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Chapter Four: Christmas Holidays

Lily remembered everything before the time she stepped on the train. She still remembered her childhood memories and her family but nothing else. Snape had to make up a lot of things. As Snape tried to land kisses on her, even on her cheeks, Lily found that she didn't like him at all. There was this nagging feeling in the back of her head that she had forgotten something but she couldn't remember. She remembered she loved someone but she shrugged the feeling off when Snape told her he was her boyfriend. Still, she didn't like him that much. She was really attracted to James Potter.

He's so funny, and charming, and- Lily's thoughts drifted off as James, Sirius, Remus, Peter and Hagrid came in to visit her. Lily's heart fluttered as she saw James. He ran his hand through his hair.

'Oh, Lily, dear,' he sighed. He touched the side of Lily's face gently. Lily felt his hand. It was warm. She closed her eyes dreamily. She really liked James.

No, more than like, love, thought Lily.

'Tha' bloody git now, tha' Snape, I'm gonna bash 'im up, stealin'-'

'Shut up, Hagrid,' said Sirius, looking at him suspiciously. James was running his hand through Lily's fiery red hair. He gazed into her emerald green eyes.

'I love you, Lily, my sweet,' he whispered.

'I love you too, James,' she smiled. James leaned down for a kiss, but Lily turned her head. 'But… what about Severus?'

'All that Snivellus has told you is a - a bunch of lies!' demanded James angrily. 'Can't you see that?' Lily stared back at James defiantly.

'It may be true, it may not be true,' she said. 'But all I know is… never mind, Potter, just get out, out!' Lily had had one of her sudden mood swings.

'Divisi,' spat James as soon as he was outside the door. 'Sirius, I'll need you tonight, I think it's time for the old Invisibility Cloak to come out…'

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James and Sirius crept down the stairs of the boy's dormitory towards the portrait of the Fat Lady. They pushed her open and walked out. James' Invisibility Cloak fluttered around their ankles. Little did James know that downstairs, Lily was thinking about him that very moment.

I wonder… no, that can't be right… it couldn't have been him I loved… no… impossible… maybe it was… maybe it wasn't… I'll just wait until he comes out with it… Lily lay back in her bed, thinking about James all night.

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'Parcel!' Sirius whispered. The Slytherin common room stone door slid open noiselessly.

'Yes! Hey Sirius, I reckon we should have nicknames… remember when we really badly wanted to be Animagi?'

'Yeah?'

'Well, I still remember our first attempts as if it was yesterday… your head turned into a black dog's…'

'Oh yeah, that was so funny, I couldn't get rid of it for two days!'

'I reckon when you succeed, you'll be a black dog. Padfoot.'

'Umm… okay.'

'Remus doesn't need to transform, he transforms into a werewolf at the full moon-'

'Moony!'

'Okay, not too bad. Peter sprouted a rat's tail… Wormtail.'

'I think that's settled. Let's go!' The two boys crept up the boy's dormitory stairs.

'We should be called the Marauders, we sneak everywhere,' grinned Sirius.

'Not bad, not bad, let's move to Snivellus' bed!' Sirius and James finally found the right bed, and quickly bound Snape to it – magically, of course. They placed duck tape over his mouth, and set an illusion spell so you could only see an empty, neat bed.

'Levtius! That should do it! Let's go!'

'Hold on a second.' Sirius eyed the empty bottle of Divisi on Snape's bedside table. 'Let's stir up our own potion!'

'What… to stop the Divisi?'

'Yeah!'

'Great idea, Sirius! I mean, Padfoot!'

'Oh, wait, what's your nickname? Wait, last time you sprouted stag horns… Prongs! Okay Prongs, let's go the Avery's secret store…'

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'Five-inch Grenous horn.'

'Got it.' James reached up to the Grenous horn box and carefully took one out which seemed about 5-inches.

'Powdered root of Hulingberry.'

'Got it in my trunk upstairs.'

'Great. And finally, plaited Banshee hair.'

'Yep. Let's move!'

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Soon the boys were sitting on the dormitory floor. Hagrid chuckled as he thought of Snape bound up.

'Serve 'im right!'

'Oh, no!' groaned Sirius as he double-checked the Potions book he was using. 'We forgot the bat's liver! Illegal produce! How are we gonna get it? I really don't wanna sneak back into there!' Hagrid silently stood up.

'I got it right 'ere, boys,' he muttered.

'Hagrid!' rapped out Remus sharply. 'Where did you get it?' Hagrid silently mouthed something.

'Come on, Moony, give him a break,' said Peter, plopping in the long piece of bat's liver. The Equant Potion practically exploded.

'Well, seems like it worked!' James took out a ladle and carefully tipped 8 drops into a new bottle. 'Let's go!' The five boys slipped under the Invisibility Cloak. It didn't fit them all.

'Bonhild!' cried Remus. The Cloak became larger. Unfortunately, it still didn't fit Hagrid.

'I won' go, too much of a hassle fer me,' he said. The four boys set off for the Slytherin Common Room.

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There, they unbound Snape and tipped in the potion. Downstairs, Lily awoke, her memory back. The Equant Potion had worked. James ran downstairs to check on Lily.

'James!' She kissed him passionately. James returned it.

'Lily, my sweetheart… you're back! You don't know how much we risked for you!' Lily laughed and ruffled James' hair. She rested her head on his chest. He clasped his arms around her waist, Lily around James' neck.

'Oh, James, I don't know what to-'

'It's okay, Lily.' James brought Lily back to her dormitory.

'Sweet dreams,' he whispered.

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The next morning, Lily awoke, lively and fresh. She rushed down to breakfast, rushing into James' arms. James swung her around happily.

'My dear, sweet, Lily,' he said, and shot a glance at Snape at the Slytherin table. He looked tired, and was scowling. 'Are you staying for the Christmas holidays?'

'Oh, no, I completely forgot! I'll see you later!' Lily kissed her finger and held it to James' lips. She rushed back up to the dorms and grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill. She quickly wrote a letter to her parents.

Dear Mum and Dad,

Having a great time at Hogwarts. I've met a boy, James Potter, he's an orphan, his parents were murdered, can you believe anyone could be so cruel? Anyway, sorry I haven't been writing, I had a mild case of amnesia… can I stay at school for Christmas holidays?

Love,

Lily

She tied the parchment to Hemigacho's talon and lay back. A few days later, her parents sent back a note.

'They said yes!' Lily leapt into James' arms. 'Should we toboggan?'

'To what what?' asked James, confused.

'Toboggan!' Lily laughed. 'You know. Sliding down slopes.'

'No. I think it's only a Muggle sport. We could go on broomsticks instead.'

'Oh, come on, spoilt sport, let's do something that doesn't have to do with magic!'

'Just for you, Lily, okay?'

'Yes!' Lily wrapped herself around James happily. 'Tomorrow! The very first day of Christmas holidays!'

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Lily sat on her toboggan and pulled the ropes this way and that, steering well clear of rocks, down the slope towards Hogsmeade.

'Oh, come on, James, don't be such a wuss!' James was standing at the top, looking slightly scared. 'It's easier than the Wronski Feint!' James jumped onto a toboggan, and looking rather green, slid down the slope, bashing into a rock halfway.

'Oww!' Lily laughed.

'Come on, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot! Oh, no, Hagrid, that's the fourth time you've broken yours! Reparo! Bonhild! It should be fine now!' All the boys and Lily sped down the slope, Lily easily coming first. She laughed.

'Come on, broomsticks now,' begged James.

'Oh, fine, I'm going on yours!' Lily and James leapt onto James' Comet Two Sixty and took off.

'Young love,' growled Sirius.