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Chapter 15: Bunnies from Sirius!
Lily woke up one cold, cold winter morning. She shivered and saw the fire hadn't been stoked like usual.
"I guess one of the house elves is sick and they didn't have time to get up her to clean." Lily thought aloud, and she went to her wardrobe to look at what she was to wear today.
Her clothes were getting a bit worn, and Lily guessed it had been right before she had gone to Hogwarts that she had gotten new clothes. Since it was now late November, her clothes were not going to last very much longer.
Lily pulled on a red turtleneck sweater and her uniform skirt. She charmed the sweater to be Gryffindor red, and her scarf Gryffindor gold. Lily pulled on her robes and started to leave her room, with her bag in hand.
It was a very nice bag, made of good leather that was hand embellished with Lily's initials.
But as Lily was leaving her room, the bag caught on something and it ripped on the bottom, all over the floor.
Lily swore softly and knelt down to pick up her things.
Something tapped her on the shoulder, and Lily stood up slowly, her hand in her pocket. Too many times had Slytherins attacked her from behind, so she was cautious. Even in her own dorm.
"You want some help picking up?" James asked, as Lily turned around to face him. He saw her face was as pale as ice in the cold, and James's eyes flickered toward the empty fireplace.
"Sure. Could you grab that quill and notebook?" James bent over to pick it up, and he didn't recognize the notebook from all of Lily's other school things. For good reason, because wizards and witches didn't use muggle notebooks for classes.
James flipped a few pages into the notebook, and saw a lot of Lily's writing. Lily reached for the notebook and snatched it out of his hand.
"That's private, you know." Lily scolded, and James grinned at her.
Lily shivered, and said, "It's way too cold. The fire in my room wasn't stoked either." Lily pointed her wand at the fire and it burst into warm, cheery flames.
"Oh, and Lily?" James said. Lily looked at him.
"Yeah, James?"
"It's Saturday." James said.
"Oh. Oops." Lily was dressed for school, not a weekend filled with winter wonderland fun. James waved his wand at her, and her skirt turned into warm and thick pants, and her turtleneck and robes turned into turtleneck (again) with a warm cloak.
James himself was wearing much of the same, just he had a regular sweater and all of his stuff was boy's clothing.
James said, "Let's go annoy Sirius, shall we?" Lily nodded, smiling, her cheeks now rosy with warmth, and they left the dorms in peace.
Sirius was resting peacefully when Lily and James went into the dorm room. Remus was asleep soundly, too, and Peter was snoring and twitching underneath his tangle of blankets.
James decided to jump on Remus's bed, and Lily was to jump on Sirius's.
Lily leaped, and landed next to the sleeping Sirius.
Sirius mumbled something like, "Teddy bear…" and his big bear arms wrapped around Lily's shoulders.
Lily struggled, not wanting to wake him up. When she finally wriggled free, she said aloud, "It's uncanny. It's almost as if Sirius was awake."
When she heard a small "Hee-Hee" coming from Sirius's direction, Lily knelt down in front of him.
"Now, now, Snuffles, it's 12 o clock in the morning and you still haven't greeted your fan club! Is that any way to treat your whores- I mean fans?"
Sirius smiled slightly, and muttered, "There is no reason to get up, fair lady, as my fans are actually right here in this room, in bunny outfits."
Lily shook her head. "But we're not in bunny outfits!" she protested, and Sirius sat up and grinned.
"You are now." Lily looked down and she was in the playboy bunny outfit. She squeaked out a protest, and turned to look James.
He himself was in a large bunny costume and he looked mortified. Sirius got up and pushed the two together, and used a sticking charm. The two were now stuck together.
"Now, be good quiet kids while I push you out the door." Sirius silenced them and pushed them out the door.
And right into a big crowd that had gathered before breakfast started.
'Oh dear god.' Lily thought, while James thought, 'That goddamn bastard is going straight to-' But his thoughts were cut off as the common burst into laughter.
Alanna had walked down the stairs when Lily and James had, so she saw them immediately.
Alanna ran up to them and dragged them up to Sirius's dorm. There she asked them, "What happened?"
Lily pointed at Sirius, who was pretending to be asleep. Alanna nodded, and went to jump on his bed and wake him up. Lily frantically tried to motion for her to stop, but she didn't.
Just as Alanna was about to pounce, Sirius sprung up, and used a sticking charm to stick her to Remus's side, who unfortunately for her was lying on his side, and that made her lie on top of him very uncomfortably. Remus did not awake, though, so Lily frantically tried to unstick herself from James, not that James wasn't trying to do the same.
Alanna was promptly dressed in a playboy costume and silenced, thanks to Sirius. The idiotic guy moved Lily and James to the ceiling, and Alanna was covered with a blanket once Remus lay onto his back, to look like she ahd slept there all along.
Anya, who had gone down to the common room a bit later than Alanna, walked up to the dorm wanting to know where her friends were.
She walked into the room, and decided to pounce on Sirius. Wow, wasn't that a popular idea that morning?
As she was about to pounce, she paused. Anya had seen Sirius kind of open his eye, and heard a muffled giggle coming from his direction.
"You silly bastard, you're awake and I know it! Now where are my friends? I would like to know, thank you very much!" Sirius sat up, and said, "Look around, Anya."
Anya looked up. James and Lily, in the bunny outfits, were on the ceiling, looking livid. And over on Remus's bed, Remus looked peacefully asleep and Alanna looked embarrassed and furious, seeing as she was practically attached to her crush's butt.
Anya looked between the two, then at Sirius. At first he thought she was going to yell at him, but her face broke into a huge grin.
"You are SOOO evil! This"-She gestured to their friends-"is PURE evil! Wow, you really are good at pranks!" Anya started laughing, and Sirius laughed too.
Sirius looked up at his friends, and said, "Don't worry. There is a way to break both spells, the sticking one and the mute one, but I hope you figure it out soon!" Lily and James glared at him.
"Oh, and Alanna, wake up dear Remus, will ya? The thing you need to do is a two person activity. Or, a two person-joined-as-one activity." Alanna tried to spit at him, but couldn't open her mouth.
Sirius left, with Anya behind him, still laughing maniacally.
Lily thought carefully. That phrase sounded familiar, but surely Sirius couldn't mean… At least, he couldn't expect them to, in this position.
Wait! She had it. 'Kissing is joining to people as one, or at least I hope. Wow, Sirius is cleverer than I realized. I'm still going to kill him, and Anya.'
Lily turned to face James, and kissed him on the cheek. Well, they weren't falling onto the bed they were above, and they couldn't talk, so that didn't work.
Lily tried again. She leaned into the kiss this time, and it was on the lips.
Lily's mouth felt like it was being unzippered, and Lily expected to fall onto the bed. James looked at her, bewildered.
"How did you do that?" he asked.
Lily said, "First I thought he was talking about, well, you-know-what, but I realized the trick was to kiss. So, I kissed you! I guess we have to tell Alanna. She'll be SO embarrassed if she has to do this."
James laughed and nodded. "Sirius is actually very clever."
"I've already realized that." Lily replied, a bit wryly.
Lily shouted down to Alanna, "You have to kiss him!" Alanna shook her head no, but Lily rolled her eyes and looked at James.
"I wonder why we haven't been released yet?" James asked, and Lily looked at him, her eyebrows raised.
"Are really that dense? We have to, uh, kiss again." Lily blushed a bit after saying this. She had never been much for a big physical relationship and all, and a simple kiss on the lips wouldn't do at all.
"Oh, come on Lily! I won't bite, or unless you want me to?" Lily nudged James, and she turned her head sideways.
Their heads inched closer, until Lily couldn't take the stupid suspense. She dove into the kiss, and opened up like she had planned.
'Why am I so nervous? We've kissed like this before- at least a little.' But, as Lily wracked her memory, she didn't remember ever 'french' kissing. Which was quite pathetic for a couple who had been dating for about a month.
When they ended the kiss, the two fell onto the bed roughly, and Alanna turned to stare at them. She mouthed, "HELP!" in a frantic way, and Lily walked over to the bed.
Lily knelt down beside Remus, and shook him hard. The poor boy woke up, and tried to get up.
"What the?" Remus could talk, because Sirius thought he would stay asleep. He, unfortunately, did not have his wand.
"Sirius." Lily stated simply, and Remus nodded. He and Alanna were sort of joined at the hip, and Remus pulled her up, and they stood very awkwardly.
"Um, Remus, the only way to get free is to kiss her." James said. He was still looking gleeful about his and Lily's first 'french' kiss.
Remus looked at Alanna, and she smiled nervously. Lily and James decided to leave, because obviously Alanna had looked away while her two friends kissed. As they were leaving, they changed their outfits into their normal clothes.
"WHAT THE HELL! I'M GONNA BLOODY KILL HIM!" Lily had no question about who Alanna was shouting about. Alanna had obviously figured out that she needed a deep kiss to unstuck herself.
"I believe we have missed breakfast." James said in Lily's ear. She jumped, and said, "Want to go to the kitchens? Maybe we'll see Anya and Sirius so I can bloody kill him."
"You better hurry up, Alanna might beat you to it." James said, chuckling.
Lily laughed softly. They had been walking fast, and had already come up to the portrait of the fruit. James tickled the pear, and the two stepped inside.
The kitchen had always felt like home to James. The warm comforting smells, the coziness, and the way he always came here with his best friends (and girlfriend).
"Guess what?" James asked lazily after the two had finished eating their breakfast and were sitting in a chair in the kitchens.
"What?" asked Lily.
"I have never taken you on a real date." James said, looking over at her.
"Are you serious? I never noticed." Lily replied, looking back at James.
"Am I so bland you don't even notice me?" James asked, pouting slightly.
"Well, actually, compared to Sirius, everyone is a bit bland!" Lily said, laughing.
"I would like to take you on a real date." James said, and Lily turned to look at him.
"You could, there's a Hogsmeade weekend next week." Lily said, remembering what she had read on her Head's announcement board that morning.
"Not special enough. I was wondering, Lily, if you would do me the honor of going to the ball with me?" James asked, looking at Lily intently. Lily noticed a spark of fear when she hesitated.
"Why are you asking? I agreed to date you, what do think I'm gonna do? Date you at the same time I go to the ball with some other bloke?" James broke into a smile at Lily's words, and Lily laughed.
"Also, I was wondering, why did you seem so nervous when we kissed?"" Lily asked James. James looked away.
"Well, you never really took interest in that sort of thing, so I kind of didn't want to push it on you…"
"Oh, that's alright. I don't take interest, but it doesn't mean I don't like to, not at all." James looked relieved, and kissed Lily's cheek.
"You have to be the best girlfriend in the world." James said, grinning broadly.
"Well, I am Lily Evans!" Lily said in the same tone that James had once used, years earlier.
James laughed, and he looked at the floor nervously.
"Another reason I was nervous…" James said, very quietly.
"Yes?" Lily asked, intent on learning the secret.
"I've been ling to you. Actually, we've been lying to you." James said quickly and nervously.
Lily cocked an eyebrow.
"Well, you know Remus is a werewolf, right?" Lily nodded.
"Well, me and Sirius and Peter, we help him." Lily looked at James like he was insane.
"We're animagi."
"Wait. You mean, that's why you came in at 3 a.m. in the morning with about a dozen deep wounds? You've been running around with a werewolf every full moon?" James nodded. He noticed that the house elves were leaving them alone. Good.
"You guys are insane! Or just stupid! How could you do that? What if Remus hurt you? Killed you?" Lily said, her eyes full of unshed tears.
"Well, Lily, first of all I am about as big as him. He's a small werewolf. And that means with me and Padfoot we're pretty good at controlling him. And second, we're not stupid. If we're smart enough to actually become animagi, we aren't stupid. Except Peter. He needed help with his potion. And third of all, we can't become werewolves if wwe get bit in animal form." Lily looked at him, and her anger shed away.
"I was just worried. Even back when it was easy to say I hated you. Wow, you really are smart. To become an illegal animgi? That usually is impossible!"
James chuckled. "Not for a Marauder!" James attempted a triumphant pose and fell out of his chair. Lily laughed, and helped him up.
"We'd better go see if Sirius is still alive. James said, his arm around Lily's shoulders.
"Sure. Like we really care right now, right?"
"Well, actually I need him next week. Or, rather Remus needs him. That's why I didn't want to go to Hogsmeade with you, other than it wasn't special. I would be too tired or nervous to be much fun."
"Oh, that's okay." Lily said, laughing, and the two raced each other up to Gryffindor tower as the sky outside cleared up and the world outside turned beautiful and bright, with perfect and untouched snow to enjoy.
Guess what?
This is (I think) my longest chapter! Yay for me! It took me awhile, and I rewrote some parts atleast three times. Thanks for the wait!
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