Imagine a redhead bombshell in white, a blonde one in purple and a brunette one in red. Arabella, Lily and Jackie sneakily made it down to the grand hall, where Claire was greeting guests, in a similar get-up to the pink dresses that were lying on the floor upstairs, except her dress was bright pink, shorter, and she wore lacy gloves.
"That could have been you." Lily sneered to Arabella when she started to complain about the heels she borrowed.
"So, brilliant and fearless leader, what's our plan?" Arabella sneered back, both of them as quiet as could be.
"To be honest with you, I have no idea. But we need information, chaos and a reunion of James and I, in that particular order."
"Chaos?" Jackie whispered with a sly smile. "I can do chaos."
"Alright, girls.. I have a plan..."
"Claire!" Lily called. Claire smiled even bigger, than turned around to face her step-daughter. Her jaw graced the marble floor.
"Lily!! Lily, um... Er.." Claire was aghast, but she was at a loss for a name..
"Isabella." Lily said simply.
"LILY ISABELLA EVANS!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE CAUSED ENOUGH HAVOC TODAY! GO UPSTAIRS AND CHANGE, YOUNG LADY!!!" Claire shrieked, then smiled really nicely at Lucius Malfoy's father.
"Certainly, mother." Lily chirped, adding, in a quite quiet voice, "You haven't seen anything yet."
Jackie rushed up to Remus, Rafe, Helen and Munguldus. "You guys, there's been a big accident. Lily needs to find James and you guys need to go into the ballroom and lock all the entrances into it except for the one back door close to the smallest window. Remus, where's James?"
The four Gryffindors looked very confused. "I, uh.. Sirius knows where he is." Remus managed, but Jackie looked impatient.
"Where's Sirius?" She demanded.
"He's at the aquarium in town. He needs information for his Muggle Studies project." Munguldus put in quickly.
"Thanks." Jackie began, hugging the both of them. "Now get going, you don't know how important this- CRAP! Claire will know something's up. Just don't be outside. There's something going on here and it's not safe."
The four stared at her run away, and decided to put off her advice until they knew better.
"Oh, Marie! It's lovely to see you again!" Lucius called out. Arabella didn't stop, not really noticing until he grabbed her arm. She spun around and instantly remembered. She twirled a lock of her hair.
"Ah... Zis is Lucy-Us, correct?" She said with a giggle.
"Correct.. Last time we met.. In Paris.."
"Ah, Paree!" Arabella went all misty.
"Right, you said you were interested in my hobbies. Care for me to show you a bit of a prank?"
"Uh-huh.." Arabella replied, licking her lips. Chaos? This was going to be like a comet hitting the big cake and letting it land all over Snape, Skeeter and Claire.
"Lily, you have to hurry on over to the aquarium, and hurry back. Don't go anywhere but to the back door to the ballroom, this place isn't safe. I saw Arabella talking to Lucius, as Marie.." Jackie gushed.
"Jackie, stop being so paranoid, we'll be fine. I'm going, okay?" Lily said, giving Jackie a hug. "I'll bring back the leaders of the pack, and we'll go to the ballroom and party all night, okay?"
"Promise?" Jackie asked meekly.
"If it's that important to you, of course." Lily whispered sweetly. "I'm going out through the kitchen. Get that chaos started. I don't hear Claire screaming my name in agony yet."
Jackie grinned and left.
Lily decided to get a snack before she left. Outside she heard sniffling, and she opened the window to hear better.
"She loves me, she loves me not.. She loves me, she loves me not.. How could I have been so stupid? How can I bring her into this world of evil?"
It was Snape. Lily slipped out the kitchen door and joined him on the back steps.
"Let's face it, Severus, I'm not sticking around for long."
"It's not him, is it?"
"I don't think so."
"Could I tell them... You know?"
"No, Severus."
"Sorry, just throwing it out there."
"Well, throw it back..." Before she finished her sentence, Lily realized the urgency of Jackie's request. She bounded off the steps and rushed out of the vineyard. If she caught a bus, she'd be able to get there in time.
"Where the hell is he?" Lily whispered to herself as she wandered about the aquarium. Suddenly, it hit her. "Miss, where are the edible fish?"
Lily darted through the aquarium. Sure enough, Sirius was leaning against a tank, drooling.
"SIRIUS BLACK!! I NEED TO FIND JAMES!!!"
Sirius flashed her a grin and grabbed her by the wrist.
"James, I'm so glad we found you!" Lily rushed when they got to him, walking back on the dirt road to the vineyard. She slipped her hand into his. "I might have lost the only-"
Sirius gawked. "Look at that!"
Lily and James looked at the main house. Over it, there was the Dark Mark. In it, there were flashes of green and red light. People rushed by them towards the other direction, away from the house.
"What's wrong?" James managed to ask somebody.
"One of the future Death Eaters sent up a fake Dark Mark and Voldemort saw it, and he's there and he's on a rampage!" The frightened man said with a pale face..
"Oh my- Guys! Jackie! She's in there! And she's been paranoid and she's got this freaky plan and... We have to get over there! We have to!" Lily shrieked. The three darted down the road to the vineyard.