*~*~*Chapter 12: Hogwarts*~*~*

(A/N: This is probably going to be a shorter chapter than usual. I was going to add this one in with the last one, but the other one was getting lengthy. See ya!)

The Sorting took place, the feast took place and then the 6 Gryffindors and a few of Sierra's friends headed up to their tower.

"Well, I'm going to bed," Sierra said quietly.

"Night guys," she called. She went over to Remus and kissed him goodnight. Her friends giggled and blushed for no apparent reason.

"Night, Sier," Remus said back, not caring what the other girls thought.

"I'm going up too," Lily said, yawning. "Ditto," Ali imitated, stretching.

"Night, boys," Lily said softly.

"G'night," Ali followed. Ali walked over to Sirius and kissed him, and then Sirius kissed her back. Lily did the same to James whispering,

"We're out of the Black's house -we're allowed to kiss again."

"I know, and I look forward to it," James said, beaming. She kissed him and they two ladies went into their dormitory. The boys watched their girls going up the staircase wistfully, and then they heard an eruption of "OMG! I MISSED YOU GUYS!" and "OOH, YOU'RE BACK!" And then a door slam.

"Chicks," James muttered, shaking his head.

The boys went into their dormitories and got in their pajamas on. They all flopped onto their beds and suddenly, two other boys entered the room: Mundungus Fletcher and Peter Pettigrew.

"Oh, hey, Pete, we missed you at the station!" Remus exclaimed. Peter was a boy of no talent whatsoever, but, nevertheless, he was their friend and a good person at heart (A/N: Or so they thought.) .

"I know, I was talking to Fletcher," Peter said. Mundungus never liked his first name, so he preferred them to call him by his last name.

"Oh, ok."

"Well, we're really tired, we're gonna cash in," Fletcher said sleepily.

"Yeah," Peter agreed. Both boys changed, crawled into their beds and shut the hangings around them.

"So, guys," Sirius whispered. "I have a question, and I've been thinking about it for a while."

"You've been thinking?" James mock gasped.

"Wow, Padfoot, did it hurt?" Remus said, pseudo-seriously.

"Shut up, I'm serious."

"We already knew that," James quipped.

"It's been your name for a few years now, hasn't it? Or did you forget again?" Remus added. Sirius frowned.

"Ok, ok, shoot, dude," James said, sensing his friend's solemness.

"Do you think we've changed since we got girlfriends?" Sirius asked anxiously.

Remus and James traded glances. "Dunno," they both answered.

The young men were all hushed for a few moments, and then Sirius said quietly, "Let's swear that we'll never let a girl change us. I mean, you know what I mean. Remember when James first liked Lily and we reminded him of our ex'gf's?" Sirius said, pointedly to Remus. "And then we remembered -pranks failing, girls no longer targets.etc.? Well, let's just promise this, ok? We'll never let any girl come in between our friendship."

"Yeah, man. Marauders forever," James added, sticking a fist in the middle.

"Marauders forever," Remus repeated, piling his fist onto James's.

"Marauders for life," Sirius said, crashing the three fists together.

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