Chapter 3: Lunch and the Twins

"Come on you guys," Peter said as he led the four six year olds out of Dumbledore's office. "Lets go get lunch...then I'll take you too the Gryffindor common room." He didn't notice the look James and Sirius exchanged but Lily and Remus did, they too shared a look...but theirs was a worried one.

When they reached the Great Hall lunch had already started so when Peter pushed open the door and walked in followed by the four children everyone got silent and looked at them. Apparently James and Sirius couldn't handle all those eyes on them because:

"BOB LIKES TO EAT POOP!" James said, or rather yelled as he pointed a finger at Snape who sat at the Slytherin table looking quite horrified.

Then Sirius yelled, "NO HE DOESNT! HE LOOOOOOOVES TO EAT IT...THEN KISS GIRLSSSS!" At that point, all three of the young boys went "EWWWWW!" Meanwhile, the girls all went, "Awwwww!"

Just then Dumbledore appeared behind them and the two small boys flushed somewhat while Lily covered her face and muttered something that sounded like "Boys..."

"Gentlemen, lady, why don't you all go sit down?" Dumbledore suggested as he nodded in the direction of the Gryffindor table. They went and settled down on their chairs as Dumbledore stood at his seat and cleared his throat for an announcement. "As you all can see," he started, "We have four young students with us. You all might know them already as Misers, Potter, Black, and Lupin as well as Miss Evans." There was a gasp from those students who hadn't yet heard of the potion's class incident. "There was a...incident during potions class in which they got covered with the potion they were making. Professor Williams says she knows of a plant that will revert them back to their original selves but it can not be picked until spring. So until then they will be attending classes as normal...please do not provoke them in anyway." Dumbledore concluded then sat down and began to eat.

Lunch passed quickly and Peter was leading the kids up the staircase towards the Gryffindor common room when they were stopped by a shout from below. Peter peered over the railing and saw two girls waving their arms trying to get his attention. They stopped on a landing and waited for them.

"Ruby, Sapphire," Peter nodded at them as they reached the landing.

"Hiya Peter!" the girls said in unison causing the boys to frown and glance around nervously. It was a normal reaction, and the girls were used to it. If you think about it...you'd be a bit frightened if two young girls who were identical right down to the last freckle were saying the exact same thing at the exact same time...wouldn't you? They stood before Peter and the four children smiling widely. They looked exactly alike, from their bright blue eyes to their strawberry blonde hair, pulled back into a French braid, to the light dusting of freckles under their eyes and across their bridges of their noses.

"Peter," the one on the left said, "We're going to take Lily up to our dorm ok?"

"We'll keep an eye on her..." the other one said, glancing at her sister with a mischievous grin.

"Err...alright then" Peter said slightly worried about that mischievous grin...it was a lot like James's or Sirius's when they were planning something. He had a reason to be worried too...Ruby and Sapphire Labyrinth were almost as bad as the Marauders. ALMOST being the key word...they looked so innocent, and they looked so much alike no one could tell who was who...not even the teachers. So they got away with it a lot.

Waving good bye to the boys Ruby and Sapphire took Lily's Hands and led her to towards their dorm.