A/N: Third chapter is finished. I had some trouble with the dialogue but I think it turned out alright. Again, if there are any mistakes regarding spelling/grammar, let me know. Please read and review :)

Thanks to Rayquaza45 for helping out and proofreading this chapter.

Lily left their dorm and while she was walking down the stairs she heard a small "See you later," as a reply. Leaving Gryffindor Tower, she made her way towards the Great Hall. Upon arriving there, she immediately saw her friends, Alice and Marlene. Unfortunately for Lily, they were sitting near the Marauders.

"Hey, Alice, Marlene."

"Hey, Lily." They responded simultaneously.

"Hello, my dear Lily-flower." James said with much exaggeration while Lily was taking her seat, "How are you this wonderful evening?"

His question, however, remained unanswered as Lily ignored him so as to speak to Alice and Marlene.

It was when James was complaining to his friends about 'being ignored by the love of his life' that Dumbledore took the stage and everyone went silent.

"Good evening everyone. I have an announcement to make." The elderly man said aloud in his booming voice, commanding the attention of everyone around.

Though, there were a few whispers here and there, most students remained silent, wanting to know what this announcement was about.

Though a few students continued whispering, Dumbledore raising his hand silenced said students immediately.

"I know you're all hungry, so I will keep this short. Starting today, there will be a new student attending Hogwarts." He announced.

After hearing this, the students started to look around trying to see who this new student was. But after a few minutes of looking around and not seeing a new face amongst the crowd, they gave up and instead started to talk amongst each other, speculating about the new student.

"I am sure you will make her feel welcome and at home. She is currently busy but you shall meet her soon enough. Now, let's enjoy our meal, shall we?"

The talking amongst the students only rose in volume, everyone speculating and guessing about the new student. They knew it must be a girl because Dumbledore had said 'her', but that was all the information they got. So who was she? What did she look like? Why start school now?

Amongst the ones speculating were none other than the Marauders.

"Who is this girl?" James asked his friends.

"Doesn't matter who she is as long she's good to look at." Replied Sirius with a wink.

"Is that the only thing you think about?" Marlene asked Sirius, overhearing what he had said.

Thus so the girls' conversation got mixed with that of the boys. Lily, wanting a conversation that did not include the Marauders, tried to answer some questions about the new girl when they were asked, so that she could cut the conversation short.

"But really, who is this girl?" James asked once again.

"Her name is Hermione Granger and she's a sixth year." Answered Lily.

Everyone looked at her with surprise.

"How do you know that?" Sirius asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Because I gave her a tour around the castle on Dumbledore's orders."

"Hermione. An unusual name." Remus commented, "So, she is a sixth year. What house is she in?" he asked her.

Remus Lupin was the only one of the marauders that Lily didn't dislike. On the contrary, he was one of her closest friends, so she answered him with a smile and not a snide remark, like she would often do with the others.

"She's a Gryffindor. She'll be staying in the same dorm as us." She directed the last part to Alice and Marlene, who were looking more and more curious by the second.

"And why did she start school just now?" Peter asked.

"Yeah, why now and not when everyone else started?" James interjected.

"That I don't know. She only said that before now she went to Beauxbatons but then something happened, so she transferred here. She didn't tell me what happened, though."

At this, everyone was still for a moment and just looked at each other, trying to think of a reason why someone would switch schools in the middle of the school year.

It was Sirius that broke the silence that had fallen amongst the group.

"Okay, time to go!" He said, jumping up from his seat.

"Go where?" Peter asked.

"To the common room, where else?" Sirius said like it was the most obvious thing ever.

"And why would we go to the common room?" Remus asked, raising an eyebrow. He had an inkling of what his friend was up to but he wanted to know for sure.

"Because Moony," Sirius said, using Remus' nickname, "We finished dinner and we need to introduce ourselves to the new student. She's probably finished with whatever she was doing and heard all about us already. She'll probably be waiting for us."

Sirius had a smirk on his face while he said this. It was exceedingly obvious what Sirius' real intentions were. Not willing to ignore their friend however, the marauders got up and left. Lily, who didn't trust them one bit, also left the Great Hall to go to Gryffindor Tower to keep her eye on them.

Giving the password to the Fat Lady, which was 'Fairy Lights', they entered the Gryffindor common room. Looking around, they noticed that the room was completely empty. Disappointed, the Marauders turned to Lily as if asking whether she knew where the new girl was.

"What?" She asked.

"What 'what'? Do you know where she is, Evans?" Asked Sirius.

"She's probably still in our dorm. When the tour was over, dinner was about to start. So I asked if she would like to come with me but she said she was tired and wanted to lay down for a bit. Maybe she's fallen asleep." Lily mumbled this last part.

"Oh man, now we have to wait 'till tomorrow to see the new girl." Sirius whined.

"Come on Pads, we'll just have to wait like the rest to meet her." James said to Sirius, using his nickname while giving him a pat on the shoulder.

"Yeah, come on, let's go to our room. We still need to finish our essay for DADA." Remus said.

"Bye Lily, see you tomorrow." Remus said.

"See you tomorrow." She replied with a smile.

"Sweet dreams, my Lily-flower. Dream of us and our family when we grow up!" James exaggerated.

"I thought you told me 'sweet dreams' and not 'nightmares that will scar me for the rest of my life'." Lily replied while already ascending the stairs to the girl's rooms.

Looking dejected and a little hurt, James was dragged to the boy's dorm by the other Marauders. Remus tried to comfort him, saying that everything would work out fine eventually, while Sirius and Peter were bursting with laughter, leaving them barely able to stand.

Once in their room, the Marauders didn't do much of their homework, instead they speculated a little bit more about the new girl that they would probably meet the next morning.