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Chapter 20:

Sun seeped through the curtains of the hospital wing waking up Sirius and Lily. It took a while for them to realize where they were but their aching bodies brought back everything that happened the night before.

They slowly got up and together woke up James and Claire before checking on Ella and Remus. They little group limped and stumbled over to their friend's bedside watching them sleep. They were very bruised and pale. Soon Ella's fingers started moving and her eyes opened trying to focus.

She tried to sit up but her body wouldn't allow her and when she tried she let out a painful moan.
"Don't move. You're in the hospital wing" Lily said sitting on the side of the bed.

"Everything hurts" Ella said hoarsely.

"I know but Madam Pomfery is going to help you" Lily replied.

"Remus" Ella said.

"He is sleeping beside you" Claire said joining Lily. Ella carefully turned her head just to be sure he was there and he was, looking very pale.

She called to him and the mere sound of her voice woke him up. He also tried to sit up but just growled and fell back down. He sighed and faced Ella.

She smiled, "We made it alive"

"Yeah, although I quite enjoyed biting Sirius for no reason at all" he commented as the all giggled.

"Nice to have you back mate" Sirius said.

Fifteen minutes later Madam Pomfery came in to give them their medicine. She knew that they would all be together so her tray was packed with bottle for them all.

"Alright medicine time she said. How are you feeling?" she asked.

They all explained how they were feeling and she gave them what they needed.
"Can you take the pain away?" Ella asked.

"It would be my pleasure. Drink these two potions. This one will make you fall asleep and the other will heal you internally while you are sleeping. I will fix the other cuts and so on when you are awake later" Madam Pomfery said handing bottles to Remus and Ella.

It didn't smell very nice but nothing ever did it was good for you.
"Now, you four will have to stay here for the rest of the day and get some rest." madam Pomfery said looking towards Claire, Lily, James and Sirius.

Just as Ella and Remus fell asleep they heard and audible, "YES!" from Sirius.

"But if you are feeling ok then you will go to class" she added. Sirius looked at her for a minute before leaning forward and holding his stomach.

"Oh no. My tummy hurts. Claire you have to come to my bed and massage it for me" he said grabbing her hand and dragging her to his bed before pulling the curtain close.

"They won't do anything. He just loves to cuddle her" Lily said to madam Pomfery and James just in case they have a heart attack from the looks on her face.

"Well I will have to check up on the later. I will be in my office if you need me" the medi-witch said walking away.

"Come on. We can go to my bed" Lily said dragging James away.

"What's on your mind?" he asked grinning.

"The Christmas Ball is coming up and we still have a lot to organize" she said.

"Way to ruin the moment Lils" he commented.

"You could just go to your bed" she said.

"No, I stay with you" he replied quickly.

"Thought so"

"What do we have to plan?" he asked sitting at the end of her bed.

"Well first of all we will have to get all the decorations for the ball this weekend and start putting them up straight after dinner on Thursday, but we will have to ask Dumbledore to put a charm on the hall so we can see the decorations and breakfast. It should be ok because the Headmaster has given everyone Friday off to start packing and a Hogsmeade trip is organized for any last minute shopping." Lily explained.

"Ok. The theme is just going to be Christmas?" James said.

"Yeah, it would make sense" Lily giggled.

"Just making sure" he said.

"It also looks like cheerleading practice will have to be done after the holidays which are ok because don't Quiddich start then?" Lil asked.

"Well it already has started but that is just practice. The first game is Gryffindor and Ravenclaw three weeks back" he answered.

"Three weeks back. Great stress is already starting" Lily exclaimed.

Don't worry. Just call everyone in the Gryffindor House on Friday and tell them if they want to be on the team they have to sign their names on a piece of paper and practice on the holidays" he suggested.

"Ok but what about the other Houses?" she asked.

"Um... well get everyone in the other house to ask tonight and give you the list of names at the next meeting. Then you can organize dates for the auditions"

"What would I do without you?" she said.

"That is something you will never find out" he said kissing her.

"Cut it out you two" Claire and Sirius said swinging open the curtains with a lot of energy.

"What are you doing?" Sirius asked.

"I see the potion worked on you two and given you a certain energy boast" James stated.

"Yeah, that potion was great. We got some sleep and now we can move without any pain" Claire said.

"We should tell Madam Pomfery. She would be happy to release you" lily said.

They gasped, "You wouldn't do that to us" Sirius said.

"I don't know. You'd be surprised at how much I really can do" she replied.

"Lily, don't you love me" Claire said hugging her tightly.

"Go away or we won't love you" James said.

"Fine but we will be back" Sirius said as they ran away closing the curtains again.

"Jeez, I wonder how we lived with that for seventeen years" Lily said as they both laughed for a while.

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"Sirius, stop it" Remus said. He woke up to someone poking him and blowing in his face.

"Moony! You're awake!" Sirius exclaimed.

"I am now" he said sitting up.

"Me too" Ella said. They looked at her and saw Claire trying to brush her hair so it stood up like a Mohawk.

"Stop it Claire. I am well enough to bash you" Ella said, pushing Claire away and joining Remus in his bed, absorbing his warmth.

"MADAM POMFERY! REMUS AND ELLA ARE AWAKE!" Sirius and Claire yelled together.

James and lily joined them and soon so did the medi-witch.
"Ah, well it looks like you are ok. How did you get from your bed to Remus'?" she asked Ella.

"Sirius carried me" Ella lied as Remus nod in agreement.

"I got lonely so I ask Sirius to bring her to me" Remus said.

"Yeah, and I did because I am a hero" Sirius added.

"Alright" the witch said checking their temperature and so on. James and lily knew they were lying but it proved they were well enough to think straight which was a bonus.

"Well you should be good as normal by dinner time." madam Pomfery said. They were so happy they wanted to jump up and down but they stopped themselves.

"That goes for you guys as well, although Sirius and Claire look fantastic"

"You look great as well Madam Pomfery" Claire said, jumping on Ella's bed.

"Alright well I guess you can speak for a while but then you need to go back to your beds" the witch said walking away.

"Moony I am so glad you are awake. James was being mean to me" Sirius said jumping onto the bed almost crushing their legs. "You have to tell him off now"

"Really. James how could you be so mean to Sirius. Just because he is mentally retarded that is no reason to make fun of him" Remus said.

"Yeah" Sirius added, "Wait... HEY! Moony how could you?" The others laughed and Sirius sulked.

"How are you feeling now?" lily asked them both sitting on James' lap.

"So much better. I am hardly sore anymore. My muscles need stretching and bones need cracking but otherwise I couldn't be happier" Ella answered.

"Yeah, what she said" Remus added.

"Oh! OH! Ella can I crack your bones for you, please. I'm bored" Claire asked.

"No, not right now but entertain yourself with my hand" Ella said holding her hand out. They laughed as Claire made weird shaped and played with her nails.

"Sirius, stop squeezing my leg. It's very disturbing" Remus said. Sirius was sitting on his bed poking and squeezing various places on his leg.

"I can't help it. Your legs are so hard Moony. Have you been working out?" Sirius asked with a knowing smile.

"No apart from kicking you up the arse and walking that is the only exercise my leg gets" he answered.

"See Moony is getting better as we speak" James said. They laughed.

"I am getting sick of this hospital wing. I want to go to the lake and sit in the sun" Ella said.

"Well we can eat lunch outside tomorrow" Lily said.

"Speaking of food. I'm starving" Sirius said,

"Yeah me too" Claire said dropping Ella's hand, "Let's go annoy Madam Pomfery for food"

"Get us some as well" James said.

"Do we have to?" Sirius whined.

"Yes you have to" James replied.

"No" Sirius argued.

"Yes" James fired back acting like little kids.

"Sirius, bring James back some food" Remus said calmly.

"Ok moony. Do you want some?" Sirius asked.

"Yeah, might as well" he replied. They ran into the office and they could hear a distant "Give me chicken woman!" and just hoped they came back alive.

A few minutes later Sirius and Claire came back with a tray fully of food. They offered everyone something and ate happily. Lily and James explained everything to them about the Ball decorations and the cheerleading teams.

They helped them with ideas and soon it was time to leave the hospital wing.
"Alright, you are free to leave, but you must go straight to bed" Madam Pomfery said looking directly and Sirius and Claire.

"Yes Ma'am" they said.

She helped Remus and Ella get up and changed into their other clothes. Once they were dressed she handed them potions that they had to have the next morning but they still had to come back just to make sure everything would be ok. They said goodbye and walked back to head Quarters.

When they reached the portrait Sirius happily said the password, "Sirius is sexy"

"Wait, I thought the password was Big Boobs" Lily said. Claire and Sirius seemed to be the only ones that laughed.

"Oh we changed it" Sirius said.

"When?" James asked raising his eyebrows.

"Before. It's a long story" Claire said as they walked into Head Quarters to be greeted by the warmth of the fire.

As soon as they reached the common room Lily froze and a huge dreading feeling came over her, "Crap" she swore

"What's wrong?" James asked.

"I forgot to tell the people about the cheerleading thing. If I don't find out how many people want to audition by tomorrow then the plans will be ruined. I'll be back. Don't wait up" she said running back out the portrait again.

"I better go help her. See you later" James said following her footsteps trying to catch up with her.

When he finally did he stopped her, "I will go to Ravenclaw and Slytherin and tell them the news and get them to sign up. You go to the other nice Houses"

They split up. James went to Slytherin first and said the password. Many people were still in the common room and others were going upstairs to bed.

"MUDBLOOD IN THE COMMON ROOM!" he yelled. That grabbed the attention or everyone. "Now that you are here everyone freeze, shut up and listen" James said. They all stopped and glared at him.

"Get out of here potter" Malfoy said.

"I don't really want to be here but I have a job to do. The Headmaster has given us permission to have a cheerleading team for each House to support their House on Quiddich matches. It is for both male and female so if you think you would like to audition you have to write your name down. Auditions will be next term so you have the holidays to practice. Any questions come see me or Lily." he put the paper on the table and girls dived at it.

"Captains will be chosen by Lily"

"This sounds like a typical Lily idea. You mudblood girlfriends watches too many movies" Malfoy sneered.

"Twenty points from Slytherin for bad mouthing others high then themselves. I am not in the mood, so keep testing me and your House will have the least amount of points this year and many others to come" James threatened. Malfoy and his 'gang' glared at James badly. Soon the paper was left alone so he took and moved towards the portrait hole.

"You all smell like shit" he yelled before closing the door. Something was thrown at him but missed although it did shatter. He laughed to himself as he moved towards a slightly friendlier bunch

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Lily ran to the Hufflepuff common room. She gathered everyone's attention by just standing there.
"Alright everyone. We have permission from the Headmaster to have a cheerleading team for each House to support each other at Quiddich games. This is for boys and girls and if you want to be on the team write your name on this paper. Auditions start next term so you have the holiday to practice. I will be choosing the Captain for each team and then individual House try-outs will be organized by the elected Captain."

Many signed up for the team and others approached her asking many questions. Soon the paper was left and she grabbed it and ran for the Gryffindor common room.

"Thank you" she yelled on her way out.

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"OH MY GOD! SOMEONE RIPPED A BOOK!" James exclaimed. Everyone in the Ravenclaw house came running from their dorms looking around frantically.

"Ah, seeing as you are all here I have something to tell you." James said brightly. They looked at him with very annoyed expression but that all changed when they heard the news.

"If you have any more questions you will have to go talk to Lily" he said.

"Don't worry the book is fine" he said leaving.

The paper was covered with names and he left very happy with his accomplishment. He made his way back to Head Quarters and wondered where lily was.

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"Lucius Malfoy! What are you doing in the Gryffindor Common Room? You don't deserve to be in here!" Lily yelled getting everyone's attention. They came running from afar trying to catch the blonde hair bag.

"I'm just kidding" Lily smiled sweetly. "But I have something that will cheer you up" they didn't actually mind being awoken because it was Lily; she had news and was friendly.

"Basically every House is going have their own cheerleading team to support the Quiddich teams. So I am here to ask who wants to be in the team. If you do come sign your names on this piece of paper. Auditions start from the first day back after the holidays so you have the holidays to practice. To be honest I am hoping a lot of people are going to sign up because Gryffindor rocks.
We need men to throw beautiful girls in mini-skirts up in the air and we need girls to throw in the air. We get more House points and it can't be all that bad because I will be the Captain"

Some people cheered others shrugged and wrote their name on the paper. Finally when they were done she smiled at them all.

"Thank so much, and don't worry. If Malfoy so would our favourite four boys. Yes the Marauders and you know who would win that battle. We'll see you tomorrow" she said walking towards the portrait.

"GRYFFINDOR ROCKS!" was the last thing she said.

She made her way back to Head Quarters as well. She was now calm knowing that she got some work done.

"Sirius is sexy" she said rolling her eyes and walking into the common room. James was sitting on the couch with Sirius and Claire. Ella was sitting in front of the fire and Remus was sitting at the table.

"Here is your list" James said handing her two pieces of paper with Ravenclaw and Slytherin on top.

"Thank you" she said plopping herself beside him.

"How many people signed up?" Claire asked.

Lily read over the papers and groaned, "Ravenclaw have 146, Slytherin have 130, Hufflepuff have 159 and" she grinned widely, "Gryffindor have 200"

"Yes, Gryffindor is going be the best, as usual" Claire said pumping her fist in the sir but hitting Sirius at the same time.

"OW' he said.

"Sirius, what's wrong?" Lily asked, she knew something was on his mind.

"All these different guys will be throwing you in the air. What happens if they drop you? Can I bash them?" he asked cracking his knuckles.

"They won't drop us because we will train them not too" lily said.

"But still, accidents happen" James said, "Besides if someone hurts our women then we have the right to bash them.

"You can't bash them, end of story" Claire said. "Let's go to bed" Lily and Claire got up and walked to the bedroom.

"Ella, are you coming?" lily asked.

"Yeah, see you in the morning" she said kissing Remus and leaving them.

"Night" he said. He noticed James and Sirius grinned evilly at him. He decided what was best and walked into the bedroom.

"Moony's in love" they sang together.

"Shut up" Remus smiled.

"Moony's in love"

"So what if I am?" he said.

"And he admits it" Sirius said as they attacked him and started a wrestling match on the floor.

"I just got out of hospital, I don't want to go back" Remus yelled,

"Sorry mate, but this is pay back for last night" James said.

The girls heard a lot of noise and left their room. They opened the door and laughed and the sight of Remus being squashed and hit.

"Well girls, looks like everything is back to normal" lily said leaving the room again.

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There you go!

The 20th chapter. Let's celebrate. I hope you liked it and Please leave a review... I need to know what you think.