Once inside their new room everyone gaped at the lavish room before them. The common room was huge. There were eight couches, a dinning room with a large table and chairs, a big black box, several sets of stairs, and a portrait of Godric Gryffindor hanging on the far wall.

"What's this black box thing?" Sirius asked amazed by it.

Amanda walked over and turned it on and said, "It's called a television. Kind of like wizard pictures except with sound and you get the full story."

"How did you know?" Lily asked.

"My dad's a wizard but my mum is a muggle," Amanda laughed. "She was a little shocked when she found out, but she loves him anyways."

"We must have one since my parents are muggles and so is you mum," Lily said.

James was examining the portrait of Godric Gryffindor when he heard, "Are you James Potter?"

He looked around for the voice and couldn't find it so he said, "Lily come here."

Lily walked over to James and said, "What is it?"

"Are you Lily Evans?"

"Yes, but who wants to know?"

"Godric Gryffindor," the man in the portrait said.

"Why do you ask?" Lily asked.

"Because this is the way back to the Head's Dormitory and only the Head Students may come through here."

"Our friends can't go through here if they want to talk to us and we are in there?"

"The only way is if they accompanied you to begin with otherwise I am unable to allow them passage."

Lily grinned and so did James but their friends did not see it.

"Why don't we find which rooms are ours," Alice said.

Each set of stairs led up to two rooms except one which led up to three. They were made so that their parents would be in the room next to them.

"You know this is gonna suck, if you think about it," Frank said.

"Why do you say that?" Peter asked.

"Because we have to behave ourselves," Jen said.

"It does suck," Remus said.

"I don't know what you all are complaining about, I see nothing wrong with it," Sirius said.

"What?" James said.

"My parents aren't going to bother me, they will be to busy with Regulas," Sirius laughed. "So I may just have to give them a little present and prank them."

There was a knock on the door and Lily went to open it; in stepped on unknown person then James and Lindsy's parents followed by a serious looking man with a couple of scars. Lily recognized him as Alastor 'Mad Eye' Moody, the auror.

"Mum, Dad," Lindsy said. "What are Kingsley and Mad Eye doing here?"

"Certain people in the Ministry think it is unwise that we travel without the protection of Aurors, with Lord Voldemort on the rise."

"Do they not realize that you can take care of yourselves?" James asked.

"Don't they remember who were two of the best Aurors of their time before you agreed to become Minister, dad?" Lindsy asked.

Mad Eye laughed, "Don't worry we are just here to appease the Ministry we know perfectly well that your parents can take care of themselves but it's always good to have constant vigilance."
Amanda gasped and said, "Your…you're the Minister of Magic."

Jack let out a hearty laugh, "Yes, I am but don't start treating me all glorified. You can just call me Jack and this is my wife Julie. The man to my left is Alastor "Mad Eye' Moody and the other one is Kingsley Shacklebolt. What's your name?"

"I'm Amanda Mood," She said quietly.

"Ah Zachary's daughter, am I right?" Kingsley asked.

"Yes, how did you know?"
Before he could answer he heard, "Grounds are secure."

This time Sirius laughed, "You don't need to pretend here we aren't going to tell anyone."

"Figured out by a bunch of teenagers," Zachary said.

"Yeah but when you were raised by Aurors they tend to be smarter or just smartarses."

"Seeing as they all know my kids I'd say smartarses," Jack said.

"Ha ha very funny, dad," Lindsy said. "Not that I'm not glad to see you but what did you guys want."

"How many of you want to be Aurors?" Julie asked.

They all raised their hands, even Amanda and Peter.

"Well Jack and I are taking all of you on as our apprentices," Julie said. "With these threes help of course."

"What does that mean?" Lily asked. She had come to terms with Jack's dual identities so she decided to do as she asked and treat him as James and Lindsy's father instead of the Minister.

"Well it means that when you graduate Hogwarts you can skip the tests and become full fledged rookie aurors," Jack said. "So glad you got over your fear of me, Lily."

"Oh well you look like James so I figured it was okay," she grinned.

"A girl with a brain," Julie said with a chuckle. "Let's just hope you can keep my son in line."

"Don't worry, she's good at that. Now back to this no test business," Sirius said. "You mean we will be aurors as soon as we graduate?"

"Yes," Kingsley said.

"I'm in," Alice said.

"Me too," Frank said.

"And me," Remus said.

"Ditto," Jen said.

"Well of course," Lily said. "I wouldn't pass up this chance."

"I'm in," Lindsy said.

"I'm your son, what do you think?" James asked. "Of course I'm in."

"Me too," Peter squeaked.

"What about you Amanda?" Zachary asked.

"It would be pretty dumb of me to pass up the opportunity," she said. "So yeah, besides I think the friendship I've made here will last forever."

"You got that right," Alice said. "Now when do we begin?"

"Tomorrow night," Mad Eye said. "And this isn't going to be easy you still have to keep your grades up here. You're going to be both mentally and physically exhausted by the time we are done."

"Everyday of the week?" Frank asked.

"No four days out of the week and one day on the weekend," Kingsley said. "And just because some of you are girls doesn't mean it will be easier for you."
"Good, I don't want any special treatment," Lily said.

"Your girlfriend's got spunk, James," Kingsley said.

"Well you had better get rested up, tomorrow is going to be a long day and we will not be stopping when your parents are here either," Mad Eye said gruffly.

"Agreed," they all chimed.

"Your mother is excited to see Hogwarts," Zachary told Amanda.

"I can't wait til she does see it," Amanda smiled.

"Alright we had better take our leave now," Julie said. "These kids need to get to bed and we need to get home."

"Alright we will see you tomorrow at 7 pm sharp," Jack said and they left.

"This is going to be great," Alice said.

"You guys don't mind me being in on it do you?" Amanda asked meekly.

"Not at all," Lindsy said.

"In fact you are now officially a Maraudette," Lily grinned.

"Female prankster extraordinaire," Alice said.

"We vow to be better than the boys at all times," Jen said.

"We have not failed yet," Lindsy said, "So what do you say join us?"

All the girls put their hands on top of one another and Amanda did to and said, "All for one and one for all."

They laughed and Lily said, "Well said."

"We're doomed," Remus said.

"Let's go to bed," James said. "I'm tired."

They all agreed and went their separate way. Lily and James decided to go back to the Heads Common Room.

"My parents are coming next week," Lily said. "You know what that means?"

"No what?" James asked as they stepped inside their common room.

Lily walked up her stairs and said, "You get to meet my father."

Lily shut the door and James said, "I'm dead."

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