Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Lily and James or any other characters you may recognize throughout this story. I also don't own the wizarding world or basically anything else you recognize from the Harry Potter series. That all belongs to the wonderful goddess of writing, J.K. Rowling. So don't sue me!

A/N: Wow, I can't believe how many people are reading this! Thanks to my reviewers:

Transparent-Illusions: You had me going there for a second. I was like, why is this person I've never heard of glaring at me? Then you said you were Prisoner-of-Shadows, nice names by the way. I'm glad I'm one of your favorite authors on here and I threw Joey briefly into this chapter just for you. :)

chprincess: I'm glad you like this so far. And don't worry, hyperness is normally a side effect of no sleep, though I hope you had some time to catch up on it since you sent that review! Too much caffeine can be a bad thing! Hope you like this chapter.

Rinnington: I'm glad you understand my fear of the OCs. And you would be completely justified in not agreeing with Dung being in their year if he was in Gryffindor, but I actually have him in Hufflepuff! :) I would never throw another person into the boys' year because there is just too much evidence pointing to them being the only ones. That's why Frank is a couple years older than them, actually. Anyway, if you really want to know how he and Amelia got together you should read my other story! :) (Yup, I am the queen of the shameless plug). But I actually explain it there. And I prefer her with Remus as well, but unfortunately, due to his werewolf-ness, I can't give him any lovin'. I just don't think he would have dated at Hogwarts. Poor guy. Remus is definitely a toughie to write, but it's still fun to try (and I love how you characterize him!)

LauraKay: I think there's more to being a Hufflepuff than just being loyal, but I see him as loyal anyway. I know a lot of people see him as this double agent, but I think he is really loyal to Dumbledore and that's why he trusts him. But yeah, I wanted him to be in their year and he really didn't fit anywhere else (I can't put him in Gryffindor, because I don't believe there were any other boys besides the marauders in that year.) And I am going to update Flower Twins still, in fact I'm updating it tomorrow (or actually later today since it is technically tomorrow right now). I just like getting these short chapters out quickly. :)

MuGgLeNeT27: Thanks for reading my story. Lily and James will be in the next chapter, so don't worry. Hope you like this chapter though.

Milky way bar: That's one of my favorite candy bars too. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the chapter and hope you like this one too.

Tarheelsrule01: Ha ha, yeah I guess stealing a wizard or witch's wand would be like taking their most prized possession, but it's not like they're going to keep it forever. Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying the story and hope you like this chapter, too.

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Chapter 4: Alice and Rabastan

Alice watched Rabastan out of the corner of her eye as they walked further into the forest. She wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but she was still rather scared of him. Plus she wasn't a big fan of him in general, because he always called Lily a mudblood.

As they walked he suddenly turned and faced her and she instinctively reached for her wand, but it wasn't there. At first she had been mad at Dumbledore for taking it, but she thought about it and realized that she preferred Rabastan without his wand, and if that meant she had to give hers up too, then so be it.

However, when he began walking towards her glaring, she wished that she had it right then.

"Let's get one thing straight, I don't like you. I know you have this whole be nice to everyone thing going for you, but I don't want you being nice to me. I don't associate with people who associate with mudbloods."

Alice just stared at him unblinkingly. She felt a surge of anger go through her as he insulted one of her best friends, but she suppressed her rage and took a deep breath.

"I would prefer if you didn't refer to my muggleborn friend in that way, but your opinion is your opinion."

Rabastan looked at her strangely and said, "You really are a saint, aren't you?"

Alice knew it wasn't a compliment, but smiled anyway. She prided herself on maintaining her dignity and being generally sweet.

The unlikely pair continued through the forest until they found their campsite. They went to work in silence setting up the tent. When they had finished with that, Alice went to look for some firewood while Rabastan sorted through the food. Within an hour they had a nice fire going and food cooking. Alice could barely believe how well things were going. Sure they hadn't spoken a word, but they actually made a fairly good team.

However, Alice was never one to leave well enough alone, and she hated silence, so she attempted to start a conversation.

"So . . . the O.W.L. exams are this year and people are starting to think about careers, do you have any idea what you want to do after Hogwarts?"

Rabastan raised an eyebrow and rolled his eyes, which Alice actually found very amusing. He looked pretty silly when he rolled his eyes.

"I'm going to follow in my brother's footsteps," he said with a slight smirk on his face.

Alice cocked her head to the side and said, "Really? I know he and his wife were Head Boy and Girl, but I actually don't recall what either of them are doing now."

Rabastan snorted in laughter and said, "It's pretty top secret. They're part of an elite organization."

Alice opened her eyes as what he was talking about dawned on her. She had always known that the oldest Black girl and the Lestranges were mean, but she had never really thought they would be capable of joining in all the evil that had been going on lately.

Part of Alice really wanted to say something, but she didn't want to inadvertently make herself or even worse, Lily, a target, so she just kept her mouth shut, again.

Then, after a few minutes, to Alice surprise Rabastan asked a question. "So, what do you think you want to do?"

"I'm thinking of becoming a healer. At first I wanted to work for the ministry, but I think I would be of more use helping to heal others," Alice said smiling at having been able to engage the sour Slytherin in conversation.

"Don't you need really high marks to be a healer? You're not that smart, are you?" Rabastan said with an evil smile.

Alice realized with this comment that he was intentionally trying to get her to react. She smirked to herself and swore that she wouldn't let him see her react.

"I may not be as smart as some of the others in my year, but I maintain my grades and I know if I put my mind to it, I can get the marks I need," Alice said plastering on one of her most infuriatingly sweet smiles.

As Rabastan's eyes flashed in annoyance, Alice had to stifle her laughter. He really hated the fact that he couldn't get to her.

"Well at least you don't want to work for the ministry. What a bunch of losers who work there. Especially the aurors!"

Alice, who had turned around to check on the fire, whipped around eyes flashing, "Frank is going to be an auror."

"Oh really? I had no idea," Rabastan said in a way that told Alice he knew exactly what he was talking about.

"Yes, you did. Everyone knows that he's going into auror training once he graduates," Alice said barely keeping her rage under the surface.

"No, I actually didn't know, but I'm not surprised. He seems the type."

"What's THAT supposed to mean?" Alice said narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

"Well, he's all little mister perfect. Head Boy and all that, though what Dumbledore was thinking making him Head Boy is beyond me. There hasn't been a decent Head Boy since my brother left."

Rabastan never saw Alice's fist coming, but he sure felt it. He looked up at her while with one hand over his cheek.

"Frank is the best Head Boy to ever grace this school, and your scumbag brother should count himself lucky to even be in the same category as him. If you'll excuse me I'm going to go find my friends," Alice said standing up and brushing off her robes and picking up the map of all the camp sites.

Rabastan watched her walk away with both anger and respect in his eyes.

Alice looked at the map and saw that the closest camp site where anyone she knew was staying was four North of her. She wasn't extremely close with Peter, but Lily and Amelia's campsites were farther away.

She made her way through the forest, once again wishing she had her wand, and also hoping she wouldn't get in trouble for not staying with Rabastan.

She passed through a couple other campsites that had people she didn't really know. She saw Joey Stebbins and talked to him for a couple minutes. He offered to take her the rest of the way to Peter's site, but it was only one more to the North, so she was fine.

She was very surprised as she got closer to the site to hear loud laughter. As she pushed through the bushes everyone turned to look at her and called out, "Alice!"

Alice looked at Peter, Dung, Sirius, and Severus who were all grinning at her (well Severus had a slightly friendly scowl, but it was definitely an improvement).

"Wait a minute! I see Peter and Dung near each other and Peter doesn't appear to have had anything stolen and Sirius and Severus are within five feet of each other and neither of you are bruised. What world have I walked into? Did one of you sneak some fire whiskey out here or something?"

Sirius grinned and said, "No, everything is the same. I still hate Severus, he still hates me. Dung has probably stolen something from Peter without him noticing, but we have all come together for one purpose."

Alice laughed at Sirius' dramatic speech and asked what the purpose was.

"Wands. We need 'em, we think Remus and Amelia have some, so we're taking 'em," Peter said grinning.

"That is so wrong!" Alice said ready to launch into a lecture, but upon seeing the usual enemies in front of her actually getting along, she just couldn't bring herself to do it. "Well, I might as well come along and make sure no one gets hurt."

"Yes!" Sirius said throwing an arm around Alice, "Welcome to the dark side, m'dear. You'll love it."

Alice giggled as she asked the boys to fill her in on the plan so far.

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A/N: I don't know how I feel about this chapter. I know it seems weird that Alice could sit there and let Rabastan talk crap about her friend, but then sock him for talking about Frank, but what can I say? She's loyal to her man! Anyway, hopefully the next chapter will make up for it. Lily and James, yay! Send me a review and let me know what you thought of this chapter though. (Oh and I apologize for any typos. It's late and I wanted to get this posted, so I probably didn't do the best editing job!)