Lily has a run-in with a Malfoy and then revisits the worst of her past...


"What house are you in? Or are you new?" I look to find Lucius Malfoy standing there. There’s a smile upon his face that I have never seen before. It actually looks genuine and heart-felt.

"Gryffindor," I respond, smiling back.

"Oh. I’m sorry then. I shouldn’t have said anything."

Long time, I know. Anyway... We all find out what mysteriously happened to James. You know, who attacked him with that stupid bludger. And, then... yeah, it's not too pretty. James gets EMOTIONALLY hurt this time...


"Yeah, not to mention he might have trouble eavesdropping on his own sympathy squad." At this point, I let out a little laugh and open my eyes, looking up at the blurred figures of Sirius, Remus, and Jayde.

James finally confronts Lily and settles things between them. Once that's done and over with, I guess it only takes a huge storm in the middle of the night to bring them even closer...


"James Potter!" I hear Lily scream as she comes running up the stairs to my room. "Open this door right this instant! I know you have my journal! You were putting the books back when I walked in!" As soon as she says that, it totally clicks what I am holding in my hands. I slowly turn the page as I hear her fumbling for her wand.

I need him.

The dreaded chapter... I think it will be MOST enjoyable by the VERY end. *hint hint* Be sure to read the author's note when you finish the chapter... Finally, another Quidditch match. Gryffindor VS Slytherin and, this one decides who's in first...


"But, why would we need to be skilled in changing?"

"Cuz Potter needs to give his pep-talk. And God only knows how long that could take," Steven Vince put in, making me look over at him.

Uh oh... the huge fight. Do James and Lily forever split or do they eventually make up and become friends again?


I let myself clasp my hands behind his back as I let my head fall onto his chest. I listen to his steady heartbeat and I let a few tears slip from my eyes.

"I’m sorry," I whisper as he holds me tighter.

"As am I." He rubs my black slightly as I shudder and cry a little more.

As their love grows stronger so does the darkness surrounding James and Lily. Evil is inevitable.


She falls to her knees, her breath escaping her as she laughs harder and harder. "It’s not that funny!" I shout, groaning almost immediately after.

"You’re out of breath! What’s funnier than that?"

"Go away!"

As danger becomes inevitable, Dumbledore escorts his students to the Hogwarts Express where unimaginable mayhem ensues...


"Do you think Lily loves me?"

"Do you love her?" Sirius questions, smiling as he pokes fun at me.

"Oh, shut up. I’ll put emphasis on what words I choose to. Of course I do."

After Sirius is rescued, death is right around the corner...

“Go away, James.” James doesn’t listen and instead steps forward and tries to reach out for Sirius. “Screw you! Leave me alone!” Sirius tries to say more but staggers forward and James is right there to catch him.

“C’mon, other side of the bridge. Let’s go.”

“Prongs, no,” he moans pitifully.

“I don’t care what you say. If I have to tie you down, I will."

Right before the Quidditch match of the year, the keeper is sick, the beater almost dies, and the seeker gets a golden platter of WTF?

“Little baby Potter, all alone and afraid. What’s your brother going to do now? Is ickle ole’ Black gonna come save you? Not so strong without your minions now are you? I hope he dies!”

Alright, longer than the last one. Beautiful moments, historic fights, and memories that hurt...

"Where were you when I was suffering at school, trying to figure out what was going on? Where were you when I was confused and needed a mother figure? Where were you when not you, but James’ mum took me under her wing and lent me her advice and guidance? Where were you when my whole life started falling apart and I had no one to turn to? Where were you when I needed help? Huh? You weren’t there!"

As Sirius grows weaker, a darker force grips him in the form of another death...

Voices, so many voices echoing everywhere. Blood in my mouth, so warm. James’ distant voice, calling out my own. Lily’s hands on my back, rubbing it comfortingly, digging her wrists into my cramped muscles. Fearful girl’s voices; Lily’s fellow Gryffindor friends, no doubt. Then blackness…

After fun and play outside, typically, fights ensue. Over the girls, yes. Again.

His face brightens and he stoops over into the fridge again. He pulls out two bottles of soda, shakes one of them violently, and then waits. When Sirius and Remus walk in, James tosses Remus the normal one and Sirius the shaken one. Sirius immediately opens it… and gets showered in fizz.

“I hate you,” is all he says before walking back out of the kitchen. Ah, life is good…

Maids of honor, best men, mental breakdowns, and The Beatles all in one!

Sirius is at the stove, with an apron wrapped around his waist, and his hips swinging as he sings along to the music coming from an old, beaten up radio.

As the relationship between Chloe and Sirius builds, something creeps back from the supposed dead...

“Fine.” I get out of bed, grinning as I hear Chloe sigh. “Checking out my tush?”

“Don’t be so modest.”

One can only imagine...

“Sure you are. Moony’s gettin’ his funk on!” Sirius freak dances the rest of the way down the stairs until he jumps the last two, lands on his knees, and does a bad air guitar. Remus just kicks him while I jump on his back. He stands up with me hoisted up on him and we walk into the kitchen to receive many laughs. I get off Sirius, wait for him to sit down, and then plant myself in his lap. He immediately shoves me off him into the chair next to him.

Murder trials and murder threats all in one, woohoo!

“Fooled me.” I smile as he pulls one of my famous ducks and just manages to miss a swing by Daisy. “You always couldn’t hit for shit,” he comments, cocking an eyebrow before slipping into the bathroom.

Now cooped up, Lily finally feels like she has a hold on life.

“Hunny bun, it’s alright. Don’t cry.”

“But I hurted my fingers.”

“That wouldn’t have happened if you had listened to me.”

“Oh, shut up.”

As a miracle strikes, something else crashes and burns...

“Cool, cool,” she continues, nodding.

“What’s up with you?”

“Oh, you know, nothing much.”

“Lily, you’re fit to burst. What’s going on?”

Yes, this is the night you've all been waiting for...

“Lily, it’s him! Take Harry! Go upstairs! Quick!”

All good things come to an end at some point or another...

The flash blinds us momentarily as we all smile happily and the Order of the Phoenix is captured once again…