Sirius and James

DISCLAIMER::::: EVERYTHING BELONGS TO JK ROWLING except for my character JADE. Anything that you don't recognize happening is mine!

Sirius:::Chapter 1

“I hope they have a special place for owls,” frowned Mrs. Rana.

“Yeah, well, I highly doubt my school is as rich as us, mum!” said Jade. She never really became stuck up. She always joked to her family about owning half the world.

“This school is a far cry from your Pre-Magic school, sweetie. I hope you can keep up with the work!” said her mom, near tears. She pulled her daughter close to her.

“MUM!” shouted Jade as she pulled away.

“CHARLOTTE JADE RANA!” shouted her dad from downstairs. Her dad was Nepalese Nobility. Her mother is Italian and she is an Italian Princess. Yes, it sounds so fairy-tale. That was exactly what Jade thought.

“Pop, we're going to be late! Hurry up already!” shouted Jade. She pulled away from her mom and took the elevator to the bottom floor of their house. Yes, you didn't read wrong, an elevator.

They took their personal taxi to King's Cross and saw the platform.

“Well, this is it,” said Jade's mum. Her mother and father had both gone to schools in Switzerland, they didn't know Hogwarts.

“Mum, we live five minutes away from the station! You can come inside the barrier with me, you know!” said Jade.

“Well, daughter, good-bye. I expect you will come home for Christmas?” asked her father. They had NEVER had a personal relationship. He was always caught up in the Ministry and he also never liked the idea of her going to Hogwarts. He wanted her to go to Helvetia and Switzerland, but she refused. Everybody there was stuck up and they had all royal blood in them.

The platform was swarming with people when her parents left her next to the scarlet train that was already steaming. She came 20 minutes early to meet people. So far, three people had approached her asking if she needed help. Before she knew it, there was a flash of red and she was on the ground. She groaned.

“Oh my! I am terribly sorry, are you ok?” asked a redhead girl. Hey emerald eyes were glowing with worry.

“No, I'm fine,” said Jade.

“Oh my, you-wh-you look…different!” said the girl as she sputtered.

“What do you mean?” shouted Jade. She grabbed a mirror out of her suitcase and studied her look. She looked fine, what was that girl talking about?

“Your hair changed from black to blond! Your eyes are not violet anymore, their blue!” said the girl.

“Oh, I'm a metamorphmagus! You can't tell?” said Jade with her ravishing smile. Not many people were staring, but she did notice a raven haired boy with big glasses and really messy hair looking.

“What's that?” asked the girl in fascination.

“Sorry, what's your name?” asked Jade as she held out her hand.

“Lily Evans, and you?” asked Lily as she shook it.

“Jade Rana,” said Jade. She left out her first name, she didn't really like it.

“I've never heard of your last name. My dad is pretty high in the ministry and he knows a lot of people,” said Jade with a quizzical look on her face. That raven hair boy was starting to annoy her.

“Oh, I'm muggleborn. I saw you were alone and I thought you were also muggleborn. Sorry for wasting your time,” said Lily, blushing a deep shade of crimson and starting to walk away.

Jade quickly grabbed her hand and whispered something in her ear. Lily looked to the side and back at Jade. Then, they both headed towards the Raven haired boy.

“OY!” shouted Jade as James' eyes went wide and he started to walk away. He stopped dead in his tracks and turned around.

“I noticed you were watching my friend over here!” said Jade. She was always a good matchmaker.

“I-er-no,” lied James. He was so terrible that Lily tried to stifle a laugh, but couldn't. She started to laugh out loud.

“What's your name?” asked Jade dreamily. She was not looking at James; she spotted a boy behind him getting scolded by his mum. He had long, black hair and gray eyes.

“J-Jay-“ started James, but Jade interrupted him.

“JAY! Well, this is Lily,” introduced Jade.

Lily blushed. James' face lit up. Jade glanced at the time and she noticed that they had to get on the train. The train's warning whistle blew really loudly. Jade ushered Lily onto the train, still looking at the boy.

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James packed the last of his stuff and headed to King's Cross with his mother. His father was still at work. This was the third time this week he had to work more than 12 hours a day.

There was a big ruckus when some people crashed into each other.

“Ok, well, I'll see you when you get back, Jamsie!” said Ophelia and she hugged James tightly. She was sobbing into his shoulder when she noticed that the train was about to blow the warning whistle and his son was staring at something else.

James looked down at the two girls and when he saw the eyes of the redheaded one, his heart skipped a beat. He noticed he was smiling. Her locks were all over her face. He was stunned.

“James? I have to go, okay? Bye!” said his mom. James hugged her one last time and she disappeared through the barrier. He stared at the girl once more until he realized that they were coming closer. He was shocked and he couldn't move, he tried to run when the other girl with blond hair turned him around. But, when he turned around, her hair was black.

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Jade and Lily saw Jay go into a compartment, but they didn't follow. They sat next to a girl in a compartment. The girl had short, dirty blond hair. She had blue eyes and a kind face. She was reading the Daily Prophet.

“Do you mind?” asked Lily. The girl smiled at them. Lily put up all of their belongings.

“Hi, I'm Jade Rana!” said Jade.

“Hello, I'm Alice Lyons,” replied Alice.

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James put his trunk up on the rack and sat down. He was in a daze. All he could think about was…Lily. James snapped out of it when he heard some fighting out in the hallway. He pulled open his door.

“No, I could swear that you are a black! I saw you with your mother, she was a Black!” shouted a burly boy with very little hair.

“I think you are suffering from overheat, I wasn't with any BLACK! I think that hair of yours doesn't protect your little head!” said a handsome boy with long black hair. He rapped his knuckles on the burly boy's head.

“Now you are going to pay! NOBODY TOUCHES ME!” shouted the boy. Just before he was going to throw a punch at the handsome boy, James spoke up.

“Terrence ol' boy! I've been looking all over for you!” said James. He slapped the handsome boy on the back. The boy looked at him incredulously and then comprehension dawned on his face.

“Yeah, bro, I've been looking for you, too! Well, if you'll excuse me, I have to sit down with my brother!” said the handsome boy as he crept into the compartment and put up his belongings.

“Thanks mate, you really saved me back there!” said the boy.

“Hi, my name is Sirius!” said Sirius as he held out his hand.

“James Potter, are you really a Black?” asked James as he shook Sirius' hand.

“Yeah, but I'm not like the other gits in my family! They all hate me. I guess you could call me `the black sheep',” said Sirius with a grin. The food cart was about to come out.

“My dad is in the Ministry and he has talked about your family before,” said James.

Before Sirius could answer, they heard some screaming outside. James opened the door and peeked out. There was a girl with brown, curly hair and red eyes hexing a boy who tried to sneak up behind her.

“WHOA LASSIE! What are you doing?” shouted Sirius. The girl froze for a second and started to speak.

“Self defense!” she said defensively and then she waltzed into a compartment.

“Sirius? Are you ok?” asked James. Sirius kept staring at the door of the compartment. The curtains were drawn.

“I've never been better,” said Sirius. He smirked at James and they went back into their own compartment.

A/N Ok well there you have it! The first chapter of this story. I am planning to make this REEEEEALLY long and I am aiming for AT LEAST 500 reviews. I hope that's not too much to ask since there will be about 100 chapters or something. Yes, the girl who was `attacked' was indeed Charlotte. Will anyone find out about her first name? well, seven years, they are bound to find out SOMETIME! Oh and Alice Lyons is indeed Alice Longbottom. Yes, I took the name from the story A Magical Journey! Oh and I an Nepalese Nobility so that is why I decided to make her Nepalese . AND it will fit in with the plot! Enjoy yourselves, I'll try to write more than one chapter before I update!

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SIRIUS

Pussycat Dolls Chapter 2

A/N I must post a pic first. This is a picture that a friend of mine named MERI did, she gave me the names of all the girls. The picture is of the group of seven girls in this story. I am changing Alice Lyons’ name to Alice MacFusty. In the pic that is her name, and there is a name, Emelina Vance, that was in a magical journey. I will use that name because it is in the picture! Oh and please go to http://www.hogwartsdolls.proboards55.com that is one of my MANY sites, please check it out and post some of your own dolls! And you can change the skin if you register! Well, sry, here’s the pic. Oh and be sure to join my school ILLUSTRIS INSTITUTION http://www.illustris.proboards57.com ! Well, here’s the picture of the girls!

http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/embarquenoexpresso/Anuario.html i noticed the picture didn’t work so click that link to go to it (it isn’t in English) the second pic, not the one of the marauders) and I have the key to which girl is which! She has it on her site, but my names are spelled differently, in English!

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1 is Emelina Vance…2 is Lily Evans….3 is Susan Timms…4 is Selene Trimble…5 is Alice MacFusty…6 is Elizabeth Black-Thorne (I am not using her in the story) 7 is Marian Peterson! and on the site I got the picture, there is also a pic of the marauders which is in another skin on my Hogwarts dolls site!

Now, please, enjoy my story!---------------------------------------------

Alice and Lily were talking to each other when Jade decided to roam the train. Lily thought this wasn’t such a good idea, but she let her new friend stray away anyway. It was moments later that they heard her scream and a few minutes later she rushed into the compartment. She looked dazed and not at all scared.

“I saw him again!” said Jade as she plopped onto a seat and started twirling her hair. Her hair had changed back to its normal color now.

“Wow, you really can’t control your emotions. I rarely see you with your normal hair!” said Alice.

“It doesn’t matter, I saw the guy who was on the platform. I think he’s gorgeous!” said Jade. She started to pick at her nails. Lily studied her for a moment.

“What are you staring at?” asked Jade as her hands immediately went up to her hair as if something was wrong. Lily chuckled and ignored the paranoid girl. A few seconds later a whole group of girls opened the door and asked if they could sit with them. Alice said sure since it was her compartment.

“Are you first years?” asked one girl. She had blonde hair with light brown streaks and it was set up in a messy 80’s ponytail. She had blue eyes like Alice’s but she looked more like a fun girl than a kind girl. She had already changed into Hogwarts clothing.

“Yes, Hi, I’m Alice MacFusty!” said Alice as she held out her hand.

“I’m Emelina Vance, pleasure to meet you,” said Emelina as she shook hands with Alice. Lily introduced herself and she shook hands with her, too. All eyes were on Jade.

“What? Am I supposed to do something?” asked Jade. Then, she spotted Emelina’s hand.

“Oh! Sorry, Jade Rana, pleasure to meet you!” said Jade as she firmly grasped Emelina’s hand.

“Rana? You wouldn’t happen to be related to Sai Rana. He is a very big character in the Ministry,” asked another girl. She had sandy brown hair with red streaks. Her hazel eyes glowed behind her bangs. Her boy cut flattered her slim figure and she seemed like a wild person.

“Oh, yes, he’s my father,” said Jade. She immediately regretted this. Lily looked so lost. What was this Ministry?

“REALLY?” asked the girl incredulously.

“Yeah,” said Jade.

“We should be best friends,” said the girl.

“Why?” asked Jade. She stopped fixing her nails.

“Because my father is Jacob Peterson!” said the girl.

“REALLY! My dad never stops talking about him, they are BEST friends!” said Jade. The girls were so close and the rest of the girls just ignored them and started to talk within themselves. Except for Lily, she was intrigued.

The two girls hit it off. The other girl introduced herself as Mariana Peterson.

“Lily, there are two other girls I’d like you to meet. This is Selene Trimble, my cousin,” said Emelina. Lily took the girl’s hand. The girl had a perfect body and she had chocolate brown eyes and beautiful, wavy brown hair. She had gold hoop earrings. There was one word to describe her; sassy.

“Hola!” said the girl with a giggle.

“She says hi to everyone in weird languages,” said the last girl. She seemed shy. But, no doubt, she was the prettiest of every girl in the compartment. She wore conservative clothing. She had dark brown hair and sun colored eyes that were nearly covered by her side swept bangs. She had plump red lips and was reading a book. Her name was Susan Timms.

“Hi, I’m Lily,” said Lily. The two girls went into a deep discussion about the magical world. Turns out she is a muggleborn. Lily was relieved she had somebody to relate to. At first she thought she was the only muggleborn child in the wizarding world!

Jade and Mariana were playing with their food they got off of the food cart. Lily and Susan were talking about the books they’ve read. Emelina and Alice were singing. Selene was fixing her hair, but she decided to go roaming. Jade realized that this wasn’t a good idea, but she knew she shouldn’t interfere. Selene looked a little intimidating.

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“I’m telling you mate, she’s gorgeous. Correct that, I’M gorgeous,” said Sirius arrogantly. James scoffed, but yes, Sirius was right. Sirius was indeed handsome.

“Excuse me?” asked a mousy boy as the train started moving. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. The two boys looked at him.

“Can me and another boy sit with you?” asked the boy. Sirius shrugged and James nodded.

“Thank you! Hi, I’m Peter Pettigrew,” said Peter. Sirius was looking at him from head to toe, Peter felt uncomfortable under his stare.

“Erm-Where is the other boy?” asked James after he introduced himself and Sirius.

“Oh he’s…” said Peter, but he trailed off as a boy peeked his head inside. This boy looked like he had just gotten in a fight with a jaguar. He had scratches all over his face, but his clothes were in perfect condition. He had sandy dirty blond hair and blue eyes.

“Hi! Remus Lupin. You are James Potter and you are…Terrence?” asked Remus. Sirius chuckled to himself, he liked this guy.

“Oh, no! I made that up, he’s Sirius Black,” said James.

“Oh,” Remus’ front immediately changed at the mention of Sirius’ surname. James noticed this and felt sorry for how people judge Sirius before they even know him.

“Don’t worry, I think its shame to be part of that family,” said Sirius Remus’ face turned from indifferent to concerned.

“You shouldn’t say that about your family,” said Remus. His family cared for him so much and he loved them.

“You would think differently if you were part of it,” said Sirius. The mood in the room was tense once they fell into silence.

Peter tried to get up, but it seemed as if he was stuck to the seat. He finally pulled himself up and Remus looked at his bum and started to laugh out loud.

“What?!” implored Peter until he felt the piece of Drooble’s Best Blowing Gum on his bum. He removed it and immediately threw it on the ground. All of them were laughing. He turned crimson, but soon he was laughing, too. They sure knew how to lighten the mood.

They got some stuff off of the trolley and started talking about Quidditch.

Just then entered a pretty glamorous girl and she stared at all four of them. They stared right back at her.

“What?!” she shouted.

“You’re peculiar,” said Sirius, scratching his chin.

“Excuse me?” said the girl as she started to turn red and fume.

“We have no clue who you are; you randomly peek into our private compartment and start staring at us. We stare back at you for an explanation and you say ‘What’ as if you are accusing us for staring at you?” said Sirius and he did a high five with James for a good comeback.

“How rude,” said the girl and she waltzed out of the compartment.

They started laughing once again at the whole situation.

“I hope all the girls aren’t that weird. What was she playing at?” asked James between breaths.

“I dunno, mate, but I hope she isn’t a friend of my girl. She will corrupt her! Plus, I think my girl’s in third year, not first…” said Sirius as he trailed off into thought.

“Sirius, what is this with ‘my girl’, she doesn’t even KNOW you!” said Remus. James was talking to him about the whole scenario earlier.

“Mm-hm,” said Sirius without even knowing what Remus said.

“Never mind,” said Remus, thinking that it was a lost cause.

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Selene re-entered the girls’ compartment.

“What happened?” asked Jade. Selene looked very disgruntled.

“Some handsome bloke gave me cheek. I was only checking up on the first year guys!” cried Selene. She stuck up her nose and sat down next to Mariana.

“Do you know how to play exploding snap?” asked Emelina to Alice. Alice nodded and Emelina pulled out some cards. After a little while Alice had some small burns on her hands.

“Hey, what house do all of you want to be in?” asked Selene. Her whole family had attended Hogwarts and all of them had been healers. Not even ONE person in her family was not a healer, but she was ready to break that tradition.

“House?” asked Lily and Susan simultaneously. They had been filled in about the magical world, but not about Hogwarts.

“Oh, do you not know?” asked Selene at all the confused girls faces.

“Well,” she continued. “There are four houses and all the students are sorted into them. The people in your house are the people you live with and receive points by doing good deeds with and at the end of the year the house with most points gets the house cup! And your Quidditch team is per house and we compete against all the other houses. It’s quite fun, really.”

“I don’t think it sounds fun, what if all of us aren’t in the same house?” asked Jade. She held onto Mariana and Lily.

“Well, if you aren’t that’s not going to help. Plus, you’ll see each other during class. And you can sit at another house table at food time. There will be plenty times you can talk,” said Selene.

“What’s Quidditch?” asked Lily. Every girl stared at her except for Susan who continued to read her book. Nobody noticed what book Susan was reading except for Lily and this made her feel a little hostile towards Susan.

The girls were excitedly chattering away trying to explain the wonders of Quidditch to the very confused Lily. Lily didn’t think she would try out for the team anyway.

A/N Like it? I called it Pussycat dolls because there are dolls of them and that reminded me of the singing group. Whatever, I love the dolls though, they actually give you guys a visual!

Lily walked off the train and she spotted a large man with unruly hair. She recognized him immediately as Hagrid the groundskeeper. He had helped her out in Diagon Alley and her sister was very scared of him. He seemed to be fairly young…maybe in his late thirties. That would be pretty young for a teacher.

“Gather roun' studen's!” shouted Hagrid. The sopping first years quickly formed a small throng.

“Pick a boat, maximum of four to a boat please!” said Hagrid.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were already seated in one of the best boats. They spotted a clumsy boy named Frank Longbottom who was left with a boat that contained a hole in it. Sirius laughed at his antics and invited him in their boat. Hagrid gave a smile to James. James winked and greeted Frank.

“Hello,” said Frank. He had platinum blonde hair and chocolate colored eyes. He was very skinny, but he had a certain fear in his eyes.

“Hi, I'm James Potter,” said James as the two boys shook hands.

“Sirius,” said Sirius. He didn't shake hands, instead he slapped him on the back. “That was quite a show you put on back there in the train. What enchanted food did you eat?”

“Oh-erm- I don't know the name,” said Frank nervously as he started to hang his head low.

“Pity, I could've got my hands on some in Hogsmeade. HOLY HIPPOGRIFF!” shouted Sirius. The boat was in front of an enormous castle. The castle glowed eerily at this time of night and the violet sky clashed with the dull gray of the stone. The bright fluorescet lights gave a mysterious vibe to the castle.

“This is one large place!” said Remus. He took out a book he didn't pack. Peter saw the cover. It was red and it had Hogwarts: A History written in gold letters on the front.

“It says here that those lights aren't really on…they are just for show to enchant all that come near!” said Remus as he ran his finger across pages in the book.

“Don't tell me you actually read that thing?” said Sirius. James was too busy staring at the boat a few places away. Lily was looked absolutely brilliant in the glow of the night.

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Lily joined Hagrid and the other students to the boats. She saw Jade, Alice, and Susan already found a boat. She spotted Jay not too far away trying to invite a clumsy boy into their boat. She climbed in next to Susan and situated herself.

“Where are the oars?” asked Lily. She thought it was quite silly to have a boat with no oars, how were they supposed to row?

“Oars? You mean that little muggle invention? This boat is enchanted!” said Jade. Jade tapped her wand on the boat so the boat swiftly glided against the water. Lily looked around and saw Hagrid doing the same to everyone else. She could tell that Jade would be a smart student.

“I heard that Frank Longbottom ate a Slurping Slug! His tongue grew fifteen feet and it looked like a slug! GROSS!” said Alice as she looked over at the clumsy boy. Jade looked too until she caught Sirius looking at her. She blushed and quickly averted her glance to Lily. Lily was awestruck at the castle's beauty. It was as if she hadn't seen anything like it.

“Eh, I've seen better,” shrugged Jade as she fiddled with her bracelet.

“Is that read elf's wood?” asked Alice as she touched the bracelet. Alice and Jade went into a deep conversation about where the bracelet was from. Susan was still reading the awkward book.

“Susan…why are you reading that?” asked Lily. The book had Dark Rats on it. Susan noticed Lily's worried face.

“Oh, don't worry, I won't be a death eater or whatever they call it. It's a fake cover. Well, it's a mirror image. It's a really interesting book. The name is STARKRAD. Most people say it looks like dark arts. I better not let anyone have a bad impression about me,” sad Susan. She tossed the book into the water to Lily's amazement. A tentacle gulfed it into its depths and Lily could have sworn she heard a burp. She continued to stare at the castle.

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“All first years, the sorting will begin momentarily! Please take this time to get to make some friends!” said a witch with a long, black, pointed hat. She had on ruby colored robes and her gray brown hair was in a tight bun on the back of her head.

The students chatted for awhile until the tall doors to the Great Hall opened. The sight before them made Lily feel warm and welcome. There were four long tables and already so many students had made themselves comfortable. There was a higher platform where another horizontal table stood. There was staff sitting there, she smiled at Hagrid. All the cutlery was gold and silver and there were four crests hanging from the enchanted ceiling. The ceiling had floating ghosts sitting on top of chandeliers and candles were moving about.

“Ghosts?” asked Susan. She flipped through a book that was called Hogwarts: A History. “Oh, there are four house ghosts and also a poltergeist who causes mischief. This is an interesting school.”

“All students, please sit down,” came a kind voice from the staff table. It was a man with gray hair and navy eyes that twinkled behind his half-moon spectacles. He had a long beard and long hair and a wizards cap with crescent moons on it. Lily assumed this was Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. He was very tall and he stood at a podium.

“Let the sorting begin!” said Dumbledore and he took his seat in the center of the staff table as the podium magically vanished.

A stood and hat materialized at the foot of the higher platform.

“When I call your name, you must come and sit on the stool. The sorting hat will be placed on your head and it will decide which house you belong in. The houses are Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. You will proceed to your table with your house crest hanging above it. You earn points for your house by doing good deeds and you lose points by breaking rules. You will sleep, eat, and go to classes with everybody in your house,” said Professor McGonagall. She had introduced herself a little while ago when Lily was studying the Great Hall.

“Aaron, Mackenzie”

“RAVENCLAW!” There was loud clapping from one of the middle tables.

“Black, Sirius”

Sirius heard his name and waltzed up to the podium to be sorted. Jade saw him and noted his name in her head.

A Black, eh? Well, I suppose you want to be in Slytherin. What is that you say? You hate your family and you don't want to be in Slytherin? Well, we all must listen to you. You have a sharp mind and you have good logic even if you don't show it. I know we can expect pranking from you. Give that old prick Filch a good time in your years here! Better be…

“GRYFFINDOR!” There was uproar from the Gryffindor table. And disgusted faces from the table next to them, which was the Slytherin table.

A few names were called before Lily's came. To Lily's amazement her name was called. That means she really was a witch!

Ooo, you might just be the best in your year. The best mind I've seen in awhile. Good wand for charms I see. Kind personality…but you mind not be so kind to the ones you envy…or…love? Well, I won't confuse you anymore! You are in…

“GRYFFINDOR!” The table once again cheered for the little redheaded girl.

Lily was relieved that she didn't get Slytherin. She heard about their reputation.

More names were called and there were people she didn't know. Then came a skinny boy with many scars. His name was Remus Lupin. Lily watched as he was sorted into Gryffindor. Alice stepped up onto the platform.

Good in Defense Against the Dark Arts, might want to consider being an auror. Very generous and kind personality. Dark and serious fate ahead of you. Braver…oh yes. You are definitely a…

“GRYFFINDOR!” Alice happily skipped next to Lily and Remus. Remus introduced himself and they three friends listened to the rest of the sorting. Remus started to talk to Sirius. Sirius would leave when they reached the S's.

“Malfoy, Lucius” The hat didn't even touch the blonde boy's head when it shouted Slytherin. He had cold stone colored eyes and he glared at Lily. Lily was scared.

“Peterson, Marian”

Marian strutted up to the stool and sat down. She was immediately sorted in to Gryffindor.

“Pettigrew, Peter” He was sorted into Gryffindor also. Remus and Sirius congratulated him and started to eagerly complain about when they would eat. Sirius needed to eat every hour.

“Potter, James” James casually walked to the stool and sat down with a smirk.

The hat was resting upon his unruly hair and it fell over his eyes.

I know I should sort you in Gryffindor. You will be forever loyal and true. You will find you like it there and you will need the courage along the way of your life. It seems Merlin had set out your destiny since before you were born.

“GRYFFINDOR!”

James walked off the stool and kept on thinking about what the hat said. He sat next to Sirius and the others. Lily smiled at him.

“I thought your name was Jay?” asked Lily. It was the only thing she could say.

“Er..” said James, but Sirius took the steering wheel.

“No, it's James,” said Sirius.

“Oh..” said Lily. She wanted James to answer.

The sorting finished. All of the girls were in Gryffindor except for Selene. She went to Ravenclaw. Lily didn't mind, but she was feeling sorry for Selene. Sirius had gone at the S's like he said he would. They finished the feast. Nothing very important happened except for the fact that Sirius left after finishing his food.

“All first years follow me!” said a redheaded girl named Molly. She was head girl. The gryffindors followed her and Lily saw all of the moving pictures. One of them whistled at her and Jade gave a rude gesture to it.

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“Where's Sirius?” asked James as they ascended the stairs to the Gryffindor Tower.

“I dunno, he just said that he found out something cool,” said Remus shaking his head. Sirius was already trying to cause trouble.

They entered the common room. It was comfy with the blazing fire and red plush furniture. The Persian Rug felt good underneath their bare feet. Everybody had taken off their shoes. Molly didn't want this, but Sirius turned up in the Boy's Dorm.

“Guess what I found out?” asked Sirius. It looked as if he was running up here.

“What?” asked the three boys simultaneously.

“There is a secret passageway into the kitchens! And I found this room where whatever you wish for will be there. I'm wishing for girls…” said Sirius as he went into a fantasy.

“Ok, let's get past your perverted ways and try out the kitchens!” squealed Peter. They all crept quietly out of the door and nobody was in the common room except for one girl. Jade was reading a letter in front of the fire. Tears were slowly making their way down her cheeks. Sirius thought she looked beautiful even when she was sad.

She heard a sneeze and whipped her head around to see the four boys.

“Where do you think you are going?” asked Jade.

“Uh..” started Peter. Sirius slapped him on the back of his head and ran a hand through his hair. This was the signal for the three boys to go and Sirius'll stay back tonight.

“What were you crying about?” asked Sirius as he walked over to her figure next to the fire. She looked different her hair was black, as usual, but so were her eyes. Her face looked sullen…not as in expression sullen, but her whole jaw structure was different.

“I wasn't crying,” scoffed Jade. Her appearance immediately changed back to normal.

“Sure…” said Sirius. He came to the conclusion that she was a metamorphmagus. This made her even more attractive.

He put an arm around her shoulders. She glared at him.

“Who are you to tamper into my business?” asked Jade coldly. Sirius sat down next to her. She had just taken a bath, which was why her skin was so clean and soft and moist. She smelled like sweet peas and coconuts.

She had a tank top that made an upside down V for the collar. It had the same in the back and it was chocolate brown. She wore a cream colored skirt and her knees were now pulled up to her chest.

“Sirius Black,” said Sirius. He moved closer to her. She shifted.

“What do you want?” asked Jade and she felt a tear slide down her cheek. She didn't want him to see her in this state, not today.

A/N I know I haven't updated in YEARS..lol…but I have SCHOOL and I just don't have time..and this story hasn't been “discovered” yet..everyone seems to like “sleeping beauty” . Sooo I need to update that one! This is a privilege, reading fanfiction, so please don't get mad. Remember all those people without internet…that way you won't form an angry mob against me!! THANK YOU FOR YOU PATIENCE AND KINDNESS!!!

-madhu893

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A/N I left off when Jade wanted to meet Sirius' friends

“Friends? Uh, I don't think so. You don't like me, remember?” defended Sirius. What was she trying to do?

It was too late, she was already on her feet walking over to the three boys.

“Hello, I'm Jade,” said Jade confidently.

“Uh…hi? I'm James Potter,” said James. She was pretending as if this wasn't weird, why should he be the one to stand out?

“Remus Lupin,” said Remus, he didn't even look up from his book until James nudged him. Peter fell on top of Jade and the unsuspecting girl shrieked. Sirius was running towards them.

“That's Peter,” commented Sirius as he caught his breath.

“Interesting group of friends you have,” smirked Jade.

Sirius used his infamous grin and noticed James' pleading expression.

“Uh, want to introduce me to yours?” asked Sirius.

“Before I do that,” said Jade and she whispered something in his ear. Sirius' mouth opened in shock and he raced after Jade as she fled towards a group of first years.

Sirius yelled behind his back, “SHE'S IN FIRST YEAR, JAMES!”

~*~

“I thought we would never meet again!” said Selene as she sat next to the girls on the blanket. The girls hugged her and everybody studied Jade and Sirius at the rock.

“THAT'S THE CHEEKY FELLOW!” shouted Selene as she pointed at Sirius.

“Really? He's gorgeous…pity he isn't nice,” said Marian as she fumbled with her highlights. She kept trying to change their color, but all she managed to do was make them more vibrant.

“Why is Jade talking to him? I should go warn her,” said Selene as she started to get up. Alice stopped her with her hand.

“NO! Don't you see they have chemistry?” insinuated Alice. Selene observed the pair for a few minutes and shrugged.

“Sometimes the bad boys are the best,” sighed Selene.

“Lily, do you want to go to the library with me?” asked Susan. Lily vigorously nodded her head, she was getting bored already.

“Not just yet, they're coming here,” said Emelina.

“Girls! That bloke who I liked is Sirius Black, I talked to him last night!” shouted Jade.

“Hello ladies,” huffed Sirius, he really needed to get in shape. Quidditch can help with that…it would be a long seven years here.

“Hi, I'm Lily,” said Lily. She surprised herself by speaking.

“I think my friend wants to talk to you!” said Sirius as he looked at Lily. He called James over and James was there in a flash.

“James, this is Lily,” said Sirius. He left the two to their own little chats and started to talk to Marian.

“Erm-hello,” said James nervously. She looked so perfect under the sun…her hair danced around with the wind.

“Hi,” said Lily. She just noticed that James was pretty handsome. His hazel eyes reflected her emerald ones and his messy hair made him look aloof.

“So, I hear you are going to be good at charms,” said James. That was a stupid thing to say.

“Where did you hear that?” asked Lily. He couldn't have heard what the hat said.

“I overheard Professor Dumbledore,” said James. He couldn't believe he was actually having a real conversation with her.

“Oh,” said Lily. She felt so stupid. He smiled at her.

“I'm going to the library, do you want to come?” asked Lily. James saddened. She was a studious girl.

“No thank you, I bet my friend Remus Lupin would want to, though. He's over there,” said James as he pointed at Remus.

Remus was already walking towards them.

“Hello,” said Remus. Lily and him got acquainted and left with Susan to the library.

“Then there was a loud BOOM and before I knew it my hair was gray!” said Emelina. Sirius was flirting with all the girls, as usual. James rolled his eyes and called Peter over. Peter started to talk to Selene.

Frank was sitting all alone not too far away. It looked as if he was counting the blades of grass. Alice noticed him and walked over.

“Hi, I'm Alice MacFusty,” said Alice as she held out a hand to him. Frank took her hand and introduced himself.

“What are you doing?” asked Alice.

“I'm-uh-being bored,” said Frank nervously. A pretty girl was talking to him…it was probably out of pity.

She laughed and her laughter rung in his ears. He liked this girl.

“Can I be bored with you?” asked Alice as she sat next to him. They started to talk about chess. Frank said he could beat her any day and they scheduled a chess tournament with two other first years who claimed to be the best.

The only person who felt left out was James. He wanted to talk to Lily. He decided to roam the school and look for places that were worth knowing of like Sirius did the other day.

He walked into the courtyard and an owl swooped onto his shoulder.

“Hello, what's this?” he asked the Nigerian owl. The package was very large. He knew it was from his dad because he was doing ministry work in Nigeria that day. He opened the letter attached to the parcel.

Dear James,

I wanted to give this to you before you left, but I think it's better that you have a day without mischief. This has been in our family for awhile now and you know the value of it so PLEASE do not loose it! When you feel your son needs it more than you, you can pass it on to him! (or daughter, your mother is looking over my shoulder as I write this)

-Best wishes in School,

Jacob Potter

James chuckled at his father's antics and hastily opened the brown wrapping. Inside was a cloak, but he immediately recognized it and he ran up to the Gryffindor common room.

He placed the cloak on his bed. He had to try it out instantaneously. He swung it over his head and ran to the Astronomy Tower.

He took a breath of the fresh air. Classes would start soon. He looked down at the water surrounding the island which the castle was upon. The scenery was beautiful here. As he gazed at the Forbidden Forest, he had a sudden longing to go inside it…

“What are you doing up here?” asked a voice from behind him. He whipped his head around to see Jade.

“I thought I was the only one who knew of the scenery from this tower,” said Jade as she walked over to James.

“You were, I just came up here for some air,” said James. He hid the cloak under his robes.

“Yes, well, I need to clear my head. Last night I came up here. I came up here this morning, too,” said Jade.

He smiled at her.

“I didn't know I wasn't the only one who appreciated the small things,” said James. He continued to look at her as her hair turned orange and her eyes were green. She reminded him a bit of Lily.

“What?” asked Jade as she felt his stare. She looked at her hair and laughed.

“Yeah, I'm a metamorphmagi. I never really knew how to control my emotions so my appearance is always different,” chuckled Jade.

“You remind me of someone,” said James. No, he wasn't talking about Lily. He was talking about his mom. His mother was also a very emotional person.

“Your mother? I know, I am like most mothers,” said Jade. She pulled her robes tightly to her body and she walked to the other end of the tower. This would be a moment to treasure.

“Do you fancy Sirius?” asked James. Jade blushed.

“No,” said Jade. She was also lying to herself.

“Really? He's a great guy you know,” said James.

“A bit too arrogant for my taste,” said Jade. The truth was she couldn't even FANCY anybody because her parents won't let her.

“Pity,” said James. “You would make a great couple.”

“Well, when are you going to ask Lily to marry you? You are in LOVE with her,” said Jade as she laughed. James' ears turned bright red.

“Is it that obvious?” asked James.

Jade raised a nostril. “Yeah”

He buried his face in his hands and they walked to their first class together.

“Professor Slughorn,” said Lucius Malfoy. James didn't like him.

“Yes,” replied Slughorn. Potions was James' worst subject, even if he was really good at it.

“My uncle just got a promotion,” replied Lucius.

“That's all very good, now please don't disrupt my class for silly comments,” said Slughorn as he took a whiff of James' potion. He moved on to Lily's.

“My dear girl! Sunshine, what is your name?” asked Slughorn with a smile on his face. He looked like a three year old boy who was offered a lollipop.

“Lily Evans,” said Lily and she blushed.

“Well, I don't know any relations, but you are one of the very few people to get the Roswell Potion correct in the first try! Well done, and 10 points to Gryffindor,” said Slughorn. Lily smiled and saw James looking at her. He winked and she blushed. Sirius rolled his eyes and looked over at Jade.

“Jade, I'm not surprised that YOU got your potion correct,” said Slughorn and he moved on. Jade frowned. Why didn't she get an over-excited teacher like Lily did? It all wasn't fair.

Sirius noticed her disappointment and walked over to her.

“It's ok, babe. He'll appreciate your hard work next time,” said Sirius as he wrapped an arm around her perfect waist. She wiggled out of his grasp but couldn't help but smile at his kindness.

“Yeah, well, I should be used to it by now. Babe?” asked Jade and she raised an eyebrow at him. He just shrugged. He walked back to his oozing potion. He had done it correctly, but James and he were ignored because they interrupted.

“Alright class, that is it, homework is due tomorrow! I expect great essays from all of you,” said Slughorn as everyone gathered their belongings.

“LILY! That was some show back there. First day of classes and you are already a favorite!” said James. Lily laughed at him and she slapped him on the arm.

“Yeah well you might have gotten the same acknowledgement if you hadn't acted up in class,” said Lily.

“SOMEBODY had to tell him he had a piece of spinach from his quiche in his teeth!” said James innocently as he held up his hands and shrugged. Lily laughed the laugh James loved.

“Aw! Look at the two lovebirds!” teased Sirius. Jade was going a different way and he chose to follow her. She didn't notice.

“OY! Lassie, where are you going?” asked Sirius.

“I'm going to transfiguration! Go to your own class before you get late!” said Jade.

“I'm going to transfiguration, too!” said Sirius as he caught up with her. Both of them had been placed in advanced transfiguration because she was a metamorphmagi and he just had experience.

“Wow! Looks like I won't be alone, what experience do you have?” asked Jade.

“None, I'm just clever tis' all!” replied Sirius haughtily.

“Yes you are,” said Jade. Sirius looked at her book-bag and saw the letter she was crying over last night.

“Say, Sirius, why did you try to find out so much about me last night?” asked Jade, Sirius could see she was curious because her eyes looked like a cat's.

“Isn't it obvious?” asked Sirius.

“No”

A/N God, I have BIG PLANS for this story…but it's only for fun, so yeah. Don't worry, there will be more about Lily later on. *wink*

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A/N Ok I left off where they started classes, but I wont show the classes…not right now

“You know that this is rare, right?” Sirius told James as they scanned the marvelous cloak. It was lunchtime in the Great Hall and the girls were seated not too far away.

“Of course I know, where's Remus?” asked James. Peter shrugged and dug into his potatoes. Sirius laughed and hid the cloak. He whispered to James, “Remus is having difficulties…”

“What do you mean?” shouted James, a little too loud. Sirius shushed him when people began to stare. James' expression was of pure horror.

“There's nothing to be scared about, Lily asked him if they could meet in Library and have lunch later,” said Sirius as he wiggled his eyebrows.

James felt a monster eating at his stomach. Never, Remus knows I fancy Lily. He doesn't like her! I know he doesn't! He even told me!

“Don't get ideas, she's safe with him. Nothing can happen,” said James with a nonchalant voice. Sirius raised and eyebrow and James ignored him and leaned back on two of the chair legs.

“Students! May I have your attention please,” announced Dumbledore as he rose from his chair to the podium. They waited for silence and he continued, “this year, there is a special event occurring. All heads and prefects will meet me in the trophy room after lunch; your next class is postponed. We will be doing a challenge this year. It will be long term, so get ready. The house with most points before Christmas will receive round trip tickets on a train to Switzerland. The house with most points will go to an elemental school in Switzerland. The school's name is Illustris and the headmaster is a personal friend of mine. The trip will be during Christmas break, all students are allowed to go, except for fifth and seventh years. They will be embarking a…different…adventure. We end the point earning on December 10^th and you will know who's house won on that day. If you are able to go, notify us by December 15^th. Thank You! ”

The whole hall was buzzing with excitement after Dumbledore's little speech.

~*~

“Wow! You can't be serious! Where's Lily? She missed all of that?!” rejoiced Alice.

“This'll be so fun! I hope we win…” said Marian.

“Hello, ladies,” replied a smooth voice from behind Jade. Jade turned around to see Sirius standing behind her.

“Sirius,” said Jade. She turned back to her chicken and immersed herself.

“Any lovely ladies want to bunk with me?” asked Sirius as he straightened his already perfect coif.

“How are you so sure we'll win?” pointed out Jade.

“I have my ways of being smart,” said Sirius.

“OY! Sirius! There's Remus,” shouted James from the other end of the table. Remus and Lily were walking in, not together, but separately.

~*~

“REMUS! How'd it go with Lily?” asked Sirius as he suggestively played with his eyebrows, again.

“She wanted to show me a book she had found up about astronomy, she knows I love it,” said Remus as if it were nothing serious.

“Seriously? I know you did more, why would she know so much about you?” replied Sirius.

“Seriously, Sirius,” said Remus. He started going on about how he could never like someone who was like him. This relieved James and he went back to explaining all about Illustris.

“Well, I guess we'll have to try extra hard. Those Ravenclaws over there don't look so keen on letting us win,” said Peter. It was the first thing he said through the whole lunch. People started to exit because lunch was over.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter went out into the castle to roam around. They found five secret passageways and 7 fake tapestries.

Every night from then on, they would roam the castle. By October, they called themselves “The Marauders”. They played dangerous pranks all the time, but were taken to a liking by Peeves, the poltergeist.

Peeves helped them and they never got caught.

~*~

“I mean it, Lily. Why do you hate Potter?” asked Jade.

“He's become so arrogant, everyone knows he plays those pranks on the innocent Slytherins. What is so bad about them?” replied Lily.

“THEY'RE SLYTHERINS!” replied Alice as she braided Susan's hair. Susan didn't mind as long as she was able to read.

“It was a rhetorical question,” sighed Marian. For some reason, Alice and Marian were having a fight.

“Look, you two, stop fighting. What happened, anyway?” asked Jade.

“Alice took my book,” huffed Marian.

“NO, I didn't. I found it on the ground and I picked it up to see who's it was. You only spotted me putting it into my bag. I was going to return it to you!” said Alice. The two girls got into a fight and Susan had to break it up.

“It looks to me, an innocent bystander, that it was all a misconception. This is the result of eavesdropping, when you see or hear only part of the story, you don't get the whole point. Marian, you didn't see Alice pick it off the ground, and do you really think Alice would want to Potions books? Who would?” cried Susan. Everyone stared at her, she was the only practical one.

“I think, we should all go outside to the Quidditch pitch and play some Quidditch!” roared Emelina. She was getting stressed and she had taken a liking to Quidditch.

“I second that!” said Jade. They borrowed brooms and went to the pitch. It was empty, so, they just played around with the brooms and flew around.

Lily and Susan sat on the ground, they didn't want to play. Lily was afraid of heights and Susan couldn't because she had experienced a childhood injury that prevented her from doing extra physical activity.

Jade and Emelina were pros, showing off on their sticks. Marian was really good at throwing and catching, and a fair flyer. Alice just couldn't get the hang of controlling her broom; it kept twisting around in circles.

“Alice! Here, are you left handed?” asked Jade. Alice nodded and Jade gave her some helpful tips. Pretty soon, she was flying very well.

The girls started to play Quidditch and Lily was practicing splits when the Marauders entered the field and started clapping after Jade did a wronski feint.

“BRAVO! My, my, you are really good,” complimented Sirius as the girls landed.

“You girls aren't half bad, but I bet I'm better,” challenged James. Lily rolled her eyes at his arrogance, James saw this.

“Lily, why don't you give it a try?” asked James.

“No thanks,” sighed Lily, she didn't even look at him.

“Come on, I'll teach you,” offered James. Lily looked into his pleading eyes. They shone with the light, she just couldn't say no.

“OH COME ON, LILY! YOU KNOW HE LOVES YOU!” shouted Marian as she twirled in the sky.

Lily blushed and her defensive wall slowly crumbled.

He got a broom with her and showed her how to get into the air.

“That's right, now hover for a few minutes and land,” caressed James. His voice was soothing and safe, Lily was entranced. She landed perfectly, she was always a fast learner.

“Not bad, now, go back into the air and turn right,” soothed James. She turned a little too hard and they went in a circle. She laughed her wondrous laugh.

“Here, let me help, you only gently move. Like that,” said James. He put his hands on hers and moved it.

“OO LA LA! Getting a little to comfortable over there! James, come and play!” shouted Sirius. “I'm getting pounded by a bunch of girls!” The girls took offense and started to slap Sirius. The big flirt.

James left Lily with Remus and Susan. He joined the rest, Peter was nowhere to be found.

A/N I know it was an extremely short chapter, but I thought it was sweet. It wet your tongue, just for now. I have to go watch hp4…again. I saw it on the 18^th. But I'm watching it again today (22^nd)

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A/N Thank you all for your patience, and I will update Pensieve. All of you want that, I know you do. I love that story…anyway. Enjoy this chapter. It won't compensate for the short chapter, it's much shorter. I don't have all the time in the world. Writing takes awhile, you have to make it perfect. Well, there is something in this chapter that you all have wanted to know from the last one. Sit back and relax.

If there was ever a time where Lily actually liked Potter, it was that afternoon when they were playing Quidditch. He was kind, smooth, and handsome. The hard part was that he was ALSO arrogant and Lily couldn't stand it. She liked him, a lot, but why did he have to have bad qualities? Lily wrote in her muggle diary. Poured out her feelings and fell asleep. Lily was awoken when her comrades entered screaming. “THE MARAUDERS!”

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The marauders returned, soaking wet, from playing Quidditch in the rain. The girls had left when the rain started, except for Jade. She was challenging Sirius. They laughed heartily and drank the butterbeer they had sneaked from the quiddith captain's personal stash.

“Mm…I wish Lily could taste this. It's heavenly,” said James as he liked the froth off his lips.

“JAY,(he had found out about the whole incident on the first day and liked the name)looks like you were Shakespeare this day,” remarked Sirius as he threw off his wet clothes and put on new ones. Everyone did the same and Remus put a drying charm on the heap of soggy cloth.

They all parted to their next class. James got detention for insulting Professor Binns. Sirius, surprisingly, was on good behavior to earn points for the competition. James, on the other hand, had already earned 50 that day.

~*~

“Where ar't thou, Lily?” called Jade as she walked into the dorms. She saw Lily lying in her bed, sleeping. But Lily didn't look so good. She was sick. Jade saw that Lily had a big, weird symbol on her forehead that was purple and she also has sticky eyes.

Jade measured her temperature and found that she had a fever. She immediately rushed her to Madame Pomfrey because she didn't know what else to do.

The hospital wing was full with people. They had all the same symptoms as Lily.

“Madame, what's going on? Is this some kind of plague?” asked Jade as one of the healers rushed Lily into a makeshift bed. All the others were full.

“I don' know, m' dear. I've `ever se'en one erv these kind erv sicknesses before,” said the Healer. Madame Pomfrey came out to meet Jade.

“Jade! How's your morphing going? No problems, right?” asked the kind nurse.

“Yeah, but what is this? Have to come up with a way to treat them?” asked Jade, ignoring the comment. The head nurse's face went pale and she shook her head.

The rest of the day, Jade had helped the nurses, they needed it. She even helped them to invent a cure. Of course, it wasn't legal to test the cure without the Department of Unusual Illnesses and Diseases' approval. Not to mention the Department of Magical Cures and Potions' approval. It was all a very long process, and they didn't have time.

All that they knew about the disease was that the victims are completely healthy, but when they take a nap and wake up, they have this.

“Do you think this could be some, dare I say, spirit of some sort? Hogwarts is ancient,” commented Jade.

Madame Pomfrey forbade that kind of talk and said that Jade had to get to her dorm. She awarded Jade 50 points for her kindness.

GRYFFINDOR:100 - RAVENCLAW:130 - SLYTHERIN: 85 - HUFFLEPUFF: 65

Time went by, everybody was talking about the competition. They all feasted on points. Red rubies were flying by, but Sapphires were already there. Hufflepuff had no chance of winning, poor them. Slytherin was slowly rising.

But, on judgement day, December 10, they had come to a conclusion.

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“QUICKLY! HURRY! You know Madame Pomfrey practically gives away points to people who help her!!” huffed Jade. Her and Marian were talking a little boy, in their year, to the hospital wing.

“Ehm, why are you doing this? My friends could've taken me,” asked the boy. They were levitating him and he didn't enjoy it too much. But, he was really polite about it.

“Because, you are in our house and we get points because she thinks we took out of our time to help a stranger,” said Marian.

They were awarded 10 points.

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“Students! Gather `round! Settle down! This is the moment you all have been waiting for, here next to me stand the four containers of all house points. I know some of you are disheartened to see that you have not won, but some of you are delighted to see you have a chance. Remember, all the stones are not the same size, don't get your hopes up,” shouted Dumbledore. Then, the Heads of Houses walked to the containers and magically counted their points. They wrote down numbers on slips of paper and handed it to the Headmaster.

“Ah, yes, it was inevitable,” murmured Dumbledore. All students looked at him, anticipating the outcome, except for the Hufflepuffs. They were sitting gloomily.

“Alright, before I announce the winner, I will give instructions because I know you will be too busy cheering to listen,” announced Dumbledore. An “aww” came from the crowd of excited kids. The fifth and seventh years were in classes and there weren't too many people.

“Prefects will report to the staff table to take instructions on what to do on our date of departure to Illustris and all students will exit to your dorms. Classes will be over. If you can go, notify your Heads of Houses immediately. Let me remind you, you have to tell them before or on December 15^th, or your won't be going. Pack you bags, we'll leave on December 21 and return on January 4. I hope you all have a lovely time, where ever you are going,” said Dumbledore calmly. He could feel all of them getting annoyed.

“And the winner is…let me correct that, the winners are. (loud cheer) RAVENCLAW AND GRYFFINDOR!” shouted Dumbledore. The band played music and the Ravenclaw and Gryffindors screamed in happiness and cheered and danced. The Gryffindors left immediately, there would be a party in the common room. They had pre-planned it.

A/N I KNOW that it is uber short, but the next event is something I want to happen all at once, not broken into two chapters. I hate cliffies now, a good author killed me with one and hasn't updated for MONTHS since that cliffie. (sounds like the old me) Have Happy Holidays…Kwanzaa, Christmas, Hanukkah, whatever you celebrate around this time. JUST HAVE A GOOD WINTER!

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A/N- Can you say long time and no update? I can. I'm terribly sorry…I forget that I actually have readers and I don't just write for fun. Well, I do…but…back to the point. This chapter will magnify Lily and James' relationship like many of you requested. I always planned to do this chapter for a very good reason. I also have to update my other story that has more of a plot than this one. REMEMBER, they are still in first year. They're naïve. So, none of that PG-13 stuff just yet. Alright? Alright. I'm a realistic person when it comes to writing and I follow canon. I just do it my own way. Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER- I never did one of these…hmm. Anyway, the storyline and almost all the characters belong to J.K. Rowling. The plot and Jade belong to meee.

Oh, I've started to do song lyrics…they go perfectly with this chapter. I realized AFTER I wrote the chapter. Can you tell?

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When marimba rhythms start to play

Dance with me, make me sway

Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore

Hold me close, sway me more

-Michael Buble { Sway }

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“Aren't you going to pack, Jade?” inquired Lily as she daintily folded a pressed, lavender blouse and gingerly laid it inside a smooth, black trunk.

“What? Oh, about that…” Jade trailed off as somebody rapped his knuckles on the mahogany door of the girl's dormitory. The two ladies traded suspicious glances.

“Lily? Are you in there?” came an unfamiliar voice.

“Lils, who is that?” asked Jade. Lily shrugged and opened the door. James was there standing in his pajamas with little snitches all over them.

“Hey! How'd you get past the stairs? Aren't they supposed to turn into a slide?” asked Lily disbelievingly as she eyed the stairwell.

“Nevermind that, I need to talk to you. It's about your charms essay,” said James nervously. Lily could sense something askew. First of all, James wasn't looking her in the eye and thought the flower pattern on her headband to be much more interesting. Secondly, there was no charms essay. For him to lie so badly would mean something important.

“Er…sure. I'll be right back, Jade. Get a move on packing!” warned Lily as the door shut. Jade looked around to see if anyone else was there. When the coast was clear, she reached under her bed and pulled out a broken chrome music box. The ballerina was inside with many notes and letters. She chose a cream-colored envelope that bared the ministry emblem on it. Jade slipped out a white piece of parchment. It read:

To Charlotte,

I have recently heard of your house visiting Illustris in Switzerland over the winter break. I'm sorry to say you will not be going for your mother and I are hosting a ball and you must help us prepare. This is a very big promotion for me at the ministry and it would only be proper if my only daughter was attending. Your mother will buy your dress without you, any tailoring will be done on Sunday. Come home on the train, Eliza will pick you up. Am I clear?

-Your father

As Jade read every word over and over again, the anger in her throat boiled and made its way to her mouth but stopped there as the mahogany door opened once again.

“What's that?” asked Lily, seeing the envelope from the Ministry.

“It's just a-,” Jade began, but, yet again, she was cut off.

“Did you start packing?” asked Marian as she flung the door open. Lily looked at her as if the answer was obvious.

“Good because a first year Hufflepuff is throwing a party tonight! And to think, the night before we leave. How could he pull it off? All the people the matter are going,” shrieked Marian excitedly. Leave it to her to know about the latest things.

Lily scoffed. “I'm not going. I have only packed a few good blouses, I need to finish before morning. When is it?” commented Lily as she sauntered over to her suitcase.

“Only and hour and a half from now. How about you, Jade? Are you going to go?” asked Marian as she plopped onto Alice's bed and sat on her fairy statue. The crack sounded throughout the room. The girl looked in horror at the beheaded fairy.

“No…no, no, no, no, NO! Alice is going to go bonkers!” shouted Marian. Lily laughed and, with the swish of her wand, the fairy found her head. The sweet, purple little thing kicked her feet angrily at Marian. Jade giggled.

“Actually, I think I'll go,” said Jade.

“Go where?” asked Marian as she cautiously sat on her bed, making sure nothing was there.

“To the party, of course,” answered Jade as she put away the letter and picked up her broomstick. Marian nodded her head, remembering her unanswered question.

“Have you gone mad? You haven't even brought out your suitcase!” said Lily. Sometimes, she could act just like anybody's mother.

“I'm not going to Switzerland,” said Jade trying to shrug it off as if it wasn't a big deal. But of course, it was.

“WHAT?!” cried the two girls in unison. Marian stopped fiddling with her picture album and Lily dropped some lacy knickers.

“My dad is making me stay home to attend his “promotion ball”. I would've told you earlier, but I didn't really have a chance,” Jade said as she rolled her eyes and searched under Marian's bed for a quaffle.

“I can't believe it! Yours and Sirius' only time outside of school and you aren't even going?” Lily teased. Jade threw a stuffed giraffe that she uncovered from the bed at Lily and stuck out her tongue.

“At least you and James can cozily cuddle up near a burning fire sharing a blanket,” cooed Marian as she acted out the imagery. This time, Lily threw the giraffe at Marian.

“Look, I really wanted to go. But, I'm used to this. My father is overprotective. It took him weeks to actually get the idea that I'll be gone for most of the year. He can't take that. Here, read the letter,” chided Jade as she grabbed the quaffle and reached for the letter.

“Oh, so that's what that was; your dad's letter!” realized Lily. She scanned the parchment and her face turned from placid to infuriated. Marian grabbed it and did the same.

“Why is he so distant from you?” asked Marian inconsiderately. She immediately realized that it wasn't the best thing to say.

“Don't worry about it. He's always like that. Not much of a family person. I grew up with it, don't feel pity for me. I know nothing else,” said Jade. They knew better than to talk about it anymore.

“You're going to play Quidditch before the party? Don't you want to get ready?” asked Marian as she already started towards the bathroom and noticed what Jade had been doing.

“No. Unlike you two, taking hours to get ready is not on my priority list. It's good weather. My parents rarely let me go over to the Quidditch Pitch near my country home. I never know when I'll get to play Quidditch next,” called Jade as she rushed down the stairs with her broom and quaffle.

-*-

“Catch!” shouted Remus as he threw an apple at Sirius, a pear at Peter and an orange at James.

“Wow, Lupin can throw. Ever considered trying out for chaser?” smirked James as he threw some wood into the fireplace of the common room.

“No! Remember, I'm the one who doesn't like Quidditch? There's no point in flying around during the cold weather. It's called a waste of time,” said Remus truthfully.

“Yes, you are absolutely right. But, wasting my time is what I do best!” remarked Sirius.

“Oh really? Just yesterday you said it was charming the ladies,” said innocent Peter.

“Yeah, that too.”

“Hey, when are you going to tell Evans that you stole her knickers?” asked Sirius.

“No, I'll tell her you stole them. In fact, I'll tell her right now!” said James playfully as he started to get up, but he was pinned down by Sirius and they started tumbling around. They didn't even notice Professor McGonagall walk in.

“Potter, Black, what are you doing?” questioned McGonagall in shock. The two boys looked at her and then at each other. They sprang up from the ground and straightened their shirts and ties.

“We were just…err…practicing Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor. One on one combat,” lied James. She disbelievingly shook her head and walked into her office. The two boys went back to their chairs.

“In fact, I do have to tell Evans something. Remember when she had that sickness? Yeah? Well, how did she get it? Everyone else who was diagnosed with it went to Hogsmeade, but she didn't go,” said James seriously. The boys frowned and just shook their heads in confusion. Why would they care? She's better now, isn't she?

James talked to Lily, but they couldn't hear what he was saying. All they saw was that Lily was having a civil conversation with him.

“Alright. So, are you guys going to Travis' party? He's sneaking butterbeer from the kitchens, he showed me where they are. Come on, I'll take you there,” urged James. He just wanted to get out of the common room. The rest of their time was spent getting fat and then fatter. Remus, however, still looked sickly thin and pale. Was he getting that plague?

Only moments after they left, Jade came waltzing down the stairs and out onto the cold Quidditch pitch.

-*- Later that night

“Where's Jade? She said she'd be here,” asked Emmeline to Lily. Lily had finally caved in, she had left her suitcase to go to the bash for just a few hours. Then, supposedly, she would leave.

“I don't know, do you think she got hurt? I'll go to the Quidditch pitch to see!” mumbled Lily a little too quickly. As she made a move to leave, Alice grabbed her hand.

“Oh no you don't! You aren't getting out of it that fast, she's probably just running late. Look! There's James, why don't you go talk to him?” goaded Selene Trimble as she spotted messy, black hair and hazel eyes.

“NO!” shouted Lily in annoyance.

“Why not, Lily? I mean, he IS your friend,” smiled Alice as she pushed Lily to James and Sirius.

“Er, Hi?” said Lily weakly. James looked at her as if she was a ghost.

“Do you know where Jade is?” asked Sirius. He scanned the crowd for any sign of her, but couldn't see anything. Travis, the host, approached them.

“You mean that hot blonde girl? She just came in. Why? You like her? Because, she's mighty fine, and I don't know, man. All I'm saying is that you don't see many girls like her,” sang Travis in his weird accent. He was a strange one, but he knew how to make a party.

“Yeah, I kind of am into her,” commented Sirius in a gruff, superior tone. Almost protectively. How could he forget that Jade was a metamorphagus?

Lily rolled her eyes. James laughed. It was just the two of them now.

“So…I'm at a loss for words,” said James. Lily looked amazing. She didn't have the loose Hogwarts uniform on. Instead, she was actually wearing some khaki capris and a berry-colored fitted turtleneck sweater.

“Clearly since you aren't saying anything,” smiled Lily. She also admired James' sense of style. He actually didn't dress as if `mirror' wasn't in his vocabulary.

“You know what, you want to dance?” asked James, sucking up the courage to do so. Lily didn't look shocked. She wasn't surprised. It was almost inevitable. Everyone was dancing around them.

“Sure,” said Lily politely. A marimba rhythm started to play and they swayed to the music.

Back at the entrance to the sound-proof room of requirement, as the seventh years called it, Jade was nearly knocked over by Travis trying to reach her before Sirius.

“Hey there, would you care to bust a move with me?” flirted Travis in his not-so-smooth air.

Jade nearly laughed, but knew better. She said she was tired from playing Quidditch. Truth is she could've flown all day. Only a few seconds later, though, Sirius approached her.

“How was your Quidditch session?” asked Sirius in the manner of conversation. He only had one thing on his mind though, dancing with her.

“I wouldn't exactly call it a session; it was more like a spur of the moment thing. I mean, I had to take advantage of the good weather. My parents never let me play in the Quidditch pitch at my friend's house,” said Jade glumly.

“What? What are you talking about? We'll be in Switzerland!” smiled Sirius.

“Actually, I'm not going. My dad is having a “promotion ball” as I like to call it. All the elite families from the ministry come. Usually, my room is locked and I'm forced to be on the first floor ballroom with everyone else like a showcase. I have to dress up in a new, sparkly dress that my mom picks out with me and smile like a little china doll. It's absolutely ghastly how every teenage boy feels obliged to talk to me. Most of them just try to be polite, others are plain jerks,” complained Jade. She noticed that the whole conversation was centered on her and a blush crept up onto her cheeks.

“Sounds like great fun,” commented Sirius sarcastically. They laughed. He was trying to cover up his disappointment that she wouldn't be joining him.

“Don't you notice the chemistry between Lily and James? Look at them move!” smirked Jade as she pointed at the two kids. Good, the topic was away from her.

The rest of the night, Sirius didn't get his wish. Lily and James danced until their feet hurt while Sirius and Jade just talked about everything. That one wish…just snatched away from him.

Oh, remember Lily promising to stay for 3 hours or so? It was 2 o' clock in the morning when they left.

-*-

“All first years! Step up!” shouted Urbula, the astronomy teacher, to the scared kids. When they thought their transportation was flying carpets, jaws dropped.

“What are you staring at? Oh, the carpets. No, you all will be in the boats. The carpets are for seventh years,” said Professor McGonagall nonchalantly when she strode down the hill.

There were some groans and some relieved sighs from the first years as they boarded the larger boats. These boats could fit about 7 people at a time. Of course, the Marauders were sitting together. The five girl group hoped to be together, but Selene was taken by some of her Hufflepuff friends, Susan wasn't going and Emmeline was pushed onto another boat. That left Alice, Lily and Marian to sit with the Marauders. This definitely wasn't a surprise; the teachers had begun to think that they were all friends. When, actually, they were not. The three girls looked sick before they even went to sea. After they boarded, the boat drifted at a slow but steady rate.

“Remus, are you seasick?” asked Lily. He still wore the pale countenance they became familiar with, but it looked different.

“Yes,” his cheeks lost even more color and he vomited over the side of the boat.

“Oh, Merlin, this is going to be a long trip,” Sirius looked disgusted. He was still a little down that Jade wasn't going. She was probably on the Hogwarts Express right now.

“Look! Up there! What is that?” asked Peter. He pointed to a part of the sky, but nobody saw anything except for Sirius.

“What are you talking about?” asked Marian. She was getting a little seasick herself. The boat had no ropes, just a pole and mast. It was, obviously, magically powered.

“Oh, that's a thestral, Peter,” remarked Sirius boringly as they all squinted to see what those two were seeing.

“I can't see anything,” said Alice. Lily was painting Alice's nails, Remus was reading a book and James was lying on the starboard side, trying to look out into the horizon.

“That's because you've never seen someone die. Thestrals are symbols of death and grief. They pull our carriages to the school, my cousin told me so. If you haven't seen someone die, then you can't see them.”

Nobody said anything, but Lily was unusually quiet. She could see the magnificent flying horse and it wasn't something she would likely share.

A/N- Liked it? Isn't it a bit longer than my other chapters? Yes, I think it is. Oh well, that'll keep you fulfilled until next time.

QUESTION- Who did Lily see die?

ANSWER- Like I'll answer it, find out in the next chapter! I'll probably upload next week, when school's over and I'm not in shock at how fast it went by.

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