Hello everybody! I hope none of you are as sick as I am at the moment. Blech.
lasting illusion- no you are not weird, I was planning on adding drama soon (: AND YES I am a FRIENDS fan. I swear I have every episode memorized by heart. You get brownie points for noticing :P
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Previously:
James and Lily did IT
They went on their last Hogsmeade trip
"Lily wake up!" James yelled, walking into her room. Lily grumbled and turned her head away from the sound. James walked over to the window and pulled the curtains open, letting sunshine stream into the room. Lily groaned and pulled the covers over her head, "It's morning!" James said enthusiastically, watching Lily in amusement. Lily didn't respond underneath the covers, and James sighed, "Lily! The sun is shining!" Lily huffed and James saw her turn away from him, and chuckled, "Lily wake up."
"Go away," she mumbled. James grinned and walked over to her, and pulled the covers off her head.
"Lily!" he said exasperatedly, and Lily groaned, and shoved her head underneath the pillow. James chuckled and threw the pillow off the bed.
"I'm sleeping!" Lily whined, rolling away from James to the other side of the bed. James laughed and stood up, and pulled the blanket off the bed. Lily squealed and curled into a ball to preserve heat. James walked over to where Lily was and brushed her hair out of her face.
"Lily, wake up," he said gently, and Lily peeked a bleary eye open.
"Why?" she whined, and James grinned.
"I have something special planned for today," he said earnestly, and Lily frowned at him.
"What time is it?"
"That is not relative," he said, running his hand through his hair, "Now get out of bed!" Lily grumbled, and after a lot of persuasion and ducking on James part, got out of bed, "Chop-chop!" James said, pushing Lily into the bathroom with clothes. Lily brushed her teeth, showered and dressed quickly and exited the bathroom to see James leaning against the back of the sofa in his Quidditch jersey and dark jeans, reading a piece of paper which seemed to have been ripped out of a notebook. James looked up as Lily exited the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel, and grinned, "Morning love," he said sweetly, walking over to her.
"May I ask why I was so rudely awoken?" Lily grumbled as James wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Go ahead," he winked, and Lily giggled, "There's that smile," he grinned, kissing the tip of her nose before standing up, "We have stuff to do today!" he said, and Lily sighed.
"What?"
"Remember how I promised you something before NEWTS?" he asked, pulling the piece of paper he'd been looking at out of his pocket. Lily frowned and looked at the paper, her eyes widening as she realized what it was. James grinned as Lily turned to beam at him.
"Really?" she said, skipping over to him and grabbing her 'List' that she'd made in fifth year out of his hands. James nodded and kissed Lily on top of her head.
"Let's go," he said, grabbing her hand, "shall we go in order?" he asked, gesturing to the list, and Lily nodded. He cleared his throat and looked down at it, "Number One," he said in an oddly formal voice, that made Lily giggle, "Instruct Peeves to cause havoc," he chuckled, and looked at Lily, "Are you sure you wrote this?"
"Yes, I'm not a good girl you know," Lily said matter-of-factly and she saw James' eyes twinkle.
"I know," he said, and Lily felt a blush creep up under her cheeks, and cleared her throat, "So what brought about number one?" he asked, as he and Lily made their way out of the dorm.
"Well, it was really boring during OWLS and I wanted something to happen," she grinned, and James laughed.
"Fair enough, now, let's go find Peeves?"
"Where is he?" Lily asked looking around at the ceiling of the castle.
"No idea, but I know someone who'd know," he grinned, "FILCH!" he yelled, and the squib down the hallway jumped, and turned around, "Where's Peeves?"
"Astronomy Tower, pointing the bleeding telescopes," Filch muttered, before running into his office. James grinned at Lily, who was laughing at Filch's reaction.
"Shall we?" James said, holding out his hand, and Lily grinned at him, taking it.
"So, what are we going to do today?" Hestia asked Sirius, walking into the Marauders dorm and sitting down on his bed. Remus and Peter were down at breakfast and had told her that James and Lily were not going to be with them that day, and that her boyfriend was still snoozing.
"Hrmphmerf," Sirius grumbled into his pillow, and Hestia chuckled.
"Hrmphmerf?" she asked, and she saw Sirius grin into his pillow, "That sounds interesting, what's that?"
"How bored are you?" Sirius muttered, turning to the side to look at Hestia whilst rubbing his eyes.
"Immensely," she said, lowering herself onto the floor by Sirius' bed and leaning her head against it, "Lily is doing something with James today, and Alice is writing wedding invitations, so it looks like you're stuck with me," she said, and Sirius laughed.
"I don't think I can ever be stuck with you, love," he said, stepping out of bed and stretching. He held his hand out to her and pulled her to her feet, "What do you want to do today?"
"I don't know," Hestia said, sitting on Sirius' bed, and he smiled at her.
"You want to go to the Quidditch Pitch?" he asked, and Hestia frowned at him.
"I don't play Quidditch," she sighed, shaking her head, and Sirius grinned.
"Who said we were going to play Quidditch?" he asked, holding his arms out.
"Well what else are we going to do?" she asked, exasperatedly, and Sirius laughed.
"You need some imagination my dear," he said, wrapping his arms around her, "We'll take brooms, and fly around, and then we can have a picnic, and then we can do some other stuff," he shrugged, and Hestia grinned at him.
"I knew there was a reason I loved you," she said happily, and Sirius grinned.
"I'll get ready, you wait here," he said, tapping the tip of her nose, and letting go of her to walk towards his trunk, "don't peek," he winked, drawing the curtains around his bed, and Hestia giggled.
"Sirius?"
"Yes?"
"What do you want to do with your life?" Hestia asked, lying down on Remus' bed.
"Why the sudden curiosity?" he asked, drawing the curtain of his bed, fully dressed, and walking over to Hestia.
"I was just wondering. I don't know anything about you!" she whined, sitting up, and Sirius grinned, sitting down next to her.
"I want to be an Auror," he said, lying down and resting his head on Hestia's stomach, "you?"
"I want to work for the Prophet," she said, and Sirius grinned.
"You'd be a great writer," he said, turning around and resting his chin on Hestia's shoulder, looking at her.
"Thank you," she grinned, sitting up slightly to look at him, "Don't let this go to your head, but you're a great wizard, so you'd be a great Auror," she said, and Sirius grinned at her.
"You think so?"
"Yes," she nodded, and leaned down to kiss Sirius. She pulled back and Sirius' face fell into a pout, causing her to laugh.
"I wasn't done!" he whined, pushing her down and lying on top of her.
"Sirius this is Remus' bed!" Hestia squealed, as Sirius moved down to kiss her neck. Sirius groaned in response, and picked her up, dropping her back down on his own bed.
"Better?" he whispered into her ear, and Hestia chuckled. Sirius grinned and got back to work.
1. Instruct Peeves to cause havoc
"PEEVES!" Peeves jumped and looked down to see who had called him, and a genuine grin spread across his face as he saw who it was.
"James!" he said happily, and flew down to the Marauder, much to Lily's astonishment. James grinned at Lily's expression and turned back to Peeves.
"May I ask a favor?"
"Anything for you your Maraudership," Peeves said, taking a mock bow, and Lily had to restrain an eye roll. Of course Peeves would love the Marauders; they caused so much havoc it made Peeves seem like McGonagall. James turned towards Lily, who turned bright red. Peeves, noticing Lily for the first time, grinned evilly, "Hello Silly Lily," he said, and Lily turned to look at James, who was trying not to laugh.
"Actually, Lils here wants to instruct you to cause havoc," he said, and Peeves' eyebrows shot up.
"The ickle Head Girl wants to cause havoc?" he asked incredulously, and looked over at Lily, who grinned sheepishly, "It would be my honour Ms. Evans," he said, bowing, and Lily beamed, "What should I do?"
"I don't know actually," said Lily, frowning slightly, "Something really loud that'll irritate McGonagall," she grinned, and James guffawed.
"Who are you and what have you done with Lily Evans?" he grinned, and Lily stuck her tongue out at him.
"This is oddly out of character," Peeves muttered, scrutinizing Lily, who grinned, "Oh well," he shrugged, before zooming up to the ceiling, "When?"
"Before graduation," James said, and Peeves bowed.
"Anything for you your Marauderships,"
"I-I'm not a Marauder," Lily stammered, as James chortled, and Peeves grinned.
"Anything for you your Maraudership and his lady," he bowed, and Lily opened her mouth, but James restrained her.
"That's as good as you're going to get Lils," he chuckled, and Lily shook her head.
"Bye Peeves," she said, and turned on her heel, and James waved at Peeves, who bowed to him, before leaving, "I cant believe Peeves loves you idiots so much," she muttered, and James grasped at his chest, feigning hurt.
"Lily!" he gasped, "How could you?"
"Oh give it a rest James," she sighed, leaning over to grab her list from him, but he plucked it out of her reach, holding it high above his head, too high for her 5"5 frame, "Potter!" she huffed, and James grinned.
"Evans!"
"Oh go away," she muttered, and he laughed, lowering the list so he could read it.
"Number two"
"Sirius I don't want to bloody fly around on a broom," Hestia huffed, as Sirius handed her a broom on the Quidditch Pitch. Sirius was using James' broom, not that he'd asked for permission, and Hestia was using his pride and joy.
"Why not?" he asked, mounting the broom. Hestia automatically followed and Sirius grinned to himself.
"Because, what if I fall?" Hestia said awkwardly, and Sirius smiled at her.
"I would catch you,"
"You swear?" she said, looking up at Sirius and he nodded, "Pinky swear?" she said, holding her pinky out, and Sirius frowned at it
"Pinky swear?" he asked, amused, and Hestia flushed.
"Just bloody pinky swear!"
"Alright, alright," Sirius chuckled, curling his pinky around hers. Hestia looked down at it and giggled, "What?"
"Your pinky is massive," she giggled.
"Why thank you," Sirius said, waggling his eyebrows, and Hestia flushed.
"EW! SIRIUS!" she whined, "YOU JUST RUINED PINKY SWEARS FOR ME," she yelled, and kicked off from the ground. Sirius laughed and kicked off from the ground, following Hestia.
"You're a great flyer," Sirius said, swerving to a stop in front of Hestia.
"I know," Hestia shrugged, and Sirius laughed, "Well, Gwenog isn't the only Jones who can fly," she grinned cheekily.
"Why didn't you play?" he asked, flying in a loop around her.
"Because, I didn't want to," she shrugged, "And I don't regret it," she grinned, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"You, Hestia Margaret Jones, are a mystery I will never understand."
2. Swim in the Black Lake
"No James I've already done that!" she shrieked as James pulled her out into the courtyard. The seventh years were the only ones who had no classes, as they were done with their education.
"It's on the list," James said cheekily, pulling her towards the lake.
"But I've already done that! It says things to do before graduation! It didn't specify how many times!" she shrieked, digging her heels into the ground, but having no effect on him whatsoever.
"Yes, but we're doing everything on the list today," he said happily, before reaching down to put his arm behind her knees.
"James Potter if you pick me up," Lily screamed, but James had already picked her up and was running full speed towards the lake, "JAMES!" she screamed, wrapping her arms around his neck and closing her eyes.
"Sorry Lils," James chuckled, and Lily felt her stomach swoop as he threw her. Lily closed her eyes tightly and shut her mouth tightly, bracing for the impact. When she didn't hit water, she opened her eyes and found herself levitating a few feet away from the lake. She looked over at James, who had his wand out, and was emitting a sound like a suffocating hippogriff.
"That's not funny!" she shrieked at James, whose face was the colour of puce.
"Yes…so…funny…should've seen…face," James choked out, doubled over with laughter, clutching at his stomach. Lily crossed her arms and glared at him, feeling her temper flare up; she had always had a nasty temper.
"James Potter if you don't put me down this instant," she started, and James flicked his wand, and she fell as a heap onto the soft grass. She stood up, brushed herself off, and glared at James, crossing her arms, which only resulted in James laughing even harder. Once James had calmed down, he stood up straight and looked at Lily, who was still glaring at him.
"Aw, come on Lils," he said happily, taking a few steps towards her. Lily narrowed her eyes and him and shook her head, causing James to chuckle, "You and your temper, honestly Lils, if you think about it, that was hilarious," he said, stopping a few inches away from her, and brushing her hair out of her face
"It was not," she said stubbornly, and James rolled his eyes, "It wasn't!"
"Okay, I'm sorry," said James, and Lily chuckled as he pouted.
"Fine," she sighed, and he grinned.
"Good, now," he said, clapping his hands together. He put his hand on her shoulder and pushed her. Lily screamed and fell backwards into the lake, emitting a giant splash. She kicked her way to the surface and looked around.
"JAMES POTTER!" she shrieked, and James smiled at her sweetly, noting the way she was trying to look frightening with blue lips and chattering teeth.
"You're supposed to be swimming," James said, walking towards the bank of the Black lake.
"I c-cant," Lily said through her chattering teeth, and James chuckled, before jumping into the lake. James surfaced in front of her and wrapped his arms around her torso, both of them bobbing in their attempt to stay above the water.
"It's easy, just forget about the cold," he said, and Lily gave him a sarcastic look.
"Oh, how silly of me, I'll just forget about it," she said, her voice drowning in sarcasm, and James chuckled, and leaned forward to kiss her. James deepened the kiss and Lily felt it all the way down in her toes.
"Now can you swim?" James whispered, and Lily giggled, "Good, go!" he said, letting go of her, and Lily squealed as she sunk a little; she hadn't realized James had been holding her up.
"Some warning would've been nice," she muttered, before leaning back so she was lying on her back. James leaned over and untied her hair, which floated all around her, "I feel like a mermaid," she giggled, shaking her head around, and James raised his eyebrows, "I meant the ones from muggle fairy tales," she clarified, and James chuckled.
"Makes more sense,"
"Does doesn't it?" she giggled, and James shook his head fondly. Lily turned around and began swimming around the Black Lake.
"LILY!" James yelled a little while later
"What?" she said, looking over at James, to see him grinning.
"Are you planning on escaping Hogwarts? Or getting frostbite?" he teased, and Lily grinned sheepishly. She swum back to him and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"What if I escaped Hogwarts?"
"You wouldn't," James snorted, "But if you were under the Imperius Curse and did, I would follow you, or just bring you back," he chuckled, and Lily grinned.
"What if I got frostbite?"
"I would fix you," he shrugged, and Lily grinned.
"And you're making me get out of the water because?" she asked cheekily, and James laughed.
"Because we have more things to do,"
"OH!" she said happily, and James laughed, "What's next?"
"How about we dry off first?" he chuckled, and Lily grinned. The climbed out of the Black lake, Lily dried them off, before she turned to James expectantly. James grinned at her and pulled out the list, "Number Three"
Severus Snape watched from the library window as Lily and James swum in the Black Lake. He had been hiding in the library all day, not wanting to listen to the plans of the next evening, which he was sure was going to turn Lily against him even more. He smiled as Lily giggled and swum towards James Potter. Potter. Severus hated James Potter. He always had, and he always would, despite the fact that Potter had promised to look after Lily, and Potter made her happy. It didn't matter to him. He hated James Potter.
"What's that?" Hestia asked, pointing to the brown substance in one of the boxes. Sirius had actually set up a picnic for them, and the two of them were sitting on a quilt in the middle of the Quidditch Pitch.
"That is chocolate cake," Sirius said happily, and Hestia giggled.
"What's that?"
"Pumpkin Pasty,"
"That?"
"Some French pastry"
"That?"
"Chocolate moose,"
"Sirius Black did you get any actual food?" Hestia asked exasperatedly, and Sirius gasped.
"This is real food!" he said, gesturing to all the desserts, "Are you referring to the mush they make us eat before FOOD?" he asked, and Hestia rolled her eyes.
"Those foods are nutritious,"
"These foods are delicious," Sirius retorted, and Hestia snorted.
"Those foods are supposed to make you feel better," she said, and Sirius looked at her.
"No, these foods make you less stressed," he said matter-of-factly and Hestia grinned.
"How is that?"
"See, stressed, is desserts backwards," he said, and Hestia frowned, "Merlin Hest," he chuckled, and pulled out his wand. He wrote stressed in the air, and then wrote desserts. Hestia grinned and nodded, "Slow," he shook his head, and Hestia stuck her tongue out at him.
"You're not that easy to keep up with okay?" she said defensively, and Sirius barked a laugh
"I'm not easy to keep up with? I don't think you've met my girlfriend, Hestia Jones," he said, and Hestia laughed.
"Continue with your theory," she said, waving her hand and Sirius pouted, shaking his head.
"You hurt my feelings," he whined and Hestia shook her head. She lay down on her stomach and put her chin in her hands, and looked up at Sirius.
"Please tell me?" she said, and Sirius laughed, "What? I thought I looked interested," she grinned
"I think you look interesting," he said, and Hestia blushed.
"Just tell me your theory," she said, and Sirius brightened.
"Right! So, since stressed is desserts backwards, deserts backwardify your stress," he said, and Hestia giggled.
"Backwardify?"
"Do you mind!" he yelled, and Hestia laughed, and walked over to sit on his lap, wrapping
"Do you mind?" she said, and Sirius barked a laugh.
3. Use a broom closet
"We've already done that," Lily said, stopping James, and James grinned down at her.
"But that's my favorite one!" he whined, and Lily laughed, "We are going in a broom closet and that is final," he said, stomping his foot, and Lily raised her eyebrows.
"So strict," she said, shaking her head, and James grinned
"Do you like it?"
"Yes, but not enough to go into a broom closet," she said sternly, and James pouted.
"Lily Evans, I am doing so much for you today, you can't do that for me?" he asked, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"That's cheating,"
"No its not," he said happily, and opened the door to the broom closet in the secret charms corridor, "And no one will find us here, so don't worry about it," he shrugged, and Lily sighed, "Lils, you're not going to win," he said, and Lily stuck her tongue out at him.
"Fine," she said, and walked into the broom closet. James grinned happily and followed her in there, "I have rules," she squeaked, as James backed her up against the back, but James scoffed, and put his lips on hers.
"Hi Remus,"
Remus looked up quickly from the notebook he was writing in, in the Common Room and saw Tonks standing there.
"Hi," he said smiling, and Tonks grinned at him, "shouldn't you be in class?" he asked, and Tonks grinned cheekily.
"I pretended to have a broken nose," she shrugged, and Remus raised his eyebrows.
"How do you pretend to have a broken nose?" he chuckled, and Tonks grinned at the fact that he had not chastised her.
"I can change my appearance," she said quietly, and Remus' eyebrows rose.
"You mean you're a-"
"Yes," Tonks nodded quickly. Remus raised his eyebrows and Tonks grinned sheepishly, "Everyone in my year knows, but others don't, Dumbledore didn't really want everyone to know," she said, and Remus nodded.
"You could probably skip all of sixth and seventh year transfiguration," he snorted, and Tonks brightened.
"Really?"
"Yes, it's all on human transfiguration," he chuckled, and Tonks grinned.
"Sweet," Tonks said, and Remus laughed.
"You want to sit down?" he asked, gesturing to the sofa next to him, and Tonks nodded. She sat down on the seat next to Remus and looked over at his notebook.
"What are you doing?" she asked, looking down at it, and Remus shut the book with a snap.
"Erm, planning," he said, and Tonks grinned.
"For what?"
"Party," he shrugged.
"Another one?" Tonks laughed, and Remus grinned.
"Yeah,"
"When is it?"
"Tonight," he said, and Tonks laughed.
"Short notice, don't you think?"
"Well, we decided to have one yesterday," he said sheepishly, and Tonks laughed.
"Why aren't your friends helping?" she asked curiously, and Remus turned slightly pink.
"Well, we don't plan," he admitted, "But I usually make lists beforehand," he shrugged and Tonks giggled.
"Nerd"
"I am not!" Remus laughed, throwing a cushion at Tonks, who laughed and dodged the pillow. She laughed and stood up
"I should go back to class," she sighed, and Remus nodded, slightly disappointed, "See you later," she said, waving shyly, and Remus grinned
"Bye Tonks," he said, turning back to his list. Tonks walked out of Gryffindor Tower and skipped back to Potions. Remus chuckled and shook his head, not realizing that Tonks was the only girl he had enjoyed talking to, other than his female friends.
4. Run hands through IT's hair
"Yes, so I don't understand this one," James said, looking at Lily, who turned a violent shade of red, "It's?"
"Nothing I don't need to do that anymore!" Lily squeaked, and James just looked at her. How was she supposed to tell him he was what she was referring to? His hair had always fascinated her; it was a guilty pleasure.
"Lily, we're doing everything on this list, now, what does this mean?"
"I wanted to-"
"Run your hands through it's hair, yes I got that for myself thanks," James chuckled, "What is it?" Lily sighed and leaned up to run her hands through James' hair
"What's next?" she asked awkwardly, and James' eyebrows shot up high.
"You wanted to run your hands through my hair?" he asked, a smirk appearing on his face.
"Oh don't let your head inflate," she muttered, and James smirked, "Yes! Fine! I wanted to run my hands through your hair!"
"You know, if you had asked, I would've let you," he winked, and Lily flushed
"I know," she said, and James grinned.
"Why it?"
"Because I couldn't refer to you as Potter on there! Then everyone would know!" she squealed, and James laughed
"Why did you want to?"
"Your hair's always fascinated me, as well as irritated me," she shrugged, and James snickered, "Oh get over it!" she yelled, smacking him in the arm, and he laughed, putting his arm around her shoulder, "What's next?"
"Number five,"
"Maria!" Maria Beckly looked up to see her friend Tonks sit down next to her.
"I thought you had a broken nose?" Maria teased, and Tonks rolled her eyes, before brightening.
"Maria,"
"Yes Tonks?"
"We have to dress up for tonight,"
"Why?"
"There's a party"
"And?"
"Its my last chance Maria!"
"Right," Maria said, scratching her head like she usually did when she was thinking, "Well, we'll just have to make you look gorgeous now wont we?"
"THANK YOU MARIA!" Tonks yelled, hugging her friend, who rolled her eyes.
"I hope this works"
"Me too"
"Where are we?" Hestia whispered; it was dark after all.
"Wait for it…"
"Sirius you are irritating me. Where are we?"
"We are on the earth"
"Very good Sirius, where on the earth are we?"
"Hogwarts"
"Progress! Where in Hogwarts are we?"
"Oh sorry I cant answer that question"
"SIRIUS BLACK!"
"I love you too"
"Sirius where am i?"
"Okay fine love, just be patient?"
"I don't do patience"
"I've noticed, now, wait a second"
"Sirius!"
"Hestia Jones you just made me mess up! For the love of Merlin…"
"Sirius!"
"Wait, and"
There was a flash and Hestia could suddenly see. She looked around in awe, her mouth, embarrassingly, hanging open, as she took in the place. It looked vaguely familiar, as if she'd seen it in a dream, "Sirius where are we?" she breathed, and Sirius grinned.
"We are on your dream date"
5. Meet a Unicorn
"Haven't you met a unicorn?" James smirked
"No! Remember they couldn't find one for the class?" Lily whined, and James frowned.
"Oh right! That was the day you had a bug in your hair and I tried to get it out and you slapped me," he grinned, and Lily turned red.
"There was a bug?"
"I was telling you there was a bug!"
"I didn't believe you," she grinned, and James shook his head, "What? You'd been asking me out for years! You tried to persuade me that you were a world renowned Quidditch Player, you expect me to believe you?"
"Touché," he chuckled, and kissed Lily on the forehead, "I was a bit of a nutter," he chuckled, and Lily's eyebrows raised.
"A bit?"
"Oh shut up Lils," he said, ruffling his hair, much to Lily's amusement, "Okay, let's go find a unicorn!"
"Wait, are you serious?"
"Bloody hell Lily I'm James!" James gasped, putting his arm around her shoulder. Lily giggled and wrapped her arm around his torso.
"So where do we find unicorns?"
"The Forbidden Forest"
"I'm not going in there!" she shrieked, and James sighed. He got to the edge of the forest and looked around
"Why not?"
"Because we're two students!"
"No we're not," he grinned, and Lily frowned, "We will be one student and one wild animal"
"You're going to transform?" she hissed, and James grinned. He closed his eyes and in his place stood the magnificent stag, "Okay fine," she sighed, and followed the stupid stag into the forest. The stag stopped her and knelt down, "What?" she whined, and the eyes of the stag twinkled. It walked behind her and ducked down, scooping her up onto its back, "JAMES!" she screamed, as the stag broke into a run.
After the initial fear of falling off had worn off, Lily found herself having fun. She laughed and screamed as James pranced about, "You're very girly as a stag," she said, patting it's head, and she heard it grunt in what she could only assume was a threatening manner, "I love you too. You know, I might like you better as a stag, you're less irritating," she said, and the stag came to a stop, "And you're hair is neater," she mused, rubbing its fur, and the stag shook its body, throwing her off. Lily landed with a thud and the stag turned back into James
"What do you mean I'm less irritating?" he squawked, storming over towards Lily, who was still on the floor. Lily giggled and grinned up at James, who tried not to grin back, but failed.
"I mean you talk less"
"So you're saying my talking is irritating?" he teased, helping her up, and Lily shrugged, "LILY!"
"James shh!" she squealed, covering his mouth with her hand. James looked down at her and saw that she was looking over his shoulder. He turned around quickly, ready to protect her, and saw a unicorn and her foal.
"Go," he urged her quietly , pushing her towards the unicorns. Lily's eyes widened and she looked at him, "I cant go, they don't like males, go," he urged gently, and Lily grinned at him. She took a deep breath and approached the unicorn and foal.
"Hi," she said quietly, and held her hand out nervously. The unicorn neighed at her and, feeling better, she walked towards it. She took a deep breath before petting the unicorn, and grinned. The unicorn felt like silk. She bit her lip and slowly reached up. The unicorn didn't do anything, so she carefully placed her hand on its horn, and grinned. She began to feel the rivets and curves of the horn, marveling in the magic of it. She felt something on her knee, and looked down to see the foal sniffing at her robes. She giggled and knelt down to pet the foal.
"Lils?" she jumped and looked towards James. She had forgotten about everything, she had been absorbed with the unicorns, "We should go now," he said, looking around the forest worriedly. Lily nodded in understanding and stood up, petting the unicorn and foal goodbye, before skipping over to James and taking his outstretched hand.
"I pet a unicorn!" she whispered happily, and James smiled, taking in her bright eyes, slightly disheveled appearance, tone, and ecstatic aura.
"You pet two," he pointed out, as the courtyard started to come into view.
"I did!" she squealed, and stood in front of James, stopping him. She jumped up and put her arms around his neck, "thank you!" James laughed and hugged her back.
"Anything for you Lils"
"What's next?" she asked excitedly, letting go of James and jumping up and down.
"Aw, what a shame, there's only two left," he pouted, and Lily sighed, "Number six"
"How did you know about my dream date?" Hestia squeaked halfway through the meal, still trying to figure out how in the name of Merlin her boyfriend had pulled this off.
"Lily-flower," he shrugged, and Hestia's jaw dropped, "Don't get angry at her, I wanted to do something special before we left," he said quietly and grinned.
"I love you," Hestia squealed, leaning over to kiss him. Sirius grinned and kissed her back.
6. Slap Black across the face
"Slap Black across the face, Merlin Lily," he chuckled, looking up into Lily's laughing face, "What was this for?"
"He wouldn't shut up and I was trying to study," Lily recalled, holding on to James' shoulder as she laughed.
"Okay, shall we?" he asked, offering her his elbow, and Lily's eyes widened.
"Really?" she laughed, and James nodded.
"It's on the list," he shrugged, and Lily grinned at him.
"He's your best mate"
"All the more reason," he winked, and pulled the Marauders Map out of his pocket, "He's in the dorm," he said, and led a laughing Lily to Gryffindor Tower. They walked in to see Remus sitting by himself on the sofa, "MOONY!"
"Hi Prongs," Remus chuckled, after gathering himself from the initial shock.
"Have you seen Padfoot?"
"He and Hestia went on that special date of theirs," Remus said, rolling his eyes, and James grinned.
"Okay I know where they are," he said, holding his arm out, and Lily's eyes widened
"I'm not going to interrupt!" she squealed, and James sighed.
"Lily!" Lily jumped as she heard a squeal behind her. She turned around to see Hestia sprinting towards her. Lily braced herself for impact, and surely enough, Hestia slammed into Lily without slowing down, "Lily I had my dream date!" she squealed, and Lily grinned.
"Thanks flower," Sirius said from behind Hestia, and Lily winked at him
"YOU DID THIS!" Hestia shrieked, and Lily winced as she felt her eardrums strain.
"You think he could do it by himself?" Lily asked, exasperated, and Hestia giggled.
"I. Love. You."
"I know," Lily grinned, before turning to James, who nodded towards Sirius, "Really?" she whispered, and James nodded quickly.
"If you dare"
"If she dares what?" Remus asked, and James handed him the list.
"Number six," he said, and Remus scanned down the list, and snickered.
"Go ahead," Remus shrugged, leaning back, and James guffawed.
"If you dare," James repeated, crossing his arms, and Lily huffed. She straightened her shoulders and walked towards isrius.
"What?" Sirius asked nervously, as Lily stopped in front of him. Before he knew it, Lily had raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face, "BLOODY HELL!" he shrieked, falling over onto a chair behind him as James and Remus laughed.
"What was that for?" Hestia asked, half amused and half irritated.
"The list," Lily said, and Hestia laughed.
"You're actually doing that?"
"Well I think she should," James shrugged, and Hestia smiled at him.
"She's lucky to have you," she grinned, and turned back to Sirius, "Get up,"
"She just slapped me across the face!" Sirius whined, and Hestia shrugged, "HESTIA!"
"I love you," she said, grabbing Sirius' hand and pulling him up, "Room of Requirement?" she whispered, and Sirius' eyes widened.
"It would be my honour," he winked, before grabbing Hestia's hand, and with a nasty glance at Lily, walking out of the dorm.
"I didn't think you had it in you," James chuckled, looking down at Lily admiringly
"Me either," Lily grinned, "What's next?" he asked excitedly, and James looked at Remus.
"Number seven"
"Oh it's the last one," James sighed, and Lily felt her stomach drop, but Remus grinned.
"It'll take a while, Number seven"
"Maria what colour?"
"Tonks you look good in all colours," Maria said boredly from the other side of the second years girls dormitory, "Plus, the party isn't for 4 hours!"
"What colour?" Tonks repeated, looking down at three dresses
"Bloody hell Tonks," Maria muttered, getting up and walking over to look at the dresses, "Hot pink definitely," Maria said, and Tonks grinned.
"If this works, that will be my favorite colour," Tonks declared, and Maria grinned.
"You mean when it works?"
"Obviously," Tonks grinned, before turning to the mirror. She squinted her eyes and felt the odd sensation of her face transforming
"Tonks what are you doing?"
"My nose is huge." Maria rolled her eyes and got back to her book.
7. Find all the secret exits out of Hogwarts
"You shouldn't underestimate me James Potter," she said in response to James' amused expression, and James chuckled
"Why are you so excited?" he asked, kissing her on the tip of her nose.
"It's my list," she said, putting her hands on her hips, and James grinned down at her, reminded of the way his mother stood.
"Okay Lils, so," he said, clearing his throat, and pulling the list out, "Number seven," he said in the oddly formal voice he'd used before, and Lily giggled, "Find all the secret exits of Hogwarts," James shook his head, unable to connect the Lily he knew to the Lily who wrote this list, "Good thing you're dating a Marauder then," he winked, and Lily grinned.
"Do you know every exit?" she asked, and James rolled his eyes.
"Really Lily, I'm insulted," he scoffed, and twined his fingers through hers, "Where to first?"
"I don't know," she said awkwardly.
"Well, do you just want to see the secret exit, or go out through it?"
"Both!" Lily squealed, and James' eyebrows shot up, "I'm curious?" she said quietly, and he laughed, and leaned down to kiss her.
"Okay, we'll go to Honeydukes first."
"James we've been down this one," Lily sighed, as she walked into the tunnel once more.
"We're doing this again," James said, sitting down and pulling Lily on top of him. He pointed his wand at the floor, which turned into a slide, and the two of them raced down to see who would get to Honeydukes first. They reached the cellar and Lily grinned, looking around. James walked over to a box and pocketed a candy
"James!"
"What? Nobody will notice," he said cheekily. Before Lily could yell at him, however, he pointed his wand to the floor and they made their way back to Hogwarts, "Oh well I cant put it back now," he said as they exited and Lily rolled her eyes
"Give me one," she said, and James laughed, "I will not kill you if you give me one," she said, and James grinned, shoving a candy in her mouth, "much better," she grinned, "Where's the next exit?"
"Lily, I'm not going to show you all of them, only the best two," he said, and Lily shrugged, "Is that alright?"
"Yes," she grinned, and James smiled, "May I ask why?"
"I can't give you all the Marauder secrets," he winked, and Lily laughed, "Also, the party is in two hours and I'm assuming Hestia's going to steal you to get ready?"
"You assume correctly," Lily said in a dark voice, and James guffawed. They made their way out and Lily felt nervous as she spotted the Whomping Willow, "Where are we going?" she asked nervously, and James shrugged.
"This is my favorite passageway," he said, gesturing to the Whomping Willow, "It leads to the Shrieking Shack where Moony goes to,"
"Yes I know," Lily said, shuddering as she remembered the night she and James broke up, "how do you get in?"
"You have to press a knot on the tree," he said, raising his wand and instructing a stick to push the knot. Lily watched the tree freeze and allowed James to drag her to the little tunnel underneath, "After you," he said, gesturing to the tunnel, and Lily grinned, before crawling in. The tunnel was small, so Lily found herself crawling the whole way, "Great view from back here," James said, and Lily shrieked, kicking him. James chuckled and the two of them continued to crawl. They finally made it into the Shrieking Shack and Lily looked around at the bitten furniture and scratched walls, and shuddered.
"It's creepy in here," she said, and James chuckled.
"It is," he said fondly, and Lily grinned at him
"You boys really do enjoy full moons don't you?" she said, wrapping her arms around James neck, and James grinned down at her.
"We really do"
"We should probably go," Lily said, looking down at James' watch, "Party is in an hour and a half, and you need to help get the, erm, goods," she said, and James grinned.
"I knew I loved you"
"Oh James," she said, stopping him as James made his way to the tunnel, "Thank you," she smiled, and James grinned.
"Anything for you love,"
Hey guys! hope you like the chapter. as you can probably guess, the next chapters going to be on the party, so keep checking!