Thanks for the two reviews!! I'm thinking about turning this into a LJ hate fic till maybe 7th year, it won't be so AU then. Oh, this won't go into the books, I've decided that will be a sequel.

Disclaimer: Anything you recognize isn't mine.

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Whoa…this place is awesome! I didn't know James was that rich. Well us three are all purebloods. Purebloods…money run in our veins. It's just natural.

"Fancy huh?" Sirius asked, grinning.

"Definitely…" she answered and pushed her trunk in.

"Wanna go find James now?"

"Yeah ok. Where'd he go anyways?"

"I think to the pool."

"What?! He even has a pool!?"

"Heck yeah. Nothing less here."

She laughed and followed him out to the back, where James was splashing around by himself.

"You have a pool?!" Kristen asked.

"Chya!"

She raised an eyebrow. "Umm? You sounded like Aly…"

"Oh eurgh. Remind me to never use that word again."

Kristen laughed and Sirius asked, "Why not? Aly's fine."

"Dude, uh, no," James disagreed.

"Why?"

"Cause. She's a-"

"OK JAMES! No need to get graphic. Little kiddies are here," Kristen cut in, staring at Sirius with a sparkle in her eyes.

"Whatttt!?!"

"Juuuuuust kidding," she answered, and got pushed into the pool for her trouble.

Kristen popped out of the water and spluttered. "SIRIUS!"

He only grinned.

Dang. And I'm wearing a sweater, those Muggle 'jeans'…those are comfortable…and like two shirts underneath. Great. I'll get him back!

Sirius ran back into the house grinning, and Kristen sighed. "Ugh. Oh well, I'll get him later."

James smiled. "Yeah sure you will."

"Just you wait."

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Remus arrived the day after, and was given the room across from James. The rooms order was James' room, then across that was Sirius', next to Sirius' was Kristen's, and next to James' room was Remus'. It was very late, nearly four in the morning, but they were still up. Excluding Remus. He had nodded off a few hours previously, but Sirius, Kristen and James were still talking.

"Yeah, McGonagall was so pissed at the Halloween feast," Kristen said, semi-glaring at James.

"They never found out it was us though!" he smiled winningly.

"I guess…"

The topic changed and changed over and over again. Eventually, Sirius fell asleep and Kristen smiled evilly.

"Uh, Kristen? Why the devil look?"
"It's payback for when he pushed me in the pool."

"What is?"

"This." She reached into her trunk and gingerly took out a bright pink bag, almost like a tiny purse.

"What's that?" James asked, now slightly fearing for his life.

"I snitched Aly's make up. I mean, I borrowed it."

"Merlin!!! Are you serious?!"

"Like HECK yeah!"

Opening the bag up, she found bright blue eye shadow, what looked like fuchsia lipstick, hot magenta colored blush, and some mascara.

"Ick. Who has time to wear all this stuff?!" Kristen asked no one in particular.

"Dunno," James answered and eyed the make up. "Can I help?"

"Sure. Okay, just use this brush thing and spread the pink stuff on his cheeks. Be careful!! Don't want him to wake up."

"Ok. Wait, so just dab it on?"

"Yeah that. I'll do the eyes…and when your done with that smear the lipstick on his mouth."

"Haha ok."

Kristen gingerly painted the eye shadow on and then contemplated how to put the mascara on him without him waking up.
"Hm, maybe…" she wiggled the wand down on his eye lashes and he raised a hand to brush it off. "Shit!' she and James darted out of the way and his arm dropped.

"Never mind we won't do the mascara. Ok, you're done with the lipstick? How long d'you think it'll be till he wakes up?"

"Well maybe…near lunch."

"Haha. Ok. Mental note, don't be near him then."

They put away all the make up and Kristen tossed it into her trunk.

"Ack. I'm tired…but I'll probably sleep like twelve hours, then Sirius will find something to do to me."

"I don't think so…actually Sirius sleeps pretty late."

"He does?"

"Yeah. He's been here about two weeks, I think I would know."

"Haha. If you say so," Kristen said and gradually fell asleep.

James smiled. She's funny like that…I wonder…hehe…I'll do something to Remus…Maybe…permanent marker? Bless those Muggles…Though mum really needs to stop going to Muggle stores.

He crept out away from the room and down the stairs, along a large hall where he turned left twice, right once and found himself in the kitchen. This drawer right, the one next to the stove...James extracted a rather large marker. The label told him it was a Sharpie brand. Muggles…so…different. But funny. He darted out of the kitchen and back in his room where he snuck closer and closer to Remus. Bending over his friend, James drew rather painstakingly, a mustache and a unibrow. Hehe. This'll get him to loosen up.

Stepping away, he tossed the Sharpie onto his desk, making a mental note to put it back later. James flopped down on his bed and drifted off to sleep.

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Kristen sat up and brushed the hair out of her eyes sleepily. And caught sight of Sirius' made up face. Stifling a giggle, she poked James.

"James!"

Blinking, he sat up. "Yeah?" he mumbled blearily.

"We-oh my dear god what did you do to Remus?!" she jumped, seeing Remus' Sharpied face.

"Er…well…drew on his face?" he grinned sheepishly.

She laughed. "Oh. Well that's another one who'll try and kill us…."

"Yeah we better hide."

"Where?"

"There are a million passages and places to hide in this house. Follow me!"

He bounded forward and Kristen shook her head. How does he have so much energy…when he just woke up too! She followed him and weaved in and out of many rooms, along three halls, into the kitchen and out the other side, around four rooms, down a staircase and along two passages before they finally stopped, breathing hard.

"Jesus, I swear flying on a broom would be easier than walking!" James muttered with a half smile.

She laughed. "At least you'll never get fat."

"Impossible."

"So where to now?"

"Hmm…wait."

There was a long, long, long line of portraits, each portraying a member of the Potter lineage. James went to the head, a stern looking man who told him to get back to the books, and counted seven down.

"See, seven is the most magical number," he explained.

She nodded. What is he going to…

James tapped the seventh portrait's inhabitant, a chubby wild haired man. He flicked the man's eye and the chubby one scowled.

"Gosh! Merlin, why did I have to be seventh! That's mighty uncomfortable young sir!!"

"Mhm. So what is it now, swing, twist and pull?"

The portrait nodded.

"Okay. Thank you…?"

"Matill. Matill Potter!! Remember and respect your family young master!"

"Yeah. I will. See you later."

The portrait was spared from responding when James swung the frame by its hinge and a knob appeared behind it.

"Kristen, see, if you don't tap his eye then the knob won't appear. We have so many hiding places like this, mostly to hide everyone when needed."

"I see," she answered.

He pulled the knob out and twisted it. Four previously unseen lines appeared, creating a door that opened soundlessly and quickly. James slipped inside and Kristen followed.

"Wow! James, I seriously love your house," she said, staring in awe at the richly furnished room.

"Really? That's only like the meeting place. See there's the escape hatch, bathroom, and mini kitchen. And these panels open up to be beds."

"Woah…how many of these safety places do you have?"

"Well quite a lot. This is one that's more under ground. We have one on the upstairs, where the bedrooms are, two on the East side and two on the West side, depending on where you are. They all are the same, just maybe the rooms are mixed up."

"That's really cool. Hey, do you know what time it is?"

"Yeah, it's" he craned his head to look at the clock on the wall, "12:29. Sirius should be waking up right about…now…or he's already up."

Just then, they heard a distant scream. "JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


Didja like it? I think I'm going to exhaust my creativity by the time this story is over…lol. How was it? I know it's a bit short, but I have to go really son and I'll be without a computer for a bit, so decided to post.

Can I get three reviews…??????

Review Responses:

The Littlest Weasel: Haha. Lol, the angel face! It won't happen anytime soon though, not till their older. The next chapter should be the end of the year, I want to get to the other years soon.

Sarena678: Lol, that review gave me the inspiration for Sirius' made up face and Remus newly acquired mustache and unibrow. Hehe.