I KNOW! I'M HORRIBLE! I'm sry for not updating sooner but like I said last time, school has been hell! Today, I even had 4 tests, 3 of them in a row. At the pep-rally for my school, the seniors were silly stringing and beating freshmen and I almost got into a fight AND my i-pod's not wrking so I need to go the apple store sometime and …. YEAH! The list is going on. Thus, I will not be able to update as often. I apologize for this, but I'll try VERY hard!

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 and Alec though…

"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."

"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 was in his room, wand in hand. Saying some spells, all his belongings he was bringing with him went from his open dresser drawers to a large leather trunk. When everything was done, Alec sat on his bed letting a small smile come onto his face. He got to get out of this dump AND find Dawn. His smile quickly went away to a serious face when his room door opened revealing Voldemort and one of his minions trailing behind him.

"I see that you're packed Alec. I hope that you've read what you must do."

Alec nodded. He had been given instructions, a false identity, everything. Voldemort continued. "Good. You'll be leaving in a few minutes. You'll take a portkey from here to London where you will get another portkey from Oakley. I trust you remember him?"

Again, Alec nodded, remembering the Deatheater Robert Oakley well. He was a small, weak looking man but wow, could he fight. "With that portkey, you'll get to Hogsmeade and will then walk to Hogwarts down the path from the village and find Dumbledore. He knows your coming and thinks you are from a "muggle" family and have been home schooled by your witch mother in America." He then made a disgusted face. "I apologize for you having to be a mixed blood. Your father is a muggle."

"It is alright master. I shall tolerate it," Alec responded. Inwardly, he rolled his eyes. 'Just make him shut up already and let me be out of here.'

"Well, that is all Alec. I will contact you in a month to find what you've discovered. And do not fail me." Having the last word, Voldemort turned and left the room. His minion leaving a small wooden box which Alec knew was the portkey.

Getting up, Alec checked to make sure he had everything. All his supplies had been bought by other Deatheaters though a wand maker had been brought to give him a wand. Unfortunately, the wand maker didn't last very long… As soon as it was made, he had been killed.

After doing a double check, Alec stood and shrunk his trunk and put it in his pocket. Then he took the portkey, on his way to Hogwarts.

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Lily and Dawn were at in the Great Hall at lunch picking at the food on their plate not planning on eating even though they could if they wanted to. All around them was the talking and chattering of other students but they were talking their own way.

'Did you have a dream last night? You looked a little odd when you woke up this morning.'

Lily nodded lightly. 'Yeah. But it was different. I saw a boy. He was coming here from somewhere bad. But I can't remember anything at all. I don't even remember what he looked like."

'Oh. Well, what do you want to do tonight? Everyone is going to be having a party.'

'How do you know? Did you have a vision?'

Dawn rolled her eyes.'Yeah. Must've been the kid you saw and they'll want to welcome him.'

'Oh. Well, tonight's the full moon so we'll have to be careful of Remus. We could go to Hogsmeade maybe. We don't need to hunt for another few days.'

'Yeah. Last thing we need is a run-in with those Marauders. Especially after yesterday.'

Lily noticed the Great Hall becoming less crowded and she took her bag from the floor."C'mon Dawn. Time for Charms."

"Oh yippee…" Dawn said sarcastically. She wasn't really in the mood to go to class.

Lily laughed lightly and took Dawn's arm as she got up. "We all have to suffer. Now get your lazy arse up."

Dawn sighed. "Fine."

The two girls picked up their black messenger bags, designed with random pins and patches with logos and random images, and left the Great Hall along with a flurry of other students going to their classes.

The girls stepped into their Charms room silently, no one noticing them at all as they took their seats in the back corner of the room.

Unnoticed as usual, the girls stayed in their corner the whole period and were the first to leave after a dull review of the Jelly-Leg Charm.

When exiting, the two clearly saw Malfoy and another 6th year Slytherin, Rudolphus Lestrange, talking in hushed voices with looks on them that were clearly not happy.

Lily glanced at Dawn to see she was looking at her. They had missed something and by the weird looks the two had, it must've been something very important.

Later that night, the girls were making their way up to the dorm to put their stuff away and then planning on sneaking off to Hogsmeade. They were deep in conversation about an essay assigned to them for Defense when someone ran into Lily, knocking them both down.

"Hey! Watch it!" Lily glared at the person who banged into them.

It was a boy around their age with smooth black hair and blue eyes and a little taller than them. She saw that there was a light scar on his face although it was difficult to see considering his extremely pale skin and bad lighting of only torches. He looked sort of familiar… And Lily had to admit, he did look pretty hot with his black jeans and tight black tee-shirt…

"I'm sorry. Here let me help you." The boy spoke in an American accent, pulling Lily out of her thoughts. He put out his hand and pulled them both up. Then he gasped.

There was Dawn. He was sure of it. He'd recognize those eyes anywhere. Those blue eyes with the specks of purple. Realizing they were staring at him, he coughed lightly, released their hands and stepped back.

"I'm terribly sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Alec Dela-I mean Totero." Alec cursed himself for almost blowing his cover.

"I'm Lily Evans." Lily smiled lightly

"Dawn Kortz."

So, she had changed her last name. Probably for identity reasons.

Both girls were silent but he knew they were talking inside their heads. He made his way into their thoughts.

'He's kinda cute Dawn…'

'Oh shut it Lily. You think any guy in all black is hot.'

Alec smiled lightly and decided to interrupt their conversation. "Can you tell me where I may find the Great Hall. I just transferred here and I don't know my way around here. I was told to go to the Great Hall to get sorted..."

"Didn't Dumbledore tell you where to go?" Dawn asked with questioning eyes.

Alec shook his head. "No. He got this letter and kind of kicked me out of the office…" 'And it's a good thing he did too.' He thought to himself.

"Yeah. He's a little crazy at times but really nice." Dawn smiled lightly but it quickly disappeared. Lily cut in. "We'll show you the way to the Great Hall. We're going that way. We just need to drop off our books and change real quick."

"Okay."

He followed the girls silently up a staircase and down a few halls before reaching a portrait of a fat lady.

"Password?" the fat-lady asked upon seeing the three.

Dawn rolled her eyes and said boringly, "Courage." The portrait opened to reveal a door. "They REALLY need to change that password…"

They walked in and as Alec admired the room and its feeling of warmth, something he hadn't felt since he was a toddler, Lily and Dawn went up a set of stairs saying they would be right back. As Lily and Dawn entered the dorm, they dropped their bags onto their beds.

"Hey Dawn?" Lily turned to Dawn.

"Yeah?"

"Do you get the idea that…Alec is like us?"

Dawn shook her head with a confused look on her face. "No. Dumbledore would've told us if another was coming. Why?"

"Well, I could've SWORN I felt his presence when we were talking in our mind before…listening… But only others like us can read our minds…"

Dawn rolled her eyes. "Lily, you're being paranoid. He's not one of us. He would've made himself known to us had he been one of us."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Now let's get changed real quick and go downstairs before Alec thinks we left him by himself."

"OK."

The girls quickly got out of their uniforms and changed into matching black outfits. Black jeans, converse, and tight tee-shirts with mesh sleeves. They put on eyeliner and each put on few silver bangles and a ring or two on their fingers. They also put in their cartilage piercings, and Lily her, eyebrow piercing. During the school day, they were required to take them out as it was "bad influence" as McGonagall said.

For appearances of it being December, they took out a pair lightweight leather jackets that were black. On the left sleeve cuff, there was a red design of a crescent moon with a fang in the middle. It was Lily and Dawn's own little symbol for their coven of two. Carrying them in their hands, they went to the mirror and, after one more check of eyeliner, they came down and saw Alec standing, looking around at the paintings.

"Sorry. We just had to get changed. Let's go down now."

As they were exiting, they were suddenly stopped by some voices they didn't want to hear.

"You going to dinner like that Evans?" They all turned to see the Marauders standing at the boy's dormitory stairs. Though Remus was missing but that was no surprise for the girls. They knew that Madame Pomfrey had already gone to get him.

James crossed his arms and smirked. "Can't wait to see Micky's reaction to that."

"Actually Potter, where I'm going is none of your business," Lily replied coolly.

"Where are you going then?" James asked her with a curious look on his face, clearly ignoring the fact that she wasn't answering him.

"Why do you care Potter?" Before James could respond, Sirius finally noticed Alec. "Oi! Who are you?"

Everyone turned to Alec who was surprised at this sudden attention on him and flushed bit before replying. "I'm Alec Totero. I just transferred here. I didn't know where the Great Hall was and Lily and Dawn offered to bring me there after they dropped their books in their dorm. They told me to wait here for them."

Peter stared at the girls. "But you never help anyone but yourselves." Sirius and James nodded slightly in agreement. In their 4th year, the boys had heard how a fist year had asked how to get to a classroom and had been left in the middle of an empty hallway on the other side of the school.

Lily rolled her eyes. "We're not heartless bitches you know."

Both girls took one of Alec's arms and led him quickly out of the Common Room wanting to get out of there as quick as possible. When they turned down the corridor, they slowed down and let go of Alec's arm. Still walking, they continued down a flight of moving stairs in silence.

Alec was the one to break the silence. "Who exactly were those guys?" Inside he was boiling. Were these guys doing anything bad to his sister or Lily?

Dawn rolled her eyes. "Those were the Marauders. Or at least three of them. The other one is… in the hospital wing! Got hexed by a Slytherin." Dawn corrected herself quickly. She had almost told him Remus' secret! Why? There was something about Alec… something that made her feel very close to him… Shaking off the thought she continued to describe Marauders. "They're just these jerks who prank anyone that get in their way. They think they're all that."

Alec looked at her questioningly. "Have they ever pranked you?"

Lily nodded. "Yeah. Plenty of times. People always do stuff to us cause we're not like them. I guess I can't blame those boys for being surprised that we were helping you. Both Dawn and I usually stick to ourselves. We're kind of the loners or outcasts here." She suddenly grabbed Alec. "Oh, watch out for that Trick Stair there." She pointed to the stair just below Alec's foot. "You go through it and it's a right pain to get out."

Alec nodded and stepped over it, remembering where the stair was. "Thanks. And I know how you feel. All my life, everyone has always different from me and I've almost always had to fend for myself. I'm always treated differently so I also like to keep to myself a lot."

It was then that they realized that they had arrived at the Great Hall. "Well, here you are. The Great Hall. I hope you get into a good house. Well, anything but Slytherin. You don't wanna end up there. But hey, maybe we'll see you around."

Lily and Dawn turned to leave but Alec stopped them. "You're not staying?"

The girls shook their heads with actually apologetic looks on their faces. "No. Sorry. We made plans to go to Hogsmeade tonight. But good luck in there. And a word of advice. Don't look them in the eyes. It can be really scary." Before Alec could respond to Lily's comment, the girls turned again and this time disappeared into the shadows.

'Well, I guess I better go in…' And taking a deep breath, he walked into the Great Hall and slowly, the hall became quiet with all eyes were watching him curiously, some of the girls' looks more than that. Ignoring them, Alec kept walking until he reached Dumbledore who was at large table with the other professors.

"Ah. Good to see you Mister Totero." Dumbledore stood towards the students. "Everyone. May I have your attention please?" Dumbledore didn't need to say this as everyone was already watching. "May I introduce Alec Totero. He's just transferred here from being home schooled in America. I hope you all welcome him." Turning to Alec, he took out a large ratty looking hat from his cloak. "Alec, won't you sit down so we may sort you?"

He sat down on a nearby stool and got the hat placed on him. Needless to say, he was a bit surprised when the hat started talking to him.

"Hmmm…another one of them I see…Very brave, very smart… Ahhh. What's this? Many secrets and a dark past. You would do quite well in Slytherin." Alec mentally yelled 'NOT Slytherin!' He didn't want to be in the house with all of Voldemort's followers. Being in that house would only prove how evil he had become over the years of living with the Dark Lord.

The hat continued, ignoring his comment and thoughts. "But back to that later. Definitely not a Hufflepuff, too anti-social. Smart but not all that smart so no Ravenclaw. Gryffindor or Slytherin… Gryffindor or Slytherin… Ha! I've got it! I believe you belong in…"

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As the girls were making their way up to Hogsmeade, they had been debating where to go. Dawn wanted to go to the new club that had just opened and flirt a bit with some guys, maybe have a drink or two from their necks. But Lily wanted to go and walk around and go to a late night café.

"CLUB!"

"CAFÉ!"

"CLUB!"

"CAFÉ!"

Finally, Lily decided to stop the arguing. "Okay. Let's do this the best way we can." They had been arguing the whole way there which equaled at least half an hour and she just wanted to choose what they were doing already!

The girls stuck out their hands and did the only possible and fair solution to their problems… Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Both blocked their mind so the other couldn't read it and Lily counted. "Rock. Paper, scissors says shoot!" Lily stuck out scissors and Dawn, paper.

Lily smiled triumphantly while Dawn crossed her arms stubbornly. "Fine. We'll go to a café. But next time, we're going to the club!" Lily just nodded and ran to a nearby café that she had had her eye on for awhile.

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A wolf howled at the silver moon. It hurt. It always did, but he could never get used to the pain that he went through every month with this curse.

At least that's what he called it. His friends insisted on calling it his "furry little problem". Sometimes, he wondered why he was friends with them in the first place.

Then, he remembered their loyalty to him. They had become illegal animagus just for him. It made him happy when he thought about it. He had people who really cared for him. His own parents hadn't even treated him the same since he had been bitten.

With one final howl of pain, the werewolf had completely transformed. Remus' mind was now buried deep within the mind of the werewolf.

Out of the corner of his eye, the werewolf saw his friends. A stag, a large black dog, and a rat. They always played with him but for some reason, wouldn't let him out of the place he was confined in that often. He wondered, were they protecting him or just being selfish.

The dog came forward slowly, reaching out his nose to sniff the werewolf. It was a sign of peace.

Then, the dog jumped on top of him in a friendly manner and the two began playing with the stag and rat watching. Eventually, the werewolf got tired of the dog, and moved onto the stag. While playing around with a ball that was found on the ground, the stag go hit lightly by the werewolf and hit the nearby front door, loosening it ever so slightly. None of the animals noticed, and they continued with their games for the rest of the evening, until the full moon ended.

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It was around 2 in the morning when Lily and Dawn were walking back to the castle on the dark road. Of course being vampires they had no problem seeing in the dark. As they chatted, they heard another howl. It was Remus. They kind of felt bad for him. Even though he was a Marauder. But still, every month, having to painfully transform like that and no cure…

Reaching the castle, the girls slipped into the shadows and went to the common room. Their roommates never saw them anyway, so there was no reason for Lily or Dawn to be worried about one of them ratting them out to a teacher or anything. Besides, they knew Dumbledore was probably well aware of their night outings to Hogsmeade and he had never told them not to go.

Entering the common room, the two saw the common room a mess. There were people sprawled on the floor drunk, food everywhere, and basically everything else showing there had been a pretty hardcore party.

'Guess you were right bout that party Dawn.'

Walking over the unconscious teenagers, the girls finally got to the girls staircase and began going up it when they sensed someone watching them.

Turning, they saw Alec sitting on one of the vacant couches bearing an unhappy look on his face and arms crossed.

"I hate parties…" he said emotionlessly.

Lily raised one of her eyebrows. "This was for you then I'm guessing what with you being a new student." Realization both dawned on them both. "You're in Gryffindor?"

Alec nodded. "What's up with those girls? I swear, there was drool coming from their mouths." He shuddered lightly. "Kept staring at me too…"

"They're like little monsters." Lily rolled her eyes. "Boy obsessed crazy monsters. Eventually, you just learn to ignore them."

"I'll keep that in mind… Anyway, did you have a nice time tonight?"

Dawn snorted lightly. "Yeah. If you think that spending at least 5 hours in a café with no good music or food is fun."

Lily responded quickly. "HEY! It was nice! You're just angry because you didn't get to go to a club and snack on some hot guys." She realized what she said and put her hand to her mouth, hoping Alec wouldn't realize what she had just said.

Alec just pretended not to hear it. "Well, sounds like you two had a fun time. I'm goin up to bed before the 'monsters' wake up. Night."

"Night."

The girls then went up to their dorm. The first thing they saw was one of their roommates, Summer Gates, half naked making out with a seventh year on her bed. Not even noticed, the two girls got to their beds and, after changing out of their clothes (with the drapes closed around the bed) and putting a Silence charm on Summer's bed, went to bed.

Alec quickly entered his new dorm noticing it was empty but shook it off and sat on his new bed. He needed to tell Dawn the truth. Though it would be a huge shock, he felt he had to. He would do it in a week's time he agreed. That way, he would become friendlier with her and Lily.

Sighing, Alec undressed and changed into a pair of boxers and black shirt and went to bed.

How was it? I hope it was okay. This whole thing is seven pages on word! Longest thing I've ever written! Again, as stated in the beginning, I'm SOOO SORRY! If you have the heart, please review.