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!

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"I'm home!" James called through the house after Apparating from work. He removed his cloak and briefcase. "Lily?"

"I'm in the game room!" Lily called. James headed down the stairs and heard a strange sort of rattling noise. He got down there and saw Lily staring at the rarely used closet, the doorknob rattling and her wand in her hand.

"What's up with the closet?" James asked, wrapping his arms around her waist and giving her a kiss.

"I'm pretty sure there's a boggart in it. But I was trying to figure out a way to tackle it without getting scared out of my wits," Lily said, turning back to the closet but leaning against James' chest.

James smiled and walked in front of her. "What is your greatest fear?" he said, wearing a classic Marauder grin.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Oh no, no, no, no, I'm not going to tell you!"

"Why not?"

"One, its embarrassing. Two, you'll make fun of me for it. Three, you'll tell everyone else therefore I receive more teasing and four, its embarrassing."

"I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours and I promise I won't tell anyone."

Lily gave him a weary look. "Promise?"

James smiled, standing up straight. "Cross my heart, now what is it?"

Lily whined. "I don't wanna say…"

"Please Lily?" James said, getting on his knees and grabbing her hands, giving her the puppy dog pout.

Lily groaned again. "Fine! I'm afraid of…"

"Yes?"

"Toasters."

"Toasters?" James asked, trying to conceal a grin.

"Yes toasters! You never know when they are going to pop up and it's just scary!" Lily protested.

"Don't we have a toaster?" asked James, still trying not to laugh.

"Well yes, but have you ever seen me make anything with it?"

"No…"

"And have you ever seen me in the room when someone was using it?"

"Ha ha, no I haven't come to think of it."

"And that is why I exchanged all the millions of toasters we got from our wedding!"

"Toasters?" James asked again, unable to hide a smile.

Lily sighed heavily. "Go ahead and laugh."

James' grin widened. "Oh, I'm not going to laugh, but I will make some toast later."

"Don't you dare even think about it James Harold Potter!" Lily said, pointing a finger threatingly at James.

"What are you middle naming me for? And I wouldn't even dream of it dear," James said sweetly, giving her a hug.

"Now what's your biggest fear?" Lily said mischievously.

James smiled disappeared from his face as he thought about it. "Well, you know those p-porcelain dolls that have those fancy dresses?" James asked.

Lily tilted her head curiously. "Yes…"

"Those things are just scary. They have these big eyes that stare at you and I swear their arms move!" James said.

Lily burst out laughing. "Those really pretty old dolls?"

"Yes! They are like those dolls in that one movie was saw called Torso with the scary music!"

"But dolls aren't evil like that! That movie was make believe! They don't really move at all!"

"Still they are so scary!" James said while shivering. Lily was still laughing. "I think I'm going to owl Sirius and Remus requesting back up for the boggart," James grumbled, leaving Lily with tears rolling out of her eyes.

After writing messages to each of his friends, James went into the kitchen and got some bread out, putting two pieces in the toaster and pushing both of them down. Whistling, James opened the refrigerator and called, "Lily, where is that leftover pasta from last night?"

Lily came up the stairs and looked in the refrigerator, moving around many things. "I don't think there were any leftovers, remember we had Sirius and Marissa over so between the two of you it's prob-" Lily didn't finish her sentence because the toaster went off and two slices of bread shot out of the toaster. One of them hit Lily.

"AHHHHHHHH! JAMES IM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Lily screamed, holding her ears and dancing around the room. James was doubled over in hysterics.

"Ah, so how are my happy couple?" a voice said from the entryway. Sirius was casually leaning against the wall.

"Lily's scared of toasters!" James sang, pointing at Lily.

"James' is scared of porcelain dolls!" Lily mimicked, pointing at James.

Sirius laughed. "Toasters? And by the way Lily, you have me to thank for that for I created that fear of porcelain dolls when we were ten. You see my mum had a collection of them-"

"Don't tell the story!" James whined, covering his ears.

"-and one night I picked out this little blonde one with curls and a blue dress-"

"It was the most evil doll!"

"-and I went into James' room when he was reading and I turned the lights out but borrowed my dads wand to light the face of the doll and I started singing-"

"Don't sing please!"

"-la la, la la, la la la la la la la, la laaaaaaaaaaaa-"

"Stop it or I will curse you!"

"-and I was holding the dolls legs making her walk in the room and then I whispered 'Jamesssssssssssssss! Dieeeeeeeee toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!'-"

"Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!"

"-and Jamsie poo here wigged out and screamed and pressed himself against the wall and I kept walking her further in the room until she was on the bed and I made her porcelain hand grab his leg and he jumped up so fast and decked out of the room!" Sirius finished with James moaning.

Lily was consumed in a fit of laughter. "I…gasp…cannot…gasp…wait to…gasp…see his…gasp…boggart!"

"Why waste time? It's quite funny to see, there was a boggart at James' house one summer wedged inside a grandfather clock. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen," Remus said, having just appeared in the kitchen.

"I am a man, and I am no longer afraid of silly evil dolls," James said in an over masculine voice.

"So that's why you were begging me to stop telling the story, huh?" Sirius asked, mimicking James.

"Well, I, er, uh…"

Sirius went behind James and put his hands around his neck and hissed, "Jamesssssssssssssss! Dieeeeeeeee toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!" James jumped and screamed a very girlish scream, pushing Sirius away.

They made their way downstairs, wands drawn, and headed to the rattling closet. They stood there staring at it for the longest time, when Lily said, "Anyone care to volunteer to go first?"

Remus sighed and said, "I'll do it, my boggart isn't too scary." Remus stepped up and with a flick of his wrist opened the closet door. A small white orb floated out of the closet and hovered in front of Remus. Sweat started rolling down Remus' face, but he shook his head and waved his wand, saying, "Riddikulus!" The orb popped like a balloon and whizzed all over the room.

Lily stepped up next and with a pop a toaster was sitting on the ground. Toast started shooting out of it like machine gun fire. Lily tried to block them off, but quickly said, "Riddikulus!" The toaster emitted smoke and crumbled into a million pieces.

James shakily stepped up, wand ready. With a pop a porcelain doll with golden curls and a blue dress was standing before him. It started whispering, "Jamesssssssssssssss!" while reaching it's hand out. The mouth and eyes weren't moving. It started walking towards him. James backed up a few steps and tripped over a basketball, landing hard on the ground. "Jamesssssssssssssss! Dieeeeeeeee toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!"

The next moment the doll flew towards James in the air. James raised his wand and said, "R-riddikulus!" The doll turned into a fluffy stuffed bunny and landed on his stomach. James picked it up and threw it away.

Sirius stood up next, facing the boggart with his wand ready. The fluffy bunny's shape shifted and next there was a butterfly flying around the room. The butterfly started following Sirius. "Get away!" Sirius said, fear etched on his face as he swatted it.

Lily leaned over to James. "Butterfly?"

"Don't ask, longest story ever," James said, waving his hand.

After a few more minutes of the butterfly attacking Sirius, he finally came to his senses and shouted, "RIDDIKULUS!" The butterfly turned into a stick of butter and fell to the floor. The others rotated turns with the boggart to get rid of it and after a half an hour of facing their fears, the boggart finally exploded into a million pieces.

"That was the scariest thirty minutes of my life!" Sirius said, throwing his hands up in the air.

"Oh come off it, Sirius. It was a bloody bullocking butterfly!" Lily said, giving him a small shove.

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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARISSA!" everyone shouted as Marissa walked into the living room of her flat.

"Thanks guys!" Marissa said, giving Sirius a hug and a kiss. She continued giving everyone hugs and spotted Peter sitting in a chair. "Peter! I'm so happy to finally see you again!" Marissa said, giving him a huge hug.

"I-I've been very b-busy with w-or-ork and what not," Peter stuttered.

After they all had a slice of cake (the Marauders having quite a few pieces), Sirius stood up. "Marissa, we decided to pool our money together and get you one cute adorable present. Sorry to disappoint you but its not me," Sirius said, grinning as everyone rolled their eyes.

Remus brought in a basket covered with a blanket but with a blue bow on top. "Happy Birthday!" everyone said in unison. Marissa accepted the basket with a smile and took off the blanket.

"Oh my gosh, how cute!" Marissa said, lifting a small black Labrador out of the basket. His eyes weren't open but he was nuzzling his head into Marissa's shoulder.

"He is two and half months old and he's a purebred black lab," Sirius said, "Do you like him?"

Marissa looked up at Sirius. "Like him? I love him to death! He's so sweet!" Marissa said as the puppy blindly licked her hand. "Thank you so much!" Marissa said, standing up and kissing him. "Thank you all so much!"

"What are you going to name him?" Kiah asked.

"Hmm, how about Chocolate?" Marissa asked everyone as the small puppy tried to walk along the couch, but stumbled across Marissa's legs.

"That's perfect! He's so precious!" Lily cooed, scratching Chocolate behind the ears.

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"New assignment today, Black," said Haywood, Sirius' boss.

Sirius looked up from the report her was about to file. "What is it, Haywood?"

"There's a scheduled attack on a muggle town near here. One of our inside spies informed us of it. Fifty or so Death Eaters were ordered by You-Know-Who to go 'have some fun with filthy muggles' in his own words. This is huge. We are getting every Auror and some Analysts out onto the field to capture them. Your job is to stun as many as you can, understand?"

"Yes, sir!" Sirius said, excited at the prospect of fighting.

"Good. Any questions?" Haywood asked.

"Yes, just one, is James Potter going out onto the field?" Sirius asked.

Haywood grinned, showing two missing front teeth and the rest yellowed. "He volunteered when his director told him about it. I am still dumfounded as to why he didn't become an Auror, he would of made a hell of a good one."

Sirius barked out a laugh. "Long story, sir, but I'm surprised he's even going on the field. Where is the battle at what estimated time?"

"Well all of you are going incognita. It's in Tucker at a shopping center at 1400 hours. Good luck, Black," Haywood said, walking off.

Sirius hurried down a few hallways until he reached the Analysts department. He burst into James' small office. "You volunteered?" he asked.

James looked up from his desk and smiled. "Yeah, it sounds exciting and they need all the help they can get since most Aurors are on that mission in Africa."

"Lily is going to blow a fuse," Sirius said, shaking his head.

"Well if she finds out I'll just tell her that they said I had more than enough training to go onto the field since they were short Aurors," James said, getting up and clapping Sirius on the shoulder, "Trust me I know what I'm getting into."

At 2:00 PM, Sirius and James, dressed as muggles, headed to the Apparation chamber in the Ministry of Magic. There were about sixty other people with them, not a lot more to take on Death Eaters. Some appeared nervous, others excited, and the more experienced ones kept their faces blank.

All of the wizards Apparated to a closed store in the shopping center. Everything seemed normal, but it always was in the beginning. The Aurors calmly walked out of the shut down store and spread out. James and Sirius stayed together.

After an hour wandering the shopping district, it seemed as if nothing was going to happen. Then James heard a muffled gasp. He spun around his wand ready as he saw a jet of green light hit a woman with two kids. A masked Death Eater shot the spell. The two kids, no more than three years old, screamed as their mother lay dead. The Death Eater laughed and muttered, "Crucio!" The children's screams were unbearable, their small bodies withering around on the floor as the most painful curse in history was placed upon them.

Death Eaters soon appeared everywhere, and the Aurors saw it was much more than just fifty. There had to be at least a hundred of them, walking calmly into the center shooting curses out as they went.

James and Sirius sprang into action; both ran towards a group of Death Eaters torturing a cluster of teenagers. "Waddiwasi!" yelled James, as a jet of violet light shot out at a Death Eater, causing him to fly twenty feet backwards and land hard into the wall, knocking him out.

"Stupefy!" Sirius yelled, knocking out one Death Eater. Soon the rest of the group advanced on Sirius and James, who were now back to back. "What do we do now?" Sirius whispered, his lips barely moving.

"Stun them, put our wand tips together on the count of three," James said, also barely moving his lips, "One…two…three!" Both boys twirled around and put their wand tips together, yelling, "STUPEFY!" A bubble of red light shot out and took out three Death Eaters.

James and Sirius continued fighting the Death Eaters and some where along the way got separated. After stunning a Death Eater (and getting a nasty cut on his leg), James realized that Sirius was no longer with him anymore. "Sirius?" James called out. Then he felt an immense amount of pain burst in his head. "Ahh," moaned James, clutching his head. He saw Sirius being tortured by six Death Eaters at once in his mind, one of them firing off the Killing Curse, leaving Sirius one last gasp of breath.

"NO!" James screamed, the vision leaving his eyes. He came back to reality and looked around at the shopping center. There were bodies everywhere, some were muggles and some were Aurors. The smell of burning bodies was nauseating. A large explosion came from the south of the store and James saw a whole wall being knocked down, the Dark Mark hovering in midair, glittering in the most malevolent way. Sirius, I have to find Sirius… James thought to himself.

James limped through the crowd, his leg getting more painful. It must have been a dark curse that hit him; he could feel the cut deepening as he walked. A Death Eater blocked his path, yelling out a spell, "Inderteo!" James divided quickly when he saw the black light come towards him, but he heard it hit a man behind him.

James raised his hand, eyes burning red, and yelled out, "STUPEFY!" The Death Eater was knocked thirty feet backwards by the spell landing hard against the wall. James had heard a crack of bones; the Death Eater was probably dead. James spun around to look at the man behind. What he saw was too awful to describe. The man was a muggle, and he was screaming in pain. The smell of burning flesh reached James' nostrils and he stood up, unable to take anymore. James picked up his wand that he had dropped and ran.

I killed someone, and I caused someone else to get hit by the curse, James thought to himself, but he shook the guilt away; finding Sirius was his main priority. Then he realized something, I did wandless magic! All he did was raise his hand and yell the stunning spell; he had dropped it when he divided to miss the curse. Amazed, he continued looking for Sirius.

Then James found Sirius. He was dueling three Death Eaters. One of them had already fallen, then James saw one of them shoot out the same curse that caused the muggle to scream. Sirius dropped to the floor like James did, and shot out the disarming spell. He caught the Death Eaters wand and quickly broke it in half, throwing it aside. A few more Death Eaters surrounded Sirius and at the same time yelled out the Cruciatus Curse.

The screams of Sirius were excruciating. It sent shivers up and down James' spine. Anger took over his fear as James rushed towards Sirius, knowing what would happen next. One of them would fire out the Killing Curse.

Sirius was being tortured beyond belief. With just one person firing the curse was horrendous, but having six Death Eaters do it at the same time was close to death. James was trying to get there fast, but it was like he was in a dream, and the dream wouldn't allow him to go fast enough. Everything was in slow motion.

Fury was dancing in James' eyes. Wand forgotten, he raised both of his hands and concentrated solely on the word stupefy. A whirling red ball was forming in front of James hands, spinning faster and faster. The rage was like fire in James irises, all he could see was red. The red ball was emitting sparks and when it was the size of a beach ball, James shouted, "STUPEFY!" The ball sprang out of James' hands and shot towards the sixth Death Eaters. The curse knocked all of them out, as well as four other Death Eaters near them.

James rushed over to Sirius and knelt down beside his best friend. "Sirius? Sirius!" James yelled.

Sirius' breathing was raspy. "Am I dead?" Sirius asked. He looked awful, his skin was very pale and he was sweating profusely. His eyes were bloodshot and his whole body was shaking.

"No, no, Sirius! Stay with me!" James screamed.

Sirius gave a small yet weak smile. "I can't make any promises," he said, coughing and spitting out blood in the process. With a small sigh Sirius passed out.

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James was rushing through St. Mungos, levitating a stretcher with Sirius on it. "What happened?" the nurse at the front desk asked.

"There was an attack on a muggle shopping district! Aurors were there and fended off Death Eaters. There are a lot more wounded coming in, we need rooms!" James yelled on the verge of hysteria. He had seen so much, so many awful things. Innocent lives slaughtered…

"Of course, right this way!" the nurse said. She led James down a hallway and opened the door to the room. "I'll send a Healer right away," the nurse said. James nodded and carefully levitated Sirius off the stretcher and into the bed. A few seconds later a Healer burst in the room.

"What happened to him?" he asked quickly.

"Six Death Eaters tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse at once! I think his wrist is broken, along with other injuries from dueling," James said.

The Healer nodded and examined him further. "He's near death, I don't know if he'll make it, please wait outside."

James turned sheet white. "Not might make it?"

"Wait outside!" the Healer said firmly, pushing him out the door. As soon as the door shut Daily Prophet reporters swarmed him.

"What's your name?"

"What happened this afternoon?"

"My God, what happened to your face?"

"Was it You-Know-Who?"

James pointed his wand to his throat and said, "Sonorus!" He then yelled, "QUIET!" All of the reporters shut up quickly. James removed the spell and said, "I have no authority to give out this information at such a time, if you want answers go to the Ministry of Magic." Many groaning reporters bustled down the hall.

James walked down the hall slowly, thinking about Sirius' fate and the amazing amount of wandless magic he did. He was lost in all of his thoughts when he ran into someone, stumbling backwards a few feet. "Sorry—Professor Dumbledore!" James said, looking up at whom he ran into.

Dumbledore smiled at him from his half moon spectacles. "Hello, James. And please call me Albus."

"Sorry, it just takes some getting used to," James said, giving him a grin. "Prof-er, I mean, Albus, I was at the attack today."

Dumbledore smiled. "Ah, yes, the Ministry has already informed me of who was there and the causalities, unfortunately," Dumbledore frowned for a moment, then looked back at James.

"Well, sir, I did something very strange today, and I didn't even realize I did it, and it only happened when I was angry," James began and proceeded to tell him the whole story of the wandless magic he performed.

Dumbledore was silent for a long time. "This is amazing," he said when he finally spoke.

"The magic?"

"Why yes. It was very powerful and very advanced. Very few have been able to perform wandless magic, as it requires a lot of effort. But some are more gifted than others, like yourself, James," Dumbledore explained, his eyes twinkling.

"Lily can do it too, a lot better than I ever could," James said.

"Yes, Lily has more control over her magic than you do, yet you both have the same amount of power…" Dumbledore said, trailing off, thinking to himself.

After a few moments of silence, James spoke up, "Professor?"

Dumbledore shook his head slightly and chuckled. "Forgive me, James, my thoughts got away from me. Now if you'll excuse me I have business to attend to," Dumbledore said, sweeping down the hallway. "Oh, I do hope Sirius will be okay, I'm sure Lily and Marissa are worried sick," Dumbledore said, a small twinkle still in his eye.

James groaned. "Oh no, I forgot about Lily." James hurried to the elevator, heading up to the third floor where the public Owlery was. Once he arrived there he scribbled a note to Lily saying to meet him at the St. Mungos entryway and to get Marissa and Remus, possibly Kiah if she could get off work. He grabbed an owl and tied the note to its leg. "Now take this to Lily Potter and hurry please," James said. The owl hooted, nipping his finger, and taking off into flight.

In all the excitement, James completely forgot about Sirius' condition. Running a hand nervously through his hair, James rushed down to the entryway to find Kiah hurrying in. "Kiah?" James asked questionably.

Kiah ran towards James. "Is Sirius alright? What exactly happened?"

"How did you know to come here?" James asked.

Kiah smiled. "James, you forget I work in the Department of Mysteries, I know basically everything that goes on in the Wizarding world. But all I know is that Aurors and some Analysts were sent to a shopping center because of Death Eater warnings and it went very, very wrong. Now what happened?"

James told the whole story about the shopping center, leaving out the more gruesome details. "Now the Healer says he might die and there has been no new news since then. Lily, Marissa, and Remus are hopefully on the way now," James finished.

Just as he said that the doors opened and Lily came running through the doors, Remus and Marissa following her, Lily jumping into James' arms, smothering him with kisses. "I was watching television when there was a breaking news interruption and it said the shopping center was destroyed and so many were dead and there were cloaked unconscious people with sticks lying there and I knew they were Death Eaters then I got your letter and you better tell me everything that happened!" Lily finished talking very fast.

James retold the story for a second time, Remus going pale and Marissa bursting out into tears. "Is Sirius okay?" Marissa gasped through tears.

"I don't know yet, they have a Healer in there with him right now, let's see if he is," James said. They walked to the room and found about ten Healers casting spells over him. He looked awful, he was very pale and taking deep rasping breaths and shaking. "Excuse me," James said, pulling aside a Healer, "Is he going to be alright?"

"It doesn't look good laddie," said the Healer with a strong Irish accent, "He's beaten up pretty bad, mentally and physically. If you wait outside we can tell you his condition in a few hours."

Marissa was shaking and crying. Lily guided her to a bench opposite of the room, Kiah sat next to her and conjured a wet washcloth, dabbing Marissa's forehead with it. After a few moments, Marissa passed out. "Should we wake her up?" Kiah asked worriedly, biting her lip.

Lily shook her head. "Her breathing is regular and so is her pulse, let her rest for a few minutes."

James went to sit down and gasped in pain, holding his leg. He had forgotten about the cut that was growing deeper and deeper. "Lily," James said through gritted teeth, "you're good at medical stuff right?"

Lily rushed over and pulled up his pants leg and gasped. There was a long cut going down James' calve, but it was deep and bleeding profusely. It was bruising all around it. "What happened?" Lily asked, worry and concern shaping her emerald eyes.

"I'm not sure, I think it was a curse of some sort," James said, still gritting his teeth, "There's no mediwizards to spare…can you fix it?"

Lily gulped. "I can try." She pulled out her wand and waved it in circles up and down his cut, muttering words under her breath. There was a glow coming out of her wand tip. The bruises around the cut were disappearing. She then put her wand down and ran her finger just hovering over the edge of the cut while muttering words. A light shot out of her finger with each word. The cut was becoming less deep. Lily stopped, gasping. "That was exhausting," she said, breathless, "I'll just have to bandage it for now until we can get a free Healer.

So the friends waited for hours on end, talking about what happened at the shopping center. James told them about the wandless magic he used, trying to leave out the gruesome details of the battle.

Well past midnight, a Healer came out of Sirius' room. All of the friends stood up. "There is good news and bad news. The good news is Mr. Black is going to live."

Marissa sighed with relief and started crying again. "What's the bad news?" Remus asked.

The Healer turned towards Remus. "The bad news is there was a lot of damage done. There were some mental problems and his liver was affected. If he stays here another month he has a chance of being completely healthy. He won't have any long term effects as long as he has a healthy record."

"Sirius has been sick once and he had a cold. Besides some broken bones there hasn't been anything else," James said.

The Healer smiled. "Then your friend has a very good chance of being in perfect shape again. But you'll have to wait a while. He won't wake up for a very long time, so I advise you all go home and get some rest. We will contact you when he awakes." The friends nodded as the Healer went down the hall.

"You guys want to stay with us for the night?" asked Lily.

"Sure," Remus said tonelessly. All of them Apparated to Lily and James' house to get a good nights rest.

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"Lily! James!" Marissa yelled. James came down the stairs, yawning. It was five in the morning on a Saturday.

"What Marissa?" James asked, his eyes unfocused.

"Look who's here!" James blinked a few times and saw Sirius standing behind her.

"Sirius!" James yelled, rushing towards Sirius and giving him a hug. "Your alive!"

Sirius laughed. "Yeah, they finally let me out of that hell hole. The most disgusting food ever resides in that place."

"Sirius!" Lily said as she came down the stairs and gave Sirius a hug.

"Wow I certainly feel loved! When Marissa came to get me she wouldn't let go!" Sirius said once Lily had let go. Marissa put her arms around his waist.

"Well, mate, we all thought you were a goner for a while. Scared the hell out of us!" James said.

"You were the one who saved my life, a moment longer and they would have killed me," Sirius said appreciatively, clapping his friend on the shoulder. "What exactly happened?" Sirius asked, flopping down on their couch.

James repeated the whole story to him, leaving Sirius with a disbelieving look on his face. "Whoa…" was all he could say.

Remus' owl flew through the window, dropped a letter on Marissa's lap, and took off in flight again. Marissa opened it and read it to herself smiling. "Come on, Remus is going to go insane if we don't go see him right now," Marissa said to Sirius pulling him off the couch.

"Okay, tell him I said hi, since I haven't seen him in a while," James said.

"Oh come on, James, you saw him two hours ago!" Lily said smiling.

"We better go before they get all lovey dovey," Sirius muttered to Marissa, waving and Apparating to Remus' apartment.

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"Hey Marissa, I have to go to Remus' for a few minutes!" Sirius shouted through the bathroom door.

"Okay, I'll be here!" Marissa shouted as she rinsed the shampoo out of her hair.

Sirius smiled to himself and walked to the kitchen, putting a small velvet box on the table. Whistling, he grabbed his cloak and walked out of the door.

Ten minutes later, Marissa got out of the shower and was toweling her hair as she walked into the kitchen. She poured a glass of orange juice and was about to take a drink when something caught her eye. There was a velvet box lying on the table.

Curious, Marissa put the orange juice down and walked over to the table, picking up the box. She opened it and saw a beautiful silver engagement ring with a diamond in the middle and three studs on either side of it. Marissa sucked in a breath. Golden balls shot out of the box and began spelling out something in the air.

A moment later there were four glittering letters spelled out that sent tears rushing down Marissa's face. They said, 'Will You Marry Me?' in perfect cursive.

Marissa closed the box and ran out of the door, not caring that she was in sweatpants and one of Sirius' t-shirts. She ran outside and turned on the corner to where Remus' apartment was. Marissa fleetingly forgot she was a witch who could Apparate as she ran, faster and faster to the apartment. She flung open the door and ran up two flights of stairs, skidding to a halt at apartment 4B.

Marissa opened the door to see Sirius standing there, love playing in his eyes. "Yes!" Marissa said breathlessly.

"Really?" asked Sirius, his voice full of emotion.

"Of course, I love you so much, Sirius, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you," Marissa said, tears rolling down her face. Sirius smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her softly.

"I love you, so much," Sirius muttered.

"I love you more," Marissa said.

Sirius smiled and put his forehead against hers. "That's not possible…"

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Author Notes: Ok, ok, ok, I know this is A LOT of weddings to deal with, but I'm going by my carefully sequenced outline and I can't change the sequence of anything or else it will just mess the whole thing up. Should I take out Sirius and Marissa's wedding and do that clever mention I explained last author notes?

This chapter is like an intro of what the next few chapters might be like; it's going to get a lot darker. Man I can't wait until you guys read the last chapter. I haven't got much feedback since I posted it on the later chapters (everyone's on vacation this time of summer).

For those Americans out there, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

R/R!