You Complete ME
By: stargirlr
Disclaimer: I own what I own and don't own anything except for my original characters and any original plots or phrases.
Chapter 3: Hogsmeade Prefect's Meeting
The next day arrived, bright with a clear blue sky. The sun was shining and there was a light breeze flowing every-so-often. Lily strapped on a short white dress (A/N; You know, the Marilyn Monroe type combined with a tennis dress) and put on matching sandals setting off her tanned body marvelously.
Larika wore a bright blue polka dotted sailor dress, which accented her eyes.
"Ready Lils?"
"Yeah, but I still can't believe you're making me go to Hogsmeade with Potter."
"You're not going with James… Potter, if you must. You are going with me and I am going with Sirius and Sirius is going with James and Remus and Peter. So there, you see? You're not going with James."
"Oh… you owe me big time, Lara."
"Oh, P.S. can you please stop acting like someone shoved a stick up your arse? Puh-lease try to enjoy yourself. James isn't that bad, you know?"
Lily looked offended.
Lara hastily added, "No offense meant to the stick, by the way."
At sharp ten o'clock, they rushed down to the Great Hall where they had decided to meet the Marauders. As they entered, they slowed down a bit, enjoying the attention of the rapidly turning heads.
The Marauders' mouths literally dropped when they caught sight of Lily and Larika.
"Hello, dahlings!" Lara drawled.
Regaining his composure and elbowing James to tell him to do the same, Sirius put forth his arms and asked regally, "May I request the honor of escorting these Mademoiselles to the fair village of Hogsmeade?"
"I believe you may have the pleasure of escorting one of them but, my dear sir, I cannot allow you to steal both of them from us." James interrupted elegantly; he held his own arm out to Lily.
Lara looked at Lily appraisingly, a hint of a smile on her face.
Lily decided to heed her advice. She took James' arm and thus, effectively, pulled the stick out of her arse, and crushed it into thousands of little particles of sawdust.
At the village, the little boysies and girlsies split up to go their separate ways, deciding to meet an hour and a half later at Chocolate & Sprinkles for a round of ice creams.
The former were soon enveloped in the crowd around the prominent Quidditch store while the latter became engrossed in a store aptly named, "The Queen of Hearts-- Breath-taking creations for ALL occasions".
True to its word, the huge store had indeed an aisle marked "Quidditch Dance outfits". After an hour of browsing, Lily found the perfect outfit---- a stunningly beautiful emerald green backless dress that seemed to waft in midair. Lara too found just the right thing for her---- a dark blue strapless gown that highlighted her good figure. After finding just the right shoes and jewelry, Larika went to find Lily.
She exclaimed, "Lily! Look what I got!" proudly displaying her purchases.
"Great! Now, YOU can help me! I can't find a necklace!"
"Well, its time to meet the guys, so why don't we try at the Everything store next to Choco & Sprinkle?"
At Choco & Sprink, the girls found the Marauders waiting for them impatiently.
"Sooo, whadya buy? The entire world?" Sirius asked sarcastically.
Lily and Lara rolled their eyes.
Inside, James opened the menu and said out loud, "A triple fudge chocolate sundae with extra cheese… oops I mean, with extra whipped cream and chocolate sauce"
Lily looked up, "Hey, that's my fave! I'll have the same, please. But, without the cheese." She grinned.
"I'll have a large banana split sundae with rocky road, strawberry, chocolate, cookie dough, pistachio, jelly beans, sardine and artichoke ice cream, topped with MnMs, raisins and peanut butter and a side order of marshmallow cream." Sirius ordered.
Lara grinned and ordered a cherry soda.
"I'll have a strawberry ripple." Remus said.
Peter squeaked, "I'm on a diet, so I'll have two low-fat yogurts, a cold coffee and five non-fat cookies. And, ohh, five chocolate donuts with extra whipped cream topping."
(A/N: Yes, that was completely pointless, but I loved making up Sirius' order. ;-) )
After eating, drinking and talking for half an hour or so, they went to the Everything store to find a necklace for Lily.
Inside the shop, there was a whirlwind of bright colors. The store sold EVERYTHING ranging from cooking equipment to sports apparel. (A/N: Well that was obvious. The store's name IS Everything!)
Lily rushed to the jewelry counter while the rest of the group lingered behind her looking at various displays. After ten minutes of rapid searching, she found a silver plated necklace with a lily in the center.
She stared at it, mystified by its simplicity and beauty. She asked the assistant the price and gasped slightly.
Five galleons!
Jeez Louise! She wasn't from a pure and ancient wizarding family!
Reluctantly, she placed it back in place and left the store followed by Lara, Peter, Remus and Sirius. She could make do with some of her old stuff.
James waited, staring at the place Lily had been standing. He went up to the counter.
After coming out of the store five minutes later, he was asked by Remus "What took you so long?"
He replied mysteriously, " Nothing, nothing, just…"
Sirius looked at him and James blushed.
"Nothing is nothing" Remus retorted cryptically.
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know. I read it somewhere."
"Oh."
They roamed around Hogsmeade, the two girls chattering happily in front and the for boys trying to look manly behind them.
Suddenly, Wormtail's eyes caught sight of something… or rather someone. "Hey guys." He muttered. "Looky who I found!"
Sirius stopped to see, "Ah! Snivellus."
The boys ducked down the alley, James and Sirius leading. Peter followed them, with a greedy look on his face while Remus looked warily from the girls walking forward obliviously to his fellow Marauders. Finally, he followed his friends towards Severus Snape, hoping to prevent some sort of disaster.
Snape was standing in the dimly lit lane, talking to one of his Slytherin cohorts.
As the Marauders approached him, he looked up alert and his wand hand automatically went to his pocket.
"What are you up to now, Potter?" He sneered. The boy beside him looked scared.
James grinned, "Oh, nothing that concerns you, Snivelly."
Sirius glanced at the small boy and remarked, "You better send him home to Mommy before he wets his pants."
The boy looked at Snape, eager to make a getaway, but Snape ignored him and asked James again, "What do you want?"
"Not much… We smelled something foul and guessed it to be your disgusting hair. Didn't your mother ever teach you to shampoo and condition?" James smirked.
"I wouldn't talk, Potter." Snape retorted as he glanced up at James' untidy mess.
James said airily, "I don't think the Severus Snape look is that popular, is it? Oh, but the ladies love my hair, Snivellus."
Snape's lip curled, "Well, if by ladies you mean Evans, I think you should know—Mudbloods like her aren't considered to be ladies."
James swore loudly and whipped out his wand, shouting, "Ricutespora"
Snape broke out into incontrollable twitches.
" Impendita sp?" he stuttered.
James' motion was considerably hampered. But his backup, Sirius was on the ready to defend him.
Sirius jumped in, "Herniambica"
Snape passed out.
Remus pointed his wand to James and quietly said, "Finite Incantamem".
James went back to normal, but at the most unfortunate moment, the moment that Lily and Larika appeared behind them.
"What are you guys-- " Lara began. Comprehension dawned on her as she looked at the unconscious figure of Snape and the Slytherin next to him, trying to shake him awake.
"Oh, for goodness sake!" Lily cried as she bustled past the boys. James winced as she crouched down near Snape. She felt his pulse and relief washed over her as she said dryly, "At least they didn't kill him."
She stood up, her nose wrinkling with the smell of his greasy hair. James certainly hadn't been kidding. "So, Potter, which spell was it this time?"
"Me! I didn't knock him out!" He protested futilely.
"Right." She replied icily.
"It was 'Herniambica'." Remus said softly.
Lily tried to remember the counter course as Lara scolded Remus, " Couldn't you have done something?"
"It wouldn't work, even if I tried." Remus said, shrugging helplessly.
"Herniambica, Herniambica… what did Professor Tucker say?" Lily looked to the heavens for help. "Of course!"
She neared Snape and muttered something under her breath as the young boy looked on gratefully.
Snape regained consciousness immediately.
"What ha- oh, yes I remember…" He frowned.
"Here, Snape." Lily offered her hand to help him up and this time Lara, Remus, James, Sirius and Peter collectively winced.
"I do not need any help from a filthy Mudblood." He said coldly, trying to get up himself.
Lily looked as though she had drunk sour milk. "It'll be a miracle if anyone is more filthy than you, you disgusting creature." She waved her wand and muttered "Herniambica" and Snape passed out again.
Her friends looked at her agape.
The boy looked at her, his faith in this pretty savior crushed.
James opened his mouth to say something but Lily cut in.
"Don't. I don't want to hear it."
As Lara walked with her, she heard her say something under her breath viciously, "No one calls Lily Evans a Mudblood and gets away with it.
On the 15th at the prefect's meeting:
"Alright prefects." Head Boy Steven McConnell said rather loudly. "The decor for the dance as well as the food and drinks have to be arranged by… guess who? Us. So, anyone have any ideas?"
"Maybe, we could have all the team colors all around the hall…" Lily suggested.
Steven smiled at her, showing each of his perfect white teeth. "Yeah, with the Hogwarts banner at the center."
James glared at him, groaning inwardly.
Responsibilities were allotted.
Gryffindor- Entertainment. Ravenclaw-Décor. Hufflepuff-Food. Slytherin- Drinks.
A little while and quite a lot of brainstorming later, James said, "We could get the Toad Eyes to come play for us."
At that, quite a few exclamations arose. The Toad Eyes were a popular band, well known in teenage crowds. Especially well known with the girls.
"The Toad Eyes? How on earth will we get them to come HERE?" Steven asked disbelievingly.
"Well, it's the simple matter of me owling the lead-singer, Kevin, who also happens to be a good friend of mine." He replied smugly giving Steven a 'Isn't-it-obvious? Don't-even-dare-compete-with-me. I'll-always-win' look.
Lily looked at James half exasperated, half admiring. He knew she loved the Toad Eyes.
Since, the entertainment part was taken care of Gryffindor decided to help with the decorations.
A couple of days later:
The Marauders were in their dorms throwing a snitch around.
"Er, so, guys?" James threw the snitch at Peter.
Peter missed it and fell down.
"Yeah?" Remus caught it lightly and threw it at Sirius' head.
Sirius just dodged it and James continued, "What about the Quidditch Dance? The bet? We have to decide sometime who's going to… who's going to…" He trailed off.
"Become a transvestite?" Sirius grinned his classic smile. "Yeah, I guess we do…"
"Not me… I have a date with Megan." Remus piped up.
"Megan? That bitch?" Peter asked.
"For lack of someone better…" Remus said.
"Well, Not me either, I'm going with Lara." Sirius said.
James looked up surprised. "You've asked her?"
"Well, technically, no." he admitted "But how can she refuse THE Sirius Black?"
"You better take care of her. Remember who her best friend is! Anyhow, the ultra famous James Potter can't spoil his rep…and I wanna ask…someone" He said hastily.
"So, I guess it'll have to be…"
"Me." ended Peter.
