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"Remus…" Harry began, scrambling to his feet.
Remus said nothing as he continued to stare at the screen blankly, his eyes holding emotion Harry had never seen.
"Remus," Harry said gently, but louder this time.
He finally wrenched his gaze away from the screen to look at Harry, "Where did you get these?" He asked in a strangled whisper.
Harry pointed mutely to the Marauders box, watching Remus closely.
They stood in silence for a while, before Remus spoke quietly, "So much has changed."
Harry nodded, feeling his own tears sting at the back of his eyes, "Were we not supposed to watch these?" He mumbled, looking at Hermione out of the corner of his eye.
"No," Remus sighed, "You can, in fact, Sirius wanted to give you these, but he never got the er – chance…"
His voice cracked and died, and he looked at Harry in sympathy, "Is it hard for you to watch these?" He asked him sympathetically.
Harry began to shake his head, but stopped when Remus gave him a knowing look, "A bit," He admitted, "I know they're supposed to be funny, and they are, it's just…"
"It saddens you to know that you'll never hear them laugh again," Remus said as more of a statement than an actual question.
Harry nodded, "Or even see them again."
Remus took a deep breath and looked at Harry, "I'm sorry, Harry. This shouldn't have happened to you. I knew your parents, you're so much like them, and they would have been proud. Never…" He paused as if to regain himself, even though the tears had stopped, "Never underestimate how much they loved you."
Harry could feel his friend's eyes boring into him, so he pretended to become engrossed in his sneakers. Even as he stood there, staring down at the floor, Harry couldn't possibly tell Remus how much those few words meant to him.
"Should we put them away?" Hermione asked after a prolonged silence.
Harry tipped his head up, his penetrating green eyes sparkling, "I want to continue watching them…I need to, but it's up to Remus."
Remus just stood still, until his gaze drifted back to the open Marauder box, "We should continue watching these," He said quietly, "Besides…they're incredibly amusing."
Harry nodded his agreement and watched as Remus pulled up a box beside his. Hermione, although looking hesitant, enlarged the third movie and plastered it to the wall. After she said the incantation to make in play, she sat back down.
At once it seemed to come alive, and Harry could feel Remus stiffen beside him. Almost at once he knew he wasn't the only one having a hard time with this, and as awful as it sounded, he was glad he wasn't the only one.
He was glad someone else knew his pain, and understood.
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"Here is tape three of Marauder Days." Peter announced to the camera that was floating about the four boys who were lounging about on their beds in the dorm.
Sirius' face popped up, taking up the whole screen, "It's really called Pursuing Lily Evans," Sirius said in a hushed whisper, "We pretended to change the name so James wouldn't have our heads."
"I heard that," James growled.
Remus chuckled, "Okay, so we're still in our fifth year, and it's Saturday at about five o'clock."
"I'm bored," Sirius whined, eyeing James cautiously, "Let's go."
"We can't bring the camera, remember?" Remus asked, "Professor McGonagall saw our camera once after the war cries and she said next time she sees it she's going to confiscate it."
"I have an idea," James declared, striding over to his trunk. He flung it open and pulled out his invisibility cloak.
"Brilliant," Sirius said, watching as James swung it over the camera, "Do you realize how much we can get away with now?" He asked as the camera disappeared entirely, "We could catch the biggest trouble makers in action!"
"We are the biggest trouble makers," James pointed out.
"That's not the point," Sirius snapped, "Anyways, with this camera we can…" He trailed off and looked around the room, "Where is the camera?"
"I left it right here…" James pondered, making random snatches in thin air.
"The camera pans around the room to get different angles and views, remember?" Peter asked.
Sirius instinctively brought his hands up to cover his rear as he spun around to eye the air behind him with disgust.
Remus rolled his eyes and flopped down on his bed, "This should be interesting…" He mumbled as he propped his chin up on his hands.
For a few minutes the three boys wandered around the room cautiously, their arms held out in front of them, feeling around for the camera.
Suddenly, Peter's face began approaching closer and closer, his head swinging from side to side, his hands too low to touch the camera. His face appeared right in front of the camera before he paused. You could only see his nose and part of his mouth before he resumed his walking and his face came in contact with the lens. He let out a loud yelp and jumped back as if he were stung, clutching his swollen nose.
"What happened?" James asked, "Did you find it?"
Peter nodded as his nose began to bleed.
Sirius and James advanced towards where Peter had hit his nose, but the camera had already moved to the other side of the room to get a better angle.
Remus heaved a deep sigh as he whipped his wand out of his pocket, "Accio invisibility cloak."
The cloak slid of the camera and into his arms. The three boys who were pursuing the camera grinned sheepishly. They all turned their attention to Peter who was trying to stem the flow of his bleeding nose.
"Peter, are you okay?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Peter?" Sirius repeated, "What about the camera? It could have been broken." Remus' eyes widened disapprovingly, "I'm kidding, Moony." He said quickly.
Together they cured Peter's nose and as soon as he changed into clean robes, they swung the cloak back over the camera. As soon as they descended the last of the stairs, the four boys eyed a large group of girls curiously.
"What are they whispering about?" James asked, nodding towards Lily and a bunch of girls.
"I don't know…" Sirius began uncertainly, "But it's not you, James." He added to his friend who was looking hopeful.
"There's one way to find out." James said as he wiggled his eyebrows, "Moony, you said the camera won't follow me when I tell it not to, right?"
Remus nodded, suddenly regretting his decision to clue his friends in on the secrets of the camera.
"But what if I tell it to?" James asked, his eyes gleaming mischievously.
"Then it will," Remus groaned, watching as his three roommates winked at each other.
"Well, come on then, camera." James whispered. The camera moved in closer, but James still looked curious, seeing as he couldn't see it.
He inched as close as he dared to the girls, and when he got too close the girls stopped whispering immediately and glared at him. He stepped back slowly as they resumed their conversation.
"It obeys me, right?" James mouthed to Remus.
Remus nodded, suddenly looking nauseated.
"Go towards those girls," James demanded, looking in the complete opposite direction from where the camera really was.
The camera zoomed in even more, but it didn't matter, for James could now hear what they were saying.
"Slumber party tonight-"
"-It's going to be great!"
"Who is throwing it?"
"Melanie Syton, in her dorm."
James grinned as he whispered to the camera to follow him back to his friends. "They're having a party tonight." James said excitedly once he was near enough.
"Really?" Sirius asked, "Am I invited?"
"No, it's a slumber party." James said.
"Okay…" Sirius said slowly, "But am I invited?"
"No, you prat…it's all girls…" James said, wiggling his eyebrows, "And all girls at slumber parties means talks about boys and girls giving manicures…"
Sirius' eyes grew wide, "Are you suggesting we go?" He asked.
James nodded, "I'm saying we should. Imagine, girls half dressed, talking about our handsome features…" He broke off and watched as Sirius' jaw dropped open.
"Where is it?" He whispered.
"Melanie Syton's…" James said, getting more excited by the second, "She rooms with Lily! Meaning Lily will definitly be there…"
"Mate, you are a genius," Sirius said, giving James a high five.
"Can I come too?" Peter asked hopefully.
"Of course, Peter. You wouldn't want to miss out on an opportunity like this…" James said, looking back over at the girls with raised eyebrows.
"You three are the most perverted boys I have ever met," Remus said with disgust.
"We are not perverted." James snapped.
"Yeah," Sirius said angrily, "We are merely teenage boys with raging hormones."
It seemed to go silent, and the four boys swung their heads around to see that everyone in the dorm was looking at Sirius with disgust written plainly over their faces.
"Could you say that any louder, Sirius?" Remus asked sarcastically.
Sirius nodded and opened his mouth before James clamped a hand down on it, "Don't say it!" He hissed.
They sat down in the common room and talked until the group of whispering girls moved upstairs towards Melanie's dorm. James looked around to see that there was only guys left in the common room, all of them looking at the girl's dorm longingly.
"Okay," James said, pushing up his sleeves, "I say we go."
Sirius nodded, "We should wait a little while, though."
They nodded, and a while later, when it was still dark out, they gathered around the bottom of the stairs.
"They turn into a slide if you try to go up them," James said.
"How would you know?" Remus inquired.
"Remember that time he tried to follow Lily up?" Sirius said, and when comprehension dawned on Remus' face, James flushed.
"Where are all the other girls not invited?" Peter asked.
"Having a party of their own," Said a tall boy, having heard Peter's last comment.
"Are you going to try to get in there?" Asked a boy with bright blonde hair, eyeing the four boys eagerly.
James, Sirius, and Peter nodded proudly.
"Okay," James said, "Let's go up now, and when it turns to a slide, we'll try to climb back up."
They nodded and took a deep breath.
"Three…" Sirius began.
"Two…"
"One…"
The three boys shot off up the stairs, James in the lead, followed by Sirius and then Peter. Immediately the stairs began to transform into a slide, and James let out a little yelp as he began sliding down.
"Oi, James!" Sirius scowled as James kicked him in the cheek.
"Sirius, your foot his on my head," Peter cried.
"Just hang on!" James yelled. He positioned a foot on either side of the slide, and attempted to heave himself back up.
"You…must….go on…without me…" Peter said, gasping from the strain of trying to stay on.
"Don't say things like that, Peter," Sirius said quickly, "Don't let go…just hang on…"
Peter shook his head and let go, sending himself tumbling back down the slide.
"PETER!" Sirius cried in despair, looking back down at his friends crumpled form.
"Leave him," James said firmly, "We've got to keep going!"
James started shaking as he straightened up a little, a foot on either side of the slide to balance himself out. He put one foot slowly in front of the other, trying desperately not to slide back down.
"James…" Sirius gasped, "I-I can't hold on much longer…"
"Sirius," James said, turning his head around as much as he dared, "You can beat this! I know you can!"
Sirius shook his head slightly, "You need to keep going…I know you can do this."
"Just a little farther, Sirius…" James pleaded, "A little bit…hold on…"
"I….can't…" Sirius said, and with that he removed his feet from either side of the slide, and was sent flying back down, his body in an odd form as he landed in a heap on the floor.
"Noooo!" James cried, "Don't leave me!"
But Sirius didn't answer, for he was busy apologizing to Peter for landing on him.
James began shaking more furiously, and beads of sweat trickled down his neck. There was a faint cheering in the background as he moved foreword, one foot after another.
He listened more intently to hear the boys at the bottom of the stairs chanting, "James! James! James!"
James' face changed to pure determination, he slid down a little, but caught himself. He continued this step, until his legs felt like noodles, and they refused to be worthwhile.
But the chanting continued, and he turned his neck slightly to see all the boys pumping their fists in the air, Sirius and Peter still in heaps on the floor, their eyes closed.
James took a deep breath and continued climbing. When he finally reached the top of the slide, he felt his face break out into a beaming smile...well, as beaming as it would go, seeing as he was having difficulty doing anything at the present time.
"VICTORY!" He shouted in triumph as brought a shaking hand up into the air, "VICTORY!"
"HOORAH!" The boys at the bottom cheered, looking at him in admiration, "HOORAH!" Even Remus was beginning to look amused despite himself.
Suddenly James heard a creaking, and he swung his head back around to see the door fully opened, and Lily at the top of the stairs in her pajamas, a falsely sweet smile played across her lips.
"Hi, James," She said in a sugar sweet tone.
"Hi…" He mumbled, his face red from the strain of staying on the slide. He opened his mouth to ask her the infamous question, but he didn't get the chance for she bent down so she was eye level to him.
"No," She said in the same, sweet tone, and with that she brought a fist down on one of his sweaty hands. James screamed in pain as he tried desperately to stay on. She brought another fist down on his other hand, and he was sent tumbling down the slide.
She slammed the door just as he reached the bottom of the stairs in a mass of robes.
He landed with a 'thud' on top of Sirius, and both he and Peter let out little squeaks of pain.
"Accio invisibility robe," Remus said, and with that the robe flew to him. He snatched the camera and poised it by his eye, viewing his three roommates, all stacked on top of one another, their eyes closed. "Well," He began as the boys in the common gathered around the three boys sadly, "Hopefully that concludes the third episode of Pursuing Lily Evans..."
A/N: What did you think? I know it's completely random and weird, but i hope you liked it nonetheless. haha... I'll try to update sometime next week. Please read and review! thanks and love you all, Lilly.
