Chapter Twenty-One

DC: I don't own Harry Potter

The sun was rising. The Marauders slept peacefully, but Lily was, like most of the time, first to wake up. The first thing she felt when she did wake up was that she had to go to the bathroom.

But Lily didn't want to disturb the boys. So she took Roy and headed outside.

It was beautiful in the morning, if your not so tired, and everything was starting to wake up. Lily took a seat on the ground, and looked around. The birds were flying overhead, and making little chirps. The bugs around were buzzing and starting their day. The trees stood tall. And it was already getting warmer on this summer morning.

Lily took a look over to the forest. Something made her cock her head, and stare. There was something white. Lily had never seen such whiteness. It was at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, just standing there. With closer examination it was a unicorn.

Lily slowly got up, and she and Roy ventured out towards the forest. She went past Hagrid's hut, and you could hear the snoring coming from it, and reached the edge. The Unicorn stood there looking at her. Lily was in awe. She thought it very beautiful. She took two steps into the Forbidden Forest, forgetting immediately that the forest was forbidden.

"You're so pretty…" Lily said, reaching her hand out.

The unicorn became a little interested. It bent its head down, and Lily was able to touch it. She giggled.

Meanwhile, Sirius woke up. This was not normal for the eighteen year old. He noticed Lily wasn't inside, and guessed she was outside around the tent. He slowly moved around the two others, and stepped outside.

He had to shade his eyes for a moment. The sun was very bright. He looked around the tent but didn't find Lily. He shrugged, and looked around.

Sirius saw what Lily had seen. The birds, the bugs, and the trees. But as he looked at the trees he noticed a little girl standing in the Forbidden Forest.

'Oh look! Lily is in the Forbidden Forest petting some wild animal…' Sirius thought with a yawn. His brain wasn't in full motion yet, and he wasn't getting the picture.

It wasn't for a few seconds that he remember it was Lily down in the Forbidden Forest petting some wild animal. His eyes grew wide. He started to run, calling out her name.

Lily heard her name, and turned around. The sight of a boy in shorts and a t-shirt made the unicorn run into the forest. Lily smiled, and waved at Sirius.

"LILY!" Sirius yelled, grabbing her and running out of the forest.

"Hello Uncle Siri." Lily said happily.

Sirius set Lily on the ground and took a breather. When he did, he angrily looked at the five year old. "Lily!"

It seemed like that was all he could say. There was a loud grunt that came from Hagrid's home, and by now James and Remus were coming down towards the two.

"What's going on?" Remus asked.

"Lily was in the forest." Sirius said, pointing to the forest.

"Lillian Evans!" James said. He was shocked at this.

Lily knew she was in trouble. Never had her dad, nor uncles, ever said her full first name. She felt like she was shrinking for a moment. "Yes?" She said in an almost whisper.

"I remember telling you that the forest was forbidden!" Sirius said. "And didn't Grandma tell you that there were bad men around the school? You could have been taken away!"

"Or even worse!" Remus scolded.

Lily guiltily looked at the ground. "I'm sorry…"

"Sorry isn't good enough this time." James said.

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James took Lily into their room. He had her sit on the bench, nose in the corner, for time out. She wasn't allowed to move, and she had to think about what she did, for ten minutes. James took Roy outside the room with him, closing the door tight.

"Time out time." Sirius said.

"This is one of the worse things she's ever done." Remus said.

"It pains me to put her in time out…" James said.

"Same here…" Remus said.

"Yeah…" Sirius added.

What made it worse was that Lily started to cry. They stood out in the corridor listening to the sad sobs. It was miserable for all four of them. Lily cried on and on, and the boys stood there feeling worse and worse.

Finally the ten minutes were up, and the boys went inside the room. Lily didn't look up, and shut her eyes tightly in the corner. James scooped her up, and gave her a little hug.

"I'm sorry." Lily whispered. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Lily." Remus said, coming closer to the two.

"You've learned your lesson right?" Sirius asked.

Lily opened her eyes, and nodded somberly. "I did. I promise to never go into the forest again. I promise…"

James let Lily down. She rubbed her eyes and sniffed. She then gave Sirius and Remus a hug. James gave her Roy back.

"I say she's learned her lesson."

Dumbledore stood at the door. He had a faint smile on his face, and a little twinkle in his eye. He came into the room, and patted Lily's head. "I'm sure you have."

"I promised to never go into the forest." Lily said.

"That's a good girl!" Dumbledore said. "And guess what good girls deserve?"

"What?" The four of them asked. Even the Marauders were curious as to what Dumbledore had to give.

"A birthday party!"

Lily's face beamed. The Marauders had totally forgotten about Lily's birthday. Today she was five/eighteen. Lily giggled, and Dumbledore patted her head again.

"The party is later this afternoon. Come if you'd like to." Dumbledore said, with a smile.

He left the boys and Lily. Lily proudly stated that she was five years old. The boys congratulated her. She went to her clothes, and picked out a little outfit. She then went into the bathroom to change.

James felt tears spring into his eyes. He didn't know why, but it felt like he had gotten so attached to Lily.

"Are you crying?" Remus said.

Sirius swung his arm around James's neck. "I do believe he is!"

"I don't know why!" James said, wiping away the little tears. "I guess it's because Lily's growing up!"

Sirius frowned for a moment. "Your right…"

"We've all gotten so attached to her…" Remus said.

There was a little moment of silence. But then Lily came bursting out of the bathroom with a big smile on her face. "Lets celabate!"

"It's celebrate, Lily." James said. "And lets!"

The Marauders took her hand, and left their room. They planned on having fun, and not let anything else ruin their high spirits of the day.

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Hey all! Four chapters left!

Hope everyone had a nice Turkey day! Or whatever you like to call it! I had a good one...I guess I'll wish everyone a happy holidays too!

Well I'm getting closer to the first chapter of Mini Marauders. I would like to know how many ppl could help me. I need some help with some...childlike problems the Marauders would have. And please don't tell me in a review. I've heard from my friend, Bob Bennit, that your not allowed to talk to reviewers at the end or beginnings of chapters anymore...so PM me (or whatever it's called) or email me if you have a question! Or say it in a review and I'll contact you!

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Love, Lala Rue!

(P.S:We'll never again, never again...they gave us to shots to the back of the head, and we're all dead now... MCR is so cool!)