Memories Lost: A Marauder's Tale ch. 5

HL: Fifth chapter.

Disclaimer: last four look


Emily and Lily were sleeping up in the girl's dorm curled up in the blankets as the boys appeared in the room, they snickered tying buckets filled with squid, and what not above their heads, then tied string to their wrists so that when they moved it the bucket would dump on them. They snickered going back downstairs into the common room and sat down.

A few minutes later two screams came from the girl's dorm, "JAMES POTTER!" Both said as the boys laughed hysterically the two girls came down, fists clenched, and it seemed like both had fire in their eyes, "I'd run, mate." Sirius whispered, "Whoa, who said we thought James was the only one…Sirius." "IT WAS ALL JAMES!" He said running back into the boys dorm. James muttered as Emily sighed, she'd deal with it later, she was still tired, "Wot time is it?" "Eight." "You woke us up too early…" Emily said rubbing her eyes.

A few hours went by and the Common Room had cleared out, it was about time to go to Hogsmeade for the visit. Emily wore a pair of jeans and a short sleeved shirt then went downstairs, "Have fun by yourselves guys." She said to James, Sirius, Blaine, and Peter and she got mutters in return as Lily and Remus walked out of the Common Room. (A/N: Yeah, I know Hogsmeade visits are usually sometime, but I forget when.) Lily, Emily, and Remus saw the group of students heading towards Hogsmeade talking and such, "Narcissa, Lucius, wait up!" Emily said as she ran over the two stopped to wait for them.

When they got into Hogsmeade Emily came up with the idea that they should split up so the girls were with girls and Lucius was left with Remus, "It'll be good for you, no trying to kill him Lucius, meet you guys at the Three Broomsticks." Emily said as the girls walked away. Lucius and Remus didn't like the fact that they were basically ditched, but they would have to learn to live with it, so they walked in a different direction from the girls.

"Honeydukes!" Emily said as Lily sighed, "Honestly Emily, do you need anymore sugar? I swear your made of it." She said, but noticed that she was standing in front of the store by herself. She sighed shaking her head then went in seeing Emily and Narcissa. Lily shook her head seeing that Emily had at least 3 bags filled with candy, she was lucky her family was loaded. "Emily! Come on! Your teeth are going to fall out of your face if you eat too much candy." "Shove it up your…" "EMILY!" Narcissa snickered, "Don't interrupt her when she's shopping, especially if it's candy." She said as Lily shook her head. Emily paid for the candy, "See you on your next trip Miss. Alden." The owner said as they walked out she pulled out a Jelly Slug and ate it. Lily made a disgusted face, "That's so gross…" "You haven't seen the chocolate covered cockroaches." Lily made an even more disgusted face, "Who ever marries you, I hope they keep you under control." Lily said watching as Emily popped another Jelly Slug into her mouth. "I know who your marrying Lily, but I'm not telling." "SPILL!" "No. Can't, had it in a premonition." Narcissa laughed, she knew who she was talking about. "Emily Marie Alden, tell me, or I'll be forced to tell Remus you like him." "He already knows." "Sirius?" "AH EW! NO NOT HIM!" Lily smirked, "If you don't tell me, I will tell him you do, even though it's not true." Emily popped at least four more in her mouth before saying who it was but Lily clearly couldn't hear, "Wot? I couldn't hear you with your mouth full of Jelly Slugs." Emily swallowed, "James." She said grabbing Narcissa by the arm as Lily stopped. "Run while we have the chance." Emily said starting to run towards the Three Broomsticks.

"WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!" Lily screamed as Emily dragged Narcissa, "QUICKER! LETS GO!" She said as she ran through the doors Remus and Lucius rose an eyebrow as Emily sat down putting three bags down. Lucius shook his head, "Did you by the whole Honeydukes store again?" He asked as Emily shook her head, "No. I just told Lily who she was marrying." "Oh dear Merlin." Lucius said laughing.

Remus looked lost, "Who? James?" Emily nodded then Remus started to laugh also, "Wow, I thought you were kidding when you told me." "I wasn't, why would I say they'd have a kid?" Emily said as Lucius' hand started inching towards the Jelly slugs she slapped it, "Back off." She growled, "Come on, just one." "Not my Jelly Slugs." "Fine, an Ice Mice." Emily grabbed the Ice Mice out and handed it to her cousin. Remus shook his head, "How can you eat those things, honestly." Emily smirked and grabbed a large container of 'Bernie Bott's Every Flavored Bean' out of a bad, "Can't say I did too bad." She said as Lily came in she looked like she was going to kill Emily. Emily looked at the door then squeaked as Lily tackled her to the ground, "Why…James…me…" "You have a kid too." Lily was ready to burst, "WHAT!" Emily jumped up then hid behind Remus and Lucius, "A child! WITH…HIM!" "I-it was a

premonition…I-I can't control wot I see." Emily said shaking as Lily sat down next to Narcissa still looking at Emily.

Lucius cleared his throat as the waitress came by, "Wot can I get you kids?" "Five Butterbeers." He said as the waitress rose an eyebrow, she was used to seeing nine, "Where are your buddies?" "They couldn't join us this time." "Good, at least it's quiet." She said as the five snickered, "Your drinks will be here in a moment, Mr. Malfoy." She said walking away. Emily grabbed her bags of candy, "Anyone want a Chocoball?" She asked as Lucius put his hand in front of her she put it in his hand then ate one herself, "What did you get the Extra Large Bernie Bott's for?" Remus asked as Emily grinned, "Figured we could have some fun." Lucius went to laugh but choked on the candy in his mouth. Emily sighed and whacked him on the back making him swallow it, "Thanks…" "Any time." She said as the waitress came back, "Five Butterbeers for the quiet ones of the group." Emily giggled then took her Butterbeer as Lucius paid for the drinks.

After they finished their Butterbeers, and half of Emily's candy they left Hogsmeade and trudged back to the castle. Lily went to the library, Narcissa and Lucius went down to the dungeons, so Emily and Remus went up to the Common Room to see if the other boys, that they left by themselves, caused any destruction. After Remus said the password they stepped through to see that the boys weren't there. Emily and Remus looked at each other, shrugged, then sat down on the couch putting down the candy as Emily popped a Chocoball into her mouth.

"Where do you think they went?" "Who knows, who cares?" Emily said eating a Jelly Slug. Emily smirked and pulled out the large container of Bernie Bott's Every Flavored Jelly Beans and put it down on the table opening it, "So, how about some fun. Who ever gets the most disgusting wins." She said as Remus smirked, "Your on." In order to find out the most disgusting they had to say what it was that they ate, Emily had: tripe, liver, spinach, brusell sprout (sp? My computer is stupid and doesn't kno how to spell brusel.), and booger, Remus, on the other hand, had won when he said 'vomit' then spit it out Emily laughed. "Wow, you really are bad luck." "Oh, quiet you." He said grabbing a Toothflossing Stringmint out of his pocket and sucked on it. Emily giggled, "You look like a two year old Remus." Remus glared at her then stuck his tongue out as she popped a Peppermint Toad into her mouth.

After Remus was done getting the taste of vomit out of his mouth he grabbed a Chocoball and Emily went to do the same, their hands touching for a minute then they pulled them away, "Sorry…" Remus muttered as Emily shook her head, "Go ahead." She said as he grabbed a Chocoball and she grabbed a Jelly Slug. They both sat in silence for awhile until Emily moves closer to Remus, so that their arms were touching, Remus looked at her and Emily looked at him. They both looked into the other's eyes for a moment before Remus started leaning in and Emily doing the same, when, "OKAY! TOO CLOSE MATES!" Both jumped ten feet into the air as Sirius plopped down in between them, "Where the bloody hell did you come from!" Remus asked as Emily blushed, "Where did I come from? We've been here the whole bloody time. We were under James' invisibility cloak." Sirius said as the other three came out of hiding.

Emily hid her face in her hands as she blushed even more, "Oh god, oh god, oh god…" She muttered as Remus glared, "Do you mind, some alone time? It was quiet in Hogsmeade." "Then go back if you and her want some aloooone time." Sirius said adding extra 'o' to the word to make it seem like he was howling, "Oh shut up." Remus muttered, "Come on Emily." He said as he stood and Emily did the same, "Make sure your back before night time! It's a full moon!" Sirius said as the boys laughed. Remus shook his head walking ahead of Emily. Emily had to trot to keep up with him, "Remus? What did they mean by come back before night?" "It's nothing, nothing you need to know about." He said still keeping a step ahead of her.

Emily was now in a sprint to keep up with Remus' strides, "Something's wrong, we've been best friends for three years, why can't you tell me Remus?" Remus stopped and turned towards her. She stopped then blinked at him, "You really want to know?" "Yeah." "Still not telling." He said walking away. Emily groaned and followed him again. "Remus, where the bloody hell are we going?" "You like saying 'bloody hell' don't you?" "Stop avoiding the subject." "You'll see." He said. Emily threw her hands up in defeat then let them fall to her sides as she followed him still. When they got out to the court yard Remus looked up to see that it was still light out, he probably had about an hour until the full moon came. Emily stopped then sat down on the grass and Remus looked down at her. She smiled at him as he sat down next to her, "Can you tell me now?" She asked as he sighed. Here he thought she forgot about it, but apparently not, "Please Remus?" She asked grabbing the boy's arm and shaking him. He chuckled shaking his head, "You really want to know?" He asked as she nodded.

He ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "I don't know Emily." "Awe, come on, Remus. It's me Emily, not another girl." She said putting her head on his shoulder batting her eyelashes. He laughed shoving her away, "What's gotten into you?" He asked chuckling as she smiled, "Nothing, I just want you to tell me." He looked at her from the corner of his eye as she moved a bit closer to him. He looked at the sky, shit, the sun was starting the set, "I-I can't, just go." Emily frowned, "Remus? I don't get what's going on." "You need to leave, now, Emily, if you enjoy your life." He said. He didn't mean it to sound mean, but, he wanted her to leave before the full moon, he was afraid that he was going to hurt her, which meant turning her into a werewolf also.

Emily was a stubborn one, and wasn't going to leave, "Emily, go!" He said as he started seeing the moon rise. Not far, Lucius was watching, he was watching Emily and Remus, he knew what happened on a full moon. Remus looked again to see the moon fully risen, his eyes widened, Shit. Emily. Lucius thought to himself walking foreword from his spot, "EMILY!" Emily turned to see her cousin walking over, "Lucius? What are you doing out here?" She asked, he didn't answer he was looking behind her. Emily rose an eyebrow as she turned she saw a werewolf in Remus' place. Her eyes widened as she bit her tongue to keep her from screaming. Lucius grabbed Emily's arm and pulled her back, "I'd run." He whispered in her ear as she still stared shocked, the werewolf growled then lunged at Lucius.

Lucius shoved Emily away as Blaine appeared and caught her making her jump, "Let's get out of here." He said grabbing her hand tightly as he started to run Emily was nearly dragged behind him. Lucius followed after them, "What were you doing out there?" Lucius asked when he caught up with Emily and Blaine, "Sirius gave them a scare, so Remus said he wanted some alone time, so they left, and we warned them, apparently they didn't take it seriously." Blaine said not stopping to talk, "It was a good thing you were there Birch." "I'm always there, they just don't notice. Since I'm usually quiet." Blaine said as they ran then skidded around a corner down the corridor, "Come on Emily, stop dragging your feet." Blaine said but then noticed that he was holding air, "Emily!" Blaine stopped, "Where did she…oh no." "We lost her when we took the turn." Lucius said as they both ran back to get her.

Little did they know that they weren't the only one's in the corridor, in the shadows stood Tom Riddle. He smirked as five or six more figures appeared behind him, "Find Emily, I guarantee if you find Lupin, you'll find her." He said as the figures disappeared he turned on his heel towards Professor McGonagall's office to say that there were some fourth years out of bed.

Blaine and Lucius met back where they had started, "Did you find her?" Blaine asked putting his arm across his side, "No, you?" "Nothing." Blaine said, "Come on, let's go before…" "Before what Mr. Birch?" Blaine gulped then turned around seeing Professor McGonagall with a lantern behind him, "Um…" "Where are Remus and Emily?" "Uh…about them…" Blaine looked at Lucius as he looked the other direction. "What about them?" "We're right here." Emily said, Remus behind her. Blaine blinked then rose an eyebrow. Emily saw then mouthed 'I'll tell you in the common room.' He nodded, "Go back to sleep, all four of you. I don't want to hear that your out of bed again." She said walking away.

Emily and Lucius exchanged glances then walked away with the others.

Back in the Gryffindor Common Room Blaine said night to Remus and Emily, then went upstairs to the boys dorm, "I might as well turn in as well." Remus said starting to go upstairs as Emily sat on the couch, "You do realize you just said 'well' twice in your sentence." She said as he shook his head, "Nothing gets by you does it Alden?" "No." She said looking into the fire. As he started to upstairs again she looked at him, "Nothing ever does, Remus." She said in a harsh tone. He stopped, he knew what she meant, the others had told her that they could transform into animals, but he hadn't told her. Of course, they were best friends since first year, but there was a lot she didn't know about him or the others, besides Sirius never going home, and staying in Hogwarts over the Christmas holiday then would go home at the end of the term.

Emily's glare bore straight through him and he turned around, "Wot? Wot did I do now?" "You could of told me, instead of giving me a scare tonight." Emily said her glare not letting up, "I couldn't, alright? Tom knows, I can't risk anyone else knowing." "Whoa, wot? Tom Riddle? He knows?" Her tone was now getting harsher, "How does he know Remus?" "He saw me Emily, if anyone else saw, like Lucius, you, Narcissa, or Blaine, and they told anyone, or everyone in school, I'd have to leave. Animagi can't be seen during their transformation. Now that Tom knows plus your bloody cousin, I don't think I'll even be here next year." He said as Emily sat in silence as the sudden rain fell outside, that was all they could hear.

Emily had an expression on her face that was a mix of anger, sadness, and a confused one. She took her eyes off of Remus then continued to stare into the fire, "I'm going to sleep now." Remus said going upstairs. Emily waited until he made sure he was upstairs and she heard the door close. She looked at the fire again, grabbed a pillow, hugged it tightly, then curled her legs up to it falling sideways on the couch, tears brimming her eyes as a voice rang in her head, You've done well Emily, soon, Sirius, James, Peter, Lily, and Remus will fall by your hands. Even though it wasn't her own, she knew who's it was, Tom's voice. The tears started to fall as she sobbed into her pillow, "Remus…I'm sorry…" She whispered into the pillow.


HL: heh another cliffhanger hopefully HeatherBee doesn't kill me lol

To HeatherBee: That's always good. Call your friends ex boyfriend. Lol Glad you had fun skating, here's the next chapter. Don't kill me because it's a cliffhanger, maybe Emily will tell how she got involved with the future Dark Lord.

TBC…