Water Lilies

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A/N: I'm so evil! *cackles!* you won't know where Lily is and her story for several more chapters. But if I don't shut up, I'm going to tell you so...

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Chapter five in which the Marauders get some dares.

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Remus and Peter got in bed, but Sirius and James weren't tired.

"Come on, you guys," moaned James, "lets do something.

"You know," said Sirius seriously. [Giggle, giggle.] "It's custom for new Gryffindors to give each other dares to prove they're brave."

"Fine," relented Remus. "Only one dare from each person." Peter groaned; he wasn't that brave to take a dare from Sirius.

Sirius said the first dare. "I dare you guys to spy on the Gryffindor girls of our year."

"But," voiced Peter in a high-pitched voice, "that's stalking and what if their up?"

"Come on," cried Sirius, "I'll do it with you!" They all groaned but got up. Remus muttered something about detentions. Or maybe it was murders, Sirius couldn't tell. They walked through the red and gold room to the staircase to the girls' rooms.

"Are you sure we should do this?" squeaked Peter. Sirius rolled his eyes and the others shushed him.

They continued up to the girls' room on a windy spiral staircase. Just like on the boys' dormitory, there was a sign that said, "First years," on it.

The door wasn't locked and the room looked tidy. They hadn't had time to unpack and so their stuff stood in neat piles. Most likely the girls were planning on unpacking on the next day, Saturday. All three girls were asleep.

"Now what?" Remus asked Sirius, who shrugged.

"My dare," said James.

"What?"

"I dare you all to pull back the covers and find out what they're wearing." They stared at James.

"Ok," said Sirius. He went over to Lini, in the bed closest, and peeked in. His eyes bulged, but he didn't say anything. Remus and Peter followed his example. Peter squeaked again and Remus did nothing.

"My dare," said Remus "is for us four to say what we did or what they were wearing to the girls tomorrow." The boys nodded and headed back into the Common Room. They looked at Peter.

"I dare you three to go for a walk in the Forbidden Forest for fifteen minutes."

They gasped. "For someone who doesn't like to do a dare, you sure come up with big ones," remarked Sirius. "I'm in!"

"I'll go," agreed James and Remus.

All four headed down to the Forest with no incident.

*** A/N: Next chapter: The Forbidden Forest

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