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Chapter 5

"What about, Remus?" Mohalia said in a sweet voice, but her expression was icy.

"Don't play games with me, Mohalia. I know what you did to Lily, and I want you to cut it out," Remus said in a dangerous tone. Mohalia glared at him.

"Or what, Remmy?" she said just as dangerously.

"Or I'll tell Dumbledore, Mohalia. I will tell him if you don't stop, and he'll put a stop to it."

Mohalia dropped her glare and stared at the floor. She had to win Remus over, and she knew what she had to do in order to do that. She bit down hard on the inside of her mouth, causing her eyes to water.

"It's just not fair, you know?" she said, sniffling, looking at Remus. His eyes widened and he just stood there, shocked.

"I mean, I liked James from the start, but he only ever had eyes for Lily. And Lily supposedly 'hated' him, but he still liked her. So where does that leave me? Lily doesn't deserve James, not after all she put him through," Mohalia sniffled and wiped her eyes, biting down harder.

Remus sighed and rubbed his temples. What Mohalia said made a little sense, but that was still no reason to do all of that to Lily.

"Look, Mohalia, just move on. James loves Lily, and Lily loves James. There's nothing we can do about that."

Mohalia looked at Remus with determined eyes. "I'll never give up," she said defiantly. Then she walked away, grinning now that she wasn't looking at Remus. The truth was that she had only been attracted to James after finding out that he had a passion for Lily, so that way she had a sob-story handy in case she ever needed it. Given the fact that she had been planning to break apart Lily and James if they ever got together since her first year, it came as a bit of a mystery to her as to why she wasn't in Slytherin. She shrugged to herself and ran into the library where she could see James and Lily talking in a corner.

"Just let me jinx the little b-" James began.

"James," Lily said, trying not to laugh and act stern at the same time. "She wants us to react. You just have to calm down. After Christmas, we only have a few months left with her, so just tune her out."

"Okay, I'll try, Lils, but only for you," James said defeatedly, hugging Lily tightly. Lily hugged back, and they were both so preoccupied, that they didn't notice that Mohalia was creeping up to the shelf behind them. She whipped out her wand and stepped back, leaving a few feet between her and the shelf. Then she muttered the Banishing Spell, causing all the books on the shelf to fly forward towards Lily and James. She snickered, then ran as fast as she could without Madam Pince seeing her.

Lily screamed as she saw the books flying towards them over James's shoulder. James spun around and whipped out his wand, and bellowed "Protego!", even though he couldn't shield them from every book. A small one hit him in the knee, causing to fall to the ground; one hit Lily in the stomach, causing her to double over in pain, and while she was on the ground, another hit the top of her head. The rest of the books, though, flew back at the shelf because of James's Shield Charm, where they lay, open, with pages bent, on the shelf.

"Are you okay, Lils?" James said in a tight voice, putting his hands tightly on Lily's arms.

"I-I think so," she mumbled in a shaky voice. James hugged her again and pulled her up as he stood up.

"C'mon, let's get out of here before Pince sees this," he said, grabbing her hand and pulling her quickly out of the library. Sure enough, as they ran out, they could hear Madam Pince scream. Once they were out, they looked at each other and started to laugh. They walked down the corridor and were heading up to the 7th floor, when they saw Mohalia glowering at them. They ignored her and walked on.

Mohalia was furious when she saw them walking together out of the library. She glared at them as they walked by, holding hands, and once they had walked by, she set off after them.

When Lily and James reached Gryffindor Tower, everyone was there except Mohalia. Tifa gasped and ran up to Lily as the ascended the stairs.

"Are you okay?!" she demanded.

"What do you mean?" Lily asked.

"There's a huge bruise on your head, Lily!" Tifa exclaimed, lightly touching it. Lily winced and patted it herself.

"It's nothing," James said quickly. "We just had a little...erm...trouble at the library. We're both fine," He gripped Lilys' hand tightly. Lily nodded. Then Mohalia walked up and stood at the edge of the group with her arms crossed.

"Well," Aria said, yawning. "I'm tired of this game."

"Err...me too," Lily said. "I'm gonna go lay down, because my head hurts a little." She squeezed James's hand again, gave him a swift kiss, and walked into the Common Room with Aria.

"I'm going to go in too," Alice said. The whole group nodded, and they all filed in. James, Sirius and Remus went into the Boy's Dormitory, while Alice and Frank stayed in the Common Room and snuggled together on the couch. Tifa sank into a chair and watched the fire, Mohalia sat down against the wall, thinking, and Lily and Aria went to the Girl's Dormitory.

Mohalia rubbed her temples, thinking hard. Why was it that every one of her plans backfired in her face? Well, little did everyone else know, she was already planning something in her head that she knew couldn't backfire, and it worked to her advantage that there was a Hogsmeade trip coming up, and that Christmas was only a few weeks away.