DISCLAIEMR: I OWN NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE!

A/N:hey, sorry it's been a while! This chapter took a while to write and I still don't think it's all that great- it's kinda a transition chapter. I'm sorry for the cliff hanger, but that's just so you guys will still read! I promise that if it isn't the next chapter, the chapter after that will be good! It'll be the summer and I already have some of it written out! I have like a lot of later scene written out too, butI can't out them in yet... but I do have a lot ideas of where it's gonna go, so bear with me! and thnx a buch to all of my reviewers! I love you guys more than I can say,honestly! okay, here's the chapter:

Chapter 8:

I swam to the shore and looked for Potter and Black. They were starting to run back towards the castle. Did they honestly think that they were going to get away that easily? After all the crap they'd pulled, I don't think so. I waved my hand, muttering an incantation and they stopped in their tracks.

"What the bloody hell?" I heard Sirius say. "James, why can't we move?"

"I don't know. It's like we're stuck." He replied. Oh, he was very good a stating the obvious, that one. They both struggled against the spell I'd put on them as I walked over to them in a furious calm.

"What made you think that I would just sit there and take something like that? Do you think that I honestly wasn't to retaliate?" I asked, and they both jumped in surprise hearing my voice.

"Um…" James said, clearly trying to think of some response to get them out this situation. Sirius was way ahead of him.

"Oh, c'mon Jules, you know we were just messing around. Take this spell off and we can show you things that you've never even dreamed of." He said, in a seductive tone. He was good at being seductive when he wanted to. Too bad he couldn't seduce me.

"How thick are you?" I asked, anger in my voice. "Not only did you lie to me Sirius, you and your pathetic side kick have been trying to humiliate me since I arrived. I'm not taking it anymore!"

"Look, we were just having a bit of fun, Jules." James said, sounding somewhat unsure. "There's no reason to blow this out of proportion."

"Let me tell you something Potter," I said to him. "People have been having 'just a bit of fun' at my expense for years now. And your bit of fun included my dignity and pride. It's about time I returned the favor."

"What are you going to do to us? Kill us? Torture us until we lose our minds?" Sirius asked, his voice filled with fear. This wasn't the response I'd been expecting. Did they think I would do something like that? I can lose my temper, but I'm no murderer.

"I should curse you into oblivion and leave you here to rot." I said, evenly. "But, I won't. You are worth it." I added, starting to walk back to the castle. I waved my hand again and they were standing there in nothing but their boxers. I smirked at them.

"Wait, we are you going? You can't just leave us here!" Sirius yelled after me. I turned to face him.

"Mr. Black, I think that you and Mr. Potter need a taste of your own medicine!" I said. "I'm warning you two- don't mess with me! I am not afraid to fight back!" I added. With that I turned and walked back to the castle, ignoring their shouts that came after me.

"Why are you all wet? And why are you back so early?" Lily asked, I walked into the dorm fifteen minutes later.

"I'm wet because I fell in the lake. I back early because the valentine turned out to one of Potter and Black's pranks." I replied, ringing out my hair over the sink in the bathroom.

"Oh, Jules, that's horrible!" She exclaimed. "Why do you look so happy about it?" She asked suspiciously.

"'Cause two can play at that game." I said, with a satisfied smile.

"Oh no, your eyes are purple…what did you do?" She asked, sounding somewhat amused, somewhat foreboding.

"Nothing too horrible." I replied, drying my hair with a wave of my hand. "They're just stuck outside, in their boxers, until I see fit to release them." I added, trying to hold back the huge smile that wanted to spread across my face.

"Jules, you didn't!" She said, incredulously, laughing.

"See for yourself." I said, laughing too, pointing out the window. James and Sirius could be seen, trying to move and get inside. It truly was a great sight.

The next morning I woke up to the laughter of the other girls I shared the dorm with. I rolled over and saw that they were crowded by one of the windows, looking at something outside. I smirked knowing what it was.

"Oh, look there, they're only in their boxers…" One of the girls was saying.

"Damn, that Sirius Black has one nice body, don't he?" Another one said. I laughed to myself and got up to take a quick shower.

"So, when are you going to let those two go?" A voice from behind me asked. I turned and saw Remus.

"I haven't the slightest idea of what you're talking about, Remus." I said, innocently. He didn't buy it.

"Cut the act, Jules." He said, shortly. "I know what they were planning to do last night and by the looks of it, they went through with it. And now you've gotten them back, so could you please just let them go?"

"I haven't even begun to get them back." I replied. "They brought this upon themselves and I'm actually surprised that nobody's done anything before now."

"Why are being so difficult?" He asked, sighing. I looked at him.

"I'm being difficult? Remus, Potter and Black have been pulling crap on me since the beginning of the year and you're saying that I'm the one being difficult? I tried being patient and talking it out, but it didn't work and I'm not gonna let them make a damn fool out of me!" I exclaimed, indignantly. Remus took a step back from me.

"Okay, Jules, okay." He said, trying to calm me down.

I walked off into the Great Hall and sat down to eat. But after five minutes, I realized that I wasn't hungry- I'd lost my appetite. Damn Remus to hell, why did he have to make me feel so guilty? I walked outside to find Potter and Black just the way I'd left them- half-naked and looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Okay, I've got a deal for you two." I said, as I reached them.

"Will you let us go inside?" Sirius asked, his face red- I don't know if was from the cold weather or the catcalls he was getting.

"Just listen." I replied. "I will let you go, but know that this is not over. I will continue to torture you as I see fit until I think you've paid enough. And as that will probably never happen, I will probably be torturing you for the rest of your pathetic lives."

I waved my hand at them and started walking back to the castle. Potter and Black just stood there for a second and then both of them took a cautious step. After they realized that they could, in fact, move they made a break for the school. They whizzed past me, shivering in the frosty morning air. I chuckled to myself, watching them go. Sirius did have a nice body…too bad he was such a jerk.

The Quidditch Cup Finals were finally upon us. Derek had us practicing at every spare moment of the day. We stood a very good chance and the extra practices did help. And when Saturday rolled around, all of us were confident that we were going to win. It was just the attitude that we needed.

"Alright, we're up against Slytherin and they've been getting better. They've changed the line up from big gorillas to actual talent. But that doesn't mean that we're not going to beat them. We still have the best team in the school and we're gonna show 'em how it's done!" Derek said, pumping us up. It worked. There nothing any of us wanted more than to kick the Slytherin's asses.

The game started and we were off. James, Mike, and I passed the Quaffle flawlessly. We scored five times before the Slytherins were even able to touch the ball. But, inevitably, they did get it. And they were almost as good as us. Their beaters took no mercy and just whacked the bludgers in the direction of us- whether we had the ball or not. I swear, one of them almost killed me.

"Watch it, bastard!" I yelled at him as I continued to fly down field. I caught the pass Mike threw and put it in the goal. The score was now 60-30 Gryffindor.

At one point, the two beaters came at me with their clubs raised and I had to turn upside down to avoid them. But that unfortunately made me slip off my broom so that I was holding on with my hands while the rest of my body dangled in the air. I tried to pull myself up, but my hands slipped in the broom and I nearly fell off. Sirius, being the closest one to me, flew over to help.

"Jules let go of your broom, I'll catch you." He said, some five feet below me.

"I swear if you don't, Sirius, I'll kill you!" I said, closing my eyes and letting go. A moment later I felt a pair of strong arms catch me. I opened my eyes and saw Sirius there, his cocky grin in place. "Thanks."

"Well, I do believe you owe me one." He said, flying up to where my broom was so I could get back on. I stood on his broom, balanced, and then jumped to mine, catching it with my hands and having enough momentum, twirling myself over to sit on it again. Sirius looked at me, impressed and slightly surprised.

"You wish Black." I replied, before flying off. I was given a penalty shot, which I put right into the goal.

After another three goals and a lot of close calls, Sam finally caught the snitch ending and winning the game. We'd won the cup! We'd beaten Slytherin, even after they'd tried to play dirty! Ha ha, in their faces!

There was a party up in the Common Room that night that went on well into the morning. Round about four everyone started to head up to bed. I wasn't tired, but I went up with others. I pulled my parents' journals out and began reading them. They detailed everything from the prophecy to how to effectively disguise yourself by muggle means. I really got an insight to what my parents did. They weren't only aurors; they did just about everything you could do as a muggle. They had both spent some time in the CIA, training and gaining experience that would help them in their line of work. Well, I guess I knew where I got it from.

As I finished skimming my father's journal, I flipped to the back cover. I ran my hand over it and I felt a weird groove. I pushed on it and a star shaped metal piece popped out. It was really weird, like a missing piece to some puzzle. I had a feeling that it was important, so I put it into my pocket- I was never going to let it out of my sight. I wondered what it went to…and then it hit me. On my father's grave there was a star engraved into the tombstone. The same exact size as this one! Maybe that was where it fit! It was a long shot, but I would have to find out for myself. But when? Over the summer I would go back to LA. I mean, I had no where else to go it was more than likely that I would just go back to the orphanage there. But whatever this piece led to, I was going to find out. For all I knew it could be something that could help me; something that my parents were keeping for me.

short, I know, but there's a bit foreshadowing, so I hope you're paying attetion. I'll update as soon as I can! I hope you guys liked it! Review please!