Ashley looked at Sirius. "What was she talking about?" Sirius started babbling.

"I…I…I" Ashley's insides flared up. She did not want Dani "Tomboy" Carlson near her man! She decided to make Sirius remember who his girlfriend actually was. Her eyes welled up and thousands of Crocodile tears came pouring out.

"I can't believe you would cheat on me and with her!" Sirius panicked. Crying girls were not his specialty. They were James! So he quickly formatted a lie.

"No baby. I would never cheat on you." Sirius said as he wiped her tears while looking in her blue eyes. "I wish they were brown like Dani's." He thought. Ashley smiled wickedly.

"So you want nothing to do with that slut, Dani?" she said as she pushed herself against Sirius sending his hormones running. He groaned cursing the day his puberty started.

"Of course I'd never cheat on you with that slut Dani." It killed him to say it, because he knew he didn't feel that way about Dani. Ashley grinned.

"Good. So what are you waiting for? Kiss me bad boy." That was all the permission Sirius needed. Unlike with Dani, the only real feelings Sirius actually had for Ashley was lust. He slammed her against the wall earning a cry to escape her lungs. Sirius kissed her furiously. Ashley smiled as she thought to herself.

"Ha Carlson. I have something you don't."

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Dani walked into her compartment and Lily, James, and Peter's heads turned to look at her. They took in her rumpled clothing, her now frizzy hair, and her smeared lip gloss. "Wow Dani. Did you come from a compartment, or the strip club?" Lily asked while handing Dani a mirror. Dani straightened her shirt and smoothed out her skirt. She then brushed her hair until it was again smooth and wavy. Then she settled herself in James' lap. James wrapped his arms around her waist. He kissed the pulse in her neck and buried his face in the scent of her perfume.

"Lavender. Why do girls always smell so good?" He asked as he ran his fingers through her hair.

"Why do other boys always smell so rank, while you smell so sexy?" Dani said referring to James' cologne. Peter didn't seem to notice the arrangement, but Lily did. She turned to face the compartment door, suddenly feeling something she had never felt before. Love? No. This was a feeling of hate. Anger? Not quite. Jealousy? Bingo! But of what? James? No! Hell no! It had something to do with Dani. She looked back at Dani and James. They had accidentally knocked Peter on the floor while they were wrestling. James was on top tickling Dani's sides causing her to giggle so much she was crying. Once again Lily felt that twinge in her stomach. When a sudden realization, she realized why she was jealous. She was jealous of Dani's relationship with James.

"Bloody Hell!" (A/N-I had to put in Ron's phrase She yelled. Dani and James snapped out of their own little world giving Dani time to push James off her, and onto Peter.

"Sorry Pete." Peter grunted in response.

"Why'd you yell Lily?" Dani asked while laughing at James. Lily shook her head.

"Trust me. You don't want to know." Just then, Sirius with Ashley clinging to his arm came in laughing. If Dani looked bad when she came in, then Ashley and Sirius were two whores. Sirius' hair was an afro, his shirt was 3 buttons off, he had lost his belt so his pants were falling off, and his shoes were on the wrong feet. Ashley's shirt was wrinkled and halfway unbuttoned. Her skirt was on backwards and she was barefoot. Her shoes were probably in the hall. Sirius looked around.

"Where's Remus?" He asked.

"Prefect Meeting. He's gonna tell Lily about it when he gets back." James said while looking at Dani. Lily and Peter had also been watching Dani since Ashley walked in. From her bottom rib down, her hair was red. Her trainers, socks, and entire skirt were red also.

"So Danielle," Ashley started. Dani winced as usual. "Are you sure you're not a guy? Cause with all the guy things you do, it's hard to believe you're a girl." James and Lily instantly jumped to Dani's sides and pulled her down before she could stand. Ashley smiled to herself.

"Looks like the Gryffindor Princess is angry." Dani's soft brown eyes were now glaring flames.

"Fuck off Ashley." Dani said. Lily was silently praying that Ashley would do just that. James was thinking the same thing. Sirius remained silent.

"Yeah it's not like anyone wants you here bitch, in the first place." Lily added. Ashley's eyes narrowed.

"Siri wants me here. Unlike you Dani." James and Lily's ears picked up along with Dani's.

"Dani's one of my closet friends. Why wouldn't I want her here?" Sirius asked, furious that his own girlfriend had insulted the girl of his dreams.

"You said it yourself. You'd rather have me then Dani, the slut." At this point James and Lily were forced to let go of Dani cause her skin was now hot as fire. Dani jumped up and stared her down, which wasn't too hard considering she was a good 3 inches taller.

"What the hell are you on about now, Craver?"

"Right after you left, Sirius said he'd rather have me than a slut like you." Dani looked at Sirius, whose mouth was hanging open."

"Is that true?" She asked him, and he stuttered. He couldn't lie because when he was 6, his mother put a spell on him to make him blurt out the truth when he did something he felt guilty about. And he definitely felt guilty about that.

"Dani, look-" Dani pushed him so hard against the door, the glass shattered.

"If you didn't mean it, you wouldn't have said it." She looked at Ashley who was backing up." I unlike you don't have to have sex with a guy to get a man. I just have to walk out the door." And to prove her point, she did just that. When the glass had shattered, everyone had opened their compartment doors to see why. Dani walked down the hall and grabbed a hot, random guy. She kissed him passionately and Sirius had to clench his fists to stop himself from punching something, or someone. When Dani and the boy had come up for air, Dani said,

"Why don't we go somewhere more private." She didn't wait for an answer. She grabbed his arm and led him into an empty compartment and closed the door.

"Ain't nothing to see. Go back to your compartments." James said after a moment or 2 of silence. Remus, who had been in the hallway looked from the shell-shocked James and Lily to the flaming Sirius who was covered in glass, to the fear stricken faces of Peter and Ashley.

"So," He started. "What I miss?"

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An hour later, the glass door had been fixed, Ashley had left, and Lily was brushing her hair while James stared at her. Dani had still not returned from the compartment she was in. "What if something's wrong? What if he took advantage of her? We can't be more than 30 minutes away from Hogwarts. How is she going to change into her robes?" Sirius questioned out loud. As if to answer his question, Dani's trunk opened, and her school robes floated out. They moved toward the door and after the door opened, they floated down the hall.

"Well that solves the robes problem." James said.

"Besides, Dani is a Temperantrus. If he even thinks about making a move that she doesn't want him to make, a month from now he'll be in a box being put in the ground." Lily said while trying to get as far away from James as possible. About half an hour later, they had 5 minutes before the train stopped. Still no sign of Dani. Everyone was getting worried. No matter how mad she was, Dani had never been gone this long. No one said it, but they all knew that when Dani was mad, she might do something she'd regret. When they were in 4th Year, Serveus Snape called her a Mudblood Lover. Dani had to face the entire Wizangomet for attempted murder. Sirius couldn't take it anymore and he decided to go look for Dani.

"Where are you going?" Remus asked not taking his eyes of James; whos eyes were wide as saucers because Lily had accidentally fallen asleep in his lap.

"To the loo." Sirius lied. He walked down the hall and decided to check the compartment Dani went in. the guy was in there asleep on the seat, but Dani wasn't. Sirius sighed in relief that he hadn't walked in on them. He started down the hall again, watching the girls swoon when he flashed them his famous 1,000 watt smile. After 3 girls fainted when he walked by, he heard her talking.

"I want these, no I want those, no I'll have both." Sure enough Dani was at the food trolley buying just about all the candy. When she was done, the old witch had nothing left. Dani then shrank all the food and put them in her pockets. That's when she saw Sirius. She turned and began to walk away, when the train jolted to a stop. It was so sudden that she lost her balance and fell backwards. Luckily Sirius caught her before she hit the ground.

"Let me go!" Dani demanded. Sirius smirked.

"Okay." That time she did hit the ground. The doors opened and students came pouring out of their compartments. Dani tripped Sirius with her foot and he landed on his back. He got up, but Dani was lost in the crowd. He got on the platform and waited for James and Peter, because Remus was a prefect. Again. While he waited, he searched for Dani. He was amazed he couldn't see her. With her height of 5"10, her streaked red, waist length black hair, and obvious confidence that most girls wish they had, she was pretty hard to miss.

"Padfoot, aren't you listening?" Sirius turned around to see a worried Peter and a bemused looking James.

"No. I wasn't." Sirius said. James shoved him as they went to search for a carriage. They spotted Dani in front of a carriage and she appeared to be petting air. Dani had been able to see the Threstals since her first day at Hogwarts, but no one knew why and she never talked about. When Dani saw Sirius coming, she turned to run away, but James grabbed her arm.

"No. You and Sirius are going to work this out now." James said as he pushed Sirius and Dani into the carriage and closed the door. Remus walked up to them and heard Dani and Sirius yelling.

"Let me guess. This is your way of Getting Dani to forgive Sirius. James, wherever your head is in the clouds, bring it back down to Earth." Remus said while climbing in a different carriage, James and Peter behind him.

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"Get off me big foot!" Dani said. Sirius landed on top of her and his build was crushing her lungs. Sirius rolled off her and grabbed her wrists.

"Dani, before you say anything, I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said. What do you want from me?" Dani glared at him.

"How about a little loyalty?" Dani said pulling her wrists back.

"I could do that." Sirius said. Dani's eyes rolled.

"Are you sure?" She said sarcastically.

"Dani, you're my best girl friend. The only reason why I said that is because I'm a guy. I mean honestly. My hormones invaded what was left of my brain at 12." Dani wanted to smile, but tried to hide it. "Is that a smile?" Sirius asked teasingly.

"No." Dani said."

"Really? Cause it looks like a smile to me." Sirius then jumped on Dani and began to tickle her like James had done earlier. After about 5 minutes of Sirius' torture, he stopped. "Dani, I really didn't mean to say that. Even though you go through guys like I go through girls, if not faster, I could never think you were a slut because I know you. I'm honestly sorry. Forgive me?" Dani looked into Sirius' eyes and saw those rare moments where Sirius was actually being sincere.

"Now, why can't you show this sensitive side more often?" Dani asked Sirius.

"Because. I have a reputation to uphold here." He said switching right back to player Sirius mode.

"Same old Sirius."

"Who would never intend to hurt you." Sirius added.

"Fine. Why not? I forgive you." Dani said.

"So," Sirius started uneasily. "How's your new boyfriend?" Dani gave him a look that clearly said, What? "The dude you got friendly with in the compartment." Sirius said while trying his best to keep his temper in check. Comprehension dawned on Dani.

"Tony? I dated him two years ago. When I kissed him he said the sparks were still there." Dani cleared her throat. "What about Ashley?" Sirius shook his head.

"I'm going to break-up with her. That comment was the last straw. Also, she's way too clingy." Dani wanted to scream at him, "I love you, you idiot! Can't you see that?" But instead, she said,

"Sirius, you're still on top of me. Get off."

"Right. I know that." Just as he was about to get off her, the carriage door was opened. James and Remus were grinning from ear to ear, Peter was confused as usual, Lily looked upset that Dani still liked Sirius, and Ashley looked furious.

"Sirius! I can't believe you!" Sirius jumped out of the carriage and helped Dani out.

"Well believe it. I lied. I'm cheating on you with Dani." To prove his point, he kissed Dani right in front of the Hogwarts student body. Everyone who was watching (Which is a lot because most girls had come to see the Marauders and most guys had come to see Dani) mouths fell open. Sirius released Dani's mouth from his and wrapped his arm around her waist.

"How could you!" Ashley screeched. "And with this…with this…"

"Beautiful girl who I really care about." Sirius finished for her. Ashley stormed off in furious tears. Lily rolled her eyes wondering why her friend cared so much for this guy. Once everyone had left, Sirius turned to Dani. "Thanks for playing along."

"With what?" Dani asked dreamily. Sirius looked at her confused. "Right. The break-up. No prob." Dani recovered. "Come on Lil. Let's go to dinner." Before Lily could object, Dani dragged her in the castle, up the stairs and into the Great Hall. "Are you okay?" Dani asked Lily who was hunched over and holding her ribs.

"Considering I just ran a marathon in a period of 30 seconds, no I'm not fine!" Lily sat in the first seat closest to the door and Dani sat next to her. The Marauders came in as Lily was falling asleep from her run. James sat across from Lily, Sirius from Dani, and Peter sat across from Remus as on Dani's other side. The first Years came in shortly after.

"Were we really that short!?" James, Sirius and Dani asked. Remus laughed at how his friends could be so stupid. The sorting began, but of course the only people actually paying attention were the Prefects and the Heads who were trying to live up to their badges. When it was over, Dumbledore stood up.

"Lead by our Marauders, pig out!" He said. And as soon as the food appeared, that's what Sirius Dani and James did. Lily and Remus though used to it were still disgusted. Lily turned back to her plate of food and reached for the salt. Another hand grabbed it when she did. It was smooth and warm and slightly bigger than hers. She was about to apologize when she saw James grinning at her.

"Why are you smiling like that?" James' grin grew even bigger. He pointed with his head toward her hand. She looked and noticed it was his hand covering hers. He ran his thumb over her hand as he said,

"You know what you would look great in? Syrup. Covering you from head to toe in hot, gooey-" Before he could say another word, Lily had taken her plate of food and flipped it over so it drenched him in mashed potatoes, gravy, cream corn, and hot soup. Unfortunately, some of the mashed potatoes landed in the hair of a Ravenclaw. He turned around and seeing a Grffindor snicker, assumed he had thrown it. He picked up his cream corn and hurled it at him. And that was how it all started. Before anyone could do anything, all hell broke lose. Desserts, dressing, silverware, it all went flying.

"CEASE!" Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at Dumbledore who had his wand at his neck. He didn't have an angry expression. It was a disappointed one which was much worse than him angry. Lily and James had been rolling around on the table, Remus had been flinging gravy, Peter was under the table, and Dani and Sirius had been throwing and gathering amo from behind an upturned table.

"Scourgify!" said Professor McGonagall. She rushed up to James and Lily. James had ended up on top of Lily and she kicked him off. "Potter! Evans! Detention. Tomorrow night. My office." James just sort of nodded his head to the side. Lily on the other hand was in shock. She, Lily Evans, for the first time in her life had landed a DETENTION!

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Sorry it took so long. I'm a slow typer.