The Ice Queen [s.b.]

↠the wanted and the unwanted, 1.16

October 10th.

Lily, James, Peter, Marlene, Dorcas, Alice, and Remus all sit anxiously in the Gryffindor common room at around 4 a.m.

"Well what if Anna really didn't want us to meddle?" Alice speaks up.

James gives her a look. "She obviously didn't want us to, but that doesn't mean we won't."

"I'm sorry, are we talking about Sirius or the whole cursing thing?" Marlene clarifies.

Lily sighs. "I don't even know anymore."

The group descends into silence again.

"Are we sure Anna even likes Sirius?" Peter asks.

"Yeah," Remus, Dorcas, Lily, James, Marlene, and Alice all say in unison.

"Are we sure Sirius likes Anna?" Peter continues.

Lily gives him a look. "No. He doesn't. He bloody loves her."

"Yeah," Remus, Dorcas, James, Marlene, and Alice all sigh.

"It's a Greek tragedy," Lily says sorrowfully.

James laughs. "Really, Evans? That's the best you could come up with? Greek tragedy?"

"I'm devoting most of my brain power to figuring out what Sirius and Anna are doing right now!" Lily says, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Well, I should hope we don't all die at the end," Remus points out.

Lily nods, "You come up with a better term then, Remus."

The lycanthrope only shrugs.

"Anyone object to going and spying on them?" James asks.

Only Peter and Alice raise their hands.

"We don't want to invade their privacy, guys," Peter insists.

James snorts, "Speak for yourself, Wormtail. Moony, Evans, let's go. We'll be right back."

The three trudge off. James retrieves the invisibility cloak from his room which Lily is already aware of. Though she claims not to want anything to do with him, she still knows about them being animagi, Remus being a werewolf, and the invisibility cloak.

"Ow! Potter, that was my foot," Lily mutters on their way.

"Sorry, Lily," James sing-songs.

Remus whispers, "Shh. We don't want them to hear us."

"No!" Lily says sarcastically. "I thought we wanted them to since we took the invisibility cloak- ow! Remus! That really hurt!"

"It was an accident," James whines. "I mean, gosh, Remus, why would you elbow her?"

Remus sighs. "You two are meant for each other. It's sickening. And no, James, that wasn't a compliment."

James opens, then closes his mouth.

Lily groans.

"Okay, we're here," James announces a minute later.

Lily glares at him, "Really? I thought we were in New York!"

"Shut it!" Remus hisses. "I think they're... sleeping?"

"Wait! Anna's crying!" Lily protests. "We should go in there!"

"No. Sirius is waking her up. It was a nightmare," James determines.

The three quiet for another minute.

"Sirius Black is yelling at my best friend!" Lily complains. "We should stop him. She looks like she's about to cry!"

"No, Lily," Remus tells her calmly. "They're going to work it out themselves. See, they're apologizing to each other now."