Prongs {Book One}

Chapter One - Insolence

DEDICATED TO eclipse567

5th Year

-SEV-

"You're so insolent!" But I wasn't listening to Lily. If there'd ever been any hope of her approving my other friends, it had been long gone since they got together and stuffed Mary McDonald into a toilet. Head first.

"I know I should have stopped them," I said wearily.

"She was in tears this morning. Didn't want to come to breakfast because she swore she still stank of shit, even after I gave her permission to shower in the Prefect's bathroom, and after I cast a perfume charm on her!"

"There's a charm for perfume?"

"Yes. I adapted it from a sweet smelling spell." Of course she did. Just like Lily - there isn't a spell for it, make a new one.

"Can you show-"

"You're changing the topic. Anyway, Mary ran crying out of Transfiguration when we were colouring our eyebrows, because Betty Adams' removal charm missed Veronica Medley and removed my perfume spell from her. They're evil!"

"If you mean what Avery and Mulciber-"

"Oh don't even get me started on them!" I didn't.

"I'll hang out with them less, and spend more time with you. Is that what you want?"

"No," Lily said bluntly, "you choose. Me or them. You can't have both." She stormed off.

I felt a lump in my throat.

I had to choose?

Between Lily Evans - my best friend since we were ten, who I'd had a crush on since we were eleven...

And those who wanted to be death eaters - Mulciber, Avery, Crabbe, Goyle and the rest - the first people who'd really accepted me, the first people who I'd fitted in with.

I'd never be able to decide.

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-JAMES-

"Why won't she go out with me?" I let the snitch escape my grasp, before snatching it out the air again. It was the first snitch I ever caught. I'd nicked it from the broom shed five years ago.

"I dunno mate," Sirius leaned back on the grass.

"She's probably jealous!" Piped Peter.

"Don't be a twat, Wormtail, who would she be jealous of?" Sirius smirked at Peter, who blushed and shrugged.

"Moony?" I asked, turning to the last member of our group.

"What? Oh. I don't know," he said quietly.

"Come on, Moony. Since you got that badge you've been so tame," I rolled my eyes, and let the snitch go again, before catching it effortlessly.

Remus looked down at his prefect badge, shiny scarlet on his robes.

"Yeah," said Sirius, "I'm surprised you even sneak out at night with us any-"