Dragongurl4- Told you what, exactly?!
BlackLupin- Who loves ya?! Every time I see a review, I know it's from you! (Hey, I can rhyme!) LOL THANK YOU!!! And your guesses of the eavesdropper were both incorrect. Nice try!
To Be Young Again
Chapter 13: Rita Skeeter
Caitlin tightened her coat around her shoulders. It was mid-April, but the weather was still cold. She was sitting on the bench waiting for Sirius. In her eagerness, she had been early, while Sirius was, like everything else about him, fashionably late. She looked around the deserted area. No one was there.
"Hey," said a soft voice in her ear.
Caitlin jumped. "Sirius!" she exclaimed. "I didn't see you!"
"Of course not," said Sirius, as if no one ever saw him, when it was actually quite the contrary.
"So," he said slowly, "I suppose you know the reason I asked you to meet me here?"
"Enlighten me," Caitlin said mischievously.
"Well, how would you like to go out with a handsome bloke like me tomorrow?"
"Like you?" Caitlin asked, unable to hide her ever-growing smile. "Or with you?"
"With me, of course. No one else is as handsome as me," Sirius said, only half-joking.
"I think we can arrange that," Caitlin replied, putting her hand through the crook in his arm.
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Lily entered the Great Hall at dinner and was met with every eye on her face, suspiciously examining it for clues. Lily could feel every pair of eyes on her face. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter walked in behind her, and were met with the same results.
Lily walked over to James and Arabella at the Ravenclaw table. "What's going on?" she hissed. "Why is everyone staring at me?"
Jane wordlessly handed Lily a piece of parchment. Lily took it without question. As she scanned the article, she gasped and her eyes widened in shock.
"James!" she hissed. "Sirius! Guys! Come here!" Lily beckoned.
"Yeah, what is it?" James asked.
Lily thrust the article into his hands. James did the same thing Lily did.
Illegals Among Us?
By Rita Skeeter
Everyone knows James Potter and Sirius Black- the popular, intelligent Gryffindor heartthrobs. Well, there may be more to them than that.
A secret source (whose name shall not be revealed) has informed attractive blonde, Rita Skeeter, 17, that James Potter, the very same James Potter we know, was talking to none other than Lily Evans, a Mudblood Ravenclaw sixth year in a corner of the library.
Potter and Evans mentioned how Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and even stout, unintelligent Peter Pettigrew are all unregistered Animagi. Is this true? And what forms do these students take?
Much to Lily's surprise, James hissed, "You-told-?"
But his wasn't the only voice that spoke. Sirius at the same time shouted, "What?!"
Lily and James both started with explanations, but to different people.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," said Remus, holding his hands up. "One at a time. James, you first."
"What, Sirius?"
"How. Does. She. Know?" Sirius asked.
"Apparently a 'secret source' told her," little Peter squeaked. Sirius sent him a death glare and he shut up.
"Ask her," said James venomously, nodding toward Lily.
"What?! What did I do?" Lily asked, bewildered.
"You told her, didn't you? Rita Skeeter. I know none of my fellow Marauders would tell and I haven't known you as long as I have them," James spat.
"So that automatically makes me 'The Betrayer'?" Lily felt her anger rising. "I know you and I haven't known each other long, James, but you're my friend! I wouldn't go breaking a promise I made!"
"What promise?" James said poisonously. "If I remember correctly, you just left me hanging that full moon night and walked away."
"You… you…" Lily didn't finish her sentence. She stormed out of the Great Hall.
"Lily, you didn't eat dinner!" Jane called behind her, but Lily didn't look back. She headed to the Ravenclaw common room. Arabella followed.
I've got you now, Lily Evans, thought the same spy from the library.
A/N: Haha, I'm evil, I know. I'll give you a hint about the 'mysterious spy': it's not Rita Skeeter (that mad cow LOL). Can you guess?
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