Hello again, I have to say that I'm a little disappointed on how much reviews "Something New" got. Considering 80 people are on it's alert list, I only got 6 reviews, so if you want an update on "Something New" anytime soon, then go review for it! As for SYoFaP, PLEASE REVIEW! I know you have it in you!

Disclaimer: It's not mine, it's Jo Rowlings. Harry Potter belongs to her.

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It was six o'clock in the morning, and Lily and Michelle were dressing up to get ready to go shopping. Tammy came in to their rooms and woke them up bright and early so they could get a head start.

'Are you ready!' Tammy asked as she saw the girls come into the dining room to get breakfast.

'Yes!' The girls replied to her excitedly.

Tammy smiled. 'Christmas is coming up... the crowds will be heavy. Anything you plan on buying?' She asked them both.

'I need to get James a Sneak-o-Scope, and I was thinking of getting him a snitch with his initials on it... but I'll have to see what I can find. Then, I just have to pick up a few more things... that's all.' Lily told her with a smile.

'Yeah, I basically just have to get Remy, Sirius, and James' presents then I'm done.' Michelle answered.

'Great. Yeah, I still have to pick up Sirius' present, that I preordered in Witch Weekly.' Tammy said, and she began eating her bacon.

'Sounds like fun. Speaking of the boys, are they still asleep?' Lily asked Mrs. Potter.

'Of course they are. They never seem to want to wake up in the mornings.' Tammy said, as she rolled her eyes girlishly.

Michelle and Lily chuckled at this.

After another fifteen minutes, they apparated to the little shopping center that Mrs. Potter recommended, and they spent the rest of the early hours bargaining as much as they could with the dumpy little sales people.

Meanwhile, the boys had their own plans at the Manor...

'What can we do that will... awe the girls?' James asked the three others looking thoughtful.

Remus and Harry looked as if they were thinking hard, but it seemed as if a lightbulb lit up on Sirius' head. 'I've got it!' He said loudly and quickly. He looked excited and thrilled.

'What?' Harry, James, and Remus asked him.

'Let's decorate the main hall's Christmas tree for them, and put up all the decorations!' He said with a wide smile.

James looked at him as if he were insane, and Remus and Harry had bemused looks on their own faces. 'Decorate? The house-elves usually do that Padfoot... that was a really lame one, even for you Sirius.' James told him, trying to hold in his laughs.

Sirius looked put out, but then suddenly, his eyes got wide. 'No, I mean, decorate the house... Marauder-Style.' He said with an evil smile.

Remus looked at James and nodded his head. 'Now, dear Padfoot, indulge us... what do you mean by... Marauder-Style?' James asked in a silky voice, seemingly enjoying the numerous possibilities they have to decorate this house with.

'I mean... dearest Prongs, put up the tree, complete with Marauder-theme-song singing to the tune of Jingle Bells. And... magical mistle-toe. Classic reason for an easy beginning of a nice snog session!' Sirius said, looking excited.

'Magical mistle-toe?' Harry questioned.

'There's a charm on it. When a girl and a boy stand underneath one, they are frozen in the spot until you kiss the other. It's impossible to move unless you follow the rules.' Remus explained.

'Interesting.' Harry said, nodding his head though he prayed with all his heart that him and his mum never got near each other accidentally.

'And that's not all,' Sirius said wickedly. 'We'll begin charming all of dear-Prongsie's pictures in the hallways to look like a stupid Santa Clause in the place of him. And... putting up holly and garland that tickles you until you say that you love any one of the Marauders. On the billions of Christmas trees in this house, put up ornaments that have our faces on them! And we can put a charm on them so that they compliment us as we pass them by!' He added in a crazily, excited voice.

'Woah there Sirius, don't wet yourself...' James chuckled as Sirius glared.

'No... we need to top it off with something big.' Remus said thoughtfully.

'Isn't magical mistle-toe, singing ornaments on trees, and Santa Clause pictures big enough?' Sirius asked him haughtily.

'I've got it...' James said smiling.

Everyone looked at him expectantly.

'You know how we put the big banner up in the main hall with 'Merry Christmas' on it?... Well, instead... we put 'Merry Marauder Christmas' and then the visitors will know what they are getting into.' James said quickly.

'Brilliance. Sheer brilliance.' Remus complimented.

'Why thank you, dearest Moony.' James told him sweetly.

'You're as insane as everyone told me.' Harry said with a laugh. His dad took a bow.

'Well... are we going to get started, or not!' Sirius asked them, and they all obliged by standing up and pulling out their wands to get ready for some mass charming going around the house.

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It was around three o'clock when the girls got back from their shopping extravaganza.

They apparated into the Potter manor, and were immediately bombarbed with, 'Merry MARAUDER Christmas's' sung by ornaments, and pictures of James, Harry, Sirius, and Remus put up all along the main hall. They were obviously pictures taken recently, because they were of them decorating.

As soon as Lily took a step forward, she realized what she did wrong. She couldn't move. Her feet seemed to have a permanent sticking charm to them. She looked upward and saw, to her stress, a magical mistletoe.

'Great. Bloody amazing.' She murmured.

'Looks like the boys decided to have some fun.' Tammy commented with a bemused smile.

'Ooohh... Lily got caught under some magical mistletoe.' Michelle said in a sing-song voice.

'I think I can help with that.' James said, as he and the other Marauder's walked into the main hall to greet the newcomers.

'Please.' Lily said with a smile. He bent over and kissed her lightly on the lips.

Lily now could walk again.

'You guys did good. I like it. Last year was such a bore.' Tammy told them, putting a hand on Sirius' shoulder.

'You like it?' He asked her looking excited.

'Of course.'

'My idea...' Sirius murmured gloatingly.

'Amazing, now I must go wrap some presents. Oh, Jamie... your father will be home tonight, so make sure that you have an elf clean up around here a bit.' Tammy said, touching her son's cheek, and lugging the million bags of gifts to her room.

'Yeah, ickle-Jamie. Call an elf.' Sirius joked.

'Turnip. Please, can you clean up the mess we made? Thanks.' James said immediately, and he watched an elf go right ahead and clean up the mess made by all the decorating.

'We have to go too and wrap presents. Oh, Sirius... is Faye coming tomorrow?' Lily asked him.

'Yeah. She should be.' Sirius told her.

'Okay, come on Mich.' Lily said, and they rushed up the stairs to their rooms.

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T'was the night before Christmas... all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. That was, until James' father came home.

'TAMMY!' He called out in the entrance hall.

'Yes John?' Tammy asked as she came out to greet her husband. She gave him a light kiss on the cheek as a greeting.

'I can only stay tonight. Morning, I have to go with Longbottom to search an abandoned shack... supposedly a hide-out.' He told her wearily.

'What? It's Christmas Eve John... can't they give you a rest some time? You're working non-stop now. James is in the dining room. He has someone for you to meet.' Tammy said looking sad.

'Yes, I already know about this Harry character... Albus explained - ' John waved it away, but his wife interrupted him.

'No! His girlfriend is here. John, come on... just try and loosen - ' She whispered to him.

'I have loads of work Tam, but come on... I'm starved, where's my man Sirius!' He said looking excited and pumped.

Tammy sighed, how come her husband acted more fatherly to Sirius than to his own son. Of course, they took Sirius in and all... but he was just so strict and expecting of James.

'Hey Mr. John!' Sirius said happily. He shook Mr. Potter's hand with a wide smile.

'Remus, how are you? Keeping up?' John asked as he sat down next to his wife at the dinner table.

'Yeah, I'm fine Mr. Potter.' Remus answered. 'This is my girlfriend, Michelle... Michelle this is James' dad.'

John smiled naturally at Michelle.

'James.' He said in a stiff manner towards his son when he saw him at the table.

James looked at his mum as if to say 'I told you so'. 'Dad.' James mumbled.

'Uhhh... John, this is James's girlfriend, Lily. And... uh... Harry, you know his story already.' Tammy said nervously, hoping John wouldn't blow this one.

'Hi Lily, Tammy's told me a lot about you. And Harry, I've heard about you from Albus. Pleasure.' John said politely.

James felt a sinking feeling in his stomach, once again, his dad completely was ignoring him.

'Well, I uh... your father will only be able to stay tonight, so let's try and make this a Merry Christmas.' Tammy said smiling.

'What! You can't stay for Christmas?' Sirius exclaimed.

'Nah, sorry buddy... work to do.' John answered in a joking voice and manner.

'What type of work?' James asked, trying to get a conversation started.

'That, is top-secret Auror work. You should know this stuff if you plan on being Head Auror in your life.' John told James in a hard voice.

'Oh.' Was all James said.

Tammy looked at her husband frustratedly. 'John, can I talk to you outside of the room?' She asked him, looking angry.

'Why? I'm eating.' John told her.

'Now.' Tammy told him strictly.

'Mum...' James groaned, knowing where this was going.

'No, now.' Tammy told him in clenched teeth. They both got up and walked out of the room.

'What's that about?' Lily whispered to him.

'Mum's just angry with dad ignoring me. Uh... last night, she told me that... she told me that she is seriously ill, and she's now trying to make up for all she's missed. This isn't going to go very well.' James said dejectedly.

Lily looked shocked. 'Oh, James, I'm so sorry. That's so sad.' She said quietly.

'I know.' James mumbled.

'WHAT! WHAT IS WRONG WITH WHAT I SAID?' Came an annoyed, manly voice from the hallway.

'YOU NEED TO START CARING ABOUT YOUR SON!' Came Tammy's retort.

'HE NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS! IF HE WANTS TO SUCCEED IN AURORSHIP, HE CAN'T BE FARTING AROUND ALL THE TIME!' John shouted just as loudly.

James bit his lip and his face paled.

'YOU SHOULD BE MORE SENSITIVE. ALWAYS WORKING! ALWAYS, ALWAYS WORKING!'

'ME? I'M BRINGING HOME MONEY, THAT WE NEED TO LIVE!'

'OH, QUIT ACTING LIKE WE NEED THE MONEY! STOP ACTING SO CHILDISH YOURSELF, AND MAYBE YOU'D NOTICE THAT YOUR SON HAS MADE SOMETHING OF HIMSELF!' Came another shout.

'WHY DO I NEED TO BE SENSITIVE? HUH? YOU CAN'T BABY HIM!'

'BECAUSE... BECAUSE...' Tammy's voice shook.

'WHAT? BECAUSE WHAT?'

'BECAUSE I'LL BE GONE SOON, AND JAMES WILL NEED SOMEONE TO LOVE HIM!' Tammy said through sobbing tears. She was so angry with John that she couldn't help but yell at him. He was never there to care for James. And now that death was creeping closer and closer, she could tell that James and John's relationship was crumbling around her, and she needed to do something about it.

Sirius looked guilty, knowing he took the place of 'son'. Lily, Harry, and Michelle looked confused. Remus, all-knowing. And James scared.

There was muffled talking and crying that they heard next. John came back into the room, not meeting anyone's eyes and began eating again in silence. Tammy must have went to bed.

Eventually, James and the rest of the guys got up and walked out of the room.

'Goodnight Lily. Merry Christmas Eve.' James said, as he gave her a kiss and said goodnight to the rest of the guys.

'Goodnight James.' Lily whispered, but more to herself. She couldn't believe what she heard today. She would've never guessed that Tammy was ill, or deathly sick. She also would've never believed James' father to be so harsh.

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That's it. It was kindof short, but no worries.

You guys caught a glimpse of a little bit of an arguement that Tammy and John had. As you can see, their relationship never was very strong...

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