In which James discovers Madam Puddifoot's and
Sirius and Remus come out.
James ran up to Wyverna.
"Well?" he hissed. "Have you got this surprise ready?" Wyverna nodded.
"Here." She handed him a piece of parchment.
"What's this supposed to be?" At this point Lily/Dolphin came up to them. In case you're wondering why Wyverna is just Wyverna and not Serena/Wyverna, when Dolphin is Lily/Dolphin it's because Wyverna is fully in control of Serena's body, whereas Dolphin is, at the minute, not much in control. Sometimes she is, sometimes she isn't, if you get that. Now we've got that sorted out... Oh yeah, and Lily knows that Serena is Wyverna, because Dolphin knows and her and Lily are like, sharing each others thoughts, to a point.
"Lily, hi! As I was just saying to Prongs – um, James – as I was just saying to James, look what he made me do for this surprise thingy! It's a bit like a scavenger hunt; you follow the clues and if you do it correctly you get to your surprise. Good idea, James," she added, clapping him on the shoulder. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a date with, um, Gregory Thurgis."
"Gregory? He looks like a troll!"
"He so does not," shot back Wyverna. "Ok, yeah, he does, but Serena likes him – I mean, I like him. Yes. I like him. Got to go. Byee!" she called, before hurrying off to wherever she was going.
"So, James, what's the first clue?" asked Lily/Dolphin, smiling at him. James squinted at the parchment.
"It says... Bitter lemon or candy sweet – which is which that you like to eat? What does that mean?"
"Well, it's referring to a place, right? Where do you know that has 'candy sweet'?"
"Honey-"
"-dukes!"
It makes you laugh, it makes you cry – where on earth am I and why?
"Zonko's joke shop!"
If I want to travel far and howl – that means I can send an
"Owl! It's got to be the post office, right?"
Shouts are loud, screams are high – where am I again and why?
"It must be the Shrieking Shack!"
Go to a place where you choose a quill, then look next door – yes, you will!
This is now your final clue – if you're in love it's the place for you.
"Well, here we are at the quill shop," said James, "so... what's next door?"
"Oh, wow!" squealed the Lily part of Lily/Dolphin, "It's Madam Puddifoot's! I love it here!" James sighed. It was going to be a lo-o-o-ong date.
"Ok. Sirius? Remus? Why are you hiding the fact that you're together?"
"Because I couldn't bear to break all the hearts of all the girls in Hogwarts," said Sirius, with a grin. Wyverna rolled her eyes.
"Puh-lease. Half of them barely even know you're alive."
"Whatever, 'Verna. That's not true, and we both know it."
"Um, Wyverna?" said Remus quietly. "If you're back, is Dolphin too?"
"No, Remus. I'm sorry. Now," she continued briskly, "back to the matter at hand. Remus – do you like hiding your relationship?"
"No," said Remus, with a glance at Sirius, "I don't."
"Thought so. And Sirius?"
"No way! I wanna hold him, and kiss him, and -"
"Ok, ok, TMI, dude. Anyway, if neither of you want to hide it, then why are you?"
"Because we'll get picked on for being gay," said Remus.
"Since when did that stop you? Bloody hell, Sirius, you got picked on for doing a million things! Why is this different?"
"Because that was just me. This time Remus would get picked on as well, and I don't want that."
"Awww, how sweet. But you can't hide it forever, you know! Does Remus really care about getting picked on?"
"That's not the point -"
"No," interrupted Remus, "I don't. I just think Sirius is ashamed of me."
"Moony! How can you think that? If that's what you think, then I'll do it right now! Come on!" Sirius grabbed Remus hand and yanked him out of the boys' dormitory, where they'd been sitting, with Wyverna. She followed them down, wanting to see what was going to happen.
"Everyone! Remus and I have something to tell you! We're gay!" announced Sirius dramatically. "And we're going out!"
"You know what, James? Thank you. I really enjoyed that," said Lily, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Do you, uh... Do you maybe want to go out again sometime?" said James, blushing furiously. Lily giggled.
"Sure!"
"Does this mean... Does this mean you're my girlfriend?" asked James, blushing even more.
"Oh James, you're so sweet! (At this point Dol was almost throwing up.) Of course!" And as soon as Lily agreed to go out with James, there was a loud pop and Dolphin was thrown out of Lily's body and Wyverna out of Serena's. They both reappeared on the Quidditch field where they had first landed.
(Ok, ok, I know this chapter (and last chapter) sucked, but... meh, oh well!)
