A/n- For all of you who are reading this (most likely slim to none), sorry for updating so slow, but I had loads of homework. When I mean loads I mean it. I recently moved to China and the schools here give you the most homework possible. No wait, it could be worse. Anyways, I'm on vacation, unfortunately the last two days, but the writer's block finally disappeared so my hands are back on the keyboard. Anyways, let's just hope this is a good chapter k?2
OH! And to answer some of your questions as to where is Peter Pettigrew? Well, I'm sorry to say (well only if you like him), but I really hate that little bastard so he's not really included in my story. Sure he'll pop in and out of the story at times, but he won't really have a main roll. I'll say that the six went down to breakfast or somewhere, but Peter, is not included. If its seven, then yes he is included. He should feel happy that he's included and not totally forgotten!
Anyways,
On with the story!!!
your faithful author (nah! that sounds cheesy!)
second ending
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Lily and James Sixth Year War
Where Thoughts Take Over
(no not literally, but a lot of thinking does happen in here)
"Good! Now all I have to is go up and meet with Dumbledore, and see what is behind all of this." thought McGonagall
As soon as McGonagall disappeared the six huddled together again.
"Whew! That was close!" exclaimed Remus
"Yeah, do you think that the prof heard what we were saying?" questioned Sirius
Bella sat silenced for a second and thought out loud, "No I highly doubt that seeing the look on her face, it seemed like she didn't want to deliver the message at."
"Yeah!-Woh! Since when did Sirius care if the teacher heard what they were talking about?" asked Soph.
"Hey! You got a problem that I care if the teacher heard what we were just talking about?" shot back Sirius slightly offended but hid it in his sarcasm.
"Um, no Padfoot, we-"seeing the look on Sirius' face, James quickly changed the sentence around, "Soph, I mean, just thought that it was a little different for you to um, care, what the prof hear."
Sirius, catching the quick change decided that yes, it was weird for him to care about the teachers hearing decided to think of a comeback.
"HEY!!! I was making sure that our precious Lily Flower's secret was going to stay a secret!" growled Sirius.
Lily glanced up, slightly confused. She had been trying to remember what the spell was to confine them in the space in front of the fireplace.
Remus just scoffs.
"What Moony? Got a problem that I was trying to protect your precious Lily's secret?" teased Sirius.
"WHAT!!!" cried Remus and James at the same time.
"I-"
"She's mi-"
"friend-"
"PADFOOT!!!!!!!!!" James voiced sounded above all of the others. His face now flushed with anger.
"I don't like her!! Its Jamsie that you've got mixed up!"
"Nu-uh. I know Jamsie fancies our Lily flower, but you know that you do too!!" sang Sirius as he started to dance out of the Great Hall.
James just sat there. 'Did Remus really like Lily? I thought he fancied that girl in Ravenclaw?' he thought.
'NO!! He can't like her and I can't either! We're at war here!!!'
'Aww. Jamsie you know that you like her! Just call the war off and surrender to them.'
'NO! I won't! James Potter does not surrender. James Potter does not get pranked either. Who are you anyways?'
'You've been pranked. Twice. I may add. But what have you done about it? Yes you've tried to prank them back, but it didn't happen. What are you going to do now? Surrender. Take the easy way out. You know you wanna.'
'AHHH!!!! NO. I. DON'T. I, James Potter will not surrender!!!! Now, who are you and why are you here?'
'Ahh, full of self confidence, eh? Now, to keep your mind from blowing away, I am your so called conscience. I reside in your mind and I have been here ever since. I'm starting to think that Evans was right when she said you had the brain capacity but nothing to fill it. Remember that? It happened last year on a Hogsmeade trip.'
'Don't remind me. Now leave me alone. I've gotta go talk to Sirius and Remus. Say, would my, oh-so-smart conscience know where Peter went to?'
'Actually, the oh-so-smart conscience as you call it does know where the little rascal is. He's in the kitchen like he announced this morning before you and Sirius started to plan the attack. Why do you bother to be friends with that little runt? You barely think about him. He's just a tag-along.'
'I am friends with him because I am a kind-hearted person and he was getting bullied by the Slytherins and he needs us to protect him. Geezus! I'm starting to sound like a bloody bodyguard!'
'Yup! Now you realize it. After five years, its happened. That Lily Evans girl, was right, not only about the capacity thing, but about how you have a thick skull and how you're so dense-headed. And kind-hearted? Are you kidding me? scoff Man, you need a serious brain re-plant, only this time have the cavities filled with knowledge.'
'Shut Up!!!!'
"James? Jamsie? Prongs? JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" cried Remus
"Huh? Wha-? How-? Where-?" stuttered James.
Lily laughed. 'God how I love the way Lily laughs. James! Snap outta it!!!' thought James.
"You were just sitting there, in your little mind of yours, daydreaming of God knows what." Bella burst into a fresh round of giggles and was unable to continue.
Soph, who just finished her laughing round, finished what Bella had started to say, "Anyways, off in your little world, your face changed expressions. It was real funny to see. I mean first your like shocked. Then your scared, confused, angry, happy, and then you looked like you were going to blow up!!"
Then she too, started to laugh once more imagining what had just happened.
"Do you know how long Remus has been there yelling your name? He was there waving his hands and arms like crazy. When that didn't work, he started to yell out your name. After calling your for about oh, I don't know, twenty-thirty times? You started to come back to your senses and snapped out of it."
"Yeah man! What was all that about? Dreaming about some little miss Evans? Having her run off with Snivellus or something?" teased Remus half-grinning, half-smirking.
"Wha-!?! NO!!" blushed James.
Lily looked up. She had fully recovered. 'James actually likes me? Like real like-like?'
'Oh my, this is something new...'
'Aww. Come on Lils! You know you like him!'
'NO I- wait, come to think of it... he is kinda cute, the way his hair stands up, and his Transfigurations are wonderful, probably the only he's good at, of maybe it's the wand- STOP! I REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT HIM!'
'Whatever. You'll realize it someday Lils. I just hope it ain't too late. I'm keep on trying to work it through your stubborn mind that you like him though. You even admitted it. Now snap out of it. You have to keep your composure. We don't you looking like James now do we?'
'Yeah. Ok. Nice talking to you conscience, but whatever is going on in your mind about James, forget it.'
'SNAP OUT OF IT NOW!!! I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO LOSE YOUR DIGNITY!!!'
'Wow, I never thought that consciences could scream and know about dignity. Ok,ok, I'll snap outta it!'
"Wheww! That was a close one!" said Lily glancing around the table and seeing that not much had happen.
"What was a close one Lily Flower?" questioned James.
"Nothing! And I thought we were at war!" replied Lily as coolly as she could.
"uh? Lily?"
"What!?" snapped Lily.
Remus looked a little taken aback. Yes he and Lily were at war, but he hadn't expected her to be that at war with him because he and Lily were like brothers and sisters to each other. The war probably seemed like a little fight among siblings.
"Huh? Oh, sorry Remus. What did you want again?" asked Lily softly.
"It's alright." Answered Remus.
"WHAT!!! HE GETS A SORRY WHEN YOU SNAP AT HIM BUT NOT ME?!?!?! I THOUGHT YOU WERE AT WAR WITH HIM TOO!!" cried James.
"Uh? So?" was all that Lily said.
"SO??? I WANT A SORRY TOO!!" whined James.
Remus feeling the tension between the two quickly asked Lily if he could have a word with her alone.
"Hm? Oh, yeah sure!"
"Woa!! Where are you taking Lily? We are watching over her and we demand to know where you are taking our precious flower?!" cried Bella.
Bella didn't like the thought of Lily having a word with one of the Marauders, having heard about James' and Sirius' escapades.
"Calm down Bella, honey. Just remember, Remus and Lils are like brother and sister, and plus, Remus isn't like James or Sirius. He's only like that Ravenclaw girl, Jessica, for the past four years!" exclaimed Soph teasingly. Making Remus blush a deep color of crimson.
"Uh Lily? Can we go now? And Bella, I'm taking her to the Gryffindor Common Room." asked a blushing Remus.
"Yeah, and guys, don't forget to get to the common room for the punishment. I suspect that something is going on between McGonagall and Dumbledore, or else they would want us to do at a specific time and place with charm surrounding us. Oh! And if you see Sirius, bring him with you. K? K! Let's go!" said Lily, a little too enthusiastically.
With that, Lily and Remus walked out of the Great Hall.
Gryffindor Common Room (oh my!)
Lily and Remus walked quietly to the Gryffindor Common room.
"Password?" screeched the Fat Lady immediately drawing their attention from whatever was going on in their heads.
Remus was thinking about Jessica, the Ravenclaw.
Lily was thinking about what the professors were up to.
"OWW!" both cried when the ear-splitting sound reached their ears.
"I think I'm gonna be deaf after this sound disappears from my ears!" cried Lily.
"Owww! And I though thunder was loud."
"PASSWORD!!!" cried the Fat Lady, apparently she had a very short patience span when she was practicing her horrid singing.
"Frog busters!" Lily cried back.
"Now, now, what's with the fowl attitude m' dears?" the Fat Lady seemed to have forgotten all about what had happened.
Both students grumbled as the portrait swung open and they entered the warm and welcoming common room.
Lily plopped herself down on her favorite armchair. The one that sat itself besides the fireplace. It was squishy and was constantly warm and was well-lit, perfect for her reading.
Remus sat down on the loveseat, diagonally next to the armchair. It took him awhile to get comfy since the loveseat was new and a lot less comfy and soft.
"So, Remus, what did you want to talk to me about again?" asked Lily eager to find out what her Big-brother had to tell her.
"Well nothing really. I just sorta wanted to fish you out of the trouble that you were going to fall into seeing that Prongs there was about to explode."
"OH," said Lily, feeling slightly depressed that it wasn't some big news, but then again feeling happy that her 'big-brother' had taken her out of trouble, "Thanks."
"No problem. And Lily? Why did you guys call on war? To tell you the truth, you really did scared the daylights out of James and Sirius. They woke up early this morning going over the flaws in you guys but found nothing."
"Well, it was mostly for the fun of it. But we were also angry that you guys kept playing pranks on us. I'm trying to offend you or your friends, Remus, and I know that you didn't help them on their pranks on us, but we were just frustrated that you guys kept doing it to us. We got pranked as many times as Snape did!!" exclaimed Lily.
"Oh, well, I can tell that they are sorry. Especially James for you. You do know that he really likes you right? You should also have noticed that he didn't date anybody else at the end of last year and turned down all the offers that have happened. Its near the end of November!! Do you realize how hard this is for him? Nobody to snog after classes." Remus kept droning on about what James had been trying to do to get Lily.
'Well, now that I think of it, James, hasn't dated anybody since last year and he and Sirius haven't even pulled a prank on us. And he has been listening a lot more in classes and he doesn't even reply the notes given to him. Wow! I never really realized all this. Come to think of it, he is even acting more mature.'
'Ahh. I can rest in peace! Lily has gotten it through her mind! She is starting to notice James. Nothing works better than a talking to from a big-brother.'
'What?! What do you mean you can rest in peace?"
'if I recall clearly, I remember that I said I would get you to notice James right?'
'No, you said you would get me to like him'
'oh well. Same thing. Now tell me Lily, who did you like in second year? Before the pranks started?'
'Uh? James? Omigosh! I Do like James!' Lily gasps in her mind.
'Yes Lily, gasp. You like him and you know it. You're looking for a cute and smart guy. Well, Mr. Potter here already as cute covered. What you didn't like about him was that he was big-headed jerk, egotistical, cared only little about his work, and that he was git. But now, he seems less egotistical, is working harder in class, he even stopped the pranks on you! Not to mention, he hasn't dated anybody yet. Come on Lils, you like him. Start being friends. After all, they say great friendship could lead to something more.
All the time, Lily could only nod to everything that her conscience was saying. She was clearly in shock that she was falling, again, for the guy of her dreams.
Remus though, didn't even look at Lily. He was still droning on and on and James, that he barely noticed that he was. He was looking into the fire, thinking about Jessica, and half-hoping that her head would pop out of the fire asking 'Excuse me? But where is Remus Lupin?' Remus though knew that that couldn't happened.
Lily snapped out of her talk with her conscience. And stared at Remus. Eyes wide with shock that he was still rambling on about James.
'Could he really be that good to keep Remus talking about him for (glances at watch) TWELVE MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
'NO, that couldn't happen, he doesn't even seem like he's thinking about what he's saying. I bet he's repeating things over and over again.'
"Uh, Remus?" asked a worried Lily.
Remus snapped his head back, startled.
"Wha-!? Oh! Lily. Um, sorry about that." Replied Remus sheepishly.
"It's ok. Hey, I'll take what your saying about James." Said Lily.
"YOU ARE?!?!?!" asked Remus, clearly surprised.
"Yup. But-"
"Oh great" mumbled Remus, "So Lily."
"What was that?" not hearing what Remus mumbled.
"SO! What's the catch?" asked Remus highly amused that his 'little-sis' , as he called her, was actually going to take James thoughtfully, not just a 'bucket full of peas' (a/n I have no idea where that came from, but I heard my brother saying and it sounded funny so I had to put it in.)
"I'm going to start out as friends first. And its going to go slow. I'm not going to pop up to him and say, 'Hey James! Let's be friends!' no, that won't happen."
"That's fine by me. As long as my sis and best friend get along, I'm a-o-k!" a grin was forming on Remus' face.
"Sooooooo, when are you going to ask Miss Jessica out? You know, being a big brother, I expect you to be less shy and have more confidence in yourself."
This statement just made Remus blush, again.
"You know, you better get your act together. You have to ask her out to the Christmas ball and maybe the Yule ball too."
Remus was dead silent, but now, his whole face was a deep dark red.
"I wonder if you could blush any further. You look absolutely funny! Wait one minute! I have to get my camera for this!" giggled Lily.
Swish, flick, twist! A camera appeared on the table in front of Lily.
"So bro, when are you going to go over and ask her?"
Lily went over to the camera and picked it up.
"Don't worry. You get turned down. And how do I know that since I hate Divinations? Maybe because you two stare at each other at every moment possible!"
Remus was thrice the color of beet red. Lily was positive that he couldn't turn a darker shade and picked up her camera.
Click!
Lily snapped the picture.
Remus, just registering the thought of what happened then had all his color flush out of his face. Then back again.
"LILY EVANS!! Give me that camera!!!"
"NEVER!! Don't worry big-brother! I'll go talk to Jessica for you! We're good friends too!" laughed Lily as she ran out of reach of Remus on the girls dormitory steps.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!!!!"
"I know your shy Remus, so, being your friend and younger sister, I'll help you by playing matchmaker!"
"I don't need a stupid matchmaker!!! I can ask her myself!!!" screamed Remus.
"OH YEAH?!"
"YEAH!!!!!!!!"
"Then let's bet on it!" Lily was sure that Remus would back out.
But much to her surprise, Remus shouted back,
"YOU'RE ON!!! Name your price."
"Ok, you ask her about two weeks before the Christmas Ball, I will give 5 galleons and give you the picture of yourself."
"OK...and if I don't?"
"Then I get to keep the picture, show it to the rest of the Marauders and Jessica, and I get to play matchmaker for you. Oh and you'll owe me 5 galleons."
"Fine! You're on!"
Lily giggled. This was going to be one weird bet.
"You're on what?" asked Sirius as he stepped through the portrait whole.
"Nothing." Lily replied sweetly.
"Oh? Is that so?" asked Sirius as he raised an eyebrow.
"Yup!" said Remus a little too quick.
"Hmmmm..." thought Sirius.
"Yes?" questioned Lily
"You are hiding something from me..." thought Sirius
'Yeah, they are hiding something from ME! Sirius the Great!' a grin spread across his face
'Oh no Sirius. You are not thinking about-'
'Yup! I am going to pry into their secret lives!' a wider grin spread across his face.
' If you do, I'll make sure that you don't live your life down!' the conscience cried. After all, it had a little more knowledge and sense than Sirius himself.
The smile on Sirius' face immediately disappeared.
'What do you mean? You're my conscience! You live in my brain, if I disappear, you do too!'
'True, true, then I'll torture you-Omigosh!!!'
'WHAT!?!?!?'
'You know that I am your conscience!!! Oh My!!'
'So what? I heard Jamsie talking about.'
'That's a major accomplishment if you ask me. Now I'll talk to you later because I am going to figure out what punishment to give you when you pry into Lily and Remus' bet'
'HMPH! I thought you weren't serious!'
'I am Sirius! I am you! Now, toodles! Ttly!'
''Arg! Now even my conscience uses my name to tease me!!!'
"Uh Padfoot? U ok?" asked Remus, a little worried.
Sirius snapped back to reality, "Huh? Oh, hi Moony, yes, I'm feeling ok. Are you though?"
"Huh? What? What do you mean?" Remus looked around the room, still empty except for them.
"You look like you saw something twice in less than 5 hours!" shouted Sirius
Lily just stood there laughing silently, trying to hold it, in but finally couldn't.
"Hahahahah! No, you see, that is true!! After you left, Pot-James, "Lily quickly converted to first name because she promised Remus that she wouldn't call him Potter anymore, "did the same thing after you left. He scrunched up his face in different ways. Exactly like you did!"
"Uh, yeah what Lily said." Remus started to blush again.
"Oh! I get it!" shouted Sirius two minutes later.
Remus leaned into Lily's ear and whispered, "I think he's the one with the need of cavity filing!"
Lily laughed, "I guess they both do, maybe Sirius more than, Po-James."
"Its hard for you to call him James, eh?" said an amused Remus.
"No! When I said deal on I used the name James without having to convert from Potter first!" cried Lily.
"Uh? Guys? Mind if I join in the conversation?" questioned Sirius.
"Huh, oh, yeah, the talk just ended" said Lily quickly.
"So, Padfoot, where were you after you skipped out of the Great Hall? Snogging so girl I'spect?" asked Remus
"Nope! Nothing like that!" said Sirius proudly.
"Yeah, uh-huh, whatever you say!" came lily's reply
"I just left a dungbomb in Filch's office!" cried Sirius.
"Oh? Is that so? Then where was Filch?" interrogated Remus.
"I looked on the m-"Sirius glanced at Lily as if asking if he should tell.
Remus laughed, "Don't worry, she knows all about the Marauders' secret to success."
Remus winked reassuringly.
"Oh, well, I looked on the Marauder's map and he was all the way across the building and forgot to lock his door!" Sirius said joyfully.
"And what did you take?" Lily suddenly spoke up.
"Huh?" Sirius asked。
"What did you take? You know that Filch has cabinets filled with stuff like dungbombs and such."
Both boys looked stunned, 'How did Lily know?'
"Wha-"
"How-"
When-"
The boys stammered over their words.
"To answer your questions, I've been their many times, on good preferences though, and I did a good searching around one time and stumbled across the cabinet. Unfortunately Filch came back before I took some stuff." Lily explained
"How come I didn't know?" asked Remus
"Well, it happened so fast that at first I thought it was an illusion or something. But later, after other trips there, I realized that it did exist." Lily said.
"Well ya should have told me! Do you realize what stuff we could find there is very little possibility that Filch will leave his door unlocked while he is staircases away?!?!" said a depressed Sirius.
"Well Sorry! But each time I tried talking about it, somebody kept interrupting me? Ahem." Countered Lily.
"Oh, sorry." Sirius said sheepishly.
"So, Lily," said Remus, trying to change the subject, "what were you doing at Filch's?"
"I was there because he was asking me about extra Prefect duties for your information." Stated Lily.
"Hey! What about me?" cried Remus, feeling left out.
"Don't worry, it was a -cough moon, when I got the notice so I did your share for you. And I neglected to tell you about it later. Sorry."
"It's ok, come on, let's go outside, we have about half and hour before we have to start our punishment." Remus replied.
With that, the three, exited the Gryffindor common.
a/n: sorry about this chapter. it is long though. yes, i sorta left out james and the other girls when remus and lily were together, but then that would take a longer time and i wouldn't be able to update this as fast, it would have taken a way longer time. Peter was mentioned breifly here, but i still hate that little rat!
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