His Final Year

Chapter Four: The Potters- A History

Lily, James, and the rest of the gang hung out the rest of the ride to school. They told stories, laughed, got to know each other better, and, in the case of Remus and Mel, flirting. They sat across from each other and kept stealing glances at each other whenever possible, telling a story out loud, but truly talking to the other person, and just full on flirting. They were deep in a conversation, while Sirius and Alex were having a little disagreement.

"No way Black. We are never going to go out…ever! And I mean ever!"

Sirius smiled. "Ah, but you are just telling yourself that. You're craving me right now, you just don't want to be ever without me."

Alex looked positively pissed. "If I can't resist you at all, then why aren't we dating?"

Sirius opened his mouth, shut it, opened it, and then shut it again. Alex laughed, knowing he was trying to think of something to say. He seductively grinned at her, as if they had just had sex. "Because of who I am. You're scared to love me because my huge fan club might hurt you. But don't worry…I'll protect you."

Her smile left, and she just stared at him. She leaned forward a little, causing him to get a little scared. She whispered right into his ear. "You're right Black. You might just have to protect me from your fan club. They may get mad…that you want me so bad." She backed away and smirked. He looked like he had just been giving a lollypop, then had it taken away.

He leaned back after a little while and crossed his arms. "I don't appreciate that at all."

Alex smiled, feeling very proud of herself. She laughed a devilish short of laugh. "You want me." He just glared at her.

During their fight, Lily and James had been sitting across for each other, talking, laughing, and having a great time. James had just told Lily about the time Sirius got his head stuck in his bed frame, causing Lily to laugh hysterically.

"Oh my god that's hilarious. You guys are so dumb."

James looked absolutely offended. "Excuse me miss, but how in that story was I dumb?"

She laughed harder. "Come on James. Your best friend's head is stuck in a bed frame, you both are freaking out, and you never thought to get a parent?"

He thought about it and shrugged. "Nope, didn't pop into my head. But I got him out, so it's all good. Sirius just makes everything exciting."

Lily smiled. "So how long have you guys been best friends?"

"Since first year. We met on the train. WE bumped into each other looking for a compartment, so we shared an empty one. We started talking, and we're been best buds since."

"So you guys are really close then? Like brothers?"

James stared at her. "Yeah. How'd you know that? I mean, the brothers thing."

She shrugged. "I've seen you guys together through a lot of stuff. You may have annoyed the hell out of me, but I still noticed the Marauders. Well, it was kind of hard not to, seeing as how one of the members was my stalker." He grinned. "But, I mean, no matter what, you guys were just, like always there for each other. And you guys handled each other's problems like they were your own."

James looked at Sirius trying to seduce Alex and smiled. "Yeah, Sirius is the best. He's always been there for me. No matter what. It's kind of scary, seeing as we were 'supposed' to be natural enemies."

"What do you mean?"

He sighed. "Sirius is a Black. The Black's are related to the Malfoy's, and both families are very deep in the dark arts. Always. I'm a Potter. Potters fight against the dark arts. We always have. It's who we are. The biggest rivals are the Potters and the Malfoys. It's been that way for generations. Everyone in the magical world knows it too. So it was assumed that Sirius would be a Slytherin with Lucius. They would join together and I would be their enemy, and they mine."

Lily was in shock. Sirius and James, enemies? She didn't know what to say. She may not have liked them before today, but she always knew they were inseparable. James noticed she wasn't going to say anything so he went on.

"Yeah, but the second Sirius and I met, we just knew that wasn't how it was going to be. And once he was put in Gryffindor, he was no longer a Black. He became a Potter."

They both smiled at each other. But both of their smiles faded as their compartment door opened, and Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black, Severus Snape, Bellatrix Black, and Rodolphus Lestrange entered the compartment, smirking.

"Well, well, well. Hello again kiddies."