A/N: Thank you so much to all the people who have reviewed. The beginning of this chapter is pretty slow. Nothing much happens, but by the end, stuff happens and it is important.

This chapter is written by: beachbabe12

Chapter Eleven

Lily sat with Kat and Emma with Ellie, Madame Pomfrey had told them that no other visitors were allowed and therefore, Sam, Remus, James and Sirius couldn't get in.

Lily and Emma had been there for thirty hours straight and neither of them had eaten or slept.

Gentle stirring of either Ellie or Kat would frighten them and raise their hopes for a few seconds, but when nothing happened for a while later, their hopes would sink lower than the last time.

It was Lily that broke the thirty first hour of silence. "I'm going to go talk to the guys," she said, Emma was startled by the sudden noise, even though she spoke in a whisper.

She nodded, not breaking her silence.

"Lily! Where are they? Are they ok? How is Emma? Is she holding up? She alright isn't she?" Sirius bombarded Lily with questions and Lily didn't answer. She sat down and said quietly, "Listen up, my news is simple. Kat and Ellie still haven't woken up, Emma is handling this extremely bad and is not speaking, sleeping or eating," Lily held up her hand as Sirius tried to interrupt her. "Don't worry about her at the moment, she'll pull through. Now James, I wanted to tell you that, I'm sorry for making you feel like it was your fault, I figured they wouldn't have played if they didn't want to," James nodded, as though he was forgiving her.

"Well I'm going to go check on them again; I haven't used my voice for so long!"

"Tell Emma to eat something," shouted Sirius as she walked out the door.

"I will," she shouted back.

"Sirius says you should eat something," Lily told Emma as she walked in.

Emma nodded but said nothing.

Lily went up to Madame Pomfrey and whispered to her, she looked over at Kat, then Ellie and then, finally to Lily again. She nodded and Lily ran out of the room calling to Emma saying she would be back into two seconds.

Emma started to weep, she was scared neither Kat nor Ellie had come back to consciousness and it was starting to worry her, just as she started to cry a little louder someone came up behind her and hugged her. Her reflexes over took her and she turned around and slapped who ever it was.

"Hi to you too," said Sirius, rubbing his cheek.

"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry Sirius, I thought it was someone really creepy who wanted a hug," she apologized.

"But that description sounds like me," he exclaimed.

She laughed and suddenly realised something, she hugged Sirius, who was quite taken aback.

"What?" he asked.

"You made me talk," she said quietly.

"I did too," he said, slightly amazed at his actions.

Ellie started to stir and Emma clasped onto Sirius arm. He let out a gasp of pain, but said nothing. Ellie was now awake.

Madame Pomfrey rushed to her bedside and gave them the good news that she was fully awake and rested and she could come out of the Hospital Wing in around two days.

As for Kat, she said it would be a matter of hours before she woke up.

"Your awake," said Lily happily, holding James' hand in a more comfortable way than Emma was.

"I am," said Ellie in a voice that made her sound like she hadn't been sick at all.

"You sound so rested and peaceful," said Emma.

"It's amazing what how many hours sleep I had can do to you," she said.

It was now Emma's turn to eat and sleep, Lily stayed with Ellie and Kat while she did this and when Emma came back Kat was wide awake.

"KAT!" she screamed. Kat put her hands over her ears and screwed up her eyes.

"Oh sorry," she said. "Why didn't you tell me she was awake?"

Lily smiled, "didn't want you to stop sleeping or eating," she said happily, "and neither did Kat."

Emma grinned, and all four girls started to talk again, just like they had when everything was normal.

Remus skipped to class along side the other three Marauders. Life was good again, and they were all thinking about how great it was when a boy ran past, shouting about "a real live Veela at Hogwarts!" and how it was in the Hospital Wing.

"It is in the Hospital Wing," Sirius said, grabbing the boy by his robes.

The boy was startled, "yeah, a Veela, it's in the Hospital Wing," he panted.

"Where did you find this out from?" James demanded.

He shrugged, "don't know his name, just that he told me I didn't hear it from him."

Remus was looking around, incase a teacher came.

"Who is it?" asked Remus.

Again, the boy shrugged.

"You're pathetic," Sirius told the boy and dropped him on the ground. He scrambled up and kept running towards The Hospital Wing. Sirius chased after him, James and Remus looked at each other and then, ran.

When they got there, a whole crowd of boys were in there. Madame Pomfrey was trying to control the situation by keeping them all out when Sirius pushed his way through the crowd.

"You can go in," she said to him.

The crowd of boys shouted and screamed at him. "He gets all the girls!" some of them said, others said, "like we were going to get her anyway."

Sirius shouted back at them, "she already was my girl."

"Your girl?" a voice came from behind, it was Emma.

"Sorry but these thick heads think that they can just –"

She cut him off by kissing him and she put her hand on his lips, "I'm used to it," she said.

"But –"

"Leave it," she said sternly.

"Yay!" shouted Kat in the girl's dorm three days later.

"Whoo!" Ellie screamed back.

"We're out, we're out, we're out!"

"And loving it, I love freedom," shouted Ellie.

"Would you two shut up, Emma and I are double dating down stairs," shouted Lily from the door.

"Is there much talking going on?" Kat asked.

"No," said Lily honestly.

"I'm going to see Sam," Kat decided.

"You saw him just an hour ago, and the reason we came back was because you had spent all day with him," Ellie told her.

"Your point?" Kat laughed.

"You're going to leave me all alone!" Ellie explained.

They both fell off their beds laughing.

"I want to know who spilled the secret," said James.

Lily nodded and Sirius and Emma didn't say anything. They didn't really care who did, but if Sirius ever found out he swore he would pound them into the ground until they became part of it. Emma had just laughed, but Sirius was extremely serious.

"Doesn't really matter, what's done is done."

Peter was once again lying on his bed while four couples were out having a good time. He had once again tried to sabotage Jesse's and Tyler's relationship but now she was on high demand, so many guys wanted her, and she was going to go with some Gryffindor?

It had been a close call with the boy and him shouting about Emma being a Veela. He had been the one to tell him, it was his doing, people now know that she's a Veela. Girls will hate her for stealing their boyfriends and Sirius will get fed up with all the attention she gets from other guys. She'll be overwhelmed with all the attention from so many guys that she'll eventually give into the temptation and cheat on Sirius. He'll catch her in the act thanks to the great Peter Pettigrew and they'll be so distraught that the Marauders and Lily's gang won't talk to her. She'll turn to the bad side and You-Know-Who will be even greater.

That was the plan in Peter's mind. But whether that happened depended on Sirius and Emma.

James was happy, over the moon, elated, delighted and happy all at the same time. Lily and he were getting along great. It was only a matter of time before he asked her round for the Christmas holidays with the rest of the gang. He couldn't leave Sirius alone at his family's house, although Emma might ask him back to America. Remus might take Ellie to his house instead of making her go back to the orphanage in Australia. Then that would leave just him and Lily, if Kat went to Sam's or her own house.

It was scary to think that by the end of this year they wouldn't be coming back. It was sad, and the only way to cheer him up was to either see Lily or pull a prank. This time he wanted to pull a prank. He went and found the rest of the Marauders.

Ellie was in detention, which was annoying as she wanted to spend time with Remus. She was sorting out the detention cards. Seeing Sirius' name along with James wasn't how she had originally how she planned to spend the night but she had to pay for the mistake she made of being caught in the act.

"Nothing that involves girlfriends," James and Sirius had both decided after what happened last time.

"Agreed."

Lily was happy; she danced around the room in her pajamas with her new dress that she was going to wear over the top. She had just received it in the mail after coming back from class. She was going to wear it on her next date with James.

"You look nice," Ellie said, coming back from her detention.

Emma came out of the bathroom, a green face mask had covered her face and she had a towel on her head.

Ellie fell over laughing.

"It's not funny," she said, annoyed with Ellie. "I have to work for my looks, you can just change your whenever you want."

"Oh yeah," said Ellie, who was still laughing, "a Veela having to work for her looks. That would be the day."

Emma folded her arms across her chest. "That's enough; I do not like to be constantly reminded that I am a Veela, thank you very much."

"Why?"

"Because I don't like the fact that I have an evil side that is more evil than a normal human," she said.

Ellie said nothing, but her hair changed colour, to a shade of purple. Emma didn't like the purple hair colour right now, as she was wearing a face mask and was not ready to organise a prank. Purple hair was Ellie's prank colour.

"Not now," she told her sternly.

"Fine, I'll go get Kat," she said.

"She's with Sam."

"Why is everyone so caught up with their boyfriends?"

"Because we love them," said Emma.

"Pardon." Ellie said, Lily looked a bit shocked too.

"Love?"

Emma laughed uneasily, "did I say love, I meant like."

"Has Sirius told you that he loves you?" asked Lily.

"Maybe," she said.

"Yes or no."

"Yes."

James was ready to go, the prank was set up and the Marauders were stationed in their positions. The thing that mucked it up wasn't good.

"Ceres!" exclaimed James. Ceres, James' owl had a letter for him. On closer inspection there were two.

James,

It is definitely not a pleasure to be the bearer of bad news but Dumbledore was the person who wanted me to tell you. As your Aunty and as the sister of your mother, and you are apparently very close to my daughter, Emma.

I'm so sorry to tell you, but, you must forgive me.

Your mother and father have been murdered. I am so sorry, they were close to Dumbledore and You-Know-Who didn't like that.

If it isn't too much to ask, and I understand if it is, but could you tell Emma her Uncle and Aunt are dead. It pains me too much to write another letter like that and come to realization that my sister is dead and I will never see her again.

Once again I am sorry.

Lauren Rodgers.

James didn't cry, he didn't punch the wall or break down. He held his head high and when the time came he would pay back who ever did this. In the meantime it was time to read the other letter, and then he would tell everyone.

Mr. Potter,

I am glad you read the other letter first; otherwise this wouldn't have made much sense to you.

I was the person who killed your mother and father. It gave me pleasure to kill them and please the Dark Lord. What does it feel like, to be scared about what is going to happen to you?

I joined out of fear, not pride. But do not tell the Dark Lord this. He wouldn't be pleased with me.

James scrunched up the letter and got out his wand. He said a quick spell that he learnt last year, when his parents were still alive, and the letter burst into flames.

After about five seconds the letter was no more.

Who ever sent him the letter was going to pay, the ultimate price. When he found out who it was though.

"You have something to tell us, James?" Lily said as she and the rest of the group sat down comfortably in the chairs of the Common Room.

"Yes," he said. Still coping, trying hard to hold his head high and not storm into Dumbledore's office and yell at him, scream at him about how it was his fault his parents were dead.

"And it was so important that we called of our prank," Sirius said.

"Yes," James said.

"And it has something to do with me," said Emma.

"Yes."

"What is it?" Ellie asked. The colour of her hair and eyes told her that she was worried.

"My parents have been murdered by one of Voldemorts followers, on his orders," James said quietly.

They sat in silence; Lily got up and hugged him. After a while Emma could hold it in no longer and she ran to the other side of the room and started to cry. Kat went over to comfort her, while the others stayed by James' side.

They stayed there all night; Lily held James' hand, while Sirius talked to both James and Emma, trying to comfort them.

"James, can I talk to you – alone?" asked Ellie.

He nodded and walked over to another bunch of chairs in the Common Room.

"I have felt the same loss as you," she said. "I lost my parents too."

Inside James' head, he was thinking about how he had completely forgotten Ellie had no parents too. He wondered how she coped. It was really hard not to go and punch Dumbledore in the face. But it wasn't his fault, he was just doing the right thing and his parents had followed him.

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