A/N: Chapter 9 is here. This was done about a week ago, I just didn't have time to type it and post it because of school, and my birthday, and another karate tournament (fought up a divison and got fist place btw). But here it is. I hope you like it a lot. Reviews are as always much appreciated. So my message to everyone is please review. Thanks.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter universe... Just the plot and the OC's I make.

Chapter 8: Mysteries Revealed

Sirius left the kitchens and Dumbledore behind, his mind screaming at him, 'find James'. Finally things would be brought back to normal. Well as normal as things in the wizarding world go with a dark lord running amok. Sirius sped through the corridors and secret passages he knew so well as he headed back to the astronomy tower. He made good time and even less noise after using a charm of his own invention that muffled footsteps and the shuffling of clothes. What his 'Silent Sprint' spell didn't do however was allowed him to pass through solid objects. And professor McGonagall whom he ran into was certainly a solid object. Sirius ran headlong into her causing the older witch to loose her balance and begin to tip backward. Sirius reacted quickly however steadying her before she could topple over.

"Thank you," she said slightly dazed from her impact with Sirius' running form. A second later after rubbing her temples and giving her head a shake the situation dawned on her. "Mr. Black!" She shrieked. "What are you doing here out of bed at this hour? Who are you meeting in the astronomy tower?" She asked knowing the tower in question was and infamous student snogging spot.

"James," Sirius responded quickly not thinking and trying to end the conversation as quick as he could.

McGonagall deadpanned. She stood shocked a moment. "Well," she said rather flustered. "You are still out of bed passed curfew, and-"

At hearing her tone and unease Sirius quickly corrected her. "No no no no ugh.. No," he began. "He was here a bit ago, I need to talk with him."

As her shock dissipated it was quickly replaced with her original anger. "Just because you need to speak with him does not mean you can go gallivanting about the castle whenever you want. Ten points will be deducted from Gryffindor." Not wanting to argue further he nodded reminding himself he could easily give himself the points back later. "Also your prefect privileges and duties will be suspended for 2 weeks.

'Great' Sirius thought. 'Whatever. Now you will just let me be on my way,' he hoped. Luck was on his side when he was told to head immediately to Gryffindor tower. She then decided however to escort him back, much to Sirius' dismay.

Remus was already sleeping when Sirius arrived. He didn't even wake from all the nose Sirius made rummaging through his trunk, throwing things about. At last he found it. The little charmed mirror that connected to the identical one owned by James. 'I've at least got to tell him tonight about this,' he thought. Sirius looked into the mirror seeing his reflection. He prodded it with his wand and it fogged over and began to swirl about as it contacted James. After about 30 seconds James' face appeared.

"Hi. You've reached me!" James' reflection said jovially. "If this is Sirius, bugger off I'm probably asleep. If this isn't Sirius quit stealing his things and give him his mirror back. If this is a girl, hey babe. Glad you've been stealing Sirius' things. Call me back." James' image disappeared after a wink. Sirius sighed defeated. 'I guess I've got no choice but to wait til tomorrow.' Sirius plopped down on his bed staring at the stone ceiling. 'Everything should go back to normal tomorrow,' he thought. He rolled over kicking off his shoes and other clothes. 'James really needs to change that message too... lily would be mad,' he added with his last thought before dropping off to sleep.

"Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up," Yumi's calm voice carried annoyingly over to Jenny, who pulled a pillow over her head. 'I swear thats more annoying than an alarm clock.' After a minute of repeating wake up and grinning, as she knew how much her roommate hated when she did it, she was interrupted. As she was sitting on a stool brushing her hair in the mirror, the flying pillow provided by Jenny blindsided her and knocked her off the stool.

"Kami-Sama kuso!" Yumi shouted in her native tongue. She was laying on the ground looking huffily up at Jenny who was now sitting on the stool brushing her own light hair smiling contentedly. "A little much don't you think?" She asked as she got to her feet.

"Hmm. Not really," Jenny shrugged. "And watch your tongue. We don't want Remy to have to take points away from you," She teased.

Yumi humphed and turned away to start getting dressed. "Hey babe," Sirius' calm voice greeted Jenny. Despite being fully clothed Yumi found herself on the floor again after shrieking and falling off her bed.

"How did you get in here?" Yumi shouted, her head poking up over the side of her bed. "When did you get in here? I didn't even hear the door open!"

He shrugged. "I'm Sirius Black," he responded, pleased with the glare he got from her. "By the by," Sirius added addressing both girls. "We've been given the go ahead to tell the truth of what happened the other night. As in being able to clear James' name with Lily. I need you two to go and find her and get her to stay put in the head dorms til Remus and I can find James."

"Really?" Yumi asked excitedly. "So what was it that happened there then?"

"I'd rather only have to tell this story once. For secrecy sake... Well actually I'd rather have James tell this story once. We will meet you in the head dorms as soon as we can."

"You got it," Jenny said. She then added a bit more but in a whisper in his ear which Yumi couldn't catch. Sirius then turned and hurried out the door grinning widely.

"What was that?" Yumi queried.

"Just a bet," she responded. "I'll tell you when your older."

At this it was Jenny's turn to be struck with a pillow to the head of her own. "Baka," Yumi muttered. "I'm older than you," she added sourly.

"Maybe on the time line," Jenny said finishing dressing quickly in her school uniform. Her skirt was rather short and her Gryffindor tie was done up loosely and had an extra blouse button undone in stark contrast to Yumi's impeccable appearance. "But I've lived longer." Yumi gave her a reproving look. "Lets go," Jenny commanded.

James wasn't in his room as Sirius had predicted, but the marauder's map was. After consulting it Remus discovered James was closer than they thought. Remus pulled the window to his room open and looked out. "Hey Prongs," Remus greeted him. James was relaxing on a wide almost balcony like ledge laying back against the incline of the roof where it met the ledge.

"Hey," James responded. "Breakfast already?"

"Better than breakfast on Christmas morning. Come in and listen to this."

Sirius recounted his conversation in the kitchens with Dumbledore. James was ecstatic. "Where's Lily? I need to tell her everything!"

"No worries mate. I have the lovely Jenny and Yumi out looking for her now," Sirius responded walking out into the head common room. He jumped over the back of the couch onto it and stretched out. "We just have to wait here for 'em to get back."

"Come on. Quit being so slow!" Jenny reprimanded as she and Yumi searched for Lily. "We've got to find her before they find James."

"Stop rushing me!" Yumi panted. "I want them back together as fast as possible too, but it's not like it's a race or something."

Jenny rolled her eyes about to say something when she spied the object of her search. Lily was leaning back against a wall which was lined with suits of armor. Also with her was Narcissa Black. Narcissa's usual smug look was present on her face as always as she spoke to Lily. Her hand was on her cheek cradling Lily's face as they talked. Jenny's eyes arrowed seeing the sight and seeing Lily's sad eyes. "What are you doing Slitherin?" Jenny bellowed to the girls from the other end of the hall. Lily snapped back away from Narcissa's hand. Narcissa however simply turned and looked icily down to Jenny and Yumi who were storming toward her.

"I am merely talking to a friend of mine," She responded coolly. "Is there a problem with that?"

"We're her friends not you," Yumi chimed in. Narcissa had to look for a moment to find where the voice came from before she spotted the top of Yumi's head and her eyes poking over Jenny's shoulder. The rest of her however was completely hidden behind Jenny's tall body.

"Are you?" She asked malevolently. "Is that why-"

"Cissa please stop," Lily cut her off. "There is no need."

"Cissa?" Jenny spat. "What is going on here Lily?"

"I already told you or were you not listening you fool?" Narcissa started again stepping forward. "I was talking with a friend. Consoling her really. Since her alleged best friends sided with their boyfriends and not her about the man who broke her heart."

"Lily," Yumi said concerned. "Don't think that! We wanted to give them a chance to explain. Thats why we were looking for you. James is allowed to tell you now!"

"Humph, more like he's finally thought of an excuse" Narcissa said.

"Why are you listening to her?" Jenny shouted angrily. "Don't you trust us?"

Lily turned to Narcissa and spoke quietly. "Cissa can we please talk about this later. I really need to talk to them right now."

"Of course darling," Narcissa responded. She shot Yumi and Jenny a dirty look before giving Lily a kiss on the cheek. Then, with her nose in the air she departed.

The three girls stood in silence, Lilly to uncomfortable, and the girls to shocked by what transpired, to say anything. Eventually Yumi found her voice. "Lily, why?" She asked, hurt. "You don't like us anymore?

"No! It's not that at all!" She said almost in tears. "She's just a friend. Someone I talk to."

"Someone to badmouth us to?" Jenny asked crossing her arms.

"No! Please you two are my best friends. It just hurt that you two took James' side over mine."

"Lily. We didn't take his side. We just wanted to give him a chance to explain." Yumi responded.

"Which he is going to do right now," Jenny informed her. "So let's hurry.

Lily hesitated standing in the hall. "But what could he have been doing? What is so important that he couldn't tell me the truth? I can't have him break my heart again. I just can't!" At this she began to cry once more.

"Lily," Yumi said comfortingly, putting her arms around her.

"And you guys must hate me too now!" She wailed on Yumi's shoulder.

Jenny hugged her as well. "We don't hate you Lily. Just tell us next time you're upset so we can talk about it. And don't worry. We wont let James hurt you again if he tries to lie." Lily nodded wordlessly. "Now lets go so we can hear the story before we have to get to class."

Lily nodded again and the three began to walk back to the head dorms where the three marauders waited. Down the hall however malice filled eyes watched the three. 'Get away from her!' Narcissa's mind screamed. 'I am her friend. Her confidant. Not you. She isn't James' either. She is mine.'

Remus sat silently watching the marauder's map while they waited for their return. He kept quiet when he saw a dot marked Narcissa Black mixed in with all the others. There was enough tension in the room without James and Sirius knowing what was going on at the moment. He breathed a sigh of relief when the dot left. He then became puzzled as to why she hadn't left, but was merely at the end of the corridor. He shrugged off his question when the girls began their trek back. "They are on their way guys," Remus informed them which woke Sirius up and put James even more on edge.

When the girls finally arrived James was literally on the edge of his seat. The portrait popped open the three walked in silently and sat on the couch. One on each side of Lily. Sirius who was sitting on the back of the armchair with his feet on the cushion caught Jenny's eye. He mouthed the words 'I won' which brought a wide grin to her face and she shook her head in mock sadness. Lily eyed James curiously and he began his story.

"As you know I was at the Hog's Head on Saturday," As James spoke Lily's eyes teared up as memories of the night flooded back to her, but she continued to listen. "But I assure you I was not there for the reasons you imagine. If you had stayed you would have seen not only Remus and Sirius walk in with girls, but you would have seen Professor Dumbledore arrive as well." This shocked the girls and their eyes widened and listened even more intently. "You see I was there for a meeting. A meeting for a very secretive organization which Professor Dumbledore heads called the Order of the Phoenix. The Order is a group of witches and wizards dedicated to the destruction of Lord Voldemort." At hearing the dark Lord's name the three girls gasped and flinched. "You see we entered like that and used a code, a room with a nice fire, to get in without being suspicious." As James concluded his story everyone looked to Lily waiting on her response. "I swear Lily," he said as he kneeled in front of her taking her hands in his. "If it weren't for the secrecy of the Order I would have told you in a heartbeat."

"Lily, It's all true," Remus added. "You can even ask Dumbledore if you don't believe us."

"Yea Lil," Sirius interjected. "He's the one who told me we could tell you about it."

As Lily's mind processed the information a wave of guilt washed over her. 'I can't believe this. How could I have been so foolish? Why didn't I trust him?' Lily dissolved into tears once more. "I'm sorry," she choked out. "I'm so sorry I didn't believe you." She flung her arms around James' neck who returned her embrace. Everything was quiet save for Lily's sobs and James consoling her softly. Everyone else breathed a collective sigh of relief. Things could finally go back to normal.

A/N: Chapter 9 out of the way. Yay, they are back together! I actually didn't intend for them to get back together so soon... But I kinda wrote myself into a corner with the ball fast approaching... But there will be plenty of twists and turns ahead. New shenanigans lurk over the horizon... what will happen? Tune in next time and find out!

Thanks for reading and for all your reviews. If you have any questions about whats going on in the story, just ask em in a review and I'll answer in the authors notes in the next chapter.