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"Gemmaline. Get. Up." Lily grunted as she tried to pull her out out of bed. "Alice help me!"

"It's too early to do work." Alice complained as she tied a maroon ribbon into her blonde hair.

"Come on, Alice, please! Help me wake her up!" Lily pleaded.

"No. I'm not getting beaten up on the first day!"

"We have three more!"

"I'm still not helping!" Alice laughed as she leaned against the doorway and watched the struggle between Gemmaline and Lily

"I give up!" Lily cried, storming for the door. Alice smiled and flicked her wand. Suddenly Gemmaline bolted up, rubbing her eyes.

"Alright, I'm up!" She glared at Alice who smiled back sweetly."Just don't do that again."

"Well now that you're up, Lily and I are going to breakfast."

"Alright, I'll catch up in a few minutes." Gemma yawned, swinging her legs over the bed as Lily and Alice closed the door behind themselves.

"What spell did you use?" Lily asked Alice as they descended the stairs.

"I'm not telling!" She smiled

"Oh, come on!"

"Nope!"

"Alice, please." Lily pleaded.

"Ooh, look schedules!" Alice chirped as she eagerly snatched a piece of parchment from Grace Thomas, the head of the house. Lily rolled her eyes and followed her lead. The two girls glanced between their schedules as they climbed out of the portrait and strolled towards the Great Hall; chatting happily as if nothing was wrong.

"We have all the same classes don't we?" Alice asked as she slung her bag onto the bench.

"Except for Potions and I'm taking Divination."

"With that scary seer?"

"She's not scaryshe's just...eccentric." Lily stated as she set a cranberry muffin on her plate.

"Oh I'm sorry, eccentric." Alice laughed, digging into her eggs.

Suddenly lily petal fell from the ceiling landing on top of Lily's muffin.

"Oh, shit." She muttered, sharing a worried glance with Alice who was snickering into her eggs when out of no where a downpour of petals started to rain on her head, she hid her face in her hands as a blush crept through her cheeks. As expected James took a stand on the table with a haughty look in his hazel eyes.

"Lily Evans, the reason for my earthly existence, will you go out with me!?" He said loudly as everyone in the hall turned their eyes towards the Gryffindor table.

"I'd rather make-love to a giant squid." Lily groaned, only loud enough for Alice and the marauders to hear.

"WHAT WAS THAT MY LILY FLOWER?" James inquired rather loudly.

"EVANS SAID SHE WOULD RATHER MAKE LOVE TO A GIANT SQUID THAT AGREE TO DATE YOU, NOW SIT DOWN AND STOP STEPPING ON PERFECTLY GOOD FOOD!" Sirius Black yelled at James who gave a lopsided grin at Lily before returning to his seat.

"What the hell happened here?" Gemmaline asked with sparkling eyes as she slid into the seat beside Alice.

"James asked Lily out with a rain of badly transfigured petals."

"What makes you say badly transfigured?" James inquired as he leaned over to steal a piece of Lily's muffin (She had quick reflexes and slapped his hand away, adding in a glare that told him not to even try)

"Well for instance, this one." Alice stated as she picked up a floppy petal. "Looks like a disturbing cross between my eggs and a wilted flower."

"Maybe that's exactly what I was going for!" James exclaimed as he returned to his friends.

"Oh, I'm sure." Alice rolled her eyes and turned to Lily who still had her head in her hands.

"Lily, the scary boy with bad hair is gone, you can come out now." Gemmaline chuckled as Lily lifted her head and shook petals out of her hair.

"He told me he was going to cut back this year!" Lily groaned.

"And you believed him?" Gemma asked with a grin. "Well, he might ask five or six times a week instead of the usual seven."

"Gahh." She whined. "Can't we just kill him?"

"Oh how sweet that would be." Alice agreed.

"So, Gemmaline, where did you disappear to last night for an hour?"

"I told you, I went to rant to Sirius."

"Or did you..." Alice said slyly.

"You caught me, Alice, Sirius and I were actually doing exotic sex rituals." Gemmaline remarked dryly.

"That explains why you can back in such a good mood."

"NO, ALICE, JUST...GAH, HELL TO THE NO." She shrieked.

"Hell to the no?" Lily snickered.

"Shut up, I don't speak well when I'm angered."

"So what were you actually doing?" Lily implored.

"Well first I ranted, then I yelled at Sirius, then we decided to kill Regulus, and then me and Remus decided to kill Regulus andSirius."

"Remus and-" Lily stopped short when she caught a death glare from Gemmaline.

"That makes sense...threatening to kill Sirius always brings a smile to my face." Alice mused.

"Exactly!" Gemmaline shrieked. "Now where are the waffles?"

"My guess is stupid over there." She gestured across the table. "Decided to transfigure them."

"Well then...Lily!" Gemma barked. Lily glanced up and shrieked as Gemmaline lunged across the table and stole her muffin.

"You could have said please." Lily huffed, standing up.

"Where are you going?"

"To get myself a better muffin."

"Where?"

"Over there, I wanted a blueberry one anyway." She shrugged as she pointed down the table where an almost complete muffin tower was still standing by the second years.

"Well...I hope you get the muffin you want." Gemmaline snickered as she took a bite of the muffin. Lily spun around and disappeared for a moment. Gemmaline turned to Alice who was shaking in silent laughter. "What bit her this morning?"

"I'd say James..." Alice chuckled.

"I'd agree." Gemmaline said as she flicked a petal off the table.

"Let's change the conversation before she comes back and stabs you with a fork." Alice proposed.

"Good idea. Oh, I know! I have my schedule!"

"Very good, Gem." Alice muttered sarcastically as she pulled out the piece of parchment and traded with Alice. "You took divination too!"

"Yeah, I find crazy people entertaining."

"You should look in the mirror more often." Lily grumbled as she set a blueberry muffin on her plate.

"Ouch, let's put the claws away! I'm sorry I ruined your morning with the damn muffin!" Gemmaline cried.

"We have ALL the same classes?" Lily exclaimed as she glanced, incredulously from her schedule to Gemmaline's.

"Oh, yes, Lils."

"You don't deserve to use my nickname today." She retorted

"Oh, bite me."

"Is that permission?" Lily sneered and Gemma threw a piece of her muffin at Lily.

"Hm, at least I get some of it back." She shrugged and ate the piece.

"I think we should be going to class." Alice said glancing to the doors and slinging her bag over her shoulder.

"I think you're right." Gemmaline said as she stood up. "What class?"

"Transfiguration."

"MERLIN, YOU HAVE TRANSIFIGURATION TOO!" Sirius screeched from ahead of them. The girls only rolled their eyes as Alice whispered.

"At least we know they're getting help."

"I heard that!" James whined as Remus snickered.

'*' '*' '*'

The four boys walked buoyantly into transfiguration with the Hufflepuffs and the the girls weren't far behind them.

"Hey, Minnie, long time no detention." Sirius smirked at Professor McGonagall as he slid into a seat.

"Keep up your tone, Mr. Black, and you'll have a whole month to catch up." She snapped. Sirius scowled and sunk into his chair.

"Nice one, first class hasn't even started and you've almost gotten a detention." James whispered.

"Actually he almost had a month." Remus corrected with a cheeky grin as Sirius glared at him.

"I was just being polite!" Sirius hissed.

"I think hitting on teachers is a little more rude than polite." Peter suggested.

"It's not rude if you mean it!"

"Merlin, Sirius, you want to get it on with Minnie!" James cried, lunging to the edge of his chair to distance himself.

"Mr. Potter!" McGonagall snapped. "Would you care to tell us a little about the spell you use to transfigure one object into similar one of a different color or style?"

"Uhm...it's in Latin?" James stammered, glancing at Remus for reassurance but he had hand over his mouth to stifle his laughter. McGonagall scowled at him and Lily's hand shot into the air.

"Yes, miss Evans. Please tell me you have a slightly more intelligent answer; I'm afraid 'it's in Latin' has already been used." She glared at James who was sinking farther into his chair.

"I'm sure Gemmaline's cat could come up with a better answer." Alice whispered to Lily, who started shaking with silent laughter.

"Miss Evans, the answer?"

"Oh right!" Lily muttered and then declared the text book definition she had memorized. Of the four boys only Remus was listening as a note appeared in the margin of James' book.

S: Know it all.

J: Yes, but an attractive one.

S: You're disgusting.

J: You wouldn't be saying that if you could see yourself eat.

S: That may be true.

J: Why are we passing notes?

S: Because I'm bored.

J: It's the first class of the year

S: It's going to be a long year.

J: That's for sure.

S: Do you know what's up with Pete?

J: No idea, but you noticed it too?

S: Duh, that would be why I just asked.

J: Should we do something?

S: I don't know.

J: I'll ask Remus…

S: No! He's taking my notes.

J: Does he know that?

S: Not really.

J: You need help.

S: It runs in the family.

J: Unicorn shit.

S: What?

J: Minnie's watching us.

S: Then why are you replying?

J: Good question.

S: James, you did it again.

J: Sorry, I like having the last word.

S: So do I.

"Seeing as you fail to pay attention, Mr. Potter, you'll be paired with Miss Evans, Mr. Black and Miss Prew-."

"Huh-what?" James muttered his eyes snapping up from his book.

"I'm telling all you who your partners will be for the first term, quite nice of you to join us, Mr. Potter. In the case that you missed the first paring I announced, it's you and Miss Evans." James smiled as he heard Lily's dramatic groan from across the room.

"As I was saying; Mr. Black will be with Miss Prewett, Miss Grae with Mr. Pettigrew, Mr Lupin is with Miss Viridor, Mr. Diggory and Miss Emerson..." She continued running through the pairings until everyone in the class had a partner.

"Tomorrow I expect everyone to have read and understood the chapter." Sirius started to snicker. "And when I walk into class I want to see everyone sitting with their partners so we can begin immediately. Class is dismissed."

'*' '*' '*'

"Of course!" Lily complained to Gemmaline as they traipsed up the stairs to Divination. "The teachers just cannotkeep us separated. Oh Lily, you're the perfect person to keep James in line; Oh Lily, it's so entertaining to watch you rip that Potter boy's head off Oh, Lily—."

"I get it." Gemmaline whined. "But maybe you two are destined to be together!" She exclaimed sarcastically.

"I'd much prefer death."

"Oh my gosh! We're going to Divination next!"

"Oh wow really? I thought we were walking up several thousand stairs to go to the dungeons."

"What if the magic ball says you two are desti-!"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence."

"Come on just answer it."

"Honestly I think I might just lie down and die...right at the old bat's feet."

"Oooh dramatic." A voice came up behind them.

"Remus?" Gemmaline exclaimed.

"Oh Shit." Lily muttered. "They rest are coming aren't they."

"Calm down, Lily. It's just me! James is banned for reasons I'm not allowed to speak of and Sirius doesn't do anything unless James does it and Peter follows the majority. So...it's just me in all my glory!"

"You're just as bad as the rest of them." Lily scoffed.

"Actually you can't blame this on me because they've corrupted my soul."

"Marauders have souls?" Gemmaline said with surprise.

"Corrupted ones, but yes. Oh, and I'm the smart one which is why I'm different!" Remus cried as if it was an accomplishment.

"They're all loud too, aren't they." Lily complained.

"Oh yes...well if you want someone quiet there's always Pete, he's been quieter than usual."

"Maybe he found normal friends and doesn't want to break the news to you."

"You know...that actually did cross my mind." Remus mused as he stepped in front of the girls to open the door.

"And a gentleman?" Gemmaline gasped as she and Lily stepped through the door.

"One of us has to be!" He smiled and followed them into the lavishly decorated room where futures were waiting to be unfolded.


Hope everyone enjoyed the chapter, I know I did, haha.

So I'm still working on developing the characters and their personalities and such, but trust me...I have drama planned and I am very much looking forward to it XD

Also I'm going to try and update as fast as I can but Semester Exams are coming up...so I'm crossing my fingers and praying I get a chance!

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