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James was hyperventilating and clutching a painful side stitch as Lily pulled him along to Dumbledore's office.
Damn, this chick can run! You would think since I'm the quidditch player, I would be faster, but then again I don't have to run, just fly.
"Can't you move any faster, Mr. 'Big Athletic Quidditch Player'?" Lily said with a smirk as she was trying to pull him up a flight of steps.
"No-he-not really-he-" James said between gasps of air.
"Oh please, hurry up, we're almost there!" Lily said annoyed.
How pathetic. Why can't he keep up with me? And he's supposed to be in pretty good shape considering he plays quidditch. Some athlete.
Lily had been dragging James like this for about five minutes now, and she was starting to get tired herself. Trying to find Dumbledore's office when you've only been there once was harder than it looks. Especially in a place as big as Hogwarts, where staircases and doors like to change temporarily.
"Ok Potter, do you have any clue where Dumbledore's office is?"
"We –he- were –he- there last –he-he- night!"
"Yeah I know, but I've only been there once and it's a big school. Just show me where it is."
"Fine-he-. It's just 'round the corner here."
"Oh," Lily said, slightly embarrassed that it was right there and she didn't know it.
Sure enough, as they rounded the corner, there was the bird statue, just how it was the previous night.
Well, at least I remembered the password, even if I forgot where it was! Lily thought as she said, "cherry licorice."
Once again the statue started turning and revealed the spiral staircase up to Dumbledore's office. They went up and knocked on the door. Surprisingly, Dumbledore had been waiting for them.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, I have been expecting you this morning," said the old man.
"You have?" asked Lily, confused.
"Yes I have, and if I'm not terribly mistaken, you are Miss Evans?"
"Well of course I am, sir. Wait, you know we've been switched?"
"Yes, I am aware of that."
"Well, can you get us un-switched, then?" James asked.
No, I'm afraid I can't do that, Mr. Potter," Dumbledore said to two confused sixth years. "You see, you have been switched by an ancient spell. It goes something like,
Two mad with each other, each other they'll be, tomorrow will come and that's when they'll see, and then they will seek, the to become happy once more, and back to themselves they will be!
Now, have either of you heard anything like that before?"
They both thought hard. This was especially difficult for James because he had problems thinking anyway, but after a minute of two, Lily remembered.
"I know, Professor! When we were coming up to your office last night, we passed Pandora the Eye, and she said, er, chanted those words."
"Correct, Miss Evans. You see, when I told her you two were arguing, she cast that spell on you."
"But I don't understand, sir," James began, "Why can't you just undo the spell and switch us back?"
"Well, Mr. Potter, as I said, it's an ancient spell, and there is no incantation that will reverse it."
"So we will be like this forever?" Lily was worried. She couldn't be James Potter for the rest of her life! She couldn't even stand him when he was in his own body, and now she has to be him?
"No, of course not, Miss Evans, all you two have to do to get switched back is to get along with each other. Once you can stop arguing and learn to live with each other, you'll go back to your bodies."
Oh no, Lily thought. There's no way me and Potter can get along! I'll be stuck as James Potter forever for sure!
"But Sir, what if we don't get along. At all. Would we be stuck forever?" James asked.
"Well, I guess you would be, Mr. Potter. But I believe you two can do it, even if it takes a few days, or weeks, or months, for that matter," he said.
Not good. Not good at all. Oh no, how will we change clothes? Or go to the bathroom? O god no, I don't think I can handle this, Lily thought, worried.
"But how will we get dressed? And, um, Sir, what if we have to go to the bathroom?" Lily sure as hell knew that James wasn't gonna be doing that in her body.
"Ahh, a few simple spells, Miss Evans. Just say exuviae inflecto to get dressed, and laxo vesica to relieve yourself," Dumbledore said, laughing a bit.
Lily looked at little better now.
"Now, if there isn't anything else I can do for you, remember to try and act like each other, and the sooner you start to get along, the sooner you'll be yourselves again, and you best be one your way to you first class, it starts in 10 minutes."
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Lily and James left Dumbledore's office in a state of shock, wondering why he couldn't just switch them back.
I can't believe I have to stay in Potters body until we start getting along. Like that'll ever happen! And even worse, Potter is in mine! Lily thought as they made their way to Muggle Studies.
"Hey, Evans," James said.
"What?" Lily said in a frustrated tone.
"Are you hungry?"
"What? Well, I suppose I am, but we missed breakfast, we have to get to Muggle studies-"
"Well do you want something to eat?"
"We missed breakfast, Potter; we can't get anything to eat!"
"Sure we can! All we have to do is go down into the kitchens, and the house elves treat us like Kings! Or in your case, a queen."
"You know how to get into the kitchens?" she asked, wondering how he knew that.
"Yeah, me and Sirius figured that out 2nd year! We go there all the time, too," he said. "So, what do you say? Wanna go have some breakfast?"
Students aren't allowed in the kitchens, Lily. What if we get caught? I could get a detention! But I am kinda hungry. No, not kinda, I'm starving. But I just couldn't risk getting a detention, or worse, she thought.
"No, I don't think I want to come, we could get into trouble," Lily told James.
"Ahh, come on, Evans, are you telling me you would rather go to class, than go eat. I heard this morning we had waffles. Belgian waffles with all kinds of syrup," he was tempting her, and it was working.
As if on cue, Lily's stomach growled. Loudly.
Great, Lily thought, now my own stomach turns against me. Aww, maybe I'll go. I do love waffles.
"See, your stomach is trying to tell you to come! Anyway, we've been standing here for 10 minutes; class has already started, so even if you went straight to class, you'd be late."
"Ok, but I hope you know, Potter, It's not because you want me to or anything, I just like waffles. A lot. Especially when they have strawberry syrup on them," she said.
"Great, follow me, Evans," James said with a smile.
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James led Lily halfway across the school, up and down staircases, and through several secret passageways that Lily had never seen before.
"How do you know all the short cuts and secret passage ways?" she asked, curious.
"Well, after six years of running through the castle at night, pulling pranks and getting away before anyone notices, and also just living with Sirius, you just sort of find them. For instance, we found this passage way," James said as he pulled Lilly through the solid wall into another corridor, "on accident when Millicent Renfro shoved Sirius through it because he was trying to get up her shirt. It's been an extremely handy way to get off the track of Filch whenever he is after us."
Lily laughed at this. Yeah, that's Sirius, she thought.
Finally, after a lot of walking, James came to a stop in front of a giant tapestry of a large fruit basket. James gently put his finger up to the pear on it and tickled it. Suddenly the tapestry swung open to reveal a hole that they stepped through, much like the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, and then they found themselves in the kitchen.
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"Hey, Padfoot?" Remus said as he and Sirius were on their way to Muggle studies.
"Yessum?"
"Have you seen James? He wasn't at breakfast."
"Hmm. Well, Moony, my guess would either be that he skedaddled on to class like a good boy with out us seeing him, or he's in some empty classroom with a girl."
"Well, we know he didn't 'skedaddle on to class like a good boy', so he must be snogging," Remus confirmed.
"You are right, Moony, you are defiantly right!" Sirius said.
As they walked into Muggle studies and took their seats, Candace, Parker, and Caroline came up to them and they started talking, which was easier than it usually is for the five friends, because normally James and Lily are with them arguing.
Remus noticed it was unusually quiet.
"I kind of like it with out James, less yelling."
"James isn't here?" said Caroline looking, and then realizing it was true. "Hey, he isn't, I wonder where he is?"
"Snogging some girl in an empty classroom," said Sirius.
"Yeah, that makes since," said Parker, nodding. "But you're right, Remus, it is kind of nice to be able to talk for once with out any arguing."
"I was blaming the quietness on Lily not being here, though," Candace said.
"Lily's not here?" said Remus.
"Nope, she was acting weird this morning, I think she might be sick," Parker told him.
"Yeah," added Candace, "She just got up and was acting really weird, like kept looking at all of us and looking at herself and stuff, then she just left. She didn't even change out of her pajamas!"
"Very peculiar," Sirius began, "that James isn't here, and Lily isn't here, and that James is snogging some girl in an empty classroom, and that the only girl who isn't in class today is Lily. Yes, very peculiar."
"You don't think…" said Caroline, putting two and two together.
"Nah, of course not, I was only joking, there's no way Lily and James are skipping class to snog, they hate each other!"
"Yeah, you're right, Sirius. Wow, did I just say that?" said Caroline, surprised that she agreed with Sirius.
"I think you did!" said Sirius as he smiled and put his arm around Caroline.
But as soon as he did, she swiftly knocked it off.
"Sirius, you flirt!" Caroline said annoyed, turning to hide herself blushing.
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"Mmmm! I absolutely LOVE waffles. Especially with strawberry syrup!" Lily exclaimed as she was gobbling down her 5th.
James watched her eat in amazement. Damn, for such a small thing, she sure can eat! She's like a bottomless pit! He thought.
"These are SO good! I mean I thought that they were good before, but now they're are like- wow!"
James was starting to worry what exactly she put on her waffles. He poured some of the strawberry syrup on his plate, and confirmed that it was only syrup. Lily must be one of those people who can get high on sugar, he thought.
Lily was grateful that she gave in and let James take her to the kitchens for some breakfast. She hadn't eaten since lunch yesterday, and it showed at the amount she was eating.
Lily, slow down, James is going to think you're a pig! Well who cares what Potter thinks? I don't know why I even thought that. She thought to herself.
She did slow down though, only to realize she was very thirsty.
"Hey, Potter, can we get anything to drink?" she asked.
"Uh, sure, hold on," he said. "Hey, Dandy?" James called a small house elf to him.
"Yes, Miss Evans," said the house elf, eager to serve.
"Can you get Evans, er Potter here something to drink?"
"Sure, Miss Evans, Mr. Potter, sir, what would you like?"
"Umm, do you have pumpkin juice, please?" she asked.
"But, of course, Mr. Potter, it'll be right out.
"Thanks!" she said.
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After they finished eating, it was time for their third class, Potions. So Lily and James made their way out of the kitchens down to the dungeons.
As they were walking, Lily's current boyfriend, Adam Kent saw them.
"Hey, Potter, how are you?" he asked suspiciously. He was wondering why he was walking with Lily.
Lily, forgetting she was James said "Hey Adam, I haven't seen you in forever!" Then she giggled and batted her eyelashes at him.
Adam just looked at who he thought was James strangely and then thought to himself well, at least I know he's not trying to steal Lily from me, He's a frickin' queer!
He then went up to James, who he thought was Lily was kissed her gently.
Oh, Crap, This won't end well. Lily thought.
"Ah! What the hell are you doing?" James yelled.
Ewe, ewe, ewe, ewe, ewe. Another guy just kissed me! Crap I'm supposed to be Lily, what should I say? He thought. "I mean, uh, everybody can see us, Alex."
"It's Adam. You've never cared before, Lilyflower."
"Well I care now," James said. This is going great! So what if I forgot his name?
As Lily watched this scene, petrified that James just called Adam Alex; she thought to herself, this is going terrible! I can't believe he forgot the name!
Adam looked slightly hurt at what James said. "Well, Lily, are we still on for our date tomorrow night?"
James looked at Lily nervously. Lily giving him a pleading smile. "Um, our date?" he said.
"Yeah, our date," Adam said.
"Well, I don't think I'm going to be feeling to well tomorrow night with, er- my transfiguring test the next day and all," he said, liking the excuse he made up. "I just don't think it will work, tomorrow."
"Oh. Well how about on Friday, then?"
"Um," James said, looking at Lily again. Please say I don't have to do it please say I don't have to do it! He thought.
Lily gave him a look like he had to do it.
"Oh,Friday sounds great, Aaron!" James said.
He forgot his name again! Maybe this date isn't such a good idea, Lily thought.
"Um, it's Adam, and I guess I'll pick you up in the common room around 7:00 on Friday," he said, getting annoyed that James, or 'Lily' kept forgetting his name.
"Alright, Anton see you Friday!" James had a sinking feeling in his stomach. This date is NOT a good idea, he thought.
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The two continue on their way to potions, and passes Loony Landon Lovengood, a slightly crazy boy in their year.
"Hello James, Hello Lily," he said.
"Er, hi, Loon- I mean Landon!" Lily said.
"Yeah, hi," replied James.
"Have you heard about Wednesday night?" he asked them.
"Um no, what's happening then?" James asked.
"Well, I got a petition filled and sent it to the house elves. From now on, every Wednesday night will be Mexican food night in the Great Hall!" he said.
"That's, great, Landon," Lily told him.
"I'm also selling T-shirts for the occasion, would you two like one?" he asked.
"Um…"
"I have them in several different colors. Bright orange, soft orange, dark orange, and, my personal favourite, orange polka dots!"
"I'll take a soft orange one, Landon," said Lily politely.
"Thank you, James. And you, Lily?"
"Um, no thanks, I'm good, thanks," James said, wondering where on earth he thought of this idea.
"Well, bye, Lily and James, I have to get to Charms!" he said.
"Ok, that was weird," said James.
"Yeah, but you need to be nice to him, you know."
"I guess your right. But did you half to get me one of those shirts. People with think I'm a fag!" James told her.
"Well sor-ry! I was just trying to be nice!" she said, as she put the orange 'Mexican Food Night' shirt on.
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As the couple continued down the corridors to Potions class, they ran into some familiar paces.
"Prongs! And… Lily?" called Sirius.
"Omigod, Parker, she is with James!" Caroline whispered to her friend.
"I honestly can't believe it!" said Remus, with Candace agreeing with him.
"Hey Lils, where were you? You weren't in muggle studies or transfiguring," Said Caroline.
"Yeah," began Lily, forgetting she was James, "I, uh, had to go see Dumbledore."
"That's great James, but I was asking Lily," she said annoyed. "And why are you wearing that shirt? You look like a fag?"
"Oh," said James, "I was with Dumbledore too."
Caroline looked at them suspiciously, then shrugged it off. "Oh well, let's just get to potions," she said, wondering to herself why they were together, and why James had that shirt on.
Then the sixth years turned down the corridor and made their way to Slughorn's classroom.
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Authors note: Well, there's chapter three hope you like! Please review!
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