A/N: i WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR ENCOURAGING WORDS. THOSE REVIEWS INSPIRED ME TO UPDATE.

OH AND TO WHOEVER MENTIONED THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT JAMES WAS THE SEEKER, HE WAS. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN THE STORY.

WELL HER'S THE NEXT PART OF CHAPTER NINE.

"Rave it's time." Lily beamed as she watched her friend.

"Lils why are you so happy? You know that I like Sirius, have since the second time we saw each other."

"Well I think that you shouldn't rule this guy out just yet." Lily said wisely.

"Come on Lils what are you playing at? Why are you making me dress all nice, and why are you making me do this?" Raven sat in front of her mirror watching her best friends reflection.

"Maybe she has her reasons." Simone said coming from her trunk. "Here, these, these, these will go perfectly with your dress." Simone said with tears forming in her eyes.

"Oh no Sim, I couldn't wear those."

"Nonsense, I am lending them to you and you shall wear them."

"But they were your aunt's." Raven tried to argue.

"And they will look good on you." Simone said with finality in her voice.

"Simone I know that took a lot." Lily said hugging her friend.

" If my aunt were alive she would be furious at me for keeping them locked up all this time."

"But Sim it's only been four months since she past away."

"And I should have been wearing them ever ince. "She half yelled as she went to the door.

"Rave good luck, please make sure you don't lose the necklace, bracelet, and earrings."

"Sim are you okay? I didn't mean to get you mad." Lily apologized.

"It's fine I just need t be alone." With that Simone stormed out of the room with her robes flying behind her.

"Hey Sim how is Raven coming....along" Remus finished as Simone stormed right past them.

"Wonder what that was all about?" James looked up from his book.

" I'll go find out." Remus offered.

"No, leave her be." Lily said as she descended the stairs.

"What's wrong with her?" James asked from the chair that he was leaning back in.

" You know, there is plenty light in this room why are you leaning against the fireplace." Lily asked.

"There's no light better than fire light. Is my sister ready?" This time he didn't bother looking up.

"Hmm he looks kind of good like that." Lily though to herself as she watched him turn the page. But she pushed the idea out of her head.

"Yea." Lily was cut off.

"Yea I am. Rave said as she walked down the stairs."

"Wow sis you look.."

"Where's Sirius?" Raven cut James off.

"Oh he had to do something." Remus said.

"Oh, well um where is this second note?" Raven said looking around.

"Right here." James handed it to her.

"Did you happen to see who delivered it?" Raven asked, not knowing who this person was, was killing her.

"Yep" Both Remus and James said in unison.

"Well?" Raven asked.

"Well what?" James asked innocently.

"Who is it?"

"I think you should go." Remus said.

" Go to the place that smells so sweet but it has nothing to eat. There you shall find your prize." Raven said reading the note.

" Oh how sweet." Lily said plopping onto the floor next to James lowering her head to read the title of his book.

"Yeah yeah yeah." Raven muttered. "Are you sure you don't want to tell me who it is?" Raven asked hopefully to Remus and James.

"Yep, now get going." James said.

"Fine, you stubborn asses."

"Oh my goodness. I think she just cursed." Remus brought his hands up to his chest in a dramatic manner.

"Yeah that never happens." James said sarcastically.

"Lily how does it feel to be a stubborn ass?" Remus asked.

"Quite good and you?" Lily asked.

"Very good, Prongs?" Remus turned a smiling face to his friend.

" It feels exceptionally well."

"Wait Lily you know?" Raven turned her attention to her best friend.

"Yep now get." Lily said with a grin on her face.

"You know who it is and yet your still so persistent in getting...me to go." Raven ended slowly. Looking at everyone, everyone was wearing the same identical grin.

"You mean, all this time it was, and you didn't tell me." Raven tried to be mad at Lily but she was wearing the biggest grin out of the group.

"I do believe someone is waiting." James got up.

"Where you going?" Raven asked

"To the kitchens, any one coming."

"No I think I'll read." Remus said hoping that Lily would except.

"How about you Evans?"

"Sure I have nothing better to do." Lily accepted his offer as he pulled her up.

"Wait why am I still here?" Raven asked, but didn't wait foe an answer as she ran out of the common room knocking Peter over.

"Worm tail you okay?" James asked as he and Lily walked to the Portrait hole.

"Yeah, I'm going to bed." Peter ran up the stairs to the boys dormitory.

"Have fun kids." Remus smiled over his books.

"Okay dad." Lily said over her shoulder.

"Not too much fun" Remus whispered to himself with a sly smile playing on his lips....

Raven walked along the corridor reading the note over and over. " Go to the place that smells so sweet but it has nothing to eat. There you shall find your prize." Raven kept reading the note over and over. "Where could this place be?" Raven thought to herself. "Well it cant be the kitchens or the great hall, because the note said that it has nothing to eat. It cant be the divination tower, because it smells horrible. I doubt that it would be a classroom, so that means he is somewhere outside."

Raven kept walking surprised that she hadn't been stopped by any teachers yet. When she stepped outside she looked around for any signs of where to go but there was none. "Maybe they were joking when they let me think that it was Sirius" Raven frowned, she then got an idea. "The place that smells sweet but has nothing to eat, the garden it must be the garden." She reached the garden to only see darkness, she turned around and frowned. She took one step towards the castle when she got the unsettling feeling that she was being watched.

She decided that she might as well check it out. She took on stepped past the garden gates and thousands of lights appeared out of nowhere startling her. Upon closer inspection she saw that the lights were fairies. Some were sitting in the bushes and on plants others were simply floating only a few inches above her head. As she took another step she saw flower petals appearing at her feet. She noticed that they only appeared whenever she took a step. She walked on towards the center of the garden, tears threatening to flow, but she wouldn't allow it. Raven Potter never cries she only gets even, that was her motto, but she couldn't help it now. She walked to a bench that had a note. The tear were clouding her vision, but she did manage to somehow read it.

"Wait." Was all the note said. She looked at it disbelievingly. "Oh this better be Sirius" She scoffed quietly, she still had the feeling that she was being watched but she found no one present. Two minutes later music started, but she saw no band. Finally five minutes later she heard someone cough behind her. She spun around quickly to see Sirius with his hands behind his back.

"Sirius if it wasn't you that have been sending me these note I think I am gonna cry out in frustration." Raven said getting up slowly and turning to face him.

"Wow you look, wow." Sirius said as she stood before him....

"Come on Potter we should be leaving." Lily said as she wondered what was going on with her best friend. Her mind then went to her other dear friend. "I wonder where Simone is." Lily thought to herself. As she thought this, James came over from where Remus was sitting.

"Hey Evans where is Simone?"

"She just wanted to be alone." Lily said, but James could tell by the look in her eyes that she didn't know where her friend was herself.

"Well Moony seems to think that someone should go look for her." James said, taking off his glasses to clean them with his shirt. Noticing that she was staring she responded.

"Well why doesn't he go look for her." As these words escaped her lips the portrait swung open and Simone walked in.

"Is she back yet?" Simone asked quietly.

"No, are you okay?" Lily asked.

"I guess, but how is one ever truly okay." Simone sat in one of the love seats near Remus. The instant that she did she regretted it. Remus stared at her, and one thing that Simone did not like was to be stared at. It made her nervous and she couldn't think or act right. She started fidgeting in her seat.

"Well we are gonna go." James said walking o the portrait hole with Lily right behind him. Simone left her melancholy state as she noticed that James and Lily were leaving together.

"Where are you going James?" Simone asked, clearly in a better mood.

"To the kitchens, wanna come?" He asked pulling out his map.

"No thanks."

"Lils where are you going?" Simone asked hoping that her answer was the same. She moved uncomfortably in her seat as felt Remus watch her from his seat.

"To the kitchens, do you want anything?" Lily looked at her friend.

"No, but let me get this straight. Both of you are going to the kitchens together at eleven something at night."

"Yeah." Both of her friends answered.

"Willingly?" Simone asked.

"Yes." Lily answered exasperatedly.

"Geez I didn't know we are that bad towards each other." James said as he stepped out of the common room.

"I didn't realize that either." Lily replied as she looked at her friend strangely.

"Well I must do something about that." James said. "Milady." He held out his arm for Lily to take. She simply rolled her eyes, but took his offered arm anyway.

"Interesting." was all Simone said.

"I agree." Remus said getting up.

"Going to bed?" Simone said, relived that he wasn't looking at her.

"Nope, It's just Peter and Frank up there. I couldn't do that to myself." Remus said walking to the love seat where Simone was sitting. "Oh crap." She thought to herself.

"Well I understand bout Peter, but what's wrong with Frank?" Simone scooted over as he sat down.

"Nothing, it's just Peter. Frank most likely is asleep and Peter takes hours to get to sleep, so I would rather stay with you if you don't mind." At this Simone started to blush.

"No I don't mind."...

"Potter where are the teachers we should have ran into Filch at least once." Lily said looking around.

"Oh Sirius took care of most of them." James said .

"I don't even want to know." Lily said. "So what do you think is going on right now with Rave and Sirius?" Lily asked.

"I would rather not think about that." James answered dryly as they turned the final corner. Lily tickled the pear and they walked into the kitchens.

"Ah mister Potter and missus Evans how can we be of service?" A house elf came running to them, bowing so low that her nose touched the floor.

"Hey Mipsy." Lily said kindly.

"Hey Mipsy." James said while taking a seat at the center counter. Now all of the house elves were watching anxiously, all hoping that they could some how assist the pair in some way.

"Um can I have a gallon oof ice cream." Lily asked.

"A whole gallon?" James raised an eye brow at her.

"Yeah ice cream is my thinking food." Lily replied while sitting next to James.

"What flavor miss?"

"Um something with chocolate, surprise me." Lily smiled at the house elf, who almost died with shock.

"Uh may I help you sir?" Another elf approached James, as Mipsy fought with herself while trying to decide what to get with Lily.

"Uh yeah can I have a turkey sandwhich?"

"Certainly sir." And he was off...

"Come on Evans we have to go." James said pulling Lily off the stool an hour later.

"Fine." Lily mumbled.

"Bye everyone." Lily waived back at the elves as James put her hand in his, and pulled her out of the kitchen.

As they stepped out into the hall James let go of her hand, Lily couldnt help but feel a bit disappointed. Little did she know that James felt the same. They walked for about ten minutes with out speaking, each absorbed in their own thoughts. Occasionally James would check the map to make sure the coast was clear. As they walked down the transfiguration corridor James and Lily heard two people speaking and they were coming their way. James whipped out his map and saw that the two people were Filch and Professor Astrus, the astronomy teacher who was known for her strictness. There was no way that they could get to the other end of the corridor in time.

"Oh Crap." James said stuffing the map back into his pocket.

"What do we do?" Lily asked. She knew that even the marauders couldn't get out of getting in trouble with Filch and Professor Astrus. James looked around quickly and grabbed Lily's hand as he tapped a suit of armor on its head then on its arm. The suit of armor moved aside and James shoved Lily into the space. As soon as the suit of armor closed behind James they could hear Filch and Professor Astrus turning the corner. Lily was about to shift her weight but she realized that the slightest bit in movement could result in her kissing what ever part of James that happened to be in front of her. It was dark so Lily couldn't see James, but since there was little space Lily could feel that he was facing her.

"Sorry for shoving you into here." James whispered, his head lowered since Lily was about six inches shorter than him. The his breathe brushing past her ear. If there was any light, James could see Lily blushing slightly.

"I'm not made of glass, Potter." Lily said wishing that she could move, she couldn't stand in one position with out getting agitated, after a while.

"I'll remember that." James said.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Lily asked trying to keep her voice down, since Filch and Astrus were still outside.

"Nothing." He simply said, but then continued. "Of all places they decide to stop and talk." Lily could feel him trying to move with out success. 'He smells good' Lily observed, but quickly put the thought behind her. Ten minutes later there was silence out in the hall.

"Hey Evans I think they're gone."

"It's about time."

"Wait let me check." James pulled out his wand and map. "Lumos" Both he and Lily spotted Filch and Professor Astrus were now on the floor below them.

"Lets get out of here." Lily suggested. James stepped out into the hall with Lily right behind him.

"Come on, we better get moving before some one else pops up." James started down the hall. Five minute later they finally reached the portrait of the lady in the pink dress.

"Password?"

"Patronus"

"Look who finally decided to make an appearance." Sirius grinned. James was about to make a comment but he quickly realized that Sirius was holding hands with Raven who fell asleep with her head rested on his shoulder. Lily saw the look on in James' eyes.

"Well we ran into a bit of trouble." Lily said.

"What kind of trouble?" Simone asked. She was currently playing chess with Frank who had awoken, because of Peter's snoring. Lily noticed that Remus was glaring at them from above his book.

"No" Lily thought, to herself. "I think Remus likes her." Lily thought.

"Oh well we were coming back from the kitchens and Astrus and Filch almost found us so we had to hide and then we had to wait for them to leave which was for a while." James sat down.

"So I guess a congrats is in order?" Lily looked at Sirius who was poking Raven to wake her up.

"Yeah." Sirius grinned. Both Lily and James noticed that that same grin never left his face. James' eyes softened a bit as he watched Raven try to swat away Sirius' hand, refusing to open her eyes.

"Well I better get to bed if I expect to wake up tomorrow in time for class." Simone said getting up.

"Yeah me too." Lily agreed. They both walked over to Raven who was still sleeping on Sirius' shoulder.

"Ready?" Simone asked.

"Always." Lily replied.

"What are you guys gonna do?" Sirius asked.

"Nothing." Lily answered. Simone and Lily counted to three and each grabbed each of Raven's arms giving her a hard pull, resulting in her landing about fifteen feet away from the group.

"Was that necessary?" Both Raven and Sirius asked in unison, except Sirius had a look of amusement on his face and Raven had a look of annoyance.

"Isn't that cute, they are already speaking alike." Lily cooed as the three girls walked up to their dorm.

"Congrats Padfoot." James said as the boys walked up to the stairs.

"Thanks Prongs, but I couldn't help but feel some anger coming from you when you saw us holding hands." Sirius said.

"Don't mind me, I just need to get used to the fact that my sister is dating one of my best friends."

"Good because I wouldn't want this to mess up our friendship" Sirius sighed in relief.

" So Prongs what really happened with you and Lils while you two were gone?" Remus asked.

"Yeah I would like to know my self." Sirius said.

"Me too." Frank chimed in from behind them.

"Nothing that hasn't been said already." James said changing and then climbing into bed. The other boys followed suit.

"Right." Remus, Frank, and Sirius said in unison.

"It's the truth." James said.

"Okay." Remus said unbelievingly.

"Can we just drop this?" James said, the other boys could hear the annoyance in his voice as she closed the curtains around his bed.

"So Lils what really happened with you and James while you were gone?" Simone asked.

"Yea I wanna know." Raven agreed.

"Nothing that hasn't been said already. Besides you guys know that I am dating Eddy." Lily said as she changed in a large shirt with a pair of shorts.

Raven's expression darkened at the mention of his name. "Are you saying that if Lewis wasn't in the picture that you would date my brother?"

"What where did that Come from?" Lily asked.

"Just curious."

"Well can we drop the subject please, I am with Eddy. And nothing hapeened tonight."

"Okay then." Simone said.

"What it's the truth." Lily said, seeing that her friends thought that she was lying.

"We didn't say other wise." Raven said as she handed Simone back the jewelry that she borrowed.

"I thought we were dropping the subject?" Simone stated from her bed.

"We are." Lily said.

"Well good night." Raven said closing the curtains around her.

"Rave what do you think you're doing?" Lily asked as she pulled out her wand and pulled Raven's curtains open.

"I'm going to sleep we do have class tomorrow." Raven stated.

"Aren't you gonna tell me what happened tonight with you and Sirius."

"Me too, I want to know too." Simone said sitting up in her bed.

"Well it was like something that could only happen in a dream." Raven began. Simone walked over to Lily's bed and hopped on, both girl sat in silence waiting for her to continue.

" It doesn't seem like something a fifteen year old boy would think of, a marauder nonetheless. I thought that it would have been comical or amusing or something other than romantic." Her listeners soon adapted the dreamy look that she wore on her face.

"Go on." Simone urged as Raven paused, completely forgetting the sad state that Remus had been trying to get her out of while every one was away.

"Well at fist I had to figure out where it was and then after a few minutes I figured that I was to go to the gardens. And no one confirmed that it was Sirius so there was always the chance that I could meet some second year Hufflepuff. But I don't as I got nearer something told me that I wouldn't be disappointed."

"Aw, that's so sweet." Simone interrupted, but Raven didn't seem to mind at all. Lily on the other hand listened silently, letting her friend tell the tale. That was the difference between the three friends. Simone was into the romantic stuff completely, and she wasn't ashamed of it. Lily didn't mind it some of the time, but she didn't need the romantic gestures all the time. Raven didn't need the romance stuff at all. She tried to keep a tough attitude, yet here she was talking about the most romantic night of her life. Lily decided to let her friend enjoy this as much as possible, and not interrupt.

" I made my way to the gardens but I found nothing there, it was in complete darkness. I turned to head back to the castle but I felt like I was being watched. I had my wand with me so I figured to check it out. Well with the first step that I took past the garden gates, I was immediately bombarded by lights, dim lights."

"Well what happened?" Simone asked.

"Fairies, they were fairies, hundreds of them, in the plants and floating above. Well I found a note that simply said to wait and then music started to play. A little bit later he appeared behind me and handed me this." Raven held out her arm to reveal a bracelet that had her name engraved on it in the same shade of blue that her eyes.

"Hey where's" Lily realized something. Raven held out her other arm to show the bracelet that she and Lily shared.

"Enough talk of jewelry, get back to the story."

"Well the rest of the night was spent eating a late dinner. We danced a bit and talked mostly. It seems that he has liked me since last year and then we kissed. It was every thing a kiss should be, there are no words to describe it." Raven ended.

"Wow." Simone and Lily said in unison.