The traditional opening feast was finished, the students were stuffed, and Dumbledore was wrapping up his opening speech.

"Lastly, I would like to say congratulations to our returning prefects and to our new Head Boy and Girl, James Potter and Lily Evans. If those two could follow me after my speech is finished, I would be delighted."

Lily peered down to where the Marauders were sitting. They were still very hyper, after scaring the first years by dressing up as ghosts. Lily shook her head in disgust. Every year they did something designed especially to scare the newcomers. The rest of the school had gotten used to it, and therefore most people looked forward to seeing what the crazy Marauders were up to this year. Lily got the distinct impression that even Dumbledore enjoyed it.

But now James was actually paying attention to Dumbledore. He nodded once to himself, looked over at Lily, and saw her staring at him. He winked and mouthed 'see you later'.

And Lily indeed saw him later. At the end of the speech, they made their way to where Dumbledore was standing. They waited until he was done talking to Professor Sprout, then looked up expectantly.

"Ah, yes. Congratulations are in order, Ms. Evans and Mr. Potter. Now, there are a couple reasons I brought you here. If you would follow me." Lily and James followed Dumbledore through the hallways.

"As I hope you both know, we are in the midst of a war between the man who calls himself Lord Voldemort and ourselves. James, as you are pureblood, and I do not mean to offend you Lily," Lily shook her head, indicating that no offense was taken, "your parents are safe. However, Lily, your parents are not, so just like all other Muggleborn's parents, we have moved them to a safe, guarded place. Your sister, as she is married, does not need the same protection. You may write to her, but you will not be able to write to your parents unless they write first."

"Okay…I guess." Lily nodded hesitantly.

"They have been given an address so that they can write to you if anything should happen. They asked me to tell you to have a great start-of-the-year, to not worry about them too much, and they regret not being able to have you home for Christmas. They said they would write to you soon. They also told me to give you this." Dumbledore handed Lily a small heart shaped box.

"Thanks, Professor," Lily gave a watery smile and took the box.

"Sorry to interrupt, Professor, but um…where exactly are we going?" James asked.

"I am taking you to the Head's dorms. Ah, here we are." Dumbledore stopped next to a painting of a castle and a sea. "The password will change only when you want it to, but to change the password you must tell the king and queen of that castle." He indicated to the castle by the sea. "They will come when you call them. However right now, the password is 'Ruby Tuesday' as in the song by The Rolling Stones." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as though he was about to laugh. "I am rather partial to their music, like I am to lemon drops. Well, that's all you need to know right now, and remember, tomorrow you've got classes." Dumbledore nodded at them and strode away, humming the tune of Ruby Tuesday.

"Well, shall we go in?" James asked and, without waiting for an answer, said "Ruby Tuesday" to the painting. At once, the door swung open. They clambered in and stopped short at what they saw.

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