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Say My Name

Lily was sitting upright, at the head of the table. Beside her was her partner, James Potter. They both motioned for the chatter to cease before beginning the meeting.

"Well, isn't this bloody spectacular." Severus Snape muttered under his breath to the other, obviously Slytherin, Prefect sitting beside him. She shook her head in annoyance as her response. James couldn't help but smile.

"What's that Snivillus?" He jeered, gaining a few laughs from mostly the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs. Lily gave him a disapproving look though, so he quickly changed his demeanor from aggressive to assertive.

"Well, now that we have all of your undivided attention, I believe it's a good time to begin our first meeting of the year." Some people politely clapped, while others groaned and the impassive stayed silent.

"Come on everyone! Why do you bother being Prefects if you don't enjoy the job?" James questioned with a laugh, gaining a few smiles from the girls.

"Good for getting a job and preparing us for the responsibilities required to succeed beyond the walls of Hogwarts." Amelia Bones piped up. She blushed when she noticed it was most likely a rhetorical question. Snape rolled his eyes at the annoying Hufflepuff but Lily quickly intervened before the girl got any more embarrassed.

"Well you are right, which is why each and every one of you is expected to take this position extremely seriously. If you have done this before, you know what it entails. But if this is your first time undertaking these responsibilities; I must warn you it is no small task."

"Well, I skipped a few steps then didn't I." James said under his breath, but loud enough for a few people to hear that sat close to him. Remus chuckled at his distress. Lily gave James another look and he straightened his back to continue with his part of the meeting.

"But don't get too bummed. Some of the stuff we get to do will be downright enjoyable, and as long as you have a good attitude you can make anything a little more fun. Let's say nightly rounds. If you get caught out after hours any other night—"

"Potter!" Lily quickly snapped, stopping James dead in his tracks again. He was going to have to get used to behaving.

"Obviously you should ignore him, since most of you probably don't even know how he could manage this position in the first place." She added, gaining some approval from the group. James pouted in his defense. "But let's get down to the important stuff."

"Oh I can do this!" James interrupted. "So back to nightly rounds. You each will be doing these the same way you had been in the past week, with your partner. We are going to change up the routines on a weekly basis though, so the students don't get used to a regular schedule and path. It can make it a lot easier to sneak out of the castle if you don't do this. Take it from someone who knows." He looked over to his best friend sitting a few seats down from him. "Well knowing someone on the inside does help as well."

Lily rolled her eyes and sighed once again, but let it go this time. He obviously wasn't going to be able to keep from joking the whole meeting. Instead, she took it upon herself to continue with the next set of rules.

"You are not to take house points off any other Prefects or students of another other house but your own. This is enforced to make sure there is no bias or spiteful behavior. Yet, that doesn't mean Potter and I can't do these things. Also, you are allowed to give out detentions, but I will not tolerate that as a whimsical excuse for punishment. I want a written report of why and when each detention will be scheduled, and you better make sure it is legitimate. If it becomes common that people are not using these duties accordingly, you will be demoted and other punishments may be carried out."

"Reminds me of McGonagall, this one." One of the younger Ravenclaws whispered to their friend. James tried to hide a smile while Lily glared in annoyance.

"Oh, this one is good. For any of you who don't know this already, Prefects and Quidditch Captains have a private bathroom. It is located on the fifth floor and at the fourth door to the left of the statue of Boris the Bewildered. The password this year is – uhh –"

"Hot Spings." Lily finished James thought for him.

The meeting continued on, with the do's and don'ts that everyone continued to listen to in somewhat of a lull. James and Lily took turns explaining as much as they could before they had to get to the duties that were coming up in the near future of the school year.

"So now you know what you've got to do, we can get into what you can do." James began. "There are quite a few Holidays: Halloween, Christmas, New Years, Easter, and other minor changes. Like the seasons, from fall to winter to spring to summer. Most of you already know that it's the Prefects and the Heads, with help from the elves, that do the decoration for these occasions. It's purely voluntary though."

"We also have to deal with petitions and ideas of our respective houses. Remember four years ago when we were able to have a Halloween Ball? Well that only happens if the Prefects listen to the students, and are able to get them to create some kind of presentation that we can perform for our Heads of Houses to convince them of those kind of events. So be proactive if you want to have a fun year, and spark interests in your fellow classmates. Each house has a respective cork board for things of this nature."

The Prefects continued to listen with respect. The majority of them had heard this speech before, just paraphrased. Well, that was until Lily decided to finish the meeting on a different topic.

"Besides all of this…" Lily started, trying to change her tone to warn the students that a more serious topic was about to be raised. "We do have the issue that has increased exponentially since our last year here. You-Know-Who and the Death Eater's attempt to gain more power throughout the wizarding world."

Harsh whispers began with the majority of the students, save a few, like Severus and the other Slytherins. It wasn't common for people from Hogwarts to talk so freely of the coming war. People talked, of course, but not in any kind of informative or authoritative manner. It was all gossip and worry.

James decided it was his turn to gain the attention of the group now. "I know the growing fear of Volde—" He noticed the fear in most of the Prefects eyes when he began to speak his name, and the malice among a few others, "You-Know-Who and his followers. And that is the exact issue Hogwarts is dealing with now. A divide has become more and more apparent within our halls, and our houses. Dumbledore and the Heads of House are showing concern with this, and they want us to take on the task this year of trying to fix our relations within the school."

"If anyone has any ideas or is extremely adamant in supporting the unification of our school, you can speak now or let us know the next meeting." Lily finished. They both waited to see if anyone was to speak up. Soon, James noticed a familiar voice ringing strong.

"I think it is entirely too important of a matter for any of us to let be swept under the rug, therefore I will make a conscious effort to come up with ideas and support to help our school keep strong during these rough times." Remus was speaking with confidence and looking intensely at each Prefect. He could tell that they were nervous to speak about such a controversial and utterly terrifying subject. But finally, someone spoke up.

"I think we should create a support group for students who have lost love ones to the war." Amelia Bones declared. Her voice held a sense of authority and strength. James was taken aback by the sudden change in personality.

"I think that's a great idea." Lily said solemnly, giving the Hufflepuff a very warm smile.

They all sat there for a few more minutes, giving anyone the opportunity to speak up. When no one did, James took it as a sign to wrap up the meeting. He could tell the mood had changed significantly, and the majority of the group was a little jumpy from the topic of conversation.

"Well, that's all we are going to discuss this meeting. See you next week." He quickly dismissed.

"And don't forget to hand in any paperwork to either of us. You can always find James in the Great Hall during any meal." Lily joked, trying to lighten the mood. It worked somewhat.

"Yah, and she's usually in the library with her nose glued to a book." James poked back. This gained a few laughs as the Prefects collected their books and notes to finally try and enjoy the rest of their Saturday.

Xoxoxoxoxox

It was lunch time, and the usual group was sitting together and chatting casually.

"I can't believe Margret and her beating skills. I swear that woman could take out a troll with one of those bats." Sirius let out between mouthfuls of chicken pot pie. "Prongs, you better choose that one. I really need someone with that kind of talent with me this year. Ever since Rufus left last year, I have been terrified of being stuck with that prat Marcus."

James laughed at his friends rant.

"We all know the only reason you want it to be Margret is so you can have more time to spend with her." Aiden added. "You couldn't stop talking about her in the showers."

Sirius glared at him and turned his attention back to James, "In all seriousness, she is really a brilliant Quidditch player."

"You know I still haven't chosen my team Padfoot." Sirius pouted at James' response. "But – I do have a good feeling about that dark haired raven." He added quietly, giving his friend a quick pat on the back.

"You better not ask her out until after she gets picked Sirius, she may think you used your sway with the Captain to cheat her on the team. Girls don't like thinking they didn't earn their spot. Especially with sports." Remus added wisely.

"Can we stop talking about Quidditch!" Estelle groaned. Her brother gave her a pitying look before going back to his food. This caught Sirius' attention.

"Why so wound up seeker?" He pried, winking at her while giving her a half smirk.

"Don't even call me that. We all know I blew the tryouts." She muttered into her scarf around her neck. Aiden gave Sirius a disapproving look.

"You did not! You did the best out of all the seekers trying out." Lily injected, looking curiously over at James. "Didn't she?"

"Blimey! You can't put me on the spot like that." James confessed. "She did great, but we do have an exceptional seeker as is and they were really close in time." He said honestly, trying to ignore Lily's glare.

Remus gave James a warning look, letting him know he should back off. He took the hint and became quite interested in his treacle pudding.

"Well can't she come to the second tryouts tomorrow morning and give it another shot?" Nessa added.

"No she can't." Sirius stated matter-of-factly. "That's not how it works, and that's not fair."

Aiden glared even harder this time, and Sirius stuck out his tongue.

"Bloody hell!" James exclaimed. "Estelle, you did great and if you are only second to the seeker, you get a chance to battle them one on one for the position okay? So can everyone get off my back?"

"Well there you go Ellie, there's no way you aren't at least second." Aiden joked with his sister, giving her a reassuring squeeze.

Estelle smiled a bit and noticeably lightened up. Everyone continued to eat with minor amounts of small talk. That was, of course, until the Marauders brought up their next important issue.

"So tonight? Commons room or your place Mr. Head Boy?" Sirius gave Remus a nudge to involve himself in the conversation.

"Yah Prongs, we haven't really planned too much of the night have we?"

"Remus, what are you guys talking about? Something to do with our Heads common room?" Lily asked. She overheard the conversation and became curious to what they were planning.

"It's nothing!" Peter piped up, interrupting Remus' almost confession. He usually told Lily anything when she asked, without thinking. They had some weird level of respect for each other, spending the previous two years together as Prefects for Gryffindor.

"Lily! It's their annual back to Hogwarts party." Estelle chimed in, but instantly regretted it when she noticed realization dawn on Lily's face.

"There is absolutely no chance in Hell that there will be any illegal party held in our commons room Potter!" She bellowed, ignoring the attention she was gaining from the students around her.

"Simmer down. I wasn't the one who offered our room. Of course I wouldn't do that." James sniped back, ignoring the glares from Sirius.

"So the Gryffindor's common room it is." Remus interjected, to cut the tension.

"What time?" Nessa asked, not paying any attention to Lily or James.

"Oh we aren't sure yet. That's what we needed to talk about. We haven't even smuggled the firewhiskey and butterbeer yet." Sirius answered. Lily's eyes drew wide.

"Smuggled!"

"Whoops."

"Sirius why would you say that?" Peter shook his head dumbfounded.

"Lily calm down." Estelle put her hand on her friends shoulder but she shrugged it off. "They do this every year, it's not big deal."

"I knew there was a party every year, I just never bothered attending. If I knew there was alcohol I would have busted it before it even got started." Lily continued, obviously getting angrier as people continued to defend it. "What about the minors? And you!" She pointed a finger sharply to Remus' chest.

"Evan's chill the bloody hell out. You're being a right prat right now." James finally growled. "If you don't want to be there you don't have to be. If you want to put a stop to it, then do it. But no one wants to hear you lecturing us."

Lily's mouth fell open and her cheeks began to grow hot after James had finished. She knew he was right, they were young and bound to break a few rules and have a little fun. She just never did well with either of those things. Well at least not the breaking rules part. She took pride in following the laws that were enforced within Hogwarts.

"I'm sorry." She announced, somewhat under her breath.

"Wow, Fire Lily is sorry for being a responsible Head Girl." Sirius laughed, gaining a smile of approval from Lily. At least she didn't sound as unreasonable when Sirius put it that way.

"So does that mean you're coming?" Estelle asked excitedly.

Lily thought about it for a moment. She did say this summer that she wanted to make a few changes this year. It wasn't like she wasn't popular. Actually, she was quite the opposite. Many people have gone out of their way to talk to her, from most of the houses, and guys have shown interest in dating her. She has had quite a few dates to Hogsmead, and she has sat with a multitude of girls and guys for feasts.

But she had never been to a party. Or drank underage. Or got caught snogging in a broom closet. Or played a harmless prank on a friend.

She knew how to have fun, just not that kind of fun. But she realized the past summer, when she was writing to both of her friends, that she was kind of bored with the same old thing. Lily really wanted to remember this year since it was her last here at Hogwarts. She was of age, Prefect of two years, Head Girl of Hogwarts, O average student, and a mature witch. Why not have a little fun?

"Why not." Lily finally said, after she deduced that it was completely harmless.

"Well for starters, you're Lily Evans. And secondly, well you are Lily Evans. Thirdly—"

"Okay Sirius, I get it. I'm Lily Evans." Lily cut Sirius off before he continued his unfair judgement.

"I was actually going to say, you're too pretty to party with us toerags. But obviously you aren't that creative." He quipped, giving Lily one more wink before going back into finishing his lunch. James smiled to himself as he noticed Lily begin to laugh a little.

"We've finally done it. We've finally corrupted Lily!" Nessa laughed, giving her friend a hug.

"I wouldn't say she's corrupt just yet. We've got to get some of the illegals in her before that could be said." Aiden joked. "And then we need to find a nice boy to get her to dance." He winked at her as he finished his sentence.

Lily blushed.

Remus noticed James' change from excited to angry in a flash, so he quickly gave his friend a light punch and got his attention back to regaining his composure.

"It's no good getting jealous. You guys seem to be becoming friends again." Remus whispered to James so only he could hear. James nodded curtly and tried to put on a half smile, but he couldn't get the jealousy out of his eyes. He watched Aiden now flirt obviously with Lily and hoped that he could stop that from happening tonight.

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"I'm so glad we can get ready in your private room this year! I love Alice, but she takes hour long showers and there just isn't enough time to get all four of us done in our dorm." Nessa said excitedly, coming out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her head. "Plus, your shower is awesome!"

Lily laughed as she continued to use charms to curl her hair. She had decided to shower before her friends came over to get ready, so as not to make them late to the Marauder's Back to Hogwarts party.

"Are you sure you don't want to borrow some of my clothes Lily?" Estelle asked, looking through the three outfits Lily had lain out on her bed. They were all nice, but really casual clothes.

"You know there is no way I could fit in your clothes. You are a little bigger in certain areas then I am." Lily noted. Estelle knew she meant her chest and arse, but she feigned mock hurt all the same.

"Well, I'm not as blessed as Estelle, so you could wear some stuff of mine. I brought like eight possible outfits." Nessa joined in, "Plus I think I want to wear this one anyway."

Nessa did a quick spin. She was wearing very tight jeans that had grey leg warmers at the bottom. She also had a cute pair of boots without a heal and a long sleeved white shirt, see-through, over top of a black tank top. Her hair was already dried and it hung like it usually did: long and curly. Like always, she had some kind of hair accessory. This time, it was a grey lacy headband.

"Who are you trying to impress?" Estelle whistled low as she fanned herself in a joking manner.

"Well, I've had my eyes set on a few Gryffindor hotties."

"And who might they be?" Lily questioned, giving her a thumbs up.

"Joshua Wrightly was looking exceptionally good in his keeper threads this morning."

"Joshua? I thought you had a thing for Aiden this morning too?" Lily teased. "What is with you and Quidditch boys."

"Ew, not my brother again."

"No don't worry. I was just appreciating how he has grown up quite nice. Besides, I'm pretty sure he has a crush on Lily."

"What?" Both girls yelled in unison.

"Seriously, you guys couldn't tell? He was flirting with you this afternoon at lunch."

Estelle looked at her shoes for a minute, contemplating something.

"He was not!" Lily exclaimed, rather embarrassed at the accusation.

"Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't obvious to everyone else." Nessa concluded. She turned around and went back to the bathroom.

"You know…" Estelle began, once Nessa had retreated fully. "It makes sense."

Lily had finished with her hair, and was now onto the little makeup she was going to apply. A bit of blush, and some mascara. She was contemplating some eyeliner for the bottom of her eyes when she got distracted by Estelle's ominous statement.

"What makes sense?"

"That Aiden likes you. I've always wondered why he always bugged me over the summer to tell him what you're doing. And he always got angry when I talked about how you and James would make a cute couple."

"Ew, jeez what is with people and their obsession with me and Potter becoming partners?" Estelle shrugged her shoulders at Lily's question. "Wait hold on – you said you think your brother likes me? Aiden?"

"Well, now that Ness said it, it seems to make complete sense. I think I just ignored it cause I don't see my brother like that."

Lily sat dumbfounded for a minute. That was, until Nessa came strutting out of the bathroom.

"Okay, well now that you believe me, can we get her into something other then things she would wear to her Grandmothers Christmas dinner."

Lily took it upon herself to defend her clothes but let both the girls know that she wasn't going to dress up like a hooker, so if they chose an acceptable outfit for a party then she would wear it.

So she ended up in something quite simple, yet flattering.

"Wow! You look great Lils." Estelle exclaimed as Lily walked out of the bathroom. They had all finally decided on an outfit for the night.

Lily had a pair of shoes on of Estelles. They were boots as well (all girls decided on this since Estelle had warned them that last year people had snuck outside mid party, and since it snowed earlier that day, they may want some warmer footwear). Yet Lily's boot had a very small and thick heal. She was wearing pants as well, a dark blue jean. They were very fitted, but not as tight as Nessa's. She fought them against a dress or mini skirt. Up top, she was wearing a simple black turtle neck, but what made it stand out the most was the way it hugged her hips and chest. It made her look more curvaceous then it actually was. Her hair was filled with bouncing curls, and her accessories were nothing more then a gold bracelet and gold dangling earrings.

Both girls walked with Lily to the full length mirror and laughed at her response.

"My breasts look huge!"

"You ready to break some hearts then?" Nessa asked, giving her a wink before turning around and grabbing her lip-gloss off the bed.

Lily laughed, brimming with confidence and giddy with excitement. "Sure, why not."

"If Sirius was here – he'd say…"

"Because you're Lily Evans." Estelle finished Nessa's sentence.

Okay well I hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter will include the party! Woot woot.