It's emerald yingfa5. Hi! Glad to get reviews! I love them! I'm not going to dawdle, so on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Lily or James or anyone else from the original Harry Potter series. It all belongs to J.K Rowling/ I do own Dawn though…

Last Time in Dark Friends…

While the Deatheaters, as they were called, were gathered and waiting for their lord to come, one robed figure stood apart from them. He was terribly handsome but had a light scar on his face from his eye to his jaw. It was a reminder to him of why he was there. He hadn't wanted to be a part of this war; ESPECIALLY not on Lord Voldemort's side. But there he was. With only one thought on his. All the time.

'I'm coming Dawn. I'm coming…'

Lily looked out the window and sighed heavily, watching warm steam rise from the Great Lake into the cool December air. It was such a nice foggy day and she was stuck in boring Transfiguration. She was never too good with it and it didn't help that her partner was Peter Pettigrew, a total screw up when it came to anything beyond 2nd year material. Lily didn't get why McGonagall hadn't paired her up with Dawn like she always did but she couldn't do anything about it now.

'Having fun over there Dawn?'

Although Lily was on the other side of the room, she could imagine Dawn rolling her eyes.

'Oh yeah… SOOO much fun. Black is just wonderful company.'

Lily held back a giggle. Dawn had been paired with Sirius Black and she was desperately trying to ignore his dumb and pointless questions which included "Did you dye your eyes purple?" and "Why is your hair black like mine? What a coincidence!"

Lily wasn't having much luck with Peter either. No matter how many times she told him what to do, the spell just never worked for him.

'Yeah well, looks like you're not having much luck over there with rat boy.'

'Hahaha. Well, onto a more interesting subject. Have you noticed the Slytherins are acting pretty nervous? Can't seem to hold still.'

Lily took a glance over at the nearby Snape. He looked rather anxious and was constantly tugging on the left sleeve of his robe. 'Probably trying to cover the Dark Mark…' she thought bitterly to herself before continuing with Dawn.

' Snape is acting a little strange. Keeps tugging on his sleeve, probably covering up that mark.'

'Yeah, I saw that before. We should watch out for them.'

'Yeah.' Lily unconsciously nodded earning a look from Peter to which she glared back at him, making him quickly look away and Lily continued watching as he continuously messed the spell not even bothering to offer her advice anymore. Peter was a completely hopeless and lost cause.

Meanwhile, things were just as productive with Dawn and Sirius. Dawn was just sitting trying to ignore Sirius' questions and ranting which was becoming more difficult for her. She had only so much tolerance and patience…

"Why do you wear black so much? You know, my last name is Black so some may think that you wear me. Get it? Hahahaha! But, do you cut yourself? You don't look like you would, but you wear enough black and your hair is black. Did you dye it? I'm just curious. Well actually, I'm Sirius but you get it. So, why do you wear that necklace? You wear it every single day. It's a pretty necklace. All shiny in the middle, but what's up with the moon symbol? Is it like, a family heirloom or- "

"Do you never shut up?" Dawn glared at him hard. "You've talking non-stop to me for 10 minutes."

"YOU TALK!" Sirius yelled earning stares from the classmates and McGonagall and a harder glare from Dawn.

"Of course I talk you idiot. What? Do you think I'm mute or something?" By this time, the class had stopped to watch the loner Delarosa and popular Sirius.

"No, it's just you never say anything so I didn't think-"

"Yes. You didn't think. You don't do that a lot though so I'm not that surprised." Dawn cut him off and her eyes were slowly growing darker as her anger increased. Some of Sirius' fan girls looked angry at this comment but they went unnoticed by the now fuming vampire.

Lily got up quickly leaving Peter and went over to Dawn and pulled on her arm lightly. "C'mon Dawn," Lily said lightly so no one could hear them. "You don't want to do this here. Let's go outside."

Dawns hard, cold glare softened a bit along with her eyes becoming ever so lighter and she looked down at the floor, ashamed. Lily put her arm around her.

"Professor, may we be excused?"

Professor McGonagall nodded making everyone in the class shocked. McGonagall, one of the most strict and rule-abiding teachers in Hogwarts, was letting the two loners of Hogwarts LEAVE the class early, with no argument at all!

As everyone just watched the two girls leave, Sirius Black was shocked and angry. Shocked, for no one had ever spoken to him that way, and angry, because he had just been told off in front of the entire class. He looked over at his fellow Marauders who at this point were gathered in back of him.

"What was up with that bitch?" Sirius mumbled.

Peter said softly, "I think you were annoying her and got her mad."

"No! Really Wormtail? Never would've guessed that!" Sirius said sarcastically and rolled his eyes at Peter's stupidity.

"I think you should apologize." All the boys stared at Remus.

"What?! Why?! She's the one who exploded at me!"

"Yes." Remus nodded. "But apparently something you said offended her."

Sirius just crossed his arms and out on an angry face. "Whatever…"

James patted his best friend on the shoulder. "Hey. Don't sweat it Padfoot. We can just prank her back, no problem. We'll brainstorm tonight during dinner."

This got Sirius happy. 'That Kortz is so frustrating! God. I can't wait to get back at her.'

Meanwhile James and Remus were thinking the same thing.

'There's something those two are hiding…'

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SNAP!

Lily sighed as she watched her friend mercilessly snap another branch off of a poor tree and watched as it fell to a pile at least 4 feet tall of sticks and branches she had already snapped off. Of course, only Lily and Dawn knew why Dawn had exploded at Sirius.

Usually Dawn would've ignored Sirius but when he mentioned her necklace that was going too far. The necklace was the one and only thing she had that was from her parents. They had given her it before they were killed and she remembered the words they said when they gave it to her.

"Keep this with you and we'll always be there. It's been in the family for generations and passed down for almost 200 years. There's great power in this necklace. Power you must watch over. Let no one ever get it."

Dawn stopped from snapping branches and put a hand to her necklace. It was a silver chain with a midnight blue crescent moon and a perfect opal circle in the middle.

She had never taken it off since the night of the murder and yet it never broke and was in perfect shape as if it were brand new, though it was probably God knows how old.

Seeing her friend had calmed down, Lily slowly walked up to her. "You okay?" Dawn nodded and looked down at the ground.

"Sorry about this. I tried not to let him get to me but then he mentioned my necklace and…"

Lily shrugged. "It's fine. Besides, nothing beats that time where you actually attacked Nigel Greenwood. Remember? Now that was hilarious." Lily smiled to herself as she remembered the time in 3rd year when Dawn had attacked the pathetic 7th year boy who had been hitting on the two girls and had even begun stalking them.

Dawn gave a weak laugh and small smile. "Yeah. Hey Lily? You go back to the castle. I just need some alone time right now. And tell Professor McGonagall I'm sorry for interrupting class."

Lily nodded and got up from the rock she had been sitting on. "I'll see you later then. If you need anything, just give me a thought." (A/N: You get it? The whole telepathic thing…)

Lily walked out of the Forbidden Forest, making sure no one saw. It could be big trouble if seen coming out of the Forbidden Forest, vampire or not. Dumbledore wasn't really comfortable with the two going in there what with the many dangerous creatures and it being a place where Deatheaters could be found.

When Lily had walked across the grounds and looked up at the front entrance of the school, she saw the Marauders hanging around looking for someone with big grins on their faces. That is, all except Remus. He was standing off to the side rolling his eyes thinking, 'They are such idiots…'

Lily, who was still unnoticed, silently backed away behind a bush next to them, silently thinking how stupid they were to not even notice her. She concentrated hard and began looking through their thoughts. Vampires were able to read minds but it took concentration. As she searched, she finally got what they were doing.

'I can't wait to get back at Kortz. She deserves it after what she did to me in Transfiguration. To think, that she would tell ME to shut up! ME, Sirius Orion Black! And after I helped her and Evans last night…'

Lily rolled her eyes. So that's what they were up to. They were planning on playing a prank on Dawn. Oh well, she might as well warn Dawn now. However, at that moment, Peter who had been pushed by Sirius at one of his stupid comments, tripped and fell making him fall into the bush. Landing on her.

"Ow! Get the hell off!!" Lily tried pushing him off but faced trouble what with him being not so light and she couldn't just use her vampire strength in front of the Marauders. That was a big no-no.

Peter quickly got off and stood with the other Marauders who were all looking at Lily now.

"What are you doing here Evans? Shouldn't you be at the Common Room? It's after dinner."

Lily inwardly rolled her eyes. They were trying the innocent act. 'I should make YOU my next dinner' she thought to herself and replied to him, "None of your business Black. But shouldn't you be in a broom closet right about now with one of your wenches?"

Sirius smirked. "No actually. We have business attend to."

"Yeah? Like what? Playing a prank on Dawn as revenge for making you look like the idiot that you are?" Lily meant to think this but ended up saying it out loud. The Marauders looked at her dumbfounded.

"Oops...," Lily thought to herself.

Sirius stumbled for words. "Wha-how-you…How'd you know?"

Lily smirked with a mischievous look in her eyes. "Lucky guess" 'Or just looking through your thoughts with you unknowingly giving them to me…" Lily softly giggled.

James came towards her with a serious look, crossing his arms. "What's so funny Evans?"

Lily looked up at them. "Oh nothing. Just thinking."

"Aren't you cold?" Peter asked.

Lily shook her head with a surprised look on her face. "No. Why would I be?"

Remus responded. "It's the middle of December. And you're wearing only your uniform with no gloves, cloak, or scarf."

Lily then realized they were right. DARN! I was the middle of December and there she was in a skirt, shoes, and light blouse. She didn't even have her cloak on (she had left it in the dorm this morning). She had completely forgotten to look like the cold affected her. Of course, she never felt cold. Or hot for that matter. Part of the whole being a vampire thing. Their body temperatures adapted with their environment. She could got to Antarctica and she would be fine.

Lily quickly lied. "Well, I have intense body heat, so I'm never cold. It runs in my family." 'Yeah…My family of vampires.'

The boys stared at her like she was crazy. Before anyone could respond, Dawn appeared out of nowhere behind Sirius and tapped him on the shoulder. Sirius spun around quickly to see her.

"Whoa! Where'd you come from?!"

"I'm sorry for blowing up at you before," Dawn said quickly, looking anywhere but at them.

The Marauders stared at her.

"What did you say?" Sirius asked, slightly shocked that she was actually apologizing.

"I said sorry." Dawn looked up at him with begging eyes. "Please don't make me say it again. I don't do this very often."

There was a moment of silence before Sirius spoke. "What did I do to make you so angry? I was just commenting on-"

"-on her necklace." Lily interrupted. "You mentioned it was a family heirloom and what with you annoying her with your constant talking, that got to her."

The Marauders looked at them with confused faces. "Why would that make her angry?"

Dawn was the one who spoke this time. "They were killed."

Sirius made a move towards her but she moved away shaking her head with a slight laugh. "I don't know why I'm even I'm telling you this. I have to go." She ran past them into the school with Lily watching after her.

James looked at her. "Shouldn't you go after her?"

Lily shook her head, watching where Dawn had just ran and crossing her arms. "No. She'll let me know when I should come. But I must leave now. Good-bye." Lily began walking but turned around with a glare. "And if you ever tell anyone what was said here, you're dead." And Lily left the slightly shaken boys to think about what had just happened.

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"Alec."

The group of Deatheaters turned slowly towards the one their Lord was talking to.

The one being called stepped forward, the Deatheaters opening a gap for him to walk to the Dark Lord. Upon reaching the dark figure on an elevated chair, Alec kneeled down to the ground, eyes to the ground. "Yes my lord?"

"I need you to go to Hogwarts and watch Dumbledore. He's planning something and my spies there already are ignoring of their duties being preoccupied. You leave tomorrow and will be going as Alec Totero. The rest of your information is in your room."

Alec stood and bowed respectfully. "Yes my lord." But meanwhile, he was thinking of how glad he was to finally be out of this hell-hole. It was a horrible, bleak place with no happiness or sense of home even though he had practically been raised there. Sudden realization hit him as he realized, with happiness, DAWN went to Hogwarts! He would finally see her after at least 12 years. (A/N: Dawn and Lily are 16 years old also and in 6th yr. Forgot to tell you…)

Alec thought the one thought he'd had for the last 12 years. 'I'm coming Dawn. I'm coming…'

SO?! HOW WAS IT? Sry I haven't updated in awhile. School has been HELL ! (And it's only the 2nd week…yippee… -.-) I hate High SCHOOL! Ugh…anywho, thanx to the reviewers! You know who y'all are. :)

PS: I know Lord Voldemort can read people's minds and stuff but he cant with vampires (hint-hint). And what's up with that Alec dude? Hmmmm…ONLY I SHALL KNOW!