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The Jusketeers

When Lily woke up, she found herself lying in a bed, in a very large, very blue room. She hadn't yet opened her eyes or moved because she could hear the voices of two teenage boys. Before letting them know that she had woken up, she wanted to listen in on their conversation to find out as much as possible about where she was.
"And you didn't tell me this last night because..." one of them prompted.
"Because you were so excited about all of us getting sorted into Gryfinndor yesterday."
"We did yes, but Kevin didn't. He got sorted into Slytherin."
"Yeah, well so what Ija, don't get so uptight. These two houses are probably the best ones. Unfortunately though, the three Jusketeers have been split up."
"Matt, I wish you would stop calling us that. It is so old, plus it doesn't fit us at all. We could be the 3-J's or J cubed. But you choose the Jusketeers. That is SO pathetic!"
"But we needed a nickname and that one was the best that we could come up with. All of our middle names are James and so that is the PERFECT name for us!"
Lily figured that she had waited long enough. She knew what there names were, Ija (what kind of name is that really) and Matt. She knew that they had a friend named Kevin, AND that all of their middle names were James. Why does James come up in everything that happens to me in my life! She figured out that they must be transfers to Hogwarts because why else would they be so excited about getting sorted into their houses... especially Slytherin. So Lily sat up.
"Hey! You're awake!" Said one of the boys. He had dark, brown hair that had a tint of blond in it, had blue eyes, looked very muscular, and was about 6'2".
"You've been out like a light since I found you out on the beach last night. I brought you up to the house here then. You looked awful!" The second boy said. He looked a lot like the first boy except he had so dark of brown hair it looked black, looked about 6'5" and had the most amazing brown eyes in the world. Lily was in a trance for a while before...
"O-on a beach? No, that can't be right. Y-you must be wrong. This is another one of Potter's stupid little pranks isn't it. POTTER TAKE OFF YOUR INVISIBILITY CLOAK NOW!" Lily stammered at first but then gain courage, thinking that this was one of James' mindless idiotic pranks. The last thing that she could remember though was sending out an owl to her best friend Oh, what was her name! I can't seem to remember very much right now... oh yeah, Dani.
"Umm, who is this Potter?" the first boy asked.
"Hey! You're a witch aren't you! Cause you know about invisibility cloaks!"
"Yeah, I am. NOW POTTER! I'M WARNING YOU!
"Here, why don't you calm down a bit. Then we can explain," Lily stopped ranting about James and glared at the boy who had spoken. "My name is Isaac Anderson, and that-" he pointed at the other boy, "is Matt Van Rynn."
"Actually," Matt cut in, "Everyone calls Isaac, Ija, because it stands for his initials. Isaac James Anderson!"
"When he says everyone, he means just him. We have another friend who is staying here too, Kevin Kikkert, but he is talking to our new headmaster, Professor Dumbledore right now."

"Maybe we should go get you some clothes... your kinda still in your pajamas it looks like and, well..." Matt spoke up.
"These are my clothes... what's wrong with them?!" Lily said as she gave Matt a menacing glare, "You said something about Dumbledore, is he here? Because if he is then I must speak with him. He –"
"Umm, no he isn't here. Kevin took a portkey to over to Hogwarts and he'll be taking one back as well. You know Professor Dumbledore? Then that means you go to Hogwarts right? What house are you in?" Isaac managed to say, trying to avoid looking at the strange girl in front of him. Neither he nor Matt had managed to find out her name. All they knew about her was that she knew some kid named Potter who must have played tons of pranks on her. Kind of a coincidence that Kevin, Matt, and he all played pranks as well...
"Erm, yeah, I go to Hogwarts. I'm in Gryfinndor."
"Cool! So are we! Well, Kevin isn't, he's in Slytherin, but Matt and I are! All three of us transferred from the Chopiniac School for Wizards: Boys only, in Houston, Texas."
"Your from Houston Texas?! Did you know Dani? Or rather Danielle? She went to The Salem Institute of Witchcraft for Girls there! She transferred to Hogwarts in our fourth year, she is my best friend in the whole world."
Both boys glanced sideways at each other. Isaac and Matt were both thinking at the same time Danielle Ginther? Is she sure? I sure hope not. At least, not the Danielle we know I hope. Matt was the first one to recover, "err, yeah. We knew her. She was kind of a, an um, a freak."
Lily was furious. No one was going to talk about her very best friend like that. She gave them the meanest, hardest, most evil glare she had ever given ANYONE, even Potter. "Don't you EVER call Dani that again. We both get enough of it at school, for her hair, our attitude, and her makeup, and me for my clothes. We don't need any more of it. Plus, Dani is the opposite of a freak. Is a freak always around when you need them the most? NO but Dani is. She is one of the nicest people I know. So stop it. She didn't do anything to you!"
"I-we're sorry!" Isaac stammered, "We didn't mean it had or anything! It's just well-"
"That's alright... just DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN!"
"Ok, sorry." Isaac looked kind of bashful as he got up and went over to the door. "I have to go talk to mum, tell her that Matt brought you up here last night. I know that you don't have any clothes here either so I'll go ask mum if she has any about your size."
"Oh, yeah, sure, whatever, thanks." Lily was quite embarrassed now, she didn't even know these boys, yet they were being so kind to her. They were doing almost exactly what James did yet, she liked their company and compassion better. What is wrong with me?
Matt got up and walked over to Lily. He placed a hand lightly on her back in a soothing way. "I'm sorry that this had to happen to you. You must think that its really strange going to bed somewhere and then waking up somewhere else that was completely strange to you. I'm really sorry."
"Thanks Matt. I really appreciate what you guys have done and are doing for me. I don't really deserve it."
"No problem. But it will cost you." Lily turned an emotionless face towards him; "I shall need to know your name."
Lily giggled, "Is that all? My name is Lily, Lily Marie Evans."
"Well it is a pleasure to meet you Miss Lily."
Lily and Matt talked while they were waiting for Isaac to get back. Lily was unsure of Matt, not really sure if she could trust him, but after a while she was getting to know him better and was loosening up. Lily told him a lot about Hogwarts, the teachers, and the students. Of course, she also had to tell him, more like warn him, about the Marauders...
"Oh, you definitely need to know a couple of fellow 6th year Gryffindors with us. There are four of them, and they call themselves the Marauders. Their names are Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter. They like to play pranks on just about everyone. And well, unfortunately, James had a huge crush on me, which led to me, going forced to stay at his house. On Tuesday night I had to go over there."
"Hmm, the Marauders huh? Well Isaac, Kevin, and I, the Jusketeers have some tricks up our sleeves that they probably have never heard of."
"Tell me them then... I know just about every prank that they know about and have done."
"Alright, have you ever heard of the vomiting vomiteer?"
Lily giggled, "Nooo, let me guess though... It is an invention of yours and it has something to do with a person throwing up."
"WOW! How did you know that!?" Lily giggled even harder, "Yes, it is one of our inventions. All you do is slip a little powder in someone's drink, and then the next time the walk within 50 feet of a bathroom (no matter WHAT the gender) they start to throw up."
Lily was thoughtful for a moment. "How long does it last?"
"They throw up for 5-10 minutes straight then twice every hour for 28 hours they throw up for 2 minutes straight."
"You have GOT to do that to them, especially to James... I already have an idea how..."
"Tell me! We need them to not see us do it obviously so we need a diversion..."
"In other words, you need me." Lily told Matt her plan. She didn't want to do it, but she know that it would work, Matt agreed that it would work as well.
"You would do that? Just to get back at them? I wouldn't think that you-"
"I may hate him more than anything in the world, but yeah, I would do it. It takes a bit of planning though so, how about the day after the first Hogsmeade visit?"
"You got yourself a deal."
"Well Mr. Van Rynn, I have told you about most of my life, I believe that it is your turn to return the favor."
"Alright! But be ye warned... YOU were the one who ask about it!"
"Sure, so tell me, what wonderful things have you and the Jusketeers done to countless victims?"
Matt laughed and started to tell her about all their pranks, most of them Lily was confident that James and his group had never done. However, Lily had wanted one question answered but he was avoiding the subject. How in the world did he know Dani well enough to think that she was weird? The very minute that Lily had met her they had become instant friends, then they met up with Sarah Summers in their fifth year and they became the inseparable threesome. Lily of course had other friends, Severous Snape, Lauren Lane, and Rachel De Haan but she couldn't spend much time with them because they were in Slytherin and the other Slytherins cursed her when she did.
"Matt, um, can you please tell me how you three know Dani? She is my best friend and I just can't imagine anyone not liking her! She is really nice."
"Well, you see. It's well; it's kinda complicated. I'm sorry but well, can I tell you later with the others. They could help me explain it better."
"Oh, alright. When you put it that way. I've only met you a little while ago and you can already persuade me with those puppy-dog eyes of yours."
Matt chuckled, "Yeah, that happens a lot. WOW! Will you look at the time! We have been talking for over three hours!"
"We've been talking for three hours already!? Hmmm, I wonder what is taking Isaac so long. Shouldn't he have been back by now?"
"Did someone call?" Isaac said gleefully as he walked through the door with a woman Lily guessed was his mother. Both of them had several bags in their hands.
"Hello dear, I'm Sandi Anderson, Isaac's mother."
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Anderson, I'm Lily Evans. Thank you so much for everything that you are doing." Lily said as she received a hug from her.
"Oh, please Lily, call me Sandi, calling me Mrs. Anderson makes me feel old! Now, seeing as our house isn't connected up to the floo network we can't send you home or get you your clothes for that matter so I bought you several things that you might need. Unfortunately, every store was out of your size so we had to get a size bigger. Don't worry about paying us back, you don't need to. The way that you are paying us back is by keeping the boys some real company that isn't always thinking about pulling a prank on someone."
"Erm, thanks" Lily felt uncomfortable receiving charity, but they were being so nice to her! They found her lying on a beach, they brought her to their home, they bought her clothes, and they didn't even know her! She didn't deserve any of that! "Well come on Matthew and Isaac, why don't we leave Lily alone, that way she can change out of her pajamas."
"Oh all right..." they both muttered as they shuffled out of the room. Lily didn't feel it was her place to correct Mrs. Anderson so she just nodded. When they all had left the room she opened the bags to see what was inside of them. She saw that there was a least 2 pairs of pants, 2 pairs of shorts, 8 or 9 dresses and 8 or 9 sundresses. There was a few bathing suits, about 5 no-sleeve shirts, 10 short sleeve shirts, 10 long sleeve shirts, a few bathing suits, tons of shoes, plus makeup, a blowdryer, hair accessories, jewelry, and just about everything else a girl needs to survive. Wow! Mrs. Anderson went all out to help me! Wow! Even though none of these clothes are me, they are really nice! Lily ended up picking out the most comfortable looking pair of blue jeans and an emerald green short- sleeve shirt that matched her eyes perfectly. Lily glanced at the clock it was 3 o'clock. She quickly brushed her hair and pulled it back into a messy ponytail. Then she quickly left the room.

She had no idea where she was going but she just kept walking turning left and right every now and then. She found many different rooms, one full of pictures, one that looked small enough only for a house elf, another room that changed colors to match the mood of the occupant. When Lily walked in, the room turned blue. Lily guessed that this meant depressed because she felt very very depressed.

She had no idea where exactly in England she was, she was at a home in which she met the residence not even six hours ago, not to mention Dani was probably worried sick about her because she was going to be going to her house and she didn't show.

Finally she found what looked like a family room. It had a TV with several games systems hooked up, a chess set, piano, computer, etc... in it. Isaac Matt, and another boy, who she guessed was Kevin, were playing a game on the one of the systems.

"Umm, hey guys." Lily said hesitantly. They all turned aground and grinned. Lily saw Kevin's face for the first time, and she had to say, of all of them, he was the cutest. He was 6 feet, had brown hair down to his ears, and had a very sweet grin.

"Hey Lily!" They said.

"Matt told both of us everything that you told him while I was gone with my mum," Isaac said, "This is Kevin, he knows just was much as the rest of us about why you're here now."

"But what they didn't tell me was how beautiful you are," Kevin said as he smiled at Lily. Lily blushed deeply, getting almost as red as her hair.

"Umm, thank you. So whatcha guys doing?"

"We're playing Super Smash Brothers Melee on the Gamecube," Isaac responded, "I doubt that you'd know how to play..."

"What, you take me to be a sissy? I know how to play it! I own it, at, a- at, at my, umm well, never mind." Lily's voice broke, she couldn't think about her old home anymore. It brought back first the good memories then the bad, the bad sticking worse than every before.

She walked over to where the boys were playing, plopped down on the floor and grabbed the last controller. Kevin sat down next to her and put his arm around her shoulder, "Shh Lily, its ok. Why don't you play with us? Then you can forget about everything."

Lily laughed, "Well I already have grabbed a controller, ended your game, and picked out a character. I guess that means that I wasn't going to play? I love this game! I am the master at it. NO ONE has EVER beaten me! So prepare to be beaten."

The boys were all thinking different things. Kevin was thinking, "Boy is she hot! If she stays here long enough to know me better, I'm going to ask her out!" Matt was thinking, "Kevin is flirting with her!? I wanted to go out with her! Besides, Kevin doesn't deserve her! I sat with her for three hours talking, and I rescued her from the beach!" Isaac was thinking, "What! A master on the Gamecube? Puleeze! She's a girl! No girl has ever been or will ever be a master, and no girl will ever beat me!"

Lily looked at them all with surprise, "Why are you all staring at me? What, you think I'm not good enough?" Lily's grin got wider, "I'll let you have the advantage of picking the stadium, then I'll beat you all and laugh!"

They played and laughed for a long time, stopping only when Mrs. Anderson came in to say that dinner was ready. It turned out that the boys were wrong. Lily indeed was the master of the game. She was undefeated and even if all three of them ganged up on her, she still won. One time when they had done three vs. one and Lily had only died twice, yet she managed to kill each of them at least six times.

Lily found out that Isaac's mom was a witch and that his dad was a muggle. No magic was ever done in the house so that he wouldn't know. Plus, no owls were supposed to be sent, but only received, and all owls were to drop off the letter in the recipient's room so that no interruptions were made and Mr. Anderson (who insisted that Lily call him Zach) wouldn't notice. Isaac had two younger siblings, Elijah, or Eli, now 11 and starting his first year of Hogwarts in September (seeing as he is first year he doesn't know what house he would be in). His other sibling is Olivia, or Libby, now 8 and very eager to see if she was able to go to the same school as her brothers (she wasn't allowed to know that it was a witch and wizard school so that she wouldn't let it slip around her father).

Matt as an only child and had two purebloods for parents. He didn't see what was so special about it though, they kept telling him to be "proud of his heritage", but well he didn't think it was necessary. If you're a witch/wizard, you are a witch/wizard, it doesn't matter what blood type you are.

Kevin had purebloods for parents as well. But unlike Matt he was proud of his heritage. He didn't hate muggle born witches and wizards though like his parents did however. He had one other sibling, a twin brother, Tom. Tom wasn't one of the threesome. He felt it was his need to warn others about the pranks rather than help the boys do them. Tom was going into Ravenclaw, something his parents and Kevin weren't very happy about. They had wanted them both in the same house. But they were proud none the less.

Lily lay in bed that night thinking about her new friends. They were all so nice to her! And whenever something reminded her of her awful home (Lily somehow managed to tell them about it) Kevin would put his arm around her and tell her that it would be ok, and that they wouldn't ever do anything to hurt her or make her feel bad in any way. And that they were her friends, no matter what. They even invited her to go swimming with them the next day. Lily was so excited that she found it hard to fall asleep. But when she did, she slept the best that she ever had in years.

I am unsure as to what to call the next chapter. We will be seeing some of the Dani/Potter group and the Lily/Jusketeer group so i will decide on what to call it when i finish typing it up. Also i want to say that this was one of my longest chapters (actually i think THE longest) and i doubt that the others will be this long but still... i don't know...