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At the end of DADA, Sirius bolted out of his seat and ran to James, and James did the same. The two clashed together and hugged tightly.
"Never leave me again!" Sirius said. James hugged tighter and nodded his head.
"I love you, bro."
Remus and Lily stared at the two. Lily looked at them awkwardly, but Remus rolled his eyes as if it happened every day but it, weirdly enough, did happen every day. After every lesson they didn't share. It was annoying and tedious, and awfully time consuming. Most of the time, Remus didn't even stay to watch them bond, he would just walk off, waiting for them to catch up with them. But today was different. Not only with the Boggart mishap, but also the fact that Lily was present.
"Don't worry Lily, this always happens. Believe me; always. You get used to it, just walk away. That's the only thing you can do." Remus shrugged and indicated to Lily to walk with him to Ancient Runes. Lily's mind buzzed. She knew James and Sirius were odd, and she knew they were eccentric, and she sure as hell knew they were like brothers. But Lily had no idea that they were like that. She found it quite sweet, really. The fact that they were so close they would always hug and miss each other. But by the look on Remus' face, she could tell it got quite annoying after seven years.
"Moonsicles! Vines!" Sirius yells as he runs towards Remus and Lily. The two stop in front of their class. Lily sends Sirius a curious look.
"Vines?" she asks. Sirius nods his head vigorously.
"Yep! You know, Red Vines? Well your hair is red, so, you're officially Vines!" Lily rolled her eyes and nodded.
She waved good bye to the boys and entered into Ancient Runes with Professor Song. Remus followed behind her, and the two took their usual seat next to Jess, Dorcas and Cat, from Hufflepuff.
Remus leaned into Lily. "Remind me again why I sit here with you and a bunch of girls?" Lily laughed. She shrugged, but looked up at the sandy-blonde boy next to her.
"Because we are awesome," she said with a smile.
Remus laughed. "Of course, Lily. Why would I think otherwise?"
Before Lily could answer, Professor Song walked in. Song was different to most Professors. Not so different from the Ponds, but still quite different. Song had curly blonde hair and shining green eyes, much like Professor Pond's. Song usually wore comfortable yet stylish clothing that you could run in. She looked adventurous, and had a definite yearning for adventure. Many wondered why an ambitious adventurer like Professor Song would fall back on teaching, much less Ancient Runes. But Lily could understand why. Professor Song was an archaeologist, but not like Lily had ever seen. Lily looked up to the strong woman that was Song, even if she was ascunning, ambitious and secretive as a Slytherin.
"Now, class, open your books to page 11! Quick, quick, we don't have all day!" she sang. Song pranced to the front and sat on the desk. She smiled at the class, her ruby red lips in a huge and charming smile. Song's eyes analyzed the class. A smirk played on her lips as her eyes turned to the Slytherin area. She sauntered over to the group and stopped right in front of Mulciber.
"Do you smell that, Mulciber? It's the smell of a rather nasty pranks. Give it here," Song said with her hand out. The Slytherins looked at her with astonished eyes. But the rest of the class weren't surprised. Song was like that; spotting things that no one else could. It was remarkable.
Mulciber dug into his pocket and took out a Dungbomb. Song smirked and picked threw it in the air and caught it.
"Naughty, naughty, Mulciber. I don't appreciate smelling like dung. You can be the first to read out page 11," Song walked back to her desk and sat on it. Her eyes glittered with anticipation as she stared at a now uncomfortable Samuel Mulciber. He gulped and took a deep breath than read aloud.
"An easy and famous rune is the Attraction Rune. Commonly mistaken for a love heart, this curved rune, if drawn correctly, will apply great attraction and desire on the person who is being drawn on and the person who has created the Rune. This Rune is harmless and will only last the span of 1 hour. If drawn incorrectly, the Rune will have no effect whatsoever." Song held up a hand for Mulciber to stop.
"So, class, today you will be studying another Ancient Rune that persuades a person's emotions or thoughts. You will be working in pairs. And before you pair off with who ever, I've put a spell on a hat that will tell you your partner. There is no way to change, so don't even think about swapping," Song held out a hat. Each student went to the front and a name flew out of the hat. When Lily went to the front, the hat exploded with two names. Professor Song's eyebrows furrowed, she took one sheet off of Lily. Lily got a quick glance at the paper Song took and sighed a breath of relief as the name had said 'Severus Snape'. But another thought crossed Lily's mind. She could have been paired with Snape, so who has she to be paired with now? Was it a Slytherin? Could it be Mulciber? Lily's body tensed as she unfolded the paper.
'Caitlin Diggory.' Lily sighed in relief once again. She turned to Caitlin, otherwise known as Cat, and smiled.
"Come on, Cat, you're with me!" Cat smiled in anticipation, her blue-yellow eyes gleaming with happiness.
James stared at the book that lay in front of him. The dark black font had blended into the yellowed and frayed pages. James sighed. Sirius was not with James, for once. Instead, Madam Pince had sent Sirius off for the two boys causing a ruckus in their free period. James could feel the empty seat in which Sirius should be, burden on him.
James and Sirius were the closest of friends. From the day they met at Diagon Alley, teasing and pranking unsuspecting passer-byes, to the day Sirius had tried effortlessly to help James with his Lily obsession. James and Sirius had been through thick and thin together. Whenever one had an idea, the other would be beside him with the utmost support. They were best friends; brothers. And now that Sirius was living with James, the idea of them being brothers was stronger than ever.
James had always felt a bit bad for Remus, though. With the connection that he and Sirius shared being so strong, Remus was usually second best, and always under Sirius in James' eyes. It was a sad truth, but truth nonetheless. Remus didn't mind though. He had friends, and bloody good friends at that. James considered himself lucky to be able to have met Remus, and even luckier when Remus had become their friend and the rock of the group. Remus was there to not only be the brains and a good friend, but to keep the boys from too much trouble. And despite Remus' usual protests towards the pranks James and Sirius came up with, James knew that Remus had taken a liking to pranking.
James mind wondered to Peter. Pathetic Peter Pettigrew as the Slytherins called him in first year. It was a horrid name, and name that James found annoying. It was also the name that started their friendship.
In second year, James had had enough of that name. Even though Peter and James were friends because of their room arrangements, they were never really friends; but during that Transfiguration lesson when McGonagall took a quick step out because Peter had turned a student into a desk, James lost it. The Slytherins had called Peter 'Pathetic Peter Pettigrew' again. James stood up and looked Mulciber in the eye before giving him a rat's tail. From that day, James had kept an eye out for Pete, but he felt in that moment, James couldn't protect Peter. Not from the real world; a world full of backstabbing girls, unfair bullying and dark wizards. James knew Peter had to learn this himself, but he missed his rat-like friend.
To many other's disbelief, Peter was believed to be a special part of the Marauders. While Moony was smart, Padfoot was cunning and Prongs was the leader, Wormtail was the softy. He was the one to consider the feelings of others, to mediate whatever spats the boys had. Without Wormtail, The Marauders' pranks would reach no limit, even though they had Remus, and their spats would be fights. Wormtail was their peace-maker of their group. And James wanted the peace-maker back.
James sighed and turned the page of the book. He didn't even know what book it was, or what it was even about. He just needed to think. He just needed to be alone. James heard a seat near him being pulled out, and a body taking place in the empty seat. James lifted his head and saw an unfamiliar face. The girl beside him had long, wavy white hair that reached her hips. Her grey eyes shone and glistened as if she were on another planet. The girl in total looked to be magical and enchanting. James looked the girl up and down to find that she was in Ravenclaw.
"Hello, Mister Potter," the girl said. Her voice was like a wisp of wind. Calming and soft.
"Um, hello," James replied. The girl held out her hand for him to shake.
"Aurora. My name is Aurora. Soon to be Aurora Lovegood," the girl smiled. She looked genuinely overjoyed. James looked at Aurora's hand, and on one of her long and delicate fingers was a silver banded ring with a diamond enclosed with four thin silver bars.
James took the girls hand. "Congratulations, Aurora!" Aurora smile widened.
"Thank you, Mr. Potter. Xeno proposed yesterday. You're the first person I have told," Aurora said as she opened a book. James' eyebrows furrowed.
"Really? Shouldn't you have told your parents first? Even your friends?" he asked. Aurora shook her head as she continued reading.
"No. Both my parents are dead. And I have no friends beside Xeno. The girls believe me to be quite odd. And the boys wish not to befriend me, either. Ravenclaws are not all too excepting when one contains knowledge they know not of." Aurora finished with a soft smile. James smiled back.
"Well, would you like to be my friend?" he asked. Aurora nodded, her white hair dancing in the air as she did so. "But, please Aurora, call me James."
"Only if you call me Rora."
"Deal."
Aurora Greengrass was always a strange child. Being born a pureblood, she had the grace and elegance of any respected pureblood girl, but Rora was still different. Her mind was open to things no one could understand. She saw things as they really were. Many called her crazy, but those with an understanding nature and a mind open to new things could tell she had The Second Sight and a Sixth Sense. Rora was also the reasoning behind Xenophilius Lovegood's madness.
She filled his head with stories and magic beyond wizard's knowledge, and he had believed her. The two bonded over their discussions of Nargles and such, becoming closer and closer with each passing breath. And before the two knew it, they were engaged. Rora had no one to tell the good news to. Her parents were dead, having been shunted from the Greengrass and Gamp family for their open disdain for Voldemort.
Rora also didn't have any friends to tell of the news. The girls found her odd and weird, the boys the same. She had no one. But Rora saw Jams Potter sitting by himself in their free period. She didn't know what overcame her, possibly the Nargles, but she had decided to sit next to him and tell her of her engagement. The decision had been the right one; the events leading in Rora making her first friend since first year.
Rora walked through the corridor by herself. Xeno would not be keeping her company for rest of the week, since he was off at the Daily Prophet on a week internship. Rora felt a gaping hole in her heart. When she entered the Great Hall for lunch, she sat at the Ravenclaw table, gaining no looks from her peers, no glances of acknowledgment; just the silence that she had grown accustomed to after seven years.
"Rora! What are you doing over there! C'mon," a voice belonging to James Potter called. Rora looked up and saw the raven haired boy waving her over. Rora felt the corners of her mouth lift. She gathered her belongs and raced over to the Gryffindor table.
When she sat down, she was welcomed by many faces she had seen many times.
"Hello, Aurora," a girl Rora knew as Jess said. Rora smiled to the group and said hello.
"So, Rora, when's the wedding?" James asked. Rora looked down at her plate then back at him.
"I was thinking a week after graduation. Or maybe a bit after. Halloween always appealed to me," she said. Rora looked at the group to see their reactions. The red haired girl sitting next to James, Lily, looked perplexed.
"Wedding? Did Xeno propose?" she asked. Rora nodded eagerly.
"Yes, but it's a shame that no one in our family will attend," Rora frowned. The table was silent for only a few seconds.
"Well, we'll be there. If that's okay with you," Sirius said.
"Yeah, I would like that."
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