A/N- Here's chapter three! Enjoy, and thanks for reading! (:

Chapter Three-

Lily and I woke up to a ticking noise, almost at the same time.

"What is that?" Lily asked, stretching and yawning. She hung her feet over the extra bed she slept in for a moment, before getting up. I yawned and put my hands behind my head, still under the warm covers. It felt good to be in bed. In a second, though, I'd have to get up and unpack my stuff.

"I don't know…is it a-" I was cut off by the loud screech of an old-fashioned alarm clock. I jumped out of bed, and Jenna, my dorm mate, immediately opened her eyes and sat up. I looked at her, and she smiled at me, then got up and went into the bathroom. I growled…I guess no one understands the wake-up rules. Never surprise a sleepy person with a loud noise.

"Seriously?" Lily whined. I shook my head. Great, now we were cranky.

"I know right? Well, I'm going to take a shower…I'll be out in, like, fifteen minutes. Happy Sunday." I said, grabbing my grey bathrobe, a bra, and a pair of panties.

"Ok. I'm going to sit here, then." Lily said sleepily, yawning again. I walked into the bathroom and did bathroom stuff, as in taking a shower. Ten minutes later, I had my bathrobe on and I was brushing my teeth. After I brushed my hair, I walked out of the bathroom and unzipped my suitcase. Lily, already having her things together for her shower, stepped in next and kept the morning function going.

I pulled out a pair of dark-wash skinny jeans and a pink tank top that said 'Love to be Free' in purple on it, from a store in Mag-chic, the ultimate Witches and Wizards mall. I slipped on a pair of purple flip-flops.

"Lily, come on! I'm hungry!" I exclaimed, pulling my hair into a thick, neat bun.

"I'm coming, I'm coming…" Lily said patiently, trying to fasten her neon pink tie that went with her white blue tank top and dark-wash jeans. "Ties are bloody buggers…"

"I would help you, but it'd look weird. Why don't you just leave it unbuttoned? You could look gangster for a change." I said suggestively. Lily was anything but gangster, and I don't think she'd like it.

"I guess I'll have to, unless you'd care to tell me how to do this?" Lily asked questionably. I laughed.

"No thanks, I'm good. Let James tie it." I said, walking down the Ravenclaw Common Room stairs. A group of first year boys were staring at us, probably because there was a Gryffindor in Ravenclaw Tower. I nodded at them, and they all blushed and huddled in the corner again.

"No! Definitely not! I'll bite him if he comes near me."

"I dare you to."

"Deal."

Lily and I walked to the Great Hall in silence, both thinking about Lily biting James. I should have brung my camera, just in case. Every time I thought about Lily biting James, I smiled. I mean, it doesn't seem funny at first, but when you really think about it…

As soon as we walked into the Great Hall, Sirius and James greeted us from Gryffindor table. We walked over, and I sat beside Sirius. Lily sat beside me, also beside Alice, so she would be farther away from James.

"Morning, Love. Did you sleep well?" Sirius asked me, smirking.

"Yes, yes I did. Did you?" I asked back, grinning. James laughed, and Remus stabbed a sausage with his fork.

"Me too. And I know you were worried, but don't be- those Nargles didn't bite." Sirius winked, chuckling. I stuck my tongue out at him, and he pretended to look surprised. "Watch it, love, I'll bite you."

"I'll bite you back." I said slyly. He laughed, and slid his arm around my waist. "I'm about to bite you first, actually." Sirius put his hand sup in defense and turned to talk to James.

"Lily, we get our Schedules today, right?" I asked, just as Miss McGonagall walked in with a large deck of cards. "Oh, I spoke too soon…"

Lily laughed and ran a hand through her hair.

"What if we don't get any classes together, Emi?"

"We'll die, Lily, we'll die."

"You two are worrying about getting classes together? Please." Darcy Chang, Daniel Chang's sister, said while passing by.

"Crap her, we're best friends." Lily said, snapping, as I nodded in agreement. The Marauders all laughed, except Remus, who was reading over his schedule.

"Witch, please!" I said tagging along. Lily snorted and started laughing, and I smiled.

"Ah, Miss Lupin, here's your schedule. Headmaster Dumbledore requests that you stop by his office this afternoon, after classes. Have a good day." Miss McGonagall said. She gave Lily her schedule next, then James and Peter, then Sirius.

My schedule read:

Emileigha Jayne Lupin~

Advanced Potions: 7:05-7:55

Advanced Transfiguration: 8:00-8:57

Muggle Studies: 9:02-10:00

History of Magic: 10:05-11:00

Divination: 11:05-12:00

Lunch: 12:03-12:33

Herbology: 12:35-1:05

Defense against the Dark Arts: 1:05-2:05

Ancient Ruins: 2:08-2:50

Charms: 2:53-3:47

Arithmancy: 3:50-4:25 on Tuesdays and Thursdays only

Astronomy: every Friday at Midnight

"Wow, that's a lot of classes for this year, huh?" Lily asked, looking over her own schedule. I nodded. "Shall we compare?"

"Yup. Cross your fingers, Lily-bug." I said, crossing my fingers. Lily and I held our schedules together and checked each line; giving a nod of approval to each one we had the same.

"YES!" Lily and I screamed in unison, as half of the Great Hall jumped and looked at us. After a few seconds, everyone shrugged and continued eating their

"Oh yeah; every class together! High five, Lily-Bug!" I exclaimed, high-fiving Lily.

"My turn, my turn!" Sirius said, as I handed him my schedule. Uh-oh…Considering how serendipitous this school is…

"Fist bump, James! We got all the same classes with Lily and Em." Sirius said, fist bumping with James. Sirius handed me my schedule, and they both looked at us. "Aren't you happy, Em?"

I smiled and flicked Sirius knee as hard as I could, while he laughed.

"Very." I laughed. I leaned over "Hey, what time are you supposed to go for the quidditch meet, James?"

"Uhm…around one, I think." James replied.

"What time is it?" I asked again.

"It's almost nine, love." Sirius replied.

"You know Gryffindor is going to beat Ravenclaw, right? We are definitely going to win the Quidditch Cup this year." James said competitively. Lily laughed and snorted at the same time, somehow.

"Oh yeah! The Quidditch Cup is ours." Sirius claimed.

"Bring it." I said, cocking a brow.

"Hah. So a few Ravenclaw quidditch players told me they wanted you as Captain. Are you going to be captain on the team?"

"I doubt it. I mean, I'm not that good. Maybe Vice-Captain, at the most." I said hopefully.

"Emileigha, you're a quidditch star, just like us! You could totally be Captain! You're by far the best on the team…but don't tell everyone I said that, because I don't want the common room painted blue. And purple…" James said, motioning to Sirius and the Ravenclaw table.

"I agree! You have some nice moves, Em. You'd make the perfect captain. That reminds me, did you get a prefect badge or something?"

"Oh, yeah- I totally forgot about that. I did, and so did Lily. Now we can report you both to Miss McGonagall next time you prank me or Lily…"

"We have your brother to sort us out of those messes. Somehow he can talk to old ladies perfectly, but he can't talk crap with the birds in Hogwarts." Sirius said smartly, glancing at Remus.

"And plus, we just gave you some major compliments, that happen to be very true. There's no way you could report us after those!"

"Never underestimate a Prefect, boys. We're like Sharpies: Sharp, hard to get rid of after they've got you, and never underestimated."

"I see." Sirius said, nodding his head. I nodded too, and James raised his eyebrows.

"But seriously, we're going to beat the Ravens." James said flatly.

"What makes you think that, James? It must be something good, for that big of a dream."

"We have an awesome team. It's as simple as that. Ravenclaw is just full of smart people."

"And that, dear Jameson, is why we have won the Quidditch cup since third year and Gryffindor hasn't since first." I said, running a hand through my hair.

"Yeah, yeah- stupid Hufflepuffs and their little Pizazz. They're too peppy for me…annoying as well." Sirius said, rolling his eyes and then smirking.

"Well, good luck, Raven." James smiled, slapping Sirius' shoulder and turning it into a pat.

"Good luck, Lion. You're going to need it." I said, laughing.

"What are we going to do today, Emi? Sunday's aren't fun enough, so let's make them more fun." Lily said, messing with her tie again.

"Here, let me help you, Lily." Alice said from behind Lily. Lily turned around and let Alice fold her tie, as a second year walked by, staring at them.

"Oh…Kay…" he said, walking faster. I tried to tell Lily it would look weird, but she obviously didn't believe me. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Thanks, Alice. I've been messing with it all morning." Lily turned back around.

"Err…we could hang out by the black lake, if you want."

"Hey James, why don't we marauders hang out by the tree beside the black lake today?" Sirius said loudly, trying to get our attention.

"Okay, sounds fun. Let's sit on the opposite side of the tree by the black lake, though." Lily said, mocking Sirius. He and James laughed.

"Alright, then. Oh, and there's a prefect's meet today too, right Remus?" I asked. Remus looked over at me and nodded.

"Yeah, it's at noon. I'm pretty sure it won't affect the Quidditch meet."

"I doubt it will. Anyways, that's something to do. Anything else we can do?" I asked Lily.

"Not that I can think of. Can we go now? James is still staring at me, and it's getting creepy." Lily whispered. I nodded and we got up and went outside. It was sunny today, but cloudy with a breeze too. We sat on the dock, which was opposite sided from the tree the Marauders were going to.

"So, what do you want to talk about, Emi?" Lily asked.

"Boys?" I smirked.

"Most definitely. Do you have a crush on anyone right now?" she asked.

"How about you go first? Who do you like?"

"I know you wouldn't tell a soul, and this might shock you, but…I think I might like…James."

I pretended to have a heart attack and grab my chest, and then immediately quit.

"Kind of obvious, Lily-bug." I laughed.

"What? How?"

"There is no way you can think a person is that horrible and despicable, Lily."

"Huh…well, who do you like then? Can I guess?"

"Sure…"

"Sirius Black, Gilderoy Lockhart, Xeno Lovegood, and Daniel Chang?"

"What? No. Xeno is my cousin, Gilderoy is a freak, and Daniel is also a freak…"

"Gilderoy and Daniel are shockingly beautiful, Emi. And that only leaves…Sirius."

"Yeah- but, it's a kind-of-sort-of thing. I think he can be a nice guy, but there are some faults. He's really arrogant and all…I almost hate him. It's crazy."

"I feel your pain. I think Sirius just does that to show off- maybe he thinks it makes him look better or something? We both know he likes you, so why don't you ask him out?"

"I feel like Remus would kill me and Sirius both."

"Oh my…That might be a problem. We'll devise a plan. A plan in which you shall flirt your butt off. Alright?"

"Thanks, Lily-bug- I owe you one. I could talk to James, you know..."

"Deal. Let's shake on it." Lily and I shook hands and we spent the hours between nine and twelve talking and devising a plan to get this boy system working. When it was twelve, we walked back to the castle and met in the Room of Requirement for the Prefect meet.

"Welcome everyone to the first Prefect meet of this new school-year. We have a few things to talk over, and then we'll pass out some papers with all the information you need to know this year." A seventh year Prefect, Michael Sterling, announced. "See, the staff wanted to know what Hogwarts need- just to gain some life around these stone walls and all. We're going to take a vote on everyone's ideas. Everyone, please, get in partners. Begin."

Lily and I were partners, of course. We were always good with trying new things, so this should be a blast.

"Okay, Lily, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about going classic…"

"And having a dance?"

"Yeah! With karaoke, and drinks, and snacks, and everything awesome."

"Like a disco ball, flashing rainbow lights, and strobe lights and stuff?"

"Yes!"

"Michael!" I exclaimed, getting Michael sterling's attention.

"Yes?"

"We have our idea down and pat."

"Do tell, please."

"We want to, quote, 'go classic, and have a dance, with snacks and drinks and awesome stuff; like a disco ball and strobe lights and stuff'." I said excitedly. Michael smiled.

"That doesn't sound too bad. I mean, we only have a Christmas dance and a Valentine's Day dance- and those don't have strobe lights or a disco ball. Nice job, girls." Michael explained, and then walked away after smiling again.

"He so digs you, Emi. I think every guy does."

"Just like they dig you." I said, giving Lily a church pinch. She whipped away and spanked me as hard as she could. We were strange like that.

"Ow!" we both said in unison.

"Alright, alright! Attention please! I need ideas. I remember one was to have a Dance with snacks, drinks, a disco ball, 'flashing rainbow lights', and strobe lights." Michael said writing it down. I didn't really listen to any ideas, but I did hear something about a Hogwarts beauty pageant for girls and guys…Wow, that would be so much fun…

"How many votes do I have for a dance with extra…things? Raise your hands." Michael asked, as a bit over half the room hands shot up. "Oh, well- that's definitely more than half…so, a dance wins. Aside from that, who thinks a Hogwarts pageant would be grand, also?"

Lily and I raised our hands, and only a few boys kept their hands down.

"Excellent. Thanks for your work. When do we want this dance to take place? How does…September 15th sound? That would be not next Saturday, but the next after that. All in favor say 'Aye'."

"Aye." The entire Prefects in the room said.

"All who oppose, say 'Nay'." No one disagreed. "It's settled then. There will be a dance on September 15th, Saturday. Spread the word. Thank you all. Dismissed." Michael ended the meeting. I smiled at Lily, after picking an informatory paper up.

"I'll see you later Lily. Have to go to the Quidditch Meet."

"Okay, meet me in the Gryffindor common room, alright?"

"Alright."

I walked to Ravenclaw tower, but I wasn't going to the common room or anything- I was going to a secret Ravenclaw room no one knew about, except the staff and Ravenclaw Quidditch players. We called it the Room of Quidditch, or the R.O.Q- mocking the R.O.R. I walked inside to see the team from last year. See, the first thing we do before quidditch starts is elect a Captain and a Vice-Captain, then we had tryouts.

"Hey guys!" I greeted as everyone either said hello in return or smiled.

"Alright, I believe everyone is here. We're here today to elect a captain. We are going to take a quick paper-based vote for elections. Get two pieces of paper then write Vice-Captain on one and Captain on the other. Write the name of the person you want for each position. Thank-you." Niall Marlin said. He was the captain from last year. Darcy Chang was the Vice-Captain, just because she was his girlfriend last year too- he even admitted it.

I wrote: 'Vice-Captain: Gilderoy Lockhart; Captain: Niall Marlin.' And turned it in to Niall, who held a woven basket, ready to take the strips of paper.

"Alright, I think everyone has turned their vote in. I will tally the votes, give the results to the Ravenclaw Head of House, and the results will be posted on the Quidditch Bulletin board- as will every other team. You may all be dismissed."

"Hey there, Emi-Demi…" Gilderoy Lockhart, a boy who was far worse than eight Sirius', said, slinging an arm around my shoulder. "How are you today, gorgeous?"

"Um…Good…Can you kind of move your arm?"

"Not unless you want to put your arm around me."

"No thanks. I have to go…" I ran for it.

"Goodbye! I love you, dearest!" I heard Gilderoy exclaim at the top of his lungs. I ran to Gryffindor tower and came to the Portrait of The Fat Lady.

"Password, please?" she said fancily.

"Um…I have no idea. I have to meet someone…"

"Alright- I'll let you go this one time, but only because I like you, dear." The Portrait door swung open after I said 'Thanks a million times'.

"Lily, I'm home!" I screamed. Lily raced down the stairs.

"Hey! How did it go?"

"It went pretty good…I won't know the results until tomorrow, though."

"Ah, I see. Did Gilderoy attack you?"

"Yes, how did you know?"

"I'm a seer." Lily said, as I started laughing. "Not really. I actually heard a couple of first years talking about 'a flighty, yet gorgeous blonde guy' and 'a girl with copper hair', so yeah…" Lily laughed. After that, we started talking about the dance, sort of hoping someone would hear us. We decided we would go shopping this coming Saturday at Witchly, a dress shop we adored, during the first trip to Hogsmede. We had everything planned out. Now we just had to get dates…

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