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Chapter 3:
As dinner came to an end Lily and James got up together and made their way to the Headmasters Office. Saying a quick goodbye to their friends they got up and left the Hall. James followed the familiar root to the Headmasters Office, being there so many times for 'incidents', but Lily just followed his lead.
She remembers one time when she was in the welcoming office but being a few years ago, it slipped her mind. They walked in comfortable silence for a few seconds.
"So" James said, trying to start a conversation.
Lily laughed, "You don't like silence do you?"
"Nope, besides it isn't something I am used to. Sirius is always so loud, I guess I am used to the sound" he explained smiling.
"You think you would be able to control him a bit" Lily said.
"He only listens to me sometimes. But there is only one person he will listen to" James told.
"Who?"
"Remus" he answered.
"Why Remus? He is so nice"
"Lets just say he is scared Remus will bite his head off if he becomes inpatient" James said and left it at the before the conversation lead down a road he did not want to go.
"Well anyway, it's great to be back at Hogwarts. I'm finally at home again" she said, sighing.
"Yeah, it is. Please tell me you did something else besides writing to me and sitting around in your room" he said looking down at her.
Lily laughed, "Well I did get busy at times helping mum and stuff"
"How did Petunia take that?" he asked.
"The same way she takes everything else I do"
"Hopefully she will get over it" he told.
"James, she has hated me since I found out I was a witch. It has been this long and she still hates me. I don't see it changing in the near future. Do you?" she asked. He was silent.
"I didn't think so" she said laughing.
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"Lets go" Bianca said. The three girls stood up and made their way out of the Hall. They had watched the two Heads leave for their meeting with Professor Dumbledore.
"What are we doing?" Amanda asked as they watched the two strolling down the corridor. A good distance behind to look casual.
They watched as they reached a stone gargoyle and muttered a password before it sprung to life and took them up.
"What do we do now?" Amanda asked.
"Now we wait" Bianca answered as they sat on the stone floor leaning against the wall.
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James and lily moved up the stairs and came to a landing. In front of them was a large wooden door with the words Headmaster's Office printed on the front. Lily lifted her petite little hand and knocked on the door. A soft humble voice from the other side was heard.
"Enter"
James pushed the door open and let Lily in first like a true gentleman. The Headmaster ushered them to two seats sitting in front of his desk. James sat to on the chair to the right but before he did he transfigured the chair into a lounge chair and plopped down getting comfortable.
Lily looked at him for a moment before sitting on her own chair and focusing her attention on the Headmaster.
"Well done Mr. Potter. Ten points to Gryffindor" he said with a special glint in his eyes that only Albus Dumbledore had.
"Thank You Professor" he said smiling widely.
"Shall we get started then?" he asked them. They both nodded quietly and waited for him to start.
"Well then. As you know I have asked you both here tonight to go over quite a few things regarding your duties as Heads of Hogwarts. First I just want to start by saying that I didn't expect tonight to go the way it has. I know you two have had difficulty the last few years, but it is nice to see that you have put it behind you and are moving forward." he said. He eyed them for a few minute.
Lily and James looked at each other for a moment, not sure what to say back. They had definitely passed all the bickering and fighting from previous years and far beyond hatred.
"Now, I would first like to discuss the Head Tower. As you know that is where you will be sleeping and the common room is where you can have your meetings if you wish. The Tower is not yet ready due to some changes that had to be made. However it should be ready by the end of the week"
"Is it just us that can sleep in there or can we bring friends?" James asked.
"Naturally it is only the Heads. Friends may be welcome in there but they must return to their dormitories at the end of each night" he answered looking at James, knowing some of the trouble he may be up to with Sirius and the other Marauders.
"Professor, what about the password?" Lily asked.
"Good question Miss Evans. The password is one chosen by the both of you and you can change it when you please but I must be informed" he told.
"Cool" James said smiling at Lily.
"It is Mr. Potter. Now as you are aware a meeting with the Prefects is coming up and in that meeting there are issues that need to be gone over. These include Night Patrol of the corridors" he started. Lily took out parchment and a quill and started scribbling away. James just listened intently. "And there is the matter of Quiddich. There will have to be practices because some of our players have left. You need to organize a weekend for that to happen for each team."
"But professor, who is going to choose the Captain? All the Captains were in seventh year and they have already gone?" James asked sitting up a bit.
"The existing members of the team can have a quick vote before the team selection and from there they can lead the 'auditions'. Remember that there needs to be a vice captain as well." Dumbledore said smiling.
"Yes!" James said. He really wanted to be Quiddich Caption for Gryffindor, and hopefully he will be. "If I don't get Caption then I'll pay people to make me one" he thought... "Just kidding. Haha I'm funny"
"There is also a school event that needs to be organized to raise money for new supplies. It is up to you and the Prefects to decide what it is and organize it. I will be able to give you a date at a later time."
"I believe that is all for today. If you have any questions now would be a good time to ask" he said looking at the both of them over his glasses.
They sat for a
moment in silence, thinking of anything that may help them later
on.
"Will we have access to the Transfiguration room for the
meeting or do I need to ask Professor McGonagall to leave it open for
us?" Lily asked.
"I have already discussed that with her"
"Ok Thank You Professor."
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"What are they talking about up there? Telling their life story?" Candice complained sitting next to her cousin and Amanda. She never was the one with patience.
"I don't know. Just be quiet. If someone sees us then it will ruin everything" Bianca said.
"What exactly are they going to ruin? We haven't done anything, we've been sitting here for half an hour" she said.
"I don't know just shut up" Bianca and getting annoyed.
"Don't tell me to shut up" Candice retorted. The two started arguing when Amanda heard someone coming down the corridor.
"Um guys" she said tapping Bianca on the shoulder but they didn't listen.
"Guys!" she said again.
"What?!" they yelled at the same time.
"Someone is coming" she said pointing down the Hall. Indeed there were five people approaching them. They hid around then corner and poked their head out to see who it was.
"Where are they?" one of the voices said.
"Wait, I know them" Bianca said laughing, "It's the boys" They came out from the corner and Jordy, Keagan, Jamey, Nicolas and Jesse were looking at them.
"What are you doing?" Jordy asked.
"We're going to play a game. You in?" Candice asked.
"Finally. Let's have some fun" The boys said smiling. "So what's the plan?"
"Well our Heads of the School are having a meeting with Dumbledore. We are planning to do something to them but we just don't know yet" Candice explained looking and Bianca who rolled her eyes. Amanda laughed.
Jordy laughed, "How can you do 'something' when you don't even have a plan?"
"It was a last minute thing" Bianca said defending herself.
"Don't worry. We are here now" Keagan said. "So do we want to hurt them or just mess around with their head?"
"Not hurt them!" Amanda said.
"No just mess around" Bianca said.
"Ok." Keagan said. They all huddled together in a circle and listened to the plan.
"No, that's stupid" Bianca said.
"What is?" Lily asked. They all turned around al looked at the two.
"Consider yourself lucky Missy" Candice said.
"What are you up to?" Lily asked looking at them as they all smiled innocently.
"I know that smile" James said. "I do it all the time"
"Well this is awkward" Amanda said, as they all looked at each other in silence. Then a sound broke the silence. It was a low growling noise. Jamey farted.
Candice who was standing next to him said, "Yuck. Do it when I'm not around man"
"We didn't have our Dungbombs." Jamey said. All the cousins burst out laughing. "RUN!" he yelled and they did.
"That stinks" Lily said covering her nose and waving her other hand in the air.
James giggled,
and started walking back to the common room. He looked down the
corridor and saw a few heads looking at them.
"Looks like
they are back" he said.
Lily looked up
as the cousins smiling at them.
"Guys we know what you are
doing. You can fool us now" she said to them.
Of course they didn't listen and with a wave of their wand a few water bombs fell on their head drenching them from head to toe. The two froze in shock as they felt the cold water soak into their clothes and run down their body.
The cousin watching burst out laughed. They couldn't control their laughter as some fell to the floor. Amanda was laughing but not so much at the prank but by the state of her new friends. Candice and Bianca were standing against the wall laughing.
Candice was
first to look up. She looked at James but he was smiling instead of
in shock. He started towards them and Candice tapped her
cousin.
"Bianca" she said.
"That was so funny. Did you see their faces" Bianca said. Amanda soon noticed as well and tried to calm the boys down.
"No Bianca. Look up" Bianca did said and noticed James was running towards them
"RUN!" she yelled and for the second time in five minutes they did. She grabbed Amanda's hand and pulled her. The boys got up from the floor quickly still laughing and followed the girls. They all started running down the corridor past many students leaving the Great Hall and making their way up the staircases.
They all went separate ways but of course James followed Bianca.
Passing a few Professors and Chloe and Annie on the way. James caught up. Bianca who was the fastest runner out of all sped up and ran to the Gryffindor common room. She stopped and realized she forget the password.
"Password?" the Fat Lady said.
"I forgot, please let me in" she said bobbing on the spot.
"Not without the password" she said.
James was almost
at the staircase when she saw Brett and Scott move in front of him to
join her.
"Help! Help! What's the password?" she asked
quickly.
"Why?" Brett asked.
"He's going to get me" she said pointing to James as he jumped the final few steps.
"Chocolate frogs" Brett said. The Portrait swung open and she ran in screaming and yelling a thank you behind her. James squeezed past and when she was half way up the stairs top her dorm he stood on the first step turning it into a slide.
She screamed, quickly spun around and managed to hold onto the two handle bars holding all of her weight like a gymnast before she fell back down. She smiled down at him as he watched.
"I win" she said.
"Not necessarily. You can't hold all of your weight forever" he said cheekily.
"You clearly underestimate me" she said. She held herself up easily. She moved her legs in front of her so it looked like she was sitting on air.
Sirius, Remus and Peter who were sitting on the couch looked up watched amusedly as James stood on the bottom step while Bianca hung on the handle bars. The others arrived and joined them.
"What's going on?" Amanda asked
"He's gonna get busted" Bianca sang.
"You wouldn't do that if I were you" Brett also said from the corner. Everyone looked up at him but the comment went completely ignored by the Marauders. Bianca however understood what he meant and just grinned.
"What are you smiling at?" James asked.
"Oh just the fact that Brett is right" she said.
"Oh yeah. I get it now" Sirius said.
"I don't." James said.
"Remember that other year when we tried to sneak into Lily dorm and leave her flowers for Valentines Day?" Sirius started.
"Everyone remembers. Lily yelled at you guys for like a month after and you were totally busted by McGonagall." Amanda said without thinking.
Sirius looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "Who are you… small person?" he asked. Candice hit him over the head.
"Be nice. This is my friend Amanda" she told him.
"Anyway, McGonagall knew we were in there because the first time we tried to get up the stairs it turned into a slide"
"Sirius, I know all this. Get to the point" James said impatiently.
"What he is trying to say is, that there is a secret alarm that goes off when a boy tries to get up and the Head of House is informed" Bianca finished.
James removed his foot from the staircase immediately and dropped down onto a step and made her way down again.
"I guess you proved me wrong" James said.
"I guess so" she said. He leaned forward to kiss her but she said something else.
"What is going on?" they heard a stern voice behind them.
"Cya" was all she said before she made her way up to her room, friends following closely behind.
"I didn't do anything, I swear" James said.
"I told you" Brett said before walking away.
"Stuff you McKinnon".
"Up yours Potter" he yelled back.
"LANGUAGE" McGonagall exclaimed. "You are supposed to be setting a good example for young students Mr. Potter. You are Head Boy after all. Now tell me why you were trying to get into the girls dormitories. I suggest you leave Miss Evans alone. You two must be civil if you are going to be working together and upholding your responsibilities" she lectured on.
"Professor, I wasn't trying to get Lily" James said.
"Yes Mr. Potter, whatever you say" she said looking at him.
"No really. I don't like her anymore" he defended.
"Ok" was all she said.
"I was trying to make someone fall down the stairs ok. That was all I was trying to do" he said.
"That's not very nice. Please restrict yourself to this childish behavior or next time it will be a detention and why are you wet?" others snorted behind her back
"Um, I fell in the lake" he said not bothering to tell her the story.
"You better change before you get sick" and with that she walked off.
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Lily made her way back to the common room dripping wet. She passed Chloe and Annie on the way.
"I am guessing this is why Bianca was running so fast" Chloe said.
"Yeah, the little family decided to play a little prank on James and I" she told squeezing her hair as more water splashed to the floor.
"Are you angry?" Annie asked hoping her friend wouldn't explode at them.
"Not really, I knew they were going to do it sometime" she said. "And they got James as well"
"What is going on with you and James anyway?" Chloe asked elbowing her friend and wiggling her eyebrows.
"What do you mean?"
"Well let's see. You don't call him names like git, toe rag and you don't complain about him twenty-four/seven. You are now civil with him, even Sirius and we actually saw you sitting, talking and laughing with them in Runes today. What happened in the holidays?"
"Nothing happened. I just decided we had to be civil if we are going to be working together for the rest of the year. Besides he has a girlfriend" Lily told.
"Ah, but I didn't mention anything about girlfriends." Chloe said before walking away.
Lily just realized that her friends had caught her out and didn't bother hiding it. She was too cold and wet to try. She made her way through the Portrait hole and went up to her room to have a warm shower.
Bianca was sitting on her bed and Candice was rummaging through her trunk. They both looked up at her when she walked inside. Candice ran and hugged her, "Please don't hate us. We were having fun"
Lily laughed, "I'm not angry. Just happy you did it at the end of the day than the beginning. Then I would be" she said before moving to the bathroom and closing the door behind her.
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Later on that night the Marauders sat together in the common room after being told off by McGonagall. They discussed everything from Quiddich to girls.
The fire slowly started to die down and James, Sirius and Remus had to drag Peter up the stairs and into their room.
"What do we do with him now?" Sirius asked, "He is too heavy to lift."
"I don't know" James said. They looked at Remus but he shrugged just the same.
"Just leave him there" Sirius said stepping over him and collapsing on his bed.
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