Disclaimer.Yawn.see the place when I said I owned Harry Potter.nope,
neither do I.
Chapter 5
James sighed and leant his head on the old wooden table, there was no lesson more boring than History of Magic- Professor Binns never stopped talking. Yawning he glanced across the room to where Lily sat, the red head seemed to be trying her hardest to take notes.without falling asleep.
Grinning he sat up a little more as Binns floated past, he jumped as Sirius kicked him in the shin. Looking at his friend with aggravation, he noticed a small slip of parchment that was by his elbow.
Picking up the parchment he discretely opened and read the note, his eyes widening in the process.
~Prongs, what do you say we try out that charm we learnt in the Library last week?~
James grinned, he knew exactly what charm he meant, one that could be used on an object, then if it came into contact with hair it would change it a bright colour.
Quickly he scribbled back his answer, ~Sure Padfoot, who do you have in mind?~
Sirius read the note, but didn't bother reply, he merely sent a glance at Lily and smiled at James, who had realised who the recipient of this prank would be.
Glancing back at Lily, who was in serious danger of falling asleep, he thought about it. He didn't want her to be angry with him but after all it was Padfoot's idea and he could charm his way out of absolutely everything. And besides, the spell could easily be reversed.
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James, Remus, Sirius and Peter, commonly known as the Marauders, sat silently waiting for their latest victim to seek them out.
As Lily was the only girl in Gryffindor fifth year, it had been easy to sneak into her dormitory. Whilst Remus distracted her, Sirius and James had sneaked into her bathroom under his invisibility cloak and charmed her shampoo. Knowing that after their last lesson (care of magical creatures) she would have a shower.
Sirius yawned dramatically, stretching out on his bed, "How long till she."
The door slamming open disrupted the question, the four boys looked up to see an irate Lily in the doorway. An irate Lily with luminous purple hair.
"Which one of you did this?" She yelled, her only response was all four boys bursting out in fits of laughter.
Finally gaining some control over his hysteria Sirius choked out; "Come on Lils, it suits you!" Refusing to be swayed Lily replied icily; "It better not be permanent!"
"Of course not! We wouldn't do that to you," Remus said calmly, quickly followed by James saying; "That's the type of thing we do to Snape." Sirius nodded solemnly before adding; "Of course considering his hair it would probably be an improvement." This set the Marauders back into hysterics and the image of Snape with luminous orange hair even made Lily smile.
Calming down slightly, Lily tried a different method of getting her original hair colour back; "Okay, well can one of you remove this, please? I'd hate to have to turn up to my meeting with McGonagall with purple hair, cos' then I'd have to explain why."
Sirius and James jumped of their bed's immediately, "We'll fix it, don't worry, it's just a simple reversal spell!" Reaching for his wand James pointed it directly at Lily's hair.
"Don't worry I've done this hundreds of times," he said reassuringly before reversing the charm.
"Finite Incantatem!"
Lily reached up for a strand of hair, still damp from the shower, checking it was back to its original colour she smiled. Her smile faded as she looked at the four boys, who were now starring at her as if she had grown a second head.
"What? I give up, what have you done now?" she asked, dreading the answer, knowing her luck James had botched the spell and she now had horns.
Finally James answered, "Um, I.the spell, it.your eyes."
Despite the incoherent rambling, as soon as the word eyes was mentioned she turned and bolted from the room. He must have removed the charm, which kept her eyes brown. Reaching her dormitory at record speed, Lily starred in the mirror. And saw two piercing blue/green eyes starring back.
Images of the Chamber of secrets flooded her mind. Now the boys had seen them! She hadn't let anyone see her eyes like this, not even Dumbledore, there's no way they would drop it either. Sighing in defeat she flung herself down on her bed.
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Sirius flopped down on his bed, "I don't understand why anyone would charm their eyes brown, especially if they had eyes that colour originally." He sighed, Lily's recent behaviour had completely confused him, and the rest of the boys.
James shrugged in confused agreement. "I don't know but she did seem pretty upset about it."
Nodding Remus suggested; "Perhaps you should go talk to her Prongs." He didn't want Lily to be upset, over the last few months she had repeatedly covered for his absences around the full moon. Despite what it was doing to her reputation.
James looked up startled, "Me! Why me?"
"You did remove her charm," Peter said unhelpfully but was ignored completely. Remus continued, "I think she'd listen to you more."
James started at that, did Lily pay more attention to him than the others? "You think?" At their answering nods he muttered a quiet "Okay." Then turned on his heel and made his way to the girls dormitory.
He must have stood at the girls' dormitory door for a good five minutes working out what he should say to her, he couldn't begin to understand why he felt so nervous. Gathering his courage he knocked on the door and called softly, "Lily? Can I come in?"
He was about to knock again when he heard a very muffled "Go away." From inside the room.
Taking his chances he pushed the door open a crack. "Lily? I'm sorry about removing your charm," He stepped inside the dormitory, as soon as he saw he sprawled out on her bed, holding her face to a pillow he felt his heart break. "I didn't mean to upset you." He offered softly.
Sitting up slowly, Lily looked at James, he seemed concerned and upset that he had upset her, nodding she answered. "I know, I'm sorry. I'm just making a big fuss over nothing."
Cautiously he sat beside her on the bed. "It can't be nothing if it upsets you this much." When she looked away from him, his suspicions that something was going on were confirmed. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Lily sighed, "Not really, but I guess I should." She took a deep breath, where should she begin? She'd never spoken to the Chamber to anyone, she'd admitted to her parents about the diary but she'd ended up feeling a fool. Glancing up at James' handsome features, she saw him waiting patiently. Throwing caution to the wind, she attempted to explain. "At my old school, I.the thing is."
Seeing her obvious discomfort and struggle to explain, James tentatively reached out a hand and rested it on her shoulder for support. "It's okay."
"No it's not! In my first year I made a really stupid mistake and almost killed someone that I really care about!" Lily looked away ashamed, whilst James was taken aback by her admission. Lily would never hurt any one, not intentionally. "But if it was a mistake, then surely you-"
Lily cut him off before he could continue, "My dad always told me to 'never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brains.' I was stupid enough to get possessed by an enchanted diary."
Angrily she swiped away the tears that were forming and but back a sob, she was determined to tell him the truth. "The things I did were.it was so horrible that they were going to have to shut the school down, I." She broke off now, sobbing openly.
Unsure of what else to do, James hugged Lily, gently stroking her flame- coloured hair. "You were just a kid, you couldn't have known the diary was enchanted. It wasn't your fault and I'm sure everyone knew that."
Lily, didn't answer, she continued to cry into his robes, he hated to think how long she had been keeping this bottled up. Holding her tightly he soothed her until the tears had subsided. He heard her whisper a quiet, "Thank you." Which was muffled by his robes.
"I still don't understand what that has to do with the colour of your eyes though." He prompted gently.
Sighing Lily shifted so she was more comfortable, he had pulled her up onto his lap and had his arms around her. Her head was buried in his robes, leaning against his chest, her hands had been gripping the robes while she cried but now she moved them to return his embrace. She couldn't help but smile as he stiffened in surprise at her actions, up until then she'd tried not to show much interest in him.
"My eyes were originally brown, after being possessed he, it turned them this colour to remind me of what I did." She felt James' arms tighten around her slightly. "I can see why it upset you so much when we changed them back."
Reluctantly he pulled away from her slightly, releasing her from his arms, he used one hand to cup her check, lifting her face so he could see hers he said softly; "Lily, there's no shame in making mistakes, as long as you learn from them. What happened wasn't your fault, if you made any mistake it was that you were too trusting."
Lily listened to his words; this was the first time that she hadn't felt guilt over what Riddle had made her do. "It's alright if you charm your eyes brown, we won't say anything to anyone. I'll tell the others not to ask about why, and-"
Lily shook her head, smiling slightly she calmly said; "No it's okay. I don't think I need to hide them any more."
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Sniff sniff, my* little Lily/(Ginny)'s all grown up! Now that I've written this chapter I think I can start the L/J romance. I didn't want to start it to soon because I don't think anyone would want to honestly jump straight into a relationship if they knew that it would eventually lead to their death.
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Please note that I am about to start taking exams!!! I have an 8 hour art exam in a couple of days so stress is v high and updating is prob gonna be slowish, but after the exams are over I'm going to have a lot of time to write and update!!!
(* did I say 'my'? I meant J.K Rowling's, because I don't own anything of course.#sighs in relief as the lawyers stop their stamped#)
Chapter 5
James sighed and leant his head on the old wooden table, there was no lesson more boring than History of Magic- Professor Binns never stopped talking. Yawning he glanced across the room to where Lily sat, the red head seemed to be trying her hardest to take notes.without falling asleep.
Grinning he sat up a little more as Binns floated past, he jumped as Sirius kicked him in the shin. Looking at his friend with aggravation, he noticed a small slip of parchment that was by his elbow.
Picking up the parchment he discretely opened and read the note, his eyes widening in the process.
~Prongs, what do you say we try out that charm we learnt in the Library last week?~
James grinned, he knew exactly what charm he meant, one that could be used on an object, then if it came into contact with hair it would change it a bright colour.
Quickly he scribbled back his answer, ~Sure Padfoot, who do you have in mind?~
Sirius read the note, but didn't bother reply, he merely sent a glance at Lily and smiled at James, who had realised who the recipient of this prank would be.
Glancing back at Lily, who was in serious danger of falling asleep, he thought about it. He didn't want her to be angry with him but after all it was Padfoot's idea and he could charm his way out of absolutely everything. And besides, the spell could easily be reversed.
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James, Remus, Sirius and Peter, commonly known as the Marauders, sat silently waiting for their latest victim to seek them out.
As Lily was the only girl in Gryffindor fifth year, it had been easy to sneak into her dormitory. Whilst Remus distracted her, Sirius and James had sneaked into her bathroom under his invisibility cloak and charmed her shampoo. Knowing that after their last lesson (care of magical creatures) she would have a shower.
Sirius yawned dramatically, stretching out on his bed, "How long till she."
The door slamming open disrupted the question, the four boys looked up to see an irate Lily in the doorway. An irate Lily with luminous purple hair.
"Which one of you did this?" She yelled, her only response was all four boys bursting out in fits of laughter.
Finally gaining some control over his hysteria Sirius choked out; "Come on Lils, it suits you!" Refusing to be swayed Lily replied icily; "It better not be permanent!"
"Of course not! We wouldn't do that to you," Remus said calmly, quickly followed by James saying; "That's the type of thing we do to Snape." Sirius nodded solemnly before adding; "Of course considering his hair it would probably be an improvement." This set the Marauders back into hysterics and the image of Snape with luminous orange hair even made Lily smile.
Calming down slightly, Lily tried a different method of getting her original hair colour back; "Okay, well can one of you remove this, please? I'd hate to have to turn up to my meeting with McGonagall with purple hair, cos' then I'd have to explain why."
Sirius and James jumped of their bed's immediately, "We'll fix it, don't worry, it's just a simple reversal spell!" Reaching for his wand James pointed it directly at Lily's hair.
"Don't worry I've done this hundreds of times," he said reassuringly before reversing the charm.
"Finite Incantatem!"
Lily reached up for a strand of hair, still damp from the shower, checking it was back to its original colour she smiled. Her smile faded as she looked at the four boys, who were now starring at her as if she had grown a second head.
"What? I give up, what have you done now?" she asked, dreading the answer, knowing her luck James had botched the spell and she now had horns.
Finally James answered, "Um, I.the spell, it.your eyes."
Despite the incoherent rambling, as soon as the word eyes was mentioned she turned and bolted from the room. He must have removed the charm, which kept her eyes brown. Reaching her dormitory at record speed, Lily starred in the mirror. And saw two piercing blue/green eyes starring back.
Images of the Chamber of secrets flooded her mind. Now the boys had seen them! She hadn't let anyone see her eyes like this, not even Dumbledore, there's no way they would drop it either. Sighing in defeat she flung herself down on her bed.
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Sirius flopped down on his bed, "I don't understand why anyone would charm their eyes brown, especially if they had eyes that colour originally." He sighed, Lily's recent behaviour had completely confused him, and the rest of the boys.
James shrugged in confused agreement. "I don't know but she did seem pretty upset about it."
Nodding Remus suggested; "Perhaps you should go talk to her Prongs." He didn't want Lily to be upset, over the last few months she had repeatedly covered for his absences around the full moon. Despite what it was doing to her reputation.
James looked up startled, "Me! Why me?"
"You did remove her charm," Peter said unhelpfully but was ignored completely. Remus continued, "I think she'd listen to you more."
James started at that, did Lily pay more attention to him than the others? "You think?" At their answering nods he muttered a quiet "Okay." Then turned on his heel and made his way to the girls dormitory.
He must have stood at the girls' dormitory door for a good five minutes working out what he should say to her, he couldn't begin to understand why he felt so nervous. Gathering his courage he knocked on the door and called softly, "Lily? Can I come in?"
He was about to knock again when he heard a very muffled "Go away." From inside the room.
Taking his chances he pushed the door open a crack. "Lily? I'm sorry about removing your charm," He stepped inside the dormitory, as soon as he saw he sprawled out on her bed, holding her face to a pillow he felt his heart break. "I didn't mean to upset you." He offered softly.
Sitting up slowly, Lily looked at James, he seemed concerned and upset that he had upset her, nodding she answered. "I know, I'm sorry. I'm just making a big fuss over nothing."
Cautiously he sat beside her on the bed. "It can't be nothing if it upsets you this much." When she looked away from him, his suspicions that something was going on were confirmed. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Lily sighed, "Not really, but I guess I should." She took a deep breath, where should she begin? She'd never spoken to the Chamber to anyone, she'd admitted to her parents about the diary but she'd ended up feeling a fool. Glancing up at James' handsome features, she saw him waiting patiently. Throwing caution to the wind, she attempted to explain. "At my old school, I.the thing is."
Seeing her obvious discomfort and struggle to explain, James tentatively reached out a hand and rested it on her shoulder for support. "It's okay."
"No it's not! In my first year I made a really stupid mistake and almost killed someone that I really care about!" Lily looked away ashamed, whilst James was taken aback by her admission. Lily would never hurt any one, not intentionally. "But if it was a mistake, then surely you-"
Lily cut him off before he could continue, "My dad always told me to 'never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brains.' I was stupid enough to get possessed by an enchanted diary."
Angrily she swiped away the tears that were forming and but back a sob, she was determined to tell him the truth. "The things I did were.it was so horrible that they were going to have to shut the school down, I." She broke off now, sobbing openly.
Unsure of what else to do, James hugged Lily, gently stroking her flame- coloured hair. "You were just a kid, you couldn't have known the diary was enchanted. It wasn't your fault and I'm sure everyone knew that."
Lily, didn't answer, she continued to cry into his robes, he hated to think how long she had been keeping this bottled up. Holding her tightly he soothed her until the tears had subsided. He heard her whisper a quiet, "Thank you." Which was muffled by his robes.
"I still don't understand what that has to do with the colour of your eyes though." He prompted gently.
Sighing Lily shifted so she was more comfortable, he had pulled her up onto his lap and had his arms around her. Her head was buried in his robes, leaning against his chest, her hands had been gripping the robes while she cried but now she moved them to return his embrace. She couldn't help but smile as he stiffened in surprise at her actions, up until then she'd tried not to show much interest in him.
"My eyes were originally brown, after being possessed he, it turned them this colour to remind me of what I did." She felt James' arms tighten around her slightly. "I can see why it upset you so much when we changed them back."
Reluctantly he pulled away from her slightly, releasing her from his arms, he used one hand to cup her check, lifting her face so he could see hers he said softly; "Lily, there's no shame in making mistakes, as long as you learn from them. What happened wasn't your fault, if you made any mistake it was that you were too trusting."
Lily listened to his words; this was the first time that she hadn't felt guilt over what Riddle had made her do. "It's alright if you charm your eyes brown, we won't say anything to anyone. I'll tell the others not to ask about why, and-"
Lily shook her head, smiling slightly she calmly said; "No it's okay. I don't think I need to hide them any more."
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Sniff sniff, my* little Lily/(Ginny)'s all grown up! Now that I've written this chapter I think I can start the L/J romance. I didn't want to start it to soon because I don't think anyone would want to honestly jump straight into a relationship if they knew that it would eventually lead to their death.
REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! Go on! Thank you to all of my reviews so far.you make me sooooo happy!
Please note that I am about to start taking exams!!! I have an 8 hour art exam in a couple of days so stress is v high and updating is prob gonna be slowish, but after the exams are over I'm going to have a lot of time to write and update!!!
(* did I say 'my'? I meant J.K Rowling's, because I don't own anything of course.#sighs in relief as the lawyers stop their stamped#)
