"Everybody off! Especially you four!" The bus driver yelled.

The Marauders grinned; glad to know they had succeeded in annoying the bus driver. A good long rendition of '1000 bottles of Butterbeer on the wall' could do that to a person.

They joined the shouting crowd in the parking lot. A hassled looking muggle was standing on a cardboard box with a cone to his mouth.

"What the hell?" James whispered to himself, which Lily unfortunately heard.

"It's a megaphone you moron." She whispered back.

"Alright children!" The man yelled. All the kids from magical homes fell silent and were watching the man with amazement. The muggleborns were quiet after a minute or so, but the other kids, the muggles, just went on talking.

"QUIET!" He yelled. Sirius jumped, and James, Remus, and Peter broke out into laughter. The other students shut up after the man's murderous look, but the Marauders went on laughing. Especially after James stuck a sign on Lily's back that read

"POINT and HEX"

All the Hogwarts students were trying to stifle giggles. Lily looked around for a minute before figuring it all out. May whispering it in her ear helped a bit.

"POTTER!"

"Uh oh, that's my cue to exit!" And James ran. The students from Hogwarts were used to this, it was nothing new. The muggles looked bewildered.

"Oi! James!" Sirius yelled. "I think you're getting slow, last time you were miles ahead!" The other students nodded.

"HALT!" That was the director again. James skidded to a stop with surprise. No one had ever stopped him and Lily from fighting before. People had tried, coming away worse for the wear. Not to say Sirius and May hadn't tried.

James didn't want to remember what they had done last. It wasn't all that original, actually, the teachers had tried the exact same thing just three weeks before Sirius and May.

It had resulted in James blasting the door open. Being locked in a room with Lily was not his idea of a good time. AND it had happened twice in one month!

He had the feeling Sirius, May, and the professors were working together. It wasn't a comforting thought, rather disturbing in fact.

James shook his head to get back to the present. Lily was standing behind him, looking just as surprised.

"Now it's time for you to go to your cabins. Cabins One through Twelve are to the left. Fourteen through Twenty-five straight ahead. And Cabin Thirteen is to the right." The director yelled into his megaphone and pointed in each direction.

A path was in front of the group, right behind the director. There were three forks and a signpost in the middle. One arrow pointing to the left said: 1-12. The arrow straight ahead said: 14-25. And the one pointing down the right path said 13.

"Oh great." Lily whispered to May. "Now there will be no witnesses when they kill us!"

"Who do u mean? The Marauders? Or Litton and Harmon?" May whispered back.

"You know who I mean!" Lily paused. Actually it was pretty tough. "You're right, it's a close call. But you know I meant the Marauders."

May frowned. "Sirius is sweet! And when are you and James going to stop fooling around and admit you're perfect for each other?!"

Lily froze. "What the hell?!" She looked confused and horrified. "Wait, this is coming from the girl who 'accidentally' locked me and James into a classroom together. Is that why you did it?! And the same with Sirius and the professors?!"

"What?! What did the teachers-?" She stopped at the murderous look on Lily's face. "Maybe later." She gave Lily a weak smile, which didn't seem to help.

"You did that because you wanted to get James and me together?! I can't believe you! I suppose that's what the professors wanted too! May opened her mouth. "NO! I'm not telling you! But I will tell you that I refused to speak to any of the professors for a week!" May closed her mouth and frowned, she would have to work on that later.

Up ahead the director was sending the students to get their luggage. Soon everyone had a heavy suitcase in one hand and regret in the other.

"Alright! Everyone line up by cabin! From 1 to 25!" There were a couple of moments of confusion as people got organized. Once everyone was in line, the director went to each group and separated them into pairs.

When he came to group 13 he frowned. "Cabin Thirteen?" When James nodded he went on. :I've been given special instructions from your principal. It says here not to put any of the boys together, the results would be disastrous." The Marauders frowned. "He also said to make sure Lily and James don't kill each other. Whatever that means." He grabbed Peter by the arm and moved him next to Jane. "You will be with blondie. You with the odd colored hair." He grabbed Remus.

"Golden brown."

"Whatever, you're with the brunette," He pulled Elizabeth forward, who scowled at him. "You, and. You." The director shoved Sirius and May together, both of whom grinned. James and Lily looked horrified as soon as they realized what was going to happen. "You with the black hair, you and the red head are together." He pushed Lily, who stumbled, at James. James grabbed her and held her up until he realized what he was doing and dropped her. Lily scowled at him.

"But!"

"No! Wait! You can't do this!"

Lily and James protested loudly. The director was already walking off to pair up 14. James and Lily gave each other disgusted looks and Sirius and May smiled knowingly.

"I was right about you lot!" Lily shrieked, pointing an accusing finger at May and Sirius. "You do think that!" James, Elizabeth, and Jane looked bewildered.

Remus and Peter grinned. James clued in and scowled. "And you two!" He yelled at Peter and Remus.

Jane and Elizabeth were looking miserable and evil, an odd mix. Peter grimaced, this was going to be one hell of a time.

All of a sudden James frowned. "What's a prince-a-pal?" Remus, Peter, and Sirius shrugged. Lily looked like she was ready to pitch James in a lake.

"Principal! A principal is the same as a headmaster, he meant Dumbledore. I can't believe you're so stupid and clueless! How the hell have you gotten this far?!" She asked.

James smiled at her, a rare occurrence that hadn't happened since he had first dumped his ice cream on her at Diagon Alley, before first year.

"Simple! Teachers are open to bribes!"