Senara woke early in order to have one more look around Hogsmeade without being noticed. The sun had not yet risen but the sky was well on its way to being light. So she trudged out of the shack, the door squeaking loudly as it opened and closed. She rubbed her arms to keep warmer as she neared the village.
Keeping to the shadows, she flitted along, peering into each building quickly. The shopkeepers were busy making ready for their day, so she decided to sit down on a bench just inside Hogsmeade. From there, she could see Hogwarts, so she curled there, bringing her knees up to her chin and gazed at the towering silhouette of the school as the sun rose. Smiling to herself, a thought flickered through her mind that the students of the castle would only just be waking… well, some of them at least.
And indeed, some were waking. Remus and James were up and out of bed only a few minutes after the sun had risen. They were quickly dressed as they wished to sepnd as much time as possible in Hogsmeade.
However, since Sirius and Peter were such deep sleepers, or at least they were not easy to get out of bed very quickly, the two fully awake Marauders had to… encourage them to wake up. For Peter, it was relatively simple, just scare him out of his wits. James took care of that by transfiguring his pillow into a snake. The screams at least brought Sirius half away, but Remus still had to tickle him with a spell to get him up and out of bed.
But soon all four boys were hurrying excitedly down to the Great Hall to grab a couple of pieces of toast to tide them over for the "journey" to Hogsmeade. Once there, they could have something much more satisfying for the tastebuds, Honeyduke's chocolate.
So, as they meandered back out the doors and past the wizened, scraggly professor checking them off, they bumped into Lily. James immediately invited her along.
"Hey, Lily. Wanna come with us today?" he asked, his voice confident but his eyes on the ground.
Lily grinned in response. "Sure, why not?" she replied blithely. There was a small grumble from Sirius about having a girl along, but it was silenced with a warning glance from both James and Remus.
Thusly, they continued on, simply adding another to their midst. Stopping just outside Hogsmeae, the five cast a measuring glance about the little village. The bround was covered in snow from the recent storm and they had gotten there early enough that there weren't a great many out. Just the actual residents of Hogsmeade and a student here or there. There was no one on the cold bench now.