The Prophecy had caused him to hire Sybill Trelawney on the spot, but there were two children due at the end of July. The Longbottoms, a smiling, happy newlywed couple; expecting a baby on the 25. And now Lily and James, expecting at the very last day. Neither couple though, had yet defied Lord Voldemort. The world was safe for now, at least the Hogwarts world. Little did Dumbledore know, time was running out for both couples.

Lily

"Okay, so now what about a date? I don't want to have a tummy on my wedding day though." Sighed Lily.

"What about in October? Such a pretty month, and the colors you picked out would match for an outdoor wedding perfectly." suggested Lexi with a dreamy look in her eyes.

Roxxi and Lexi had come over as soon as they found out. Now they were helping to plan the wedding, but it wasn't going very well with all the contradicting ideas.

"That would be perfect. Then the baby could be part of it. Ring bearer or a flower girl." Roxxi laughed, "It would be so cute! One of us could push them down the aisle and the other be maid of honor."

"Maid of honor? Ugh I forgot about that. I suppose I could take the easy route and have Petunia do it, but she's probably going to disown me entirely for this one. Not even marrying a normal person! Oh she will throw a tantrum. So who out of you guys wants to do it for me?" inquired Lily.

Roxxi and Lexi raised their hands at the same time, looked at each other, and began arguing.

"Nuh huh Rox, you are so not getting to do this I've known her longer!" shouted Lexi, smacking Roxxi's hand down.

"Exactly why I should get the honor! This would be a great way to get to know her better." Roxxi smacked Lexi back.

"I know what she'll like better."

"I can introduce her to new ideas."

"That's it Darlington! I challenge you to fight like a muggle!" And Lexi and Roxxi were rolling around on the floor smacking each other and bickering about who should be in Lily's wedding.

Lily burst into a fit of giggles. Looking at their friend like she was crazy, the laughter was contagious: Soon all of them were rolling on the floor with tears streaming from their eyes.

Once they calmed down, discussion went on as usual, only it was more civil.

"I think that there will be no Maid of Honor. That way you two won't kill yourselves over it. Now can we please go to breakfast? I'm starving!" Lily decided.

The trio headed for breakfast, laughing at the dumb muggle jokes Lily was telling. They stopped in mid laughter when they noticed the portraits. Something was odd about them…. something was more…updated was the word? Looking closer, the girls fell into gasping fits of laughter. The portraits had been replaced with pictures of Hogwarts students and teachers doing ridiculous things. Lily was pushing James into the lake, Malfoy's eyebrows being singed off after a charm went wrong. The funniest by far was of Professor McGonagall: she was listening to her radio while getting ready for bed at night when a good song came on. Her hairbrush became a mike with a flick of her wand, and soon she was dancing and singing into the microphone, pretending to be a rock star.

At that moment none other than the Marauders themselves entered the hallway, trying but failing horribly, to smile innocently.

"Why, whoever could've done this my good Prongs?" Sirius said in mock astonishment.

"No idea, my dear Padfoot. Any ideas, oh wise Moony?" James restrained himself from laughing.

"Probably a bunch of egotistical fools." Smirked Lexi, and soon all of them, even the guys, were laughing like idiots.

The girls oohed and ahhed at the sight of the great hall. That was until they noticed the mistletoe.

"Well Lil, you had to give me a decent yes sometime." James shrugged and Lily kissed him. The girls wooed when the kiss became passionate and their hands started sliding up and down their backs. Blushing, they pulled apart and goaded Sirius next. He made a big deal of kissing Lexi on the cheek, but, unsuspecting as she always was, she turned around in surprise and instead it was full frontal snogging. Sirius pulled away in shock.

"Why the hell did you stop?" smiled Lexi, kissing him again.

Finally pulling away, Sirius had a stupid grin on his face.

"Why don't we give Moony a go?" he suggested.

"Lupin would probably be to respectful and wouldn't even kiss her. Probably ask her if it was all right with her and then only kiss her hand." James and Black laughed, but stopped abruptly. Their dear respectable Moony had just grabbed Roxxi by the waist, pulled her close and kissed her deeply.

"What were you saying Potter?" smirked Roxxi at the boys' stunned faces. The girls left the two standing there, giggling manically at James and Sirius's stunned faces.

A glittering fairy landed on Lexi's hand and began spinning rapidly. Amused at the little fairy whirling herself into a glowing ball, her look turned to amazement when a little package emerged in her hand. Picking it up, she opened it to find a necklace with a wand hanging from it. Squealing with delight, she immediately put it on, and the wand shot diamond sparks. Lily watched with joy as the sparks cascaded down, leaving glitter trails on Lexi's skin.

They started salivating when they saw the mounds of food. All their favorites had been made that day; pudding, ice cream, fudge, lefsta, turkey, and beer bread had been piled onto the table. Corn, cooked carrots, stuffing, all sorts of food was soon in their groaning bellies. Lily thought her jeans were even a little tighter, but that could be from her stomach, which was bound to start growing sooner or later. In fact, she realized with a jolt, she was due for an appointment with Madam Pomfrey in two weeks to see how everything was going. Casting a spell, a large bubble formed at the tip of her wand, allowing her to check that the twins were still sleeping soundly. Thank gosh they were. The day was too perfect to spoil by having to leave to get a crying child.

Trudging up the stairs sleepy and bloated, Lily decided to send an owl to her parents telling them of the impending wedding and her pregnancy.

"Lena are you here?" a hoot answered Lily's question.

Holding out her arm, a snowy owl flew in from her perch outside. Lily quickly grabbed a piece of parchment and in her tidy scrawl, quickly wrote a summary of what had happened. Tying it tightly to the owl's leg, she gave Lena a bit of mice for the journey and watched her soar out the window.

Watching the bird fly away, blending in with the sky as it began to snow, she sighed peacefully. Her moment of thought was snapped when strong hands grabbed her waist and pulled her close. Soft lips caressed her neck as she turned around and faced James. The sweet chocolate smell calmed her, and she was startled to realize she had been tense. But why? What would cause me to subconsciously worry like that? The baby? No I haven't really worried about that. The wedding? Not even planned really how could that stress me? Her mental debate ended when James started asking her what was wrong. He looked worried. But it's hard to tell his face is kind of fuzzy thought Lily. Oh no what's happening I'm falling! Where is everything?

Lily's world went black as James caught his crumpling fiancée before she hit the ground.