Disclaimer: Harry Potter world belongs to J.K. Rowling and her fabulous mind. But this story belongs to me, mwhahah.In the movie, and let out a horrible, long drawn out scream. I pulled apart from James with a start and then realizing what position I was in, on top of him, I rolled off, blushing.
"Don't blush, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." he said, taking my hand and pulling me closer to him. We laid back down against the pillows and I rested my head against his chest.
"I'm sorry. I just, I've never felt like this around anybody and yet I can't seem to be able to control myself around you. This is all your fault." I said, and slapped him on the arm lightly.
"Oh of course, this is my fault. Admit it, you just couldn't resist the charm." he smiled down at me and kissed my forehead. "Now why don't we actually try to watch this movie?" He leapt forward and tinkered with the box, until he found the right switch, and the movie started over.
We laid there, in comfortable silence, sometimes mixed in with light conversation, and watched the scary movie. He thought it was hysterical whenever I jumped and laughed at all the wrong parts, the ones that were suppose to be frightening.
"It's just so funny that these things scare people. Imagine getting put under the Cruciatus Curse. Now that's pain. What's with all these knifes and such?" he said, gesturing wildly to the screen.
"Well, Muggles obviously don't know how lucky they are do they?" I said with a light laugh.
"Right you are."
I snuggled into his warm side and yawned, which in turn made him yawn too.
"Hey, Lily?" he asked? I hummed in response to tell him I was listening. "Even though you're about to fall asleep on me, overall I think this was a great first date."
I was about to respond but he shushed me and leaned over and gave me the most sweet and innocent kiss there ever was. "Goodnight." he whispered, and then, I was asleep.
JAMES P.O.V.
I looked down at the girl lying asleep in my lap. I couldn't believe how incredibly lucky I was. This amazing creation was mine, finally, after all this time. There was no way this was real. What had I done to deserve someone like this?
She was so kind, and sweet, and beautiful. Every thing she did shined. She was like a whirl-wind of fire, consuming everything in her path, taking over my life.
I could still remember seeing her for the first time, really seeing her. She had just been a random girl in our compartment that first day on the train ride to Hogwarts, just a girl whom we should try to impress. But then, as the years went by and her attitude mixed with mine, she seemed to illuminate the way for me, binding my path with hers.
It was hard at first, to fight for her so far, when it seemed as if she would never fall for me back. But then I started to enjoy the chase, so much that it seemed that was only what I was in for. It wasn't until fifth year, when I made such a fool of myself in front of her at the lake with Snivellus, that I realized she was more than just the challenge for me. Her compassion for someone who everyone hated made me realize that I hadn't known this girl at all. So I renewed my chase with vigor, and it seemed that it would never work, but then I matured slightly, thanks to Remus, and the death of my parents hit me hard. But in a way, it helped me become the man I am now. And then she started dating that Michael. He was horrible, I could tell. But if he made her happy, what could I do? I tried to kiss her gently in the corridor that day, but everything went up in smoke, like it always did with Lily. But then we she showed signs of affection back, I panicked and left, not wanting to ruin everything I had worked so hard to get. But now, finally after all these years, she was mine completely.
I would follow her to the ends of the earth. I was completely in love with her. I had known for the longest time that she was the one for me, it had just taken the longest time for her to connect the dots and see that we fit together like two puzzle pieces.
She didn't even know how beautiful she was. All of the guys talked about her, even the Slytherins, but they all knew to stay away because they would have me and Sirius to answer to. Her wit and fiery attitude just added to her wonderful demeanor. And as our friendship grew, and she opened up to me, I found myself drawn to this girl that know one saw ever, even if I only got glimpses of it occasionally. The girl that was scared of failing and scared of the outside world but so willing to fight for the right thing, and prove herself to people. The girl that was so incredibly brave and kind to the worst of us, the one who was always willing to help the smallest kids with the easiest tasks.
As she started drooling gently against my shirt, I smiled, even thinking drooling was cute on Lily. Anything would be. I lifted her up gently in my arms. She couldn't have weighed more than 130 pounds. It was easy to carry her to her bed. I laid her down gently and put the covers over her. Kissing her on the forehead I turned to go and turned off the lights.
I walked through the bathroom to my room, pausing to look at my watch. I was right on time, good. I bent down on my knees and reached under my bed, grabbing my invisibility cloak. Pulling it out, I admired the silky quality of it, thankful that I didn't have siblings, and got to keep my dad's old things. Pulling the cloak around me, I left the room swiftly, careful not to make too much noise.
It was an easy walk to the Gryffindor common room, being invisible. I did pass the Bloody Baron but his blank eyes just stared straight through me and glided past just as silently as I did. Being one of the only ones who asked him how he got his wound, I always felt a slight pity towards the guy, even if he was creepy.
I took off the cloak before reaching the Fat Lady, even though she already knew about it. I told her the password and she accepted gracefully, even though her and her friend Violet seemed to be slightly drunk.
Sirius and Peter were both sitting in the armchairs by the fire, heads slightly drooped together. Remus had already gone down to the hospital wing. They looked up when they heard me enter.
"Prongs! Mate, how did your date go?" Sirius said, wagging his eyebrows suggestively at me.
"Ah Sirius, I don't kiss and tell." I said with a wink and he groaned.
"Well, in any case, you're almost late. We need to get going quickly. Remus went down to the hospital wing ages ago." he said and got up dramatically from his chair.
We pulled the cloak around all three of us, Sirius and I stooping slightly due to our recent growth, again.
"Jeez Peter. Gain any more weight and we might not be able to use this anymore." said Sirius nudging Peter's gut.
He flushed and muttered something undistinguishable.
"Sirius. That was out of line. Apologize." I said to him, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh fine. I apologize." he said, rolling his eyes at me. I knew he would only do that for me, which I was grateful for. I also knew the only reason he insulted Peter in the first place was because it meant that no one else would.
We made our way to the first floor easily enough, but in the Entrance Hall, Peeves was floating around lazily on his back, staring up at the ceiling. We froze, staring up at him, but he didn't seem to notice.
"Muffliato!" Sirius said, pointing his wand at Peeves, who started to look alarmed, wondering why his hearing had gone. We got to the front door quickly enough and when Peeves turned the other way, we slipped open the door, undetected without his hearing, and slipped out. "Got to love that spell eh?" he said with a grin. We nodded our agreement. We walked down quickly to the Whomping Willow, not having to conceal our ankles being a huge plus. We transformed quickly into our animal forms, Sirius a huge dog, Peter a tiny rat, and me, a graceful stag.
As always when I transformed, I felt a slight tingle all over my body, and then a seeping warmth as if jumping into a warm bath. It felt good to be in stag form again, stretching my muscles out and rolling my large head. I always felt more free in stag form.
Peter quickly dodged under the Whomping Willow and reached the knot at the base quickly enough, pushing it in, immobilizing the tree. Sirius and I ran swiftly to the entrance, where we slid down easily enough. Not taking any chances of running into Remus early, we had learned to transform before going into the tree, when there had been a narrow miss a few years back with Sirius.
As we got closer to the room, I could hear Remus' muffled groans and shouts, knowing he was transforming. The shouts soon turned to growls and moans as he bit at himself. I felt a huge surge of pity for Remus. No one deserved the pain, especially not him, who wouldn't hurt anything if he could help it.
We reached the entrance to the room and Remus looked up, smelling us before seeing us. We trotted carefully into the room, making sure to not move to fast. Remus moved around us, smelling at each of us. When he was satisfied of us, we raced back up the tunnel and across the grounds to the forest.
The forest was an odd thing at night. It seemed to come alive. I had long since passed my fear of the place, even though it was dark and cold most nights. I knew there were bad things in the forest, but when you're a huge stag, not much tries to hurt you, especially when you have a werewolf with you.
We ran around for a while, exploring the forest, carefully not going to close where the centaurs dwelled. The forest was filled with all kinds of animals, which Remus took advantage of. He caught and ate two rabbits while we all looked on in disgust. We knew Remus didn't know what he was doing, he just needed something to satisfy his urge to bite at things, thankfully it wasn't us. But then we heard a noise that made my blood turn cold. I sniffed the air and the scent of human wafted through my nostrils. I looked to Sirius in alarm who rolled his head confused. Cursing that we couldn't speak to each other I looked at Remus who had seemed to just realize the curious smell. He threw his nose up in the air and let lose a blood-curling howl. He raced away from the clearing before I had a chance to stop him.
Sirius and I started running as fast as we could following him. There were humans in here, and they were definitely not safe. I followed Remus' trail, barely seeing his furry outline as he continued towards the edge of the woods. I heard a female scream and urged my four legs to run faster through the dense brush.
I broke into a clearing just in time to see Remus slowly creeping up on a terrified girl. With horror, I recognized her. It was Alice, Alice and Frank, who seemed to have been taking a stroll by the edge of the forest, not realizing the danger that lied within.
I sprung into action without thinking. I leaped over a huge boulder and placed myself directly in front of Alice, just as Remus lunged. His massive jaws closed over my left shoulder and I felt the teeth penetrate the layers of skin and sinews.
I thrashed around, trying to get him to let go, in much pain, when he flew off of me. Sirius had rammed himself into him as hard as he could. Sirius and Remus were now fighting, clawing at each other. I turned around, trying not to put too much weight on my front left leg and looked at Alice. She looked terrified and worried.
I pleaded with her with my eyes to run, hoping she could get the message. She shakily got to her feet, and I turned around, shielding her from Remus, in case Sirius failed. In fact, Sirius did look horrible, with huge gashes along his flank. I heard and sensed Alice and Frank running away, but not before Remus aimed one last slash at Sirius, who let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground. I saw little Peter clawing at Remus' feet, but it wasn't doing much good.
Trying to give Alice and Frank as much time as possible, I leaped in front of Remus who slashed at my muzzle, leaving three deep cuts, making me roar in pain. I rammed my antlers into his side which made him fall to the ground. He got up on his four legs and growled at me, loudly, trying to get past me to the humans. He lunged at me before I was ready for it and sank his claws deep into my side, where I felt them tear at my muscles. Screaming/growling in pain I looked up to see Remus start to race for Alice. I got up as fast as I could and ran after him, all four legs screaming in protest. Thankful that I could see still in the dark, I saw Remus not that far in front of me.
Getting as close to him as I could, I leaped into the air and slammed my antlers into him, causing him to scream out in pain. I heard Sirius limping up behind me, and we secured him down on the ground, encased in my antlers and Sirius' paws. We stayed like that for a long while, long enough for any trace of human to disappear. With a look at Sirius, we finally let him up. An unspoken agreement welled up in us, and not sensing any humans, Remus followed us willingly, not even realizing he had attacked us moments ago. Peter was on Sirius' shoulder again, so we trooped back to the tree quickly. Peter jumped down and immobilized the tree as fast as he could, and we all filled in to the tunnel. After a short while, we reached the room and left Remus there, growling in pain and confusion as to why we were leaving.
Sirius and I made our way out quickly and once we were a safe way away from the tree, we transformed back into humans. We were both in very bad shape.
Sirius had huge gashes that were seeping blood along his left side. He also had a bad cut on his face. His ankle was also bleeding heavily and he seemed to be limping.
My left shoulder was a huge bloody mess. It was leaking blood all over my robes and was throbbing like mad, hurting beyond belief. There was also a huge cut from my left temple to my chin.
Peter was fine, of course, he never got hurt as a rat.
"You ok mate?" I asked Sirius, out of breath.
"Yeah, you look way worse than me. That was too close. Why the bloody hell were Alice and Frank out there at this time of night?"
"I don't know, but you're right. That was way too dangerous. They could have gotten bitten. What will we tell Remus? He'll be distraught with himself, 'specially since he knows them." I said, grabbing my invisibility cloak from beneath my robes.
"I have no idea. We better get back up to the castle though. It's nearing three." Sirius said, looking at his watch. Peter nodded in agreement, and I couldn't help but wonder why he wasn't talking.
We threw on the cloak, and crept slowly into the castle. Feeling bad for Remus, I took a sneak peek back at the tree, but it was just swaying innocently in the breeze.
We said our goodbyes at the Fat Lady, and then I crept quietly back to the Head's dorm. But I accidentally tripped on the way through the door, and grabbed the side table, trying to catch my fall, but bringing it down with me, shattering a vase and landing me on my bad shoulder, making me shout out in pain.
I heard a door open and saw Lily in the doorway of her room. "James, what is it? Why are you just getting in?" she looked at the door to the mess I was making. "Oh Merlin. James, is that blood? What happened to you!" she rushed over to me and helped me up, leaning me against her.
"Accident." I muttered against her, too weak to move.
"Accident my arse!" she said, and I was shocked to hear her use that tone. "Stay right here, I'll be right back." she hurried up to her room and came back with a huge briefcase like thing. "Madame Pompfrey gave this to me a while back when I volunteered in the Hospital Wing. It's a huge Wizarding First Aid kit."
She laid it on the ground and opened it up. There were hundreds of bottles of potions and many cleansing supplies.
"You're going to have to help me here James." she said quietly. "We need to get your shirt off. Where else are you hurt other than your shoulder and face?"
I pointed weakly to my right hip, where Remus had clawed me deeply.
"Ok, that's fine. Totally easy." she said, trying to make me feel better, but I saw the fear in her eyes, and knew it was just a mask of calm. A complete façade.
She grabbed the bottom of my shirt and tried to lift it off, but I couldn't lift my arm enough. This was worse then any other injuries I had gotten from Remus yet. Lily grabbed her wand from her pocket and muttered an incantation, which caused my shirt to slice open and fall off of me. There was blood soaking my whole arm, dripping on the floor. My hip wasn't much better.
She grabbed a think rag from the box and pressed it to my shoulder. It stung badly and I let out a gasp.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, this is cleaning the wound." she said, and grasped my hand tightly. She took off the rag thing and looked for a moment into the kit. She came out grasping a purple potion in a clear vial.
"This should fix your muscles, making them mend back together by themselves." She poured four drops of the potion on to my shoulder where it felt like ice water dripping. My shoulder started smoking slightly and I experienced the weirdest sensation, like I could feel everything moving in my shoulder, tingling everywhere. Once the smoke cleared, there was only a long line along my shoulder. She grabbed a light blue potion this time, which only required two drops, which also created smoke. But when the smoke cleared, so did all of the pain. What had been a huge bite mark on my shoulder was now just a very small, white line on the top of my shoulder. I looked at her in wonder.
"You're hip next I think." she said with a slightly more confident voice. She grabbed the purple potion again and pushed against me until I was flat on my back. "Uhm, you're going to have to lower your pants slightly for me to get this gash right."
Past being embarrassed by this point, I just lowered them so the whole gash was revealed, not showing anything to her at all. Not like I had a shirt on anyway.
She did her thing on the cut, first with the cleaning rag, then with the purple potion, then with the blue, until I looked down and was shocked to see just a small white scar again, and with no pain.
"Thank you Lily. You're amazing." I said with a sigh, feeling ten times better.
"We're not done yet James. I still have your face." she said, pulling me up closer to her. I realized then that I was extremely light headed.
"Right, ok." I said, as she pressed the rag to my face, which stung horribly but was over quickly. The purple potion didn't seemed to smoke as much, same with the blue. She then rummaged through the kit until she came out with a small canister.
"It will get rid of the scar. It won't work for the other two though, those were way too deep." She unscrewed the cap of the scar remover and it was a clear, smooth substance. When Lily put it on my face, it felt like a nice caress of cool water again.
"There, all finished. Thank Merlin I was interested in healing last year."
I could tell from her voice that she was still scared, but was trying to hide it.
"Lily I'm sorry. But I'll explain everything in the morning. I'm still feeling light-headed. Can you help me to bed?" I said, still leaning against her.
She nodded reluctantly and pulled me up against her, which made me see black dots dancing in front of my eyes. She put one arm around her shoulders and forced most of my weight on hers. She half dragged, half carried me up the steps to her room. She laid me on the bed gently and went to the bathroom where she came out with a wet washcloth. Lily gently started rubbing away all of the blood off of my chest and stomach, also my hip and face. It felt fantastic. She rubbed the washcloth everywhere until there wasn't any blood left.
"Let's get you to bed then." she said, smoothing back my hair. She laid me down just like I had done to her hours ago.
"Where are you going to sleep?" I asked her, confused as to why I was in her room, but too tired to really care.
"Here stupid." She said teasingly, and crawled in the bed on the other side. I couldn't move much but she slid over to me and rested her head on my chest. "I'm really glad you're ok, but if you don't tell me what happened, I'm going to put you in worse shape then you were just in."
"That's my girl." I said, and she leaned over and kissed me gently, before turning off the lights and snuggling up against me, where I drifted off to sleep.
A/N: i hoped you liked this one, being from jame's point of view. I just needed to add some action into it, and that was the easiest way of doing it. I hoped you guys liked it a lot though, as i just finished it at 1:30 in the MORNING. That's how dedicated i am to you guys (:
i'm slightly disappointed by the lack of reviews, but it's ok, i understand. still it'd be super nice IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REVIEW AT LEAST A LITTLE.
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