A/N: So I got this chapter up pretty fast- it was fairly easy to write. Now you get to see the H6's and Mrs. Potter's reaction to Sora and Sirius's marriage. Enjoy!

Chapter 16: Parties and Threats

Sora and Sirius spent the night outdoors, on a little hill overlooking Hogsmede. It was a quaint place, a beautiful place, in fact, and they didn't really want to go back to Hogwarts just yet.

Sora was the first one to wake up the next morning. She sat up and looked at Hogsmede below her and Sirius next to her and smiled, completely content. Then she remembered that they still had classes and, with the way the sun was shining brightly overhead, they were probably late for them.

"Bloody potions" she whispered furiously as she shook Sirius awake. The boy sat up, looking quite confused and drowsy.

"S' time to get up already?" he asked, his eyes still closed. Sora just shook her head. And to think that he was usually the early riser…

"Sirius, come on, we're already probably late to class and I still need to change into my school robes!" Sora said, pulling the boy up to his feet. Sirius shook his head a few times before clearing it.

"I need coffee" he said, groggily as the two began their walk back to Hogwarts.

"What you need is two more hours of sleep…but coffee will do" she said, summoning up a cup of it and handing it to him. Sora wasn't much of a coffee drinker herself, she much preferred tea, but she knew that Sirius was addicted to the stuff. Sirius took a few, long sips of the steaming hot liquid and smiled.

"I love you" he said to his mug. Sora pouted.

"I should feel jealous, you know…"

Sora and Sirius weren't actually as late as they thought they were. By the time Sora finished changing into her school robes and the two rushed down to the Great Hall, most of the students were still finishing their breakfasts. Sora and Sirius saw the H6 sitting at their usual table, whispering among themselves, looking worried. They made their way to the table, wondering how in the world they were going to break the news to their friends.

"Oh thank heavens, you guys are safe!" Lily cried as Sora and Sirius reached the table.

"How could you to go missing and worry us like this!" Peter said, his tone surprisingly serious- which was very unusual for him.

"You said you would be back late, so Peter and I stayed up waiting for you. We were worried sick when you didn't show up- especially after that whole Alice incident" Remus said, rubbing his tired eyes.

"Dear Lord, you people are worse naggers than my mum" Sirius said, which was saying a lot, seeing as how his mum's favorite hobby was nagging…screaming was a close second.

"But we are really sorry that we kept you up all night" Sora added in, noting the almost dead expression on Peter's face.

"Where did you guys go to anyways? And it better be someplace good after all the worrying we did over you" James said. Sora and Sirius just looked at each other and shrugged.

"First of all, did Remus or Peter tell you about the letter?" Sora asked. James shook his head, confused.

"We didn't want to tell him anything- in case Padfoot's plan didn't work out" Peter said, fishing the letter from his bag "but I did keep it with me"

"Good move there" Sora said, taking the letter and handing it to James.

"I don't see how this explains anything" James said, taking the piece of paper.

"Just read the letter, Prongs" Sirius said. James did just that, letting out an odd roar of rage as he finished.

"I am going to kill that woman!" James sneered.

"Who?" Lily asked, trying to pry the letter from James's hands.

"My idiotic mother! She's always going around trying to make me miserable" he said, as Lily managed to take the letter away from him and read it. Her eyes grew huge and her mouth opened in shock.

"You're engaged to Sora!" Lily cried out, so loudly that it silenced the whole Great Hall.

"Well…he was engaged to me" Sora said, suddenly aware that everybody in the hall was now listening to their conversation. Oh well, she didn't expect any sort of privacy anyways.

"So you mean Padfoot's plan did work" Remus asked.

"What plan?" James asked, looking at Sirius.

"Well, I came up with a plan to try to fix this mess since you and Sora can't possibly get married" Sirius said.

"You're damn right about that! I'd never marry Sora…no offense to you are anything" James said to the girl.

"None taken. I feel the same way" Sora answered.

"So did your plan work?" Remus asked Sirius again.

"Well, yes it did" Sirius said "thankfully. I would have been quite embarrassed if it hadn't" he added.

"Oh, so if I had said no you would have been just embarrassed…not depressed or heartbroken" Sora asked, eyes shining.

"Well sure, I would have been those other things…but mostly more embarrassed" Sirius answered, grinning "Imagine what it would have done to my self esteem"

"What are you two talking about?" Lily asked. "Is the problem taken care of or not?"

"Oh it's taken care of. For good" Sora said. "I can't marry James if I'm already married"

The silence that followed that statement was very scary. Everybody in the Great Hall, including the professors, just sat and stared at Sora and Sirius.

"Wait, what, married?" James asked, breaking the silence. His confusion was written clearly on his face.

"Yeah, married" Sora answered, trying not to laugh at the bewildered expressions her friends had on their faces.

"Married to who?" Peter asked.

"Whom. Married to whom" Lily said, automatically correcting Peter's mistake. Even at times like this, Lily was a grammar Nazi. It was just who (or whom?) she was.

"She's married to me, of course, Wormtail" Sirius answered. Sora didn't think that the hall could go any quieter, but it did after Sirius said that. She turned around, just to make sure everybody was still breathing.

"You…married…Sora…now…" James sputtered, in shock. Lily, who was sitting beside him, just looked at Sora and Sirius as though they were aliens.

"Yes, me and Sirius were married, last night in matter of fact" Sora said, sounding amused.

"Can you do that?" Peter asked, eyes wide in shock and wonder.

"If you mean legally, then yes. Sora and I are both seventeen- which is the legal wizarding age" Sirius answered.

"No, I mean, can you guys just go out and get married like that?" he asked. Sora had to refrain from laughing.

"Yes my dear Peter, it is possible to just go out and get married. As opposed to the thinking of high society, marriage doesn't need big ceremonies or hundreds of guests" Sora answered.

"Yeah, but, this is so sudden. You two weren't even going out yet" Remus said.

"Well, I guess not technically speaking- but we both know that we were meant for each other" Sirius said. Sora nodded next to him.

"Meant for each other? But…but you guys never even liked each other in that way" James said.

"Of course they did- it was pretty obvious to anybody with an ounce of a brain" Peter said "Remus and I have known for quite some time"

James gave Peter one of his best scowls and turned back to Sora and Sirius.

"You guys really did it?" he asked

"Yes" Sora answered

"You're really married?"

"Yes"

"As in engaged in holy matrimony"

"Um…yes"

"As in life partners"

"James! Yes, Sirius and I are married, officially and unquestionably!" Sora finally cried.

"Congratulations!" Lily cried. It was the first thing she had said to them since she had heard the news about the marriage. Lily looked over at her two friends, beaming widely. "You two are such a perfect couple! So cute!" she gushed.

"I knew I could count on you to support us, Lils" Sora said, smiling. Slowly the rest of the H6 offered their congratulations, finally getting over the shock and letting the fact that Sora and Sirius were married sink in.

"Well it's not everyday that two of the members of the H6 get married" Remus said slowly. Peter grinned widely.

"So you know what that means" he said.

"Party in the Great Hall" James cried, raising his wand. Suddenly streamers and balloons filled the air and the walls were hung with banners. The house elves, who had been listening to the whole conversation, hurried to the kitchens and came out with trays and trays of more food, along with hundreds of bottles of butterbeer. Even the professors couldn't help but get into the party mood.

"Talk about a wedding reception" Sora said to Sirius, who grinned back at her.

The party in the Great Hall lasted quite a while and by the time it was winding down, classes had been completely forgotten and the students (and professors) waddled back to their rooms, full of food and butterbeer and quite tired from all the dancing and partying.

"Man that was amazing!" James cried as the H6 started back to the common room. James had gotten into a contest with Frank Longbottom over who could drink the most butterbeer in the span of five minutes. James had won, and now he was quite tipsy and wobbly. Lily had her arm around his waist, trying to keep him from falling.

"Is it possible to get drunk off of butterbeer?" she asked.

"Well, probably, if you drank twenty bottles of it in five minutes like James did" Sora said, looking at her drunken friend, smiling.

"That was some party, though" Remus said, smiling, picking streamers and confetti out of his hair.

"Seriously" Sirius said, grinning "the best one we've had this year"

"The best one we had ever" Peter said.

"Nah, that one in fifth year we had in the common room after we won the quidditch cup could give it a run for it's money" Remus said.

"If I remember correctly, James got piss drunk at that one too" Sora said.

"Yes, wasn't that the party where he composed that love song to you, Lily, and sang it on the top of his lungs in front of everybody in the common room?" Sirius asked.

"Don't remind me of that" Lily said, turning red. James, on the other hand, just chuckled and said something about chickens.

"We need to get him to bed" Lily said, shaking her head. The rest of the group agreed and started to head over to Lily and James's dorm.

There was one person in the school, though, who did not take part of the festivities. One person who was furious over Sora and Sirius's marriage. Adrian Potter. And what made him angry wasn't just the people coming up to him all day and saying "tough luck" (which actually was pretty annoying) or his new status as 'the boy whose girlfriend went and got married to somebody else'. No, he could have lived with that. The thing that made him upset was that he failed to do what his aunt had told him to do. And he knew she would be angry about it. But he also knew that it was his responsibility to tell her about Sora and Sirius's marriage- since James obviously wouldn't.

So, once again Adrian made his way to the owlery, only to find Sora there (she was writing to her mum and dad- telling them about the marriage). Adrian and Sora looked at each other for a while before Sora began to talk to him, feeling very awkward.

"Oh, hi Adrian. You came to send a letter?" she asked, trying to be polite.

"Isn't that strikingly obvious?" he asked dryly, calling his owl and tying his letter on her leg.

"Look, Adrian, I'm sorry for marrying Sirius when I was dating you. I…I just don't think we were right for each other" Sora said. Adrian just gave her one of his usual, smug looks.

"You made your thoughts exceedingly clear already, Sora. I am not upset because you got married to Sirius" Adrian said.

"Than what are you upset about?" Sora asked.

"I'm upset because I failed" he said simply before turning around and walking gracefully out of the owlery. Sora just stared after him for a few moments before heading out herself, wondering what Adrian meant by his words.

In London, Marissa Potter was just about to go take a bath after a long day's work when Adrian's owl swooped through the bay window of her office. She recognized the tawny owl immediately and wondered what in the world her nephew could want with her at that moment. He had already sent her a letter two weeks ago about him arriving at Hogwarts, and Marissa had told him to keep her updated only once every month. Something wrong must have happened.

Marissa took the letter from the owl and read over it, her eyes narrowing as she digested the information. So the little Kaito girl had gone and gotten herself married. She had defied Marissa Potter- and if there was one person in the world that would not be defied- it was Marissa.

But Marissa also knew that she could not harm Sora in any way. Even though the Potters and the Kaitos would not be marrying into each other's family the Kaito Industries were still very important for Marissa's business.

So instead of hiring somebody to take care of the girl, Marissa went over to her fireplace and sprinkled some floo powder into it.

"Kaito Residence" she said clearly, stepping into the fire. Seconds later she found herself in the guard's house in front of the sprawling Kaito manor. The guard, who was standing in his post, recognized Marissa immediately and took her to Yuki's office- where he was sitting, pouring over a rather large book.

"Kaito-san, Mistress Potter has come to visit" the guard said. Yuki looked up immediately, knowing why the woman was there.

"Come in, Potter-san" Yuki said, motioning to the chair across his desk "please sit."

Marissa went over to the chair and sat down, making herself comfortable before addressing the man in front of her.

"I suppose that you have already heard of your daughter's rash actions" Marissa said coldly. Yuki nodded his head. The letter from Sora had just come in this morning. It was a huge shock, but both him and his wife were a bit relieved. They never really approved of Sora marrying James anyways. He was a nice boy, but the Potter family was a bit too jaded and money-minded for family oriented Yuki and his wife, Bonnie.

"I did indeed hear about it Potter-san. It is most unfortunate that our deal will have to be canceled" he said. Marissa shot him a very cold look.

"Is that all you have to say about this, Yuki? That it is unfortunate?" she asked.

"I do not know what exactly you want me to do about this situation" Yuki said to the lady.

"I want you to fix it, Yuki. That is what I want you to do. I want you to make it so that your daughter is not married anymore" she answered. Yuki looked at the woman, surprised.

"You want me to force my daughter to get a divorce?" he asked.

"I am asking you to do whatever is necessary to make sure your daughter is single again. If she doesn't agree to divorce there are other ways of getting rid of her husband. I know a few very professional hit men. They never get caught and are extremely good at what they do" Marissa said coolly.

"I am not going to murder Sirius Black. I like the child" Yuki said, his tone dead set. He had gotten to know Sirius over the years- him and the rest of Sora's friends were regular visitors at his home.

"Well I don't like him, Yuki. To think that I let him live with me for two years- and this is how he repays me, by marrying my daughter in law" Marissa said.

"Sora is not your daughter in law anymore Potter-san. She married the boy that she loved and she is happy. I believe it to be a very mature decision on my daughter's part and I support her on it." Yuki said. Marissa's eyes narrowed.

"So is that the way it is going to be?" Marissa asked.

"Yes it is, I am afraid. I hope that this does not hamper our professional relationship- I still respect your company and hope that business can continue" Yuki said.

"Oh, don't worry about business. It will continue, as it always has. This problem does not merit a loss of revenue. I have a million girls lined up to marry my son. James has quite a selection to choose from" Marissa said getting up.

"Sora mentioned to me that James is in a relationship right now and is very happy. It would not be good for your son if you ruin it" Yuki said.

"James is in a relationship with some pauper mudblood, a girl not fit of his status. I cannot break up your daughter and Sirius; but mark my words I will break up James and his girlfriend. He deserves better than her and she will be taken care of" Marissa said, nodding her head towards Yuki and sweeping out of the room.

Yuki looked at the woman's receding back and gave out a silent prayer for Lily- she would need all of the help that she could get.

A/N: Isn't that Marissa Potter such a lovely woman? Not. So what will happen to our Lily? Will Marissa harm her or will James come to the rescue? All (well, most) will be revelied in the next couple of chapters! As always, review and give me your opinions and even suggestions for later chapters/plot ideas. I appreciate it. Thanks!