Siriusprotégé

A fine line between love and hate

Disclaimer: Every thing you read here belongs to the wonderful J K Rowling and not me! Everything you don't recognize as J K Rowling's' is mine! Thanks to the over-active imagination of a 15 year old girl.

Summary: Un-like many girls in her year Lily Evans did not fall for the good looks or charm of James Potter. However James did fall for the fiery red head. What's a guy to do?


"What we do in life echoes through eternity"


Chapter 2

Lily looked up as Cat dragged herself into their dorm. Her jet black hair, held back in what resembled some type of pony-tail, was matted and she was covered from head to toe in mud, her Quidditch robes soaked from the rain. Lily watched as Cat dropped her broom on the bed, grinning like an idiot.

"Good practice?" Lily enquired politely the corners of her mouth twitching. Cat's smile was infectious.

"Yes. But that's not why I'm smiling." She paused for a dramatic effect, "faze one went perfectly!" she burst out, doing a funny little jig out of sheer glee, "they're all going to talk to them about it tomorrow!" if it was possible Cat's grin got even wider "and I figured what I want Black to do… he, he o I haven't been this happy for years!"

Cat dropped her wet Quidditch robes on the ground and flopped onto her bed still laughing at what she had in mind for Sirius. "Have you figured out what you're going to get Potter to do yet?" her smile faded slightly as she shot a questioning look at Lily. She had an idea that this meant more to Lily than just a stupid prank.

Lily grinned at her "I have an idea. But it's a surprise; you'll have to wait till tomorrow. What are you going to do to Black?"

Cat snorted "if you're not going to tell me then I am most certainly not going to tell you," her eyes narrowed slightly "what's Jo going to do to Peter?"

"Knowing Jo…Something horribly embarrassing and terribly dodgy, she hasn't let anything slip yet," Lily went back to reading her book.

"Hum," Cat grabbed her towel "Is she in the bathroom?" Lily nodded, not really paying attention, "I'll see if I can get her to spill, we might as well know what one of us is planning," she started to walk out before she whirled round. "What time are we doing it?"

Lily wrinkled her nose, "about one. They shouldn't be awake then." Cat nodded and walked out humming "I love you baby" as she went. Lily looked up and grinned as her vague idea suddenly became a fully loaded plan.


At five past one, three girls crept down the girls' stair case and jumped the last two steps that creaked. Quiet as mice they snuck up the boys' staircase to the dorm marked 'fifth year'. This door also had a shiny, gold sign on the outside proudly proclaiming

'The Marauders', the girls quietly opened the door and walked in.

Lily, Cat and Jo walked over to three beds, where three people could be heard snoring loudly. Poking their heads through the drawn curtains of the four-poster beds, the girls quickly retreated and pointed out to each other the beds that held their victims.

Like a breeze suddenly blowing through the room the word "Hypnos" could be heard and then low murmuring as the three girls whispered commands into the boys' ears.

Jo finished first and went and stood in the doorway nervously. A few seconds later Lily joined her, suddenly an extremely loud noise came from the bed furthest away from the door.

This was quickly followed by a loud thump as Cat, surprised by the sound, jumped and landed on her bottom, her hands covering her ears. All the girls sighed with relief when they realized the thunderous noise was just Sirius snoring.

A muffled "what the hell?" came from another bed. Cat's eyes glowed un-naturally in the dark, and with a speed not humanly possible, Cat fled from the room and followed Lily and Jo down the stairs.

The girls grinned wickedly at each other before creeping silently back up the stairs to bed. Hoping to catch a few hours sleep before the games began in the morning.


James woke with a sudden start, "what the hell?" he muttered into his pillow before looking around the room.

Something big and amber glowed in the dark. He blinked and it was gone. Quickly grabbing his wand he mumbled "lumos". Immediately a bright light lit up the room.

He looked around.

Nothing was there.

Blinking and thinking he was dreaming James re-deposited his wand on his bedside table and fell back to sleep the minute his head hit the pillow.


"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" a loud scream echoed through out every single dorm in Hogwarts at exactly 7:30 in the morning.

"You know I will never forgive my brother for thinking this could be funny" Cat shouted over the noise. Gryffindors wake up call every day except for Saturday and Sunday. "When he said he wanted to leave a token of himself behind, I had hoped it would be less conspicuous!" she grabbed a pillow and covered her ears with it in an attempt to block out the noise.

Lily stood up and put her feet on the ice cold stone floor. Immediately the screaming stopped in their room. "I know, remind me to kill him next time I see him." Lily mumbled through a yawn, lying back down on her bed.


George Eliot was Cat's oldest brother and legendary at Hogwarts for being the biggest player, the biggest prankster and, this is what made him so awe inspiring for the marauders, he held the title for most detentions in a year. He was also the founder of the Hogwarts race. It was held annually and it would be again in a few weeks. So far no one had ever been able to beat George's time.

It was also common knowledge that the Marauders were trying not only to emulate George, but also to beat his records of most detentions (Sirius was currently was only off by 57 or so), and beat his time in the Hogwarts race (James had been only 2 seconds behind last year and Cat had managed to draw with his 2 min and 30 seconds). They were also out to steal his title as biggest players (they'd already won biggest pranksters hands down).


A loud grumbling sound came from Jo's general direction, which was a lot closer than Lily would have liked, "Breakfast!" Jo shouted, pulling the covers off both Lily and Cat.

"God Thomas you're stomach is a better alarm clock than that annoying screaming!"

Cats soon regretted her comment as her clothes came flying through the air and landed smack on her face, "Alright, alright I can take a hint." Cat reluctantly climbed out of bed and dragged herself in the direction of the bathroom to get changed.

"Have you guys completely forgotten our midnight wanderings?" Jo cried exasperated.

Lily, now fully clothed whirled around from brushing her hair, emerald eyes shining in anticipation. Cat's head stuck out through the bathroom door "o my God" she said through a mouthful of tooth paste, "give me two seconds!" she disappeared only to appear moments later running down the stairs as fast as she could.

Finally the girls arrived eagerly in the Great Hall, and slowing down considerably they walked slowly but expectantly over to their usual seats. They piled food on to their plates, and then proceed to ignore what was in front of them, waiting impatiently for the Marauders to arrive. After what seemed like hours the boys entered the room and sat down piling food onto their plates, the girls watched them quietly as they began to eat.

"Any minute now." Cat whispered, "I told Romilly to ask James round about breakfast. I then told Charlotte to ask him in transfiguration and Katie in charms, Helen in Herbology, Clemmie in potions and Sophie in divination."

All three of the girls took in a deep breath as they saw Romilly Jones and Emily Brown walk over from the Huffelpuff table to talk to the Marauders. Suddenly the bell rang and the girls never had a chance to see what happened as everyone rose to go to classes.

"Never mind," Cat said, trying to mask her disappointment "we've got transfiguration next! Let's see what McGonagall thinks to what Lily has in mind for James!"

"Potter" Lily corrected her friend.

"Huh?" Cat said distractedly, shooting Lily a quizzical look.

"You called him James. It's Potter."

"O yeh, Potter" Cat smiled nodding at Lily as she walked on ahead. As soon as she couldn't see Cat pointed her index finger to her temple and rotated it before pointing it as Lily's back.

Jo laughed "I know! But just think at what she's going to make him do!" Cat grinned and they followed Lily in silence.


Much to the girls delight Charlotte paired up with James in Transfiguration. They waited.

And waited.

"Lils are you sure you told James to do any thing?" Jo asked, raising her eyebrows at Lily.

"Yes, just be patient she hasn't asked him yet!"

"O for Merlins sake. Why don't we give her some encouragement?" Cat demanded and stalked over to Charlotte and James. Lily and Jo watched in admiration as Cat winked at Charlotte and walked off.

"I love you baby and if its quite alright I'll love you baby until the moments right…."

Lily jumped about a foot in the air as James suddenly jumped up on the table and started singing to Charlotte at the top of his voice.

Lily covered her ears and saw Jo wince visibly through her laughter as James hit yet another wrong note. Honestly she probably wouldn't have told him to do such a thing if she'd had any idea what a bad singer he was. Actually scrap that, yes she would've!

"Mr. Potter would you kindly desist from this madness and get off the desk or it will be ten points from Gryffindor!" Professor McGonagall shouted, her lips thinning. James' only response was to jump off the desk and to start dancing around the room with McGonagall, until she finally screamed "detention for a week!" James stopped, looking absolutely mystified by the fact that he was standing in the middle of the room, decidedly out of breath and with a very sore throat. Charlotte however looked as if Christmas had come early, and her simpering eyes fluttering at him, she began to gush about how sweet he was.

Lily's mouth dropped open, "I don't believe her! He just publicly embarrassed her and she goes on about how sweet he is?" Lily looked towards Jo and Cat for support but couldn't see them. McGonagall had dragged them both to the front of the room and was now telling them off for laughing on the floor.

"That……was…….really good Lils!" Cat gasped between fits, when she sat down again.

"Yeh" Jo agreed "mine's nowhere near as good as that!" she gasped before bursting into laughter.


After witnessing another lesson of James declaring his undying love for another unsuspecting girl who, just like Charlotte, gushed about how sweet it was they finally saw what Cat had in store for Sirius.

They were walking to lunch when Cat stuck her hand out, holding Lily back from the great hall, "Cat? Is something wrong?" Lily asked in confusion.

"No! Look!" biting her lip and looking like she'd just won a million gallons Cat pointed at Sirius, who, for some inexplicable reason was walking as fast as he could away from Emily Brown a strange look of fear on his face. They watched silently as the couple rushed passed them.

"Sirius pleases tell me what's wrong? Was it something I did...? Please I'm really confused!" Emily panted, finally managing to draw level with her boyfriend. Emily reached out tensely with one pale hand and lightly held his shoulder. Immediately Sirius let out and ear-piercing scream. Dropping all his books and throwing his hands up in the air he ran for his life towards the Great Hall. The girls watched him in abject amazment, and then amusement as they watched him run straight into the wall, and sprawling on his back.

He looked around in amazement he looked at the three hysterical girls, "what's so funny?"

"That is so cruel" hissed Lily, watching her friend with a mingled feeling of awe and wonder. Cat laughed like a madwoman, leaving Sirius looking even more bewildered as he was surrounded by a crowd of anxious girls.


Lily went to sit next to Peter, "Er Lils I wouldn't do that if I were you." Lily turned to look at Jo.

"Why?" she asked suspiciously, as she followed her friends to a safer place, feeling a just a little cruel.

"You'll see." Jo murmured ominously

Suddenly Remus rushed in and sat down next to Peter. Jo's face visibly paled as she looked at Remus.

"Hey Pete." Remus looked over at Peter as he didn't answer. "Peter are you ok?" Remus shot Peter a confused look, and suddenly… Peter flew at Remus, knocking him off his chair and wrapping his arms round a decidedly bewildered Remus.

"O Remus you know I love you right?" Peter asked, his voice sounding suspiciously camp.

"Er that's great Peter but do you mind getti…" Remus was suddenly cut off as Peter jammed his lips against Remus' mouth. As quickly as it happened it was over. The entire hall was in laughter and shock. Remus looked as if he could commit murder. Most people had learnt very early on you do not mess with Remus Lupin, "Get off me!" Remus snarled before storming out of the Great Hall. Peter shrugged completely unaware at what he'd just done and went back to his food.

A loud bang brought Lily out of her hysterics. Looking over she saw Cat banging her head on the table,

"What?" Lily asked. Wordlessly Cat pointed at the door just in time for Lily to see Sirius run into another wall and James to come skipping in behind some poor girl who was trying desperately to get away from him. Stifling a laugh she stuffed her fist in her mouth, after all prefects were not meant to find such juvenile antics as pranks amusing.


Lily sat with Jo studying in the Library. She sighed and tried hard not to laugh as she remembered the day's events. Every moment had been fun, right from Sirius running away from every girl that tried to touch him, screaming maniacally; to James singing very badly to anyone who asked him if "he had something to ask" (which was surprising a large number because of Cat's 'faze one') and then skipping after them if they tried to escape; Peter declaring his undying love for anyone who asked him "how he was" had definitely been a highlight, though it may have been better if he hadn't also kissed them, Professor Flitwick was still in the hospital wing recovering from the shock. Lily was trying to decide which was funnier, James serenading Professor Dumbledore or Sirius running screaming from Madame Pomfrey when she asked him if "his little problem had cleared up." When suddenly Cat rushed in.

"We… have to….. Take the spell……off!" she gasped between laughing.

"What? Why? What happened?" Jo asked looking amused as Cat attempted to tell them before breaking down in laughter half way through. Taking a few deep breaths she fixed her large amber eyes on their faces.

"Sirius ran into so many walls that he knocked himself unconscious and is currently out cold in the hospital wing!"

Lily bit her lip, "Alright." She sighed.

It didn't take them long to find James, Peter and Sirius, all together in the hospital wing, and after quickly muttering the counter curse they wandered back to Gryffindor tower.

Lily suddenly stopped, "I wonder if they'll ever figure out who did it to them?"

"I doubt they'll figure it out." Cat said confidently before laughing.

"What?" asked Jo.

"Nothing. I was just remembering James's and Peter's faces as they suddenly remembered what they'd been doing today!" the three girls burst out laughing.


As she lay in bed that night, mulling over the days events, Lily thought the same thought she'd thought ever since she'd come to Hogwarts, how lucky she was to be a witch.


A/N: Hey guys hope you liked it! God I had fun writing this chapter! I'm sure it was far more amusing in my mind than it came across as in the chapter but never mind. And I'm sorry if anyone doesn't like it or finds it insulting. (Especially the bit about "Sirius' little problem" wink wink.)

Thanks to everyone who reviewed earlier and if you like it please review with comments because I need them thanks again! Sorry if you think the Characters are Mary sues but I like them so keeping them! I also toned down on the amount of colorful language I used so sorry if you found the first chapter a bit verbal.

I have also redone the last chapter slightly, hopefully it's better now and my BETA no longer has to ritually kill herself for doing such a bad job. Shame, we could all use a good hanging! (joking, OK. Ps my Beta wrote this herself!)

Any way Please RR and I hope to hear from you soon!

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