Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any other of J.K Rowling's creations. I don't own, you don't sue! I do however own Annabel as she is a character I have created as well as Vixen Rogue.

My first Harry Potter fanfic so please review, I need help with ideas! Excuse my crappy spelling and grammar for it really is not my strong point.

Note: It's now a 20+ chapter fic but I'm considering making it longer. Sorry for adding more again. Upcoming chapter is 'Heading for a Fall' chap 23.

Couldn't fit everything in 12 chapters so it's going to be 25 chapters long.

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Chapter 22: Bewitched

'Okay, not that this isn't funny but making them miserable for a few days is not going to do a whole lot of good. Once they figure out how to counter your magic, everything will be back to normal,' said Annabel, gazing intently at the pacing Snape. He smiled slightly.

'Do you really think I would have left it here? No. My plan is not yet complete. I will make sure they pay for what they've done and memory loss and crying fits is just the beginning,' smirked Snape, whirling around to face a anxious Annabel.

'What do you mean?' she asked, her eyes glinting in excitement.

'Sirius is unable to go a minute without breaking out in tears. He's pathetic and vulnerable, therefore easily defeated. Usually anger is what drives him, makes him strong. Without that he is weak. James, on the other hand, cannot remember anything that happened in the last few months. He has no recollection of his relationship with Lily and no memory of my previous plans. Even if the others inform him, he will forget. When I challenge them to the final battle, with useless crying and with no idea what's going on, they will be unable beat us…'

'Us?' cried Annabel…

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'This is getting ridiculous. Sirius snap out of it,' yelled Lupin, taking a snivelling Sirius by the shoulders and shaking him, hard.

'Your hurting me,' he wept, looking at Lupin with watery eyes.

'What's wrong with Sirius?' asked James, looking at his surroundings with confusion. They had now retired to the Head's common room to get some peace and figure things out. Lily had to give them the password, for James had no idea what it was. He didn't even remember becoming Head Boy.

'Read your notes,' Lupin stated in response. With that James looked at the notes in his hands and scanned them quickly.

It had all the main events drafted down in the last few months and would hopefully keep him aware enough to string a decent conversation together, without forgetting the topic.

'Vixen, right?' James muttered, pointing at the timid looking exchange student. She nodded. 'How come you know what's going on?'

'Because she was there when you were hit with the spell, or whatever else did this to you,' Lupin answered as James began scribbling it down. He was unsure about what to do. They decided not to tell the teachers and work things out on there own. Getting McGonagall involved would just complicate things.

'Sirius, what are you doing?' asked Lupin, looking at Sirius who had began trying to fix himself in the mirror while trying to stop the tears.

'Keeping up appearances. You know, to show the person that did this to us that it didn't effect us,' Sirius mumbled, glancing quickly at Vixen.

'But there not here,' Lupin muttered. It was obvious that Sirius was just trying to look decent for Vixen but he was failing miserably. His tear stained cheeks and red eyes gave the impression that he was some sort of monster. This was not good considering the night before he had looked awful too.

'Yea I know,' Sirius choked sadly, fresh tears falling down his cheeks.

'Where's Lily?' murmured James, reading the note on the top of his parchment saying that Lily was his girlfriend in big capital letters.

'She gone to the library to get some books on what happened to you and- uh- Sirius,' said Lupin, looking at Sirius who was huddled on the floor, crying silently.

'Oh,' James replied, staring off into the distance. Everyone fell quiet and the only sounds could be heard was the soft weeping of Sirius.

With what seemed like a hour later the portrait swung open and Lily entered, carrying a stack of books.

'Did you find anything?' cried Lupin immediately, bounding towards her and helping her with her heavy load.

'Yes. I didn't have time to read everything properly so I brought the information up here, but basically the spells can be broken. It would have to take a significant event to jog James's memory and Sirius has to feel a moment of true happiness to return to normal. If they do this they will overpower the spell.'

'There's nothing wrong with my memory. What spell? What are you talking about?' James enquired, looking at everyone in the room suspiciously.

'Read your notes,' Lupin repeated tiredly. He'd said that to James about one hundred times already and he had a feeling it wouldn't be the last time either.

'Ok James, copy down everything I just said,' Lily told him as he began to scribble quickly. With that she turned to Lupin. 'So how bad is Sirius?'

'In a word: bad,' he answered, glancing over at Sirius who was extracting some more tissue out a Kleenex box.

'Who could have done this?' Lily muttered.

'Snape,' James announced instantly. Lily and Lupin both turned to look at him.

'Why did you say that?' Lupin asked with interest. Despite his lack of memory it was weird that James's mind automatically thought of Snape in a crisis.

'No reason. It's just it says here that he's been trying lots of stuff in the past week to get at us. Maybe this is another plan,' James retorted as the others looked at him in surprise. Even Sirius had stopped crying and was listening intently.

'He's got a point,' Lily said after a moment, 'thanks James.'

'Thanks for what?' he replied blankly, having obviously forgotten what he'd just said.

'Never mind,' Lily smiled, bending down and kissing him sweetly on the lips. He stared at her in complete shock. Why was Lily Evans, the girl that hated him, being nice to him?

'Read your notes,' Lupin chuckled in answer to James's stunned expression.

'Sirius what do you think?' Lily muttered, trying to block a silent Vixen out of what was happening. Throughout she had remained quiet and had not spoke during the conversation. However she was still eyeing James with lustful eyes.

'But we already kicked Snapes sorry ass,' Sirius sniffled, referring to saving Lily from his clutches. Well, Sirius personally hadn't done anything, but Lily had escaped all the same.

'Yes well, he's got the help of another sorry ass,' Lupin snorted. 'Wait, that didn't come out right.'

'I'm going to kill him,' Sirius wept, trying and failing to sound menacing.

'This Snape guy, whose help has he got?' asked Vixen, speaking up for the first time.

'Annabel's,' Lily answered coldly. Vixen was still trying to catch the eye of her boyfriend who still remained naive. He didn't realise that Vixen was trying to get his attention.

'Whose Annabel?' James asked suddenly. He was following the conversation slowly, trying to piece things together and write them down before he forgot. However it wasn't working due to the fact that he couldn't remember that he was actually supposed to be noting things down for more than a second.

'Read your notes,' both Lily and Lupin cried in response.

'We really need to sort this out. What significant event is big enough to return James's memory? And how's Sirius going to achieve happiness while he's breaking down in sobs every minute?' breathed Lupin in despair.

'Hey! I am not!' whimpered Sirius in defence.

'Please Sirius. Who you kidding?' Lily said, causing Sirius to try and stifle a sob. It didn't work. Within seconds he had broken down into full scale waterworks.

'Oh Sirius. She didn't mean to be horrible,' Lupin said mildly, trying to block out Sirius's uncontrollable wails.

'Look. I think we should divide and conquer because if you upset Sirius anymore you may as well kill me yourself,' spoke Lupin, screwing up his face as Sirius continued to cry behind him.

'Okay. What do I do?' Lily asked.

'You go up to the bedroom and make James remember, understand?' he replied, glancing at James who was being approached by Vixen. Lily looked at them stonily as James tried to bat her off, with no idea what was going on.

'Yes…'

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Snape laughed. He was going to enjoy cursing his enemies. All he needed to do now was challenge them.

'Snape, right?' called a sultry voice from behind him. Whirling around he turned to look at the intruder and gasped.

She was tall and blonde and looked like a model. The soft light emanating from her radiated attractiveness. He recognised her. She was the new exchange student. Vixen.

Before he could say anything she spoke.

'I'm here to help…'

To be continued…

A/N Short chapter I know but I couldn't help it. Next one should be up soon, its called 'Heading for a Fall' where Annabel isn't the only one helping Snape for James's affections.

Please review and until soon…xxxxxxxxx