A/N: Sorry this took so long, everybody. I kept forgetting to give it to defigraviti to beta, and I didn't really want to post it without that. Also, it's kind of short. Again, sorry.
Disclaimer: Can I at least own Remus?
Love, Lily
Lily leaned against the door to the Marauders' room. She couldn't believe them sometimes. Honestly, it wasn't as if Severus was a threat to any of them. Although, maybe James feels like he is, she mused. Still, raising his hopes like that was just cruel. She didn't love him. She hadn't for a long time.
She straightened up and headed off to class. She'd have to figure out a good reason why the four boys were missing from McGonagall's class. And what to say to Severus that night.
Meanwhile, the Marauders had to figure out exactly how Lily expected them to sneak into Hogsmeade in the middle of the day.
"That's what the cloak's for, isn't it?" Sirius asked. James laughed.
"Don't you remember the last time we tried to fit all four of us under the cloak?" They had only been third years, but already the cloak had been to small, and the sight of four pairs of feet without bodies had sent Filch chasing after them and had amused Peeves quite a lot.
"Oh, yeah," Sirius said.
Remus interrupted them. "The hallways are clear," he said, looking up from the map. "There's a prefect patrolling on the fifth floor but he shouldn't bother us."
"Great," James said, "now how do you propose we get to the statue?"
"Sirius is right," Remus said, "that's what the cloak's for. But there's also a reason why you're all animagi, and it isn't just me." He pointed at Sirius. "You'll transform and run to the statue. It'll be faster and you'll have less chance to be caught." Next he pointed at Peter. "You'll do the same."
Peter turned white. "B-but what about Mr. Finster?" he stuttered. Both Peter the human and Peter the rat were deathly afraid of Filch's cat. "I won't take up much room under the cloak. Can't I just stay up on someone's shoulder" Sirius and James shared a look, but Remus, always more patient with Peter than the other two, just sighed. "Fine, you can come with James and me. I think the cloak can handle two people and a rat." He stood. "Everybody ready?"
Peter transformed immediately and scurried up onto James's shoulder as he grabbed the cloak from his trunk. They headed down into the common room. "Sirius," Remus said, pushing open the portrait hole. The Fat Lady shouted something about students disturbing her during class time, but the black dog was already down the corridor, two invisible boys and a rat following behind.
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