Hello! Sorry for the cliffhanger at the end of the last chapter. I couldn't resist [laughs evilly] Anyhow, enjoy!

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Previously:

There was a loud bang and their heads snapped up, "Not again."

"Death Eaters?" Hestia breathed, dropping all the dresses and running over to Lily, both girls with their wands drawn. There was a high-pitched scream from outside that made Lily's skin crawled and her stomach dropped.

"Is there a back exit?" Lily asked the shopkeeper urgently, who shook her head frantically, and disapparated.

"Bloody coward," Hestia screamed, and Lily shook her head.

"Go Hest. Disapparate. I have to stay. I'm head girl. Get out!" Lily yelled as she ran to the door, but Hestia shook her head, following her friend. The girls pushed the door open slightly and looked down the street for Death Eaters, and, seeing none, carefully stepped out, "Wait this is stupid," Lily said, and tapped Hestia's head, before tapping her own, feeling as if something had been spilt over her head, trickling down her body. They were now invisible. She grabbed Hestia's hand, and the two of them trudged up the snowy street, looking around for signs of people, Hogwarts and not Hogwarts.

"Do you think the boys are okay?" Hestia whispered.

"They're fine," Lily said sternly, not wanting to think about the other option, which made her nauseated at the thought. They came to a stop in front of the Three Broomsticks and Lily sucked in a gust of air. Lord Voldemort himself was standing, looking around.

"There's someone here," he said in a high voice that made Lily's hair stand on end. His eyes swept over the area where Lily and Hestia were standing, and a smirk appeared on his face, "Clever," he muttered, and waved his wand, leaving Lily and Hestia completely visible.

"Mudblood!" Bellatrix shrieked gleefully, standing next to Voldemort, Rodulphus Lestrange at her side.

"Mudblood, eh?" Voldemort said in an extremely quiet voice, sounding even more dangerous than if he had yelled it, "Let's have some fun shall we?"

"LET ME GO!" James yelled, fighting off the arms of the teachers of Hogwarts. Once Sirius and James had realized Lily and Hestia hadn't made it back, they had been uncontrollable. The teachers had contained Remus and Peter, but James and Sirius were unstoppable.

"BLOODY HELL!" Sirius shrieked, pulling against the restraining arms of Slughorn and Flitwick.

"Everyone's back EXCEPT them!" James yelled, turning around to glare at Dumbledore and McGonagall.

"Mr. Potter," McGonagall started soothingly, but James yelled.

"NO! SHE'S OUT THERE! AGAIN!" he shrieked, shaking off their arms. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Sirius, who broke free of the binding curse the teachers had put on him, and the two of them sprinted towards the gates, only to be knocked over.

"DAMN PROTECTIVE ENCHANTMENT!" Sirius yelled, turning to Dumbledore, "REMOVE IT!"

"Mr. Black," McGonagall started, but stopped.

A shriek of agony sounded through the grounds, and James' face paled. Lily.

"Stop! Please stop!" Hestia sobbed, restrained by the arms of some Death Eaters, and being forced to watch them torture Lily.

"Is the ickle Head Girl in pain? Does it hurt?" Bellatrix cackled, as she watched Lily in the snow gleefully. A smile spread across Voldemorts face and he pointed his wand at Lily once more, a gash appearing on her arm. Lily whimpered as blood seeped out of her arm into the snow around her.

"See how dirty it is?" he murmured, and the onlookers cackled with laughter, as Hestia sobbed. Lily put her hand underneath her robes and pulled out her wand discreetly, "I wouldn't try Evans," Voldemort said dangerously. Lily closed her eyes, he knew Legilimency, "yes mudblood. I do." Voldemort was enjoying himself. She tucked her wand back into her robes, not wanting to lose it, and Voldemort grinned evilly, "Crucio!"

Lily's screams ricocheted from every surface as he cruciated her, again.

"Mr. Potter you have to stay here!" Flitwick said, trying to calm down James, who had been placed under a body-bind curse by Dumbledore to make sure both he, and Sirius, stayed inside the castle. Dumbledore and McGonagall had run out, wands drawn, to help Lily and Hestia, but that didn't bring any comfort to James, or Sirius.

"Like hell we have to stay here!" Sirius hissed, struggling to move, but wasn't able to. Flitwick sighed, and James saw that he, too, was extremely worried.

"Tom." Voldemort turned around quickly to see Dumbledore standing there, and Hestia saw the fear in his eyes. Lily was unconscious on the floor, after being cruciated four times and with cuts all over her body. McGonagall, who was standing behind Dumbledore, was looking at Lily with tears in her eyes.

Please be alive, Hestia begged silently, looking down at Lily, who hadn't even twitched since she had passed out.

"Dumbledore," Voldemort hissed, and with one last wave of his wand, cutting Lily's leg, he disapparated, his Death Eaters following suite. Hestia, who was now free, fell down next to her best friend. She had not been hurt due to her pureblood status, but they had slapped her across the face for sobbing.

"Lily! Lily!" she yelled, shaking her friend, who still wouldn't stir.

"Ms. Jones," Dumbledore said quietly, "we need to get to the hospital wing," he said, and Hestia nodded, tears streaming down her face, holding Lily's hand, "you need a calming drought," he said gently, as Hestia's breaths came out rapidly as she held Lily's hand. Hestia didn't respond, and Dumbledore conjured up a large stretcher, so Lily could be on it, with Hestia sitting next to her.

"Oh Merlin," James whimpered, jumping up and running towards Lily as the stretcher floated through the gate of Hogwarts, with Hestia on it holding Lily's hand, McGonagall standing next to her, and Dumbledore trailing behind. He saw the blood, and a passed out Lily, and tears started to flow down his face quickly, "is she?" he choked out, brushing Lily's hair out of her eyes.

"No, she's alive," said Dumbledore quietly, watching James and Lily.

"You're okay, you're okay," Sirius said soothingly, stroking Hestia's hair, as Hestia threw herself on him. He closed his eyes and fought back the urge to cry, then took Hestia's hand and walked towards Lily, "Lily?"

"We need to get her to the hospital wing!" McGonagall cried, tears flowing down her cheeks as she looked at the still Lily. She waved her wand, and the stretcher started to float towards the hospital wing. James jumped onto the stretcher.

"Ms. Jones you should come too," Dumbledore said, and Hestia nodded, walking behind the stretcher with Sirius.

"When will she wake up?"

"She's been out a long time"

"Is she going to be okay?"

"Yes Mr. Potter"

"You're absolutely sure?"

"Yes Mr. Black"

"Can she hear us?" Lily felt a shaking hand on hers.

"I don't know Ms. Jones"

"Lils?" Lily heard James' voice on her other side. A small moan escaped her, and she heard their sighs of relief, "Lily."

Lily's eyelids fluttered and she found herself looking up at all her friends, crowded around her bed. James cried out in relief and kissed her on the mouth, before pulling back and brushing her hair out of her face.

"How are you feeling?" Remus asked soothingly from by her right knee.

"Do I have to answer?" she said hoarsely, and her friends chuckled. As she thought of it, a hand handed her a glass of water from by her head. She looked up at Sirius, "Merci senor," she grinned, and Sirius barked a laugh.

"Two languages Lily-flower."

"Didn't stop you did it?" she said quietly, and Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Yes, but I'm cool"

"I thought you were Sirius,"

"Is her brain affected?" Alice said jokingly from beside Hestia, and Lily smiled at her.

"Okay, I said you could stay until she woke up. She is awake, scat," Madam Pomfrey said, bustling through the hoard of people surrounding Lily's bed, "No buts!" she said, sensing their next words, and Lily saw her friends groan.

"I'll be here first thing in the morning okay?" Hestia said, kissing Lily's forehead.

"Same here, don't party too hard," Alice winked

"Bye Lils," Remus said, patting her knee, and heading out with Peter, who had been silent the whole time. Frank smiled at her, clapped James on the back, and ran to catch up with Alice.

"Bye Lily-flower," Sirius said, squeezing her hand, "Coming?" he asked, turning to James, who shook his head.

"Give me a minute," he said quietly, and Sirius nodded.

"I'll see you in your dorm," Sirius said, and bowed to Lily before walking out of the room.

"Poppy can I have a minute please?" James asked Madam Pomfrey, who huffed, but walked away all the same.

"Hi," Lily croaked, and James looked down at her with pained eyes, "How are you?"

"Me? I'm not the one who got tortured and sliced back there!" he said, wincing at his own words, "how are you? I'm sorry!" he said, burying his head in the mattress.

"I'll be fine James. Why are you apologizing?"

"Because I shouldn't have left you!" he said, looking back up at her, and Lily saw the tears in her eyes, "it was stupid! Especially after last time, it was such a stupid thing to do! Lily I'm so sorry!" a sob escaped his chest, and Lily raised her hand, with great difficulty, wiping away his tears.

"It wasn't your fault James. And even if you had been there you wouldn't have been able to do anything. Don't beat yourself up," she said quietly, "go sleep okay? You'll be better in the morning"

"I don't want to leave you," he said quietly.

"James, I'm honestly just going to sleep. I'm exhausted. I wont be good company anyway," she said, and James rolled his eyes, "go sleep please? For me?"

"Cheat," he muttered, smiling slightly, and Lily beamed at him.

"I'm going to need a good night kiss you know," Lily said cheekily, and James chuckled, leaning down to kiss her.

"Anything else?" he asked, and Lily smiled.

"That's alright for now"

"For now?" James said, raising an eyebrow, and Lily rolled her eyes

"Head out of the gutter James"

"Good night love"

"Good night James."

Lily got out of the hospital wing a few days later. There were no scars remaining from the cuts she had received, and she was grateful for that. She didn't need more reminders. Nobody had been alerted of her release from the hospital wing, as they were all in class, and Lily sighed. She had missed two days of NEWT level education.

"Ms. Evans!" she turned around quickly to see Dumbledore walking down the hallway.

"Hi Professor," she said politely, and Dumbledore smiled down at her.

"I instructed your professors to send your work to your dormitory," he said, and Lily sighed in relief, much to Dumbledore's amusement, "see you at dinner," he said, walking away, and Lily walked to her dormitory. She opened the door and smiled, walking into the familiar room, and sat down at her desk that had a list of work she had missed. She sat down at her desk and got into her work. That is how James found her when he got back to the dorm, after being informed that she had been released from the hospital wing.

"LILY!" he said happily, and Lily jumped, and then grinned up at James. James ran over to her and picked her up, pulling her into a hug.

"I missed you too," she giggled, hugging James tightly.

"I didn't say I missed you," he said, and Lily gasped.

"I hate you, put me down,"

"No thanks I'm good," he grinned, kissing her forehead.

"You're incorrigible"

"I know," he grinned, and leaned down to kiss Lily.

Dinner at the Great Hall involved a lot of hugging on Lily's part. It seemed like everyone at the school, except the Slytherins of course, wanted to hug and squeal about how she was okay.

"I've had enough," Lily groaned after a fourth year Ravenclaw walked away after squealing for a few minutes.

"Ah Lily-flower. Savor in the attention!" Sirius said through his mouthful of food.

"Lily hates attention," James said, and Lily grinned at him, squeezing his hand.

"Why is Lily so happy today?" Remus asked, grinning at Lily.

"Lily is just happy," Lily shrugged.

"Why is Lily referring to herself in the third person?" Frank asked, amused.

"Because everyone else was referring to Lily in third person," Hestia said, rolling her eyes.

"Hestia Jones, you're the only one who understands Lily," Lily said, grinning at her friend.

"Ouch Lily," Alice said.

"Alice understands Lily too," Lily said, nodding reassuringly, and Alice grinned.

"I think Lily's boyfriend is insulted," Hestia smirked, looking at James, who was glaring at Lily incredulously.

"Lily's boyfriend needs to shut up," Lily said cheekily, and James narrowed his eyes at her.

"Lily should be afraid," Remus said sarcastically, rolling his eyes, and they laughed as James turned to glare at Remus.

"Moony! Whose side are you on?"

"I don't think I should answer that," Remus grinned, winking at Lily.

"Your attention please!" they all turned to see Dumbledore at his podium, and a hush fell over the Great Hall, "I have a few things to say. Firstly, as you all know, Lord Voldemort is on the rise, and has attacked some of our own," Lily felt every eye in Hogwarts glance at her and turned red, "so you all need to be careful, and aware. These attacks have also led us to cancel the rest of the Hogsmeade visits this year," he said. Protests sounded around the hall and Lily sighed, looking up at Dumbledore.

"Professor are you sure?" she asked, and Dumbledore's eyebrows rose, surprised.

"Ms. Evans, why, it was you who has been tortured and you want to continue these Hogsmeade visits?" Lily felt James flinch beside her and cleared her throat.

"Well, it's the only opportunity for the students to leave the castle, and have a break from the stress of schoolwork, OWLS and NEWTS."

"What do you suggest?" Dumbledore said, looking at her in interest.

"How about we have protective enchantments, like the ones surrounding Hogwarts, placed in Hogsmeade during our visits?" she suggested, and Dumbledore nodded, pleased.

"An excellent idea. Who agrees with Ms. Evans?" he asked, and Lily saw almost the whole population of Hogwarts raise their hands, or stand up, or cheer, "it's decided then," he said with finality, and Lily smiled, "One last thing to discuss. Lord Voldemort possesses the ability to perform old magic, called Legilimency," he said, and Lily shuddered at the memory. James placed his arm protectively around Lily as he saw her shudder, "Who knows what that is?" Lily's hand shot up in the air and Dumbledore smiled, "In simple words Ms Evans if you will." Lily turned red as people chuckled, before clearing her throat.

"Basically, it's the ability to invade someone's mind sir," she said, and Dumbledore nodded, satisfied with her answer.

"Precisely. This means he can invade your dreams, read your mind, know your thoughts, your secrets, and use everything you hold dear to you against you," he said, "the only way to resist is," he said, looking at Lily.

"Occlumency sir," she said.

"Exactly. To help you resist him, you have to clear your mind in order to protect it while you sleep. For this task, I have decided to assign you all Occlumency diaries," he said, and with a wave of his wand, books appeared in front of all of them. Lily saw Sirius groan and giggled, Sirius hated writing, "you will write in this every night before you sleep. Nobody will be checking, but I suggest, for your own safety that you do.

"James you have to!" Lily sighed, and James groaned.

"I don't want to talk to a bloody book about my feelings," he said, and Lily chuckled.

"It's good for you!"

"I don't want to!" James whined, as Lily shoved the book at him that night in their common room.

"How about, if you write in it, you get a prize," she said, talking to him as if he were a child.

"What prize?" he asked happily.

"I don't know!"

"Can I choose my reward?" he asked, and Lily sighed.

"Yes James you can choose your reward."

"How about a good snog session?" he said cheekily, and Lily blushed.

"You're such a male," she groaned.

"Deal?"

"Yes, alright, fine James. Whatever. But not after you write, because then you'd have to write again because your mind wouldn't be clear. Go clear your mind," she said, waving him away, and James happily walked up the stairs to his bedroom

"Good night love!"

"Whatever James."

"HESTIA JONES I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE!" Sirius whined, and Hestia rolled her eyes.

"You're such a baby Sirius. Just talk about your feelings," she said, and Sirius pouted. They were sitting in the Marauders dormitory, with Remus and Peter.

"Pads doesn't talk about his feelings," Peter squeaked from his bed, holding the Occlumency diary open on his lap.

"Well he'll have to," Hestia said.

"Or what?"

"Or, Sirius Black, I will cut you off," she grinned, as Remus and Peter laughed.

"Fine. Make me write about my stupid feelings," Sirius groaned, and Hestia giggled.

"I'm going to go write now, good night boys," Hestia said, standing up. She kissed her boyfriend on the cheek before sauntering out of the dormitory.

"BUT I DON'T WANT TO WRITE!" Sirius whined. Remus and Peter rolled their eyes, and drew their curtains, "THAT'S RUDE!"

"Alice what the hell do I write about?" Hestia groaned, looking down at her stupid journal.

"I don't know! Feelings? How your day went? Sirius Black?" Alice smirked, and Hestia threw a pillow at her.

"I bet yours is all about Frank Longbottom,"

"So what if it is?" Alice grinned cheekily, "and no. I'm planning on introducing myself, talking about how I feel about Voldemort, my friends, and THEN Frank," she said, and Hestia snorted.

"I bet his will be the largest portion"

"Oh shut up Hestia"

"I bet Lily knows exactly what to write about," Hestia said, rolling her eyes, and Alice snorted in agreement.

"James!" Lily said, barging into James' room. He had actually been writing in his diary.

"Yes light of my life?" he replied, and Lily turned bright red.

"Why are you calling me that?"

"Why not?" he shrugged, and Lily shook her head.

"I don't know what to write about!" she whined, and James guffawed. Lily walked over and sat down next to James, leaning on his shoulder, "What are you writing about?" she asked, looking down at the journal, with James promptly snapped shut.

"It's private," he said, and Lily raised her eyebrows at him, causing him to grin.

"But I don't know what to write about!"

"I thought you, Lily Evans, always had something to say," he chuckled, earning a smack in the arm from Lily.

"James Potter this isn't funny! What can I possibly write about?"

"You'll think of something. Now go you're ruining my mind clearing time," he said, shoving Lily with his shoulder. Lily huffed and stood up.

"Fine. Kick me out. Maybe I'll take away your prize," she said, and James snorted.

"I'd get my prize anyway," he said, rolling his eyes, and Lily snorted, before closing his door behind him.

"Okay Sirius, what are you going to write about?" Remus asked a pouting Sirius. He hadn't stopped pouting since Hestia had left.

"I don't know!"

"Me neither," Peter said, pushing his curtains aside.

"I have to agree with you two," Remus sighed.

"Moony? Not knowing what to write? It's the apocalypse!" Sirius gasped, and Remus snorted.

"Padfoot? Not knowing what to say? Now that's the apocalypse," Remus grinned, and Sirius stuck his tongue out at him.

"You're interrupting my concentration. Good-Bye!" Sirius said, drawing his curtains closed, and Remus rolled his eyes before shutting his own curtains.

James' Occlumency Journal

Hello! I'm Head Boy James Potter, I'm seventeen years old…and I sound like an idiot. This is so stupid. I hate writing in diaries. No. This is a journal. I, James Potter, will never own a diary, because I am a man. That's right. Men do not own diaries, except maybe Moony because he's a special type of man.

You don't know who Moony is! (Well obviously, considering you're diary I MEAN journal). Moony is one of my best mates and his real name is Remus. Remus John Lupin. He's not my best mate, but he's one of my close ones. My best mate would be Padfoot, more formally known as Sirius Black. There's also Wormtail, or Peter Pettigrew. He's an odd bloke to be completely honest. Not that Pads and Moony are normal, believe me they are not, but Wormy's different. It's as if he worships the very ground Sirius and I walk on. It's understandable in my case of course. I'm just kidding, my head is not that inflated no matter what my girlfriend thinks.

Yes, my girlfriend, Lily Clare Evans. Oh speaking of she's just barged into my room. Say hello…good journal. Just a minute, must comfort the girlfriend. Okay she's gone now. She was whining about not knowing what to write in her stupid, useless journal. My apologies, don't take it to heart, it just seems really pointless. I must be going bonkers I'm apologizing to a diary I MEAN journal.

Back to the topic at hand, my beautifully magnificent girlfriend. As you can tell I'm in love with this girl. No helping it. Sorry dear journal I am taken. Go cry in a corner. That's right. Okay I am definitely losing my brilliant mind. LILY CLARE EVANS. Yes, so I'll start with our story. I have been in love with this redhead (she has red hair by the way) since I saw her on the Hogwarts Express when I was eleven. I noticed her because she stood out, well; anyone would with that hair and those eyes (they're green!). And ever since then I haven't been able to get her out of my head. I'll admit, I acted like a complete nutter around her, no wonder she hated me. Yes, Lily used to hate me. But she loves me now (I know this because she has said it. That's right) and I couldn't be happier. Well I would be if she had not been tortured a few days ago.

Stupid Lord Voldemort. Such a bloody wanker that bloke is. He kills my little sister, he tortures my girlfriend, he's the reason I barely see my parents, because he's bloody causing so much trouble. I swear, one day, in some way, I will put an end to him. Lily doesn't seem to understand that I'm worried about her. She's muggle born! They target muggle borns! And she goes ahead and tells Dumbledore to let us all back into Hogsmeade. I love that girl too much. I am going to fight back. There's this thing called the Order of the Pheonix, which is all for Voldemorts downfall. When I graduate, I am joining.

Anyway, I think my mind is significantly cleared for one night. And my hand is hurting. I'll talk/write to you later.

Lily's Occlumency Diary

Hi! I'm Lily Clare Evans, muggle born Head Girl of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I do not know what the bloody hell to write in this diary. And I sound like a blithering idiot to be completely honest. Who introduces themselves so cheerfully? It's ridiculous. And I am talking to myself. A problem I seem to have. I hope I never pass that down to my children. So, I guess I'll clear my mind then.

I'm worried. Yes, I have managed to narrow everything down to those two words. I am worried. No wait, that's three. I'm going to use the excuse of it's symbolic to how my worry is growing. Wow I should be a philosopher that was brilliant, if I do say so myself. Oh now, my head is in danger of inflating. Well, what can be expected of me after a year with Sirius and James, who, last year, would have been referred to as Black and Potter. Sirius, my lovable moron, is dating my best friend, Hestia Jones, and I am dating James. I am dating James Potter. To think I used to fantasize about him falling off his broom or being eaten by a dragon. Good times.

I have three best friends. Hestia, Alice and Gwenog, but Hestia is by far the closest to me. Hestia Jones is the most eccentric and scatter minded person I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Which is why I think she and Sirius make such an amazing couple. Don't tell Sirius I said that, he'd embarrass me by standing on a bloody table and screaming it to the world like he usually does. See what I have to put up with? He's also James' best mate. I'm getting ahead of myself. Next friend, Alice Prewett. She's currently dating Frank Longbottom and I swear the two of them are going to get married. Frank's nice. I don't know what to say about him honestly, I've never just talked to him, and Alice has always been there to stimulate conversation. Then there's Gwenog Jones. She and Hestia are cousins, incase you were wondering about the last names. Not that you would because you don't have a brain of your own. I mean that in the nicest way possible, not that it matters. I need therapy. Since you're a magical diary, therapy is a muggle thing, where someone helps you solve your mental problems. Anyway. Gwenog doesn't go to Hogwarts anymore, she got accepted into a Quidditch team called the Holyhead Harpies. I'm happy for her, I honestly am, but in a way I think her going out for it now is a bad idea. She hasn't completed her NEWTS, so if she ever decides to get a different job she wont be able to do anything. Other friend of importance is Remus John Lupin. He's actually one of the Marauders (James' group of friends, long story) but I consider him a close friend. Peter Pettigrew, I think is odd. Bottom line. Sirius Black I also consider a friend, just to clarify. He's extremely irritating but I love him for it. Him and Remus are like my lovable brothers.

James. Oh dear Merlin where do I start? How do you explain emotions after hating a bloke for six years and then falling in love with him? Yes, that is our relationship in a nutshell. I love him. That's all I can say. James bloody Potter has taken over my life.

Okay, so I am sleepy. I will "discuss" Voldemort in my next entry, as well as my torturing. I am leaving you at a cliff hanger laughs evilly. Bye!

Sirius' Occlumency Journal

Hello book. I'm Sirius. Nice to meet you, do not hit on me I am taken. Try and resist my breathtaking good looks and my heart warming smile, they are all reserved for my one and only, Hestia Jones.

I do not know how to write in you. That sounds perverted doesn't it? You wouldn't know you're a book. Seriously (ha-ha I'm Sirius) I have no idea what to write. This is so stupid. What's the point? How is a bloody book going to help me clear my head? It's not as if everything's going to disappear. It's just going to make me think about all these things even more.

Clears Mind

Done.

Okay because Moony is glaring at me, I am going to have to write me. MOONY! Yes, okay Moony is one of my mates, real name is Remus John Lupin. He's a werewolf. I doubt I need his permission to tell you this. It's not like you're going to tell anyone. If you do I'll kill you. Be afraid. My best mate is Prongs, James Potter. He's head boy so he doesn't stay in here anymore, and I miss him. OH! I just talked about my feelings. I deserve a cookie for that…yum cookies! Moist cookies are the best. I love Christmas cookies. OH! Speaking of Christmas, Lily Evans. James is dating her after panting after her for six years. She looks like Christmas on a stick, red hair and green eyes. She is Hestia, my girlfriends, best friend.

Hestia Jones is the most spectacular person you will ever meet, not that you'll meet her because I don't want you stealing her. Are you a bloke? I don't know. I guess its up to me. Well, if you were a bloke I would probably kill you and not tell you about my girlfriend. So you're not a bloke. But, if you're a girl, then Hestia might get jealous. This is so hard! Okay, you are now a Wormtail. Let me see, Hestia Jones. Oh Merlin where do I start? She's, well, she's Hestia. That's all I can say.

YAY Moony's done writing. So I shall leave now. Goodbye!

Hestia's Occlumency Diary

This is really awkward. I'm supposed to spill my feelings to a diary? I don't even tell my best friend most of my feelings. Don't tell her I'll never be able to live it down. Sigh, I guess I'll start with introductions. Hi I'm Hestia Jones, current and hopefully permanent girlfriend of the one and only Sirius Black, best friend of Lily Clare Evans who is probably going to marry James Potter. I'm not an optimist, I call them like I see them, and that (Lily and James getting married) seems inevitable. Another friend to note is Alice Prewett, who is sitting a bed away from me with her tongue sticking out of her mouth as she concentrates on what the write. I bet the word she's writing right now is Frank. I will never know if I won that bet. Let's say I did for my sake shall we? If only Sirius could see me now, talking to a diary. I'm the sane one in the relationship. I wonder what his diary looks like. Of course, he would never call it a bloody diary it would be a book. He will start his entry with "hello book". This is how well I know him.

I should probably write in paragraphs to organize this. I'm very scatterbrained so if I jump back and forth bear with me please…not that you'd do anything about it. Maybe I should enchant you to speak back, but then poor Lils would have competition. Right, so I was talking about friends. There's also Gwenog Jones. I don't know if I can call her a friend, she's family. She's my cousin sister and somehow we're best friends. Isn't that weird? In a good way of course…

I want to go to Sirius! I love him too much. It's frightening. I miss him all the time, and he's probably the best snog I've ever had. This is probably too much information to share on the first write (that sounds weird) but I think you'll have to deal with it. Hopefully your eyes/paper doesn't burn. Actually, hopefully it does. Yes I love you too. I miss Lily! She used to sleep in this dorm, before she became Heat Girl that is. I'm so happy for her about the HG thing but I miss her.

I'm also really worried about her. Okay, she specifically told me no to talk, or even think about this, but I can't hold it in any longer. Do you know what its like to see the person you love most in the world get tortured? I love Lily more than I could possibly love Sirius. No offence Sirius, but Lily's my other half. Sirius is just my partner. I had to stand there and watch her get cruciated. It is not a pleasant experience. I have done that twice. I am not going to do it any more. There's this order or something Dumbledore's always rambling on about, he rambles a lot, and I think I'm going to join it because from what I've gathered, its all aimed on stopping Voldemort from hurting our people ever again.

I am going to sleep now because I'm going to go watch Quidditch practice in the morning, with Lily, who doesn't know, but I will be waking her up and taking her anyway. Who cares right? Good night!

Hestia Jones (I am signing off because one day I will work for the Prophet and my name is worth something now)

Alice's Occlumency Diary

Hi I'm Alice Prewett, hopefully I will be Alice Longbottom some day. Damn it! Hestia wins. Don't tell her I said that. Why am I warning you? It's not like you're going to jump off my lap and tell her. I'm sitting here with a look of extreme concentration on my face because I know Hestia doesn't want to write and if she sees me concentrating she will write. All I'm going to write about anyway is Frank. And also my friends, but you already know them, or I'm going to assume you do because it's a lot of writing for so late at night. I have decided to draw intricate doodles during this time because it's the first time, I think you need to get used to my extreme skills (this is where Hestia and Lily, if they were reading, would snort.)

Doodle time!

Remus' Occlumency Diary

I, Remus John Lupin, werewolf, Messr. Moony of Moony, Wormtail Padfoot and Prongs (The Marauders), owns a diary. This is probably the saddest day of my life, but James would probably say that he knew I was that kind of man. Some great friends I have right? No that was completely sarcastic, my friends are the best. For one, they are illegal, unregistered Animagi because of my condition. Or my 'furry little problem' as James calls it. Which, people often take to mean I have a deranged bunny of some sort. Ah life. Sirius Black, my other completely insane friend, is probably the most eccentric person I know, along with his eccentric girlfriend. Merlin I would hate to live in their house. It would be so loud all the time, and there would be so much yelling, and it would be such a mess. Disgusting.

Lily and James, on the other hand, are probably the only couple I would willingly live with. Not because I love them the most, but because they're the most balanced. Lily's the neat one, James is not; it just works. I bet you my life that they will get married. Then there's Alice and Frank, who, personally, I don't know all too well. Frank is a great bloke; he ended up with us Marauders a lot this year because of Alice, who is Lily's friend. Alice seems like a lovely girl, but I haven't talked to her as much as I'd like to.

Sirius Black, that twat, has just closed his Occlumency diary. Ah, much better. One glare from me and he is back to normal. I have such an amazing influence. I deserve the house cup just for myself. Ah I can feel my head inflating.

I am pretty sure nobody is going to discuss the Voldemort situation this entry time, or whatever it's called, but I am not the rest of my friends. It's terrifying! It really is. I'm worried about my particular group of friends to be honest. Lily's been tortured twice; Voldemort obviously has some sort of thing with her. And James, he's the son of two Aurors, who have turned in multiple Death Eaters. Then there's Sirius, who is related to all these dark wizards. I sometimes worry that he might turn into them. Sirius is a wonderful person, don't get me wrong, and he's in Gryffindor, which proves me wrong, but it's the influence he's grown up around. It's just a worrying subject that's all. Those three are probably the ones I care about the most in a way. Oh! And, of course there's Wormtail. Ah how do we always manage to forget about him? He's great, but I haven't seen much of him this year. He's been gone a lot, and very secluded.

Okay so I'm tired now, and I really need to use the bathroom. I'll talk (?) later.

Frank's Occlumency Diary

This Voldemort situation is crazy. It's made me think about everything; people I care about, the future, things I might never get to do. It adds a sort of Carpe Diem effect. We might not get to live our whole lives, might as well get a move on. So that's what led me to this conclusion.

I'm going to propose to Alice.

Hey! I wrote this sitting in a lounge at Singapore Airport. I hope you like the Occlumency Diary idea; I just thought it would be easier to characterize their thoughts. I'm not going to have all of them write in every chapter, and I might not even include them in every chapter, but I personally like the idea. I just did them in this chapter because I thought it was important to include all the characters in this chapter. Hope you liked it (: