Youth Lost Is Never Forgotten by Jasmine Starlight

A/N: I really should finish anything else before this........................

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Remus raised his brows at the shout resounding from Lily's compartment, James brightened considerably. /That's a big step up from last year/

Puffing his chest up like a rooster James strode up to the compartment door and slid it open. Lily groaned as she saw her worst nightmare standing at the door.

Setsuna and Arabella snickered, and Remus sighed from behind James, poking him in the back, "Let me in, you idiot."

"You wound me so Moony!" replied James as he stepped forward to admit Remus.

Setsuna rolled her eyes. James finally noticing the extra person in the compartment decided to ask Arabella, with as much tact as he could muster at the moment, "Who's the girl with the green hair?"

"You know I can hear you right?" said Setsuna dryly.

James had the grace to flush lightly, "Potter, would this jog your memory? "God, Jim how much of a freak can one person be?" imitating Sirius's voice mockingly.

James grimaced, "You heard that?"

"How could I not? I was standing not two feet away from you."

"Right." said James awkwardly.

"James and I apologize for our friend's stupidity. Don't we James?" said Remus pointedly.

James nodded, "Don't worry, Potter I'm not mad at you or Lupin. I'm mad at that asshole Black and his partner Pettigrew." she said airily.

"Pete? What did he do to you?" said Remus confusedly.

/He looks so cute when he's confused/ thought Arabella dreamily.

"Oh nothing much, he just told the entire school that I was in love with Professor McGonagall in front of her and she gave me a detention."

"Why?" said James "I remember that. Pete had detention for week."

Setsuna shook her head, "He got detention for blowing up his cauldron in Potions."

James nodded. That year made so much more sense now.

SIRIUS

Sirius was horribly disgusted, in the process of looking for James; he had walked in on Roldophus Lestrange and his favorite "cousin" Bella snogging. He was going to vomit his breakfast and last night's dinner onto the corridor.

One more prank to perform for this year. At least he was close to finding his friends and company. He had been through nearly all the compartments. Almost getting into a fight with Snivellus was not something he did purposely. Oh well, another prank to pull. What a busy year it was turning out to be...

REMUS

Well Sirius' torment doesn't seem to have left any permanent damage to Setsuna's psyche, unless you counted the fact she had an unhealthy hankering for revenge and way too much repressed anger. You can't win 'em all, thought Remus speculatively.

Remus found it odd that Setsuna didn't hold a grudge against James. James had often assisted in the torment of Slytherins, although he mostly tortured Snape and left her alone. He was present most of the time. Guilty by association, but Meioh was being surprisingly fair.

Interesting... but what was more interesting was how Arabella's eyes looked in the light of the compartment. Remus had an odd tingling feeling in his chest. When had that started? He thought absentmindedly.

SEVERUS

Time was dumb, was the only coherent thought that Sev could form at the moment, which was odd because Akio shouldn't have affected him that much, should she?

It was so hard to think in her presence, what was up with that? They were friends; he didn't feel this way about Setsuna or Narcissa. But Akio was so pretty... Damn hormones!

How had he ever gotten along without Setsuna to start conversations? Akio... said his brain dreamily. What the fuck was up with him?!

You like her... came the snickering voice in his head that sounded suspiciously like Remus Lupin. Where had that come from??

AKIO

Well this was awkward, thought Akio calmly. After her initial surprise at Severus, she had relatively calmed down. Well relatively...

What were they supposed to talk about? Weather? No. Sports? Too boring. Music? No.

Severus? There's a start...

"So, how was your summer?" she said.

"Okay. Visited some places." said Severus.

What do I do now???? thought Akio frantically. "That's nice." was all she could muster. What's wrong with me? Am I a first year Hufflepuff?

Why the hell are we talking about my summer vacation? Say something you moron!

"So, been following Quidditch lately?" he asked. Real smooth Sev, next you'll be talking about the nice weather we've been having.

Akio shook her head. This was so awkward! Say something you idiot! Anything would be better than this! Shouted her mind.

"You look hot." she blurted out. Did I just say that?

Severus flushed What are you doing? She just called you hot for fuck's sake!? TELL HER SOMETHING! "Thanks." Do you want her to leave? Talk about something else! ANYTHING ELSE!!! "You look hot too." he said. IDIOT! IDIOT! What the fuck is wrong with you?! I retract my previous statement!! Just sit there and let her do the talking!

Akio flushed even harder that Severus had five seconds prior. This is just peachy, he thinks you're hot and all you can do is blush? Are you sure you like him?

END

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Wind-Sorceress-Pluto- As always your reviews are fantastic. I also have another fic up. It is a auish side fic to TEI and YLINF. Read it!