keeper," said Mr. and Mrs. Potter.

"Mum! Dad!" said James. Lily blushed.

"Well, he is a cutie," Mrs. Evans playfully elbowed her daughter on the arm.

"Mum!" laughed Lily. James blushed this time.

Sirius looked at James. His eyes told James to do it now. James nodded. He gulped. How was he supposed to do this? He looked back at Sirius. James couldn't do it right now, not in front of everyone. Sirius sighed and walked away.

The stage and the chairs disappeared. The first song was a slow song by one of Lily's favorite bands: Sixth Pence None the Richer. Their parents watched Lily and James from afar as they danced.

Kiss me out of the bearded barley

Nightly, beside the green, green grass

Swing, swing, swing the spinning step

You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance

Silver moon's sparkling

So kiss me

Kiss me down by the broken tree house

Swing 'em upon its hanging tire

Bring, bring, bring you flowered hat

We'll take the trail marked on your father's map

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance

Silver moon's sparkling

So kiss me

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance

Silver moon's sparkling

So kiss me

So kiss me

So kiss me

So kiss me

"Lily," James pulled out the box. "I love you and I don't know what I'd do if you married another man. I know we are way to young to be thinking about marriage, so I got you this." He opened the box for Lily. She gasped, took it, and read it. She put it on.

"Oh James! I love you too and I don't want anyone else," James picked her up and spun around. He set her own and she kissed him.

They didn't even realize that the whole hall went quiet and everyone was looking at them. Everyone heard everything. All thanks to Sirius, Tris, Remus, Alex, Peter, Frank, and Alice.

Dumbledore stood up. "I;d like to congratulate Lily Evan and James Potter." He started to clap, followed by the Heads. Soon the whole hall, except the Slytherins, was clapping. Lily and James looked around and realized what had happened. They both blushed crimson.

Then it happened. The Great Hall doors were blown and death-eaters ran in. There was about 25.

James hugged Lily tight. "James! The muggles! They'll be their main target!"

You could easily find the muggles. They weren't pulling out wands and stunning them. They were all huddled together. James took Lily's hand and ran over to them. "I'm just going to put a protection spell around you." He muttered something and a silver bubble wrapped itself all around them.

"James!" yelped Lily. One of the death-eaters had grabbed her and was running off.

James turned around. "STUPEFY!" The death-eater fell over. James ran over to Lily. They hugged each other tightly. They looked around and saw that some death-eaters were trying to break the protection around the muggles. They ran over and shouted spells at each one. They were all knocked out. They took on any death-eater that came near the bubble.

Dumbledore stood up and muttered something. An invisible rope snaked around all the death-eaters and brought them around. Then it tied itself around them, tightly.

"Where are our friends!" asked lily. They looked around and found Alex and Remus right away. They ran over to them.

"Are you two ok?" asked James.

Remus nodded. "We're fine." James and Lily pulled them to their feet. Sirius, Tris, Alice, Frank, and Peter ran over.

"Oh, good," said Lily. "We're all ok."

They walked over to the muggles and James muttered the counter curse. They were all frightened. Some of the women had fainted.

"Let's not let the death-eaters ruin the best day of your lives," said Dumbledore. Ministry officials came and took all the death-eaters away to Azkaban.

The Potters were comforting the Evans when Lily and James walked up to them. Mrs. Evan hugged Lily tightly.

"We're so proud of you two!" cried Mrs. Evans.

"Mum!" Lily laughed and blushed. "Hold your excitement for when he actually asks me."

A/N: Well, here's Chapter 13. I hope you like it. this story is almost over…I'll be sad…but I have so many more stories that need to go on a website, so tune it for more .