(A/N: Thank you all reviewers!
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Now, on with the story! Lily will find her lovefor James and Sirius still has an itchy ass!)
"The weather sucks," James said looking at the gloomy sky.
"We're gonna get a cold for sure," Hermione said.
"Our other clothes were torn to bits and eaten by that spider," Lily moaned.
"Whoop tee freaking doo!" Sirius said. "Now unless, you want all of us to journey wearing the same wet clothes, think again."
"We'll improvise," James said.
"Unless you want us to dress like Tarzan and Jane," Hermione began, but a grin had spread across Sirius's face.
"Loincloths and bikinis!" Sirius bellowed. "Now all we need are gorillas!"
"At least there's a bright side to this fiasco," James muttered.
"Bright side? What bright side?" Lily said menacingly. "We lost our clothes, almost got killed by centaurs, I got bitten by a poisonous spider, Sirius has an itchy ass, it's very disturbing to see him scratch it every now and then, we almost got eaten by a giant spider, we are tied up in web, it's raining, we're being black mailed to play Truth or Dare and Sirius suggesting we wear bikinis! If there is a bright side, just one, tell me or so help me I will kiss Remus full on the lips on a full moon!" Lily shouted completely loosing her temper.
"It's my birthday tomorrow," James said backing away from Lily.
"Potter, I am so going to kill you when I get out from this web!" Lily bellowed.
The rain stopped and the clouds disappeared, the Sun was shining brightly. The webs that were binding them loosened and fell off. James stood up and hid behind Harry. Lily got up and launched herself at James. James ran while Lily chased him. They ran round and round the rest.
"Do they always do this?" Harry asked.
"Only when James pisses Lily off," Remus said.
"How often does James pisses her off?" Harry asked.
"All the time," Remus said smiling.
Ron took off his blindfold and looked around. "It's a freaking miracle!" he said. "I can see!"
Hermione was making an attempt to calm Lily down. "Boys are always like this," She said running after her. "The saying goes, boys will be boys! Lily, don't strangle him!"
Harry, Remus and Ron looked around, Lily had pinned James to the ground and was now, attempting to strangle him. Hermione was pulling her off James with much difficulty. "I can use with some help over here!" she said.
"Mom, I mean Lily I mean don't strangle dad, I mean James!" Harry was prying Lily's hands off James neck.
Harry's words seemed to have an affect on Lily; she loosed her grip and looked at James. "Harry, you're pretty good," Sirius commented. Hermione let go of Lily and stood back, as though she was expecting an explosion.
Lily was still on top of James who was breathing deeply. The words that Harry had said were rushing through her mind 'Mom, don't strangle dad! Mom, don't strangle dad!' the words repeated themselves continuously. She looked at James and without thinking, she hugged him. Everyone was shocked but at the same time, happy, very happy. James, who was still shocked and bewildered, hugged her back. Lily looked at James's face. At that precise moment, Lily's affection for James, that she had been hiding, was let loose and was finally free. Lily closed her eyes and kissed James on the lips.
Harry smiled, Ron and Hermione held hands, Sirius smiled and tossed Remus a Galleon and both centaurs smiled at each other.
Lily looked at James who laughed nervously. Lily got off him and helped him to his feet. They smiled at each other and Lily blushed. James cleared his throat. "Let's get going," James muttered. "Yeah," Lily said smiling.
"Umm… I think I can see Sleepy Valley," Jason said pointing to a stretch of flowers a few miles away. Jason smiled at the both of them and walked, now his arm around Audrey's shoulder. The rest followed, James and Lily at the back. After a few minutes, James said, "So, are we considered a couple now?" "Yes, and we have to anyway," Lily said, resting her head on his shoulder.
"That's our son right in front of us," James muttered. Lily giggled. "What?" James asked.
"You're blushing," she said. "I've never see you blush before." She stroked his cheek.
"Look at that sunset!" Harry suddenly said. James and Lily looked up and saw the beautiful sight, the pinkish clouds, the orange and purple sky, the red Sun that was disappearing along the horizon. "Well, here we are," Jason said. "Keep on walking."
They all continued their journey through a curious valley full of flowers, stretching on for miles and miles. But this wasn't an ordinary valley, there were pink flowers on the right but there were blue flowers on the left, both patches of flowers were neatly divided by a wide stone path in the middle. Jason and Audrey hesitated but continued walking at a faster pace. "I wonder why there's no one here," said Hermione. "I was wondering the exact same thing and I don't think these flowers are normal," said Lily looking closely at a pink flower.
The Sun set and they were left in total darkness. They continued walking until the moon appeared, showering them in a whitish glow, all of them looked at Remus, who was muttering slowly, "It's not a full moon, it's a crescent. It's not a full moon, it's a crescent."
Suddenly, the flowers on each side of the valley glittered and a pink fog came from the blue flowers and a blue fog came from the pink ones. The fog drifted to the middle, mixed and became purple. All of them breathed in the sweet aroma of violets and felt sleepy; they couldn't think properly, their legs were giving way, their eyelids felt heavy.
Remus's muttering became slower and soon, could not be heard as he fell onto the path. "The gas the flowers are producing is…some...sort…of…sleeping…" Hermione did not finish her sentence but fell onto the path. Soon, everyone around Harry was starting to fall asleep, one by one. Harry was soon the only one left but he soon collapsed. He hit to path expecting a painful sensation, but instead, he felt as through the path was a soft mattress. Harry tried to fight the strong urge to fall asleep, but in vain. Harry's eyes drooped and his mind went blank.
In the morning…
The Sun rose from the east, the light revealed the abnormal sight of seven sleeping teenagers and two teenage centaurs in a valley full of flowers, all of them appeared to be in a deep sleep. Lily stirred in her sleep as the sunlight came to her face. She opened her eyes, she tried to get up but she couldn't. She turned around to find James on top of her, hugging her tightly. She smiled and stroked his messy hair away from his face. She closed her eyes and kissed him on the lips. James woke up and he hugged her tighter. Lily opened her eyes and realised James was awake. She pulled away and opened her mouth to speak, but James kissed her before she could say anything.
"Happy Birthday," Lily said smiling. James nodded looking tremendously happy. Harry woke up and said, "Morning. Those flowers, funny things aren't they?" And as though on cue, the rest woke up trying to hide their smiles. "Happy Birthday, mate," said Sirius patting him on the back. "Yeah, Happy Birthday," said Remus, pretending to yawn. "Thanks," said James. "Where's my present?" he asked still smiling. Sirius shoved him away jokingly. Hermione and Ron were still smiling broadly. James noticed this and blushed.
"Come off it," said James. "I know you all saw us. What's the big deal? You all saw us yesterday."
All of them grinned. Jason and Audrey woke up. "Good morning," they said in unison. "Did we miss anything?" Audrey asked. Both of them were grinning broadly. "Come off it, you two," said James as Jason patted him on the back. They all laughed. "What's for breakfast?" Sirius asked.
Lily rolled her eyes as Hermione, still laughing, took the bag and opened it. A wide selection of sandwiches was packed neatly in stacks. Sirius immediately, as though by instinct, took a tuna sandwich. "Are you serious you want to eat that, mate?" asked Ron as Sirius took off the wrapping.
"Yes, I do want to eat this and yes, I am Sirius," said Sirius taking a bite out of the sandwich. "I thought we went over this when we me," he said, his mouth full of tuna.
"Sirius, that's joke getting really old," said Hermione as everyone each took a sandwich of their choice and took off the wrapping. Hermione closed the bag and opened it again, this time; it was filled with bottles of Butterbeer.
After breakfast…
"So let's get going," said James helping Lily up to her feet.
Lily smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "Yeah let's get going," said James, blushing.
"So," said Ron. "What's next on the map?"
"Grindylow infested waters," James said looking at the map. "Or do you prefer going through a clump of Devil's Snare?" It took them a few minutes to consider.
"Do you really think going through Devil's Snare is an option?" James asked.
"No," Ron said instantly.
"I guess not," Hermione said. "But how are we going to breathe underwater?"
"We don't," Audrey said. "I know a way across without going through a lake or Devil's Snare. We just have to continue going through Sleepy Valley until we reach the end."
"And that would take, how long?" asked Ron.
"About a month or so," Audrey said.
"One month more or going through Devil's Snare?" asked Ron sarcastically. "I choose the one that's less dangerous."
"But what about Harry?" Hermione asked.
"I know another way…" Jason said. All of them looked at him.
(A/N: Well, this is another end to another chappy. Does anyone have any suggestions what's going to be next on the map? The writer has suddenly ran out of ideas. Please review and give some suggestions if you have some.)