A/N: Okay, here's the fourth chapter. It takes place in sixth year and it's mostly about Lily and James. Also, it's about Harry and Remus' relationship towards the end, for they're starting to come closer as the tapes progress. The begining is short, it's mostly about how other's were watching the tape, and then the tape begins. However, next chapter will have a longer beginning, because it'll be crucial.

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There was silence as Hermione began enlarging the fourth picture.

Harry wetted his lips, waiting for someone to say something, when a loud noise echoed throughout the attic.

Fred and George were standing right behind them all, clutching their stomachs and leaning against each other for support.

"They're my bloody idols," Fred said as tears streamed down his cheeks.

"They're amazing…" George told them, pointing to the screen and Remus.

"We were searching through out the house when we found you," Fred said to the curious looks.

"Mind if we watch?" George asked, his eyes scanning everyone in front of the screen.

Harry grinned as the two pulled up boxes and were seated in front of the screen. His parents would have been happy knowing they brought enjoyment to others.

But no matter how much Harry enjoyed them, they still caused him equal despair.

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"Here is Moony, looking extremely interested in that book of his…" Sirius announced from behind the camera; he was obviously trying hold it again, judging by the shakiness of the screen.

"Sirius," Remus said with a deep sigh, not bothering to look up from his book, "Just let the camera float around, spare us from your camera man skills."

"And here is Peter," Sirius continued, ignoring his friends comment. "Say hi, Peter."

"Hi," Peter said shyly. "I'm Peter."

"Beautifully said, Pete," Sirius said after a silence, "And here is James himself!"

Sirius turned the camera around to show James sprawled across the couch in the common room, dangling off the sides as he stared at the ceiling.

"Yes, this is James after another tiring week of chasing after the infamous Lily Evans." Sirius said, "He looks rather down, doesn't he?"

"Why are you adding a commentary?" Remus asked curiously as he peered over the top of his book.

"Because I'm a commentator, I commentate, commentating is what I do…" Sirius explained, whipping the camera around to face him, resulting in a view of his right ear. "I am camera man Sirius Black, and I'm here to give you Pursuing Lily Evans number four."

He twirled the camera around once more and advanced towards James. Upon seeing a closer view, you could see James' tongue slightly protruding from his mouth. "Such a handsome fellow," Sirius noted fondly.

James snorted as he upturned his head slightly to glare at Sirius.

"He's sort of like a lizard boy." Sirius said as he stepped closer, "Very attractive."

James slipped his tongue back in his mouth and took a deep breath as Sirius stumbled back towards Remus and Peter who were seated at a common room table.

"This is a boring tape," Sirius whined, "Do something entertaining."

"Like what?" Peter inquired.

"I don't know…tap dance or something…" Sirius said, letting go of the camera so it floated in the air above the three boys.

Peter nodded and stood up as he began to bob his head and scuff the toe of his shoe on the floor continuously.

"Peter, no, stop," Sirius said quickly, "I said tap, not drunken ostrich dance."

Peter bowed his head and slipped back into his seat, drawing patterns on the table with his forefinger. Sirius heaved a deep sigh and turned towards Remus, "You. Tap dance. Now."

"Sirius. Stop talking. Now." Remus said from behind his book.

Sirius pouted and turned towards James who was still lounging on the couch, oblivious to the angry glares directed towards him for taking up the whole thing.

"Oh," Sirius said, suddenly perking up, he snatched the camera from the air and swung it towards James. "Here comes Lily herself…"

True to Sirius' words, Lily Evans was beginning to cross in front of the common room couch towards her dorm. Sirius directed the camera towards James who suddenly had his eyes closed.

"What is lizard boy doing?" Sirius asked in a hushed whisper, creeping closer to him.

Lily hitched her book bag higher onto her shoulder and began walking in between the fire and couch.

"And the prey is coming closer…" Sirius said excitedly.

Lily continued walking, obviously not noticing Sirius mumbling under his breath a few feet away from her.

Suddenly, Lily let out a loud yelp as something snatched her around the waist. James had quickly opened his eyes and grabbed her middle, pulling her down onto the couch.

"And the beast attacks…" Sirius said in a deep voice, "The prey is struggling…it's not going to go without a fight."

"James Potter!" Lily shrieked as he lowered her onto his stomach, "Let me go this instant!" Her face was red, she looked furious.

"As of now, I'm not quite sure who the beast is, and who the prey is," Sirius admitted as Lily struggled against James.

Suddenly she burst out in giggles as James squeezed the sides of her stomach gently. "Stop!" She cried, trying desperately to stop laughing and look angery.

But James continued tickling her, he moved his hands to her neck and she scrunched her chin to her chest, trying to block his fingers from tickling her anymore. He pinned down her hands to her sides with one hand and poked her middle with the other.

"POTTER!" She laughed, writhing on top of him.

"See the technique lizard boy is using. He pretended to be sleeping, an innocent, sleeping lizard." Sirius said quietly, "And then, out of no where, BAM!" Sirius shouted, and when many eyes turned to look at him curiously, he lowered his voice, "He showed us all he was no lizard, but a tiger…"

James continued tickling her, and Lily tried narrowing her eyes to no avail. Instead, she just kept bursting out in giggles and wriggling on top of James. Suddenly Lily brought up her right fist and punched his stomach.

"Ooo," Sirius said sympathetically as Lily tried to scramble off of him, "I think we can all agree on who the beast is now…the one with the beastly hair…"

James looked startled at her sudden attack, but grinned after a while as he continued tickling her. Lily's hair was becoming slightly mused as whipped her head from side to side, trying to leap off of him. Her face was flushed, both of anger and embarrassment.

Lily let out a little shriek of annoyance as she lunged foreword and tried tickling James.

He let go of her momentarily and broke out in girlish giggles as he tried to slap her hand away.

"It looks like lizard boy does in fact, have a weakness." Sirius said quietly, "If you tickle him, he laughs as though he's the type to wear a low cut, red dress and four inch heels." Sirius paused, "Maybe I said that because he is the type, whether you tickle him or not."

Lily pushed James' hands away and tried pulling back, resulting in both of them tumbling to the floor.

"Whoa," Sirius said, not bothering to hide his disgust as the pair rolled on the common room floor, "This is getting a little too risqué for me…" And with that he released the camera and followed Peter and Remus up the stairs.

Lily rolled, but James held onto her, and they flipped over, Lily on top of James. She drew a sharp intake of breath and made to get up, but James held onto her. She tried to wriggle out of his grasp, but they both just tumbled across the common room floor once again.

Finally they stopped rolling, and James sat of top of Lily, straddling her.

Their chests rose together as one, both panting heavily. Lily swallowed the lump that was forming in her throat, but stayed still.

James put both of his weight on his knees which were planted to the floor, but he sat lightly on her middle. He knew he should get up, but he caught sight of those penetrating greens eyes, and couldn't help but just gaze at her.

Lily was aware of the weight on her middle, she was aware of the gender of the weight on her middle, and she was even aware of the fact that he was blushing.

James Potter. Blushing.

She saw the pink glow creep up his neck and into his cheek, and she knew she looked the same. She wondered faintly how many eyes were on them, but for right now she didn't care.

She was so caught up with the fact that there was a male on top of her middle, a male with, in the words of Peter, 'A male reproductive system.'

Their panting was ceasing, and Lily suddenly started to feel embarrassed. Here she was, prefect and all, letting a Marauder straddle her. I mean, a lot of people want Marauders to straddle them, but she knew she shouldn't allow it.

Him straddling her…it was simply unethical, it was against her beliefs that James Potter was a prat, and it was against everything that she worked for. Not that she worked hard for the sole purpose of not letting him straddle her, but she did work so she wouldn't be persuaded by his charm.

Yes, his charm. She sure wasn't going to be persuaded now. And with that soul thought in mind, she brought up her right fist and punched his shoulder. Hard.

"Oi!" James cried in disbelief as he rolled off of her, "What was that for?"

But he didn't receive and answer, for Lily was leaping towards him, her teeth bared.

Sirius entered the common room at that moment, wondering if it was safe enough to return.

"Bloody Hell!" Sirius shrieked, snatching the camera as Lily landed on top of James, "So she is the beast. But that would mean…my best mate is the prey!"

Lily slapped James' chest as her hair dangled in his face, "You. Great. Big. Prat." She screamed through clenched teeth, "I. Don't. Like. Being. Tickled!"

"Yes you do, Evans!" James cried, "You were laughing!"

"I couldn't help it!" She yelled angrily, and with that she drew her wand.

James let out a little squeal of fright and attempted to scramble away, but Lily grabbed the collar of his shirt. He choked and sputtered as he turned around weakly.

"The beast is furious…" Sirius informed, "And the prey is helpless."

Lily just shook her head and stuffed her wand away after a while. She turned to walk away, but instead she turned back around and punched James' shoulder once more. With that, she turned around and stalked off.

"No!" Sirius shrieked as James began whimpering in pain, "NO!" He released the camera and sprinted towards his friend. "Come on tiger!" He cried desperately, "You can lick this!"

James' eyelids fluttered for a second, before they flapped back down in defeat.

Sirius let out a dry sob and leaned towards his friend, resting his head on his stomach. Suddenly he whipped his head up, "YOU BEAST!" He cried to Lily's retreating back, "YOU BEASTLY BEAST OF A BEAST!"

Lily paid no heed to his rants as she continued walking.

Sirius tried to get up and chase after her, but as he stepped up, he planted his right foot on James' stomach. James let out a squeak of pain but kept his eyes closed.

Sirius sprinted after her, but not before digging his right heel more into James' middle.

Lily was at the top of the stairs when Sirius reached the bottom. He glared up at her as she slammed the door. Rolling up his sleeves, he attempted to run up the stairs. As expected, they turned into a slide and Sirius was sent tumbling down.

He landed in a heap on the floor and jumped up, he tried scrambling up the slide, but he just kept falling back down.

"Sirius, what are you doing?" Remus asked tiredly. For Sirius had let out a little growl and was now pacing by the bottom of the steps, glaring menacingly towards Lily's dorm.

Sirius swung his head around and pointed mutely towards James.

Remus and Peter swung their heads around to see yet another crowd of sad students gathered around the raven haired boy.

Remus reached up and snatched the camera. "How many times will James have to have a 'funeral' because of Lily?"

"I don't know," Peter admitted, slightly distracted by Sirius' growling. "Maybe this is trying to tell us something."

"Like what?" Remus asked as he reached up to turn off the camera.

"Like he's going to die trying to chase her up a slide, or tickling her," Peter explained. "Or maybe…" He continued, "This is telling us that James could die for Lily, you know? Like trying to save her."

Remus nodded, "But that wouldn't happen." He said quickly.

"You're right." Peter said firmly. "It wouldn't."

"Besides," Remus continued, "We'll always be there to protect them."

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Harry tried to stop his shaking, he knew he'd be less manly even if a single tear slid down his cheek. But suddenly, he didn't care, and he couldn't help himself.

He felt his body shaking, but he didn't notice. He didn't feel the tears falling from his eyes and splattering the floor. All Harry could feel was the searing pain rippling through his heart.

Every eye was glued to Harry; so of course, they didn't notice the fire and determination in Remus' eyes.

I couldn't protect my best friends, He thought, But I'll protect Harry as long as there is a breath in my body.


A.N: Sorry if that chapter seemed all boring and meaningless for you, its crucial for my other chapters, so, bear with me! I hope you liked it, and I could use some constructive critisism. Please read and review. Thanks and love you all, -Lilly.