Beware?
Vernon P.O.V.
Vernon peeked around the door, and saw five teenagers who must have been about three years younger than himself. One of the three girls was a red-head, so he concluded she much be Lily. They were playing some kind of card game. She doesn't look homely... Pet must just have different tastes, both Evans girls seen perfectly pretty to me...
"Hey Lily," Petunia greeted with a slight grimace. "What are you doing?" She asked. Vernon got the impression something was against the rules.
"Playing Gobstones," she answered with a satisfied smile. "It's a freaky game," she added, oddly stressing the freak part. Vernon thought so too. The cards almost looked as if they were flying, but that was impossible.
Petunia scoffed.
"This is Vernon," She introduced her fiance, reaching for his hand. He smiled hesitantly at the room in general.
"Oh. Hi," Lily greeted absent mindedly. Umm...
"You don't have to be rude!" Petunia scolded, clearly pissed.
"You don't care about my friends! Why should I care about yours?" Her sister asked, finally looking up. What?
"That's not true!" Petunia countered, angered.
"Oh, really?" Lily asked, eyebrows raised. "Guys, stand up," She ordered, indicating her friends. A short, blond, stubby guy stood along with a guy with long black hair, who was lounging, watching the interaction with a smirk. The girl with brown hair, and the short girl with long blond hair also stood. "They have been my best friends for seven years, what are there names?" Lily quizzed Petunia, cocking her hip and raising her brow.
"Umm…" Petunia stuttered, clearly stumped. Pet must know... Or it's not true.
"See!" Lily berated, hands on hips.
A light seemed to go if Petunia's head. She pointed a finger at the brown haired girl triumphantly. "Her name is Marissa!" She practically screamed. The girl looked furious, and Vernon swears he saw her eye twitch.
"MY NAME IS MICA!" She screamed furiously, clenching her fists. Petunia reeled back in shock, not expecting the loud voice.
"Your trying to portray this perfect family for him, when we are not one!" Lily lectured her older sister. She seems kind of mean, now.
Petunia was so livid, the anger was practically radiating off of her.
The cards they had been playing with, started to slowly rise off the ground. Vernon wasn't quite sure what he was seeing. Impossible...
"Petunia! Stop it!" Lily shrieked in obvious fear.
"What are you..." She spluttered; she was clearly shocked as she stared at her younger sister. What?
"I know your mad, but stop it!" Lily screamed as things started to fly around the room; everyone but Petunia seemed terrified.
"Lily! You know I'm not doing this!" Petunia said glaring. As she said this, Lily started shrieking like she was being tortured. Lily was slowly risen into the air on her back, by an invisible force. She was moaning and thrashing about. Vernon wondered why their parents weren't running to check on all the noise their daughter was producing. Lily stopped rising about three feet in the air, and things continued to fly everywhere. Sparks were coming off of Petunia.
"What's going on?" Vernon finally demanded. Lily's eyes flashed open, and her head turned towards him like something out of an old horror film. Oh, my...
"Vernon Dursley, beware! You have no idea what kind of family you are getting yourself into!" Lily warned in a disembodied voice, eyes wide open, and back arched in an odd manner. "There is magic in your fiance's blood, magic that may eventually destroy you. BEWARE!" Lily finished, pointing at him, before letting out a blood curdling screech. He slowly turned to his fiancé, his eyes abnormally wide. Petunia burst into tears, and ran from the room. Vernon turned, only to see a tall guy with dirty blond hair, and a guy with black hair and glasses appear out of thin air. Then...blackness.
Lily P.O.V.
Lily was laughing so hard, that tears were streaming down her face. She was slowly lowered back down to the ground by her friends, where her fall was broken by invisible pillows. Bloody brilliant!
"You okay?" James asked, standing over her. She couldn't help but notice how amazing his eyes where. She loved that he had that special look, just for her.
What am I thinking? Lily! Snap out of it!
"I'm fine," she insisted, taking the hand he offered to help her up. "You might want to check on him, though," she gestured to Vernon. This just caused them all to start laughing again.
"That was bloody brilliant!" Sirius exclaimed, delighted, as he poked Vernon. My sentiments exactly!
"Leave the poor muggle alone!" James berated, but he was smiling.
"Thanks for not dropping me during the levitation charm," Lily thanked Remus and James. Remus waved it off, and James smiled at her adoringly.*squeal* He still loves me! NO! Snap out of it, Lily!
"Ugh! Now we have to fix the mess before my parents find out," Lily complained with a sigh. Joy...
The boys grabbed Vernon, carried him down the stairs, and laid him on the couch.
"Oh, my! What happened?" Lily's mother asked, flustered as she ran into the room. *cough*
"I don't know! He came to introduce himself, and just passed out! Petunia flipped, and is crying in her room," Lily answered with just the right amount of panic, shaking her head. Yeah, right!
Vernon slowly opened his eyes, only to have flood of memories came crashing down on him. He sat up with a start; letting out a squeal when he saw the boy with glasses sitting across from him. "What the hell?!" He hollared, terrified.
Oh, god! He's going to hurt me! Something weird is going on!
Petunia's sister came running towards him as he mentally flipped out.
"Oh! Thank god your okay! I'm Lily, by the way. Nice to meet you," The red-head enthused, looking greatly relieved.
"What?" Vernon asked dumbly, clearly confused.
I've already met her! What is she talking about? I love Pet and all, but her family is nuts!
"Oh! You probably don't remember," She explained with a sympathetic smile. "Well, you came to introduce yourself, and you walked through the door, then just fainted! You scared poor Petunia half to death! She is upstairs crying," Lily said this all kind of fast, and looked at him expectantly.
"Oh yeah, well..." He stuttered, looking down. I'm going crazy!
"Hey, mate, were you having some weird dream? You were thrashing about, and saying something that sounded like 'beware'." The guy in glasses asked him, looking worried.
A dream... Well, that explains it! I was just having a bad dream... Yeah, there's no such thing as magic... No such thing as magic...
"Oh, yeah... I guess I did have a weird dream... I better go check on Petunia; let her know I'm okay," Vernon told the teens distractedly as he got up from the couch, and made his way upstairs.
"Hey," Vernon greeted quietly as he opened his fiance's door, only to find Petunia face down on her bed, bawling her eyes out.
Aww! I must have really scared her...
"Go ahead! Say it!" She instructed bitterly with a slight sob, not looking up at him.
Huh?
"What? ...Nothings wrong! I was probably just dehydrated! I must fainted, that's all. It's not like I had a heart attack," He comforted, walking over and cradling her in his arms.
...Wow, she is terrified... She must really love me... Wow...wow... She really does love me! She wasn't just saying that... I never thought someone as great as her would care this much for me...
Petunia slowly ceased crying. She wiped her eyed and sniffed, and buried her head in Vernon's chest.
"I did have a really weird dream though... It was like something out of a cheap American horror movie," He told her, trying to lighten the mood.
'Beware!' Honestly...
"A-a-a...d-dream?' Petunia asked, stuttering.
"Yes! I will tell you about it some time. It's quite funny! I probably just had it because I was nervous about getting married, and meeting your family and stuff," He explained shrugging.
Petunia's eyes widened in understanding.
"So... Is everything okay babe?" He asked her with a smile.
"Yeah, everything is fine..." She assured in a dazed voice, looking a bit shocked.
Vernon was officially introduced to Petunia's sister and her friends after that. An hour later, he and Petunia left for the summer to visit his family and plan their wedding; which her parents couldn't wait for... They were proud of their Petunia.
Lily P.O.V.
The Siren and the Marauder managed to hold in their laughter until Vernon was up the stairs, and out of sight. As soon as neither could see him, however, they erupted into hysterical-albeit quiet-gaffs. Can't...Breath...
"Did you...did you see his face?" James gasped as Lily leaned on him, laughing. Yes!
"Let's go tell everyone it actually worked!" Lily gasped, holding her side. James nodded in agreement, and they trudged up the stairs, occasionally laughing quietly to themselves.
James opened Lily's door with a gallant bow, and Lily entered her room, only to be tackled to the floor by an over-enthusiastic Lyra. So gallant...SNAP OUT OF IT!
"Did it work? Did it? Did it? Did it?" Lyra asked in childish excitement, bouncing on Lily's stomach. Lily just laughed, and attempted to shove her friend off.
"You know, that could look very wrong," Sirius commented on Lyra's bouncing. Mica smacked him on the head hard enough to make him stumble, and he almost fell under the weight of Remus' glare. James laughed, and Lily and Lyra seemed to not have heard him.
"Yes, yes! Now off, Lyra!" Lily answered her friend with a final shove, finally removing her friend from her person. Lyra didn't mind. She rolled over on her back, and kicked her feet and waved her arms in the air excitedly, laughing delightedly. Oh, Merlin.
"I knew it would!" She exclaimed with a happy giggle, clapping her hands. 'Course you did.
James reached down and picked Lyra up under the arms like you would a small child, and carried her over to Mica as she continued to kick her feet; as Remus had already helped Lily up.
Dragging Remus a ways away from the group, Lily glanced at their friends to make sure they weren't listening.
"Everything okay at your end," She asked him quietly.
"Everything is fine," He assured her, nodding. Seriously? 'Cause that never happens!
"Are you sure he still wants one? I mean that was like third year! What if he doesn't? What if we ruin his birthday?!" Lily asked frantically, eyes growing wider as she looked intently at James. He looked up, and she met his eyes for a moment before looking away. No eye contact, Evans!
"Lils! Calm down!" Remus instructed calmly, "James would love anything from his friends, much less you. Even more so because it's something he's wanted for so long," Remus assured the nervous red-head. Logic. Logic is good!
"Alright. Your sure, though? It was a muggle surprise party he wanted? I mean, your sure he didn't change his mind?" Lily still seemed un-convinced.
"If it bothers you that much, get him something else. If it doesn't work out, I'll just say it was my idea, and you'll have a back-up," Remus was starting to get exasperated as he spoke, and his voice was beginning to show it. Whoops.
"Thanks, Remus. I just want this to be perfect," Remus' eyes softened, but he quickly looked annoyed again when she continued, "Are you sure you can get him here without him suspecting?" He just crossed his arms, as if to say- 'really?'
"Sorry!" She replied quickly, "Shutting up now!" With that, they returned to the lump that was the Sirens and the Marauders.
James P.O.V.
James glanced up, feeling someones eyes on him, only to meet the beautiful emerald orbs of his Lily. He smiled at her, but she had already looked away. He watched her for a moment, and was about to turn back to his four friends in front of him, when he heard Remus cal his Lily, 'Lils'. His head shot up. Why is Remus talking to my Lily in a corner? Why did he call her Lils?! I call her Lils?! What's going on with Moony and my Lilyflower?!
James grabbed Sirius by the scruff of his shirt, and pulled him away from his flirting with Mica, into the opposite corner as Lily and Remus. In, out...In, out...
"Padfoot!" James hissed, ignoring his friends protests.
"Prongs!" He whined, "I was flirting!" James smacked him on the head, and pulled him close by his collar.
"Why is me Lilykins talking to Moony in a corner?! Why are they whispering?!" He asked frantically, a mad look in his eye. Sirius stared at him for a moment, eyes drifting to the pair, then settling on someone in the center of the room.
"Uh...Um...Uh...No reason!" He stuttered, answering a bit too loudly. James eyed him, suspicious.I'm susposed to believe that?
"Then why are they whispering in a corner?!" He asked frantically. Sirius shrugged in a non-committal way. Something seemed to occur to James. His eyes opened un-naturally wide. "What if they like each other?!" He whispered frantically, very distressed. Sirius held back a smirk.
"Well, mate, you never know," Sirius trailed off suggestivly. James aquired a horrified look. No, no! No! NO!
"I thought he liked Lyra!" He was now glaring at Remus.
"Oh, yeah! I knew I forgot something! See, Remus needed help asking Lyra out!" Sirius supplied triumphently. James turned his glare to Sirius.
"Padfoot," He growled in a deadly voice. Idiot.
"Don't kill me!" Sirius whimpered, running back to the lump that was their friends to hide behind Mica. James followed with the intent too kill.
Then Lily joined the ground. Suddenly, he wasn't mad anymore.
It was really quite for a second, and they all jumped when a door slammed shut.
Lily laughed when she heard her mother berate her dad for shutting the door so loudly.Lilyflower's laugh...
"Well I guess Petunia is gone...For the whole summer!" Lily commented excitedly, this realization just hitting her.
"Yay!" Mica and Lyra exclaimed, joining Lily in her victory dance. The boys simply looked amused or watched them fondly, depending on their natures.
"I guess that means we have to leave too," Sirius observed with a pout. Mica stopped dancing immediately.
"Aww!" She whined frowning. She so likes him!
"Don't leave me!" Lyra exclaimed, running and hugging James. Why can't Lily do that?
Lily and Mica exchanged a 'she-is-hugging-the-wrong-person' look. James didn't seem to mind, though Remus certainly did. He watched the pair with a sour expression until Lyra released James.
"Happy almost birthday Jamsie!" Lyra said in her usual cheery manner, letting go of him, and twirling over to Remus to also hug 'her baby'.
"Hey! Only I can call him that!" Sirius scolded the hyperactive teen, thoroughly annoyed.
"Bye girls," was Remus farewell once Lyra released him, dragging James and Sirius down the stairs with the help of Peter. No! I don't want to leave!
"Bye, Lils!" James managed to call out before being dragged out the door. All Sirius managed was a flirtatious wink directed at Mica.
General P.O.V.
"Squee!" Mica exclaimed with a hop the second Lyra shut the door.
"Your drooling," Lily informed her friend dryly, accompanying it with a much used eye roll.
"I think I'm getting somewhere with him," Mica commented in a satisfied tone, ignoring her friend.
"Yeah, sure..." Lyra mocked, dashing out of the room, and running toward Lily's bedroom.
"Oh, shut it!" Mica teased, calling after her friend, while the two best friends followed the third towards Lily's room for another legendary Siren sleepover.