A number of frustrated reviews have informed me, that certain individuals are strangely curious to find out about what June Leto is doing exactly. While I cannot promise what shall be revealed in due time, I can happily inform you that by the end of the week Halloween day would be covered. Halloween has been split into three chapters, just so everyone knows. Far to complex for one.

I would love to know if anyone thinks I own this, because that would give me the opportunity to refute their hypothesis.

Haunting on All Hallows

Sirius woke up quite suddenly.

There was a loud quaking noise coming from the bathrooms. Huge and horrible, it sounded like that of a monster of sorts. He lost his head for a minute and felt sure it must be a hag. That did not make sense, as even if a hag entered the castle, she wouldn't be able to come into the boys dormitory.

He toppled off the bed and pressed his hands to his ears trying to think through the noise. He looked around to see Peter under the blankets, his head peeping out. Remus on the other hand had fallen upside down and was staring groggily into space.

Sirius jumped to his feet and grabbed the nearest thing on his bedside. Feeling for his wand he pointed at anything randomly. Similarly Remus and Peter jumped behind him as they approached the bathrooms, grimacing because of the noise.

"What is it?" asked Wormtail quietly.

"I thought it was a hag," Sirius whispered back.

"Only one way to find out," said Remus, and they attacked.

Sirius gave an animal roar as he jumped into the bathroom and tackled whatever he saw first. Peter charged with a bottle of shampoo and entangled himself into the curtains. Remus was the only one who actually walked into the bathroom and pointed his wand at whatever Sirius had tackled. That happened to be someone standing at the sinks.

"I did not mean for you to charge!" Remus exclaimed, his wand hand still steady even if his expression was exasperated.

James Potter sputtered before them, spitting toothpaste out.

"Exactly what do you blokes think you are doing?" He asked.

"Were you making that noise?" asked Peter, panting, still gripping the shampoo bottle.

"What noise?" asked James, still gasping deeply.

"That horrible noise!" Sirius exclaimed as he got up.

"What do you mean? I was only singing for heaven's sake -"

"Prongs, my lad," Remus said gravely, "I don't know what on earth you were doing to produce such a sound, but I can assure you it wasn't singing."

"Don't be dramatic, Remus -" James began again, but was rudely interrupted by an outburst.

"It was horrible James, I don't see where you-"

"- Hardly being dramatic -"

"-Not a joke -"

"- Good lord -"

"- that sound -"

"- I mean, come on!" Sirius finished.

They took a moment to absorb a breath.

"What brought the singing on anyway, Prongs?" asked Peter.

James blushed. "Lily said she and I were friends," he explained.

There was a dead silence.

"Ha ha, very funny." Sirius said blandly.

"I'm serious," James said, messing his hair in nervousness, "I didn't take it in writing though. In retrospect, I should have."

Another dead silence.

"James Charles Potter - I hope you know what you're saying," said Sirius.

"Don't be dramatic, Sirius," said Remus.

James grinned.

"Well. I never saw this day coming." Peter said simply. There was a small silence when everyone looked outside the window to notice the crisp autumn air, blowing through the castle grounds.

"Gentlemen - It's Halloween," Remus said solemnly.

For years to come, Sirius Black would swear that those two words had changed his life more than when James had come to tell him he was getting married. And it wasn't because this was going to be one of the biggest schemes to be embarked by them - The day marked a spot in their memory that would never be erased.

"Are we ready?" breathed Lily as she walked down the stairs with James Potter.

"It's done." James whispered back.

Lily Evans subtly went down for breakfast and noticed the others hanging around eating morning cookies. She sat down beside Marlene and Mary, concentrating on the intricacies of life - like breathing, blinking, food, and the horrors of social obligations.

"Morning." she said cheerfully. Maybe a little too cheerfully, because Mary immediately looked up from her food and raised and eyebrow. She asked Lily nearly just as cheerfully, "You're sounding happy."

"Halloween." Lily shrugged.

Mary went back down to her plate, disappointed.

Lily breathed a sigh of relief.

Lily was really nervous today. She wanted this to work, really, really bad. She wanted to see the fabled teacher's archives. Not just that, she wanted to see if she had what James called 'guts and gumption.'

She had realized while spending time with him - she was a person who generally reflected carefully on her every move and planned everything out neatly. This opposed to James Potter who had done more reckless things at the tender age of sixteen than Lily might ever do.

That was a strong motivation, of course. Then there was June Leto.

The girl evaded her completely. Lily was sure June had a past - there was no way someone got so scared for nothing. But more than finding that past out illegally, she wanted to know if June Leto was even there in the records room.

"Going to Hogsmede today?" Dorcas asked, also a little too cheerfully.

"Don't give me that, Dorky, my love. We all know how eager you are to follow Benjamin." Lily said, waggling her eyebrows.

Dorcas' ears went red. "No I'm not."

"Save it, dear," said Marlene blandly, flipping the page of the paper.

"In any case - I'm not going. I have to get some work done on my Ancient Runes homework." Lily said easily, the practiced lie flowing out of her mouth like water.

"Urgh, Lily you're so boring," Marlene said, wrinkling her nose.

"Some of us have work," Lily pointed out.

"None of us do it."

"Rest of you are idiots."

"Whatever, Evans," said Marlene derisively, closing the newspaper and laying it on the table. "I have a date with Carter Francis for later," she added as if it was a hint.

You see, Marlene McKinnon had also been practicing the lie.

June looked at herself in the mirror, observing her face properly.

She hadn't looked into a mirror properly for a long time. It almost seemed as if a stranger's face: the golden eyes, and blonde, shoulder-length hair, with the rounded face. Her chin was slightly pointed, in a good way.

You can do this, she told herself, you've covered all your bases. You were born for this.

June was a bit nervous. She knew how she was going about what she was going about. The major part of her was scared about the extents Sirius Black had driven her to. Not in her wildest dreams had she thought this day would come. It was utter madness.

She hadn't gone to Hogsmede for a long time. After the first few trips she had felt bored of it and not bothered with it. Besides, going out entailed talking to people and doing things.

She took a nice deep breath. The chocolates were ready, weren't they?

"How long till seven?" James asked, feeling fidgety.

"It's eleven o'clock, Prongs," Remus said, exasperated.

Sirius was not paying attention to them, he was watching June Leto from the corner of his eye. She was sitting on a bench in the wonderfully cobbled streets of Hogsmede, just watching other people, the wind in her hair. She looked oddly pretty, as if she was part of the slightly autumn wind and the crispy clouds.

Sirius didn't know when he realized it, but it had been so obvious that he wondered how he hadn't noticed it before. Then again, that pretty much summarized his whole relationship with June Leto. Being time and again surprised by another bit of obviousity related to her, and time and again reprimanding himself for not noticing it before.

What he had noticed this time though, was that June Leto was exceptionally pretty.

"I'm a bit nervous," Remus said, glancing at his watch.

Right from her odd eyes to her odd hair and her odd face, she was oddly pretty. It wasn't the usual prettiness, Sirius was sure, and he couldn't really put a finger on it.

"What do you mean?" asked Peter.

"So many things can go wrong. My nice, responsible side is warring with my marauder side," said Remus.

"Don't let that horrible side of you take over, Moony. Not today!" James exclaimed.

Moony only rolled his eyes.

They had decided that it would be fishy if Lily and the marauders skipped the Hogsmede trip together, which was why they were all just hanging outside Honeydukes, waiting for three o'clock.

"Alright girls, is everything ready?" asked Marlene bossily.

Dorcas piped an affirmative while Mary only nodded bleakly.

"Can't hear you, Mary!" Marlene called in a sing song voice.

"Yes," said Mary resignedly.

"Good." Marlene said cheerfully.

"You will go stalk Fenwick, Mary. Initially, give nice fifteen minute reports. Then progress on to half hour reports, approximately after an hour. Another hour later, send hourly reports." Marlene told her.

"What is the point of the different time frames?" asked Mary, a little exhausted.

"Yeah, even I didn't get that!" Dorcas added.

"Idiotic friends," Marlene said, shaking her head, "The time frames dictate how long the date will be."

Comprehension dawned.

"Oh! That's pretty smart," Dorcas said.

"I try," Marlene said generously, "Oh, and Dorcas, I will be following similar reports to you about Lily. Come to think of it, why not both me and Mary send our reports to you as well as us. Yes, that'll work."

"Yes Ma'am!" said Dorcas, mockingly.

"No cheek from you, girl, I will have you demoted," Marlene said just as mockingly.

"Sounds like a lot of mailing to do," Mary said dryly.

She hasn't been doing anything much, Mary, I really don't see what you're talking about. She just went to the library in a typical boring Lily fashion. What say you, Dorcas? -Marlene

Just keep the tail, Marlene. - Mary

Concentrate on not letting her see you, McKinnon, and we'll all be fine. - Dorcas

Don't forget that bit about that demotion, dear. - Marlene

Try finding out what she's reading Marlene. Dorcas, Benjamin has just gone with Julia to Scrivenshaft's. Nothing exciting really. - Mary

I say, isn't this getting a bit confusing? - Mary

Head bent on the task, McDonald! I'll go ninjaing to see what book she's reading. - Marlene

Good girl, Marlene. - Dorcas

"Six o'clock, gentlemen." Remus quietly announced.

They stood up all at once, and nodded to each other.

"On three?" asked James.

All of them nodded again, as if this was judgement day.

"I solemnly swear that I am upto no good," they said together.

"And let's all hope it stays that way." Sirius finished gravely.

James laughed and Remus shook his head in resignation.

Something odd is going on here Ladies. - Marlene

Shush, Marlene. Apparently Benjamin took her to the spot under the oak. That's our spot! - Dorcas

I know, idiot, I've been getting the same mails! Something really odd is happening! - Marlene.

What is it, Marlene? - Mary

Lily just went into Professor Slughorn's office and returned with a bottle of what looks like a mud colored potion. - Marlene

Hello?

Anyone?

I might be mistaken, you know.

What is she doing now? - Dorcas.

What she said. - Mary

Going to Professor McGonnagal's office. *insert scared face here* What the fudge is going on? o.O - Marlene

That is odd.

What she said.

It was a rare occurrence for Albus Dumbledore to be caught unawares, but on that day, he was caught uninformed multiple times (to his great astonishment).

Albus Dumbledore prided himself in knowing nearly everything that goes on in the school, not to mention manipulating nearly everything that happened in it as well, but, as he confessed to Minerva McGonngal that day, there had been so many things that he had not known, not to mention things he had absolutely no control over.

You see, on that very day, Lily Evans was surreptitiously stealing things from teacher's offices.

The Marauders had planned their biggest break in as of ever.

Marlene McKinnon was following the marauders and Lily, unbeknownst to them.

Mary McDonald was stalking Benjamin Fenwick as he went for his date.

Dorcas Meadows had decided to coordinate Mary and Marlene through secret messaging.

And to put a bow to the wonderful little present, June Leto had planned something very special for a distraction point.

So when the first distress call came in Albus Dumbledore's eyebrows raised themselves in surprise, completely unaware of how many times they might have to do it that day.

You see, there was a haunting on all hallows day.

CLIFF HANGER ALERT.

Now that you have been sufficiently warned about impending cliff hangers, I think I'll have to tell you that I'll be piling these on by the dozen in sometime.

I hope you appreciate that my hard disk crashed this week and it was gloriously difficult rewriting this chapter. Aside that, review because that's fun, and tell me what you think about everything going on in general.

Next chapter is going to be 'Barred and Broken' and it'll be posted by Thursday, hopefully.