A/N: Hello my pretties *cackle* so here is chapter! Bloody hell, four chapters in 2 days…WHERE HAS MY LIFE GONE? SO this is a Lilly/Scarlett/Sirius/James centric chapter, the next one will hopefully be Alice/Frank centric :-D Enjoy! (And let me know your thoughts afterwards?)

Scarlett was up at an ungodly hour as usual-five o'clock in the morning to be precise. Her hair was being very stubborn today, it was infuriating. She was trying to go for a green bob, but instead it kept going back to a limp, mauve thing. She sighed; when it came to looks even metamorphmagi didn't have it easy.

She looked to the red canopy bed next to her. Also as usual, Tabitha was fast asleep with a muggle flashlight in one hand and The Standard Book of Spells Grade Four in the other. That girl never took a break, surely she belonged in Ravenclaw, Scarlett thought. But more to the point, what was she doing in Gryffindor, home to jocks, slackers and idiots that would do anything for a dare whose favorite phrase was "Watch this, guys!"

But then again, Scarlett was a pureblood whose entire family had been in Slytherin. She could have easily gone that way herself, Scarlett reminded herself.

"Tabby," She said softly, shaking the girl's shoulder. "Tabby ca-"

Tabitha woke up with a shriek, but then realized it was just Scarlett. "Scar, thou art a foul she-demon!" she said, breaking in to hysterics. Scarlett was about to shush her, she didn't want all the other girls in the dorm to wake up. But it was too late.

"Whazzamatter?" Lilly said groggily, rubbing her eyes. Scarlett rolled her eyes and left it to a blushing Tabitha to explain.

"I-uh, nothing. Just…a bit of a surprise, that's all. Go back to sleep or something." Tabitha said, nervous and embarrassed. Alice Prewett, one of Lilly's best friends apart from Phoebe and Severus,

Tabitha had already tugged a brush through her hair and slapped on some lip balm, a halfhearted attempt to look like she cared a lot about her looks like her roommates when she really didn't, before scarlet got dressed. A few minutes later, all four girls left the dorm clad in Gryffindor uniform, Scarlett's covered in pointless badges and Phoebe's skirt hitched up to her thighs. As they walked in to the common room a very odd sight met their eyes.

There was a banner obviously made out of someone's bed sheet that said "BACK TO SCHOOL PARTTAY!" and some kind of disco ball enchanted reflected shapes like toads and broom sticks instead of just circles of light. There were various red and gold streamers and a few fifth and sixth years were passed out on the floor and couches. Bowls of food smuggled from the Hogwarts kitchen were apparent, though there seemed to be more food out of the bowls than in. And of course, there were the die-hard party goers, dancing to the Weird Sister CD that was playing or stuffing themselves with pumpkin pie and talking with their mouths full orsitting in a corner mumbling to themselves.

"Damn," Scarlet thought, "We missed a pretty good party!"

And at the heart of it all? James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.

"Potter!" Lilly yelled, getting her Prefect badge out of her robe pocket and pinning it to her shirt, "I demand to know what is going on!"

James put down his butterbeer, "Yes, dear?" He said, his oblivious attitude getting appreciative a laugh from his gang, "Please, join us!"

Fuming, Lilly marched down and grabbed him by his Gryffindor tie. "Potter, you do realize this party of yours is grounds for a detention and as a prefect it is my duty to report you?"

"Yes, Lilly flower, and we both know well enough that you will do no such thing!" He replied, smirking at her, using a nickname he knew she hated.

She looked to her dorm-mates for backing – but they were gone! Tabitha was talking about something presumably academic with Remus and Alice-who looked like she was itching to get back to one of her Austen books- Phoebe was leading a dance with some of the students still there, and Scarlett was bickering for some reason with Sirius.

Business as usual.

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