That evening I stayed in the library until past midnight, working on getting all of my homework done, then after realising the time, had to leg it back to the Gryffindor tower all on my own. Marlene had swanned off with Rio, a friend of hers from Divination (which she was stupid enough to take and I wasn't. I took Ancient Runes. Go me.) so I was all aloney, on my owney. As I sprinted along the corridor which I knew led vaguely in the direction of the common room, I heard voices coming towards me, so, being sensible, I stopped and flattened myself against the wall as it was pretty skinny corridor and it sounded like there were quite a few of them.

I only realised who it actually was when it was too late.

"Why, its Evans wee Evans!" drawled Black, spotting me as he came around the corridor, followed as ever by the two other guys I don't know the names of. Who are they, exactly? All they ever seem to do is hang around with Potter and Black and snigger when they insult people.

Hang on a second. Black, nameless guy A, other nameless guy B. Wasn't there someone missing out of that equation?

"Black," I responded coolly as they all drew to a halt in front of me, "Where's your bitch?"

He frowned. "My bitch?"

"You know. Potter."

He quirked an eyebrow at that. "Sorry, you confused me. I thought you were the only bitch around here."

"Confused is your natural state, Black," I bit back. (Oh yeah! Brilliant comeback, Lily! High five!)

Nameless guy A sniggered slightly at that, and I gave him my best 'prepare to die' look.

He stopped sniggering.

Black meanwhile, I was pleased to see, was still floundering way out at sea searching for a comeback that could beat mine. "Yeah? Yeah? Well…well, you're just a loser!" Was the best he could come up with.

The high level intelligence rate was starting to suffocate me. I decided to bring to conversation down a level.

"You never answered my question. Where is Potter?"

"For someone who supposedly hates James, you seem to be awfully interested in where he is," stated Nameless guy B in a bland sort of way. I looked at him.

"Who the hell ARE you?" I exploded, "All you ever do is stand there and not say anything! In fact, I think that's the first time I've ever heard you talk!"

Black creased up laughing. "Priceless. He's been here five years and you've never even heard him talk." He laughed harder. "I've told you you should speak up more, Moony!"

I looked at Nameless Guy B. "Your name is Moony?" I asked disbelievingly. Black went into a fresh wave of laughter. NGB smiled slightly.

"No, that's just what he calls me," he practically shouted over Black's laughter. "My actual name is Remus." He looked kind of hurt. "It's weird introducing yourself to a girl you've known for five years."

I arched an eyebrow at him. "So you're telling me you know who I am?"

He nodded. "Of course. You're Lily Evans. Top of Potions and Charms class."

Ok, that was downright odd. He knew my name.

And he still hadn't told me where Potter was.

"So…you were going to tell me why you've all ventured out without Potter?" I said in the first available gap in Black's insane barking.

I saw him and Moony exchange glances. Sorry – I can't stop calling him that now. Hope it doesn't slip out.

"Ask us no questions, Evans," said Black eventually after the smallest hesitation, "And we'll tell you no lies. Why does it matter to you, anyway?"

"It doesn't," I replied immediately. "I was just…curious."

Moony's eyes sparkled weirdly. Creep. "Curiosity killed the cat, Lily," he said softly, then looked round at Black. "We should go, Sirius."

"Yeah," he agreed, flashing the briefest grin at me, "See you later, Evans."

And with that, all three of them just walked off, leaving me to stand there and frown at the wall.

That had been extremely odd. What had Black meant, I mused, when he said "ask us no questions...and we'll tell you no lies'? Did that mean they were up to no good? I hesitated, squinting down the corridor at the corner they had disappeared behind. That Moony bloke had been decidedly weird as well. And they had all clammed up when I had asked about Potter. Like they had something to hide…

I turned to carry on with my path to the Gryffindor tower, but another thought bought me screeching to a halt. It was after curfew – well over it in fact. They were definitely up to no good.

Hmmm.

Now, Lily, lets not rush into anything here. Let's think about this logically. Don't do anything hasty. You have just seen Black, Moony and Thingy out for a late night stroll, probably going to meet Potter, they have just left around the corner, if you run you could catch them up, you could catch them in the act…

Before I knew it, I was running as fast as I could back up the corridor, determined to catch them up before I lost them.

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