Yay! So many good reviews! sobsob I feel so special! Okay here is the next chapter and I hope you love it :D Oh and because of recent developments/ lack of… I have changed Jacob's last name from Barossa to Simon. There is a story behind it to: his dad died when he was really little and his mum remarried and changed his name with hers, now he wants Simon back so he looked into legal junk and there it is:D

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"James this is gonna be so fun!" Lily squealed when she heard they were all going to be spending the rest of the Easter holidays in a big mansion.

"Yep, Winifred is gonna love you!" James smiled.

"Oh I can't wait!" Lily hugged him excitedly.

"Okay so when do we leave?" Sirius asked. "Haven't seen Darwin since he found out I was a Black."

"Yeah and he still doesn't believe it. We leave after breakfast tomorrow." James told everyone.

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(Breakfast)

"So why am I going?" Rory asked Tia.

"Because, you are a) pureblood and will be welcomed by these people and b) you have to keep me company." Tia explained as she dragged her down to breakfast.

"But Mack, Shauna and Lily will be there!" Rory grumbled, Tia had woken her up way to early for her liking.

"Yeah but who else am I gonna tease?" Tia asked as if Rory were stupid.

"Tia! I don't wanna go! Ryan won't be there!" Shauna muttered as she caught up with them.

"Not you to! Come on how often do we get to go to a big mansion and have unlimited land to run around on?" Tia asked happily.

"Are you an idiot Tia?" Mack asked as she walked up after over hearing them.

"Hmph no!" she glared.

"Where do you think you are standing right at this moment then?" Mack asked with a giggle.

Tia looked around and lowered her head slowly "Oh…right…Hogwarts"

Lily and the Marauders sat at the Gryffindor table. "Hey." James greeted the girls as they sat down. They all grumbled at him in reply. "Okay…why are you so sulky?"

"'Cos we can be." Mack explained before putting her head down on the table and drifting off to sleep. Rory smiled and copied.

"Rightio. Lily I don't think your friends want to join us. We can just go alone!" James smiled happily.

"Oh no they are ecstatic to be joining us James!" Lily smiled back. James' smile faded and Lily just laughed.

"Naw did Jamesie poo want to be alone with little Lilikins?" Sirius pouted at James who smiled and punched his friend in the arm "Oh no the pain!" Sirius mocked holding on to his arm then straightened up and smiled "James you have lost your punch." He turned back to his food and started shovelling it down.

"Uhuh, anyway Lily you will love the place. There is like 20 bedrooms and so many bathrooms. It's gonna be so fun!" Lily raised and eyebrow as James listed all the different things in the house.

"So are we all going to be separated?" Lily asked.

"Well Winifred changes her mind about these things a lot so it depends on her mood tonight." James shrugged and looked over to the door.

"James." Peter cried as he walked up to Gryffindor table. James nodded to show he was listening and Peter continued "I can't join you and the others at Winifred and Darwin's this time. I have to study for some Exams."

"Oh Peter that's not for a month." James said with a dismissive flick of his hand.

"Yes but I'm not like the rest of you. I need to learn everything all over again. Remember the OWLs?" Peter sighed.

James sniggered at the memory. "I hope you aren't sniggering at the aftermath of the OWLs James." Lily scowled. James straightened up and smiled.

"No I was just thinking about how Peter had to go to the best people of every subject to learn everything…even Snivellus." James sniggered again.

Peter frowned and continued "I can't go James. I have to revise my work." And with that Peter left.

"Oh well he could have studied there but if that's what he wants." James laughed. "I mean I will be looking over some stuff." He told Lily and she laughed.

"Who are you and what have you done to my boyfriend?" Lily laughed. James looked at her weird and she elaborated "You never study James! What happened to the careless boy I knew?"

James smiled and shrugged "Became a man?" he smiled cheekily. Lily smiled and shook her head.

"Mr Potter, please meet your guests in five minutes in the hall. They are just meeting with the Headmaster" McGonagall said swiftly as she walked past. She stopped at Mack and looked over her glasses at her. "Miss Kellen since you will be also going, I would be very careful of what you do, I don't want any more trouble."

Mack smiled at the Professor as she lifted her head off the table "Professor I told you I don't want to cause any more trouble. I got what I wanted. Beau is traumatised and Aurelia is avoided by all males." McGonagall gave her a dirty look and walked off.

"You know she will probably hate you for ever now?" Shauna said sleepily.

"Yeah so what? I don't plan to stay here all my life. I'm going to be a Healer. I have been accepted as well." Mack stated loudly. Everyone looked up at her and smiled.

"Mack you didn't tell us that! Congratulations!" Lily cried happily and ran over and hugged her tightly.

"Thanks Lily. I only found out yesterday morning but there wasn't any time to tell you." She explained.

"Does that mean they have all the job opportunities coming out soon?" Rory asked frowning.

"Is that like a scholarship?" Tia asked.

"Suppose so." Rory said simply before turning to Mack for the answer.

"Yeah I suppose so." Mack said with a shrug.

"I'll meet you guys in the hall I have to do something quickly!" Rory ran off quickly.

"Hey we better get out stuff and head to the entrance hall." James said as he finished his meal. They all stood up and walked into the hall. "We left everything in the Common Room right?" he asked.

"Yes we did." Remus sighed as he started to walk up the stairs.

"Might wanna duck if I were you Moony." James smiled at him. Remus looked behind him and ducked just in time to see bags and trunks flying towards James and over his head.

"James! That is so dangerous!" Lily scolded. Remus laughed at her.

"Calm down Lily. I wouldn't let it hit him." James explained as he sat on his trunk.

Lily joined him with a glare on her face and her arms crossed. "You should be more careful. Didn't your parents teach you not to do silly things like that?" Lily asked crossly before realising what she had said. Her eyes widened as James looked down.

"Great, trips off." Sirius muttered to Tia as he slid down the Entrance door, she nodded and joined him on the floor.

"It's okay Lily. I know what you mean." James looked up at her with a sad smile before she could apologize. "Didn't I ever tell you that my parents let me get away with everything, got me anything I wanted? You were never wrong all those years of saying I was a spoilt prick -except I prefer brat more then being a prick- I was. My parents had me a lot later then most other parents, so they treated me like a prince." James explained. He smiled as he thought about his late-parents.

"No you never told me that." Lily said quietly.

"They did try to make me see sense though. I just didn't want to listen." James added.

"James Potter you sure know how to make a mess. Look at all these bags!" James looked up the marble staircase to see where the voice of a man came from. He smiled, stood up and ran up the stairs to give Darwin and Winifred a hug.

"So glad you're here." James told them. Darwin was a tall slim man in his late 60's, his hair was grey and white and had a neat moustache. He wore long blood red robes that gave him a look of importance. Winifred gave James a warm smile as she tried to smooth down his hair. She was much more plump then her husband, she had brown hair that was streaked with grey, despite this she was a fair bit younger then Darwin.

"James are you going to introduce us before we leave?" Darwin asked James.

"Right." James jumped down the stairs and stood next to Lily. "This is Lily Evans, she's mine" James smiled wider as Lily gave him a playful glare. Winifred giggled and walked over.

"Nice to meet you Lily." She held out her hand to shake Lily's.

Lily smiled and nodded. "You too Mrs….uhhh"

"Oh please it's Winifred. I don't much like my last name." she gave Darwin a cheeky smile and turned back to James.

"You know Remus and Sirius of course. Peter won't be joining us though." James started talking rather fast because of his excitement. "This is Tia Francis I'm sure I mentioned her a few times before." He skipped over to Shauna and Mack and put his arms around their shoulders "And this is Mackenzie Kellen and Shauna Heatherton, I would have invited a few other mates of mine but Ryan Kellen is dating Shauna and I wanted to be the only couple, Jacob and Tia might get up to no good,-"

"Hey!" Tia objected and Sirius scoffed but James ignored them both and continued to talk at a fast pace.

"- Beau is fighting with Mack so couldn't invite him and Clark is to busy with Alex to do anything but drool over her. Oh and most of them went home." He smiled at Winifred and Darwin like a little kid and they both chuckled.

"It's nice to meet you all. Well I think we should get going don't you?" Winifred asked as she walked out the doors.

"Yes I'll take your luggage from here." Darwin insisted and took out his wand, waved it and the eight trunks.

"Wait up guys!" Rory called as she came running down the stairs.

"Oh yeah and that is Rory Quinn." James added. Rory glared at everyone for walking off without her but soon forgot when Winifred introduced herself to her.

They made there way down the path chatting amongst themselves, except James who was talking to his family friends. They arrived at the gates and the students were surprised to find that they were locked.

"Oh Dumbledore had an important meeting so he told us he would open the gates as soon as we arrive. Ah there we are." Darwin explained before there was a sound of chains and the gates swung open.

They walked through the gates and down a pathway to Hogsmede. "This will do. See you all in a moments time." Winifred waved and she and her husband left with a pop along with the hovering trunks.

"So where are we heading?" Shauna asked happily.

"Well they live over in Ireland so we kinda have a fair way to Apperate." James stated. Rory gave an evil smile and James raised an eyebrow "You right there Rory?" she nodded still smiling evilly, "Okay, everyone take someone's hand" James took Lily's and they Disapperated immediately.

"I think I know where we have to go" Rory said as she pushed away Remus' hand who had shyly offered her. Instead Rory quickly dived at Tia "You will be my company."

"You better not get lost! It's your home land!" Tia said quickly. Before Rory grinned and guided her to Darwin and Winifred's home in Ireland.

"Shauna?" Remus asked –still shyly- her holding out his hand. She smiled and took it then they also Disapperated.

"Suppose I'm stuck with you pig." Mack said with a grin to Sirius.

"You should be nicer if you expect a guide." He said smugly.

"Should but until you stop being a pig…" Mack gave a wide smile.

"How am I being a pig?" Sirius asked moving closer to Mack.

"Sirius…" Mack warned with a glare. Sirius gave a small scoff before he leaned closer to her and kissed her lightly on the lips. Mack pulled away and looked around quickly. "I thought we agreed that no one is to know! Someone could have seen!"

"No you agreed not me. And I still don't see why I have to keep saying that I'm seeing all those other girls. Seriously I hate lying about it. I don't like lying about that sort of stuff…I normally don't have to…"

"Because if you say you're seeing just the one then they will want to meet her now won't they!" Mack said as she crossed her arms.

"Suppose. But I still disagree, I think Tia would be fine with us. I'm happy, your happy, she's even happy why would she not be fine?" Sirius asked with a shrug. Sirius took her by the hand and prepared to Disapperate. Mack gave a weak smile and looked down at the thought of her best friend.

"What took you so long?" James asked when they arrived.

"Mack being stubborn." Sirius explained, with a small wink he left into the house. Mack smiled and walked past James and into the house.

"Everyone is in the dinning room, 'cept Rory and Tia…I'm here to make sure the fight doesn't get out of hand."

"Okay great." Mack left following Sirius and James' brief instructions to the dinning room. James stayed there for ten minutes before he heard thee sound of Tia and Rory's familiar fighting.

"-It's not my fault! You could have helped!" he heard Rory scream.

"It is too your fault! You're the guide!" Tia yelled back. James cringed and prepared for the two to arrive. There were more loud voices then a screech, a minute later Tia ran into the room puffing. James looked at her strangely.

"Had to vent my frustration on the ground instead of people. I ran to calm down." Tia explained.

"Oh" she walked off before James could say any more. Rory walked in a few minutes later scowling. James opened him mouth to speak but she held a hand up to silence him.

"Don't" she walked into the hall and James followed. The hall smelt like freshly picked flowers, polished wood and clean carpet. It always does James remembered. He looked up ahead of the entrance hall and saw the familiar two stair cases leading to the east wing and the west wing of the house. In the centre of the room was a round table made out of mahogany and a large arrangement of beautiful flowers- lily flowers actually, James smiled knowing that Aunt Winifred had done this on purpose.

"Where is Líle?" Rory asked.

"Down the hall on the left, can't miss it. It would be the only place with people actually in it." James said still transfixed on the crystal chandelier above them.

"Aren't you coming?" Rory said impatiently as she started to tap her foot.

"Oh …yeah…sure." James looked away and led her down the passage way on the left until they arrived at large doors with laughter echoing through them.

James opened the doors and Rory stormed in only to stop abruptly right in front of James…which caused him to run into her and fall over.

"Rory! Why the sudden erge to make me fall over?" James asked as he stood up. He could here Lily giggling a few metres behind him "Don't laugh Lil. I could have been seriously hurt" James pouted as he looked at her. Lily smiled and patted the seat next to her.

"So many books…" he heard Rory muttering. James looked at her and saw she was looking at the walls/ bookshelves in awe.

"Right Darwin here is a bit of a book worm…he had four more rooms just like this." James explained.

"There is nothing wrong with having such a large collection James. It is quite nice just to see some expressions when they see them…such as Miss Quinn here." Darwin smiled happily. James nodded in agreement and put an arm around Lily who moved closer into his arm.

Rory's attention snapped away from the books and she rushed up to James with her face very close to his, "They are no secret Rory, you can read here. Back up would ya!" James backed away clearly scared by Rory's intense stare.

Everyone started to laugh and giggle when Rory decided to do her victory dance.

"Eheheh that reminds me of Mack and my dance." Shauna laughed.

"Oh yeah!" Mack began to giggle and then it turned into an evil cackle. She stood up and started clucking around like a chicken. Shauna stood laughing and copied.

"5…4…3…2…1 BREGAH!" Mack and Shauna shouted as the began shaking and jiggling about before they added "ELECTRAFIED CHICKEN!". Then they bother started laughing hysterically. Everyone gave them odd looks before Darwin and Winifred started to clap for them.

"Anyway…" Tia interrupted. "Rory got us lost in the town next to the forest."

"I did not!" Rory objected when she had stoped her dancing.

"Oh so the mansion is really a Muggle butcher shops cold room?" Tia asked with a teasing smile. Rory glared at her and sat down in the seat opposite Tia.

"Well kids how was your Easter?" Winifred asked.

"Annoying…" Shauna muttered as she looked at Sirius. Sirius gave her a worried look.

"Oh…how so?" Darwin asked.

"Ummm…I…uh….probably shouldn't have said anything" Shauna stuttered when she looked away from Sirius.

"Oh, okay. Well James I thought we would allow you to have your normal room, and all your friends will be in the same hallway. The trunks have been delivered already." Winifred said turning to James.

"Alright. Hey Darwin do you think it would be okay if we all headed into the town. I think it might be fun."

"Of course James. Oh and there is a new bar in there. It reminds me of the day's I used to visit the Leaky Cauldron." Darwin told him.

"Okay. When will dinner be?" James asked Winifred as he and his friends stood up.

"Oh well that will be around seven. I would like to talk to you about some matters after dinner though if that is alright." Winifred told him, James noticed her normally happy features had grown sad when she said this.

"Yeah sure. We will be back before six I think." James said and the others nodded.

Short but I needed to stop writing this chapter or else I would have gotten writers block…OHHH Mack and Sirius sitting in a tree….anyway that sorta happened without me even knowing about it…I have no idea how but it fits…now I just have to decide where they go from now… Review :D

Any who I am dedicating this chapter to LadyElfdragon because she deserves it! Don't fret you're awesome so you're gonna be fine : ) and remember the AB loves you : )