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A/n: I know it's been a long time, since I updated anything, but life caught up with me... I don't know when I'll update again.

Chapter 5

First Impressions Part 3

Pranks and extra Lessons

Lily Evans (3rd person) POV

Lily Evans' seventh school year at Hogwarts had started out really well; everything was calm, the classes were nice and not too difficult, there had been no pranks so far and best of all, James Potter had left her alone. At least so far.

When it was time for her first DADA class, she was excited. Last year's teacher had been very dull and almost afraid to teach them anything. But Professor Jameson struck her as a man of more courage. At first, when she first saw him and his family at the feast, she found him looking too much like Potter, even though he looked like a good husband and father. Then Lily had seen his face straight on and she had decided that she had judged him too quickly. He obviously had been through battle in his lige. So, she thought that maybe this year they had a teacher for Defense that knew and had experience with the Dark Arts and how to fight them and defend yourself.

As soon as the bell went and it was time for DADA, she and her two best friends, Alice Smith and Marlene McKinnon, both also Gryffindors, had walked to the classroom eager for their first lesson.

It had been a great first lesson. Professor Jameson was amazing. A shame that he's married, she thought to herself, almost giggling.

The only two annoyances had been the Marauders, who had planned a prank. Of course, she sighed. However, that had quickly turned to amusement as she saw that Potter and Black had pranked themselves. The second one had been when the Professor had partnered her with Potter. She had to suppress a groan after she had seen the smirk on Potters face. Of course, Jameson hadn't known about their not existing relationship that Potter wanted, so he hadn't done it on purpose.

It turned out that Potter had really wanted to learn about the Patronus Charm, so they had worked together quite well. When he was serious, Potter was actually kind of nice, Lily thought. At least, he hadn't tried to ask her out on a date.

After dinner, Lily had gone to the Head Tower. She was Head Girl this year and she was very excited about it. It was quite an honor and a real responsibility. The only downer was that Potter was Head Boy. How that happened, she had no idea.

Lily had gone alone, because she had wanted to make a start on her Arithmancy homework. She had stopped in the doorpost of the entrance to the Head Tower, however, when she saw all four of the Marauders sitting in front of the fire place. They were talking animatedly (About a prank probably, Lily guessed for she couldn't hear their exact words) and it seemed like they hadn't even noticed her entrance.

When they did notice her entering, they stopped talking and looked up at her. Lily was very annoyed at their almost surprised faces. She was supposed to be there, she thought, three of them weren't.

"Hey Evans," Potter shouted, making Lily even more annoyed at them. "And how are you this fine day?"

"Fine," she muttered, finally moving out of the entrance and into the Tower. "What are the four of you doing here?" she asked while she walked over to the table in the corner of the room.

"Oh, nothing," Remus said, being very nonchalant. "By the way, Lily, congratulations on making it to Head Girl."

"Thanks, Remus," she smiled at him. Remus was the only Marauder she actually liked. He always seemed the most serious and the most sober, or perhaps the right word was modest. Well, that doesn't matter. Remus was also the only one that actually paid attention to his class.

A small voice in her head contradicted the last statement. Potter paid attention in DADA today and really, be honest. He doesn't really need to pay attention; he's good at magic without studying it. Lily just pushed the thought away, while shaking her head slightly.

After that she had started on her homework and the Marauders went back to talking together quietly. Quiet enough that she couldn't hear a word they said to each other. Still, Lily tried to listen in on their conversation, not really knowing why she did so. What she did found out however, is that she couldn't concentrate on her homework while Potter and his gang were talking about some secret project in the same room as she was in. Frustrated, she went to bed, before the Marauders.

Lily came down to breakfast early, but when she arrived she spotted all the Marauders sitting at the Gryffindor Table. Her mood instantly dropped. They were sitting close together, talking amongst themselves.

Lily huffed a bit. They were definitely planning something, some sort of prank. Couldn't they just grow up already? She ignored them the best she could and just herself some breakfast.

The rest of her day had passed without incidents and was fairly peaceful (as peaceful as being a seventh year in Hogwarts can be). Until a certain moment after dinner…

As Head Girl, she would have to patrol the castle from time to time. This night was one of those nights. She walked through the halls of the castle, letting her mind wander, not focusing her thoughts and letting her feet guide themselves through the familiar halls.

She found herself walking towards the hallway of the DADA classroom, which was fine by her. She would have to check that hallway anyway. There wasn't really a conscious thought behind it. She really wasn't paying attention to where she was going.

When Lily rounded the corner of the DADA corridor, she stopped dead. From where she stood she could see the door of the classroom. But that wasn't why she stopped walking. No, it was the people in front of the door, because in front of the classroom stood all four of the Marauders.

Lily stayed frozen for almost half a minute, but the Marauders never noticed her. Then her shock turned to anger. They were going to prank the new Professor. Again. Granted, the first prank hadn't worked, but still… Her annoyance of the night before and this morning flared into anger.

"Potter," she almost yelled at them.

The Marauders jumped almost at the same time. They turned around to see Lily standing there, with furious eyes.

"What do you think you're doing?" she said loudly, as she walked towards them.

"Evans, we aren't doing anything, we -" Potter started to say, but Lily wasn't listening. She was a bit blinded, or more accurately deaf, and just kept on raging.

"Why prank the new Professor? Why prank at all? Can't you just grow up?" She raged at the four of them, but at Potter especially. She didn't know why she was so angry at him, but she wanted him to grow up. He was almost an adult and out of school, damn it.

Potter for his part tried to interrupt her every time she finished a sentence and finally got his chance when she paused to take a breath. "Evans, we're here for extra lessons in DADA," he shouted back at her.

Lily felt shocked, but then laughed. "Don't make me laugh, Potter. Like you need extra lessons in DADA, any of you. And Peter doesn't even follow DADA in the first place."

Now Potter looked annoyed at her instead of the other way around. "We asked Professor Jameson to give us some additional – more advanced, I suppose – lessons and he agreed. He's in there right now waiting for us." He said, pointing at the door beside them.

"We'll see," Lily said, before knocking on the door, ignoring the Marauders. She was almost surprised when she heard a faint "Come in" coming from the other side of the door.

She saw the Marauders grinning at her. Well she would show them. It was time for them to grow and she would tell the Professor just exactly what those boys were doing in front of his classroom.

She entered the classroom, seeing the Marauders following her. Lily saw the look of surprise on Jamesons face, but started talking before he could.

"Professor," she said, "they," she pointed to the Marauders, "were standing in front of the door. They were trying to play a prank -" she spat out the word, glaring at the four boys "- on your classroom."

"Were not," Sirius said and Lily noted to her annoyance that he actually looked affronted at her.

Lily gave him a dirty look and turned back to the Professor. "They said that you were going to tutor them, Professor, but who would believe that? I mean, they really don't need it."

Jameson chuckled. "You're probably right, Miss Evans, but I promised the boys some extra lessons in Shield and Counter Charms."

"Oh," Lily said, she really was surprised to hear this, "then I'm sorry for interrupting you." She turned to leave, but Potter had the audacity to stop her.

"Don't you think you owe us an apology, Evans?" he asked her, sounding hopeful.

Lily narrowed her eyes at him. "Do you know what happened to the boy who cried wolf one too many times?" she asked him, she found it very fitting to the situation. She stalked out of the room, but not before noticing the look of confusion on Potters face (he obviously didn't get) and hearing the Professor laugh (he obviously did get it and saw why it was appropriate).

Lily stormed away from the classroom and didn't stop storming until she was three hallways further. She took a deep breath, cursed under her breath and continued on with her patrol, which was without further incident. After her patrol, she went to the Tower to sleep.

After Lily had left them, there was a moment of silence, only disturbed by the professor's soft laugh. Then, James shook out of it.

"What the bloody hell was that supposed to mean?" He almost shouted out the words in his frustration. He looked at his friends, of who only Remus seemed very amused. Sirius and Peter looked just as confused as he felt. When he looked at the Professor, he saw that Jameson was also very amused.

"It's a Muggle story, Prongs," Moony told him.

"And it seems very fitting with the current situation, don't you think so, Mr. Lupin?" the Professor asked, turning from James to Remus.

Remus only nodded, knowing that James was about to blow and scream from his frustration.

"But what does it mean?" Sirius asked.

"It means," Jameson said, "that when the boy cried wolf, he meant danger. But then he noticed how much attention it got him. So he kept screaming wolf and every time everyone came, but there was never a wolf. The last time, the boy screamed wolf, do you know what happened?" Jameson looked at the Marauders.

There was a moment of silence. "The boy was eaten by a wolf," Remus said softly. "He screamed for help, but no one came, thinking it was just a cry for attention again."

"Correct, Mr. Lupin," the Professor smiled at him. "So, Mr. Potter, why do you think Miss Evans asked you that question?"

"How am I supposed to know?" James exclaimed, still completely lost.

"Because we pranked everyone too often," Remus answered for him. "She thinks it's logical that she didn't believe us, even if we were speaking the truth."

"Again, correct, Mr. Lupin."

"Oh," James said lamely. He shook his head from side to side. "Can we just go on with why we're here? With the lesson?"

"Of course, let's do that," Jameson said, before walking to the center of the room. He gestured for the Marauders to follow him.

"So, we're here to learn about advanced Shield Spells," he said, becoming more serious (No pun intended). "Like the spell I used on you."

Remus raised his hand.

"Yes, Mr. Lupin, you don't have to raise your hand."

"All right, I just wanted to ask how you knew about the spell James and Sirius tried to prank you with. How did you know the exact moment you had to use a Shield Spell and how did you know what spell to use, to Shield?"

"Take a breath, Remus," Jameson said amused, before once again becoming serious (Seriously, no pun, no pun). "Let's see… I didn't know the exact moment you were going to prank me, beforehand. However, I had been warned by all the other professors to watch my back." A short laugh. "All I can really say on the subject, is that I felt your spell. I felt the magic in the air, coming towards me and I acted on it."

The Marauders were gaping at him. Harry had to suppress rolling his eyes. It wasn't really that big a deal for him. He had always been able to feel magic and the spell they used just had a very clear signature, making it even easier for him to feel it.

"So, I was already on high alert and I felt your spell. Your next question was how I knew which spell I should use. Well, your spell was, to me, very loud and easy to identify. So, it was easy to pick to best defense, which was the Shield Spell I used. It's really a very handy spell. It protects the caster and to make sure the spell doesn't touch the caster of the Shield Spell, it sends the original Spell, your prank spell, back to you." Harry looked at the still gaping Marauders. "That's the theory behind it. Do you follow me this far?"

Slowly, the Marauders nodded.

"Good. Now, the incantation of the Spell is Protego Remisit, which just means protect and send back. Now, you try it, without wands, please. Just the incantation."

So, the lesson went on, until Harry decided they were ready to use it on other spells.

"Alright, in pairs please. Then, one of you uses the Shield Spell and one of you uses the offensive Spell. Let's just use Expelliarmus, so I don't have to explain to Madame Pomfrey what happened."

The Marauders formed pairs – James and Sirius, Remus and Peter – and nodded.

"Who's going to use the Shield Spell?" James and Remus raised their hands. "Alright, now begin."

All four shouted their incantations. Peter almost immediately lost his wand, while James and Sirius somehow both lost their wands.

"Alright, well done, Mr. Lupin. Mr. Potter, what happened?"

"Er… I don't know, Professor?" James hesitated. "I think I somehow acted too early, or something."

"Or you left holes in your Shield," Harry looked at James and his magic. "You really have to push your Shield out, for this spell to work properly. Push Sirius's Spell back at him."

James nodded and the lesson went on for another hour. Somewhere in that hour the switched Spells and went on. At the end, the Shield aspect of the Spell went well. But the Marauders continued to have troubles with the 'sending back the original Spell'-part.

Harry called a stop to the lesson and told them to practice amongst themselves. If they had problems they could always come back to him.

The Marauders left, talking amongst themselves, leaving Harry staring after them. When the door closed, Harry let out a sigh and smiled sadly to himself, knowing that this Spell wouldn't change anything.

A/N: Read and review. Please inspire me, I have a small writer's block and need your help for ideas. What do you want to see in the story? Maybe, it will give me ideas.