Hey yall, so sorry for the long delay, but my dad crashed our computer while he was trying to install new camera software. Anyway, the second chapter of 'Remembering the Marauders' is now up! Have fun, and to answer any questions that have been asked, Jessica, Angel, and Angela are my characters. And there might also be a few more added in the future. Don't forget to review! Criticism, as well as encouragement is accepted and wanted! Flames will be disregarded---If you don't like my little story, too bad, you don't have to read it. Okay, anywho- Enjoy!
Serena Gemini
"Come on you bloody slowpokes!" Sirius said jovially, ushering his friends along toward the Hogwarts Express.
"It's just the ride to Hogwarts, Padfoot, why are you so excited this year?" Peter asked, trying to manuver his oddly-packed trolly through the crowd.
"Oh please Wormtail! Even you can't be that daft! Today is the start of our seventh and final year at Hogwarts! This year, we will truly rule the school!" Sirius barked enthusiastically.
"Oh...okay.." Peter finally understood.
"Prongs, do you think-- Prongs? Oh bloody hell man, it's just Evans, let's move!" Sirius rolled his eyes at James, who had just caught sight of Lily Evans.
"This is the year boys, this is the year!" James exclaimed, referring to his mission of sorts to get the fiery redhead to go with him.
The other boys just shook their heads and laughed.
"Sirius was really excited that day for more than one reason, actually." Remus said, looking sad.
"Angela." Both Angel and Jessica said at the same time.
"Angela?" Harry repeated, not recognizing the name.
"You've met her, actually," Angel said, "She's my twin sister."
"And the love of Sirius' life." Jessica added gravely.
"And a deatheater..." Remus growled.
"Whoa...If she was -- and Sirus -- love?" Harry was thoroughly confused.
"She wasn't always a Deatheater, Remus." Angel said defensively.
"Angel, she's evil, you and I both know that!" Remus spat, looking disgruntled.
"Ah, Remus is just a bit jaded, no matter how good or evil your Godmother is," Jessica chuckled, and seeing the look on Harry's face, continued, "Yes, I said Godmother. Of course, she isn't any longer, I am, but she and Sirius had been married. Shall we continue reminiscing, then?"
Both Remus and Angel nodded, and they continued, ignoring Harry's look of incredible confusion.
"Okay, I have to go to the front for a while. Don't be stupid." James said once the train was in motion, pointedly looking at Sirius.
"What?!" Sirius replied incredulously as James left the compartment, laughing.
"All right, Lily?" James called once he saw the redhead again, this time in the Head's compartment.
"Hello, Potter." Lily replied nonchalantly, sitting next to her best friend, Jessica Peters.
"Feels like a good year, doesn't it?" James said, trying to initiate a conversation with the object of his affections.
"I suppose so." Lily answered, barely acting civil.
James looked down at Jessica, silently pleading her for some sort of help.
Jessica knew how much James adored Lily. She knew what he felt for her best friend was real. She knew it had the capacity to become love. Jessica smiled placidly and stood up.
"Seeing as I'm not really supposed to be in here, I'm going to go and find Angel and the other boys." Jessica left the compartment without another word.
"What happened then?" Harry asked eagerly.
"No clue," Jessica shrugged, "There wasn't anyone else with them until we got to the school.
"Oy, Prongs, we're over here!" shouted Sirius as he climbed into a carriage after Remus, Peter, Angel, and Jessica.
James quickly made his way to the carriage and clamored in hastily as it began to move.
"James, where's Lily?" Jessica asked almost immediately.
"In another carriage. We got into a row just before we arrived at the station. She said she had to get away to blow off some steam for a little bit." James scowled, feeling truly distraught.
"Rotten luck, mate." Remus said, looking run down himself.
"Eh, don't worry James. She's not as hot-tempered as she used to be. She'll calm down soon enough." Angel said, adjusting her robes absentmindedly.
"What did you fight about anyway?" Peter asked.
"She made a comment about how a Blast-Ended Skrewt would make a better Head Boy than me." James answered resentfully."Ouch..." Jessica, Angel, and Sirius all said in unison.
"You all keep telling me that my parents began dating in their seventh year, but it sounds like my mum still despised dad." Harry interrupted.
"Oh, trust me Harry, she didn't hate James at all at that point. Quite the contrary actually. You see, over the previous summer, she developed quite a crush on your father, but she was really stubborn. She refused to admit her feelings to anyone but me and Angel." Jessica smiled.
"Maybe we should 'fast forward' a bit...Save Harry from some of the confusion. Halloween seems good, doesn't it?" Angel said empathetically.
"Sure." Remus replied tiredly. Jessica nodded.
"Hogsmeade today!" Sirius bellowed, grinning like a Cheshire cat.
"Yes Sirius, we all know this," Lily laughed, having just come down from her dormitory, "Especially since James and I were the ones who planned it!"
"Sirius just wants to go snog my sister, don't you Padfoot?" Angel asked slyly.
"So what if he does?" James replied, looking up from his newest issue of 'Which Broomstick'.
"Yeah, so what? I can't help the fact that Angela is hopelessly in love with me." Sirius remarked arrogantly, making the teenagers laugh.
"Come on guys, let's not be too late this time, okay?" Lily looked slightly impatient.
"Sure, let's go..." Jessica stood up and climbed through the portrait hole with Lily, closely followed by James and the rest of the group.
Once in town, everyone flocked to The Three Broomsticks. James took the money they had all pooled and bought seven Butterbeers. Everyone sat at a large table in a corner of the room and talked about their plans while they sipped their drinks.
About fifteen minutes later, the door swung open and Angela, Angel's twin sister walked inside and looked around.
"Aha, that's my cue." Sirius chugged the remainder of his drink and hastily made his way across the crowded pub toward the girl.
He flashed a genuine smile at her when he reached her and whispered in her ear. As soon as he'd finished, Angela jumped into Sirius' arms and kissed him hard. When they finally broke apart, he took Angela's hand and they hurried outside together.
"It's their one year anniversary." Angel said simply, smiling into her drink.
"Sirius actually left just to be with Angela?" Wow..." Harry was mildly shocked.
"Yes...He really did love her more than anything else. Well, your father was an exception, but Sirius and James were like brothers...Now, hush your mouth and quit interrupting." Angel said with amusement in her voice.
"I with I had something like that with...Someone." Jessica said, finishing her sentence before she got too far.
"Ah, who would be the lucky guy Jess?" James asked, the trademark grin spreading across his face.
"I know who..." Lily chimed in, a mischievous glint in her vivid emerald eyes.
"Lily Evans, if you tell a soul, much less James Potter, I will hex you into oblivion!" Jessica was quick to defend herself.
"Oh Jess, don't worry. No one will get your secret from me." Lily laughed at James' crestfallen stare at the two girls.
"Come on Jessica, you could trust me! Tell me, please!" James whined like a small child.
"Not a bloody chance in hell, Potter." Jessica growled. She definitely meant business.
"Okay, okay...nevermind then..." James replied sheepishly, making everyone but him and Jessica laugh.
After that matter was settled, the group finished their Butterbeers and went off separately to do some shopping. James, Remus, and Peter went up the big hill toward the Shrieking Shack, and Lily, Angel, and Jessica decided on taking the high road and soon found themselves inside a small bookshop.
"This place is so cute! I've never been in here before." Angel mused, wandering into the Herbology section.
Lily and Jessica found their way to a small corner filled with Muggle novels. There was everything from 'Gone With the WInd' to 'Oliver Twist'. Both Lily and Jessica loved muggle literature, and they dove right in.
"I don't know what I would've done if you hadn't made me read one of your books last year, Lil! Muggles are really creative writers!" Jessica giggled.
"That's one good thing about being muggle-born I guess." Lily replied, smiling casually, trying to hide the bitterness nagging at her.
"I'd trade in being a pureblood anyday just for these books! They're wonderful..." Jessica trailed off, losing herself in the pages of a particularly thick tome.
An hour or so later, all three girls emerged from the shop with heavy bags of books, and their change purses considerably lighter.
Lily checked her watch, "It's time to go meet everyone else at the School Gates."
Angel and Jessica nodded and headed off for the gates. The girls found the group, including Sirius and Angela, both looking disheveled, and decided to go back to the castle for the Halloween feast.
On the way to the castle, someone came up to Lily and told her she'd gotten an owl while she was out. Lily thanked the person and excused herself from the group to get her letter.
"Go on to the feast ahead of me, I will be there as soon as I read my post." Lily then ran off into the castle.
Shrugging, everyone did as they were told and began the feast.
"Guys, no offence, but I don't see the significance of this one story." Harry spoke up again.
"Harry Potter, we were just getting to the good part! Would you stop being so bloody impatient! You are just like your father..." Angela scolded, trailing off when she realized what she'd been saying.
"Harry," Remus said wearily, "do you honestly want to hear these stories or not?"
"Yes! I really do, I'm sorry. I will behave...go on." Harry apologized, feeling alarmed.
"Alright then, anyway..."
About twenty minutes into dessert, Lily appeared in the doorway of the Great Hall, her eyes red and puffy from crying.
"Lil, what's wrong?" Angel asked, both she and Jessica looking concerned.
Lily fell into the seat on the right of James, "My sister...She got married."
"Then what's the matter?" Sirius asked, but Jessica already knew.
"She didn't want you to know...Or you'd want to go...Petunia didn't want you there, did she?" Jessica said, feeling horrible for her friend.
Lily simply nodded her head fresh tears spilling down her already tear stained cheeks.
"Well, that's not too bad. I mean, you two never really got along with each other anyway...did you?" Peter said, clueless to how much those words hurt the redhead.
Lily stared at the beady eyed boy in front of her and broke into full fledged sobs. Angel glared at Peter before an idea struck her.
"James," she was sitting on James' left, "This would be a great time to console Lily. Peter's ignorance just hurt her a lot...Do something."
It was just like a light went off in James' head. "Peter, you dolt! You are a bloody ignoramus! It doesn't matter if they were separated by the bloody Atlantic! They were still sisters and Lily still feels betrayed. Apologize. Now." James growled dangerously.
"Sorry, i didn't realize..."Peter quickly said, quivering with fear of James.
"It's all right...Er--James, could I talk to you? Alone...If we could just step outside?" Lily said, turning to the Head Boy with a watery stare.
"Sure." James said, standing up and following Lily into the Entrance Hall and out of sight.
A half an hour later, the Halloween feast was over and the two still hadn't returned. Jessica suggested that they all go to the Common Room to wait and leave the pair alone. That is exactly what everyone did with the exception of Sirius and Angela.
"Where do you suppose they went?" Remus said casually as the small group entered the seventh floor hallway.
"Or, more appropriately, what do you think they've gotten themselves into?" Angel replied in a sly voice.
"Angel!" Jessica gasped.
"Bloody hell Angel, this is Lily we're talking about, not your sister." Remus said absently.
Jessica gasped again, and Angel rounded on the tired looking boy, "I cannot believe that you just said that. How dare you! Stay clear of me and Angela from now on Lupin, you hear me?" With that, Angel stalked away toward the Portrait Hole.
Jessica glanced at Remus and Peter, both looking stunned, and ran to catch up with Angel.
"Hey you know that he didn't mean that, right?" Jessica sighed when she caught up with the angry brunette.
"I don't care! He should never have even thought anything along those lines! He pretty much called my sister a whore! He stepped way over the line...A line that's not so thin in the first place!" Angel fumed.
"I know--Snidgets--but what will you...Oh my goodness..." Jessica trailed off due to the sight in front of her.
"Angel, I--"
"Shh, Remus, look!" Jessica breathed.
There, on the couch in front of the fireplace, were both Lily and James; Soundly asleep. James was slumped against the arm of the couch, his arms protectively wrapped around Lily, who was nested against his chest. Lily's letter lay discarded on the floor next to them.
"Wow..." Peter whispered.
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Serena Gemini