A/N: Ok I was going to do all those extra features that were in the last chapter, but nobody answered anything plus I'm not bored right now, and... ahem... can't remember what I said anyways. Has it been THAT long since I updated? My sincerest apologies. Anyway, here's the latest chapter of a Marauder's Tale, enjoy.

Disclaimer: Yet again it is my sad duty to inform you I do NOT own Harry Potter... otherwise I would already know what happens in HBP (Half Blood Prince) and would not be anxiously awaiting its release to stores everywhere.

A Marauder's Tale

By: EilayAdnayVolieay

Chapter Two: Stuck with You

"WHAT?" Lily shouted loudly. She turned her head quickly and glared at James, then turned back to McGonnagol.

" You heard me correct, Ms. Evans. You are a very bright student, and very willing to learn, but Transfiguration is NOT one of your stronger points. Potter, on the other hand, is a very good transfiguration student, and you could use a bit of... help... from your fellow student. Lloyd and Lupin! Black and..."

"But... but... Professor, you can't POSSIBLY be serious! You can't pair me up with that... that... as— "

"Ms Evans if you cannot control what you say I will have no other choice but to give you a detention. Now really, would you complain about your partner to your boss, or would you sit and SHUT UP? Now, anymore complaints from ANYONE and you will have a 10 foot long essay to give me about why you must not complain of who you're paired up with... understood? BLACK AND WINTERS!" McGonnagol continued on down the list, and Lily, still fuming, took her seat again, and didn't say one word. James leaned forward in his seat, and whispered into Lily's ear,

"Calm down tiger... I'm not going anywhere." Lily turned around and was about to smack James right in the face, but felt Professor McGonnagol's eyes on her, and restrained herself. This was not going to be fun at all...

"Look, Tiger, you're doing it all wrong! Your supposed to wave your wand over yourself like THIS... not like THAT," James said, frustrated, while showing her the right and wrong way to do the spell.

' Oh please let this class be over soon... I can't stand another MOMENT of this complete torture... and if he calls me Tiger one more time I swear to god I'll...' Lily stopped her thoughts short, and put on a fake, sweet smile.

"I'm sorry, Potter. How was I doing that spell again?" Payback time Potter... lets find out what those side affects McGonnagol told us about were, shall we? James, acting dumb and naive, unaware of Lily's intentions, showed her how she was doing the incantation.

"Well, you said Scorpiosis wrong, for starters. You said SCORPSIS and waved your wand like..." There was a loud cracking sound, and James was turned into a large...

"A BANANA, honestly Jamsie, how did you manage to turn yourself into a BANANA? You should have seen the triumphant look on Evan's face when she saw you standing there like a bloody buffoon, trying to figure out why everyone else was laughing hysterically at you. I mean it was just..." Sirius started to say, but stopped and burst out laughing. James, with a dirty look on his face, flushed slightly, then finished Sirius' sentence.

"BLOODY BRILLIANT, I know, I know you've only told me about fifty times since class ended. LET IT GO, Padfoot." James went ahead of the gang, saying briefly that he was going to get started on his essay for Binns, and left. Boy, was it good to be away from the snickering of his friends. They meant well, but could still wear on a persons nerves.

'What's with everyone crowding around that board? I wonder what they're looking at...' James thought to himself. He walked over to where the crowd was, and the people gathered around it moved out of his way. He smirked. One of the advantages of being a marauder was that everyone practically worshiped the ground he walked on. It came in handy every now and then.

" ' Need help in one of your classes? Can't seem to pay attention to your teacher, or master a new and difficult spell? Then you need the tutor-a-tutor program! You get a tutor in exchange for a tutor!' " James read aloud. Hmm... interesting.

Back at the library, Lily was working on her essay for Professor BinnsShe wanted to get perfect on this essay, and, since nobody else listened to a word the professor had said, she was likely to get the highest mark.

People believed for many years that the prophecy was not a prophecy, but actually a legend invented to keep young witches and wizards preoccupied during the hard and dark times of evil wizards trying to take over. The main reason that rumor was started was because people were afraid of the prophecy, of what it meant. People are always afraid of what they don't know or understand. Even witches and wizards believed it was a mere legend, and whether that is true or not remains to be seen today, as the prophecy if it is as it seems has yet to be fulfilled.

" If I could find out more about this prophecy, I could get extra marks! But I have no idea where I could find out about it..." Lily muttered to herself. Suddenly, she heard a familiar, annoying voice enter the library. Oh no... not...

"Look who it is, the tiger herself! You probably think you're really funny, making me turn myself into a talking banana... unsuccessfully. AND making me look like an idiot." James replied. Lily took a deep breath before putting on another of her fake smiles.

"Call me a tiger again Potter, and I'll make sure you never sit on a broomstick comfortably again. As for making you look like an idiot, I don't have to lift a finger, you pretty much do that on your own." James glared at her, but sat down next to her anyways. Great... just what I wanted, to be near that jerk even more then I have to! James leaned over, close to her ear.

"You don't really mean that, do you, Lily? I know you would never intentionally hurt me... your too nice of a person to do that. I'm sorry that I've bothered you over the years... forgive me?" James whispered softly. For a moment, Lily didn't say anything. She was frozen to her seat, hoping James would get far, FAR away from her soon. Then, she heard James mutter an incantation, and saw nothing.

"Oh shit..." James cursed. He must have said the wrong incantation. He had succeeded in getting revenge on Lily... but he had no idea what he did to her.

Great, she'll kill me for this but... there's nobody else around. James, deciding there was no alternative, sighed, and picked Lily up. Oh god would she let him have it when she found out he even looked at her!

"Professor, I don't get it. Why did you have to talk to US about that prophecy Bin– I mean, Professor Binns, told us?" a girl, who looked strangely familiar, asked. Professor Dumbledore lowered his gaze and looked at them all through his half moon spectacles.

"Because the prophecy has yet to be fulfilled... and only those whom the prophecy involves can fulfill it." Dumbledore continued. Suddenly, there was a dead silence, and then the sound of music... the sight of a small town that nobody knew existed came, and went... Hogwarts, in the distance, was shown under a dark storm cloud... what dangers lied ahead were unknown.

Lily woke up, startled. What was...

"So you finally woke up, huh?" a deep, yet soothing voice, called out from the shadows. Lily looked around, but saw only darkness. Her head began to spin, so she leaned back into the bed. Bed... the hospital wing! She had past out because... POTTER! That FOUL loathsome idiot! He did some spell... if I EVER see him I'll force an apology out of him and...

"Yeah... but... why am I in the hospital wing?" Lily asked. She heard rustling, and thought she saw a movement in the shadows, but her head was still spinning and she couldn't be sure.

"I sort of... well... I tried getting you back for, you know, making me turn myself into a, um... banana... but I said the wrong incantation. I was just trying to do the charm that turns your hair a different colour but... it didn't work out." POTTER! It was HIM in the shadows.

"YOU? STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO ME, BUT SO HELP ME WHEN MY HEAD STOPS SPINNING I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU! YOU JUST CAN'T..." Lily stopped shouting, because James, acting on impulse to shut her up, kissed her. Lily, unsure of what was happening, didn't say anything. Then...

SMACK! "What the hell did you do that for?" James asked, rubbing his face. Lily, face beet red, hand sore, sat up in her bed.

"YOU ARE THE MOST CONCEITED SELF-CENTERED SONOFA... DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE YOU? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AT ALL? DO ME A FAVOR, JAMES POTTER, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!"

"She yelled at you? And you're SURPRISED? For gods sake, James, you kissed her knowing she hates your guts! Do you have ANY idea how completely STUPID that was?" Remus cried out. James, still looking dazed even though the whole thing had happened several hours ago, nodded. Sirius, who had been sitting idly by, completely silent, decided to join the conversation.

"Well, you have to give Prongsie credit... anyone who kisses a chick who hates you THAT much has got sheer guts. SO... was she any good?" James glared at Sirius, but grinned and said nothing.

Meanwhile, Lily was furiously brushing her teeth, trying to get the taste of that jerk out of her mouth. It wasn't working, but she had to try. Ali and Megan walked in and saw the toothpaste foam and blood coming out of Lily's mouth.

"Lils, your brushing too hard... your gums are bleeding majorly bad!" Ali replied, worried. She rushed over to the sink that Lily was standing over. Lily, ignoring Ali's protests, continued brushing her teeth even harder. It just WASN'T working!

" Come on Lily, we're going to head out for Hogsmeade soon! I admit Potter acted like a total jerk, very obnoxious but its over now, just be grateful he didn't try to use ton..."

"DONEVENSAIT! NOTTINGYOUSAWILLERAHSTATHORRIBUHMOMUNFRUMMYMEMORYSODONEVENBOTHER!" Lily shouted, toothpaste spilling out of her mouth.

"What?" Megan asked. Not one word that had come out of Lily's mouth had made a bit of sense. Lily rinsed her mouth and shouted again,

"DON'T EVEN SAY IT! NOTHING YOU SAY WILL ERASE THAT HORRIBLE MOMENT FROM MY MEMORY, SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER!"

"Lily you can't just stand over that sink all day brushing your teeth!" Ali cried out. She was the more sensitive, concerned one of the group, and didn't like seeing Lily freak out.

"THE HELL I CAN'T! JUST WATCH ME!" Lily shouted again. Giving up, Ali and Megan threw their arms up in defeat, and left. What was the sense in trying to make her see that she was overreacting? She was way beyond seeing, and all she had left to do was use up all the toothpaste and mouthwash she could find... after that, if the taste wasn't gone, the whole school would have hell to pay.

Leaning back in his chair, James looked around Three Broomsticks at the young, very promising, witches that Hogwarts had to offer. There were so many, and most were very attractive, yet James could not focus on any of them. He was still thinking about the kiss he and Lily had shared, however briefly and even though he knew she hated every minute of it. Maybe Remus was right... maybe he DID like her. But if that was the case, why had he always denied it? Why did he always pull pranks on her and her friends? None of it made sense.

"Hun, have your friends not come yet to meet you here? Aww you poor thing. Here's the butterbeer you ordered, but look, I've gotta jet, someone else is takin' over the pub t'day, so you stay outta trouble, ok? I don't wanna hear NOTHIN about you gettin' detention, 'cuz if I do, you'll be hearin' from me." Madame Rosmerta replied, placing James' butterbeer down on the table. She had always been nice to him, even though his best friend continuously hit on her. Perhaps it was because his parents had always been so nice to her when she was growing up and their paths crossed, or maybe it was because she like so many others was just drawn to him. As she walked out of the pub, there was a catcall that came from none other then Sirius Black.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, mate, but I had a few, ahem, things to take care of. Where's Remmy and Petey?" Sirius asked. James rolled his eyes at the nicknames Sirius had come up with. Could it GET any more sad?

"I thought they were with you, actually. So I'm assuming that they aren't?" James replied, getting comfortable again. Sirius went up to the guy at the counter of Three Broomsticks, and ordered himself a butterbeer. Just then, Megan Winters and Ali Lloyd walked in. Sirius, practically drooling over Megan, didn't see Ali and...

"YOU JERK! YOU JUST SPILT THAT DISGUSTING EXCUSE OF A DRINK ON ALI!" Megan shouted. She was not a person to be crossed, especially on her bad days. James, snickering to himself, was eventually cornered.

"AND YOU STAY AWAY FROM LILY! SHE'S STILL TRYING TO GET RID OF THE TASTE OF YOU AFTER YOU THREW YOURSELF AT HER! YOU MARAUDERS DISGUST ME! YOU THINK YOU'RE ALL THAT, BUT YOU'RE NOT!" Megan screamed. Grabbing Ali's arm, she turned on her heels and marched out. Remus was walking in with a badly beat up Peter, and opened his mouth to greet Ali and Megan, but received a shove and a glare.

"Well... that went well."

A/N: Well, what did you think? Was it good, was it bad, awesome or horrible? SOOO sorry that it has been forever since I updated, I could spend hours typing down excuses but I'll spare the details and just tell you that I was busy.

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