*Lucys POV*
Trust me, I did not expect this to happen this way.
It had been a few months, now in May, we had celebrated everyone's birthdays, and now the OWLs came. Our first O.W.Ls were charms, which was rather easy our second O.W.Ls were Ancient Runes for me and Moony, but for Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail, had been Herbology. Our third O.W.Ls had been, Herbology for me and Moony, while it had been Divination for Prongs, Padfoot, and Wormtail. The following week had Care of Magical Creatures. Our last O.W.Ls were Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration.
A/N This is an excerpt from the Order of the Phoenix, so unless you see Lucy butting in, it is exactly how it is in the book. Except that Harry wasn't there.
'Did you like question ten, Moony?' asked Sirius as they emerged into the Entrance Hall.
'Loved it,' said Lupin briskly. 'Give five signs that identify the werewolf. Excellent question.'
'D'you think you managed to get all the signs?' said James in tones of mock concern.
'Think I did,' said Lupin seriously, as they joined the crowd thronging around the front doors eager to get out into the sunlit grounds. 'One: he's sitting on my chair. Two: he's wearing my clothes. Three: his name's Remus Lupin.'
Wormtail was the only one who didn't laugh.
'I got the snout shape, the pupils of the eyes and the tufted tail,' he said anxiously, 'but I couldn't think what else –'
'How thick are you, Wormtail?' said James impatiently. 'You run round with a werewolf once a month –'
'Keep your voice down,' implored Lupin.
'Well, I thought that paper was a piece of cake,' he heard Sirius say. 'I'll be surprised if I don't get "Outstanding" on it at least.'
'Me too,' said James. He put his hand in his pocket and took out a struggling Golden Snitch.
'Where'd you get that?'
'Nicked it,' said James casually. He started playing with the Snitch, allowing it to fly as much as a foot away before seizing it again; his reflexes were excellent. Wormtail watched him in awe. James was still playing with the Snitch, letting it zoom further and further away, almost escaping but always grabbed at the last second. Wormtail was watching him with his mouth open.
Every time James made a particularly difficult catch, Wormtail gasped and applauded. After five minutes of this, I wondered why James didn't tell Wormtail to get a grip on himself, but James seemed to be enjoying the attention.
'Put that away, will you,' said Sirius finally, as James made a fine catch and Wormtail let out a cheer, 'before Wormtail wets himself with excitement.'
Wormtail turned slightly pink, but James grinned.
'If it bothers you,' he said, stuffing the Snitch back in his pocket.
'I'm bored,' said Sirius. 'Wish it was full moon.'
'You might,' said Lupin darkly from behind his book. 'We've still got Transfiguration, if you're bored you could test me. Here ...' and he held out his book.
But Sirius snorted. 'I don't need to look at that rubbish, I know it all.'
'This'll liven you up, Padfoot,' said James quietly. 'Look who it is ...'
Sirius's head turned. He became very still, like a dog that has scented a rabbit.
'Excellent,' he said softly. 'Snivellus.'
I turned to see what Sirius was looking at.
Snape was on his feet again, and was stowing the OWL paper in his bag. As he left the shadows of the bushes and set off across the grass, Sirius and James stood up.
Me, Lupin and Wormtail remained sitting: Lupin was still staring down at his book, though his eyes were not moving and a faint frown line had appeared between his eyebrows; Wormtail was looking from Sirius and James to Snape with a look of avid anticipation on his face.
'All right, Snivellus?' said James loudly.
Snape reacted so fast it was as though he had been expecting an attack: dropping his bag, he plunged his hand inside his robes and his wand was halfway into the air when James shouted, 'Expelliarmus!'
Snape's wand flew twelve feet into the air and fell with a little thud in the grass behind him. Sirius let out a bark of laughter.
'Impedimenta!' he said, pointing his wand at Snape, who was knocked off his feet halfway through a dive towards his own fallen wand. I ran after them to try and stop them.
Students all around had turned to watch. Some of them had got to their feet and were edging nearer. Some looked apprehensive, others entertained.
Snape lay panting on the ground. James and Sirius advanced on him, wands raised, James glancing over his shoulder at the girls at the water's edge as he went. Wormtail was on his feet now, watching hungrily, edging around Lupin to get a clearer view.
'How'd the exam go, Snivelly?' said James.
'I was watching him, his nose was touching the parchment,' said Sirius viciously. 'There'll be great grease marks all over it, they won't be able to read a word.'
Several people watching laughed; Snape was clearly unpopular. Wormtail sniggered shrilly. Snape was trying to get up, but the jinx was still operating on him; he was struggling, as though bound by invisible ropes.
'You – wait,' he panted, staring up at James with an expression of purest loathing, 'you – wait!'
'Wait for what?' said Sirius coolly. 'What're you going to do, Snivelly, wipe your nose on us?'
Snape let out a stream of mixed swear words and hexes, but with his wand ten feet away nothing happened.
'Wash out your mouth,' said James coldly. 'Scourgify!'
Pink soap bubbles streamed from Snape's mouth at once; the froth was covering his lips, making him gag, choking him –
'Leave him ALONE!'
James and Sirius looked round. James's free hand immediately jumped to his hair.
It was one of the girls from the lake edge. She had thick, dark red hair that fell to her shoulders, and startlingly green almond-shaped eyes.
'All right, Evans?' said James, and the tone of his voice was suddenly pleasant, deeper, more mature.
'Leave him alone,' Lily repeated. She was looking at James with every sign of great dislike. 'What's he done to you?'
'Well,' said James, appearing to deliberate the point, 'it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean ...'
Many of the surrounding students laughed, Sirius and Wormtail included, but Lupin, still apparently intent on his book, didn't, and nor did Lily.
'You think you're funny,' she said coldly. 'But you're just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone.'
'I will if you go out with me, Evans,' said James quickly. 'Go on ... go out with me and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again.' Behind him, the Impediment Jinx was wearing off. Snape was beginning to inch towards his fallen wand, spitting out soapsuds as he crawled.
'I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid,' said Lily.
'Bad luck, Prongs,' said Sirius briskly, and turned back to Snape.
'OI!'
A flash of light appeared but i saved James quickly yelling, Protego. James whirled about: a second flash of light later, Snape was hanging upside-down in the air, his robes falling over his head to reveal skinny, pallid legs and a pair of greying underpants.
Many people in the small crowd cheered; Sirius, James and Wormtail roared with laughter.
Lily, whose furious expression had twitched for an instant as though she was going to smile, said, 'Let him down!'
'Certainly,' said James and he jerked his wand upwards; Snape fell into a crumpled heap on the ground. Disentangling himself from his robes he got quickly to his feet, wand up, but Sirius said, 'Petrificus Totalus!' and Snape keeled over again, rigid as a board.
'LEAVE HIM ALONE!' Lily shouted. She had her own wand out now. James and Sirius eyed it warily.
'Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you,' said James earnestly.
'Take the curse off him, then!'
James sighed deeply, then turned to Snape and muttered the counter-curse.
'There you go,' he said, as Snape struggled to his feet. 'You're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus –'
'I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!'
Lily blinked. I stared at Snape, my blood boiling.
'Fine,' she said coolly. 'I won't bother in future. And I'd wash your pants if I were you, Snivellus.'
'Apologise to Evans!' James roared at Snape, his wand pointed threateningly at him.
'I don't want you to make him apologise,' Lily shouted, rounding on James. 'You're as bad as he is.'
'What?' yelped James. 'I'd NEVER call you a – you-know-what!'
'Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you can – I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with that fat head on it. You make me SICK.'
She turned on her heel and hurried away.
'Evans!' James shouted after her. 'Hey, EVANS!'
But she didn't look back.
'What is it with her?' said James, trying and failing to look as though this was a throwaway question of no real importance to him.
"James, she doesn't want you to do—" I tried to say before getting interrupted.
'Reading between the lines, I'd say she thinks you're a bit conceited, mate,' said Sirius.
'Right,' said James, who looked furious now, 'right –'
There was another flash of light, and Snape was once again hanging upside-down in the air.
'Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?'A/N that was the end so, back to Lucy!
I didn't see, but considering the crowd cheered and laughed, I think James did. I was too busy trying to find Lily, running to get the map.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." I said rather quickly. The map opened and i quickly scanned it, and found Lily in the kitchens.
I ran down there taking the map with me, hiding it though, to find Lily crying on the couch.
"Hey," I said softly. She looked up at me and managed a small, fake, smile for a second. "You don't have to fake with me." I said softly once more, sitting on the couch.
She spilled her guts out, and I spilled mine. I told her about the Mirror of Erised and what it meant, and she told me about everything. Some elves tried to give her water, or Butterbeer, even chocolate, and while she refused, I accepted. It was getting late, since our last O.W.L was going to be tomorrow. I walked her to the dorm and walked off to mine.
"Hey, have you seen Evans?" Prongs asked me as soon as he saw me.
"Look James, I really don't want to talk about it." I said shutting the door of the bathroom and making the water go steaming hot. I heard a bang on the door and a Remus Lupin say, "Don't waste all of the hot water!"I did as he told and left quickly. I knew Moony loved warm showers. I got out with only a towel on me and went for my closet. "How are you going to fit in that?" Padfoot asked, snickering with Prongs.
"I have my ways." I simply said before entering. I had carefully put a undetectable extension charm on it. The towel fell as soon as I entered and I was grateful for that. After I changed into my pjs, Padfoot checked that out.
"When did you do this?" He asked, "How did you do this?" Asked Prongs. "Learned it from Flitwick." I said, "I actually pay attention to him y'know," I said smirking.
A/N: I'm sorry about not putting much Quidditch matches. Also, I forgot to mention that Remus and Lily were prefects so oops.

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