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Lily, Mary, Marlene and Alice slowly walked up to the castle looming above them. It didn't matter how many times she saw it, it still amazed her. In the distance she heard a phoenix' eerie trilling as they made their way up to the castle
"something is wrong, I can feel it" Mary whispered, the others murmured in agreement as they waited for a professor to let them in. Everyone engaged in quiet chatter, as the trilling still went on. Suddenly, without warning, the doors opened, Lily just barely avoiding to get hit. Professor Slughorn looked grim.
"Sorry dear, didn't see you there" He said, his voice shaking ever so slightly
"Is anything wrong professor?" Lily asked. She hadn't seen him this shaken before. Professor Slughorn pursed his lips, then turned to face the rest of the students, who had all gone quiet by then,
"If all of you would please follow me" He said, turning and walking towards the Great Hall. Upon entrance, Lily noticed that the usual house colours were not on display, and were replaced with heavy black material. Lily turned around and faced Marlene, but she was in deep thought. The four went to sit when they turned around to see Nancy Shacklebolt being escorted from the hall.
"You don't think Kingsley-" Mary broke off but to their relief, the Gryffindor 6th year came through the door, slightly shaken.
The group sat down and much to Lily's dislike, the marauders sat across them. The third years glanced around, when Lily noticed one missing from the crowd.
" Where's Macy, Remus?" Lily asked, glancing at the 3rd years.
"Macy Dearborn?'
"That's the one" Lily replied
"Who's Macy?" Alice asked
" A third year Remus and I tutor" Lily replied, grimacing. However, Lily couldn't say anything more when the first years walked in, lead by Professor McGonagall. Many looked nervous, however, some looked like they were going to faint on the spot.
"Bones, Amelia"
"HUFFLEPUFF"
The Hufflepuff table all cheered as Amelia went to sit down. from the corner of her eye she could see her friends slumping down, eager for the food. Lily settled herself into the seat, she might as well make herself comfortable.
"Let the feast, begin."
Lily was shaken abruptly out of her thoughts when food blossomed onto the table. The boys were already heaping piles of food onto their plates
"How can you eat so much!?" Marlene asked, as the boys exchanged glances, smirking.
Once the food had been cleared Professor Dumbledore stood up o the podium.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts, reminders to all students that the forbidden forest is forbidden to all students, thus the name and that a list of prohibited items is on Mr Filch's door, which is now 263 items I believe?" The boys grinned at the professors glance towards them.
"Now, there is another matter to speak of"
Finally! Lily was nervous to hear what it was and hoped, her assumption was wrong.
"You may notice our lack of décor, This morning, we have lost a student of ours, Macy Dearborn and her family were murdered by Voldemort in the early hours of the morning. Only Caradoc survived "
"no.." Lily mumbled glancing at Remus, who seemed distant.
"Tonight we mourn our lost friends, Macy Dearborn, Christine Dearborn and Gregory Dearborn,"
As they slowly went up to their dormitory, Lily saw Kingsley walking by himself, he looked as if he were a ghost, walking around with no aim. She saw the marauders glance at each other and walk to him, talking quietly amongst the five. The four girls walked up to their dormitory in silence and began changing as well. Lily broke the silence
"He's getting worse, isn't he?" She asked
"Some are too afraid to say the name now too" Alice said, quietly.
"Are you ok, Lily? I know she was one of your favourite students." Mary asked.
"I'm fine, or at least I will be, it's just, what will happen to Caradoc now? He hasn't got a family to go to and poor Macy only just got into 3rd year"
"I want to become an auror, not a healer." Alice announced.
"Alice, that's an incredible dangerous job.."
"Yes but 'll help more people, like my uncle, I can't just sit on the sidelines anymore"
The girls all glanced at each other, not daring to say more and eventually went to bed, however, no matter how hard Lily tried, she could not fall asleep.
Lily woke early at 5, managing to fall asleep at around 3. Groggily, Lily stumbled out of bed, showered and dressed, only half awake. Looking out the window, she could see the warm rays, glinting off of the grass. Days as beautiful as this were becoming less and less as the year went on. Turning from the window, Lily put on her shoes, deciding to take advantage of the rare warm weather. Heading outside, she took a deep breath. At Hogwarts the air seemed clearer than in Cokesworth or London. Glancing at the black lake she could see the tentacles of the giant squid moving just under the surface of the water. Merely across the lake, unknown to Lily, a large dog, stag and rat lay. However, heading around the lake, all three transformed.
"I can't believe we spent the whole night in the forest!" Exclaimed Peter.
"Why, did petey miss his bwedtiime?" Sirius mocked as Peter aimed a slap at his head. James snorted,
"I still can't believe we got the transformations right, and with the map, we'll be invincible!" he exclaimed. The boys were high on excitement, eager to tell Remus about their achievement.
" Illegal animagi... this is one of the best things we have pulled off" Sirius sighed
"My mum would kill me if she found out" Peter mumbled out of the corner of his eye, he spied a flash of red
"Hey, is that Lily?" He asked, glancing across the lake. The others followed his gaze.
"Shit! If the perfect prefect sees us, we'll be dead" Sirius exclaimed as James gave him a dirty look
"She's not all that bad you know" He argued, crossing his arms
"Of course you'd say that Prongs!" Sirius murmured, but he knew there was no use in arguing, James would simply just find another way of defending Lily, He was completely smitten over her. Rolling his eyes, he asked
" How do we go back unnoticed?"
" Well, why don't we ask Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs?" James smirked, transforming into a Stag, galloping off towards the castle, Padfoot close on his heels and Wormtail balancing on his head.