Dancing, potions and switching

Chapter 4

"FREAK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Petunia screamed in the kitchen.

"Making a potion!" Lily said glancing at her picture as she had been all night.

"Its 11.00 at night! It better not be poison!"

"It's not!"

"I don't want you're freaky potions brewed here! It's probably some love potion for that boy…James Potter!"

"I DON'T LOVE HIM!" Lily cried.

"You think I don't see the way you look at him?" Petunia sneered.

"SHUT UP!"

"NO! You've been weirder the whole time you were here! WHY!"

"I have not!"

"Yes you have! What's the matter? Missing James?"

"NO!"

"Yes you are!"

"SHUT UP, PETUNIA!"

"You love James!"

"I DO NOT! GET LOST!"

"DO TOO!"

"GO AWAY!" She pulled out her wand and pointed it. "I'll use it I swear."

"You can't! Mum will yell at you!"

"Actually she won't! If I use it on you I'll be in Azkaban because I'd kill you."

Petunia shrieked ran upstairs. Lily laughed a bottled her potion.

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"Time to go back." Lily said happily. She took one last look at her picture and stepped into the fireplace.

"Gryffindor common room!"

She landed with a thud and saw Sirius looking down on her.

"Lily! You're back! Thank Merlin!" Abby yelled, ran over and hugged her.

"Lily!" Remus yelled and hugged her. Peter and Sirius hugged her too.

"Did you really miss me that much?"

"Some more so than others." Abby mumbled.

"What?"

"I'm so glad your back. James has been a nightmare." Sirius complained.

"How?"

"Well, he was really angry and he had extreme mood wings. It was quite scary. He did well in charms and he answered all he questions. I swear that scared me most of all." Sirius shuddered.

"Really?"

"Yes! I swear if you hadn't come back he would have murdered the whole school!"

"Where is James?" Lily asked anxiously.

"Upstairs, sleeping."

"Maybe I should give him a wake up call." Lily grinned and rushed upstairs.

She spied the still sleeping form of James Potter and prepared herself. She ran and leapt onto his bad. He shot up with his eyes still closed. "Padfoot, leave me alone!"

"Well, I know I'm not a real looker, but Sirius! Really! I'm not that ugly." She grinned.

"Hey!" Sirius said from across the room. He was with their other friends.

"LILY!" James cried opening his eyes and putting on his glasses. "IT'S REALLY YOU!" He grabbed her and hugged her tight. She hugged him back. They stayed there for a while. "I was going mental with just these guys for friends." James complained in her ear.

"So I heard."

"Did you hear I was good in charms yesterday?" He said excitedly. Lily was back!

"Yes I did. I'm so proud of my little Jamsie." She let go of him and ruffled his hair. James grinned.

"Did you miss me?"

"Yes! I was so scared yesterday when I went to get the supplies. I kept seeing you everywhere. I think some one cast an evil spell on me! Did you miss me?"

"Not really." They heard their friend snort. "Ok, maybe just a little." He smiled. "I'm SO glad you're back!" He jumped up from his bed and hugged Lily standing this time.

"This calls for a victory dance!" Lily cried.

"Of course." He took her hand. She curtsied and he bowed. He pulled her close and then spun her out as far as his arms would let. Then they spun around the room doing a mix between a waltz, salsa dancing and the tango with extreme dips and twirls.

"I see you've been practising." James said in her ear as he dipped her again.

"Every night." She smiled. "You've been practicing too."

"Every night." Of course it wasn't true. Neither had actually practised. Who would they practice with?

"And they say they don't like each other." Remus said softly.

"Denial. Denial. Denial." Sirius shook his head.

"Even I can feel the chemistry." Abby said wisely.

"That's because you're by me, short stuff."

"Don't call me that!" She punched his arm softly.

"Why not. You're short!" He teased.

"Well at least I'm not ugly!"

"Neither am I. Ask my fan club."

"You're so conceited."

"Am not."

"You are. Remus is he conceited?" She asked looking at him.

"Yes."

"See!"

Lily and James watched the two fight while they were dancing.

"They're so blind." Lily said shaking her head.

"I know! I mean any one can see they're right for each other." James said spinning her.

"They're great friend one minute then all of a sudden they start arguing!"

"They make it SO obvious."

"I think they do it to get each others attention."

"Me too. If only they'd look close enough, they'd see that they've already got it."

"They're so blind." Lily said once again.

"I think Sirius only goes out with other girls to make her jealous." James said wisely spinning Lily again.

"Yeah, I think you're onto it."

"Maybe they still don't realise they like each other." James said as they wound up the final steps of their dance.

"I think they're still denying it to themselves. They keep telling themselves they're just friends when everyone can see they're going to end up together."

"That's why we're here to help. Got the potion?" James asked as they sat down.

"Yes sir."

"Did you make enough for us too?" He asked curiously.

"You really want to do it?"

"Sure. I've always wondered what it would be like."

"Ooh, James Potter wants to be a girl." Lily teased.

"Well you want to be a guy!"

"You better not flirt with any girls in my body."

"I won't. I don't flirt." Lily raised an eyebrow. "Ok, I do. But I won't. How long does it last?"

"A week. We will have to shower in our bathing suits."

"How will we change?"

"Use a spell!"

"Oh."

"Let's do it tomorrow at breakfast. We'll put it in their goblets."

"This better work. I really don't want to make them jealous."

"Me neither. I don't want to flirt with Sirius. Yuck!"

"Right! Operation burgundy fox, phase three commence."

"Roger sparrow."

"Let's do this."

SCENE CHANGE

"Look some one dyed Snape's hair pink!" Lily said pointing to the greasy Slytherin.

They turned to look and James slipped some potion into Sirius and Abby's goblet. Lily and James already put there's in. They decided to drink it at the same time as the other two.

"Who did that?" Sirius asked. "I didn't see any of you get out your wand." He asked as they turned away from Snape.

"Magic I guess." Lily shrugged.

"Hmm…pumpkin juice tastes better than usual." Sirius said looking at it.

"Does too." Abby added drinking. Lily and James took a sip and smiled at each other. It took and hour to work. They'd be in class when it happened.

"Mine doesn't." Remus said looking at his drink. "Lily we have a prefect meeting tonight."

"OK. I'll be there." She said looking at James.

"Come on, we've got Transfiguration." James said after the bell. Lily groaned.

"I see you're in a better mood this class Mr Potter." McGonagall said as they walked into the class.

"Of course. I don't know what was wrong with me the other day."

"Not to worry, I think I do Mr Potter." She looked at Lily.

SCENE CHANGE

Almost an hour later four students dropped in a dead faint.

"What is the meaning of this?" McGonagall asked.

"I don't know." Remus said wondering what was going on. James was the first awake.

"What happened Miss Evans?"

"Miss Evans? Oh right. I don't know." The others were awake by now too.

"What happened to you four? Go to the hospital wing this instant!" She commanded.

They walked out still in a daze. Suddenly, as if the lights just switched on Abby and Sirius screamed.

(When I say the name I will say the name of the person who is stuck in the body.)

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?" Sirius asked. "WHY AM I IN A GIRLS BODY?"

"WHY AM I SIRIUS?" Abby asked frantically.

"WHY AM I LILY?" James asked going along with the plan.

"WHAT? I'M JAMES! WHAT HAPPENED?" Lily screamed.

"I think we've switched bodies!" Abby said, stating the obvious.

"Who did this?" James asked.

"I don't know!" Sirius said confused.

"We can't tell any one about this! My reputation will be ruined!" James said sadly.

"Of course not!" Abby said huffily. "How long do you think it will last?"

"Most soul switching spells last less than a week." Lily said.

"A WEEK!" Abby and Sirius said together.

"How will we shower?' Abby asked quickly. Sirius got a smile on his face.

"We can use our bathing suits." Lily said shooting the smile of Sirius' face.

"What about changing?" James asked. He was good at acting. That's what came from being a Marauder.

"I know a spell that changes clothes. You just put the clothes out in order and point your wand at them and say abeo."

"Ok. We can't even tell Peter and Remus about this. We'll never hear the end of it." Abby said quickly.

"You just want to check Peter out when he changes." Sirius accused.

"I do not! I like some one else!"

"Who?" All three said quickly. Abby blushed.

"None of your business."

They were at the hospital wing but didn't feel any need to go in because they knew what was wrong.

"You two go ahead. I need to talk to Lily." James said quickly.

"Ok. Remember to call her James though." Abby said and they walked off.

"Phase three is in action." James said quickly.

"Do you think that Abby was talking about Sirius?"

"I think so. I mean it would make sense."

"Hmm…one good thing has come form this I guess."

"Yes. Now are there any things I should know being in your body?"

"Nope. You? You don't take any medicines do you? And I won't need to be Prongs because full moon was last week."

"Nope nothing. Healthy as a sparrow." James laughed.

"Let's go."

The rest of the day went quickly. Abby and Sirius were continuously fighting and calling each other the wrong names. James and Lily seemed to be in constant giggles and Peter and Remus were just plain confused.

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"I'm bleeding!" Sirius cried. "I'm bleeding!" He ran down into the common room. Lily, James and Abby were talking and Peter and Remus were playing Wizarding chess. Really there was no point because Remus was the superior.

"What? Where?" James asked.

"I went to the toilet…and there was blood!" He said quietly. Lily burst out laughing and Abby looked as though she was going to die from embarrassment.

"What's so funny?" Sirius asked. James was confused too. Lily didn't stop laughing. The situation was too funny. Abby was too embarrassed to explain. Lily finally calmed down and decided to explain. Abby walked away saying she wanted to watch Peter and Remus but Lily knew she didn't want to be embarrassed.

"You see Sirius there comes a time in every girls life where she has to grow up and go through puberty." She said looking at him.

"What happens?" James asked. He wanted to know what was wrong.

"Well…When the girl is ready she gets a monthly visitor…" She trailed off.

"Like Santa every month?" Sirius asked. Lily tried not to laugh.

"No. You see Abby is 16 now so she will have had this for a while. Every month the girl starts to bleed a little for a while."

"You mean I'm going to bleed…DOWN THERE?" Sirius asked mortified.

"Yes." The boys looked disgusted.

"How long?" James asked. His face had gone white. He really wished he hadn't stayed to listen.

"Er…that depends. Maybe a week…more or less."

"A WEEK!" Sirius cried. "That's quarter of a month every month!"

"Yes Sirius. There may be some side affects…mood swings…cravings…you'll probably feel bloated."

"This sucks." Sirius said sulking.

"So is that why they say PMS when people have mood swings and stuff?" James asked.

"I suppose so."

"I'm never saying that again!" Sirius said. Lily laughed.

"Why isn't there blood on the floor and seats then?" James asked.

"Well…there are things to stop the blood leaking. There are two ways. Let's go upstairs." They followed. James went out of plain curiosity and Sirius out of force. She led them to the bathroom.

"Use this…or this." She held up two objects.

"I've always wondered what those were." James said curiously. "What do they do?" Lily felt a little weird saying it out loud so she whispered it to Sirius first and then James.

"Right…we know how to use the big flat one. How do you use the small one?" Sirius asked. Lily REALLY didn't want to explain that but felt she should. She leaned forward and told Sirius and James. They cringed thinking about it and paled.

"You stick THAT up THERE!" Sirius cried. James stayed quiet, really wishing he hadn't come to listen to this.

"Which will it be Sirius?" Lily smirked, knowing she made the boys think of girls a little differently now.

"The first one." Sirius said quickly grabbing it and going into the toilet. Lily sat quietly until she felt some one poke her arm.

"Lily?" James said uncertainly.

"Yes James?"

"You don't have…you won't get…I'm not going to have to…" He trailed off. Lily laughed.

"No, not this week."

"Thank Merlin." He let the colour come back into his cheeks. Sirius came out and refused to talk. Lily and James tried not to laugh as he avoided their eyes and they walked quietly downstairs.

"Did you explain?" Abby asked.

"Yes." Lily said, looking at Sirius who was refusing to meet Abby's eyes.

"I won't look at girls the same for a while." James said.

"That's good, seem as you're in my body." Lily smiled.

"Uh oh." James said looking at the portrait hole.

"What?"

"Sarah."

"So?"

"We're going out."

"What? I'm a girl!"

"You don't look like it. She asked me this morning before breakfast and I was extremely happy, so I said yes." He said quietly.

"What am I supposed to do?"

"I don't know."

"Hi Jamsie." Sarah said sitting in Lily's lap. Lily felt repulsed but she sat there for James. "Where have you been?"

"Studying." Lily really wanted to push her off, but James would get angry so she sat there. Sarah moved in for a kiss and Lily not knowing what to do obliged. She jumped up as Sarah tried to deepen it and ran up to the boys' bathroom. She threw up and quickly started brushing her teeth, furiously.

"I never thought I'd see that." James said walking into the bathroom.

"That was disgusting!"

"I can't believe you let her do that." He chuckled.

"The things I do for friends!" She wailed.

"You better not expect me to return the favour."

"What happened after I left?"

"Sarah walked off, she also glared at me. What did you do to her?"

"Nothing. A lot of your Poptarts do that. I have no idea why."

"Thanks for that. I'm glad you didn't push her off straight away, I don't want to be known as heartless."

"Did Sirius or Abby see?"

"Both. Abby's still in shock and Sirius was wondering if he could get you do that that when you're a girl again." He smirked.

"Not in a million years!" She winced. "I'm going to bed."

"Good night, Lily."

"Night James." James smiled softly before walking out and going to bed himself.

Terribly sorry for the bad chapter. Thank you for all the reviews people and thanks for reading the story.

Bye.