Chapter Nine
Since Frank obviously couldn't accompany them into the Gryffindor Tower (and Remus very much wanted to hear his side of this story), the six Gryffindors led the one Ravenclaw towards the Room of Requirement. Lily paced in front of the wall three times, wringing her hands nervously until the door appeared. Remus followed her quickly into the room, surprised when he found it to be rather like their common room, but smaller and with more seating around the fire.
Lily took a seat on the couch facing the fire and drew her legs up, wrapping her arms around her knees as the rest of them filed into the room. Alice slipped down into a loveseat with Frank and Remus noted she had yet to let go of the older boy's hand.
James and Sirius filled in on either side of Lily and Peter took one of the few armchairs, leaning forward eagerly. Remus, however, remained standing, his back to the fire so that he had a clear view of Lily as she told them what had happened.
When neither Lily nor Alice made any move to speak, Remus moved around to sit on the coffee table, his legs on either side of Lily. He took both her hands in his as James and Sirius shifted to press more firmly against her sides. They were completely surrounding her, a move meant to make her feel safe.
"Tell us what happened, Lily," Remus requested, his voice barely above a whisper.
With a shaky sob, she began to recount what had happened in the hallway. Remus made sure to keep his hold on her light and calming, even as she detailed the way that bastard had forced himself on her. When she told them about how she'd kneed him to get away, Remus allowed a bit of a smile to break through.
"And then Frank helped me and Alice to the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey checked Alice over, but… but I couldn't let her touch me. I was still too keyed up and I knew that if… if she touched me… I would fall apart," Lily sobbed, her entire body shaking.
"Are you okay now?" Remus asked, that being the most important thing.
Lily nodded mutely, her green eyes rimmed with red as they met his.
"I feel so dirty," Lily whispered brokenly.
"You are not dirty. None of this is your fault," Remus insisted.
"And I promise, Evans, we'll make those bastard pay," Sirius swore, pressing a kiss to her temple.
"Just as soon as Frank gives us their names," James added, glancing over at the Ravenclaw.
"Markus Greengrass, Thelonious Rosier, and Arion Gamp," Frank said, his arm wrapped tight around Alice's shoulders.
"Three young wizards who will not be graduating Hogwarts," James said solemnly.
"Shame," Sirius deadpanned.
But Lily was frantically shaking her head.
"You can't. You can't hurt them," Lily said desperately.
"They're not going to get away with this," Remus said, trying to make her understand that they couldn't just let this go.
"Fine, but go to Dumbledore. Don't… Merlin, don't go after them yourselves. You'll get expelled and then I'll be here alone," Lily choked out.
As if they'd comforted their girl together a million times before, Sirius, James, and Remus all moved in at the same time. Sirius and Remus hugged her between them while Remus pressed against her front. It was a mess of tangled limbs, but Lily was able to calm down and that was all that mattered right then.
"Breathe, sweetheart," Remus whispered against her lips.
"We're not going to leave you," James assured her, his lips pressed against her hair.
"But we are going to kick some ass," Sirius grumbled into her neck.
"Don't," Lily pleaded, her hand tightening around Sirius' wrist.
"Don't worry, Evans. We won't get caught. They'll never know it was us," Sirius said.
"We've been doing it for years, babe. Trust us to take care of it," James added.
"We'll go to Dumbledore, too," Remus said when he notice James and Sirius were doing little to assuage her fears.
The four of them stayed like that for a while, holding tight to each other. The full weight of what was happening crashed over Remus and he realized that sharing Lily with James and Sirius was more than just about sex. It was all four of them, sharing responsibilities, burdens, and joys. For instance, he could stay and get the dirtier details from Frank because he knew Sirius or James would take care of Lily.
"Why don't I take you and Ali back to the tower? The two of you can get into pajamas and spend the night in our dorm," Sirius offered.
"Alice?" Lily looked to her friend for guidance.
"Yeah. That sounds good," Alice agreed, rising from her spot beside Frank.
Lily moved to link arms with Alice and the two bent down to hug Frank.
"Thank you for saving us," Lily said tearfully.
"I'd say anytime, but I really don't want to have to do it again," Frank said with a sad smile.
"Us, too," Alice chuckled darkly.
"Come on, girls. Let's go get comfy," Sirius said playfully.
Remus was relieved when they both grinned at Sirius' poor attempt at humor and led him from the room. Right before the door closed behind him, Sirius met Remus' gaze and an understanding passed between them.
As soon as the door snapped shut, Remus turned to Frank.
"Tell us everything."
Sirius tried not to stare at the way Lily's sleep shirt kept riding up on her thigh, but it was incredibly difficult seeing as it was his shirt she had nicked for the night. She and Alice were spread across Remus' bed, it being the cleanest one, flipping through some magazine in order to restore normalcy.
"Oh, what about this one?" Alice asked, pointing to a picture.
"With my hair? I don't think so," Lily said, shaking her head.
"Well, we could change the color pretty easily, I should think," Alice said thoughtfully.
"Whoa, there! Nobody is going to touch Lily's hair, not while I'm around," Sirius interrupted.
Lily giggled at his rough and tumble tone, but Alice glared at his intrusion on "girl talk". He had to admit, he liked hearing Lily giggle enough that he could handle anything Alice threw his way.
"We weren't talking about changing her hair color, you twit. We were talking about changing the dress color."
"Oy! Evans, you going to let her talk to me that way?" Sirius asked, making sure to throw in an overdone pout for good measure.
"Don't call my boyfriend a twit," Lily said to Alice, unable to completely contain her smile.
"Tell your boyfriend to butt out," Alice countered with a mock glare.
"Well, we are invading his room. He kind of has a right to say what he wants," Lily pointed out.
"Not if he's the one who invited us here in the first place. He has to respect the 'girl code'," Alice insisted.
With a long suffering sigh, Lily looked over to where he was lounging on the bed, watching the two of them banter.
"Sirius? Would you let me braid your hair?" Lily asked sweetly.
Instantly suspicious, Sirius asked, "Why?"
"Because then she'll let you comment about stuff like my hair and the dresses we pick out," Lily said, putting just the right amount of pitiful regret into her tone to make him cave.
"Bloody hell. Just don't let the guys know or they'll never stop taking the mickey out of me," Sirius groaned, moving to join the girls on Remus' bed.
"Oh, don't worry. We're going to do theirs', too," Alice said with an evil grin.
Giving a resigned sigh, Sirius moved where Lily wanted him and turned himself over to her talented fingers.
"So, what do you think of this one?" Alice asked with a grin.
She was holding up the magazine she and Lily had been looking at prior to Sirius' outburst. Lily's fingers smoothed through his hair, drawing out any tangles that might be lingering before separating the strands into three separate sections.
"It's alright," Sirius said noncommittally.
He blinked in surprise when a much longer strand of hair than his own fell over his shoulder. He could feel Lily's fingers pulling and tugging on the strands, so he knew it was his hair, but she had somehow made it grow about six inches longer.
"See, Lily? Sirius likes it," Alice said unnecessarily.
"Again, Ali. With my hair?" Lily huffed.
"What if we changed it to… blue? A dark blue, like the color of midnight?" Alice suggested thoughtfully.
Sirius looked closer at the dress in question, trying to imagine the color Alice was talking about. The dress was all right, really. It was shorter than most of the other dresses in the magazine, stopping just short of the model's knees. He particularly liked the way the dress cupped the model's breasts, imagining just how much better Lily would fill it out.
"And I love the back. It would look so good against your pale skin," Alice continued, prodding the picture gently.
The model turned to showcase the back of the dress. Sirius instantly changed his mind about the dress. If Lily wore that, he, James, and Remus would be fighting off every guy within a twenty mile radius. No, absolutely not. She would not be wearing the dress that had absolutely no back to it at all.
"Lily is not wearing that," Sirius said harshly.
"What? Why not?" Alice asked, looking down at the picture.
"Because some asshole could easily slip their hand down the back to grab her ass and then the boys and I would have to seriously hex some people. I'm not letting some bastard get his hands on my girl," Sirius growled, glaring at the dress.
"That's ridiculous. Nobody would slip their hand down the back of the dress except for you, Remus, or James. Honestly," Alice muttered.
"I agree with Sirius, Ali. The back is a little bit much. What about this one, though?" Lily asked, leaning across Sirius' back to point to another dress.
Sirius tried to ignore the way her breasts felt pressed against his back, but it was damn near impossible with how tightly she'd sandwiched herself against him. He did, however, manage to swallow the groan that was attempting to push its way out of his throat, but there wasn't anything he could do about the sudden tightening of his trousers.
"Oh, I do like it. What do you think, Sirius?" Alice asked, indicating the dress they'd been discussing while he'd been struggling against his libido.
Sirius glanced at the dress, noticing that the neckline was much lower, but the obvious straps coming over the model's shoulders indicated that there was, at least, a back to this dress.
"Much better," Sirius mumbled.
"And it's the perfect color," Lily continued, settling back to finish braiding his hair.
"It is, huh? I still like you in darker shades, but I guess lavender isn't so bad," Alice said, wrinkling her nose a bit.
"What do you think?" Lily asked, tugging a bit on his hair to get his attention.
"I think you look sexy in anything, Evans," Sirius smirked.
"Spoken like a true boyfriend," Alice grinned.
"Thanks, babe," Lily giggled, kissing him sweetly.
Sirius wanted to press for more, but figured now wasn't the time to get her all hot and bothered, especially since her friend was sitting right in front of them.
"Well? What do you think?" Lily asked with a flourish.
Alice looked up at Sirius and immediately started giggling.
"Oh, he looks so cute!" Alice laughed.
"I do pretty good work, huh?" Lily asked, scooting around to view him from the front.
"What'd you do, Evans?" Sirius asked, reaching up to finger his hair experimentally.
"It's called a French braid. I think it looks rather nice," Lily said, grinning wide.
Sirius poked and prodded at the bumps on top of his head, following the line until he came to the end halfway down his back.
"Bloody hell. What'd you do to my hair?" Sirius gaped, pulling the braid around to stare at it in wonder.
"I just lengthened it a bit to give me more to work with," Lily shrugged, taking the braid from him and throwing it back over his shoulder.
Sirius glanced over at the single mirror they had on the back of the door and groaned.
"I look like a girl."
"I don't think anyone could mistake you for being a girl, Sirius," Alice giggled, nearly falling off the bed from laughter.
"Yeah. You're much too masculine," Lily agreed, her hand brushing across his chest.
"I'll never hear the end of this. If Moony and Prongs see…" Sirius trailed off.
"I told you, we're going to do their hair, too," Alice piped up from her place across the foot of the bed.
"And theirs will be much, much worse," Lily promised with an evil grin.
"They'd better be otherwise I'll never live this down," Sirius said.
He laid on the "woe is me" thick, enjoying the way his girl and her best mate collapsed in laughter. It was worth having Lily braid his hair and make him look like a bloody girl if it got them to relax and forget, even if for only a moment, about the attack.
He had to remind himself of this when, a few minutes later, James, Remus, and Peter came in to find Alice trying to paint his toenails.
"What's, uh, going on here?" Remus asked, unable to completely hide his smirk.
"Nothing," Sirius said at the same time Lily piped in with, "Girls' night."
"Girls' night, huh, Padfoot?" James snickered.
"Sod off," Sirius grumbled.
"No, no, mate. Really. You look very nice," James continued.
"Yeah. Love the hair, Pads," Remus snorted.
"You do? Oh, good! Wait till you see what we've got planned for you," Alice grinned, jumping off the bed and blocking their escape route.
Sirius grinned as his best mates attempted to weasel their way out of getting their hair done and their toenails painted.
"No, no, no. Come on, now. If you want to be in here, you have to adhere to 'Girls' Night' rules," Alice insisted, pushing them towards the bed.
"Uh, I really don't want to be in here, so can I leave?" Peter asked.
"Nope! You're stuck with us, too," Lily said happily.
Sirius helped the girls capture the other three Marauders, laughing as they tied the three together in the center of the bed. Lily got busy with their hair, Alice attacked their toes, and Sirius sat back to watch their torture.
By the time the girls declared Girls' Night to be over, James' hair was done up what Lily had called a "Fish Tail" braid, Remus sported a traditional braid, and Peter had braided pigtails. All four of them had toenails the color of Lily's hair, something Alice was quite pleased with as she put the finishing touches on Peter's pinky toe.
"There. All done," Alice grinned as Lily giggled nearby.
"Bloody hell," James groaned.
"We look ridiculous," Peter moaned.
"Speak for yourself," Sirius laughed.
"Alright, now. You've had your fun. Let us out," Remus told the girls.
"Only if you promise not to mess up all our hard work," Lily bargained.
"How about you let us out of these ropes and I don't use them to tie you up when I spank you later?" Remus countered.
Nobody missed the way Lily's entire body flushed at his words and Sirius had a sudden vision of Lily all trussed up for their pleasure, unable to do anything but take what they gave her.
"Why are you going to spank me?" Lily asked, though she did move forward to unbind them.
"Because you should have called for us right away. As soon as the first one spoke, you should have had your mirror out, calling one of us to come for you. Instead, you left us to worry about you while Frank took you to the Hospital Wing and then proceeded to put us off so that we were left worrying about what had happened. You need to learn to trust us to take care of you and until you've mastered it, you can expect punishment," Remus told her, his voice darker than normal.
"It's not her fault, though. And what gives you the right to 'punish' her?" Alice asked angrily.
Sirius groaned, though no one looked at him. If there was one thing he'd learned about Remus over the years it was that he hated being questioned about the way he treated his submissives. And there was no doubt about it, Lily was definitely a sub.
"I have the right because she is mine. She belongs to me. Her body is mine to do with what I want. The only person who has any right to stop me, is Lily, but only after she has been fully informed and understands what will happen if she says 'no'," Remus said, his voice darker than anything Alice or Lily had heard before.
Alice stared at Remus in a kind of awed fear. Remus didn't back down, looking slightly ridiculous with his hair in a braid and his toes painted red, but the stare he fixed on Alice was no less threatening for it.
Finally, after a measureable amount of silence, Lily moved forward, separating her friend and Remus.
"It's okay, Ali. I trust Remus not to really hurt me," Lily murmured.
Sirius noted she looked a little worried, no doubt in regards to whether or not Alice would be able to handle this aspect of Lily's new life.
Alice seemed to realize it, too.
"Oh, stop looking at me like that. You know I love you and I know none of them would ever hurt you. I just… I want to make sure they're not taking advantage," Alice said.
"All Lily has to do at this point is say 'no' and we stop. After I've started training her, we'll implement a safe word for her. But you need to realize that some of the things we do to Lily are not going to be easy for you to accept, but they are things she needs. Respect our relationship and we won't have a problem," Remus warned.
"Just so long as you don't hurt her, we won't," Alice insisted, glaring at Remus.
Remus smirked and countered, "Oh, she's going to hurt, but I promise she'll enjoy every second of it."
Sirius could sense Lily's indecision from where he sat against the pillows. She obviously wanted to experiment with Remus, but was reluctant to do anything to upset her friend. Luckily, Remus sensed the problem as well and quickly moved to resolve it for their worried redhead.
"I will give you a chance to leave, Alice, if you want, but Lily will be receiving her punishment tonight. You can go downstairs into the Common Room with Peter while I administer her spankings, or you can stay where you are and see for yourself that I would never do anything to hurt Lily," Remus offered.
Alice looked between Lily and Remus, before softly asking, "Lily?"
"It doesn't matter to me, Alice. It's your decision," Lily said, meeting Alice's gaze before draping herself across Remus' lap.
Alice bit her lip and shifted uncertainly, but Sirius' gaze was fastened to where Remus' hands were pushing up Lily's over-long shirt inch by inch.
"Last chance, Alice," Remus warned.
Alice debated for about a millisecond longer before saying, "I'll stay."
Remus focused completely on Lily after instructing Peter and Alice to move to their fellow Marauder's bed. He didn't want anyone but himself, Sirius, and James to be near Lily when she reacted to her punishment. She would learn that her pain and pleasure came at their hands and theirs alone.
"You don't get a safe word tonight, sweetheart. Trust me to know how far to push you and I promise to reward you for it later," Remus murmured, his hands running over Lily's pert ass experimentally.
He removed her underwear and tangled them around her ankles, creating a makeshift binding. Remus could sense the others in the room watching and indicated for James and Sirius to come closer. Knowing what he wanted, the other two placed their hands on Lily's body. James tangled his fingers in her hair while Sirius' traced patterns across the backs of her knees.
"It's to the count of twenty, Lily. I'll count for you tonight," Remus said, wanting to ease her into punishment.
"Yes, Sir," Lily murmured and he was pleased to know she'd done her homework about dominance and submission.
Without giving her time to tense up, Remus smacked her ass three times in quick succession. Lily cried out in surprise and jerked under their hands, but all three of them kept her from going anywhere as Remus counted, "One, two, three."
The next series of spankings alternated between the cheeks of her ass and across her thighs.
"Four, five, six, seven."
He made sure to hit in random spots, showing no favoritism to any one area to avoid permanent damage.
"Eight, nine, ten."
Her ass was turning a nice shade of pink by that point and Remus could no longer hide the state of his arousal.
"Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen."
She whimpered and moaned into the bedding, her arousal obvious only to himself, Sirius, and James as Alice and Peter sat facing James' back.
"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen."
He waited, drawing out the last one, marveling at the way her body was limp and languid after a simple spanking.
"Twenty."
Her ass was red and shiny at this point as Remus pressed his hand against the heated flesh. They gave her time to gather her wits about her, the three of them murmuring soothing words to her. Remus complimented her, telling her how good she had done, how proud he was of her as he rubbed the area his hand had just abused.
After about fifteen minutes, Lily was able to push herself up to meet Remus' gaze.
"How'd I do?" Lily asked, her voice husky.
"You were perfect, sweetheart," Remus assured her, kissing her sweetly.
She tried to deepen the kiss, no doubt a result of the curse taking effect, but Remus pulled away.
"Please, Remus. I need it," Lily pouted, her pupils dilated in her aroused state.
"Not tonight," Remus denied her.
"Please," Lily whimpered, her nails clawing at his shirt.
"Next time you're being cornered by a bunch of assholes, I want you to remember this feeling and know that if you don't call us immediately, it'll happen again," Remus told her.
"James? Sirius?" Lily pleaded, turning to the other two.
"Oh, no, babe. We're with Remus on this one," James said with a shake of his head.
"And it's bloody uncomfortable. You better call us next time Lily or Remus won't be the only one punishing you," Sirius grumbled, shifting uncomfortably.
"Alice? Can you get one of her potions to take the edge off?" Remus requested, knowing she wouldn't be able to calm down on her own.
Alice's hands shook as she thrust the bottle into his line of sight and Remus had to wonder if it was from shock or her own desire.
"Are you alright?" Remus asked as Sirius and James took care of Lily.
"Fine," Alice squeaked.
"If you have any questions…" Remus trailed off.
"No, no. Uh, not tonight," Alice assured him hurriedly.
"You're not going to hurt her, are you?" Remus asked, only slightly worried.
"Never. She's my best friend. I don't care what she needs and, now that I know you won't actually hurt her, I don't care what you do to fulfill those needs," Alice said defiantly.
Remus nodded in understanding, looking over to where Sirius and James were easing Lily into bed despite her continued attempts to have them fuck her.
"I don't know if you want to share a bed with her tonight, but you're still welcome to stay. Take my bed, if you want. The rest of us will bunk with Lily," Remus offered.
"Thanks, Remus," Alice said, moving to do just that.
Remus went to help his friends control their overly hormonal girlfriend, smirking when she pouted up at him.
"It aches."
"I know it does, sweetheart, and I promise we'll take care of it tomorrow. For now, sleep."
With a quiet word, Remus sent her into a deep, dreamless sleep.
"She did good for a beginner," Sirius commented as they enlarged the bed to fit all three of them.
"She did good, period," Remus countered.
"Merlin, she better not have us do this again. I'm so fucking hard I could beat a bludger," James groaned, shifting his cock inside his trousers.
"You're not the only one, mate," Sirius sighed.
"Stop your bellyaching and let's get some sleep," Remus insisted, crawling into bed beside their girl.
"You sleep with her, Prongs. I'll sleep as Padfoot at the foot of the bed," Sirius offered, transforming before anyone could comment.
He hopped up onto the bed, circled three times, and settled down with his nuzzle over Lily's feet.
With a large yawn, James climbed into bed as well, tucking himself against Lily's back. Remus watched as Lily shifted to align her body more fully with James', letting out a soft sigh as his arms wrapped around her. Remus pressed close against her front, effectively sandwiching her between them and drifted off to sleep with thoughts of her red ass floating through his mind.