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Ch. 7 The Chocolate Frogs War

"Here's a compartment!" called Hestia as she entered the very last car of the Hogwarts Express.

"I can't believe we're so late!" moaned Lily sitting down.

"Who cares?" said Monica leaning back in her seat. "We're here aren't we?"

Lily sighed audibly as the train slowly began to move.

The girls chatted about France a bit when suddenly there was a loud knock on the compartment door.

Remus Lupin poked his head in and asked politely, "Do you mind if the four of us join you? The rest of the compartments are already full."

"No you can't!" said Lily horrified at the thought of having to share a compartment with James "All Girls Drool at My Feet" Potter. "You can sit in the hallway!"

"Oh don't be mean Lils!" said Hestia rolling her eyes."Sure Remus, half of this compartment is empty, come on in!"

Remus slid the door open and he, James, Sirius, and Peter lugged their trunks in and sat down.

"This is quite tight," Sirius commented as he noticed he was nearly sitting on top of Emmeline.

"Just be glad Lily didn't leave you out in the hall!" snapped Monica.

"Alright I'm glad Lily didn't leave me out in the hall," repeated Sirius. "Now can someone please move? I'm dying here!"

"Whine to someone who cares Padfoot," muttered James staring at his hands determined not to look at Lily.

"Ok does anyone care about Sirius' comfort level?" asked Peter glancing around.

No one raised his or her hand.

"I fell so unloved!" complained Sirius his eyes bright with (completely fake) unshed tears.

"Oh give it a rest Black!" snapped Monica throwing a copy of Witch Weekly at him.

"Oh touchy," observed Sirius. "I wouldn't mind be loved by you Mon!"

He scooted closer to Monica.

"I feel so honored," said Monica sarcastically. "Geroff Black!"

She shoved Sirius away from her and he backed off looking forlorn.

"Rejection, it hurts," stated Remus with a slight smile.

"Where are you guys going for holiday?" asked Emmeline eager for a subject change.

Well..." began Peter.

"Anything off the trolley dears?" asked the witch with the food cart as she opened the compartment door.

"Food!" called the four boys rummaging through their pockets and trunks for some gold.

The girls were more subdued quietly taking out some coins and paying for their candy.

Once the witch had left, she had much less candy and a great deal more gold.

"Bung me a Chocolate Frog, Peter," said James, his mouth full of Pumpkin Pasty, quite forgetting about feeling miserable over Lily's newfound boyfriend since he was now full of candy.

"You have your own Frogs!" said Peter in annoyance.

"But I ate them already!"

"Well you can't have any of mine!"

"Aw come on Petie!"

"Don't call me Petie!"

Bertie Bott's Beans flew everywhere as Peter squeezed the bag a bit too hard as he glared at James angrily.

"Petie, Petie, Petie, I want some Chocolate Frogs!"

"Oh here you idiot!" said Lily throwing one of her own Frogs at James' head. "Now shut up!"

James looked taken aback as the Frog bounced off his head and he caught it in his open hands. He stared at Lily looking thoroughly confused.

"What?" she asked exasperated. "Open wrapper, eat Chocolate Frog, look at card. Is it really that damn difficult Potter?"

James mumbled something incoherent and popped the Frog into his mouth. He glanced absently at the card and choked on the half-chewed Frog spraying bits of chocolate onto the compartment floor.

Everyone stared at Lily who said defensively, "What? I didn't poison it or anything! It's not my fault if he can't chew properly!"

James had since stopped hacking and coughing (with the help of a few smacks on the back from Sirius) and said hoarsely, "Evans didn't do anything to it. It's the card. It's Crispin Cronk."

He held up the card and grinned sheepishly, "I've been looking everywhere for it and I was surprised when I saw I'd gotten it."

James nodded to Lily and said, "Thanks Evans!"

"I just wanted to shut you up," replied Lily.

"Well anyway, thanks."

James stared absently at his newly acquired Crispin Cronk Chocolate Frog Card as the train sped on.

"Anyone for Exploding Snap?" Sirius asked several hours later removing his face from the rain-spattered windowpane.

No one replied and Sirius resumed smashing his head against the window in an effort to make the raindrops on the glass move.

"For the love of Merlin, would you stop?" shrieked Emmeline after everyone had endured another twenty minutes of loud head banging.

"Not unless someone finds a better way to entertain me," Sirius said between bangs.

Eventually, unable to stand it any longer, the four girls decided to walk around the train for a bit.

"We could tie Wormtail to the luggage rack," James suggested after the girls were well out of earshot.

He knew the girls would never stand for their little tricks on Peter. They all had a soft spot for the little guy and hated when James and Sirius teased him.

"No..." protested Peter inching himself back in his seat away from James.

"I agree Jamesie. That should entertain me for a few minutes." Sirius grinned evilly.

Both James and Sirius charged at Peter and proceeded to chase him a number of times around the compartment.

Remus glanced up from his book for a moment, sighed, and then continued reading.

James finally got Peter with the Full-Body Bind and he and Sirius pushed and shoved until Peter was up on the luggage rack.

"I guess tying him to it really isn't necessary," commented Sirius. "Since he can't move anyway."

James quickly added a final touch by changing Peter's hair to a shocking neon green before he sat down satisfied.

About a half hour later, the girls trudged back into the compartment and were delighted to find that Sirius had ceased banging his head against the windows.

"Figure your brain's damaged enough as it is?" sneered Monica sitting down.

"No, just found a better way to entertain myself," said Sirius vaguely.

"Hey, where's Pet...!" Lily shrieked loudly and the other three girls looked up and saw Peter stuck on top of the luggage rack.

"How could you do that? He's supposed to be your friend!" said Hestia angrily as she levitated Peter down off the luggage rack.

Emmeline muttered the countercurse to the Full-Body Bind and Peter stood up his limbs trembling.

"I'm alright," he said shakily waving his wand to restore his hair to its normal color. "James and Sirius were just having a bit of fun. I wasn't stuck up there long."

"I should have known you were part of it!" shrieked Lily rounding on James and he cowered when he saw the dangerous glint in her green eyes.

"Why do you think hurting other people, even your best friends, is entertaining?" she asked indignantly.

James mumbled something under his breath and Lily sighed and sat down her eyes fixed on the rain splattering against the window.

She was mumbling "conceited, arrogant, low-life" under her breath as the train slowly came to a stop.

"Bye girls!" Remus said politely as the four boys headed off toward their talking parents (minus, of course, Sirius' parents who wouldn't give any number of Galleons to be seen talking with "those" kinds of people).

The girls muttered a soft "bye" as they trudged gratefully over to their parents.

"Mum! Dad!" shrieked Lily hugging her parents. "How are you? And Petunia?"

"We're fine," said her mother, Nancy Evans. "Petunia's still dating Vernon. Unfortunately. We met his parents and sister and they were just awful!"

Lily laughed hugging her mother again before saying, "Oh Mum, Dad! Forgive me! These are my friends Hestia Jones, Emmeline Vance, and Monica Longbottom."

She pointed to each of her friends in turn.

"Glad to meet the ladies who keep our Lily in line," said Mr. Henry Evans shaking all of the girls' hands.

"Oh it's Lily who keeps us in line Mr. Evans," said Emmeline with a grin at Lily. "She is the prefect out of the four of us."

"And she does her job very well," added Hestia and both of Lily's parents looking quite relieved.

"Girls we'd better get going!" called Mrs. Patrice Jones. "Hestia, does everyone have their things?"

Hestia nodded and her father, Mr. Edward Jones, said, "We'll be going to Diagon Alley first and then you can Floo to the house."

Lily, Monica, and Emmeline all hugged their parents goodbye and walked eagerly after Mr. and Mrs. Jones.

Once they were out of Platform 9 ¾ and into Kings Cross Station, Lily and Emmeline, whose mother was a Muggle, helped flag down a cab to take them to the area of London where Diagon Alley was hidden.

Once they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, Mrs. Jones pulled a small container of glittering powder from her purse giving all four of the girls a handful.

"Our home is Number 93 Azure Drive," said Mr. Jones. "We'll be apparating home in a few hours."

After Emmeline and Hestia had disappeared, Lily threw her handful of powder on the fire and the flames turned a bright green. Lily stepped into the fire and cried, "Number 93 Azure Drive!"

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"James dear? I've just noticed the Joneses have arrived too. I thought it would be nice if we invited them to dinner tonight. Would you boys please go over and ask?"

James muttered "Sonorus!" and his voice was suddenly much louder.

"Alright mum. We'll go right now."

"Quietus!" he said waving his wand.

"The Joneses?" asked Peter.

"You don't mean…" Sirius looked utterly horrified.

And a second sneak peek too! I'm so nice! E.D.J.

"Are you alright Hestia?" asked Emmeline making to go over to her, but Hestia held up a hand stopping her.

"Did I mention that James Potter's family always holidays right next-door?"

"What?! No you didn't mention that!" shrieked Lily her face pale as she stared at Hestia horrified.

"Hestia! He can't be staying there for the summer!"

"Well he is." Hestia's hands were shaking. "And it looks as if he's brought his fellow Marauders this year."

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