Disclaimer: See first chapter

Meeting at Madam Malkin's

Against the Potter's wishes Dumbledore had sent out a Hogwarts letter to Lily, who received it the same day as everyone else, Friday, July 29.

When Lily woke up that Friday morning she found a letter sitting on the other side of her bed. Who is the world is this from? I've mailed all of my friends about where I was but none of them had tried to contact me at all! And it has been a MONTH! Maybe it is the Hogwarts letter. Yes, that must be it.

Lily sat up and grabbed the letter. Green ink, yes, that is DEFINATLY the Hogwarts letter. That green ink gave it away in an instant.

Dear Miss Evans,

You have been made prefect again of Gryfinndor house this year. There are two new Gryfinndor sixth years this year, Isaac Anderson and Matthew Van Rynn. Please welcome them and make them feel at home. The other sixth year prefect is Remus Lupin and the two new Gryfinndor prefects are Larry Thomas and Hope Harrington. Although most of the responsibility will lie on the fifth year prefects, the sixth year's job is to patrol the corridors and to plan the ball. It is up to all of the prefects and the Head Boy and Girl to decide the date however. The sixth years will be in charge of every other aspect.

Your supply list is enclosed.

Sincerely,

Headmaster Dumbledore.

Lily was ecstatic; she was going to plan the ball! She defiantly wanted a Christmas orientated one. There was so much to plan! The decorations, theme, dress code, music, beverages and dinner… But one thing struck her as odd. In all of the years that she had attended Hogwarts, the deputy headmistress Professor Hinsop always sent out the letters, not Headmaster Dumbledore. Oh well, it's still the same letter.

Lily was looking over the supply list when there was a loud banging on the door.

"Lily it's us!" (Kevin)

"Did you get your Hogwarts letter?" (Isaac)

"Can we come in?" (Matt)

"Hello! Yes, and Yes." Lily said as three bodies toppled through the door waving letters written in green ink in their hands.

"Hey Lily," Matt started, "This letter tells up that you and Remus Lupin have to help poor Isaac and I learn the ropes at our new school."

"Yeah that's right. But it shouldn't be poor you guys, it should be poor me and Remus! Hey Kevin! Before you say anything, let me guess who has to show you around. Lucious Malfoy and Narcissa–"

"Yeah, I really wish now that I was in Gryfinndor, or even in Ravenclaw with Tom. Then at least I'd know some people!"

"I know some pretty decent people in Slytherin; Severous Snape, Rachel DeHaan, and Lauren Lane. They are really nice! I'm sure that you will get along."

"Yeah, right…"

"Well… when do you three want to go get our Hogwarts stuff? Today? I need new robes and you three need to get some to begin with."

"Yeah sure! We don't have anything else to do today."

"Before we go, I think that we need a plan. If anyone recognizes you Lily, should we say that you ARE Lily or should we make up a new past. Because I am sure that we won't be the only ones there. Plus we are going to have to stay there for the rest of the summer because London is a two hour drive from here and it would be pointless to go home and then come back again later. Might as well save us four hours in the car."

Lily decided that they should call her something different. If James and his friends came, she didn't want him to bug her. She just wanted to be left alone with her new friends. Of course if Dani came she would tell her what happened. It's not like she would tell Potter, they were all sworn enemies.

When they walked into the Leaky Cauldron after a two hour drive the immediately signed up for a room. Lily signed under her real name knowing the confidentiality of customers wouldn't be broken and the boys got a room for themselves as well.

After they got settled in, they went to Gringotts to get their money…

James woke up early and went to breakfast. After badgering the house elves to get him some food he sat down at the breakfast table. It had been over a month, he couldn't believe. Today July 29th, it was over a month since anyone had seen or heard from Lily. More than a month ago he was talking to Lily in the street, and she was getting furious with him, yelling at him.

James was eating his blueberry pancakes when an owl came in with six Hogwarts letters. One for each of the Marauders, one for Dani, and Sarah. James took his and sighed. There should have been one for Lily. He opened it up hoping to see if it said who was the new sixth year prefects, Remus was and, LILY? Lily couldn't be, Dumbledore must have made a mistake. Lily had been gone for a month, no one has any idea where she is, and she was presumed dead by the ministry. Dumbledore was told this as well.

Remus came in not to long after.

"I see our letters have arrived." He said as he opened his. "Umm, does Dumbledore know what happened? Cause it says that Lily is the sixth year prefect…"

"Yes, he does. I guess he just made a mistake."

"Oh… hmmm looks like we have two Gryfinndor transfers."

"Oh really? Who? From where?"

"It doesn't say from where. But their names are Isaac Anderson and Matthew Van Rynn."

"WHO?" Dani had come in the room and stopped short when she heard the names of the transfers. "WHO IS TRANSFERING? Please don't say what I thought that you did…"

"Umm, Isaac Anderson and Matthew Van Rynn, Why?"

"Matt was my neighbor in the states, he had his two friends Isaac and Kevin over during the summer and they played some really mean pranks on me all the time. Well at least it doesn't say that Kevin transferred."

"Well, he could just be in a different house." James said logically.

"Please, don't say that. I don't want to hear about it."

"Did you say that they played pranks? Why Prongs, this means we could be out of a job!" Sirius mocked surprise and rejection, as he walked into the room.

"Padfoot my old friend, no one can beat the Marauders."

Peter and Sarah came in not to long after.

"So -yawn- did our letters come yet?" Sarah asked.

"Yup"

"So who's the new prefect?" Peter asked.

"Dani, is it you? Cause it could only be one of us, or those prats Jessica and Ashley. And if either of those get to be, I think that I'll be sick-"

"Well, um we think that Dumbledore forgot what happened. You see, he still has Lily down for prefect"

They all looked down at their feet. The ministry was still acting stupid saying "we have better things to do than to look for a silly girl who probably just ran away."

"So, when do you want to go get our supplies? We don't have anything planned for today." Remus said trying to start up a conversation.

"Sure, why not. This way we can avoid the rush, besides, I am running out of stuff from Zonko's."

"Then lets leave right away. We can spend all day there stay at Leaky Cauldron and spend the day there tomorrow too."

James and the others decided to walk to Diagon Alley because it was so close, however, Lily and her friends had to take a taxi to the middle of London.

Lily got there with her friends at almost noon, they quickly checked in to reserve a room and headed off to Gringotts (told you this already but well, anyway). Lily never had kept her key with her; she kept it protected at Gringotts by the goblins. They gave her a special truth serum that only the goblins had access to and basically only the Gringotts employees knew about besides those who needed to use it. Lily had to do this in her third year when her parents had tried to take all of her money out. They had gotten upset with her when Potter had knocked on their door to talk to her (they didn't want any boy every near her, over protective which led to abusiveness). They tried to take her key, ever since then she had it protected by the goblins. Isaac, Matt, and Kevin gave the goblins their keys and after a few wobbly cart rides later, they walked out of the bank, pockets full of coins, first stop Madam Malkin's Robes.

"Hey guys, I need to get new robes, mine are to small. Anyone want to come with me?" James asked. They had already gotten their money and wanted to quickly get their list out of the way so that they could spend the rest of the time relaxing.

There was a chorus of sure s, and I need new ones too, and they all set off.

"Hello Madam! I need new robes and so do these three fine gentlemen. They are transfers into Hogwarts, Those two Gryfinndor and the other Slytherin." Lily said brightly.

"That you Lily my dear? How wonderful to see you? Who are these fine gentlemen?

"Isaac Anderson, Matt Van Rynn, and Kevin Kikkert, my new friends who rescued me from the beach." Lily said giggling. She hoped that no one else she knew would recognize her. She didn't mind Madam Malkin knowing that it was her, they were good friends (She had helped Lily out greatly in her first year. Told her to read all the books she could so that she was caught up and no one knew her heritage, many judged people by that. Lily had taken her advice and had gotten many many books that weren't on the Hogwarts list, actually she read too many. Lucious Malfoy had seen that she was too smart to be a pureblood and told the whole school.).

"Very well, go in the back to be measured." She said, then she whispered to Lily, "That Matt is quite a looker!"

"Sorry Madam, I'm going out with Kevin."

"Bad luck going out with a Slytherin, I'm just saying. He's going to break your heart when you least expect it."

"Madam Malkin! I am shocked at you!"

"Sorry dear. Now go in the back with the others. Some more Hogwarts students are on their way!"
Lily quickly went in the back. If others were coming she didn't want to be up there with them. If she stood in the back and didn't say much, maybe they wouldn't notice her. She could only hope. But she was wrong, the people she heard enter the shop would definitely notice her, it was Potter and his group.

"Lily, what's wrong?" Kevin asked.

"Sh… it's Potter. Act normal ok? Maybe they won't see me. Laugh on the count of three," They had been whispering and were really close. She didn't want it to look suspicious. "One, two, three!"

Loud laughing came from farther back in the shop. James looked up quickly and couldn't believe his eyes. There were three boys and a girl in the back being measured. The girl had long auburn hair and looked exactly like Lily. He barely heard Madame Malkin tell them to go back there to get measured. He only started to move when Peter almost knocked him over, and them he raced back there with only one though in mind, That had to be Lily, Lily is alive!!!

"Umm, excuse me." James started uncertainly, "Lily? Is that you?"

Lily looked at him confused. "Who are you talking to? There is no Lily around here, unless you can see something we can't."

"Hey James! Who you talking to?" Sirius practically shouted on his way over to where James stood. "OH MY WORD!!! Is that you Lily?"

Lily hated lying! She just hated it, especially to her friends (not saying that James, Sirius, Remus and Peter are her friends, but she saw Dani and Sarah) but she had to. "No, my name is NOT Lily! Why does everyone keep insisting that I am this Lily person? I don't even KNOW a Lily!"

"Yeah," Matt piped in, he saw that Lily was getting really uncomfortable and didn't want her to break, "I have know her (he pointed at Lily) all of my life, she was my neighbor. PLUS the four of us have been friends for ages! And we went to schools in the same area."

"What schools?" Dani asked. She knew these boys and wanted them to fall into a trap.

"Us guys went to Chopiniac and she went to Salem. The two schools had dances and stuff together so we hung around her then too." Kevin said jumping into conversation. He had recognized Dani and decided that he had to be somewhat telling the truth. It was true about the two schools having dances and stuff and he hoped that Dani would think that she just forgot about Lily.

Madame Malkin came back with the robes for the Jusketeers and Lily, "Here you are dears. That will be four galleons each."

They quickly paid Madame Malkin and left the store to do their other shopping. They were not at all eager to spend any more time around James Potter and his friends. Lily had not seen Dani there, after Matt had started talking she had zoned out. "Whew, that was close," Lily muttered as they walked next door into Flourish and Blotts.

Thanks to susan, monkeygirl, hollyevans, and diffen doofer for the reviews. now to answer some of the questions...

Susan: No, Lily doesn't exactly remember what happened.... that is all i am saying till a future chapter
Monkeygirl: This wasn't a question of yours but... just to let you know Matt IS a really sweet guy!! (in character... i actually know a Matt and HE isn't so sweet LOL)
HolleyEvans: When i had written this i had originally decided to plan it exactly that way... they find her, she goes back, etc.. etc... but then someone suggested something like this and i thought that i MIGHT be able to do something with this better. i don't know yet but we'll see.
Diffen Doofer: Thanks so much for the complement! :blushes:

Now i am off! I must go to deliver papers for a friend. Will update soon! (hopefully)