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The DADA Lessons and Hogsmeade

The next day was Tuesday, and the day began with DADA with Professor Crander. Everyone was looking forward to this class. They had heard from the other years that this Professor was great, and that there was barely any bookwork done in class.

When they got into class the Professor wasn't there yet so everyone had begun to chat amongst themselves. When there was an explosion near the Marauders no one took any special notice until a loud clear voice said, "In order to be prepared, you must be alert!"

Everyone immediately was silent and faced the front of the classroom to see what the professor had to say next.

"Today we will be learning about the unforgivable curses. There are three of them. Now, does anyone know what any of them are called?" Lily meekly raised her hand. "Yes Miss…"

"Evans Ma'am. The Imperious curse." Lily said quietly remembering earlier that summer and the note she had gotten from Mrs. Potter.

The Professor nodded and looked around at the rest of the class. Lucious Malfoy raised his hand next. "Mr. Malfoy?"

"The Crutacious (A/N… spelling?) Curse." He said with a smirk.

Again the Professor nodded as she looked about the room for the next student with an answer. This time James Potter raised his hand. "Mr. Potter?"

"The Advada Kedarva." He said quietly not looking up. Lily, hearing his answer and his quiet voice looked over at him wondering what was wrong with him. She had expected him to say it like his normal self. Did he know someone who was killed with that curse?

Lily didn't have much time to ponder this because Professor Crander had suddenly slammed a jar with three spiders in it on the desk.

"I am going to be performing each of the three curses on these spiders. Watch closely."

Lily gasped. These curses were illegal! Punishable by years in Azkaban! What did this Professor think that she was doing! She watched in silence and horror as the Professor cast each of the three curses on the spiders. When the Imperious curse was done she was the only one not to laugh, even the Professor had gotten a little upset.

"You think that that was funny did you? Would you think it was so funny if I cast it on you?"

The class had immediately become silent, Lucious Malfoy had raised his hand. "You c-can't do that, can you Professor? I mean spiders was one thing but –"

"I will do what I wish Mr. Malfoy. Now next class which I believe is this Thursday, I want you to hand in 2 feet on the unforgivable curses." The class groaned. "Stop groaning or I'll make it three feet."

The professor droned on and on about the curses but James wasn't listening. In fact, he hadn't listened much to what anyone had said to him since the day before. He sighed, before he didn't have to worry about anyone asking Lily out. They were all too scared that he would do something to them if they did, but now? Lily had met this guy over the summer! He hadn't even met him until at Diagon Alley, which WASN'T a good first impression. He sure hoped that later he would have a better chance with her. Because Kevin was a Slytherin and Slytherins didn't like muggleborns… right? He shook his head. He shouldn't be worrying so much. It was just going to be a fling! Lily would be breaking up with him in no ti-

James' eyes nearly popped out when he saw Kevin, who was sitting next to Lily, moved his hand across her back starting to move it farther down. He glared even harder when he saw Lily stifle a giggle.

"Class dismissed!" James immediately stood up, intending to give that Kikkert a piece of his mind when Sirius tugged on his arm.

"Come ON Prongs!" Sirius pleaded, "Don't waste it!"

James had no idea WHAT he was talking about and silently followed his fellow comrade to charms, which ALSO unfortunately, just like DADA, was shared with Slytherin.

The day flew by and soon it was Wednesday morning and everyone was in the Great Hall for breakfast. When the post arrived, an owl was sent to both Remus and Lily. They both looked at each other and smiled knowing exactly what it meant, the Hogsmeade visit.

Sure enough, when Lily opened the letter it read:

Prefects,

The next Hogsmeade visit is next weekend. Please put a notice up in your common room today so that everyone has enough time to turn in his or her parent forms. Remember to mention that it is a privilege to go and if anyone is too disrespectful before then they will not be permitted to go. Thank you for your time and don't forget that notice.

Sincerely,

Alice and Frank

Lily smiled as she read it. She couldn't wait for then. She and the Jusketeers would get what they needed for the prank and then the next morning they could put it in action. Of course, she and them had agreed that if asked she was NOT part of it. They didn't want the prefect to get into trouble for it.

The rest of the week flew by full of planning for the Jusketeers and Lily and before they knew it they were standing outside the DADA classroom the next Tuesday. There were many whispers going around, many excited and many nervous. The Professor was going to cast the Imperious curse on them today. Certainly NOT something most were looking forward to.

When they all walked into the classroom they were surprised to see all of the desks put to the side, except for one. Unsure of what to do or where to go, the class just wandered around talking to their friends. The professor was rummaging through the assignments that the class had turned in the previous week.

Five minutes later the Professor finally started class. "As you all know. Today I will be casting the imperious curse on each of you. Don't be scared about it though. I doubt that any of you will be able to throw it off so don't be discouraged either. Now, I will be going alphabetically, so up first is… Christina Adriana."

A rather small girl with blond hair from Slytherin stepped forward with a sly grin on her face. She didn't have much time to continue grinning however because Professor Crander immediately said, "IMPERIO!" and Christina began to hop about the room. The class had begun to laugh but immediately silenced when the spell was released and the Professor gave everyone a deep glare.

Next up was Isaac Anderson who began to crawl on the floor, then Narcissa Black, who began to sing a rather foolish muggle child song. And then Sirius Black was up and he began to dance to some unknown music. Soon it was Lily's turn and she sheepishly step forward, scared about what was to happen knowing her last experience. She didn't have much time to think before, "IMPERIO!" and she was swept into a world where all her cares were gone.

Run around the room. A small voice told her.

Lily stayed put for a while, RUN AROUND THE ROOM!

Soon another voice popped in her head. No, she doesn't WANT to run around the room.

I TOLD YOU TO RUN AROUND THE ROOM!

AND I TOLD YOU THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO!

Lily briefly looked at her professor in confusion before collapsing on the floor. Lily was breathing hard, sweat pouring down her face. She looked up at the Professor in confusion.

"Well done Miss Evans, well done! You successfully threw off the imperious curse! Good job! Now up next is…"

Lily didn't pay any attention to who was next. She could only think about the two voices inside her head that had been arguing. She didn't notice that Remus Lupin had almost thrown the curse off or that James Potter had done it as well. For the rest of the day she just blindly walked around. She took notes in all of her classes and did all of her spells correctly but she didn't concentrate on what she was doing.

James had walked into the DADA room very happy. He knew that he could throw off the curse easily because his dad had taught him. Something about he didn't want someone to tell James to kill him or something. He watched and laughed as the first four students failed to do it, laughing the hardest as Sirius danced but he filled with worry when it was Lily's turn.

She had suffered from this badly during the summer, and although he knew she could throw it off, he didn't want her to get hurt again. After Professor Crander had put the curse on her, he could she Lily visibly shaking and glancing at the Professor with looks of worry. Then before he could even blink again she collapsed.

He was shocked that the Professor didn't even offer to help her up. Lily slowly got up on her own but she was sweating bad and kept throwing the Professor nervous glances. When the next few people were called up, she didn't even move. It was like she was completely zoned out to everything.

James turned his attention back to the Professor when Remus got called up. He was amazed that he was able to throw it off but then realized that it probably had something to do with his being a werewolf. He grinned, as it was his turn to come up. Then, "IMPERIO!"

Jump on the desk.

No, don't wanna.

JUMP ON THE DESK.

Sorry, no can do.

I TOLD YOU TO JUMP ON THE DESK!

And I told you that I don't want to, sorry professor but I think I won.

The curse was taken off and the professor looked at him briefly before congratulating him on throwing off the curse and going on to the next student.

James continued to watch Lily all day. She looked like she was in a daze. She was taking notes of course like her normal self but… she seemed very preoccupied about something.

The next day was Wednesday and the first prefect meeting of the year. Lily was excited and all day was able to keep her mind off of the voice from the day before.

During Potions they were lectured on a potion that supposedly would cause someone to be invisible and inaudible (basically not exist to any one but to those who have the potion on them). It was very complicated and took almost two months to brew. The next week they were supposed to start on it and today they were going to choose partners.

Partner Pairings (those that WE care to know):

James and Sirius

Remus and Peter

Dani and Sarah

Jessica and Ashley

Isaac and Matt

Lily and Kevin

Herbology was rather interesting because the class was supposed to be replanting mandrakes. The professor hadn't known that they had done it before and spent half the class telling them how to do it, ignoring their hands in the air that they were gong to tell her that they had already done it.

After that they had lunch and everyone walked slowly into the Great Hall and plopped down on the seats.

"So Prongs. Got any ideas as to what we need to stock up on this weekend? We can carry more cause we don't have to hid with it under the invisibility cloak?" Sirius asked.

"Well Padfoot, we used the rest of our dungbombs last week to get back at Filch for that detention we had to take with Professor Acrorrie. It was a nightmare!"

"No kidding! We had to clean up that one potion that had blown up that was supposed to make things smell or something."

Remus rolled his eyes. "The potion was the Forgetfulness potion and it DIDN'T smell! That was the dungbomb that you through in it that same day."

Sirius and James just grinned. "Well, I got to go find Dani. She and I were going to go to the library to study."

James and Remus dropped their forks in shock. "Padfoot, do you even know WHERE the library IS?"

"Sure! It's um… in that one corridor with that one painting…."

The rest of the Marauders raised their eyebrows. Then James spoke, "My dear Padfoot… every corridor has a painting in it…."

Sirius spoke defensively. "I know that. I have the picture in my head of that painting and corridor and I just can't explain where exactly it is."

"So you want the map?"

"Yes, please."

James chuckled as he got out the map and handed it to Sirius before Sirius ran off down the table to presumably find Dani.

Lily was sitting with Jessica and Ashley and they were talking about the dresses they were going to wear to the Christmas ball. The two other girls wanted to start shopping this weekend at Hogsmeade and were trying to get Lily to come with them.

"Come on Lillian! You are the only one of us who knows where that shop is in Hogsmeade!"

"Yes, I know but I can show you then leave. Kevin asked me if I could spend this weekend with him!"

"Just ditch him! Boyfriends who try to force you to go everywhere aren't worth it. They are too much of control freaks."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Jessica, Ashley, I was planning on wearing that dress you both gave me for my birthday! It's gorgeous and I doubt that there is a better dress out there for me."

"Ah, yes. But you have a doubt!"

Lily sighed. "I have to spend at least a couple of hours with Kevin. We will do some things together and I'll meet up with you then ok?"

"I guess if that is the best we will get out of you. But try and hurry. They don't give us much time to stay there and we need all the time we can get for shopping."

"Yes Jessica, I know. It shouldn't take too long, what we need to do. Plus, there will be another visit before Christmas."

"Oh, but that is the thing! Next visit we have to find our date HIS outfit."

Lily mentally rolled her eyes. How did she get stuck having to be friends with these girls!

The rest of the day flew by and soon Lily found herself walking with Remus to the Prefect meeting.

"So Remus, it appears to me that you and Sarah are getting kind of cozy!" Lily teased. She knew that Sarah had liked Remus for a long time and this year she was actually acting on it.

Remus blushed. "Err- yeah. Well we're kind of going out."

Lily grinned. "It was only a matter of time."

"Lily, I have to ask you a question. Sarah seems really upset that you aren't friends with her and Dani anymore and I was wondering exactly why you guys aren't friends anymore."

"Have you asked Sarah?"

"Yes, and she won't tell me."

"Then she has a reason not to tell you. I won't tell you either if she won't tell you. If she wanted you to know, she would have told you."

"But we tell each other EVERYTHING!"

"Did YOU tell HER that you were a werewolf?"

"How did you know about that?"

"Oh come on Remus, it wasn't that difficult. I realized it first year. Your mother was always sick, or your aunt died, or your grandma and you never seemed down right to tears when someone died. Plus you were gone every full moon. Look me straight in the face and tell me that that is NOT a coincidence."

Remus shifted his eyes to a nearby painting of a man and his wife eating dinner. "Lily, I don't want to talk about it."

"Fine, but you should tell her before someone else does."

The prefect meeting went pretty well and the sixth years had a chance to start planning the Christmas Ball with one of the head's there, Alice, to make sure things stayed on topic.

"Alright. First off we need to settle on a theme."

Lucious Malfoy sneered at Lily when she said this. "Isn't it obvious? Christmas. It IS right before it."

"Well yes, but we need to decide if we want to wear muggle gowns or wizard or both?"

The Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff girl prefects started to talk happily amongst each other before – "I think Lily is on to something." Alice started. "Ok, we'll vote. Those in favor of Muggle dresses raise their hands." Lily, Remus, Both the Ravenclaw, and the girl Hufflepuff prefects raised their hands. "Alright, it's five to three. So, we'll have muggle dresses. Now we need to give out assignments for decorations, food, entertainment, and publicity. Any volunteers?"

Lily and Remus volunteered to do the decorations, Ravenclaw the food, Slytherin the entertainment, and Hufflepuff the publicity. They were all told that they were to work on the plans during the following weeks and then they were dismissed.

The next day was Thursday and with it came the first night astronomy class. The previous week it had been cancelled due to great fog and they had had a great nights sleep. But unfortunately that was not the case THIS night. For at almost 15 to midnight, sixth year Ravenclaws and Gryfinndors could be seen making their way up to the astronomy tower for their class. Well, all but four that is.

The Marauders had decided to take a quick nap before going to class and no one had woken them up. Of course, no one really wanted to after what happened the night before.

Flashback

"Oy, Prongs! Look what I found in Peter's trunk!"

Sirius and James were going through every one of the Marauder's trunks looking for prank supplies that had not been used yet. They had decided to go to the Slytherin Common room and make the decorations more… homey. Remus was at the prefect meeting and Peter was who knows where (evil Peter! Kill him!!!! sorry had to get that out of my system).

"What is it? It better not be just some more rat tonic, because it if is then I'll –"

"Don't worry. It isn't" Sirius said beaming. "It IS however… MORE DUNGBOMBS!"

"No way! I thought we had used them all on Filch!"

"Guess not. Peter always forgets things though so he probably forgot he had them."

Sirius and James had quickly finished going through the trunks and surveyed the spoils. They had enough supplies for TWO common room makeovers if they so desired.

James went back in his trunk to grab his invisibility cloak while Sirius started picking up the 'supplies'. Even though it wasn't quite curfew yet, they needed the cloak because first off, they needed to follow a Slytherin to their common room entrance unnoticed so that they could figure out the password. Then they needed to wait until midnight or later so that they could be sure that everyone had gone to bed.

They quietly crept under the cloak and started to make their way down the stairs to the very crowded common room. They were almost off the last step when Sirius tripped over James' foot…

All of the prank supplies that they were carrying went flying across the floor of the common room exploding as they landed. They hit the random people sitting around still and when the dungbombs landed, the stench took hold on everyone present, which was pretty much everyone. The common room turned into rainbow colors flashing dangerously and the floor became a bright pink.

Sirius looked at James sheepishly and they started to inch their way back up the steps to their dormitories trying to get away before disaster struck.

When McGonngal heard about this she had immediately taken 60 points off of Gryfinndor, putting them in last place for the cup. Everyone from Gryfinndor had spent all night waiting for turns in the showers to get rid of the smell and the Marauders had become everyone's worst favorite people.

This all surprisingly put the Matt, Isaac, and Lily in a VERY good mood because the timing for their little prank that Sunday couldn't have an even better timing.

End Flashback

The Gryfinndors didn't feel like the Marauders deserved to be woken up so when everyone was in the middle of charting exactly where the star constellation Orion was and the Marauders had run in panting some of them even grinned, hoping that they got a detention.

"Misters Potter, Black, Lupin, and Pettigrew, where were you?" Professor Deopirol questioned.

"He sounds exactly like McGonnagal…" Sirius started whispering to James before a look from Deopirol shut him up.

"That will be 15 points total from Gryfinndor. Now, find a telescope and begin charting the constellation of Orion."

The rest of the class was fairly calm and quiet, except for when Peter knocked over his telescope because he feel asleep on it.

The next day flew by a Saturday, the day for Hogsmeade, came up quickly. The girls could be found putting last minute touches on their outfits for their dates while the boys waited impatiently for them in the entrance hall.

"Kevin, chill out! She'll be here in a minute! Sheesh!" Matt said.

"Yeah, but she's taking forever! Plus, she wanted to cut it short cause her friends wanted to do some shopping with her."

"Yes and? Their FRIENDS, that's what friends do. They spend time together. You can't go demanding all of your girlfriends time!"

Kevin just looked at Matt and glared at him. "Whatever."

Five minutes later Lily came walking down the hall quickly. "I am SO sorry that I'm late guys!" She said, pecking Kevin on the cheek. "We just lost track of time getting ready."

Matt smiled at Lily, "No problem. Come on! We have to go to that joke shop first!"

Lily laughed as they all walked down to Hogsmeade. Normally a carriage would be their to bring them but Lily had taken so long that they had all left already.

First they went to Zonko's where they pushed through the crowd and bought the supplies that they would need to pull off their prank the very next day.

Lily then made them go into Honeydukes. There, Kevin bought her a candy bracelet that would change colors to match what you were wearing. Lily laughed at the thought as she slipped it on her wrist.

"Well, as much as I'd hate to admit it guys, I really have to go meet up with Jessica and Ashley. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll be able to drag them away from the shopping long enough to meet you at the Three Broom sticks?"

The boys agreed and Lily was off to search for the girls in the back of the village at the muggle clothing shop.

Lily had never been in this shop and when she stepped in she was overwhelmed with bright pinks and purples at the front of the store. The shop had flashing lights too that Lily had to get used to as she searched around the store for Jessica and Ashley.

Lily passed several girls from 5th and 4th year shopping for their dresses for the Christmas ball too as she searched. Lily had to go all the way to the back of the store to find her two friends. It was obvious that they were picking out the most extravagant and expensive dresses that they could find.

"Hello girls! Did you find anything yet?" Lily asked excitedly.

Jessica and Ashley turned around with big grins on their faces. "Yes we did. We got both of our dresses picked out and we have been looking for the perfect dress for you!"

Lily gaped at them, "Girls! I told you, I was going to wear the dress you two got me!"

"Yes, but remember your doubt! Plus, we found the PERFECT dress here for you."

This 'perfect' dress turned out to be almost 20 dresses that Lily had to try on and show them. It was obvious that they were not going to let her just not buy a dress so Lily, not liking any of the dresses that they picked, went through the racks and found the perfect one.

It was a strapless white dress with a red and green border trim on all of the seams. It also came with white gloves with the same trim around the cuffs. The necklace the she had gotten for her birthday went perfectly with it as well.

When Lily stepped out of the dressing room with it on the other girls gasped. "Lily, that is the perfect dress for you! You are so getting it."

Lily smiled. She had loved the dress as well. Lily looked at her watched and gasped.

"We have buy our things and get out of here fast! The carriages leave in just a few minutes!"

The girls hurridly got changed into their robes and brought their purchases up to the counter. When it was Lily's turn to pay, the cashier gave a yelp of surprise.

"Where is you find this dress!"

Lily was confused. "Um, on that rack over there. It says 50 off."

"And it fits you!"

"Uh… yes." Lily responded getting even more confused.

"This dress was supposed to have been put in the back of the shop with the recycled dresses! It was returned years ago when the first owner claimed that it gave her bad luck!"

"Err…" Lily didn't know what to say. "How much do I owe you?"

The lady looked flustered. "No, no. You don't have to pay, just take it and go. Get it out of here please!"

The lady gave Lily a bag and the three girls quickly rushed out of the shop.

The second that they were out of there Ashley turned to Lily. "Lillian. Why did you still want that dress! It was cursed!"

Lily chuckled. "Oh, you don't know that. I mean, what would be the point? Cursing a dress?"

The other girls looked unsure and followed Lily into a carriage for the trip back to Hogwarts.

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