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"Lily! Remus! Will you two stop already!"

Remus took his hand out of Lily's hair and looked at Damien. "What if we don't want to?"

"Anyway," Lily added. "We never told you and Rini to stop acting like boyfriend and girlfriend. Why should we have to if you two didn't?" Lily and Remus were leaning against a wall on Platform 9 ¾ talking. Remus kept running his hand through Lily's soft hair.

"The difference," Rini said, "is that we weren't in such a public place."

"Fine then. Remus, will you join me in finding a compartment on the train?"

"Yes ma'am!" Remus said with a smile.

They went onto the train. Lily went into a compartment at the back of the train. Remus followed her in and sat down. Lily sat on his lap and asked, "Shall we continue our discussion?" and they did.

Outside on the platform, James had just joined Rini and Damien. "Where are the other?"

Rini and Damien looked at each other and then back at James. "Uh, Lily and Remus found a compartment for us and are already on the train," Damien said carefully picking his words. "Peter and Sirius haven't arrived yet."

"Oh," James said with a note of disappointment in his voice from Damien's reminder. "I think I'll join them. You guys gonna wait for them?"

"I guess so," Rini said slowly.

James walked over to the train and loaded his things. Then he went to the back of the train to start his search. He had only searched for a few minutes when he saw them. He stopped and tried to steady himself. Then, with the happiest smile he could muster, he started to open the door. He caught a bit of their conversation before they notice him.

"Now, now, Moony. It isn't nice to tease people who aren't there to defend themselves."

"Well, my little flower, I'm sure S—" Remus stopped in the middle of what he was saying when he noticed James. "Oh, hey, James."

Lily looked over at the door. "Hi, James. How's Myrddin?"

James didn't answer. He was too busy wondering why Lily was sitting in Remus's lap. He realized someone had said something and said, "I'm sorry. What did you say?"

Lily looked at Remus and then back at James. "I asked how Myrddin was doing."

"Oh, Myrddin's fine. Mum liked him. She especially liked his name."

Remus snickered. "Did you tell her who named him?"

"Oh, yeah. She was surprised that I had another friend that's a girl besides Rini," James said with a true smile.

Lily pretended to be hurt. "What!" she pouted. "You didn't tell her about me. Moony isn't that just rude? His mother doesn't know who his friends are." Lily broke into a smile and fits of giggles. "I haven't done anything like that in ages!" Remus and James were also laughing.

"That was quite a performance, Lily!" James said through his laughter. Lily stood up and bowed to James and Remus. She sat down beside Remus. James sat down across from then.

The others came in a few minutes later. They were surprised to see James, Remus, and Lily having a civil conversation. Rini and Damien sat beside Lily and Remus; Sirius and Peter sat beside James. Rini and Lily immersed themselves in a conversation, leaving the boys to talk.

They were a half-hour into the train ride when Lily cried out, "No way! I dare you to!"

"I don't think so!" Rini cried back.

"How 'bout we do it at the same time?" Lily asked.

"Okay. On the count of three: one, two, three!"

After Rini said three, both Lily and Rini turned to their boyfriends and kissed them. Though unexpected, Damien and Remus returned the kisses. After ten seconds, ten minutes to Sirius, James, and Peter, Sirius started coughing. Rini and Damien broke apart first, then Lily and Remus.

"So, my dear Moony, did you like my little surprise?" Lily asked playfully.

"Why would I not?"

"I got a question," James said. "Why does she keep calling you 'Moony'?"

Remus became uneasy as he tried to answer. "Ah, well, you see, that is," he sputtered.

"Our dear Remus has a little fear of moons and I love to tease him for it. Isn't that right, Moony?"

"Oh, yes. It always looks like it's staring at you. Just to creepy for me."

"By George!" Sirius exclaimed. "Who would have thought that Remus would be scared of something as small as the moon." Remus shrugged.

"Yes, Sirius. He's my Moony and I'm his little flower. I don't want any of you using my pet name for him, understand?" Everyone laughed and agreed. "Good. Now, who here is going to try out for the house Quidditch team?"

They were lost in their talk of Quidditch when the door of their compartment opened. Standing in the doorway stood their archenemies at school: Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Gregorus Goyle, and Cory Crabbe.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" Lucius sneered. Lily turned her face from the door towards Remus. "Now Lily, is that any way to greet your visitors?"

"You're not visitors," Lily said with her voice dripping with venom. "You're pests! Unwanted pests at that!"

"You're still not being polite, Lily," Severus sneered.

Lily tried to stand up but was held down by Remus's arm around her waist. "Let go, Remus." Remus let go out of surprise from the sharpness and hatred in her voice. Lily stood up and stood directly in front of Severus and Lucius. "Get out of our compartment."

"What if we don't want to, little flower?" Lucius asked leisurely.

"Get out!" she shrieked as she started to push the four of them out into the hall. "Out, out!" Lily began to push them up the hall. Remus had left the compartment right behind Lily and was watching her push the four boys. "Nobody calls me 'little flower' except Remus!" she shrieked. After these words left her mouth, a flash of light appeared between Lily's hands and the boys, sending them all backwards. Lily was thrown into Remus who was knocked over from the force, but was otherwise okay. Lily, however, was unconscious. The four Slytherin buys were also knocked unconscious, though fewer people cared about them.

Many had seen what had happened. They all crowded around Lily and Remus as he tried to wake Lily. "Lily, Lily wake up!" Remus cried desperately. "Lily wake up!" Remus had Lily in his arms and was shaking her. Lily had a small gash on her cheek. Remus picked up the unconscious Lily and carried her into their compartment. "James, write a letter to Hagrid, Dumbledore, McGonnagal, anyone at school and tell them that Lily is unconscious. Please!"

The urgency in Remus's voice was too much to be ignored. He got a quill, some ink, and a piece of parchment and wrote what had happened. He tied it to Myrddin's ankle and sent him on his way. When he got back to the compartment, Remus was still cradling Lily's limp body and brushing loose strands of hair from her face. James crouched down at Lily's head and grasped Remus's shoulder.

"Rini," Remus said quietly, "watch Lily while us boys get changed." Remus put Lily gently on the seat and dragged the boys to the compartment across the hall to change. Rini changed into her school robes as well. She was with Lily for a few minutes after she changed when Remus came back in. He sat cradling Lily the rest of the way to school.