Moving on was hard, but what was done was done, and staying to mourn Raven wouldn't bring them anywhere. November began and ended quickly with no distractions other than schoolwork. Things between Lily and James were fine, while Remus hadn't gotten over Raven's passing easily. He was getting over it slower than everybody else because what he had felt for Raven was so much more than puppy love.
"I can't stand to see him like that," Sirius said during a potions lesson one early December day.
"I have an idea," James said.
"What is it?" Sirius hopefully asked.
"Well, if Remus had an infatuation with Raven, why can't he have one with some other chick?" James asked.
"For one thing, Moony isn't going to fall in love so quickly." Sirius said confused.
"Well, with a bit of convincing… and a potion…" James reasoned.
"I see what you're getting at…" Sirius said, catching on. "Who will the lucky lady be?"
"I was thinking of our own Rebecca Ewing," James said mischievously.
"What about Rebecca?" Lily asked James, joining them at the desk. James kissed her on the cheek.
"Hello love. We were just thinking… Don't you feel that Remus should see a new person?" James asked.
"Well… I suppose so. So you think him and Rebecca would hit it off?" Lily asked.
"Yes. And very luckily, we have our own fascinatingly brilliant Miss Evans to brew us up a love potion." Sirius said.
"I am NOT giving Remus a love potion!" Lily shouted.
"Alright class, quiet down now!" Professor Slughorn said cheerfully to the class. "Does anyone want to tell me what the effects of Polyjuice potion are if you were to try and transform into an animal?"
Lily's hand shot into the air.
"Yes, Miss Evans?" Slughorn asked.
"If a human is to try and transform into an animal through Polyjuice potion, they will face serious side effects." Lily explained, "Because the Polyjuice potion is only intended for human use. It is to turn yourself currently into another's body form and size. However, it is only temporary, and if you wanted to turn into an animal, becoming an animagus is way less painful, even if it takes a few years to master it."
"Fabulous answer, Miss Evans," Slughorn said proudly, "Ten points to Gryffindor."
The Gryffindor students whooped to Lily.
"Lily… Psssssssst!" Sirius whispered to Lily.
"What?" She whispered back, taking notes on what Professor Slughorn taught the class.
"It would save Remus from the great gap in his heart if you were to brew him a love potion," Sirius said, "It really would."
"Fine," Lily said.
"Really?" James asked.
"If it makes Remus feel better, then I guess that it needs to be done. Remus IS one of my best friends."
"Fantastic." Sirius said. "GREAT!"
"Excuse me, Mr. Black, but you think that someone taking a Hallucination potion and having a scarred future is great?" Slughorn asked.
"Um… no. I was thinking about that meeting we have tonight. The one you invited me, Lily and James to." Sirius lied.
"Oh, yes. Well then… Does anybody want to tell me what the main ingredient to a hallucination potion is? Anybody…"
At lunch, Lily pulled James and Sirius into a broom closet. She put a silencing charm on the door.
"Okay, in Slughorn's class, I was going through Advanced Potion making and I found out that we need a few pieces of Rebecca's hair." Lily explained.
"Alright. I can get that." Sirius said, smirking.
"Okay. And James, I need you to help me brew the potion… It takes about a week, not as long as the polyjuice potion. That takes 28 days. But anyways, we'll have to give him a potion every two weeks in order for it to stay working." Lily said.
"I can feed him it," James said.
"Okay. Well, I can do the rest… I'll need to borrow your invisibility cloak, James." Lily said.
"To get ingredients?" He asked.
"No," She said sarcastically, "To spy on people in the boy's washroom."
"Well just make sure I'm not in there," Sirius said. "Because Lauren would be after your blood. But Hogwarts could use a catfight… especially between the two best looking girls in the school."
"Shut up, Sirius," Lily said, pushing him away. She opened the door and walked out. James followed her and Sirius just sat in the closet. A few minutes later, a startled Peter Pettigrew and a shocked Lindsey Ash tried to enter the same broom closet.
"SHAME ON YOU!" Sirius cried. "I thought we had something, Petey!" Lindsey looked shocked and ran away crying.
"Thanks a lot, Sirius." Peter said.
"It's fine. No need to thank me."
Peter ran off to go convince Lindsey Ash that he was not gay. Sirius chuckled and pulled out the marauder's map so he could go prank Snape.
A/N: THIS WAS SOMETHING I TYPED UP THIS MORNING, SINCE I FINISHED HBP LAST NIGHT… IM HEARTBROKEN BY WHAT HAPPENED TO DUMBLEDORE. I NEED COMFORT!!!!!!
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