Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. The wonderful JK Rowling does! I wish I did, then I'd be rich! Just kidding! Please don't sue me for writing a fan fic that I really hope you enjoy!
(A/N: If you still haven't gone back to chapter nine and read the new additions, then this chapter is going to be confusing so I HIGHLY reccomend you do so. Thanks! )
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"I can't believe this!" Sirius said, slamming down his books on the table during lunch.
Marissa raised an eyebrow "What's the matter?"
James sat down at the table, looking very grumpy. "We can't figure out an end of the year prank. There's absolutely nothing!"
"Everything we want to do takes too much time to prepare. We should've thought of this earlier," Remus said calmly, although he had a hint of malice in his eyes.
"So just don't do one. It's not that big of a deal," Lily said, reading a book.
All of the Marauders gasped. James took her hand and said, "Lily, we've ALWAYS done an end of the year prank. We have never failed our audience."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Listen, what if I try and help you find a prank. Since lessons are over, I don't have anything else better to do."
Sirius sighed, "It's hopeless. We might as well make an announcement at the end of the year feast that we have nothing."
Lily and Marissa shared an annoyed look and continued eating.
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Lily and Marissa were spending the day outside, one of the last they would see for the sixth year of schooling. Marissa was supposed to meet Hayden under the oak tree in a few minutes. He had something important to tell her.
Marissa couldn't believe how lucky she was to have found Hayden. He was so amazing and perfect. He was sweet, kind, romantic, funny, and got along with all of her friends. Well, him and Sirius seem to be a bit touchy, but they get along well enough.
The two Gryffindors were having a heated discussion about Quidditch, Lily's view being it was far too dangerous and Marissa saying that it was bloody amazing, when Hayden walked to them. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything," he asked.
Smiling, Marissa shook her head. "No not at all." He helped her up to her feet, not showing any emotion. When they got far enough away from all of the other students outdoors, Marissa asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
Hayden shrugged, looking at the grass. "We need to talk," he said solemnly.
Marissa's grin immediately disappeared off of her face. "About…" she asked, although Marissa fully knew what he was going to say.
Taking a deep breath, Hayden took her hand in his but she pulled it away. "Well, I don't think we should see each other any more. It wouldn't be a good idea since I'll be working next year and you'll still be in school. We should just move on."
Tears instantly filled Marissa's eyes. Her heart was shattered into a million pieces. But she wouldn't let him see her cry. Her heartbreak turned to anger. "What the hell do you mean move on?" she asked harshly. Hayden didn't answer. "I thought everything was fine, and then all of a sudden we shouldn't see each other anymore?" she asked again.
Hayden took a step towards her and tried to give her a hug. "I'm sorry, I don't want it to be this way-"
Marissa yanked herself away from him. "Yeah, well now I do. See you around," she said coldly and stalked off to the castle, tears cascading down her face. Mara heard Hayden calling her name, but she didn't turn, didn't take any notice of him.
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As Lily walked down the dorm room stairs, all four of the Marauders looked up. "Is she any better?" Sirius asked, concern etched in his voice.
Marissa had run in the common room earlier that day, sobbing, her face red, and her make up smeared. Sirius was the one in the common room at the time and rushed over to her, asking what was wrong, but Marissa just said it was over and rushed up the stairs. He alerted the other Marauders and Lily, but so far no one was able to get her to come down. Lily only got her to calm down slightly.
"No, she just told me to go away," Lily said, "There are torn up pictures with him in it scattered all over the floor."
The group continued talking until about eleven at night, where they each retired to their separate dorm rooms. Lily was thankful that the floor was clear when she got up there, it meant that Marissa had done something other make a mess and lie there. Quietly, so that she would not disturb the occupants of the room, Lily changed into her nightdress, brushing out her hair and climbing into bed. She fell asleep almost immediately.
But one was still awake. Marissa waited until she heard Lily's breathing become shallow then quietly got up and headed to the common room. She needed to be alone, and she was getting tired of staring up at the ceiling of the dorm (learning that there were forty-seven cracks, thirteen mysterious stains, and one hundred thirty three miscellaneous features). Marissa lay down on the couch and stretched out, more tears she promised she wouldn't cry slipping out as she stared into the fiery embers.
"Rissa?" came a voice from behind the couch. Marissa sat up and saw Sirius standing on the stairs, clad in only pajama bottoms and a fitted white tank. "Are you alright?"
Marissa tried to open her mouth to mutter an automatic yes, but instead more tears came out. A sob escaped her lips. Sirius hurriedly rushed to the couch and held her in his arms. Marissa cried into this shoulder, the thin material of his shirt soaked in seconds.
"You must think I'm pretty pathetic, because…hiccup…every time you see me I'm crying like some fool," Marissa choked out after a while.
Sirius ran a hand over her hair. "No, you should cry it all out." There was a small silence until Sirius asked, "You want to talk about it?"
There was more silence. "It was just so…I don't know. He said since he was going to be working we should break up and should just move on. I liked him, a lot. I thought everything was perfect. Then he just…dumps me, like he doesn't even care," Marissa said.
"I'm sorry," Sirius whispered, kissing her gently on her temple. He loved holding her, he loved sitting with her. But it broke his heart to see her cry.
Marissa looked into Sirius' deep chocolate eyes, seeing pure emotion in there before he blinked and hid his feelings. "I think I'm going to go to bed. Thanks for listening."
Both stood and Sirius gave her a grin. "Anytime. If you need to talk, I'm always here." He quickly went up the stairs. Suddenly Marissa felt very alone, and she realized she didn't want Sirius to leave her.
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Everyone was in the middle of eating through the end of the year of feast. Excitement was bubbling through the Great Hall and people kept glancing over at the Marauders. Hayden was avoiding the Gryffindor table and Marissa put on her best fake smile and continued eating her dinner.
"I can't believe this," James hissed, looking around the Great Hall.
"Want to make the speech now?" Sirius asked, looking crestfallen.
Remus nodded, "Might as well get it over with." James, Sirius, and Remus stood up. James looked at Peter, who was still sitting and looking around nervously. James pulled him to his feet and Peter went white.
"Ladies and Gentleman, we regret to inform you that the Marauders could not come up with an end of the year prank," Sirius said sullenly. The Great Hall (besides the Slytherin table) groaned as one.
"We didn't have enough time to figure out an amazing prank in the short amount of time we had. The last prank we performed took most of our time and then we had finals," James continued.
Remus took the finish, "We promise that next year we will make up for it by pulling many astounding pranks that I'm sure you will all enjoy. Thank you." The Marauders sat back down.
Lily snorted, "A bit melodramatic, don't you think?" she asked Marissa.
Mara nodded, "But hey, it's the Marauders. It's their job to be melodramatic."
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"Attention students, the Hogwarts Express will be pulling into Platform 9 ¾ in about 30 minutes. Please change into your Muggle clothing. Note that no students are allowed to do magic outside of school except soon to be seventh year students and Hogwarts graduates. Thank you."
Lily and Marissa stood up. "We better find a compartment to change into," Marissa said. Lily and Mara pulled out their Muggle clothing and went to go hunt down a compartment.
James watched as Lily walked away. He turned to the Marauders, who were in the process of changing. "Guys, would you think I'm totally crazy if I proposed to Lily?"
Everyone in the compartment froze and turned to James. "Wha-wha-wha-" Sirius said, his mouth hanging open.
"You're only sixteen!" Peter exclaimed.
"Yeah, well, I know we're a little young, but I love her so much. I want to spend every day with her. But I don't know if she feels the same way..." James trailed off, looking at the wall.
Sirius snorted. "Feel the same way? Where have you been the past few months?"
Ignoring Sirius, Remus sat down next to James. "You sure about this? I mean, marriage is really, really serious."
"I'm not saying I'm going to propose tomorrow but-" James' eyes glossed over, "I love her. I'd die without her."
Sirius tried his best to be serious, excuse the pun, "Well mate, if you're serious, then give it a shot. I know she loves you. But just to make sure, we'll talk to Marissa and have her get the dirt from Lily."
James cocked an eyebrow, but couldn't ask any more questions because Lily and Marissa came back. "Hey Lily, come with me I need to see someone" Remus said, standing up and taking Lily's arm.
Lily looked at him strange. "Er, alright, I guess..." She was quickly pulled out of the room.
Sirius sat Marissa down, "We need to talk. Go ahead James."
James' face got hot. Talking to the Marauders about a problem was one thing, but Marissa was more likely to make a sarcastic comment. "Well, er, uh, I was thinking about proposing to Lily next year sometime."
Marissa's face broke out into a smile. "Really? Oh how cool!"
Sirius cut in, "We need you to talk to Lily and see if she's ready for that."
Marissa nodded, "Of course I will! This is so exciting. How-" She was cut off by Remus and Lily coming back in the compartment.
James stood, "Come on, let's go annoy Snape." Remus, Sirius, and Peter followed.
"Alright, everyone is acting strange" Lily said, looking strangely at the door. "I was hoping to spend more time with James-"
Marissa cut in, "How serious are you with James?"
Lily looked surprised by the question. "What?"
"Well, I was just curious about how you felt about him," Marissa said hurriedly.
Lily smiled. "I don't know how to describe it. I love him so much. He's perfect. I don't want to loose him ever."
Marissa smiled, even though she already knew that would be the answer. "Really, that's awesome! You guys look so good together."
Lily laughed. "Everyone is acting weird."
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The students of Hogwarts started getting off the Hogwarts express. Sirius, Remus, James, Lily, and Marissa waved goodbye to Peter as he scurried over to his Mum. Sirius pulled Marissa away for a second.
"Bye Remus! Maybe I'll get to see you sometime this summer" Lily said, pulling Remus in for a hug.
"Yeah, maybe you will. I'll go find Gail," Remus said distractedly, walking through the wall that leads to the Muggle world.
"Lily! Lily!" said a voice. Lily turned around to see Claudia running towards her.
"Hey Claudia! I was wondering where you were," Lily said. The two of them hugged and Claudia gave her a small piece of parchment.
"Here's my number. Call me so we can get together this summer," Claudia said. Lily nodded and smiled.
"I will, make sure you owl me also! My sister will probably be using the phone a lot," Lily said bitterly.
"Alright, see you!" Claudia gave Lily another hug and walked through the stone barrier.
Sirius and Marissa came back, and together the four of them casually walked off the platform.
Lily spotted her Mum and Dad quickly. Good, Petunia isn't here. Lily thought, then corrected herself, When she is ever?
"Mum! Dad!" Lily called as she ran over to her parents. She engulfed her dad in a hug. As soon as Lily let go her mother pulled her in a tight embrace.
Sirius, Marissa, and James walked over to Lily. Marissa smiled, "Hi Rob and Jen!"
Jennifer (Lily's Mum) smiled. "Hello Marissa. Hello Sirius, James."
Sirius pushed his way forward. "Hello Jenny, you look dazzling, if I do say so," Sirius took her hand and kissed it. Jennifer blushed. Sirius turned to Robert. "Hello Robby. How are you this glorious day?"
Rob chuckled, "Just fine Sirius." James nudged Lily nonchalantly.
"Oh, yes, Mum and Dad, I know you already know James. We've been dating since November," Lily finished nervously.
James smiled weakly. He was very tense. Granted, he's been with Lily's parents before and they liked him a lot. But now that James was dating their daughter, things might be different.
Jen smiled warmly. That's Lily's smile. James thought to himself. "Why didn't you tell us Lily? We would've been so excited. Nice to see you again James," Rob said. He held out his hand for James to shake and he took it reluctantly.
"I'm going to say bye to my friends Mum and Dad. I'll be right back," Lily said. She pushed all of them away from her parents.
Marissa gave Lily a huge hug. "Bye Lils. Owl me so we can get together this summer. You can call me too. I, unlike others, know how to use a phone" Mara said, giving a pointed look at Sirius and James (Marissa's dad was a muggle). Marissa gave Lily another hug and walked over to where her Mum was standing, talking to Rob and Jen.
Lily smiled and turned to Sirius. Sirius gave a mock bow, "Goodbye Lillian dear." Lily smiled and pulled him into a friendly hug.
"Take care of James for me, alright?" Lily said when they pulled apart.
Sirius smiled, "You know I will. I'll try to get you together this summer so James won't have to moan about missing you." Sirius waved and made his way over to Gail and Remus.
James smiled at Lily. Lily threw her arms around him, tears in her eyes. "I love you," she whispered.
James pulled her closer, "I love you back."
They stood there like that for a long time. So long in fact that Sirius came over and dragged James away. James struggled out of his grip and gave Lily a meaningful kiss. As James was again being pulled away, he called, "I love you Lily! Owl me everyday!"
Lily smiled. "I will! I love you!" she blew a kiss and James caught it, smiling.
Lily sulked all the way to the car. "I miss him already," she said to her Mum. Jen just shook her head and smiled, helping Lily in the backseat.
Across the station, James was thinking along the same lines as Lily. "I already miss her," James moaned.
Gail smiled, "I remember your parents being the same way. Let's pile in, I daresay Remus and Sirius have waited long enough."
James nodded and climbed in, sitting next to Remus in the backseat. He looked behind him and saw Lily gazing over at his car. She waved and he waved back.
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Lily sighed, stepping into her house. It was good to be home, but she still missed all of her friends, especially James.
"Dad, did I tell you I can do magic this year?" Lily asked her father.
Rob shook his head. "No, could I see a bit?" he asked hopefully.
Lily nodded and thought for a moment. "Avis!" she called. A bang erupted and birds flew out of the end of her wand. Rob smiled. "Accio Pillow!" A pillow from the living room zoomed towards Lily, who caught it and threw it back on the couch.
"WHAT are you DOING you freak?" said a shrieking voice. Lily groaned and turned to see Petunia at the top of the stairs.
"It's called magic. Would you like me to turn you into a frog?" Lily asked.
Petunia pursed her lips and flipped her hair out of her face. "You'll be expelled out of that freak school if you do magic."
Lily shook her head, "I can do magic now. I suggest you don't bother me or I will use some of my 'freakishness' on you."
Petunia huffed and turned to go to her bedroom. Lily rolled her eyes. She saw her father looking at her with a stern gaze. "Don't worry Daddy, I wouldn't use magic on her. Human Transfiguration is illegal." the stern gaze turned to a confused one and Lily smiled to herself. "Locomotor Trunk!" Lily's trunk rose a few inches off the ground and she guided it up the stairs.
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Lily came down from her room at dinnertime. When she arrived in the kitchen she saw wedding books scattered everywhere. "What's going on?" Lily asked.
Jen looked up from the book she was looking at. "Oh dear, I forgot to tell you. Petunia is engaged to a man named Vernon Dursley."
Lily looked shocked. "Am I in the wedding?" she asked. Please God, no! Let her say no!
Jen sighed, "Well, we wanted you to be, but Petunia said she didn't want you in it. We had quite a row over it but eventually I gave in."
Lily breathed out the breath she was holding. "No offense mum, but I want nothing to do with it."
Petunia raced in the room, shrieking at the top of her lungs. "Mum! I have a crisis! The wedding dress I wanted is gone! What am I going to do?" She sat down by her weary mother, moaning about dresses and the flower centerpieces.
"When exactly is the wedding?" Lily asked.
Jen rubbed her eyes and said, "A week from today."
Lily stopped dead and calculated the date. "That's on my birthday!" Lily said angrily.
Jen grabbed a calendar from off the table and gasped. "Petunia, we have to call off the wedding! It is on Lily's birthday!"
Petunia stopped talking and sneered, "Well, that was the only date that was alright for Vernon's family. I'm sorry but we can't change it."
Lily's rage was bubbling. "That's not fair! You knew it was my birthday! That's why you chose that date!" Lily yelled.
Petunia shrugged, "Too bad. Guess you'll have to celebrate it with those gross abnormal friends of yours."
Lily whipped out her wand and pointed it at Petunia's chest. Petunia shrieked and tried to run away. "Petrificus Totalus!" Lily said. Petunia became rigid and fell to the floor.
Jen screamed and ran to Petunia. "Lily, undo the spell and then go to your room! You're grounded!"
Lily took out her wand angrily and pointed it at Petunia. "You deserved it! Don't you ever call my friends or I freaks again or I will do worse to you. Finite Incantatem!" Lily said before storming up to her room and closing the door.
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Author Notes: Don't we all hate Petunia? Well not as much as Peter, but still pretty bad. I hope you found this chapter more to your liking, I didn't like parts, but what writer loves everything they've written? Certainly not JKR, she edits and re writes everything twenty bazillion times before the book is ready to come out. Bloody amazing…
Anyway, the whole train scene where James says he's thinking about proposing to Lily I despise. If anyone has any tips, please help me! I want to change it, but not too much so that it interferes with the later chapters.
Review Responses:
xx-Heartbroken: Thanks! If you are just starting this story DO NOT READ LATER CHAPTERS! Unless you wanna get uber confused and ruin the surprise ((mwah ha ha ha))
Demi: I have a Friends purse..yes that's how sad I am. Arghh...you got to go somewhere for spring break? That sucks, we only had five days and two of those days was a weeknd, so techinically we only had three days. You are so lucky you were allowed to go somewhere.
And Snowqueen, I emailed you and I'm going put your question in the later chapters author notes in case anyone else didn't understand. )
Oh yes, a new chapter for the later ones I have not started yet (sorry!) because I have massive projects and finals to study/do. And color guard practices plusI have a lot of concerts coming up so I'm pretty busy. I'll try to write during school but that's getting harder nowadays, especially when people are so nosy...
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