
Love is the key we must turn Truth is the flame we must learn
30th August, 1977
Saturday
,,And?" Asked Peter as i came back. ,,What did he say?" With a sad face i walked up to them. ,,Well..." I said in a sad voice. The guys looked even sadder at me. ,,He...he said yes." I meant with a little smirk on my lips. Peter sigh, but still had a smile on his face. ,,Great!" He said. ,,Did he said anything else?" James wanted to know. ,,Just that i should stop interrupting him when he has important things to do." I said with a little shrug of my shoulders. ,,,Now, shall we go boys?" I asked wit a happy mood.
So we all drove with the bus back to Godric's Hollow, because we didn't wanted to burden James' father, Fleamont. As we arrived at the rich looking house, we went inside and smelled something lovely in the air. Pie! ,,We're baaaack." Yelled James as he closed the door after Peter stepped in. A voice came from the kitchen. ,,Hello darlings!" The voice of the woman that was the mother from James, shouted. ,,We brought guests." Shouted Sirius as he put off his jacket and hang it up.
As i looked at the pictures on the wall, i heard footsteps coming closer. It has been a year since i've stood in this house. ,,Remus, Peter!" Euphemia smiled bright with her eyes that were warm and full with joy looking at the two of us. She had spread out her arms as she walked over to us. ,,Hello Euphemia." I said with a soft smile as she went for a hug. ,,Nice to see you again." Said Peter as he hugged her too. ,,How is it possible that you both grow so much in only one month?" She said smelling like pie.
James walked past his mother to the kitchen. ,,Did you made pie for later?" Asked James with an voice like he has not eaten in years. ,,Oh, yes. It has to chill right now." His mother answered shortly and then turned around again. ,,Did you find everything you needed?" She asked in a calm tone. Her hair was up and only a few strains of dark brown hair were hanging out. The dress she was wearing was dipped in a lavender looking colour and had some ruffles on the end of the long skirt. At each ear, a white peal earring was hanging from it. ,,Yes, we only needed one book. But me and James bought some Quidditch things too." Said Sirius with a smile at the woman. ,,Good." Euphemia nodded slightly with the head. ,,We'll be upstairs." Said Sirius with a little gesture. ,,James, are you coming?" Yelled Padfoot as he walked up the stairs. ,,Yes!" James shouted back.
Only a few seconds after we arrived at James' -and now also Sirius'- room, James came with some chocolate inside. The chaotic room was now even fuller then the last time i was in there. Every little centimeter on the walls was full with Quidditch and Gryffindore stuff and plenty of pictures of the marauders. In a corner stood a trunk and on the shelf next to it was a cage with an owl inside. The bed wasn't made and many clothes laid on the floor, but you could still see the brown wooden floor and red carpet.
Peter immediately throwed himself on the bed, followed from James, who left out a big sigh as he felt the soft bed under him. I sat myself on the chair in front of James' desk and took one of the letters that was lying on the desk. Sirius stretched himself and then got on the bed too. The letter that was in my hand, was a piece of paper, with the handwriting fom Lily on it. ,,Dear James," i started reading out loud. ,,Thank you so much for your answer." I said in a high voice. Peter left a little giggle from him and James cheeks started getting red. ,,I would love to come with you and the others to the beach. I've realised that i haven't went to the beach in ages." I said getting higher and higher with my voice.
Lily was my best friend, from the girls, but it still was fun to make fun of their relationship. As i read the letter, James face got more red. Sometimes he said something like 'she doesn't sound like that' and rolled his eyes. But Sirius and Peter still needed to laugh a bit.
,,With all love , Lily Evans." I ended the letter with an elegant bow and made a gesture like i would take a head from my head.
,,And now i think i deserve a piece of chocolate." I said as i laid the letter back to the other ones. ,,Now you deserve no chocolate for three hours." James said grumpy, with a hidden smirk on his lips. I gasped with a fake sadness and then took out the chocolate i got from Sirius. ,,How good that i got chocolate from Padfoot." I meant. ,,What did y'all to in the break?" Peter now asked having a piece of chocolate from James between his fingers. ,,I did nothing interesting. Just reading books and so." I mumbled shortly with my own chocolate in my mouth. ,,I haven't heard anything from you the last weeks." I said nodding towards Wormtail. ,,What were you doing?" Peter ran through his hair with his right hand. ,,Nothing really. Just went to Germany for a week, to my relatives. But that wasn't really interesting." Prongs looked through his glasses to Peter. ,,What does 'du bist der dümmste Zauberer den ich je getroffen habe' mean?" James asked in a broken german. Wormtails corner of the mouth curled. ,,Why do you asked?" He asked. ,,Marlene said it to me one time. Still don't understand what she meant." He shrugged his shoulders lightly. ,,It just means that you a very cool." Peter nodded with a grin on his lips. That was something James liked to hear. ,,Hehe, so she was giving me a compliment!" He said proud.
I think James was the only member of the Marauders, that could only speak one language. Peter as a German person, spoke, of course, German. Sirius had as a child every day french lessons with his brother and i was half welsh, and before i came to Hogwarts me and my parents lived in Wales, so i could speak welsh.
Padfoot was laying on Wormtails and Prongs' legs and looked up to the ceiling. His hair was out of his face and the features of his face were exposed. The long eyelashes were curled upwards. I noticed a small scar on his cheek. It didn't looked like it was deep, but it was not an old one. Sirius made a noise that was like a mix out of a sigh and a groan. ,,What?" Peter looked down on him. ,,Can't the time pass by faster? I wanna go to Hogwarts." Sirius said annoyed. ,,So you wanna have school again? Weirdo." I meant. ,,Nooo, but i want to be back at home." Pads groaned. ,,First we gonna go camping and only then one day left, Pads." James said motivated. Prongs looked at his wrist. ,,But now, it's tea time." He meant. ,,Yay!" Peter shouted happy as he jumped off the bed.
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,,You're ready to go?" James asked us in the evening. We all nodded standing ready in the entrance with all the stuff we needed for the night. James had of course his guitar on his back to show off by Evans later. The beach was not far from James' house, which means we only had to walk for a couple of minutes to hear the waves and smell the salty water.
We met the two girls at a parking lot for cars next to the beach. James welcomed Lily with a small kiss on the lips. Peter hugged Mary happily to see her and as he did that Sirius waved towards Lily. I was the last who said hello to the two. A small wave to each of them and a hello while smiling was enough for me.
On our way down to the place where we always put our tents down, Lily and i walked together. ,,You look good." Lily meant. I looked confused at her. ,,What do you mean by that?" A little laugh left Lily. ,,I mean that you look more happy, then the last time we saw each other." I tilt my head. ,,You think so?" I smirked. The ginger just nodded as she watched the ocean. ,,Oh how i missed the water." She said nostalgic. The sun was about to go down, and a beautiful sunset was over the shining water. Birds were flying over the sea and only one couple was left on the beach.
,,There it is!" Peter smiled at the old fireplace and the two tree trunks next to it. ,,Alright, we should put the tents up now, before the sun is fully down." I said with a small looked at the sky. They all agreed with me, so we started putting the tents up.
It didn't took us long to have three tents standing on the sand. ,,And now?" Peter asked. James and Sirius both grinned. ,,Oh no." I groaned, but it was already too late. In a split of a second, Sirius and James were barefoot and were running towards the water. ,,The last in the water has to smell Peters socks!" Sirius laughed as he arrived at the water. ,,Hey!" Peter cried as he also took off his shoes. Lily and Mary looked at each other. ,,I really don't want to smell Pete's socks." Mary laughed as she started running.
Me and Lily made eye contact. She shrugged and followed her friend. I left out a sigh as i smiled at the scene. But that not for long, because i was also not ready to smell the socks. So i started running towards the ocean. Sirius and Peter were already fully wet and threw water at each other when James was on his way to the two, looking cold. Mary, Lily and i were the last one who went inside.
,,Ah! It's so cold!" Mary cried out as she went inside. Lily flinched as the water touched her belly. And i was also not the best at hiding how cold the water was at first. We three needed a minute to relax in the water. But as we were, it felt awesome.
I let my body float on the surface of the saltwater. Sirius' and Lily's hair were completely wet and Mary tried her best to not get her hair wet too. Peter stood next to me, looking at everyone with a big smile on his face. James was scarring Mary with something i couldn't see. My feet touched the ground again, as i looked at Peter. ,,I missed you all so much." He said in a warm and happy tone. I smiled. ,,We missed you too, Wormi." Our eyes met and we smiled at each other.
Suddenly James and Sirius jumped at us dragging us down. Peter left out a scream before he was fully in the water. As i got up again i gasped for air with my hair over my eyes. Sirius and James laughed at me before i shook my head to get the hair off my face. ,,Fuck you two." I groaned. ,,Aww Remus don't be so serious!" Sirius meant. ,,But Pads, you are Sirius!" James said and began to laugh again. I smiled and then swam up to the two. ,,Hey Pads." I said. ,,Hm?" Sirius asked with a confused smile. I then hugged him. As Sirius said, ,,Aww, Moony!" I fell backwards into the water, still hugging him.
,,AH!" Padfoot screamed but he stopped as we went underwater. I opened my eyes and looked at Sirius. His hair was flowing besides his face. I got closer and held his face. I saw how his eyes opened by the touch. It was risky but i did it anyways. I pressed my lips against his. It felt so good finally doing this. I had felt the need for it for so long and now I've done it. But sadly we needed air, so i let him go and got up. The others laughed as Sirius and i got up. He stared at me, but i pretended that nothing happened and laughed with them.
,,Anyone hungry?" James asked. ,,I could eat a bear!" He meant getting out of the water. ,,Me too!" I said following him.