Hey all you lovely people out there, here's another chapter for you. I really worked hard on this one, so I would really appreciate it if you would be so kind as to inform me of what you thought of it! Er… for those of you who didn't get that, I mean:

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'Ulrich, don't you think that was a bit too…' Lloyd started as he drew aside the heavy green and silver curtains of the Slytherin common room, and peeped outside at the thunderous rainstorm that had stopped the Quidditch match from taking place.

'A bit too what?' drawled Ulrich, who was leant against a wall with an evil smile plastered onto his face. He was smoking a cigarette and thick black smoke was starting to fill the room.

'Er…mean?' squeaked Lloyd timidly.

He had expected Ulrich to turn around and slap him or to say something really cruel, but what he didn't expect was for Ulrich to laugh out loud.

'Mean?' Ian Ulrich, the Slytherin Quidditch team captain repeated. 'Naw! That's a very mild word… don't you think you ought to have used… cruel or perhaps, evil?' he suggested wickedly. 'For a man who actually messed with the weather to beat down his enemies…'

'Heh' Lloyd said weakly. 'But… what's the use? I mean… it's no way helping us, or the Hogwarts Quidditch team, what did you have in min-' he started, but he was interrupted by Ulrich.

'I can't believe how thick you are! You still don't get it? It's a shame for Slytherin to have you Lloyd, seriously! Don't you think this storm will give us more time to try and sabotage our dear Gryffindor's team? And if we are, in any case, unsuccessful in our attempt, at least the Durmstrang team will get to know the statistics of the Gryffindors. Either way, the Gryffindor team is sure to lose. And Gryffindor's defeat is Slytherin's victory, I hope you remember that one Charles!' said Ulrich, letting out another great puff.

Charles Lloyd let out a small 'Oh' but then remained quiet.

'Uh… boss, about the potion Lloyd added to Black's medicine…' started Aaron Tersely, the Slytherin keeper who just came inside the common room.

Ulrich turned around so abruptly that he scared Aaron. 'What about it?' he asked.

'Well… I just found out. The potion Lloyd added to Black's Pain-relieving one was the Breakdown potion' he said, pausing a bit.

'Oh? Then what went wrong? How come Black is alright now?' Ulrich asked dully, with an air of disbelief.

'What we didn't think about before we added the Breakdown potion to his remedial one was that when these two potions are mixed together they can have a dangerous aftermath' said Aaron knowledgeably.

'Like what?' asked Ulrich.

'Well, instead of the Breakdown potion being dominant over the Pain-relieving one, they can both mix together to actually form another potion which will cure the patient but it will affect a certain part of him, in the short OR in the long run.' Aaron concluded.

'I don't see him affected in any way! Is it for the good or for the bad?' asked Ulrich, trying to keep his temper for shooting up.

'It's supposed to be for the bad… that's what I know!' said Aaron defensively. 'Maybe it'll affect him in long run?' he suggested coyly.

Ulrich beat his fist down on the table, yearning to take out his temper somewhere 'And how is that going to be useful for us?' he said, to no one in particular.


Sirius caught up with Lily quickly enough. 'Lily! Will you stop?' Sirius pleaded as he followed her back to the Gryffindor common room. Lily muttered the password to the portrait and barged inside. It was completely empty, as the other students were down in the Great Hall. She slumped into a squashy armchair and sniffed deeply.

Sirius, feeling a bit awkward at Lily's sorry state, sat down in an armchair opposite hers.

'I know you feel bad. And I also know that James wasn't supposed to say all that he did say…' Sirius started, not knowing where he wanted to lead the conversation or where it would be lead.

Lily remained quiet and kept staring into space.

'Lily… I hope, you at least, consider me as a friend if nothing more than that! As a friend, I'd like to honestly tell you that whatever it was with James, it was just an outburst he had there, that's it! Nothing more than that… you should just forget it!' Sirius said consolingly.

Lily snorted, but didn't say anything.

'Look, I've known James for quite some time. And… we're really close. I know him, he wouldn't dream of hurting you in his right mind! He was probably just tensed about the match, that's all!' Sirius said, moving on the conversation himself.

Lily sniffed deeply again and covered her face with her hands.

Sirius walked over to her armchair and tried to console her as much as he could. He hated to see her cry, it just felt so bad…

'Lily! You know… You know that… James loves you, right?' said Sirius, hesitating a bit as he had no idea what response he would get.

At this point however, Lily broke down completely. She cried her heart out in Sirius's chest. Sirius, not knowing what exactly he should do, patted her and comforted her by hugging her. Lily went on grumbling about God knows what and started talking so rapidly, Sirius hardly understood half the things she said, as her voice was somewhat muffled.

'It's ok! I'm sure James will be alright… its just a matter of time!' Sirius went on saying soothingly.


'Lily!' cried James as he scrambled into the Gryffindor common room. The sight that greeted him wasn't one that he was expecting…

Sitting there on the hearthrug, Sirius and Lily were hugging each other. Lily's head was resting on Sirius's chest. Neither of them seemed to notice James as he came inside. James was speechless. All this time, he had been thinking that Sirius had come up to convince Lily that James was just angry and nothing more. However, both of them hugging just gave him this weird feeling of betrayal from both sides…

'I thought I knew you better' he said loudly, and with a swish of his cloak he turned on his heel and left the common room.


Okay… now we're getting somewhere aren't we? Wasn't this such a happy little chapter? Lol… you must be thinking 'This girl's gone mad, she calls this happy?' No, I'm not such a meanie and yes I do know that this is a major conflict in between our very own dears James and Lily!

Reviewers, muah:

Lavender Mansworth: Thanks a bunch Lavender! You're the bestest of the best! I love you! And I love your reviews! They're always there to greet me when I check for reviews and they always give me new heart, you've been there all the time! I should thank you a lot! THANKS!! I've been having a Writer's block for sometime now, and especially for my other story, 'Hermione Granger and the Pureblood Prince' I like how this one is going and I know where I'm going. In the other story of mine, there are a lot of reviewers, but I'm kinda thinking sometime 'Where am I going to lead this story to?' and there I am facing a blank, empty canvas! Oh well, if I do have any ideas, I'll mail you, ok? Right then, c ya in the next chapter! Love ya! XOXOXOXOXO

Padfootsluvr: Lol, I love it when people 'muahahahha' its funny and it reminds me of this caricature my sister drew of my brother and she made him look like an evil bat, then she put the words 'muaahahha' in a speech bubble protruding from his mouth. It was hilarious! Oh well, thanks for your review and yeah, Sirius is a very good pal isn't he? Right then, until next time… Take Care! Love ya! XOXOXOXOXO And yeah, your reviews mean a lot to me!


Signing off,

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