Ok, a lil bit of a note here by me. I don't have a beta reader. I started writing this story around 4 years ago so I don't know what errors I may have and I kno for damn sure some of this needs to b changed to have it match more to what lil we kno from JKR about all of them. I had given Sirius a sister, but she has been demoted to a distant cousin. You will read about her in this story, but I dont think in this chapter. Anyway, if anyone would like to be abeta reader for me and get a sneak peak of whats to come b4 everyone else please let me know in a review. I know I dont have a lot of mistakes but I want to eliminate them as much as possible.

Mandrake Queen: I know this is a bit late, but no, I didn't do a ff for the summer. When I first started writing this story it didn't even occur to me to do a piece on the summer, though now I might go back and do one. It depends on how much time I have on my hands with starting my senior year in high school and tryint to get a steady job. If I do you will be the first to know.

Umm... I cant think of anything else just that I dont kno how busy i'm going to b over the next few months with skool coming, but I will try to post a chapter as freguently as possible. I know i have done a good job while posting the last year, but i will try to do better. I promise.

And now... ENJOY! Love Amoura

"Mum! Mum, hurry up! Mother, get your rear in gear! You're making me late!" Lily was very impatient while she waited for her mother to come downstairs.
"Alright, alright. No need to get your knickers in a twist," Mrs. Evans said as she started coming down the stairs, still putting her hair up in a ponytail. "Why are you in such a hurry anyway, Angel? It's not like you didn't see them all week."
"I know. It's just I don't want to be the last one there."
"Okay. We'll be off then, shall we?"
They listened to the radio the whole way there with Lily singing along. They were almost to the Leaky Cauldron when Mrs. Evans said, "You know, Lily, with a voice like that, you'll have people spellbound when you're older. No pun intended, of course," Mrs. Evans added quickly.
Lily looked at her mother. "You think so?"
"Oh, Lord yes. You have a gift. A very beautiful gift."
"Well, I think you're right about holding people spellbound. That is, whenever I sing at Hogwarts, Sirius is somehow always there. And you know that tale you used to tell me of three witches who try to suck the lives from children to stay young forever?" Mrs. Evans nodded. "Well, according to Sirius it's a true story!"
"Wow! I thought it was just legend."
"All legend is based on fact, Mum."
"True that is. Very true."

They reached the Leaky Cauldron, a magic people's pub. Mrs. Evans told Lily she would be back in four hours. Lily looked at her watch. That meant five o'clock. She went in and realized she wasn't sure what bricks Mrs. Avalon had pushed or tapped last time. She went up to the bartender and said, "Excuse me." The bartender looked down. "I need to get into Diagon Alley. You see, last time I was here, my friend's mother opened the wall."
The bartender looked at her as if making sure she wasn't lying. "Okay, little Miss. Follow me." Lily followed him to the small courtyard. "Now, once I show you, think you'll be able to remember?"
Lily hesitated. "I think so."
"Well, you don't sound to sure, so I'm going to use a memorizing charm after I show you." Lily watched him as he tapped certain bricks of the wall with his wand. He turned toward Lily again and said, "Memorosa!" Lily's head tingled for a few seconds. "There you go, Miss."
"Thank you," she said as she started to walk into the alley.
"What's you name?" the bartender called.
"Lily. Lily Evans."
"Well Lily, I hope to see you again."
Lily walked towards the agreed meeting spot: Gringotts. Lily had another 100 pounds to change into Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts. As she approached the bank, she saw only one person: Remus. Lily walked over and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. They sat down on the step to wait for the others.
"Did you have trouble getting in?" Remus asked.
Lily looked down as she turned red. "I had to ask the bartender at the Leaky Cauldron for help." They fell silent for a few minutes.
"Lily?"
"Yes, Remus."
"Well, I was wondering if…if you…if you…" Remus couldn't figure out how to ask her.
"If I what, Remus?"
"If you would go out with me," he said quietly.
Lily continued to look at her feet. 'Oh no!' she thought. 'If I go out with Remus it will break James's heart. If I say no I'll break Remus's heart. James said he'd wait for me. I do like Remus. Yes, I will go out with him. This will have to be James's test.'
Lily had been quiet for so long, Remus's head was screaming, 'She's going to say no! I just know it!" "Will you, Lily?" he asked as calmly as he could.
Lily looked at him. "Yes," she said with a smile. "I will, Remus." Remus jumped up and smothered Lily in hugs. Lily laughed.
Rini and Damien came a few minutes later, followed by Sirius and Peter. Last to show was James. The hugs and high-fives went all around. When James got to Lily, he noticed she was avoiding his eyes. They broke apart more quickly than James would have liked.
As they broke apart they looked into each other's eyes. Suddenly, James heard a voice in his head, a girl's voice: Lily's voice. I'm sorry, James. Now's just not our time. I hope you keep your promise and wait for me. The whole school's female population goes gaga over you. Please, James, wait for me. And please, James, forgive me. James broke eye contact with Lily. James noticed her arm was away from her body, and her hand, her hand was intertwined with someone else's.
James looked at the owner of the hand and was shocked to see it was Remus's. It was all James could do to not lash out. "The rest of you go inside, alright? I want to ask Remus a question."

Remus walked down the steps as everyone else went into Gringotts. "What is it, James?"

"Why!" James said quietly but forcefully. "Why'd you do it!"

"It might help," Remus said calmly, "if I knew what I was being accused of."

"You asked Lily out!" James said through clenched teeth. "You know how feel about her! I like Lily!"

"How do you think I knew which questions to ask you, huh? If someone would ask me those things about Lily, do you know what I'd say? Her skin is as fair as a dove. When she touches me it feels like a warm breath of wind. Her skin is softer that a rose petal. Her hair smells richer than a raspberry grove! Have I mentioned yet that she is a vision of loveliness! Mark my words, she is heaven sent, an angel! She is all the wonderful things in this world embodied. She is more than my lady; she is my queen. Do not tell me I did this out of spite, for I care for Lily with all my heart." With that, Remus walked into Gringotts.

James just stood there, thinking about what Remus had said. He was snapped out of his trance when Sirius called, "Oi, James! You coming or what?" James walked up the steps and into Gringotts.

He followed Sirius to the front desk. They all told the goblin at the counter their vault number. Lily also changed ninety pounds. She kept the other ten pounds for herself. They all gave her questioning looks. "Just so I have muggle spending money as well," she said simply. Another goblin then led them to a set of railroad tracks.

They all got into a cart the goblin had just called. Remus made sure he and Lily were away from James. "Lily, he knows," he whispered in Lily's ear.

"Who knows what, Remus?"

"James knows about us." Lily's eyes widened. "I don't know how he found out."

Lily didn't hear much more of what Remus said. She was deep in thought. 'How did he find out! We haven't told anyone yet, not even Rini.' Lily heard someone calling her name. "What!" Lily snapped.

Rini jumped at her snap. "Uh, we're at your vault."

"Oh, sorry. Must've gone off into La-la Land. I'm so sorry, Rini," Lily said.

"Just go!" everyone called. Lily got out of the cart and gave the goblin her key. The door opened and Lily quickly filled her moneybag. She got back into the cart as quickly as she could and rested her head on Remus's shoulder. "I have a headache," she said out loud.

They were off again, this time to Sirius's. After they had all gotten their money, they headed for the shops. They went to the Apothecary and restocked their potion ingredients. Then they went to the bookshop.

James dragged Sirius and Peter away from the others. He glanced at Lily and met her eyes. Just like at Gringotts, James heard Lily's voice in his head. I'm sorry, James. Please don't be mad at Remus or me. 'What in the world!" James thought after Lily's voice faded from inside his head. James joined Sirius and Peter.

"James, what's going on?" Sirius asked immediately.

"Remus and Lily are going out," James said.

"How do you know? They haven't said anything to anyone," Peter said matter-of-factly.

"That's the strange thing," James said. "Right before we were going into Gringotts, Lily and my eyes met. I could her thoughts. She was worried about them going out. And right before I came over here, it happened again. She was asking someone for forgiveness about them going out and not to be mad at them."

"Do you know who she was asking in her thoughts for forgiveness?" Sirius asked with great interest.

James hesitated. "No," he lied. He didn't want to hurt Sirius even more than he was about Lily and Remus going out. The three boys got their books and waited for the others to find them.

Rini and Damien found them first. Rini ran over to them and shrieked, "Guess what!"

"Lily and Remus are going out," they said in unison.

Rini's face fell. "How did you know?"

"I saw them holding hands outside of Gringotts," James said. "That's what I asked Remus. I just told these two." He didn't wish to elaborate.

"Oh, okay," Rini said. "Well, they'll be joining us shortly."

No sooner had Rini said that than they Lily and Remus came into view. Lily had her arm linked with Remus's and was whispering something to him. They both had a smile on their faces. Lily saw they others and her smile faded a little. Rini was the only one who noticed.

Sirius decided to act indignant. "So why didn't you tell us you two were going out? We had to hear it from James and then from Rini and Damien."

"Well, ah, I, err, we, um," Lily didn't know how to answer the question.

"Well," Remus said, "we don't even know how James found out. We were planning to tell you all at once. When he dragged you two off we figured he was going to tell you, so we told Rini and Damien." Lily smiled her agreement.

"Well, have we all bought our books now?" Peter asked. Everyone nodded. "Then where to?"

James was the first to answer. "Well, I don't know about you guys and ladies, but I'm going to the owl emporium."

Lily gave a squeak of joy. "Oh, I do love the emporium. Even if I was only going in to look I'd be happy." So they all left Flourish and Botts and headed for Eeyelops Owl Emporium. James immediately went to look at snowy owls, but found none to his liking. Lily was just enjoying looking at the different owls. Remus was also enjoying the different owls. They saw James at the eagle owls. Everyone could see the joy in his eyes as he was looking at them.

Lily walked over to them. One caught her eye and she said, "This one is beautiful! Look at it! Don't you agree, James?"

James looked at the owl. Lily was quite right. It was extraordinary. "By Jove, Lily! It's perfect!" James told the owner which owl he wanted and paid for it. They went outside and James set the cage down. "What do you think I should name him?"

"How 'bout Hermes?" Sirius suggested. "Hermes was the messenger god of the Greeks."

"Nah," James said. "Too original."

Lily knelt down beside the cage and started to pet the owl. It gently nipped he finger.

"Arthur," Remus suggested. "Like King Arthur."

"Still too original."

"Hedwig?" suggested Rini. "I read the name in Hogwarts, A History last year."

"I don't think so."

"Hello, Myrddin. (ddth)" Lily cooed at the owl. The owl cooed back.

"Well, I guess Myrddin wins, doesn't it." James said.

"Uh?" Lily said, not realizing what had just happened.

"Nice one, Lily," Damien laughed. "You just named James's owl."

"I did? I'm sorry, James. I didn't mean to."

James laughed at Lily's apologies. "It's okay, Lils. Myrddin is a better name than anyone else came up with. A lot more original, too."

Lily blushed at James's words. Keeping her eyes to the ground, she got up and walked to Remus' side and put her head on his shoulder. Remus put his arm around her waist, as if to show James that Lily was his girlfriend.

James opened Myrddin's cage. He immediately flew over to Lily, his namer. "No, Myrddin. You're not mine," she said as she patted his head. She walked over to James and said, "He's your owner. You answer to him." The owl hopped from Lily's arm to James's and nipped Lily's finger. Lily laughed and walked back over to Remus.

They spent the rest of the time looking at the different items in various shops. They even had some ice cream.

All too soon, Lily looked at her watched and gasped. "Oh, no! My mum is picking me up in five minutes. I better get back to the Leaky Cauldron." She gave everyone a hug and kissed Remus quickly before saying, "Bye guys! See you tomorrow, Rini!" She ran quickly down the alley.

She reached the pub and said good-bye to the bartender. As she was leaving, she heard some one ask the bartender, "Tom, how d'you know that girl?"

She heard his reply. "Oh, she came in here about four hours ago and needed help getting to Diagon Alley. A sweet gal she is." Lily smiled at his response.

She left the Leaky Cauldron just as Mrs. Evans was pulling up. "Have a good time, Dear?"

"Wonderful," she said. "Simply wonderful."