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Underlined words are what Crystal sees through her mirror

AN: OK! Here's the next chapter! Enjoy!

Sirius's POV

Now normally, liking a girl wouldn't be a problem for Sirius. He knew his reputation. "The Player" was a title never used to his face, but he knew it was there all the same. He was proud of it too. He had liked tons of girls over the course of his five-and-a-bit years at Hogwarts. But this was Crystal Rose. The girl who never responded to a guy, no matter what he did. Seduction, classic romance, they'd all been tried. "The Matchmaker" she was called. That one was said to her face, it was her official title. "The-Prettiest-Girl-in-the-Whole-Bloody-School" was her unofficial title. He'd also learned, after years of hearing about other guy's stories about chasing her, that her response was always related to the person chasing her. If it was a nice guy that genuinely wanted to date her, she'd let him down gently, but firmly, if it was a guy with a reputation for forcing himself on or cheating on a girl, she'd be harsh, cruel, and turn him down in the most humiliating way possible, and if it was a guy with a reputation for not taking things, namely relationships, seriously, like him, she'd tease him. No definite yes, no definite no, she'd start to kiss him and skip out halfway. He knew that chasing Crystal Rose was a bad idea. So he wouldn't. That was it.

Prongs blinked, "Did anyone else notice she didn't tell us when we were supposed to go into the secret passage across from the charms corridor?"

Remus furrowed his brow, "I suppose we'll have to ask her tomorrow. As a girl who deals with couples, she's gonna know the secret passages better than anyone but us. And since Ravenclaw tower is a whole lot closer than Gryffindor tower, my guess is she's already there,"

Sirius shook his head, leave it to Crystal to not tell them when to hex Malfoy. He was so stuck in his own thoughts that he almost walked into the paw print in midair. A slight yelp and growl showed that Peter and Remus had walked into the rat's tail and moon symbols, while James's snickers showed that he had stopped before crashing into the antler. Sirius frowned, "What now?"

Remus shrugged and put his hand on the 2D moon hovering in front of him, "Um, guys? My hand is stuck. And the moon started glowing,"

James, Peter, and Sirius looked at each other. Wormtail sighed, "Fine. But next time one of you is the guinea pig," and gripped the 3D rat tail. Once it started to glow and nothing else happened, Sirius placed his hand on the 2D paw print and Prongs gripped the 3D antler. The symbols all flashed brightly and disappeared. Then a piece of paper drifted down from the ceiling. Moony caught it.

He cleared his throat and read, "Be in the corridor at 11pm. He should be there in five to ten minutes," He paused, "It's signed with a gem and a rose. Three guesses who,"

The other three Marauders looked at each other and chorused as one, "Crystal Rose,"

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Crystal's POV

Crystal walked down the corridor and cast a quick few enchantments. She watched as the four symbols appeared where the boys were sure to find, and possibly run into, them before ducking into a secret passage. She made her way back to Ravenclaw tower and went up to her dorm. She collapsed onto her bed and shut her eyes. She hated dealing with the Marauders. They were almost as sneaky as she was! And she had had to bluff so much this time around. She was lucky they weren't fake ones they could call. She smiled to herself. She hadn't known for sure about the map or their Animagus abilities until now. She smiled as she remembered them talking about her sources. She had created fake little spiders that worked a lot like muggle cameras. The only difference was they moved. She did have to hand it to the Gryffindor boys. If they hadn't occasionally talked about it in the common room after everyone else had gone to bed, she wouldn't have known at all. She grinned. A few well placed bluffs could make you seem omnipotent. She had learned that technique from Dumbledore, not that he knew it. She had seen, through her spider, the smoke forming letters in midair that showed just who was coming up the enchanted stairs. Just say "Come in (insert name)" and viola! Person who knows everything! She had bluffed a lot, and it had paid off. She did know how to do a wandless silencing spell, but it was the only one she could do. That combined with the symbols representing their names had pretty much drained her. She was glad that they hadn't been able to call her bluffs, but had known it was a necessary risk. Lately, they had been getting just a bit too curious about her and her matchmaking biz. Better to make them wonder how she knew these things and how to conceal their secrets than what she was up to. She could clearly see the Marauder's roles in their little group. She doubted they knew that they had these roles though. They just fell so naturally into place. James was the leader. Sure he was, to quote Lily, an arrogant toe rag, but they looked to him for leadership, and woe to the one who dared to hurt one of his "brothers." Sirius, of course, would deny it and loudly claim leadership. He was the charmer, the prankster. Crystal was convinced that without him, the Marauders wouldn't get in half the amount of trouble that they did. Peter was the fast-talker. He could convince a fish that it could fly. More than once, her spider sources had watched the rat talk down their punishment for pranking down by half. Remus was the brains. While James and Sirius came up with pranks, they couldn't have done them without him. He was also the moderator. He (for the most part) kept the pranks from becoming cruel. She said for the most part because he didn't hold them back when it came to the Slytherins, or more specifically, Snape. It had become personal with him when he threatened to tell the whole school about his lycanthropy. That had been the only Marauder secret that Crystal hadn't been bluffing about when she said she knew. She had heard them worrying about how to keep Snape from telling. Also, Snape had hurt Lily. Crystal had found her a few days after the incident by the lake after O.W.L.s. She had been crying. Crystal had comforted her as best she could then taken her to the Marauders. She remembered telling her, "Remus is your friend, both Sirius and Peter respect you, and there is nothing short of murder that would stop James from trying to help you." Eventually, the girl had agreed and a shaky friendship had formed between Lily and the Marauders since then. Crystal shook her head sadly when she thought about James and Lily. He had come to her in the hopes she would set him up with Lily more than once. Eventually, he had demanded to know why she wouldn't try to set the match.

'Flashback'

"Why Crystal? Why won't you do this?"

"Several reasons,"

"Oh yeah? Name one,"

"Don't take that tone with me Potter!"

"Why won't you do this?! Please!"

"Sit down James,"

"Fine. Now spill Rose,"

"I won't set you up because you're in love with her,"

"That makes no sense!"

"Let me finish,"

"Continue,"

"And I think she's in love with you,"

"All the more reason-"

"-to let her discover it in her own time,"

"What?"

"The matches I make don't last James. They might last through Hogwarts, but they've got a snowball's chance in hell of making it in the real world. The only matches that might actually last are the ones made between prejudiced purebloods. Like right now, Bellatrix Black wants me to set her up with Rodolphus LeStrange. That match might survive. Why? Because in a lot of pureblood households, the daughters are paired up with a quote and quote "worthy" man and then sent off to their husband's family. Since they're both respectable non-blood traitor purebloods a.k.a. prejudiced bigots, it means that he if he decides he wants to date her, he will write to his parents to ask permission to write to her parents to ask permission to ask her on a date. Then, if his parents give him permission to ask permission, he'll write to her parents and ask permission to ask her on a date and if they grant him permission, then, and only then, will he ask her on a date. Because of this, both sets of parents approve of the match and sooner of later will get together and speak about a marriage contract between their children. Then they will ask their children what they think of a marriage between the two of them, it will be formed, and eventually, they'll get married. That's the only way a set up match like the ones I make will last for very long,"

"You mean they go through all that just to get permission to date?"

"Crazy isn't it?"

"But there is no way Sirius does that every time he hooks up with a girl,"

"He doesn't follow any of the pureblood traditions. Why do you think his family hates him?"

"How do you- Oh yeah. The whole school knows. They're usually not that open about it though,"

"Oh please James. There's no way the whole school knows. Besides, he wears it like a badge of honor,"

"Ok. I see your point. So you're saying I have to win Lily on my own because otherwise it won't work out?"

"You do realize setting people up is basically tricking them to date each other, right?"

"I never thought of it that way,"

"Yep. Besides that's only half the reason,"

"What's the other half?"

"While I'm pretty sure Lily's in love with you on some subconscious level, in her conscious, she doesn't even like you. In fact she hates you."

"Gee, thanks for the confidence boost,"

"Always happy to help,"

'End Flashback'

Crystal truly felt sorry for him. He didn't seem to get that showing off was the worst possible thing he could do. Maybe she could give him some pointers. While she didn't want to set them up, she did want them to get together. She was glad that Lily no longer despised him, but rather turned him down in good nature. Now, to contact Narcissa…

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Sirius's POV

Sirius sat with James under the invisibility cloak. He was not currently crowing at the fact that Malfoy was going to be hexed at any second, but waging an internal battle with himself. He knew Crystal was off limits. She'd make a fool of him if he even thought about going after the Ravenclaw girl. No. Oh there's Malfoy. He turned to James, "Let me handle this," and poured all his confusion, frustration, and anger into the hex.

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Crystal's POV

Crystal watched through the spider as the powerful hex flashed from nowhere and hit Malfoy in the chest. Malfoy, not having seen the origin of the curse, spoke in a cold drawling voice, "Who hexed me?" When there was no answer he sneered, "Cowardly imbecile. Expect me to go whining to the hospital wing for a rash do you? No counter curse?" With a final sneer he swept away, towards the Slytherin common rooms. Crystal watched as Malfoy left the corridor. As soon as he was gone, she saw Sirius burst out from the invisibility cloak, followed by James, "Cowardly imbecile?! Prongs! Why'd you hold me back?"

"Because we said we'd only use that hex. And a Marauder keeps his word."

As they turned back to Gryffindor tower, Crystal switched her enchanted mirror to show the view from the spider in the Slytherin common room. She watched as a second year trudged up the stairs, leaving the common room empty of all but Narcissa, who sat in a large armchair, placing her out of the view of anyone coming into the room. She then picked up a book as if she was reading, and just in time, two seconds later, Malfoy stalked into the room, swept his eyes about, and collapsed into a chair as soon as he had assured himself no one was there. He grimaced in pain and rubbed his chest, "This is a most unpleasant situation,"

"Lucius?" Narcissa's quiet voice rang throughout the room.

He started, "Narcissa, right? My apologies,"

She nodded and stated, "Think nothing of it. Is something troubling you?"

Crystal rolled her eyes at pureblood conversation. It was nothing more than a dance of words! She directed the spider to move to a different location before listening to the two once more.

"-seems to be the rash hex. Unfortunately, I know nothing of even the most basic of healing spells, and this particular hex has no counter curse,"

Crystal held her breath. Narcissa had to take the initiative here.

"Could I help? I've taken a liking to healing and, as such, have helped Madam Pomfrey in the hospital wing on occasion,"

"Indeed? Then perhaps you can be of assistance. The hex was cast on my chest. I assure you I have no intention of improprieties, but I must remove my shirt in order for you to be able to treat it,"

"I understand and as such will not be offended, nor will I see the behavior as improper,"

Crystal wanted to cheer! Several important things had just been accomplished.

1. She had gotten Malfoy to notice Narcissa, a fifth year, even though he was a seventh year

2. She had gotten him to show weakness in front of Narcissa

3. Narcissa was able to show her healing skills, something "all pure blood wives should be proficient in in order to properly care for children"

4. The fact that Narcissa had been willing to help him instead of ridiculing him as some Snakes were apt to do would cause Malfoy to look at her as an ally

5. Malfoy had taken off his shirt in front of Narcissa, hey, she was matchmaking here

Crystal directed her attention back to the mirror as Malfoy removed his shirt and Narcissa chanted a basic healing spell, easily characterized by the sing-song tone of her voice. The welts faded and disappeared

"My thanks Narcissa. Or do you prefer Cissy?"

She visibly started, "Wherever did you hear that name?"

"Oh, Rodolphus was saying the other day how his girlfriend Bellatrix was speaking about her sister, 'Cissy'. You look so unalike that I had never made the connection before, but you are sisters, are you not?"

"Indeed, we are. I don't by any means prefer the name 'Cissy', though I wouldn't mind terribly if you were to refer to me as such,"

"Alright than Cissy. Once again, thank you for your help,"

"No trouble at all,"

"Hmm, the hour grows late. I bid thee good night,"

Crystal rolled her eyes. 'I bid thee good night.'? Really? What century were purebloods living in?

Narcissa inclined her head, "And to you as well,"

And with that, the two went up to their separate dorms.

Crystal shut off her mirror and grinned. Everything was going according to plan. Now, the problem of how to further progress their relationship.

AN: Really sorry it's been a while. This Was mostly a filler chapter, but it needed to be here. Pleeeaaassseee review! It really gives me a confidence boost.