27th September 1977

Lily's POV

Two days later, Marlene was going to return to Hogwarts. No one was more excited than Sirius. He kept bouncing up and down on the sofas in the Heads' common room like a little kid. Me, Alice, Mary and the marauders were lazing about in the common room, taking advantage of a Sunday. Around one o'clock, McGonagall came in through the Heads' dormitory portrait with Marlene eagerly jumping in. I got up from the sofa and flung my arms around her neck. Everyone else did the same, though Marls lingered on Sirius longer than necessary. I wonder why.

"Ok. Marlene, now that you're here, there have been some changes in the pairs for the prank war. You're paired with James. I'm paired with Sirius." I said, keeping a close watch on her expression. Her eyes betrayed hurt for a moment before going emotionless.

"Come with me, Sirius, I have an idea," I said, dragging him out of the portrait hole and towards the courtyard.

"Let's form a club for the sole purpose of not inviting James. The name would be 'Hogwarts Society for Witches and Wizards with Hair as Beautiful as Life Itself'." I said with a grin. Sirius laughed.

"That's amazing!" He grinned.

"But Lily," He said, completely sirius- er, serious. "I know you like him. The way you look at him, how you enjoy yourself in his company, the way you feel when he's not around." He said with a knowing look. I screamed internally. He knows. "Give him a chance. He has changed. He participates in lesser pranks than before, and he doesn't hex random people. He's never going to hurt you intentionally. But if he does, I will personally hex him into oblivion." He promised. I grinned and hugged him tightly.

"Ok, Siri-poo, but promise you won't tell Mr Oblivious. Let him figure it out on his own." I implored.

"Ok, Lily-Pad!" He beamed.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get started!" I declared excitedly.

We went to the library with about hundred paperclips. I looked up charms to make our badges better while Sirius transfigured them. After some time, a girl approached our table. She had long, shiny chestnut hair and heavy makeup. Her uniform skirt was three inches shorter than the ideal height. Most people would have called her a slut, but I believed there was no such thing as a slut. There was no such thing as a bitch. There was no such thing as bossy; there was only a boss. Back to the interesting part now.

"Well, this is an interesting sight. Sirius Black in the library?" Selena Swift, my arch-enemy, drawled. Sirius stood up and glared at her. I put a hand on his chest sideways.

"Let me handle this scumbag, Sirius," I ordered. He stepped back but glared nonetheless.

"Feeling rather brave, are we, Ms Mudblood?" She asked challengingly.

"Well, I'd slap you, but that would be against my principles as an animal activist," I smirked smugly and held my hand out for Sirius to high-five. He slapped it and smirked. "Oh, and, don't try to think of a comeback, thinking might sprain your brain, don't risk doing it." She reddened with anger, but before she could open her mouth, I cast a non-verbal 'Silencio' discreetly. She tried to speak but no voice came out. She stared at me dumbfoundedly. "What happened, Swift? Mudblood got your tongue?" I asked her in a mocking voice. Before she could do anything, I grabbed Sirius's hand, collected the badges using magic and marched out of the library with my head held high. Once we were three corridors away from the Evil Highness, I breathed a sigh of relief and turned towards Sirius. He was staring at me with his mouth hanging open.

"What just happened?" He asked wide-eyed.

"We just burned Miss Evil Gorgon!" I smiled.

(Continued in next part)

A/N

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021! Have a great year! Lots of virtual hugs and blue chocolate chip cookies! How's your year going so far?

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