I finally, finally, FINALLY got over my writer's block! I know this chapter is a little off-pattern (Lily's POV), but I had the idea and it's as if someone flipped the switch in my brain to 'on'. Anyway, please read, enjoy and review on Year 6!


That small sliver of hope kept James's flame for Lily burning. Despite the fact that Lily seemed to be determined to refuse him, James couldn't help but notice that she wasn't quite as hostile around him anymore. And so, as their 5th year progressed, the Marauders became closer and closer to Lily and her group of friends. It helped a great deal that they had befriended Leila, who ended up being considered an honorary Marauder by the end of the year, considering her love of Quidditch and all things mischievous. Leila turned out to be a very convenient bridge into the female world, and not just so Sirius could find out if his current girlfriend liked his new cologne. We join Lily, Leila, Emmeline and Alice in the 6th year Gryffindor girl's dormitory on a lazy Friday evening, with no homework and nothing to do.

"I'm bored." Groaned Leila, who was laying on her bed, with her head hanging off the side, looking at the girls upside-down. Lily lowered her book (The Fascinating History of Garden Gnome Disputes) and rolled her eyes. "Do something then."

Alice glared at Lily from her spot on the floor. "There isn't anything to do, Lily. We don't' all just lose ourselves in the history of walking potatoes with sharp teeth whenever we're bored." Emmeline let out a groan. "It's Friday night, Lils. How can you possibly read? And for fun, too!"

However, before Lily could reply, Leila sat up so suddenly that she fell off the bed. Undaunted, she sprang up, a huge grin on her face. "I just had the most funderful idea ever!" Lily raised her eyebrows. "Funderful?" Ignoring her, Leila turned to Alice and Emmeline. "We're going to play…" She paused for dramatic effect. "Truth or Dare!"

Alice sat up as Emmeline rolled over, looking interested. However, Lily simply let out a sigh. "That's such an immature game, Leila." Alice cocked an eyebrow. "What, afraid to admit the truth?" Lily glared at her. "What truth?" Leila grinned, an evil glint in her eye. "Oh, I don't know, how about the truth about your feelings towards a certain hazel-eyed Gryffindor seeker?"

Emmeline broke into a fit of giggles as Lily threw her book to the ground and marched over to Leila, glaring at her. The blonde glared right back, the glint still in her eye. After a few seconds, Lily let out a resigned sigh and plopped onto the floor. "Fine." Alice and Emmeline cheered as Leila grinned triumphantly.

"Good girl. Now, just to be sure that we're all being truthful…" Leila walked over to her trunk and rummaged through it for a few moments. Finally, she stood, a small vial in her hand, filled to the top with what appeared to be water. "What is that, Lae?" Lily asked suspiciously. "Veritaserum." Lily gaped at her. "That's one of the most advanced potions taught at Hogwarts! It's N.E.W.T. level! How in the name of Merlin did you make it?"

Leila grinned. Lily couldn't help noticing that Leila had the attractive, mischievous copy-righted Marauder-style grin. Old Sluggy did. I nicked it from his private stores earlier this year." Emmeline high-fived her while Alice applauded. However, Lily's jaw simply dropped. "Nicked it?" She said in a deadly whisper. Leila nodded. "I knew the Marauders would be a bad influence!" With that, Lily exploded.

"So irresponsible, what if you were caught? And I'm a prefect, since you told me it's my duty to tell Professor McGonagall, if she found out I didn't, she would take my badge, but you're my friend! Oh, Leila, I knew those nitwits would rub off on you!" She finally stopped shouting, red in the face and panting.

Leila smiled. "McGonagall isn't going to find out. You know why? Because we're going to get rid of the evidence tonight. Drink up, girls." She took a swig of the potion and passed around until all of the girls had taken the potion except Lily. Emmeline handed it to her. Glaring at Leila, Lily took the vial and downed the last few drops. Then the girls all sat in a circle in the middle of the room.

"OK, I'll go first. We'll spin the bottle to see who asks who." Leila spun the bottle, which ended up pointing at Alice. Leila turned to her. " Alice: truth or dare?" Alice thought for a moment then responded. "Truth." Leila pondered for an moment, then smiled. "All righty then. Alice: what are your thoughts on Frank Longbottom?" Frank Longbottom was a Gryffindor chaser who was a very talented wizard, and was known by the Marauders to fancy Alice. Of course, Sirius had spilled this to Leila first chance he got.

"He's an incredible chaser and wizard and I greatly admire his skills. I also think that he's one of the best-looking guys in our year." Alice clapped a hand over her mouth and turned beet-red as Emmeline and Lily gasped and Leila dropped into a fit of giggles. When she recovered, Leila handed the bottle to Alice. "Your turn, Ali. Oh, and I know for a fact that Frank fancies you." Alice gaped at her. "How do you know that?" Leila winked at her. "Top-secret Marauder business. It's my version of friends with benefits."

Lily grinned. "Is one of these so-called friends with benefits Sirius?" Leila threw a pillow at her from Emmeline's bed, but not before Lily noticed a distinct blush on her usually smooth cheeks. However, before she could ponder on this, Alice had spun the vial, which landed on Leila. "Of course." Leila grumbled. Alice grinned. "Truth or dare?" Leila spoke quickly. "Truth."

Gryffindor girls were known to give vicious dares, and the 6th years were no different. Lily had once had to convince James that she was pregnant with Remus. The memory still caused Leila to require a Calming drought to cease her laughter.

"Right. Lemme think." Emmeline was silent for a moment, then her eyes lit up. "Who, in your opinion, is the most fanciable Marauder, and why?" Leila, for the first time in Lily's memory, went as red as Lily's hair. Leila was as slick as ice, and was close to never embarrassed. "Sirius, because…" Leila seemed to be growing redder by the second. "Becausehe'sagreatQuidditchplayerandanawesomefriendandreallywittyandsmartandGoddamnhottoo." She said this all very, very quickly, but not quickly enough fast enough for the girls to miss the last part. "I KNEW IT!" Lily shrieked, standing up. Leila glared at her. "I never said I fancied him!" Lily glared right back. "Do you?" Leila sat back down. "Too bad, Lils, but only one question per turn." Was it Lily's imagination, or was Lily still flushed?

Leila spun the vial again, which landed on Lily. An evil glint appeared in her eye. "Truth or dare, Lils?" She asked. "Dare." Lily could risk public humiliation to keep her deepest, darkest secrets safe. Convincing James she was pregnant with his best friend was actually less humiliating than when she had spilled about her fancying Remus in 3rd year. Which, coincidentally, was the year that she was supposedly carrying his child.

Leila grinned wickedly. "All right then. I dare you to go into the boy's dorm and ptu your bra on James's bed." Lily gaped at her. "It's a dare, Lily. You've got to do it." Emmeline said, her voice choked with badly concealed laughter. Lily stood up, went to her drawer, pulled out her pink-with-black-lace bra, shoved it in her pocket and started out the door, Leila close behind her.

Before they exited the corridor leading to the stairs into the common room, Leila pulled her aside. "OK, here's the plan. The guys should still be in the common room. You stay in the shadows so they don't see you while I go and talk to them to make sure that they don't go into the dorms. James's bed is the one on the far left corner, with all the Quidditch posters. The one across from it is Sirius's, with all the posters of blondes on the walls. Dump the lingerie, then make a break for it. I'll meet you up here in a few minutes, just to be sure." Lily gave her a strange look. "How do you know so much about the boy's dorms, Lae?" Leila returned the weird look. "Puh-lease. I'm practically a guy myself in their eyes. I've been up there a million times. Now, go!"

Lily snuck through the shadows behind Leila down the staircase. Sure enough, the four Marauders were lounging on the chairs closest to the fire. Leila headed towards them as Lily inched towards the boy's staircase. As she slipped up the stairs, she heard Leila laugh and Sirius start yelling at someone. Honestly, Lily thought as she approached the 6th year boy's dorm, why don't they just admit they fancy each other and get it over with already? Who do they think they're kidding? A guy in their eyes, psssh. Maybe to Peter, Remus and James, but definitely not to Sirius. She hasn't seen the way he looks at her, I suppose. However, Lily's thoughts were interrupted when she reached the 6th year's dormitory. She took a deep breath, then turned the doorknob and slipped inside.

If Lily had to describe the boy's dorm in one word, it would most definitely be 'messy'. It was as if they hadn't cleaned all year, except the bed closest to the door and the space around it, which was as neat as the girl's dorm, with books piled up neatly on the nightstand. Remus's bed, Lily mused. Past that was an un-made bed with Quidditch posters surrounding it. Across from it was a bed (also un-made) surrounded by blonde girls in bikinis. Yup, that was Sirius's. She inched towards James's bed, as if there was someone else in the room that she needed to get past undetected. She took a deep breath, reached into her pocket and pulled out her bra.

In a flash, she dropped it on the bed, sprinted to the door and only stopped running when she reached the stairs, which she tip-toed down, the scurried across the common room towards the girl's staircase. Sure enough, the Marauders were absorbed in conversation with Leila, not noticing any disturbance in their surroundings. For one heart-stopping second, Lily thought she saw James's eyes flicker towards her, but then her returned his gaze to the chipper veela in front of him. Lily took this chance to sprint the last few steps to the girl's staircase, and into the 6th year's dorm.

She closed the door, panting. Alice and Emmeline looked up expectantly. "Well?" Emmeline asked. Lily gave her the thumbs-up. She recounted her adventure to the girls while they waited for Leila to return. A few moments later, the blonde joined them, and Lily had to recount her adventure.

They then returned to their game of Truth or Dare. The remainder of the game was spent finding out who fancied whom (Leila finally admitted to fancying Sirius, but only under the influence of Veritaserum), crazy dares (Emmeline ended up cornering a first year Gryffindor boy and shouting at him to 'give her back her possum'.) and lots and lots of laughs. The girls went to bed a few hours later, all having thoroughly humiliated themselves, but all were in good spirits.

However, Lily lay awake awhile before falling asleep, wondering deeply about her feelings for a certain raven-haired Gryffindor 6th year. Surprisingly, Leila hadn't asked her to admit her feelings for James, but Lily didn't know if this was a good thing or not. The thought of her fancying James wasn't as repulsive as it had seemed in, say, 5th year. He had come over as much more tolerable this year, not hitting on her every chance her got. The last thought Lily had before she fell asleep was to wonder if she would ever see that pink and black bra again.


Meanwhile, a group of very tired 6th year boys were returning to their dorm from one of their many nightly excursions around Hogwarts from underneath the safety of James's invisibility cloak. Sirius was laughing. "Imagine the looks on those slimy Slytherin's faces when they wake up and have to shovel their way out of bed!" James grinned. "Yeah, it'll be priceless. Imagine having frostbite when you wake up under a blanket of snow. Nice charm there, Moony." Remus smiled. "They deserved it, after bullying those poor Muggleborn 1st years." Peter opened his mouth to reply, but was cut of by James. "Er, guys? Anybody lose something?" He held up a hot pink bra that had black lace around the edges. Sirius collapsed into a fit of laughter as Remus raised his eyebrows. However, Peter looked confused. "What is that thing?" Sirius stopped laughing long enough to give him an incredulous look. "It's a bra. Wormtail. Really, how thick can you get?" Peter nodded. The room was silent for a second. "It's a type of female underwear, Peter." Remus explained. "Oh." Peter said, finally understanding. The room went quiet once again as the boys changed quietly, as to not wake their fellow Gryffindors. "Wait, what's it for?" Peter asked, looking at Remus. Remus went pink. "Er…Sirius, you know the most about girls. Why don't you answer that?" Sirius shook his head. "No way, Moony. It was on Prongs's bed. He can explain it to poor, clueless Wormtail here."

"'Night, guys!" James exclaimed, quickly climbing into bed and tightly closing the curtains on his four-poster bed. "Yup, 'night, all!" Sirius said, doing the same. Remus followed suit. "Wait! I still don't know what a bra's for!" Peter cried. Sirius let out a fake snore. "Oh, well. I'll ask Leila tomorrow." The room was quiet for a moment, then Sirus spoke. "I'm starting to feel sorry for Lae. First she has to console James about the whole Evans issue, now she has to explain feminine things to Wormtail."

You could practically hear the grin in James's voice. "Don't' forget about her having to put up with you drooling over her all the time, Padfoot." "Shut up." Sirius grunted. "At least I know about the female species. Honestly, it's as if Peter is completely lost. I wouldn't be surprised if he asked poor Lae what a period is." The boys chuckled for a moment. Then Peter again broke the silence. "Wait, what is a period?" The other three Marauders answered in unison: "'Night, Peter!" The room then fell silent, except for Peter's protests. "Wait, guys! I don't know, really! Guys? Guys!" He was greeted only with James's snores and Sirius's mumbling in his sleep, which sounded awfully like the word "Leila". With a sigh, Peter closed his eyes, relaxed, and fell asleep, only to ponder in his small-minded dreams about the female species.


This chapter was so much fun to write! Sorry to all people who like Peter, but he seemed a little...slow on the

uptake to me in the book. Anyway, thanks for reading, and as soon as I get some reviews, there will be an update! Year 7 is next!