Infiltration

Many days later, Len had fuffiled her dare by putting a Temporary Sticking charm on her chair, and the chair legs. It was getting into March now, and James pulled Sirius and Remus aside one day because he had an idea.

"Guys, do you remember when Len climbed up the railing to the girls dorms? Well, I bet that's how we can get up the stairway!"

"I don't know James. Our girlfriends would kill us if they saw us in their dorms." Remus said. Sirius agreed.

"Oh come on guys! Where's your Marauder spirit? We use the invisibility cloak!"

"Hey, that could work!" Sirius said excitedly.

"I don't know…" Remus said doubtfully.

"Come on Moony! Don't you want a chance to see Len in a towel maybe…" James said, trying to convince him.

Remus obviously liked being a Marauder, because he agreed. "Well, I guess. But if they see us, it was your idea. I only come along to make sure you two don't see something you shouldn't."

"Alright Moony!" Sirius said.

"So, tonight when there are no more girls left in the common room, we grab the cloak, and climb up the railing. Got it?" James said.

" Got it!"

"…got it."

So that evening, the boys waited until the last girl, Greta, went to bed. Then, they went up and grabbed the cloak, and covered themselves and went to the common room.

Since they hadn't been under the cloak for a while, they had to get used to it. Once they were, they stepped on the slippery ledge that was part of the railing. They climbed up, and were careful not to slip. They got up, and went quickly but silently to their dorms. They were almost caught when Barbarra, their dormmate, came out. But the boys took the opened door and went in.

Their jaws dropped. Melissa was sitting on her bed, which was to the left of Lily's, and was wearing a low-cut, short nightgown. She was doing her nails. On the other side of Lily's bed, was Len, using an over-large shirt as a nightgown. But it was still short. She was on her stomach, doing a DADA essay. She waved her legs as she wrote down the answer to something. But then James' jaw dropped as Lily came out of the bathroom, nothing on but a towel. She went over to her bed, and just as she was about to get changed, Remus put a hand over James' and Sirius's face. He put a finger to his lips as they opened their mouthes to protest. By the time he opened his eyes, and put his hand back, she had changed and was chatting with the others. James whispered an insult to Remus, but stopped when he heard what they were saying.

" So, tommorow we shouldn't have much homework because it's Friday. How about a GN?" Lily said.

"Sounds great. By the way, are you guys going to tell James and Sirius about the secret?" Len asked.

Lily thought for a moment. "I might. I don't think he'd blab to anyone if I swore him to secrecy."

"I think I'll have to know Sirius for a while longer before I tell him. By the end of the year maybe." Melissa said, finnishing her nails.

"Well, lets go to bed. If we're going to have one, we'll need rest. G'night." Len said as she pulled the covers over herself. They all said goodnight, and fell asleep. Now, the boys faced another problem. Getting out. They saw that the girls were in a deep sleep. They could tell by their eyes moving under the eyelids. That meant that they were dreaming. They started to quietly disscuss ways to get out. Remus shushed them, remembering the time that Len had told him about being able to fake a deep sleep. They decided it would be best to open the door a tiny bit, and go out. They did so, and climbed down the railing. They slipped through the common room, and up to the boy's rooms.

"Remus, why didn't you let me see her?" James complianed.

"I told you, its my job to make sure you don't. That's why I did it. Not to mention that if she ever found out she would absolutely kill you." Remus replied, climbing into bed.

"So, did you hear them? What do you suppose their secret is?" Sirius siad.

"I hope its not something dangerous." James pondered.

"I don't know. What do you think Moony?" Sirius asked.

"I'm not telling you." He mumbled from underneath the covers.

"So you do know! Come on Moony old pal, tell us! We wont tell anyone!" James pleaded.

"You heard what the girls said. If your gonna know, their going to tell you themselves." He said, and didn't respond to any further questions. So, James and Sirius gave up, for now, and headed to bed. But not before they had a plan for the next day.

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That morning, Remus woke up to a mess of a room. He sighed. He was still tired, so he started to fall back to sleep. Then, a large bucket of ice cold water was tossed on the bed. That woke him up. He then saw James and Sirius laughing their heads off, an empty bucket in their hands. Remus reached for his wand and dried himself off, then used a jynx that Len had taught him. It was basically a super-laxitive. James and Sirius would be going to the bathroom a lot.

They went down to the common room and met the girls. At the great hall, both victims excused themselves numerous times during breakfast. When they asked Remus about it, he answered truthfully and people stared at them for laughing so loud. They split up for classes, and met for lunch. It became common sight for someone to see James or Sirius running to the nearest bathroom. The teachers even asked if they might have had an allergic reaction to something they ate for breakfast.

At that point Remus had to take off the spell. But not before another tape of James and Sirius running to the bathroom with pained expressions on their faces was added to the Blackmail Collection. Len made all the separate tapes into one, and hid it and put charms on it with Lily's help.

That night, Lily was right. They didn't have much homework. The three girls spent their free time doing several assignements. Then James and Sirius got angry at Remus for deciding not to go. They couldn't care less about that he wouldn't go, but he gave the girls such a head start by telling them off for going. By the time the friends had got to the North tower, the girls had transformed and were watching them with a disappointed glance. The girls were even a little envious of Len, because she was the only one with a boyfriend that wasn't trying to invade their privacy. Lily's anger grew as James looked out the window and waved to Sirius. He came over, and at the confermation that her boyfriend was here too, Melissa stiffened. She then let off a loud cry, one that could easily get the boys caught. Then she flew away, Len glared at the boys, and flew after her with Lily.

James and Sirius frowned. The birds were acting strange, that's a certain. But he didn't have time to ponder it, as both boys could hear the cat approaching. That raven had given them away. They quickly covered themselves with the cloak, and ran back to the dorms.

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Remus was upset. Len had arrived and told him that he should tell the others not to expect nice treatment in the morning. That meant that they had seen the girls, but probably didn't see them transform. There would have been more yelling. Then, just as he was stuffing away Len's personally delivered note (she didn't dare transform on anywhere but the tower.) the boys came in. Sirius looked curiously at the very guilty look on Remus's face. But then James started talking.

"I cant believe they escaped again! We were right on their trail! Next time we'll have to go to the tower before hand…" James said.

"Um, guys, I really don't think you should follow them again. Len gave me this note." Remus said, as he showed them the note.

Dear Remus,

I think you should tell James and Sirius not to expect nice treatment from Lily and Melissa. They followed us again, and this time it got Lily and Mel super ticked. If I were them, I wouldn't go near them with a ten-foot pole. Don't worry, none of us are angry at you. You didn't follow us and invade our privacy. See you tommorow!

Your girlfriend with very angry best friends, Len.

"This isn't good." James said.

"Well, at least your girl has a chance of forgiving you. I just got going with Melissa. She is so going to dump me…" Sirius trailed off.

"Listen, have you guys heard of apologizing? Just admit you did something wrong, promise never to do it again, and this'll probably all blow away." Remus said in a calm voice.

" I hope so. I don't know what I'd do without Lily." James said. Little did he know that the camcorder was at it again. It was turned on just under the covers of Remus's bed. Once he was sure that they were asleep, he took the tape out, and gave it to the brown owl waiting outside the window. She took it in her solid gold talons, and flew a few windows over to the girls dorms. There, she took it in, and put it with the other. Then she flew up to North tower, and joined her friends.

That next morning the girls were down in the common room. They were perfectly happy until the boys came down their stairs. Lily and Melissa fumed, and Len didn't exactly look welcomingly at anyone but Remus. The boys were going to apologize, but only once they found them, because Lily and Melissa had left at a swift pace through the portrait hole after they saw them. Len gave Remus a quick peck on his cheek, and hurried after her friends.

James refused to use the Marauders Map to invade their privacy again. So, they went on foot, checking all of their usual haunts. The lake, the library, the common room, and even the tower. The girls were nowhere to be found. Remus glanced at the large owl that had been near them all day. Len could fly around without arousing suspicion, because she was an owl. They were a common sight in Hogwarts. She nodded her head towards him, and flew off towards the forrest. So that was where they were hiding. Pheonix tears can cure anything, so they were safe. Remus spoke up.

"Maybe if we send them a letter saying to meet us somewhere, they would respond." He sugested.

Sirius snorted. "If they wanted to talk with us, they wouldn't've hiden. But, we don't have any other ideas." He got out some parchment and a quill. He wrote very neatly that the boys would appreciate them meeting by the lake at one oclock. They sent it off with a school owl, and a half an hour later the same brown owl with gold talons came and dropped of a reply. Remus smiled at the bird, which hooted in return. But James and Sirius werent paying attention to the bird and their best friend. They were happy that the girls had agreed to meet them. They didn't notice that Remus was carrieing on a nice converation with an owl.

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The girls were there, sitting on the grass. The boys came up to them and sat across from them, except Remus, who got up and sat with Len. The all stared at each other for about five minutes, when it appeared that Sirius could no longer stand the silence.

"Okay listen, right now almost all of us hate each other, but can we put that aside for one moment? Melissa, I'm sorry I invaded your privacy, and I will never follow you girls again. That's all I can say." He said, with a loud huff.

James spoke up. "Lily, listen. I cant undo what I did last night, but I'm sorry and it'll never happen again. Will you forgive me?"

The girls stared. Then Lily sighed and closed her eyes for a moment, as if weighing consecquenses. All three girls glanced at each other, and obviously came to some sort of agreement. Lily turned to them.

"We cant talk here. Meet us tonight at eleven oclock sharp at the top of North Tower. We'll see you then. Please don't look for us. Oh, and James, stop looking so worried." She said with an encouraging smile, then the three girls went off towards the castle, Len giving Remus a goodbye kiss, and left the boys alone.