A/N: January exchange fic here! This goes out to sweaterweather21, hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

Characters and Pairings: James/Lily, Sirius/Marlene, Emmeline, Remus

Prompts: [animal] Border Collie, [dialogue] "You were never good at bluffing anyway"

The Maraudettes

Lily sat there, along with her two best friends as her boyfriend and his two best friends explained the reasons behind their sometimes mysterious nicknames that made so much sense now (even though she knew the reason behind Remus' already) when Emmeline growled and launched herself at Remus, hugging him tightly.

"You bloody idiot! I'm a freaking lesbian, you think that I wouldn't support you about this when you've been so good about my sexual preferences!" Emmeline growled.

"Well you don't turn into a horrible monster that can kill people once a month Emmy, there's a little bit of a difference, you have to admit," Remus laughed softly.

"Excuse me? Have you seen me on my period before?" she questioned with a bit of a smirk, which Remus laughed at as well.

Meanwhile, Marlene was glaring daggers at her boyfriend, the infamous Sirius Black who was stuck between looking very afraid and wanting to laugh at the look on her face before taking a step forward to the diminutive blonde when she stopped him with a poke of her finger.

"Sirius Black, did you or did you not push me into the lake 1 year ago in your dog form when I was only wearing a white dress?" she said in a tone that bore no argument and a look that made even the smooth Sirius Black smile nervously.

"No comment, based on the fact that answering may incriminate me," he offered weakly and Remus chuckled with a shake of his head.

"Not going to work Padfoot," he warned.

"Damn right it's not Remus," Marlene growled deeply, "answer the question, or no sex for a month."

Sirius squirmed a little before nodding softly and wincing in preparation for the lecture he was no doubt about to get from his girlfriend, before looking at her and seeing she wanted him to say the words, "Yes it was me. Sorry, but the opportunity was too good to pass up!"

Marlene considered it for a few seconds to make Sirius stew for a bit, "Fine, no sex for a week and you have to teach me how to become an Animagus."

Sirius relaxed visibly, that was far better than he was expecting, smirking slightly at the thought of them both becoming Animagus when Remus was a werewolf, "I bet you'll be something like a Border Collie, love. Another dog like me. I was also expecting something much worse."

"I know. You were never good at bluffing anyway Sirius, it's too easy to make you think that you're in trouble," she teased.

Lily was looking at James oddly before smiling, "Would you teach me to become one as well? I've been looking for a reason to brew the potion that shows you which but not being great at Transfiguration I never thought about learning honestly."

James smiled and pecked her lips softly, "Of course honey, all you needed to do was ask. Emmeline, I guess you want to learn as well?"

The brunette stared at James with hard eyes, "Well of course I bloody well want to James! If my friends are all animagi and I'm not I'll be very displeased."

With that, the group went to the lab and found out the Animagus forms for all the girls. Lily was a Doe, Marlene a Golden Retriever, and Emmeline a Tiger.

A/N2: Well I hope you guys enjoy this fic. It's a bit all over the place I know, but my one-shots generally are. Emmeline is fast becoming my favourite character to write.