Trials and Tribulations
Summary: Harry Potter knew he was going to get shocked when he visited his parents graves. He knew that'd he'd see family he never met; like grandparents, uncles, and aunts. But one thing he didn't know was that he was going to meet his sister.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I am not making any profit off of this fanfic.

Chapter Eight: Bulimia and Pregnancy

"It's the morning sickness," Sirius said. "That's what's getting me down."

James, Remus, and Sirius were standing outside the lavatory. Frank and Peter were already at breakfast, but Lily had been sick all morning. They had decided to stick with her until she absolutely kicked them out.

"You don't even have it," James pointed out. He knocked on the door and asked Lily if she was okay.

The door opened, and out appeared Lily. She was looking a little green. She was still in her pajamas, and she looked like she was going to get sick again.

"I think it's my roommates catching up with me," she groaned, clutching her stomach.

"But you didn't even sleep in there last night," James said. "You haven't slept in there since Friday." He saw Lily turn a darker green color, and he ushered her back into the bathroom. He shut the door with his foot, and then rushed to Lily and held back her hair.

Remus and Sirius looked at each other a moment, and then they left.

"I'll ask Madame Pomfrey if she has anything," Sirius said.

"And I'll get some saltine crackers." Remus finished. Sirius nodded his head, and they departed at the portrait.

James held Lily's hair back and she got sick again. 'How many times in one day can she do this? She'll throw up the baby while we're at it.'

He extinguished those thoughts as Lily flushed the toilet. She stood up, and James let go of her hair.

Lily turned towards him. He thought she looked a little less green, and more pale, her normal color.

"You okay?" James asked. Lily shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm sorry. I know this wasn't how you were planning on starting your Monday…"

James shook his head and opened the bathroom door. He grabbed her hand and led her to his bed. He watched as she lay down on her side and peered at him. "I'm perfectly fine, trying to stop you from getting sick."

Lily smiled gratefully at him. Moments later Sirius and Remus returned. Sirius had a small vial, and Remus had the saltine crackers on a plate.

"Lily, my darling," Sirius began. He held out his hand, and offered Lily the small vial. "Madame Pomfrey said this would help with the morning sickness, since yours was so severe, and Moony brought you some crackers."

Lily sat up and took the vial. She knew, internally, that Sirius would never prank her in her condition, but she couldn't help but double-checking.

When Sirius heard her question, he burst out laughing. "Lily, my dove, Prongs would kill me if I did anything to you…and besides, why would I hurt you or my godson? I don't want him looking like a pelican, now do I? Take that potion so you'll feel better."

Lily nodded her head, believing Sirius, for nearly the first time. She took the cork off, and held the vial to her nose. She took a sniff, and scrunched her nose up in disgust, but drank it anyway.

"Eww…" Lily said.

"Are you going to classes?" Sirius asked.

"Of course," Lily said. She stood up and took a cracker from Remus. "I can't miss any more classes." She left the boys standing in their dormitory. She definitely left the room, still clad in her pajamas.

"Prongs, sometimes I wonder about your girlfriend," Remus said. He ate the crackers, and then left.

"We wonder about you too."

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Lily was standing in front of her cauldron, shifting from foot to foot. Slughorn was talking about potions, and Lily didn't want to interrupt him, but she had to go to the loo. Her stomach had been doing somersaults all morning. That potion Sirius had given her didn't work.

A few minutes later, Lily couldn't hold it anymore. She could feel the crackers churning their way up; she raised her hand, and waited patiently for him to call on her.

"Yes Lily?" he asked.

"I have to use the lavatory," she said, her face flushing red. Everyone looked at her. Usually Slughorn would dismiss comments like this, and assign detentions for classroom interruptions.

"Go ahead," he said.

Lily thanked him, and left.

Whispers broke out among the students. James looked around. Just because she asked to use the loo in the middle of instructions, didn't mean anything.

A moment later, Marie held up her hand. "Professor, I have to use the lavatory."

"Why don't we take a class lavatory break?" Slughorn snapped. "Hurry back."

Marie left. Sirius was grinning wickedly and he was stirring something into Snape's cauldron. Remus was watching with interest for a moment, before he brought his eyes back to his bubbling potion.

Marie came back, but Lily was still no where in sight. James was getting slightly nervous and he was getting a bit light headed from the aroma that was coming from his potion. It smelled like peas and strawberries.

"Great job Mr. Potter! Two points for Gryffindor. Keep up the good work."

Remus growled. "Bloody potion, won't work." He hit his cauldron with his wand, and green spark erupted from both the wand and the cauldron. He glared at it.

Sirius and James exchanged glances. Then they looked at the door as Lily came back. She wasn't looking too happy, and her face was tinged a green color. She went back to her cauldron and began working on it again.

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"What is going on with Moony?" Sirius asked, making sure no one was listening. "His hormones are more out of whack than Lily's!"

Peter tried to stifle his laughter.

"I'm beginning to think he's having some strange hormonal change or…or something…Maybe he's turned into a girl!" Sirius looked around again to make sure no one was listening. "He's craving things, and he's being so moody. Guys just don't do that."

James looked up from his parchment. He was attempting to do his homework for Transfiguration. "Maybe it's his little furry problem?"

"I don't think so," Sirius said. "This is more…intense. When is the full moon anyway?"

James sighed. He had forgotten about the full moon. "I think it's in…"

"Two weeks from tomorrow," Peter said.

"See!" Sirius exclaimed. "It's too early for the mood swings. I think we need to have a talk with him."

James was about to say something when the person they were talking about walked into the room, along with the person they were comparing him too. Remus was walking beside her, rubbing her back. It looked like she wasn't feeling good. Lily gave the Marauders a slight nod, acknowledging them, and then she went up the stairs to go to their room. She was going to lie down.

"Moony," Sirius said, standing up. Remus looked at Sirius.

"What?"

"Sit down. We need to have a talk. James stand up, we need to make sure he has no getaway."

Remus sat down as James stood up, arms crossed over his chest. He thought this conversation was a little more intense then it should have been. 'And besides, how can Moony change genders? To my knowledge, magic can't do everything.'

"What do you want?" Remus said.

Sirius was quiet, as if he just thought of something. James opened his mouth to say something, when Sirius interrupted him. "Are you pregnant?"

Silence ensued for a moment. James looked at Sirius, surprised for a moment, and then he looked at Remus, horrified. It would explain the hormonal changes, the food cravings, and the sympathizing with Lily! He was going through the same thing!

"Oh my goodness," James said, "How?"

"I'm not," Remus said, trying to keep his laughter at bay. "I don't even think I can."

Sirius sighed in relief. "Then why are you so moody? The whole slapping the cauldron thing was kind of weird."

"Oh," Remus said. "It's because—"

"It's because your furry little problem isn't it?" James asked. He didn't notice that several students looked at him.

Remus looked at James, a weird expression on his face. "Furry little problem? I thought we outgrew that ages ago." James shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, it's my furry little problem. The moon is a bit intense this month, according to Madame Pomfrey…or something of the sort. I saw her on Friday, remember?"

"That's right…Maybe it's a blue moon aga—" James stopped mid sentence. He turned his head slightly, because he just heard a sixth year say something. He listened to see if they were going to repeat themselves.

"Yeah, she's bulimic."

"A Head Girl with an eating disorder? Alice, the girl that's with Frank Longbottom, would have made a better Head Girl."

James turned his attention back to the Marauders. They were looking just as surprised as him.

"Bulimic? They couldn't have come up with a better one, like you two failing Muggle studies, because you were supposed to use some Muggle contraceptive, and prove that they were in fact, very good and that they had a low chance of pregnancy when you were using them?"

They all stared at Peter

"How long did it take you to think that up?" Sirius asked.

"What? Muggle Studies?" James asked. "I'm not even taking that class."

Peter shrugged his shoulders. "It's just random."

"We noticed."

James sighed and sat back down on the couch. "I'm just going to finish this homework assignment." He looked back at his parchment and picked up his quill. He immediately started working on it, as if the previous conversation never happened.

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BB/N: Due to a friend of mine, urging me to update, I updated! Yay!

I made up a holiday. National List Day. I updated my Xanga, and all of today's entry will be in list form. Yay:)

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