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"Lily...Lily...LILY!"

Lily's bright green eyes fluttered open and she stared at the group of people surrounding her. Her clothes were soaked and the ground was soft underneath her.

"You really gave us a scare, Lils." A blonde haired boy told her.

"You alright to stand Evans?" James asked.

"Ummm," The girl began. "I don't mean to be rude, but who the hell are you people?"

All the boys around her looked uncertainly at each other, then back to the redhead on the ground.

"Oh boy."

"Come on. Let's get you to the hospital wing." Sirius said.

Grabbing his hand for support, Lily shakily stood up. Her and the team slowly made their way to Madam Pomfrey.

"Sirius! James!" A voice from down the corridor called.

James, Sirius, and Remus were waiting outside the doors that led to the hospital wing and where Madam Pomfrey was taking care of Lily, along with Professor Mcgonagall and the headmaster. They all looked around and saw Carla Summers (Aaron's sister) and Gia McFey running down the hall towards them.

"Aaron just told us what happened. Is Lily okay?" Carla asked when they got closer to the boys.

"We don't know. She couldn't remember who anyone was or where she was when we brought her up here. Other then that she seemed fine." Remus told them.

"I swear," Gia began from behind Carla. "That if there is any permanent damage to that girl, you three will never be able to have children of your own. Got it?" She had an icy tone that could only be matched by one Lily Evans.

As soon as she finished speaking, Professors Mcgonagall and Dumbledore walked trough the double doors. All conversations that were about to begin ceased and the five teenagers gave their immediate attention to the two adults.

"Well, I suppose you would all like to know how Miss Evans is doing?" The headmaster watched them nod their heads yes. "She will be fine. Well, almost. Except for the whole memory problem." He smiled at them as if there was nothing to worry about and walked away.

"Professor Mcgonagall, what did he mean, by the 'memory problem'?" Carla asked.

"It seems that Miss Evans can't remember anything that has happened since she got onto the train for Hogwarts,"

"Well that's not so bad." Sirius remarked.

"In her first year." The Professor finished.

Sirius' face fell. "Oh."

"Now Professor Dumbledore and I have talked this over with her and we decided that we'll give her a simple test, which will decide if she is fit enough to stay in school or not. According to Madam Pomfrey, the chance of Lily getting her memory back is slim to none. So, she'll take the test, if she passes she stays here, with a slightly rearranged schedule and graduates in July."

"And if she fails the test?" Remus asked nervously.

"Then she will have to leave Hogwarts and be raised as a muggle back in London with her family." She didn't seem to mad or disappointed when she was explaining all this. And for some reason that just seemed to make James really angry.

"So your saying," He began in a dangerously low voice, "That Lily's entire future is going to be based on some test? That's ridiculous!" He ended just short of yelling and desperately tried to calm himself down.

"I'm sorry Mr. Potter, but that is how we do things around here. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to dinner. I suggest you all do the same. Lily won't be able to see anyone until after her test tomorrow after lunch." With that, she walked away.

"I'm not very hungry." Gia stated. Everyone else seemed to agree and the five of them silently walked back to Gryffindor tower.

An hour later and Remus, Sirius, James, Carla and Gia were sitting in the common room. No one had said a word since they left the hospital wing. It was slightly awkward, but no one could think of anything to say.

Finally, Sirius looked up from his spot on the floor to James who was slouching in an armchair. "Hey Prongs?"

"Yeah."

"Do you still like Evans? I mean, do you still want to go out with her?"

Everyone turned his or her head towards the handsome boy on the floor. He still kept his questioning gaze on James, waiting to hear his answer.

"Well," Now James was the one with all the stares in his direction. "Yeah. I do still like her. Why?"

"I was just thinking,"

"Oh no! Run for cover!" Gia screamed and jumped over the back of the couch.

"Ha. Ha. No seriously. I think I have a way to get Lily to like you back."

Remus looked at him funny then, with wide eyes started shaking his head. "No. Padfoot, you can't. I know what's going on in that messed up head of yours and you CAN'T do that! Think of all the things that could go wrong and the consequences if she found out. You can't and I won't let you."

"But Moony!" Sirius whined. "It's a brilliant plan!"

Remus scoffed and shook his head in response.

"Why don't you tell us the plan." Carla said.

Sirius smiled and leaned in, which made everyone else lean in, creating a circle of sorts. He put his finger to his lips to signal that they have to keep it a secret.

"Okay, since Lily doesn't remember any of us, we obviously have to re-introduce ourselves to her."

"If she passes the test." Gia pointed out.

"Please, it's Lily Evans we're talking about. Memory or no memory, that girl can pass any exam put in front of her with flying colors." James pointed out.

"Right, well she doesn't know anything that might have happened in the past or the behaviors of certain people. We can fill her in on some things and maybe put Prongs here in a new light."

"So you're saying that you want to talk about James and how brilliant he is in front of her, hoping she'll instantly fall in love? You're nuts." Gia said.

"No, no. I'm saying we tell a few fibs and give Lily the impression that all six of us are best buds and James maybe a little more then her best bud."

"Lie to Lily and tell her that James is her boyfriend!" Gia exclaimed. "Brilliant, I'm in."

"Gia!" Three voices said in surprise.

"Excellent! What do you say Moony? You in?" Sirius asked his friend.

"Absolutely not."

"Moony! Come on. You don't even have to do anything. Just stand there and act normal around her. You guys are already friends. I promise that you don't have to lie to her once."

Remus looked at his friend skeptically. "Fine. But I'm not telling her anything that wasn't true yesterday."

"What about you Carla?" Gia asked. "Will you join willingly or do I need to tell the Marauders some of your deepest secrets?"

"You wouldn't dare." Carla said, but not sounding too sure.

"James and Lily are perfect for each other and if I have to tell a few white lies to make Lily understand that, then that's fine with me. It's for the greater good." Carla still didn't seem convinced. So she went to her next plan of action. "One time, when Carla was at band camp she st-"

"OKAY! Okay! I'll go along with it. Jeez! But, James. How do you feel about all this?"

Once again all eyes were on him. "Uhhhh. I guess it's cool." He said with a shrug.

"Alright!" Sirius said, clapping James on the back. "We'll go talk to her tomorrow after lunch."

"Wait! What are people in school gonna say about this? Everyone knows Lily hates James and it won't be a secret if everyone finds out." Carla pointed out.

"Easy. If Lily is able to stay, the professors aren't going to tell everyone she lost her memory. It will probably be only us who know. We'll tell select people (the biggest gossips we can find) and tell them that Lily and James had been dating in secret since they didn't want everyone to know and that's why she pretended to hate him. And when she fell, she had a concussion and when she got better it was to hard to pretend so they decided to make their relationship official." Sirius told them.

"Wow. You really have thought this through haven't you?" Remus asked.

Sirius shrugged. "We've been sitting in the common room for two hours straight. I got bored."

"Come on. Let's go to the kitchens." James suddenly suggested. "You girls coming?"

Carla and Gia shook their heads no and went up to the girl's dormitory to finish some homework.

Nothing really happens in this chapter. Just kinda setting it up. Next chapter they actually talk to Lily!

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