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"Where is Peter, didn't you tell him to be back here before nine?" Sirius grumbled, stomping around the boys dormitory.
"Yeah…" Remus said, frowning thoughtfully. "Maybe something's keeping him."
"That something is Ledaria Smirth," Sirius said gruffly.
"Hey guys, I brought my Invisibility cloak, want to go see what Peter's up to?" James suggested sneakily, it had been some time since the boys had done anything sneaky, and it had driven James a little mad for the taste of some adventure.
"Good idea mate!" Sirius laughed, slapping James on the back. They threw the cloak over them and pulled out the Marauders map to find out where Peter was.
"He's in the Room of Requirements with Ledaria!" Sirius said, looking and James and winking suggestively. "Well, he has a good cause to be late."
"How can you be sure that's what he's doing? Not everyone's shagging each other you know." Remus tiredly pointed out.
"I am a male, therefore my mind is perverted by these thoughts. Besides, I saw you and Marlene getting a little frisky," Sirius replied in a whisper as they headed out the poriturt and to the Room of Requirements.
Remus's face heated up. "Kissing isn't getting frisky."
"Kissing leads to many things mate, isn't that right James?" Sirius replied, bringing James into the conversation.
"Ay, it does actually," James laughed, "But don't worry, there are several spells. Remember when Professor McGonagall decided it was her duty to teach us them in the second year?"
"Yeah, that was hilarious," Sirius laughed. They came to a stop in front of the Room of Requirements and fell silent. Sirius stuck out a hand and tried the door.
"It's locked," he said. "Yup, defiantly shagging."
"In that case, can we go? I don't want to see Peter getting it on with anything or anyone," Remus mumbled, earning looks from James and Sirius. "Hey, he's my best mate too, but I'd rather not be touched by those images."
"Fair point…but I have a feeling that's not what there up to," James replied. He could hear talking, and it sounded like arguing. If only they could get into the room unnoticed, but Peter wasn't completely dumb. He'd see the door open and nothing come in and he'd know that it was Remus, Sirius and James. He had been under the Invisibility cloak often enough.
"Let's go down to the kitchen and steal some food, I'm hungry. I have to be well feed for my date with Ellie tonight."
"Where are you going? It's like nine," Remus questioned as they turned around and walked down the corridor.
"Exactly," Sirius said, smiling cheekily. A door opening caused them all to silence and turn around.
"If you want me to become a Death Eater, I won't Ledaria," Peter was saying in a nervous, sqeaky voice.
"I'm not asking you to become a Death Eater, but do you see my point? Mudbloods shouldn't be here, like Lily. I would never associate with her kind, and you do so all the time," Ledaria coldly replied.
"So you agree with Voldemort then?" Peter questioned. James couldn't make out his face, as Peter was in the shadows. Ledaria's comment about Lily had the blood surging in his body, he'd never wanted to curse someone so badly before.
"Oh Peter," Ledaria laughed, sending a chill down James' back. "I don't agree with his methods, but I think he has the right idea. Hogwarts should be for purebloods and purebloods only, that's why we're doing this."
"I don't think its right and I don't think you should do it," Peter replied. His voice trembled with fear as she sent him a cold calculating look.
"You'll understand once we've done it," Ledaria promised. "You do want to go out with me, don't you Peter?" She added in a seductive voice.
"Yeah but –"
"Good. Do as I say then," Ledaria cut him off, and headed in the opposite direction to where Peter was left standing. Shoulders slumped, Peter walked back in the direction of the Gyrffindor tower.
James put a restraining hand on Sirius's shoulder, keeping him under the Invisibility cloak. They all needed to sort out their thoughts, and figure out just what was going on.
"Room of Requirements," James hissed, heading forward. As the door hadn't been fully shut, James hoped to see just what was going on in that room, or at least what Peter and Ledaria needed it for.
It was basically just a large living room, with lots of sofas and a refrigerator.
"Alright, now that I'm completely confused," Sirius said, throwing the cloak off him. "What the bloody hell was that all about?"
"I don't know, but I didn't like the sounds of it. What did she mean, 'you'll understand once we've done it', done what?" James added, scratching his head. "And that part about Lily, I was ready to jump out and curse her."
"You should have," Sirius grumbled. "See, we suspected the truth, she's trying to convert Peter!"
"But so far it isn't working," Remus replied. "He doesn't like what's going on."
"Then why is he with her? Why doesn't he just dump her and find someone else, someone who's not psychotic?" Sirius asked, throwing himself down on the sofa.
"Because Ledaria's got him under some kind of lust spell more then likely," Remus shrugged. "I don't know."
"She doesn't need any spells or potions, when has a girl ever paid attention to Peter?" James pointed out.
"Your right, that's enough as it is…" Remus pondered.
"We've got to do something about this," James said, "Maybe if we found Peter another hot girl, he'll bug off with Ledaria and we can forget about all this."
"I actually want to find out what she's talking about, what they're planning on doing. And who they are," Remus sat down beside Sirius.
"They are probably the rest of the Slytherin's," Sirius sighed. "I can't believe Peter hasn't noticed Ledaria hanging out with them, she likes them all right."
"Why would they need Peter though, that's what I don't understand. Obviously Ledaria isn't in this relationship with him because she likes him, I haven't seen her smile at him once, let alone touch him." James couldn't place his finger on it, but something really was wrong here.
"Alright so we know that 'they' are planning something involving all the Muggle borns, so that's Lily," Remus got up and started pacing. "Ledaria says Peter will understand better when they're done, so whatever it is they are planning on doing will help Peter understand…"
"The Death Eaters view probably," Sirius threw in. "We've got to get our old mate back though, lets start with that. If he's with us, he won't be with Ledaria."
"Good call," James nodded, running a hand through his hair as he talked.
"So, what's the plan Remus?" Sirius asked, grinning.
XXXX"So what else did you over hear?" Lily questioned later on that night. They were up in the Head's common room, sitting on the couch. Lily was in his arms, resting her head on his shoulder and James couldn't have been happier.
"Just that and how she doesn't associate with Muggle born people or whatever, and how Peter will see what she means when they've done it." James replied. He had left out the part of Ledaria mentioning Lily.
"Done what?"
"We don't know Lily, that's what we're trying to find out. First step in the plan is to get Peter back as one of our good old mates. Sirius wants to find him a replacement for Ledaria, she holds a power over Peter as the only girl who's ever paid attention to him," James replied.
"I know a few girls that are interested in him now that Ledaria's got him," Lily said. She shrugged at the look James gave her. "Girls are very fickle, they see someone pretty after someone…um like Peter, then they want him too."
"I really need a book on how the female brain works, who are they?"
"Actually, you'll need a book on how the teenage girl's brain works and then how a cunning woman's brain works," Lily replied, "But they would be Chloe Burns and Lira Devoe, both in Gyrffindor, a year behind us."
"Right," James said. Lily turned into him a bit and began to kiss him.
"They also want you, Sirius and Remus. But they'll settle for Peter if it means stealing him away from a Slytherin," she said.
"I think we should discuss this at a later time, my brain went into guy mode." James sheepishly said, pulling Lily on him and running his hands down her sides.
"Ah James," Lily sighed, "What am I going to do with you? Just one kiss…"
"It's all it takes, and I have a few ideas of what you can do to me," James replied, grinning cheekily.
"As do I, as do I," Lily said, leaning down and kissing him deeply.
XXXXThe next morning, Lily talked to Chloe and Lira. Chloe seemed like the best one for the job of breaking up Ledaria and Peter, plus she seemed to like him a little for who he was.
"He makes me laugh a lot," Chloe had said. She was pretty with dark curly hair and large almond eyes, she was thin but curvy and smart too. She'd mesh good with us, Lily thought, satisfied.
Lily watched as Chloe shyly made her way over to Peter. He was with the Marauders, and Lily had to admit the shy way Chloe approached him earned brownie points for her. She tapped Peter on the shoulder and asked to talk to him for a minute.
"Do you think this is going to work," Marlene asked sceptically. "I mean, the plan that James has is weak, and immature too."
"Yeah, I agree, but we have to start somewhere. Chloe really does seem to like Peter, and she has the flare we need. She'll win Peter, I know she will. She's kind and out going, Ledaria hasn't given Peter one kind word that I can tell." Lily replied. She was sitting on a large stone wall with Marlene, Ellie and Alice. It was late November, and next Saturday they would be going to Hogsmeade.
"So what exactly is she doing?" Ellie questioned, leaning forward a bit to try and hear what they were talking about.
"She's asking him to Hogsmeade, as friends or something," Lily replied. By the delighted look on both Chloe and Peter's faces, Peter had agreed. Chloe sent a look over her shoulder at Lily and Lily gave the thumbs up, then Chloe walked back into the school.
"Er, should we go over?" Alice questioned.
"Yeah," Lily grinned. She hopped off the stonewall and headed over to the tree where the Marauders were sitting under.
"Hello James," she said, leaning down and giving him a kiss. She sat down in his lap, not wanting to get her skirt dirty on the grass that someone, probably Remus, had put a spell on to heat while you sat down. It was still grass and there was still mud amongst it.
Marlene and Ellie followed suit, making it look like the girls came over to hang off their guys.
"Oye, you just missed Peter getting asked out by Chloe, you know, she's in our house? Cute?" James said, patting Peter on the back and then wrapping his arms around Lily.
"Aren't you with Ledaria?" Lily questioned, forging a little confusion.
"Well, kinda. We're sorta taking a breather, and in any case Ledaria doesn't want to go to Hogsmeade, she has other plans," Peter told them. James, Remus and Sirius all traded looks, sure it had something to do with that thing that would make Peter understand once it was done.
"Well, Chloe's a sweet girl, and she's had a crush on you for sometime," Lily replied.
"How do you know that?" Peter asked, looking up at her with watery blue eyes.
"I heard it through the grapevine," Lily answered, smiling sweetly. "So, Hogsmeade is this upcoming Saturday. I think we'll all have to split up to finish Christmas shopping, then meet at the Three Broomsticks."
"Good idea, I can't wait!" Ellie said gleefully. "I love Christmas, only I was it was snowing."
"You spoke too soon," Sirius told her. Flakes started falling from the sky, dancing around their heads.
"Awesome, I called on the snow," Ellie giggled.
"And its cold out, can we go inside?" Lily complained.
Everyone got up and headed towards the school, Peter walking quite aways ahead with Remus.
"Do you think this is going to work James?" Lily questioned.
James shrugged. "I hope so." He still wanted to find out what it was that the Slytherin's were planning. He wondered if it had anything to do with his Lily. Drawing her closer, James vowed that he wouldn't let anything bad happen to her.
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