Chapter Three
Authors note : Sorry about my lack of posting for a while I have exams and can only post when I have the time. Anyway this chapter is sixteen pages on word so will hopefully satisfy all of my readers. I hope you enjoy.
Dusclamier : I own none of the story of which J.K.Rowling wrote. I only created the characters not present in the Harry Potter series.
With Morning Comes Last Nights Mistakes
As the sun rose the next morning Lily groaned as she woke up. Her head was pounding. She felt like throwing up if she moved and the sun was making her eyes hurt so bad. What made her feel even worse though was the head of hair that lay next to her. It was clearly James' messy hair and she couldn't remember anything. Why was he in her bed? She poked him to wake up. He groaned and opened one eye.
"What?" He said grumpily.
"What are you doing in my bed?" She asked in a whisper.
"Sleeping what do you think?" James said. Her body was snuggled into his which she had obviously done in her sleep. She moved away but moving any body part hurt.
"No James, I mean how did this happen? Did we have sex!" Lily was suddenly worried.
"No we didn't have sex. We got drunk and was fooling around and we fell asleep. Nothing happened don't worry. Its not like you're a virgin as we learned last night." James said looking up at her. His hair was all over his face and Lily couldn't help but think he was sexy.
"Wait a minute, you're not wearing a shirt." Lily said.
"Well done captain obvious. I believe you took it off with your teeth last night. Bit of a minx after a drink aren't you." James said cheekily.
"Shut up." Lily said groaning into her pillow in embarassment.
"Its alright. I found it quite sexy myself. Feel free to do that whenever you want." James said stretching out on the bed. Lily looked at his chest. It was smooth and he had a six pack. Not exactly hard on the eyes.
"Nice view?" James said grinning then yawning.
"Possibly. I think we better get up and see where the others are." Lily said. As she got up she groaned in pain as her head throbbed.
"I have a potion that will rid you of that." James said getting up. He was dressed only in his boxers.
"Where are your trousers!" Lily exclaimed.
"Where my shirt is probably." James said grinning. He stood there only in his boxers and Lily was only in her little pyjamas and she felt very exposed. She walked out of the room in the common room. Peter was still passed out on the floor in the same position snoring loudly. Lexi was lying, now fully clothed, on the sofa. No one else was about though. Lily walked into the other bedroom and saw that Eddie and Issy were sprawled over one bed and Remus and Sirius were top and tailing on another.
Lily laughed silently at her hungover friends. James came in behind her and looked in to see what she was grinning so broadly at. He laughed as well. He walked over to where the boys lay, he picked a quill of a nearby desk and started tickling Sirius' face with it. Sirius began batting it away in his sleep grumbling and moaning. Lily giggled at what James was doing. Soon Sirius tried to swipe at the feather so much that he fell clean out the bed landing with a thump and a declaration of "Shit!" Lily then fully burst out laughing, if the yelling from Sirius hadn't woken everyone up then the loud laughing was sure to. Issy and Eddie grumbled and opened their eyes to see what the noise was about and Remus did also. They saw Lily and James standing there, James half dressed and Lily in her teeny pyjamas and they all grinned.
"Good night James? Lily?" Sirius said grinning now recovered from his rude awakening.
"Obviously not as good as you," James said motioning to Sirius' t-shirt which on the back had written "I'm proud, I'm gay and i'm here to stay!" In what looked like permanent marker. "What did you lot get up to after me and Lily..." James stopped there not exactly sure what to say as whatever he said may uncriminate him and Lily more.
"After you disappeared into the bedroom," Sirius said in a seedy voice.
"Nothing happened. We just passed out drunk, so don't even go there Black," Lily said a more than a bit embarrassed. Sirius just grinned and winked really obviously.
"What did you lot get up to anyway after we left?" James asked.
"Well we drank some more, played some more, and streaked some more, isn't that write Edina," Sirius said grinning. Edina just fell back onto her pillow and groaned. She was obviously the streaker Sirius talked of and it obviously had only just come back to her the events of the night before.
"Last night was so much fun!" Issy declared, she was now fully awake.
"It was, and remember we're going out again tonight." James said leaning against the door post. Everyone groaned, they were all hungover and in no mood to go out again.
"I should go fetch that potion," James said.
"Are you talking about a hangover potion?" Eddie asked, James nodded and Eddie stood up, "Its alright, I think I have one here, enough for everyone." She pulled out a bottle of 'Emintrude's Finest Hangover Cure'. Everyone took a sip, gagged at the taste then brightened after their headaches and feelings of nausea disappeared.
"I think we'll manage tonight now don't you think?" Eddie said grinning. "I better go give this to the two sleeping beauties in the lounge." Then she went in search of Peter and Lexi. Lily and the others all sat down on the beds and talked of the night before and all the events, well, the ones they could remember anyway after all the amounts of alcohol they had had. Lily in particular could remember her seven minutes in heaven and was in no rush to bring that up into the topic of conversation.
Lily and James learnt all of what happened after they disappeared. There were more dares and more scandalous behaviour. Sirius had been made to wear this t-shirt into the ravenclaw girls dorm' (Lily wondered how they got the password to the common room) and he was told to declare to them all that he was off the market as he was batting for the other side now. Then was supposed to do a strip tease then leave. But that wasn't the worst as Eddie then went into the Slytherin boys dorm' and tell them that she was open for business and for them to name their price, all of this was to be done only in her underwear. Apparentely according to Eddie she had recieved many offers. The day went on then it reached dinner time, they all went down to eat then separate for a couple hours to get ready for their night out.
The girls went straight away to shower and dress, they took more time. The boys however would take ten minutes to shower, choose what to wear and do whatever with their hair. The two hours were up and the boys, sadly minus Peter as he didn't want to come for some unknown reason, turned up in the girls common room to wait. They came out exactly on time and were shocked to find the boys waiting. They all looked amazing. Lily had her red hair in soft ringlets down her back and had on a green dress that went perfectly with her eyes. It barely reached midthigh and was completely backless. Eddie wore a dress also but it was a strapless tube dress completely covered in sequins. Her shoes were so tall one would wonder how she could possibly walk in them, her black as night hair cascading down her back perfectly straight. Issy wore a tiny black skirt with knee high suede boots and a plain white tank top. Her short light brown hair wair curly and sitting on her shoulders. Lexi had chosen to wear black trousers and a pretty black corset top to match, her shoes were severe points with showed from under her trousers. They all looked amazing and definetely ready to go to a club. The boys had dressed smartly as this club had a dress code. They all wore black suits with different shirts, James wore a blue shirt to match his eyes, Remus wore a white shirt and a skinny black tie, and Sirius wore a pale pink shirt, so light it was almost white but still looked slightly pink. Eddie giggled when she saw him.
"You really are accepting that you're proud, gay and here to stay aren't you?" Eddie said moving towards him and accepting his invitation to take his arm.
"Indeed, I believe you can't help but accept the inevitable." He said grinning. The others followed behind. The girls all removed their shoes before exiting the common room as if a teacher came in pursuit of them, the clacking of heals would definitely give them away. Also there was no way they could run in stilettoes. They tiptoed through the halls down a flight of stairs through a passage way and then they were infront on the statue that would lead them into Hogsmeade. Lily looked down it apprehensively. She hated this tunnel, it was dark and scary. James saw her look.
"We''ll go down in pairs I think. Will you shut the hump Remus after everyone?" James said.
"Sure thing." Remus said quietly.
"Okay, come on Lil's," James said. Lily found it quite nice that he called her Lil's. Usually it would probably annoy her. These were the kind of thoughts that brought worry to her mind. They climbed into the hole, Lily first with James sitting behind her. She tried to keep her dress down and James held onto her round her waist, he pushed off and down they slid into the dark abis. They landed with a dull thud at the bottom. They stood and patter whatever dust or dirt had touched them whilst waiting for the others. The others followed, Eddie and Sirius, Lexi and Issy, then Remus bringing up the rear. The girls put their shoes back on and they began to walk towards Hogsmeade.
"Oh I almost forgot," Sirius said as they walked. He pulled out seven little cards and handed them out to everyone. Lily looked down at her and realised it was a perfect copy of a magical I.D with a moving picture of her and everything.
"How did you get these?" Lily asked astonished.
"I have my ways, I figured they could come in useful if we have trouble getting in. I mean none of us are eighteen yet." Sirius said.
"Thanks Sirius, thats possibly that most thoughtful thing I've ever seen you do," Lily said. Sirius just grinned.
"If getting fake I.D's is your kind of thoughtfulness I guess you're not as uptight as I thought you were," Sirius said.
"Thanks," Lily replied, "I think." They travelled for a few minutes longer before they reached the end of the tunnel and they all climbed out into the honeydukes basement. Eddie took a lolly from one of the barrels and licked it.
"Mmmm, strawberry," she said grinning like a naughty child. Everyone crept out of the store. They all went out the back door leaving it on the latch so they could get in on their way back. Once out they were on their way to the club. They could tell which one it was. It was easy to spot with all the lights and noise. They walked towards the end of the queue which reached a fair distance. They all groaned but knew they would have to bear it. It was about nine o'clock and this was the busiest time to get in. Just as they were about to join the queue Lily heard her name being called.
"Lily!" She turned around and saw a familiar face.
"Harry!" She beamed, she ran up and hugged him. The other girls looked pleased to see him but the boys didn't know him and looked weary of this charming, goodlooking man with the expensive suit.
"Harry how are you, I haven't seen you in months." Lily said happily after hugging him.
"I've been busy with the club so I haven't had a moment to owl you." Harry said.
"I've been pretty busy myself. Meet my friends, you know Issy, Lexi and Eddie, and these are James, Sirius and Remus." Lily said pointing them out individually. Harry smiled and shook each of their hands, James shook it extremely firm and Lily could see Harry wince slightly but Harry kept his smile.
"So you said you were busy with the club, you don't mean this one?" Lily said.
"Yeah, this is my club. Didn't I mention it?" He said, "Anyway, enough of you queuing come with me and I will set you up with a couple tables upstairs." Harry said. Lily looked at her friends and they all followed Harry inside the club without any trouble. He led them away from the big crowd and up some stairs. They walked through a door and they were on a balcony overlooking the entire club, which was enormous. The dance floor could fit a couple thousand people, which it seemed to be doing and they were lead to a huge table with comfy chairs surrounding it.
"Now, if you need any drinks Sarah," he beckoned a waitress over to them, " will get them for you on the house. Any friend of Lily's is a friend of mine. Just tell Sarah if you need anything and she'll get it for you. There are stairs to the dance floor there cause I know Lily likes to dance," Harry said grinning. Then he kissed Lily on the cheek waved to the others and walked back from they had come.
"How do you know him?" Sirius asked in awe.
"Oh he's just an old friend." Lily said smiling.
"Yeah," Eddie said grinning, "An old boyfriend. What a great guy, letting us in for free and free drinks all night." James looked less than happy with the arrangement but when Lily took his hand and whispered in his ear, "Lets dance," his mood changed considerably. They walked down the steps and onto the dance floor. A popular dance tune was on and Lily began to move and James with her. Her dress swished as she danced and James watched her intently. He moved well and danced to the music. They didn't even think about their friends. They could only see each other.
After they had been dancing for a while Jamesmotioned to Lily that he needed a drink and she went with him back upstairs. Only Eddie and Sirius were upstairs and they were busy it seems to notice anyone aswell. An empty margerita pitcher sat in front of them and Lily realised James and her must have been dancing for longer than she thought. Eddie and Sirius were snuggled in the corner of the booth they were given and Sirius seemed to be kissing Eddie everywhere he could. Lily just grinned and sat down waiting for her drink. James came back with two drinks. Lily didn't ask what it was before grabbing it and gulping down some of the cool liquid.
"Hey!" James said, "Cool it, we don't want you gone before the nights even begun. Like these two." Motioning to Sirius and Eddie.
"Like we both didn't see it coming." Lily said smirking.
"What about us?" James asked seriously.
"What about us?" Lily asked back.
"Never mind," James said downing his drink and slamming it on the table.
"What happened to taking it slow?" Lily said.
"Fuck that, lets dance," James said grabbing her hand and leading her back to the dance floor, but not before Lily drank the rest of her drink. She felt it immediately go to her head. She wondered what was in the drink. They hit the dance floor and began dancing as before. Lily got so into it she didn't even realise a man push into her and start rubbing up against her. James did though and he tapped the guy on his shoulder and told him to get lost. The guy who was a good foot shorter than James backed off with a scowl. Lily just carried on dancing unawares. They danced and danced, and got more drinks in between. Lily began to feel so loose. When she danced she let herself go. James watched her intently. He had never felt so protective over someone. When another man touched her he felt like breaking them in half. The night drew on and eventually everyone was on the dance floor having fun. It came to three o'clock and the club was closing, Lily found Harry and managed to slurr a goodbye, Harry just laughed and told her to come visit him whenever she liked. She had drunk a lot through the course of the night and could barely walk. James guided her through the club and the all trouped back to school. Once they reached school they tried to be as quiet as they could whilst they trouped back into school. Lily kept laughing though until the point where James had to put a silencing charm on her. She collapsed after a while in a drunken stupour and James picked her up bridal style and carried her back to the dorm. He put her to bed and Sirius and Eddie fell into Eddie's bed, they fell asleep immediately with Sirius holding Eddie close to him. The others all went to the other room, to sleep.
James placed Lily upon her bed then got undressed down to his boxers and undershirt and got into bed as well. He couldn't be bothered to go back to his own dorm and obviously neither could his friends. James removed the charm off Lily and she woke up slightly. She grabbed James when she saw him and pulled him into a kiss. But him being more sober than her he pulled away and put her down to sleep. He then went to sleep himself.
The next morning Lily rolled over and came, yet again, face to face with a sleeping James Potter.
"Oh god," she groaned. James woke up and looked at her.
"What?" he asked in a sleepy voice.
"Not again," she said. "We really need to stop this." Lily said deadly seriously.
"What?" James asked waking up fully upon hearing her serious tone.
"We can't do this James, me waking up with you in my bed two nights in a row. I can't do this. I'm not like that and eventually it will lead to more and we'll both regret it afterwards." she said.
"We will?" James asked.
"Yeah, we will. We should just be friends James because at the moment we're leading to more than that and that can't happen," Lily said.
"Okay, thats fine. I would really like to be your friend Lily." James said trying to put on a convincing smile.
"Good," Lily said lying back on the bed and snuggling up to James for warmth. He stroked her hair and looked at the ceiling.
They got up around eleven and James put his clothes on from the night before, collected his two friends up and they all stumbled back to their common room. Lily and her friends got dressed and went down to the lake and hung around on their favourite spot that overlooked the grounds.
"So last night..." Lily started sighing. Her friends looked at her from their staring at the view and waited for her to say something.
"I told James we should be just friends," Lily said finally after a silence.
"Are you sure you want that Lily?" Eddie asked, she knew Lily well enough to know when shes unhappy.
"Yeah, of course. I don't need a relationship right now. I had one with Harry last year and although it ended as friends I don't think it would be so uncomplicated with James so I think friends would be best." Lily said twiddling her hair in her fingers. Her friends didn't answer her.
"What about you Ed?" Lily asked smiling and trying to draw the attention from her.
"What about me?" Eddie said cheekily.
"You know," Lily said grinning.
"Just a little fun. You know me, only in it for a bit of fun." Eddie said smiling.
"I don't think so Ed, I saw you with him and you weren't even that drunk or anything, I think you really like him." Lexi said.
"No I don't, he's hot for sure but nothing else." Eddie said trying to sound convincing. Her friends knew enough to know when Eddie was getting defensive so they gave up.
"So what were you up to with Remus on your bed?" Lexi asked Issy. Issy blushed.
"Nothing we were just sleeping," Issy said sticking her tongue out.
"Sure whatever you say." Issy said winking at the others suggestively.
They carried on talking idly about the night befroe and all the events. Lily asked her friends what she had done, her memory of events wasn't great after her fourth drink. After her friends filled her in Lily cringed with embarassment at some of the things she had done.
"I actually licked his face!" Lily cried.
"Yep, and you tried to give him a lap dance upstairs but couldn't cause you couldn't stand straight," Lexi said before bursting out laughing.
"Nooooooooooo!" Lily cried out before bursting out laughing as well. They carried on their chat until the sun began to drop and then they went in for dinner.
Monday morning came and they all felt tired from their weekend of fun as the girls dressed quickly and hurried to breakfast for over sleeping. They rushed into the hall whilst still tying their ties and putting their shoes on. They saw the marauders sitting in their places at the head of the table and the girls took their seats across from them.
"Good morning," Eddie said grabbing an apple, taking a huge bite, and wiggling her eyebrows suggestively at Sirius. Sirius just grinned back and winked. Her friends just smiled at their antics and greeted the other marauders. James didn't say anything but looked up when Lily greeted him and smiled. They ate their breakfast and chatted idly. There was no akwardness towards each other.
"What do you have now?" Eddie asked Lily.
"D.A.D.A." Lily replied.
"Oh yeah me too," Eddie replied. They got up to leave.
"See you guys later in Charms," Lily said to the other two girls.
"Any of you got DADA now?" Eddie asked the boys.
"Yeah me and James," Sirius said grinning mischievously.
"Oh goody," Eddie said pretending to be sarcastic.
"You know you're peeing your pants with excitement really Harris," Sirius said addressing Eddie with her last name, "I might even let you sit by me." Sirius said. Eddie just grinned in reply. The four headed up to their class after waving to their friends. Eddie hooked arms with Sirius and they walked ahead. Lily was left with James.
"You're not mad at me are you?" Lily asked tentively.
"What?" James asked. "No of course not. Why would I be mad?"
"No reason I guess. The weekend was fun." Lily said changing the subject.
"Yeah it was, Sirius is dead keen to do it again so we will maybe in a couple weeks." James said.
"Cool," Lily said as they arrived at their classroom. They walked in and sat down together as Sirius and Eddie were sitting as a pair.
"So I got an owl this morning," Lily said. "We have a heads and prefects meeting with Dumbledore tonight."
"Cool, what time?" James asked.
"Like seven thirty in the main hall after dinner. I think he wants to talk about patrol duties and stuff, also the halloween ball. Me and Diggory are probably going to have to plan it." Lily said obviously not looking forward to spending more time with Diggory than she needed to.
"I could help if you want? We have quite a few of the same free periods so if you ever need help I am here to serve," James said nicely.
"Thanks that would be great," Lily said smiling appreciatively. The teacher, Professor Handen walked in and stood at the front of the class. He was new that year and they had all heard that he had been a very powerful auror and just as he was about to retire at the young age of fifty he decided to take this job as a special favour to Dumbledore.
"Hello all, I am Professor Handen, I will guide you through this course and I hope you are all willing to work. I want to get straight into the practical side of it so wands out and get with a partner." Handen said shocking the pupils with his attitude and readiness to go straight to the practical side of the class. Lily paired with James and they waited for instructions.
"Okay, this will be a simple lesson in silent defence spells. I want you all to think, defectimornous, as your partner attacks with a low level hex. Wave your wand in the same motion you would for the hex. Okay off you go." The students were startled at the brusk air of this teacher and they all got to work immediately.
"Okay I attack first and you defend." Lily said.
"I'm hurt at your readiness to attack me," James said whilst mock crying.
"Come on sissy, lets see what you can do," Lily said aiming a jelly legs hex at him. He waved his wand at high speed and without saying a word deflected the spell.
"Look at you, not just a pretty face are you?" Lily said grinned. Just as she finished her sentence she immediately threw another spell at him, this time a body binding one. He blocked it with the same ease. James just pretended to flick his hair and blow his nair and rub them on his shirt in a show offy manner.
"Yeah, yeah, my turn." Lily said. James immediately through a expelliarmus jinx at her and Lily looked alarmed and fell to the floor.
"Lily!" James said leaping to her side. Lily lay motionless on the floor.
"Lily wake up," James said looking paniced. That is, until Lily peeked one eye open.
"Got ya," Lily said quietly. James sighed then pinched her arm.
"Ow! What was that for!" Lily cried rubbing her arm.
"For scaring me thats what!" James said smiling in relief that she was fine. "I thought I killed you."
"You think a measly little curse like that could kill the might Lily Evans. Think again bucko." Lily said grinning. James offered her a hand and she stood up off the floor and they got back to defending and attacking. The teacher congratualted them both on superb defence and awarded them with ten points for their house a piece.
On looking around the class she discovered that most of the class were male apart from Eddie, Lily and another girl in Ravenclaw. Also that the class was quite large in size and no slytherin members were included in the number.
"How come this whole class is male and theres so many? And no one from Slytherin is here." Lily said.
"Have you not heard about the whole dark lord rising thing?" James asked. Lily shook her head.
"Muggle," Lily said by answer.
"Well this dark lord guy is rising and gathering followers. He's big time anti muggle and he keeps attacking people and stuff. The Aurors are trying to fight him and his group of 'death eaters' but they're growing in numbers all the time and its just not happening so a lot more people are joining to become aurors. Its a mostly male profession and more are needed now.
And as for the slytherin bit, most of the slytherin are the ones who join the dark lord in his quest for world domination." James said. He looked grave about the whole deal.
"Wow, how could I not know of this, it seems pretty serious," Lily said. They had stopped with the work as they had completed it and were now just sitting and talking.
"Well its getting more serious as the days go on. My parents are both aurors you know and they're telling about the stuff these wackos do and its scary sometimes. I worry that my parents will get hurt," James said looking worried and annoyed at the people who were doing this.
"I never knew that James," Lily said trying to be sympathetic.
"Don't worry about it. I'm more worried about Sirius, he never shows his real feelings but he's really cut up about his brother Regulus. He's in Slytherin in the year below us. He dropped out this year to join the death eaters. Sirius had to move out and live with me this whole summer because his 'rents got unbearable. You can't even tell he's bothered but I know he's really beating himself up about not being able to do something," James said looking over at his friend laughing and joking with Eddie.
"Thats so sad, why aren't Sirius' parents doing anything?" Lily asked.
"Because Sirius' parents are the more pureblood family in the wizarding world almost. They all agree totally with what the 'dark lord' is doing. Most of the rest of his family has joined up as well. Thats why his 'rents are so horrible to him, because he is in gryffindor and because he won't agree with their beliefs.
"That is so stupid," Lily said feeling angry for Sirius.
"It really is, but on a happier note the lesson is over and we get to go have lunch now," James said smiling and standing whilst picking his bag up.
"Hey Lily?" James said just as Lily was about to catch up with Eddie who had left with Sirius.
"Yeah?" she said.
"Don't mention what I told you about Sirius and stuff to anyone okay? He doesn't want people knowing. I know I can trust you." James said.
"Of course," Lily said. James smiled and walked with her out of the classroom.
As they walked out of the classroom the pair walked into another couple. They were two boys in their year from the house of slytherin. James immediately stood in front of Lily.
"Watch yourself Potter," one by the name of Lucious Malfoy said. "And your mudblood girlfriend." James immediately fumed at this comment but did nothing in the way of hitting Malfoy as he so wanted to do at this point.
"You know what Malfoy, you are your bullshit pureblood crap is getting old, I would have thought you'd have realise that by the fact that you're resorting to hanging around with people like Snivellus here." James said smirking.
"Well done Potter, I'm surprised you pryed your puppy dog eyes away from the mudblood for a second to get a good come back out. I think we'll leave you to it for now but we'll be around," Snape said as the two boys walked off. James watched them go. Once they had gone he realised he had put his arm around Lily while they had been there.
"Sorry," James said pulling his arm off. Lily smiled.
"Its ok. Thanks for standing up for me James and thanks for not fighting, you sure have grown up a lot this year." Lily said.
"I guess I have," James said thoughtfully as they walked off up to the head's common room. The others would most likely be there as the common room was basically their official hang out. James and Lily walked in to find Eddie and Sirius in a compromising position.
"Guys!" Lily said as she spotted them. "Stop making out on my sofa!" They got up sheepishly and sat down apart.
"This isn't your make out place you know, go find somewhere else to do that where I can't see you," Lily said. Eddie and Sirius looked at each other then got up and ran out to obviously find another place where Lily couldn't see them.
"What are they like eh?" James said laughing. He sat down in a chair near the fire and Lily took a chair aswell.
"I am glad for them though," Lily said. "I like seeing my friend so happy."
"Yeah, Sirius has never been this giddy over a girl. Maybe this relationship will actually last." James said.
"I hope so, I don't want Eddie hurt." Lily said stretching her arms far above her head, James watched appreciateively at her body. She caught him looking at her and smirked.
"Quit it." Lily said.
"What?" James said innocentely.
"You know. I am soooooo bored, what do you want to do?" Lily said. James just raised an eyebrow. Lily burst out laughing.
"James! I told you already. No more of any of that for you. We are just friends remember." Lily said. James looked sad for a moment then brightened up.
"I have something to show you," James said. He searched through his school bag which he had dumped on the floor and found a old piece of parchment. He grinned mischievously as he said,
"I solemly swear I am up to no good." The lines of a map appeared and Lily jumped up and ran over to his seat to see more.
"What is it?" Lily asked amazed.
"Its a map of the school. I shouldn't be showing you this but we've only really just finished it and I have to show it off to someone." James said. The dots of every Hogwarts students appeared and Lily gasped in amazement.
"James this is amazing!" Lily said grinned naughtily. " How did you do it?"
"We got the idea from this old book we borrowed from the restricted section. It took over a year but we've finally got it and am going to make the most of it that we can." James said. Lily just grinned and lay down on the floor.
"Do you want to know a secret?" Lily said.
"Always," James replied.
"I secretly always loved the pranks you pulled on the slytherins. I know I gave you shit for it but really I found the whole idea of the marauders awesome. You four are so close and have so much fun it reminded me of my own friends. Don't tell anyone though." Lily commanded.
"Of course not," James said putting his hand on his heart, "Want to know something too?" He asked.
"Always," Lily said mimicking James.
"I loved it when you yelled at me and sometimes did things just to get you to yell at me, " James said looking at Lily's lied out flat form. She grinned at hearing this and looked up at James.
"Stop it," Lily said.
"Stop what?" James asked.
"Being all sweet and charming, its annoying." Lily said. James just grinned and slid off his chair to lie down on the floor next to her.
"Lily," James started, "whenever I am around you my heart feels as though its going to beat right out of my chest." He stroked a finger on her hand and she gasped a breath at his touch.
"James don't..." Lily said but before she could say anything else she had leaned over to him and planted the gentilest kiss on his lips. He kissed her back with readiness and pulled her head towards him making the kiss more passionate. She leaned her upper body on his as they kissed and her hair touched his face. He stroked her back with his hand and she gasped at his touch. She pulled away from him and licked her lips and looked guilty.
"We shouldn't be doing this," Lily said.
"Then why does this keep happening?" James said. "Stop running away Lily, I'm not asking for marriage just some fun, nothing bad will come of it." Lily smiled.
"I guess you're right," Lily said, then she grinned and kissed James again. He kissed her back and pulled her close. They stayed like that for a while before they had to go for lunch. Their friends were already down there when they arrived and Lily and James took their seats. Their friends all gave each other knowing smirks as the food appeared.
"So we were thinking," Sirius said indicating him and Eddie, "and we think that we should go to the club for halloween. Everyone will be at the ball and it'll be so easy to sneak out. All we need is a date and Remus said you were going to decide that tonight with Dumbledore." Lily looked at James then at Sirius.
"Sure, why not? I mean last time was fun so we should totally do it again, this time I will owl Harry and get us straight on the list like last time." Lily said. Everyone grinned looking forward to their next time out. They ate lunch and chatted, sometimes about the previous night in the club or their other drunken night of dares and embarassments. Lunch ended and they went off to lessons.The four girls all had charms and so did the boys so they all headed in the same directions up the moving stairs to the room. They waited outside and talked for a while until the slytherins, who also took the class, turned up.
"Well, well, well, look who it is," Bellatrix Black said leading the pack.
"Look at you Bellatrix, acting all in charge, I remember when you cried cause ur mummy wouldn't let you stay up past eight," Sirius said smirking, "and that was only last year wasn't its bellarina." Bellatrix fumed.
"Don't call me that, you only make fun because your mummy doesn't want you cause your a filthy mudblood lover." Bellatrix bit back. Sirius just grinned.
"What a doll, don't ya think Remus?" Sirius said still grinning.
"Yeah, she's precious, why don't you leave Bellatrix and take your death eaters with you," Remus said in a quiet but firm voice. Bellatrix obviously gave up as she then turned and walked into the classroom with her friends behind her. The gryffindors just smirked and walked in as well. The two house groups sat at different sides of the room to the other and they all seemed pleased with this. The class started off and they all worked well with little disruption except at the end when as they were leaving Sirius stuck his foot out and Bellatrix tripped and stumbled into the door post. She turned around and almost snarled at him before turning around with a swish of her cloak she stormed off with her followers trying to keep up. Sirius just smirked but his friends didn't seem so pleased. They knew Bellatrix wouldn't take any of Sirius' crap without a little pay back and they knew the kind of pay back she gave after the last time.
Flashback to their 4th Year
"Seriously Remus she won't do anything, Bellarina is all talk," Sirius said as he confidentely walked down the corridor of Hogwarts.
"I'm not so sure Padfoot, she was so mad, I don't think you and James should have pissed her off so much," Remus said warily.
"Nah she's a kitten really," Sirius said winking at a passing third year. The two boys walked along the corridor and down some stairs on their way to the quidditch pitch to meet James for some practice. They walked down the main stairs and just as they reached half way the main doors of hogwarts opened a crack and a person fell through and collapsed on the floor in between the doors. The two boys set off at a sprint towards the door and when they saw it was James they sped up even more. Remus flew the door open fully and Sirius turned James over so he was lying on his back.
"What happened Prongs?" Sirius said, his face had never looked so worried. James was trying not to pass out but his face was smashed up and his nose was clearly broken, his right eye was completely closed from being punched and his robes were soaked in blood. James awoke for a second and saw it was his friends.
"It... was the... slytherins... don't think... we should have... annoyed Bella Pad'..." James said before passing out from the pain again. They took him up to the nurse as fast as they could.
James had almost died that night but the marauders didn't ever speak of it to anyone. No one got a marauder and didn't pay. But after what happened to James they let it die but they all had a burning in their hearts to get them back.
End of flashback
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Sirius said, "We better watch out backs. That means you too girls.Bella has no problems with going after people that just speak to us. Maybe you should keep your distance until Bella does whatever she's probably planning." The girls looked at each other.
"I think we can handle ourselves," Lily said. The other girls nodded.
Later that evening James escorted Lily to Dumbledores office for the heads meeting. James slowly walked slightly slower than Lily so that he got a good view of her ass as she walked. She stopped when she realised what he was doing and she turned and smirked at him.
"Like the view?" she asked.
"Oh course," James said leering at her. He walked closer to her and Lily stopped smirking at James' face come close to hers. James smiled and leaned his forehead done to hers.
"I could look at you all day Miss Evans," James said. Lily blushed and leaned up and kissed James hard on the lips, James was taken aback as he was usually the one who annitiated all their kisses but she was taking the lead. They were right in the middle of the corriodor kissing. James started moving them towards the wall and she was leaned up against it with James leaning against her. He stroked her side as she reaches up and runs her hand through his hair. He groans as his hair is a bit of a weakness for him. Still realising that they are out in the open he reaches his hand behind Lily, she thought he was going to grope her ass, he instead touches the wall behind her, he pushed a brick and the wall disappeared and they fell into a room. Lily stumbled but james held onto her.
"Where are we?" Lily asked.
"Does it matter?" James said grabbing Lily and pulling her towards him and kissing her again. Lily's hands went back to his hair, James ran his up and down her back. Her school shirt came undone and his hand reached up and found the strap of her bra. His other followed and he unsnapped the clasp her bra now undone his hands came round her body under her shirt and he started caressing her breasts gently. She gasped and kissed James harder. They moved into the room further, the wall had come back behind them and the room lit up suddenly, they manouvred over to a sofa. Lily lay down with James over her. Lily started pulled James' shirt off.
"Wait," James said.
"What?" Lily asked still trying to undress him.
"You have Dumbledore's meeting," Lily groaned in annoyance at this. But she got up and straingtened out her appearance. James did as well tucking his shirt back in and flattening his hair from where Lily had messed it up. They went back through the wall and walked up to the headmaster's office with a clear air of sexual frustration hanging off them. They didn't touch or anything all the way up as they knew that if they did they wouldn't be able to stop themselves.
Lily said the password "curly wurley" and she went up the staircase to Dumbledore's office leaving James at the bottom looking on longingly after her. She knocked on the door and walked in to see Amos already there with Dumbledore. She quickly joined them and they began the meeting. Lily convinced them to have a ball for halloween on the saturday, it being the 31st, her friends would be pleased, they could go out now. The ball would be fancy dress, and was for all years. The meeting was mainly about this and also duties of prefects. Lily managed to get only one night a week but had to do it with Amos. Then the meeting was over. Lily walked back up to the common room where she knew she would undoubtadely find the rest of her friends. She found it strange that she referred to the marauders as her friends but she thought that they were definitely friends now and she didn't mind saying it so much. She knew she was definitely more than friends with James, but whether that would go anywhere was yet to be seen.
Lily walked down the corridor alone and now with it being dark it was quite creepy. She remembered what the boys had said about being careful with the slytherins so lily picked up her pace back to the common room. She heard someone say something in a corridor near her and this made her break into a run. She was sprinting as fast as she could before she ran straight into someone. She looked up and sighed with relief when she saw it was James.
"Why are you running Lil's? Is someone chasing you?" he asked looking behind her.
"No, I just got a little creeped out is all," Lily said slightly embarassed about being so stupid. James just smiled and put his arm around her.
"That's why I came to find you, didn't want you walking alone, I saw you coming on the marauders map." Lily just smiled and leaned into him feeling protected. They got back to the common room and found it surprisingly empty.
"Where is everyone?" Lily asked. James grinned.
"When I was walking you to the meeting they decided to go to the kitchens for some food and they were too loud and got caught by a teacher and was put in detention tonight." James said.
"So we're all alone?" Lily asked raising an eyebrow suggestively.
"Yeah, I thought we could use the time wisely to read and do our homework." James said sitting down at the table with only a twitch of his lip to make Lily know he was joking. Lily sighed going along.
"I guess you're right, I'll just go get my books and we can sit and do our homework," Lily said going up to her room.
"I'll come help you with your books," James said grinning. He walked up to Lily's room after her and when he walked in saw she as actually picking up books. She looked at him innocentely. he simply walked up to her took the books off her and dumped them straight on the floor then grabbed her and pulled her in for a kiss.
"Not the type of learning I was thinking of Lil's." James said kissing her again. He pulled her over to the bed and lifted her up and dumped her down. She laughed as she bounced on her back and laughed as James joined her. He lay over her and kissed her throat as she giggled and stroked his hair. He ran his hands over her shirt and stroked her chest and she moaned liking his touch. He started to unbutton her shirt as he had been doing earlier and then he pulled it off his shoulders. He ran his hands up and down her sides and she gasped at his touch. her hands moved to the bottom of his shirt. He pulled it out of his trousers and touched his belly stroking around his belly button, his breathing was getting raspy when she stroked her finger under the waist band of his boxers. They carried on as they were until they were both just in their underwear. But when they were just getting further they heard a noise and knew it was their friends. they got dressed quickly and came out the room to find their friends sitting around the fire. They looked up at them surprised when Lily and James appeared.
"Hey, we didn't know you were here." Eddie said.
"Yeah we came back a little while ago," James said sitting down on the last chair. lily automatically sat down in his lap. He moved to make them comfortable and she lay her head on his chest. The others carried on as usual. Lily was glad, she was always worried they would make a big deal if she and James disappeared for a while, she didn't want any questions about that right now.
They all sat around and chatted for a while. Lily informed them all about the ball, they would still go until eleven and then go out after, because lily had to make an appearance at the ball being head girl. They discussed outfits and what they were wearing, it was pretty much decided that Lily and James, Sirius and Ed, Remus and Issy, were going as couples. It was just Peter and Lexi that didn't have dates and it was clear Lexi didn't want to go with Peter and he didn't dare ask her. When Lily asked her who her prospective dates were Lexi blushed slightly, which was not like her as she was hardly the type of girl to ever be embarassed about a boy as she had had a few in her time.
"Well, I hope you don't mind Lily but I am kind of not going to the ball," Lexi said.
"Why would I mind?" Lily asked, "How come you're not coming?" Lexi blushed a little bit more. Everyone looked at her curiously.
"Well I got talking to Harry the other night and well he's so great and he kind of asked me to come meet him for dinner before coming out. Is that okay with you because if it isn't I totally won't go." Lexi said all this in a rush.
"Of course it's alright! Lily said exstatically."Harry is great and now that I think about it you are perfect for each other. I have James now so Harry is definitely out of the picture." Lily added snuggling into James as he stroked her hair with a happy beyond belief look on his face.
"That's great. I really like him!" Lexi said. Her friends smiled knowing she obviously did as she never really showed enthusiasm about most things.
The ball was two weeks away now and the group were all excited about it. They had decided that the couples wouldn't go in matching costumes but go get them and not tell the other. They didn't want to be predictable and go matching. The saturday before the ball had been assigned as a Hogsmeade weekend and the gang actually decide to go when assigned instead of the usual sneak as they always did. When the saturday morning came the girls rolled out of bed in a state. As of lately every weekend they spent it partying in the common room with the boys. The night before hadn't been a spectacularly amazing one as they just hung out and drank a bit but they they hadn't got to bed till at least six and it was nine when they woke up so they felt as if they hadn't gone to bed. the boys had actually managed to find their way back to the dorm for once and they said they would meet the girls in the main hall before going. The girls got dressed in warm clothing as the first sheets of snow had begun falling that day to Lily's great excitement. Snow was her favourite. The girls all wore jeans tucked into their fur lined boots. They all had heels to keep their feet out of the snow. Then they wore their jackets with fur lined hoods. the snow was really beginning to fall and their weren't going to take chances and not rap up warm. Lil's jacket was a nice shade of green which matched her eyes nicely. Her jeans were straight leg and tucked into her boots nicely, her hair was in soft waves today and stuck out the hat she had on. It was cream with ear flaps to keep her ears warm. Her hands were covered in matching mittens and she looked ready to go to the antarctic. Her friends were all dressed similarly. As she walked down the school they kept looking out the windows to see the snow. there was already a thick layer down and the girls were excited as ever. They reached the hall and saw the boys standing there rapped up warm as they were. Lily laughed when she saw James' hat. It was a bright red wooly one with a huge bobble on the top that wiggled when he moved his head. He looked adorable. She ran up to him from behind and flicked the bobble to make it move and James turned around and pretended to scowl.
"Lillian please to not mess with the hat, its not supposed to be for fun its for warmth." James said finally giving in the grin at her. He looked at her hat and laughed, she was rapped up to the max and looked pretty adorable aswell. They all paired up except for Peter and Lexi, Lexi was meeting Harry in town and Peter said he was meeting a friend in town as well which the others found strange as he didn't seem to have any other friends. They all got carriages together they tried to piled into two but they couldn't all fit so Lily and James, much to the suggestive giggling of their friends, decided to go in one on their own.
The two climbed in and sat huddled in the corner of theirs. Lily rested her head on James' chest. James rested his arm around her shoulders. It was cold in the carriage and they huddled to keep warm, well that was the excuse they would use. Lily felt James shiver underneath her, he only had his normal coat on which wasn't that warm. She looked up and he smiled. She moved from where she sat to on his lap and kissed him gently on the lips.
"What was that for?" James asked smiling.
"To warm you up silly," Lily said smirking naughtily.
"Well in that case you better not stop cause I am freeezing!" James said pulling Lily towards him again and kissing her more strongly on the lips. She moaned as his tongue reached her lips and she happily opened them to let him in. His hands reached in her jacket and stroked her stomach while slowly reaching up towards her breasts. He stroked them over her tshirt which she had on underneath her jacket. Lily reached her hands around James neck and twiddled his hair between her fingers. At this James groaned in pleasure and began kissing Lily's neck. Lily tilted her head back to give him more access and he kissed lower down on her neck while still stroking her through her tshirt. The carriage pulled to a stop and James groaned into Lily's shoulder in annoyance at having to stop. Lily just giggled and gave him a moment to calm down in certain places before they exited the carriage to catch their friends up who were walking up the highstreet towards the pub. Lily and James ran along the road Lily laughing and trying to keep up in her heels. James then decided to give her a piggy back and they ran down the road in this way before catching up with their friends. They all entered the pub for a quick butterbeer before the girls split from the boys to go shopping. Lexi was meeting Hrry at one so that gave her enough to go shopping for a few hours. The girls headed off to the costume shops leaving the boys who said they wanted another drink. The girls first headed for this one shop Lexi knew about from harry, apparentely it was like a muggle dressing up shop and was really cheap so they girls thought it would be a good idea to start there. They walked into the shop and the bell above the door tingled and a lady appeared magicly behind the counte. She had purple hair that was all piled ontop of her head. Her clothes didn't match her hair at all being a bright orange cloak with green starts and moons all over it. The woman smiled when she saw them.
"Hello girls, you ant some help with your costumes then?" she said without even asking what they were looking for. The girls just grinned and nodded. "Come on then and lets get you sorted. I know I have just the thing in here for you somewhere." The girls looked around the shop and it seemed like it was the biggest mess ever, there were assorted strange items of clothes scattered around everything.
"Don't let the mess dissuade you girls, I know where everything is," the woman said, "Now let me introduce myself, I am Isadora Treaten."
"Treaten?" Lily said smiling in confusion. "you must be related to Harry." The woman grinned.
"You know my darling son then?" She asked delighted.
"Yes, I'm Lily Evans I'm an old friend of his," Lily said surprised that Harry didn't mention to Lexi about his Mum owning this shop.
"Of course I know, Harry talks about you all time, or at leats he used to, he's quite taken with someone else," Isadora looked around the other girls and then stopped on Lexi. "You must be Lexi," she said stretching her hand out to shake Lexi's.
"How did you know?" Lexi said smiling.
"Oh Harry has told me all about you," she said looking appreciatively at Lexi, "I have to say my son has good taste you are simply stunning aren't you, in fact you all are, I bet you're all beating the boys off with a broom."
"We're all taken actually but thank you," Issy said smiling.
"Right then girls lets get you sorted out with some costumes." Isadora said calling the girls to the back of the shop where there were some dressing rooms. The girls took their jackets and hats off and set about looking around the shop for the perfect costume. Isadora took Eddie first of all for a costume, Eddie didn't know what she wanted to be but knew she wanted to be an animal or something. When Isadora heard this she jumped around in excited and went behind the counter and into the back room and came back a second later with a small black dress. Along with that she had cat ears and a tail.
"How about this?" Isadora asked.
"Thats great, I'll go try it on," Eddie said and when she came out in the outfit she looked awesome. The black dress had a high front with long sleeves but was backless all the way down to her waist. Then she had the cat ears on and the tail clipped onto the back of the dress and once clipped on it came to life and swished about like a real cats tail. The ears started to twitch aswell and Eddie's face suddenly sprouted three cute little whiskers on each cheek and her eyes went a startling shade of yellow. She looked amazing.
"So?" Eddie said grinning. Her friends laughed.
"Its perfect," Issy said.
"Your turn now dear," Isadora said to Issy. Issy told her that she wanted to be a princess. Isadora just smiled and went over to the window and took the dress from the window down. It was a pale blue, almost like a wedding dress except it only reached mid calf which was perfect as she didn't want a full length dress to go to the club in. It was strapless except for two small off the shoulder straps. It came with two glass slippers which Issy was assured were impossible to break and also a small tiara came with it. When she tried it on she looked beautiful and when she turned around in the dress glitter sparkled all over it and it looked magical. The next to get dressed was Lily, she has no idea whatsoever as to what she wanted to be. She said something nice and Isadora just grinned.
"I think I know just the thing." Then she went over to a pile of clothes in the corner and pushed them away to reveal a chest underneath she tapped the chest with her wand and it flew open and inside was what looked like a shabby old blanket. Isadora pulled the lanket away and underneath was a fairy's costume in a delicate green colour. Isadora handed Lily the dress which was short and plain but over the top went the wings which were introcate and were a mix of wovan leaves and feathers. Also there was a head dress of woven flowers and for shoes they were tall stiletto green heels that matched the dress perfectely. When Lily tried it on the wings came to life and flap which made Lily rise up off the ground slightly, Lily laughed and her friends gasped in amazement. Lily was extremely happy with her costume and couldn't wait for James to see it.
"Now only one left, what do you want my dear?" Isadora asked Lexi smiling.
"Oh, I'm not going to the ball, I just need a normal dress, I suppose you only have costumes here," Lexi said trying to be polite.
"Now, now, my shop is full os surprises, I am sure that I have something here for you," Isadora said going over to a standing rack of assorted clothes. She went to the side and pushed the rack over to another side to reveal a wardrobe behind it, the wardrobe looked at old as Hogwarts and when Isadora opened it it made such a loud creaking sound it made the girls wince. Inside lay an aray of bright robes. When Isadora reached for a mustard robe Lexi gulped.
"Here we are," Isadora said pulling it out. Lexi looked at the hideous robe and wondered what to say.
"Um..." Lexi said. Isadora saw the look on her face and laughed.
"Oh no dear this isn't it, I just put this old robe over it to keep the dust off," Isadora said pulling the robe off the hanger. Underneath was a stunning red dress. It had no straps and went down to about calf length. It had a corset top and a pencil type skirt. Along with this dress came some gold peep toed shoes with extremely high heels.
"No doubt this will impress that son of mine," Isadora said. Lexi blushed and took the dress to the dressing room. When she was changed she smiled and said it was perfect, she asked if there any jewellery in the shop and Isadora showed her some and she got a small gold chain with a back heart as the pendant, along with a matching bracelet. They all bought their clothes, they were surprised at how cheap it all was and they knew it must have been reduced by Isadora because she liked them. She told them to come back in if they needed any christmas robed and they assured her that they would. They left the shop at half past twelve and Lexi went off to meet Harry. Then the other girls went off in search of the boys who they suspected to be in the joke shop by now. They walked in to hear shouting.
The shop keeper seemed to be waving a broom around and yelling about "Hooligans!" and "No good boys!" The girls looked around and saw the remnants of fireworks that had been let off inside, one was still fizzing around and also there were about a dozen little yellow birds flying around the ceiling. The girls took another look and saw the boys heading for the exit at high speed. As they were leaving the boys saw the girls and grabbed them and pulled them out of the shop after them as the shopkeeper and assistant chased after them demanding them to stop. The boys carried on running with the girls chasing along with them. The boys were laughing hysterically. Once they were a fair distance from the shop the boys pulled the girls into an alleyway and Peter peaked out the alley to see. The shopkeeper and assistant ran past the alley and kept on going up the street ranting about the boys.
"What did you do!" Lily asked panting and laughing at the same time.
"Nothing," Sirius said a little too fast. They al laughed.
"We just had a little go of the fireworks which knocked the bird powder over and then a million birds were flying everywhere and we were getting yelled at." James said trying to put on a look that made out they were innocent.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. It was all an 'accident'." Lily said smirking. Peter poked his head out the alley again and gave them the all clear. They ran off down another road, just as they started walking Peter squeaked out.
"I have to go... meet a friend. See you later," Then he scurried off in the opposite direction. Sirius looked at Remus with a look of suspicion on his face and Remus just shrugged. They all just carried on walking.
"What did you get then?" James asked Lily looking at her bags. Lily moved her bags away from his sight.
"You don't get to see till the ball," Lily said sticking her tongue out at him. "So where are we going now?" she asked. James looked at the boys then indicated them to come over to him so he could whisper something to them. They huddled and James whispered something. Remus immediately shook his head with a worried look on his face, Sirius just grinned and nodded to James, Sirius whispered something to Remus and Remus seemed to give in and nodded after a while.
"Okay!" James said finally, "We are going to take you on a surprise." Then the boys each took their girlfriends and dragged them off in the direction of the hills outside the village. As they walked the girls looked at eachother, none of them knew where they were going. They finally reached what seemed to be the destination and stopped.
"Welcome, to our humble abode," Sirius said smirking. The girls looked up and on top of the hill seemed to be a house with boarded up windows and overgrown plants growing up the side of the house. It had an eery air around it that made the girls shiver.
"Are you serious? Your surprise was to take us to the shreaking shack?" Eddie said placing a hand on her hip in annoyance.
"Come on dearest, don't knock it till you've seen inside," Sirius said taking Eddie's hand and pulling her up to the house. They all followed, Lily was the most aprrehensive and held onto James' hand tight, he squeesed back reasurringly. They reached the door which seemed to be boarded up and James walked forward, "Absconditus Amicus." Where the old door had been was now replaced with a large oak door and a solid gold door knocker. On the door knocker was a face of an old man and when the door had fully appeared the face broke into life and moved. It opened its mouth and said, "Password." It said this in a deep voice which sounded as though it had not been spoken in a very long time. James leaned forward and whispered the password and the the door creaked open. They walked inside and saw a grand room with a large burning fireplace and assorted sofas and chair scattered around what was obviously a lounge.
"What? How is this place so nice? I was expecting it to be recked and fallen apart." Lily said in surprise.
"Oh it is, this isn't the real house, its the memory. When you come through the front door it becomes like this, but when you come in the... back entrance its looks like it should, all fallen apart and recked." James said, "We usually only come in the back entrance which is fine because we do certain things, which would ruin this nice place. Its better for us when there isn't breakables around. But we thought we would show you the nice version." He finished. Lily smiled.
"What certain things do you do down here?" Lily asked smirking but looking suspicious.
"Nothing you need to worry about Lillian," James said grinning naughtily. Lily just rolled her eyes and walked in the house with the other following.
"How do you know about this place?" Issy asked.
"We have our ways," Remus said darkly with a hint of a smile. The boys all sat down on the couchs as if they owned the place and the girls looked around curiously, the house was grand with gold and red decoration.
"Did a gryffindor own this house?" Eddie asked.
"Of course, this was Godric Gryffindor's secret getaway, it was built here before even Hogsmeade so no one knew it was here but then it was found but no one ever realised how to use it. Until us," James said proudly. Lily joined James on his sofa with her back to the arm rest she kicked her boots off and lay her feet up on James' lap. He grinned and tickled her toes and she kicked him gently in the tummy. He just laughed. The other girls had joined the boys and they all sat around cosily around the fire.
"So I guess this is another good place to come if the common room is no good," Lily whispered in James' ear suggesively. He looked at her in pretend shock and whispered back.
"What kind of boy do you think I am Lillian, I have morals you know," he whispered this in a fake woman's accent which made Lily tickle James until he shut up. He just laughed and pulled her into his lap for a hug. The other were talking and laughing which carried on until abouve five when they knew the last carriages would be leaving Hogsmeade. They all ran down the road to the carriage and had to squeese into one carriage which for six people was a bit of a hazard and ended up with James who had Sirius' arse in his face and Sirius had one foot stuck out the window while Eddie got smothered by Issy who was sitting on her lap. All in all it was a long journey and when they got piled out they all heaved a sigh of relief.
"Seriously Sirius," James said laughing, "Washing won't kill you." Sirius just grabbed James into a headlock and messed his hair up even more than usual. James just stood up after and shook his head and his unruly hair went back to exactly how it was before.
"Like fighting a losing battle messing with my hair," James said laughing. Lily laughed aswell before pulling a bit of it and running off with James runnin after yelling pretending to be annoyed. The friends all walked up to school laughing and joking until they reached the head's common room. On the door was a note, the note was attached to the wall with a dagger pierced through it, the dagger had a snake rapped around the hilt. Sirius moved forward with a dark look on his face and grabbed the dagger with such force when he pulled it out his friends jumped back so not to get hit. He grabbed the note and looked down at it. He read it and then threw it on the ground took one more look at the dagger then stormed of at such a pace that his friends had no chance of catching up. James lifted the note up and read it aswell and the minute he finished he ran off in the direction of Sirius at a sprint.
"What is going on?" Lily said raising her voice in a worried tone.
"I don't know," Eddie said quietly picking up the note.
It said:
He's one of us now Sirius, thats your punishment.
"What does that even mean?" Lily asked. Remus looked worried immediately when he read it.
"I better go after them," he said about to take off.
"Wait I'm coming too, if those slytherins are asking for trouble I am going to be there backing you up," Eddie said strongly.
"Us as well," Lily said indicating her and Issy. Issy nodded.
"Come on then. we have to hurry," Remus said as he started running down the corridor.
"Where are we going," Lily asked as her and her friends followed.
"We're going to where the Slytherins hang out, thats where Sirius would have gone," Remus said as they rounded a corner then descending down some stairs.
"And where is that exactly?" Issy asked getting out of breath from jumping two steps at a time.
"There's this secret dungeon down here, we know about it but stay away cause thats where Bella and co hang out, I know thats where Sirius would have gone." Remus said picking up speed. They ran down the corridor to the dungeons but instead of going down the steps to where the classrooms go he stopped by a panel of stone wall and said in a strained voice, "Death to Mudbloods." A typicle Sltherin password it seemed. The panel moved as though it was Diagon Alley and they walked into the dark tunnel they walked down until they reached light and was greeted with loud shouting.
"Where is he?" Sirius was bellowing at a sixth year Sltherin boy he had grabbed by the collor. Sirius' face was red with fury and his friends had never seen him so angry.
"I don't know," The boy choked out, Sirius threw him mercilessly to the floor and looked around. From the shadows Bellatrix Black walked out holding a cigarette to her lips. She inhaled deeply and breathed out slowly.
"Where's my brother Bella?" Sirius growled. Bellatrix just laughed in the most viscious way possible.
"I thought you would come about that, have you not heard? He's... how should I put this... come around to the 'family business'." Bellatrix said still smiling manicly.
"He's what?" Sirius yelled charging at Bellatrix with the intent of harming her somehow. But before he got to her a tall man stepped in his way.
"You remember Rudolphus don't you Sirius? My dear Rudolphus has come to visit me." Rudolphus as it seemed pushed Sirius back away from Bella and into James who caught him.
"I remember him alright. Where's my brother?" Sirius said again.
"I'm right here Sirius," A cold voice said from the shadows. A boy about two years younger than Sirius came out from the shadows which Bellatrix had just appeared. His eyes were cold and although he looked like Sirius he didn't have the same warmth.
"What do you want Sirius? I don't need a lecture of you okay. I don't need you to baby me anymore," Regulus said.
"Reg' come on, what are you doing, joining to be a death eater? Why?" Sirius said, almost in a pleading tone. Regulus just laughed.
"Why Sirius? You expect me to explain it to you. You'd never understand. Do you have any idea how proud Mum and Dad are of me. They left me the entire fortune now that you're gone. I'm the prize son now." Regulus sneared at Sirius.
"Regulus, you don't know what you're doing, you'll get yourself killed." Sirius said. His friends were all standing around him at this point and looking on.
"I'm going to get killed! You're the one on the losing side brother dearest!" Regulus barked out. "I don't think you realise Sirius but a revolution is coming where people like her," he pointed to Lily, "Won't be allowed into our world. Our world Sirius, why don't you join us?" Regulus said showing a sign of his old self.
"Join you, Regulus you know I won't. Its wrong, they're killing people Reg' you know that don't you? Killing innocent people just because they aren't born magical or haven't got lineage as long as ours. How can you for one minute believe what you're doing is the right thing!" Sirius yelled.
"Well, well Sirius, isn't this funny. you grovelling to your little brother. Is little Siri' worried?" Bellatrix said mocking Sirius. She sneered at him and walked over to wher Regulus was.
"Your brother, my cousin, what a pathetic mess!" She said as she walked away.
"Sht up Bellatrix!" Sirius yelled pulling out his wand and pointing it straight at her. The minute he did this every Sltherin in the room pulled their wand out and pointed it at a Gryffindor and the Gryffindors all pointed theirs at Sltherins. Bella had pulled hers out and pointed it directly at Sirius.
"Come on Sirius, do you really think you have a chance, I know things you couldn't even imagine." She said.
"Try me," Sirius spat back. "You stupid fucking whore." Then he shot a curse at her that none of his friends could understand. It seemed to be older though as it was in a language no one understood. Bellatrix defelcted it with a counter curse of the same language. But she was still blown back into Rudolphus who fell back and she landed on. She got up immediately.
"Never knew you had that in you Sirius. Bringing out the old curses. I would have thought you believed you were above that. I didn't think you would even know them they being in your father's library and all." The minute she finished she barked out a counter curse and it hit Eddie squarely in the chest. Sirius cried out in anger and fury as Eddie's eyes flew open in surprise as she fell to her knees clutching the place on her stomach where the spell had hit and then she fell to her side still.
"Noooooooooooo!" Lily screamed falling to Eddie's side and the looking up suddenly. Her eyes were blazed with fire and anger. She raised her wand and shouted, "Emanciatus!" She hit Rudolphus and he flew back and hit the wall. The other Slytherin's then started shooting spells at the Gryffindor's. Sirius's eyes followed his borhter who was standing amongst the fighting staring right back at him.
"You don't have to do this, you don't have to be what our parents want you to be," Sirius yelled.
"Who says I don't want this? I want to be powerful, I want to make them proud of me. I don't want to be you!" Regulus shouted before shooting a spell at Sirius and it hit him square in the chest. Sirius buckled to his knees and coughed until blood came up, his chest heaved with the effort to breath. Regulus blasted people out of his way until he reached Sirius. Sirius fell to his side and was lying on the floor clutching his chest.
"See big brother, already I am better than you, think how powerful I could still become," Regulus whispered. Sirius drew one last breath.
"You're a fool... if you think... becoming a death eater... could ever make you... better than ... me. You are no longer my brother..." Sirius gasped out. Regulus stood in fury and glared down at his brother with such anger. He turned to leave but turned quickly around first.
"I was always better than you Sirius," he said before raising his foot and bringing it down into Sirius' stomach and that was when everything blacked out.
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