AN: I think all of my characters are too perfect. I don't know what to do to change it though at this point. It'd be too weird if they had a major personality change. Any recommendations? They'd help a ton.

I have a new fic that starts in the Marauders first year rather than seventh. Please check it out! I find it much more interesting that way & there are a few other things that will make the characters interesting. They are totally different characters from Meghen and Bridget. What do you think? I could end this one (A Dream Come True) a little after everyone's together. But if you want me to keep going I will.

James,

How's Hogwarts? Great, I hope. You'll have to send me the results for your next match the second you have time.

A lot has been happening out here at the Ministry. We aurors are constantly on the search for this Voldemort guy. It will be a relief when you join us.

Mum, Dad, and I really want you to come home for Christmas. We all miss you and hope everything's cool.

John

Jon

James groaned and ran a hand through his hair. Voldemort was imposing a greater threat than the wizarding world had first thought. More attacks were being reported every day, and it was becoming increasingly common for a student to lose a family member or friend. James only hoped Voldemort would be defeated before he was too powerful for anyone—even Dumbledore.

"Angel!"

Bridget quickened her pace, for there was only one person in the world who called her that—Sirius Black.

Nevertheless, Sirius caught up with her quickly and gasped, "I want to explain before you go on hating me forever."

"If I tell you to go away after this, will you if I listen?" Bridget stopped.

"I don't know if I can," Sirius admitted.

"Fine, Sirius." Bridget plopped down in the middle of the hallway and looked at Sirius expectantly.

"Gasmel was a way to make you jealous," Sirius confessed. "I was getting hopeless and went to last resorts. In the past, girls were all over me if they saw me with someone else. But you're different. That's a good thing," he added quickly when he caught her glare.

"In a way, I was also trying to get over you. I didn't want to hurt anymore for someone who didn't care. I was sick of it.

"Whatever I tried, I saw you hated me. And I couldn't help but realize that I was still in love with you."

Bridget was quite taken aback. Sure, Sirius had done all sorts of things, but he never went this far for a practical joke. "Are you serious?" she asked bewilderedly.

"I am Sirius," he confirmed loftily and Bridget couldn't help but grin.

"I don't want to be your whore of the week," Bridget warned.

"Well, I don't want you to give up on me that quickly," Sirius smirked. "Maybe two weeks though."

Bridget punched him lightly and cautiously laid a head on his shoulder. "This is it," she murmured.

"Yeah," Sirius agreed, smoothing out her hair. "I'm surprised you believed me, though."

"I am too," Bridget laughed. "To think, a week ago, I thought I hated you."

"Y'know, now we have to get Lily and James together," Sirius said happily. "I have the best prank plan ever! PPE!"

"They'll feel so awkward with all their friends together anyway." Bridget jumped up. "Race you back to the common room!"

"If you think you can beat a Marauder, you better be prepared to…" but Bridget was already gone.

"Whatever happened to the good old days when it was on your mark, get set, go?" Sirius groaned sarcastically. He jogged along, trying to make an honorably close second.

December dawned and before the students knew it, snow was falling in graceful drifts. Sirius and Bridget hadn't told Lily, Meghen, James, Remus, or Peter about their relationship because Bridget knew the first words to come out of Meghen's and Lily's mouths were, "I told you so!"

Gryffindor had a close win against Ravenclaw in the first match. All of the team players were exuberant and the game was followed by hours of partying in the Gryffindor Common Room. Slytherin had then beaten Hufflepuff by more than a landside, and all the Gryffindors could have sworn they saw the Slytherin players jinxing the Hufflepuff team.

The professors were piling on more and more homework for the seventh years, as it was their last year and NEWTS were coming upon them. It was quite a relief on the last day of term when they decided to give them a homework-free break.

James, Sirius, and Remus were all going to stay at James's house for the holiday. Peter had to see his ill mother over the holidays, and regretted not being able to go with them. All of the girls were staying at Hogwarts until the Potter's Annual New Year Ball, to which they had all been invited.

Unsurprisingly, there was only one other student apart from the three Gryffindors who was staying at the castle over the break. Voldemort's imposing threat had caused many parents to fear for their children's safety.

Meghen smiled and skipped down the hall. They had just returned from seeing the boys off at the train station in Hogsmeade. "This is going to be a quiet Christmas," she said, slightly saddened at the thought.

"You'll see him on New Year's, Megs," Lily sympathized. She turned to Bridget. "What's up with you and Black, by the way? You've been avoiding each other ever since mid-November."

"Oh, it's nothing," Bridget said with a dazed smile on her face. Meghen noticed this, and arched an eyebrow over at Lily. Lily shrugged and let the subject drop. For the moment.

"Oh, Jamie! You look so big!" Emmeline Potter gushed as she saw her son and hugged him. Sirius and Remus smirked until she laid eyes on them. "Oh! You too, Siri and Reemy!" She embraced them as well.

"What is it with your mum and making up nicknames?" Sirius groaned as he threw his stuff James's floor, where he and Remus were staying. The Potters had more than enough bedrooms for Sirius and Remus to each have their own, but the guys liked sharing a room. That way, they could share ideas immediately if they came up with a prank in the middle of the night.

"James!"

It was Jon. "Hey, how're you?" James asked. He would've hugged his brother had his friends not been here. They might go tell Lily that he was really gay. Jon seemed to understand though, and James saw the amusement in his eyes.

"There's someone I want you to meet, James."

James followed his brother down the stairs. There was an unfamiliar pretty young woman talking with his mother. Jon took the younger woman's hand.

"This is Hanalyn Roshou, my fiancé," Jon introduced.

James arched an eyebrow. "I didn't even know you had a girlfriend."

"So you're the young man Jon has always been talking about," Hanalyn gushed.

James inwardly rolled his eyes. That was the cheesiest warm up line ever.

"Well, I'll see all of you later. Nice to meet you, Hanalyn," James shook her hand and began to ascend the stairs. Something about Hanalyn was creepy.

"Please, call me Lyn," Hanalyn called. James thought the overly sugary honey-coated words sounded fake. He looked back and saw her eyes were glittering dangerously. It was only for a second and then she was all sugar and honey again. Maybe it had been a trick of the light.

Or maybe she had known his brother at Hogwarts and had fallen for him. When he didn't want her, she tricked him with a love potion. You never knew with magic.

And James didn't see how his brother could willingly marry such a fake.

"Megs! Happy Christmas!" Lily called, trying to wake the sleeping girl.

"Incoming!" Bridget shouted as she threw a pillow towards Meghen's head. "Wake up! I think there's something from Remus," she teased.

Meghen almost leaped out of bed, but not before throwing the pillow back at Bridget.

She sifted through all the presents until she found Remus's.

Meghen,

Happy Christmas! I can't wait to see you at the Potter's and I hope everything there is okay. I love you and miss you more than you know.

Always and Forever,

Remus

Meghen tore open the small box and found a silver necklace chain. A heart dangled from it. RL and MA were inscribed in it and Meghen only hoped he liked what she had gotten him.

Bridget tried to make it look like she was offhandedly going through her gifts. In actuality, she was searching for Sirius's present.

It was a small black box and Bridget carefully read the note.

Angel,

Now we'll never be apart. I'll show you what else it can do when you arrive here at the Potter's Ball.

It wasn't signed but Bridget knew it was Sirius. They were still trying to keep it secret until Lily and James got together, and if Lily or Bridget had seen the note, it might ruin everything.

It was a picture of the two of them together. Sirius was on all fours and grinning while Bridget was on his back hugging him tightly. Sirius would try to move around causing Bridget to fall off laughing.

Bridget hadn't had a picture taken with Sirius, so she assumed he had a previous picture of her and had charmed the characters to enter this picture and move how he wanted them to.

But what did Sirius mean by 'what else it can do?' That's what confused her most and she only hoped that he hadn't done something 'marauderous' to it. You never knew with those four.