The underground corridors were dark, and not to Rebecca's liking. It was late, but as a Prefect, it was her duty to patrol the halls. She had seen a few Slytherins smile at her as if they knew something she didn't.

To them, she was a pureblood prize. A Ravenclaw - but the purest. The good looks and attitude were a bonus.

Each one of them had gotten detention for being outside their dormitories after hours. And in turn, to Rebecca's disgust, each one had given her a sly grin as if she were just playing hard-to-get.

*Sure, that's it.*

As she walked through the dimly lit corridor, a voice from her right emerged from the shadows. "Come to see me, have you?" The person who had spoken stepped out of the darkness, and into view.

Rebecca's eyes narrowed when she saw it was Lucius Malfoy. "Now why the bloody hell would I want to see you?" she asked coldly.

Lucius smiled slightly and stepped towards her. "You ought to watch your mouth from now on. It could get you into trouble one of these days." He answered, gazing boldly into her eyes.

"What are you doing, walking around, anyway?" she said, spitting out the words with disgust.

But Lucius remained casual, and unnervingly calm. "I'm a Prefect - you couldn't possibly get me in trouble for it."

*A Slytherin Prefect,* Rebecca mused. It was, in itself, a massive paradox.

"Oh, shut up Lucius, nobody wants to listen to you." She said, turning away. But Lucius grabbed her arm, and grinned wickedly.

"I'd like to see you try and make me." came the drawling voice in mock challenge.

Anger boiled up inside of Rebecca. She smiled, elbowed him in the stomach, brought out her wand instantly and muttered "Silencio."

Malfoy's eyes widened as he mouthed silent curses.

"I think I just did."

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Rebecca Waters walked on and headed for one of the more brightly lit corridors.

As she stepped into a broader stone hallway, she began to feel uneasy. She could feel some sort of - presence - in this hallway. She looked around to see nothing was around her.

A Rebecca had a sense for these sorts of things. She had come from a long line of Seers - not to mention an endless heritage of pureblood families. She never doubted that sense, and right now it was trying to tell her something.

Someone was here - in this corridor. In fact, Rebecca had the distinct feeling that the person was standing right in front of her.

Rebecca pointed her wand towards the spot in mid-air and spoke, "I know you're here, so there's no use hiding."

There came no reply from the empty space before her. Not long after, a Gryffindor Prefect rounded the corner across from Rebecca. It was Remus Lupin.

"Hello, Becca." He said, and stopped when he saw the wand.

"What are you doing, threatening nobody like that?" he asked with a playful grin spreading across his face.

Rebecca sighed and turned her gaze back to the nothing in from of her. She aimed, and sent a Pinching Charm in the general direction. A muffled 'ow' came from the spot, and Lupin stepped forward.

"Prongs, is that you?" he asked.

"Who else would it be?" came the sarcastic reply.

Rebecca frowned. "James? Why are you hiding?" she asked, and James let the cloak slip off his head. "You do know the Head Boy is allowed to wander aimlessly?" she added with a grin.

Footsteps echoed, and James covered his head. Rebecca still had her wand out with Remus on the other side of the invisible James. Rebecca didn't have the chance to put away her wand when Professor McGonagall rounded the corner.

Apparently, it appeared to her that the prefects were threatening each other. It must have been a strange and unlikely sight, and McGonagall looked shocked.

Rebecca opened her mouth to explain, but Remus cut her off with a look that clearly said that James would be in trouble if he were found walking around invisible. Even if he was allowed to, it would be incredibly suspicious.

They were both set off to their common rooms with detentions for the following night. Professor McGonagall had given them the same detention in fact, so they would learn to 'get along.'

Remus smiled at Rebecca and she tried to hold back a laugh.

*If only they could get along.*

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"Why in the world were you under the invisibility cloak in the dungeons?" Remus asked the next day.

Sirius joined in, "And why didn't you let us in on it?"

"Yeah," was all Peter could think of saying.

James sighed, "It wasn't a major prank or anything - I just snuck down to the kitchens to get some food."

"And you didn't give us any?" Sirius looked offended.

Remus turned to Sirius, "Why would it matter now? It's already breakfast."

"That's not the point." Sirius replied, turning back to James accusingly.

James looked boldly into his best friend's face. "Padfoot, you know if I had gone for the cakes they were saving for the Christmas feast I would have brought you. But I didn't go for the cakes. I wasn't even getting the food for me."

He glanced down the spot down the table where Lily usually sat. The other three marauders followed James's gaze and nodded in understanding. Ever since the attack on the muggle town a week ago, Lily hadn't come to any meals.

James didn't know what it was like to lose his parents - especially muggles who had no way of defending themselves. So, he had no words of wisdom or comfort, but he did the best he could for Lily.

It hurt him almost as bad as it hurt her, and the other marauders could tell. All James could do was bring her food when she failed to show up to dinner or lunch, or in this case breakfast.

Remus brought out a book and began reading, when everyone else turned back to their food. James didn't feel much like eating, so he started stuffing food into his robes to bring back to the Gryffindor common room.

"By the way, Moony, thanks for getting me out of trouble," he said, grabbing an apple and examining it.

"No problem," he said offhandedly.

"Even though it got you detention," James added, stuffing the apple in his pocket.

Remus smiled from behind his book, "It's probably not as bad as what you and Padfoot get."

Sirius snorted. It was amazing how many detentions they had gotten, and yet, Remus kept a clean record. Well, almost clean. He did help out with every prank, and sometimes saved the others from detention.

All the same, he was the brains of the group, and detention didn't scare him at all, seeing as none of the teachers had anything against him.

Sirius glanced at the book Remus was reading and saw that he had it open to an astronomical chart. "So when's the next full moon at?" he asked, leaning over to see.

"The twentieth," he answered indifferently, as if it weren't of any interest to him.

"Well, that's good, I mean, as long as it isn't during the holidays," Peter said.

There was a moment of silence in which eating commenced, and James watched. He still couldn't eat, and his pockets were getting quite full. He broke the silence.

"Guess what, I was-"

"What?" Sirius interrupted with mock excitement. Remus chuckled, and Peter smiled.

James gave Sirius a hard look before continuing, "I was looking in the library and-"

"You? In the library?" Remus burst out. "Since when have you started going there?" Sirius laughed, and Peter gave only a small grin.

"Do you want to hear about it or not?" James said, getting irritated by now.

Remus sobered. "What is it you found in the library?" he asked, smiling.

"A book tha-" James attempted to continue, only to be cut off by Sirius again.

"Well that's obvious. What else would you get in the library?"

James closed his eyes and clenched his teeth.

"Fine then, I won't tell you how to enchant the map we've been working on," James said.

Sirius stopped smiling, and Remus put down his book. "Enchant it to do what?" he asked, much more interested in the conversation than before.

James grinned secretively, "Loads of things."

Sirius rolled his eyes, "Well that sure clears things up. It'd be incredibly frustrating if he didn't answer the question, wouldn't it?"

AN: sorry it took so long to update (even if it was only a few days. Grrr!). It won't take so long from now on because I have the next few chapters already written so. yeah.