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also.. to LadyKnightSusan, i have recruited the help of my friend for the outtake scene of Lily and James at home, so i hope in no longer than a week, i'll have that up for you. It's not my top priority right now, but it's definitely in progress. Hope you like it when we're finished!

Chapter 8

Lily Evans stood at the doorway to James's house surveying the chaos before her.

Remus and Peter had arrived shortly after Lily, their bags and such abandoned in the hallway. They were now in the parlor arguing over who would get which room.

Apparently, with the addition of Lily, the need to share rooms was necessary. From what she knew, it was a two bedroom house. Her mother said she was allowed to go as long as she gave her word not to share a bedroom with James. Lily had just rolled her eyes and agreed at the time, but now that she thought about it, her mother would never know if she and James actually did share a room.

Holy shite! Lily realized what she was thinking about and quickly tried to get it out of her head. She tuned back into the arguing marauders in the parlor.

"I don't wanna have to sleep on the floor, James!" Peter whined. "Why can't Sirius just sleep out on the couch!"

James looked about ready to hex someone.

"Why don't YOU just sleep on the couch Wormtail!!" James shouted.

Peter sputtered for a moment before humphing loudly and waddling back down the hall.

Remus was sitting standing passively next to James. Lily didn't think he'd spoken a word since he'd arrived. In fact, now that she thought about it, he didn't look all that great. He was very pale, and his face and neck were covered in scars. James had said he'd been ill, but it didn't explain the scars…

She was about to ask about it when she heard a whooshing sound from the side of the parlor. She whipped around just in time to see a soot-covered Sirius shoot out of the fire place, knocking a startled Remus clean off his feet.

James began laughing hysterically as Remus and Sirius attempted to disentangle themselves.

"Brilliant entrance Padfoot!" he jeered at him. "The flying floo! Never seen a better example in my li-"

But James was cut off as Sirius's trunk came hurtling out of the fire place straight into him, knocking him back onto his friends who had just managed to stand up.

Lily couldn't help but giggle as James and Remus started hexing every inch of Sirius they could find.

When all of the spells and soot finally cleared, Lily caught her first glance of Sirius since his entrance. His clothes had been charmed to insult him at every opportunity, shouting at him as he walked. He looked as if he'd been hit with Rictusempra, as he was clutching his stomach and his face was flushed red. Apparently however, this wasn't enough for Remus and James, as when she looked up at him, she saw that his hair had been turned to a brilliant shade of hot pink.

He was walking dizzily toward where Lily was standing, and as soon as he seemed to regain his balance, James and Remus sent his trunk flying towards his back, knocking him flat onto his face.

All in all it was quite a crazy sight. Peter re-entered the room only to run out again when he saw the spells being fired everywhere. For Sirius had pushed off his trunk and pulled out his wand and James, Remus and him were now in a full-out battle in the parlor.

Mr. and Mrs. Potter entered just in time to see Remus dive behind Sirius's trunk in an effort to dodge what looked like a stinging hex. They looked around in wonder for a minute or two before Mr. Potter grinned and pulled out his wand.

"Expelliarmus Totallus!" he shouted, and the wands of James, Sirius, and Remus flew out of their hands and into his own.

Confused, they looked up and seeing the Potters in the doorway, 3 sets of eyes widened in recognition.

Mr. Potter just smiled. Apparently this was a normal occurrence in the Potter household.

"Now boys, what did I tell you about wizard wars?" he asked.

They rolled their eyes at each other before responding simultaneously, "Keep it to the back yard."

"That's right." He waved his wand again and sent the Marauder's own wands flying back to them.

"Now, you better get going," He glanced over at the doorway and spotted Lily standing there. "Ah! Miss Evans! A pleasure to see you again!" he exclaimed.

Lily smiled politely. "And you Mr. Potter."

Mr. and Mrs. Potter beamed at each other for a moment, obviously ecstatic at James's choice in a girlfriend, before Mrs. Potter spoke up.

"Now you promise to be careful, James?" she asked, the suspected mother worry in her voice.

James just rolled his eyes as Sirius and Remus snickered.

"Yes mum, and I promise to drop in on Saturday so you can make sure we're all in one piece and I promise not to attempt to dismantle the SSS." He drawled off in a monotone.

Remus and Sirius were laughing outright now, and Lily was just about to ask what SSS was, when Peter shuffled back in.

"Ah! Peter m'boy! Excited about your trip?" Mr. Potter slapped a terrified looking Peter on the back.

He sputtered on the spot for a moment, obviously trying to find words, before passing out cold on the floor.

Mr. Potter looked horrorstruck, obviously believing his pat on the back to have knocked him out cold. James, Remus and Sirius however, knew better.

James and Sirius ran to the kitchen, wands outstretched, as Remus attempted to revive Peter. Lily, realizing something must be wrong, yanked out her wand and ran to where James and Sirius had disappeared. Mr. and Mrs. Potter had run into the kitchen after them. She was about to enter the kitchen herself when a hand closed around her wrist. She whipped around and saw that it was only Remus's. She relaxed a little before seeing the look on his face. Remus wasn't one to let his emotions show freely, but Lily could see it in his eyes. It was a look of pure terror.

Slowly, she turned back around to look in the kitchen, Remus's hand still closed on her wrist. But before she could see inside, a blood-curdling scream erupted through the house.

Lily froze on the spot. She knew the scream belonged to Mrs. Potter, and that she should try to help, but she couldn't seem to move. Her whole body seemed to clamp up and go cold. Her vision was starting to blur, and she knew soon she wouldn't be able to see anything at all.

But she was jerked back into reality by the sound of James's voice in her ear. Slowly, she became aware that he was holding her up by the shoulders and steering her in the direction of the fireplace. She soon realized what he was doing and jerked out of his grasp.

"No! I'm not leaving! I want to help!" she screamed. But James just shook his head.

"You can't stay here. I don't have time to explain. Just go to the beach house with Remus and I'll there as soon as I can!" He sounded quite desperate, but Lily always had been stubborn.

She shook her head fiercely. "I won't leave you, James. I can fight!"

She noticed that Remus had appeared behind James holding hers and his own bags, wand held firmly in his hand. The look of terror was gone, replaced by something deeper, more sincere. Lily couldn't place it though…

James noticed Remus a moment later.

"Alright Remus, take Lily and go! Don't come back unless I send word!" Remus nodded and with that James kissed Lily quickly on the lips before sprinting back to the kitchen.

Lily was about to dash after him, but Remus grabbed her arm in a surprisingly strong grasp, considering how ill he looked.

"You heard what he said Lily. We can't stay here. Now come on. He'll be alright." Remus was attempting to pull her towards the fireplace.

Lily tried desperately to yank her arm out of his grasp, but he was too strong. She felt herself being pulled into the fireplace, Remus right behind her, his hand full of floo powder. With one last glance towards the kitchen, he turned back to Lily and threw down the powder.

"Pot of Gold!"

YESS!!! okay.. i'm sorry.. i just couldn't resist putting some action in here... i mean.. they're in the middle of war!! it had to come up sooner or later!!! and i apologize for being cliffhanger obsessed... i cant help it... its a disease i tell you... anyway.. i hope you like this chapter... i write much better i think when i can write about Remus and Sirius.. i love them to death... anywho... tell me what you think of this chapter... remember, no favoriting or alerting without reviewing please!!! and now, because it worked so well last time.. REVIEW OR DIE!!!!