A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! I had a lot of tests and to study for and I wanted to get part of my other story up: The Goddesses Eris and Hermione: Saving the Future.

Chapter 7: What Comes of Being in Confined Quarters with ¾ of the

Marauders.

Last Time:

Alice decided that she had had enough thinking for one night. She got up and went to sleep in the living room, but not before casting a silencing charm on Lily's room, she shivered in disgust at the noises she heard. But then again, there was true love, blind to everything else. Alice smiled lightly at her friends' success in love, much like her love with Frank. Frank, Alice thought with a sigh as she went to sleep.

Onto the Story:

The harsh sunlight streamed in through the curtains in a dark room on the third floor of the girls' cottage. Lily Evans sat up blearily, cursing the sun for even existing in the first place. Rolling out of bed, she found arms circle around her tighter. Looking under the sheet, she seemed to have a bunch of hickeys in… certain places, and seemed to be naked. Uh-oh she thought that's not good. Turning around she came nose to nose with a sleeping, equally naked James Potter.

Panicking only slightly, she sat up, James' hands falling to an undesired place (on her part). She moved them, got a robe on ad woke up James.

"JAMES POTTER WAKE UP!!!!"

James, not knowing where he was, sat up immediately, looking around for the source of the noise. "Oh, hi, umm Lily. What's up?" Looking at himself and noticing his nakedness he turned to Lily who had a scowl on her face. "Uh, did we do what I think we did?"

Lily shook her head in annoyance. "What else could we have done?! I'm sore in places that aren't supposed to be and I have hickeys all over my breasts, thanks to you. Now, do you remember how we got this way? Because I sure don't."

James thought hard for a moment or two before shaking his head. "Maybe we'll remember if we get hangover potion in our systems."

Lily nodded thoughtfully and went to get the potions. James ran his hand through his hair nervously while exhaling slowly. This was going to be a long morning.

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At the boys' cottage, in a king sized bed (that had magically been expanded) three sleepy teenagers felt the sun lick their faces, begging them to rise form their slumber. The first awake was Claudia. Then Remus. Finally Tara awoke. They all sat up and took in the scene that the bedroom, and themselves, were in.

"Soooo, who had the least amount of alcohol?" Tara asked.

"Well, not us three that's for sure" mumbled Claudia who proceeded buried her head under her pillow to block out all noise and light. However, the noise continued, making her head feel like it would open up any moment.

"I think Alice might know but we can not be sure."

"Hey! I didn't have a nightmare" exclaimed Tara who proceeded to do a sort-of happy dance that didn't require a lot of movement and looked like she was on drugs- which some people did but she was just naturally high most of the time-.

"Quiet you-"

"What do you mean by nightmares Tara?" asked Remus who was genuinely concerned.

"Oh, just 'bout the future, its nothing big, Alice gets them too."

"Ok, ok so what do you two girls think happened last night?"

"I think we all had wild hot passionate sex" came Claudia's voice from under the pillow. Remus and Tara laughed but quickly stopped because a) Claudia was scolding them about making her head hurt worse and b) their head were hurting them.

"I think that Claudia is right, Remus, from what out attire is and from all these hickeys and puncture marks-"

"Did you say puncture marks?"

"Yes, but they are only on Claudia and some are on you too."

"Oh my god. I just marked a mate."

"What?!" squeaked Claudia.

"I'm a werewolf girls. Werewolves mark the one-sometimes ones- that they are meant to be with forever; kind-of like a Veela marking and Vampire marking except this isn't around the vagina and the neck respectfully. This one is wherever the wolf tells the human to put it. I see yours is by your cleavage, and the werewolf's will always be at the base of their neck."

"OMG!!!" squealed Claudia, head still under the pillow. "Well at least I can't marry anyone my mother chooses for me."

"What do you mean?" Asked Tara and Remus at the same time.

"Well I never told anyone this, well Lily and Alice figured it out but that's beside the point. Have you ever heard of the Count and Countess of Spain, who are next inline for the throne of Magical Spain seeing as the current couple can't have children? -The two nodded and she continued. - Well then I'm sure that you have seen pictures of the family except for their eldest daughter who is always away, actually there are pictures of me, but they're from before m-her eleventh birthday. Well Count Andres Alejandro Martinez married Countess Maria Adora Agostonia because she got pregnant. Well, that was I. My name is Claudia Bellis Agostonia-Martinez. I go by my mother's maiden name so no one knows whom I am. I hope you two aren't mad at me for keeping it a secret."

After a few moments the two spoke, "No we're not."

Claudia breathed a sigh of relief, then Remus continued, "But you might- no should- tell James and Sirius." Sighing, Claudia consented and the three went into the bathroom to take hangover potions to try and figure out what they did.

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THE DARK SCRAY PLACE:

In a dark castle north of the mountains North Sea, somewhere in Europe, a middle aged man with balding black hair and red eyes in a black robe with his hood drawn over his face so his eyes seemed to glow red spoke to others in black cloaks with masks that looked as if they had been made of bone and protected the identity of the wearer.

"…And so, my faithful followers, once our younger recruits get out of Hogwarts or Drumstrang, which ever school you children attend, they will fully join our cause to eradicate those unworthy of magic."

A light applause filled the room until the man, Voldemort, held up his hand for silence, which came almost immediately. He smirked in the shadow that covered his face.

"Now, my Death Eaters, you are all dismissed except for those who are still in school." A couple of pops later, the room had considerably lessened, only ¼ remained in the dark, stone room.

"How are you, my children, gather around. Today we will continue on with our lesson of how to properly cast an Unforgivable." And so the lesson for the day began. The new recruits would work with Voldemort on their spells- usually Unforgivable curses or other dark ones of the same nature. Then they would move to another room and start physical training with a high up member of Voldemort's 'court'.

Peter Mike Pettigrew was one of Voldemort's newer recruits. His mother had wanted him to join his fifth year but he had adamantly refused, saying it would betray his friends. In his sixth year, his father punished his for going against his mother's wishes but he still refused the Dark Mark. Finally, at his family gathering, Voldemort had shown up and Peter had been forced to finally take the mark, making his parents very proud.

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PETTIGREW HOUSEHOLD:

Mrs. Mariah Pansy Parkinson-Pettigrew had a rat like appearance and mousy brown hair, both of which her son had gotten, however, she had eyes that were a dull brown color, nothing special. While at Hogwarts, she had been a Ravenclaw- much to her mothers chagrin but at least it hadn't been Hufflepuff or worse Gryffindor-, which she had hoped her son would be in, making him easier to coax into being a Death Eater, like her husband. Mr. Mike Arty Pettigrew had sandy blonde hair and watery blue eyes, the only thing his son had gotten from him. He had been placed in Hufflepuff, like all other Pettigrews, however much his mother had wanted him to be a Slytherin, like herself. He and Mariah had been friends as children, their mothers had been dorm mates and friends since they had been in diapers, and had been betrothed to each other at the age of eleven, before they left for Hogwarts. Both had hated it but now had a mutual appreciation for the other. Mike had joined the Death Eaters after Peter's birth, before Voldemort had gotten out, when Tom Riddle had been said to be missing and thought dead (in a way he was dead already). Mariah couldn't risk both her husband and herself dieing so she had told Voldemort he, being a merciful Lord, said that she didn't have to join, as long as her son did by his seventeenth birthday then her life would be spared.

For years, Mariah had taught her son everything she knew in the Dark Arts, but he was a shy boy and was always stuttering, but she loved him anyway. When it was time for Peter to go to Hogwarts, she told him to only call muggleborns 'Mudblood' if he was placed in Slytherin, otherwise, slick to muggleborn so people would be less suspicious. His mother had hoped he would be in Hufflepuff, like his father because that was the only house he seemed to fit in. He wasn't brave or courageous like Gryffindors; he wasn't smart like Ravenclaws; and he wasn't sly and cunning like Slytherins. However, when she had gotten a letter saying he had been put in Gryffindor, she had been shocked to say the least. Her husband had been sympathetic to her but the grandparents had been furious that he hadn't been put in Slytherin- like his mother's parents and his father's mother- or Hufflepuff- like all Pettigrew's before him.

They had all gotten over it when he came home crying at Christmas time saying how he was an outcast and everyone in Gryffindor thought he should be in Hufflepuff and his friends were only his friends out of pity, however much they refused to admit it.

Mariah had been very upset that her son was friend s with James Potter and the outcast of the Black family, Sirius Black. Not to mention that it was rumored among the pureblood that John Lupin and his lovely pureblood wife, Jessica Leigh Montoya- a distant cousin of the Malfoy's, not as rich though- had a son who had been bitten by a werewolf. Their daughter, Rebecca Melissa Lupin, was rumored to be very powerful for being sixteen and Voldemort wanted her to be his. However, she had refused and was now safely hidden in Hogwarts. Also, the Lupin's had declined the offer to betrothed their daughter to Peter.

Being pulled from his friends had hurt Peter, she had seen it, but he would soon find friends in his new family, Mariah would be damned if she had to bribe the others to accept her baby. She hated bribing. Also, she hated playing the nice mother who was over protective just so her son's friends wouldn't get suspicious. She didn't like them.

Oh well, her baby would be going back to Hogwarts in a little more than a month. She would just support him through letters for another nine months.

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BEACH HOUSES:

Lily and James were arguing, again. Only this time, both were naked, not really caring what the other saw now that they remembered what they had done.

"WE HAD SEX!!!!! Honestly are you going to make it one big joke like you normally do?" Screamed Lily.

"I DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING A JOKE! I MEANT WHAT I SAID, I REALLY DO LOVE YOU. IF ONLY YOU WOULD OPEN YOUR GOD DAMN EYES AND SEE THAT!!" James screamed back.

"Really, well prove to me that you love me, James, and I will be your forever" Lily said her voice getting softer as she spoke.

"Really, that's all I have to do- Lily nodded- and you'll be mine- once again Lily nodded- forever- Lily gulped but nodded all the same-wow, I've come a long way over seven year" the last part was mainly whispered to himself but Lily couldn't help but suppress a smile at his words.

"Ok. Let's start with being on first name terms, and NO flings while we go through this, it will be like courting before dating, go it" Lily asked, James nodded his head in response.

"Well, uh, lets get dress" Lily suggested, suddenly aware of her attire and blushing heavily.

"I think you look amazing, by the way you were amazing last night" James winked and walked out of the bathroom leaving a stunned and still blushing Lily.

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"Oh, god, I can NOT believe I did that" whispered Tara as last nights memory replayed.

"I can't believe how loud me AND Remus screamed, all six times, gosh" Claudia muttered.

"I can't believe how incredibly lucky I am that have been with such pretty girls" Remus said just loud enough for the girls to hear, come over, and kiss him on the cheek- in Tara's case- and the lips- in Claudia's case.

"What are we going to tell everyone" Claudia asked.

"The truth, about both of you" said Tara, "That way we'll all be more close to each other. Also, when Peter gets back to join us for the train ride, tell him about the two of you and everything else."

"Oh, Ok" said Claudia. Looking down she realized she was naked, so was everyone else. "Ok, as much as I like you Remus, leave so me and Tara can get dressed, also, you might want to do the same." A light blush was creeping up both Claudia and Remus' cheeks as this was said. Tara laughed at the situation but was silenced with a playful glare from Claudia.

"Yeah, uh, ok umm, I'll just leave you girl here with your clothes to do, whatever you need to do" and with that, he shut the bathroom door and the girls let out peels of giggles at the situation.

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Alice woke up at 11:30, showered, got dressed and made breakfast for everyone- she knew that the people at the boys' cottage would come over, she had walked past a passed out Sirius mumbling about no food- ate quickly, hearing Lily blowup at James, and James, Lily.

Laughing at the conversation going on upstairs, she took of her tank to reveal a light blue string bikini top with matching bottoms. Walking outside, she looked around and spotting no muggles, or Sirius for that matter, conjured a chair and a magazine, lathered the sun block she had taken with her on her body and sat down, ready for a day of tanning and relaxation.

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Sirius woke up at dawn, the suns rays being the annoying little sibling on Christmas, wanting the older one to wake up to open presents. Grumbling about the sun and his headache, Sirius stumbled back to his cottage but not before looking around for muggles, seeing none, and vanishing the empty alcohol bottles. Getting back to his bed in the unusually quiet cottage, he feel asleep in the pitch black room after silencing the walls so he wouldn't hear anyone.

Sometime later, he woke up to Remus shaking him awake.

"What" Sirius mumbled, not at all happy at being awoken at anytime, fully intending on sleeping off his hangover because he was too lazy to go find some potion for it.

Remus rolled his eyes and handed him a vial. Sirius gulped it down and sighed in relief. "Sirius, wake up, we're going over to the girl's place for breakfast, well, now lunch, it's twelve, we have no food." Sirius looked up at Remus, smiled devilishly and asked, "So, moony ol' pal how was your night?"

Remus groaned, told him he'd tell over lunch and walked out of the room. Sirius took a quick shower and got dressed. He rushed over to the girls' place like a man who hadn't eaten in weeks.

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Alice had been forced to go back inside and listen to everything, having already eaten herself.

"…So, James and I have decided to take things slowly" Lily finished up her story- leaving out the explicit details seeing as people were eating. The girls squealed and the boys yelled 'finally' which caused everyone to laugh.

Claudia and Remus took turns tell their story with Tara pitching in every now and then. By then end the girls (excluding Tara and Claudia) were amazed at Remus' secret and how long it had stayed a secret- not to mention why Snape was in the hospital wing at the end of the year and why Remus had been mad at Sirius. Also, the boys (excluding Remus) were amazed that Claudia had kept that a secret for so long too.

They spent the rest of the afternoon joking, laughing, playing, and just getting to know everyone again. Overall, July 21 was a fun filled day that made them forget about the approaching war.

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Izzy and Scarlet were paid a visit by the headmaster on the evening of July 21.

"Good evening ladies. I must skip the formalities because I have your first assignment."

"What is it Albus" asked Scarlet.

"Well, I own this beach house at this beach in Dover. Currently there are seven students there. There may or may not be an attack I don't know. I want you two to go disguised as muggles there and befriend them."

"Whoa, hold up, I am NOT going under glamour charms AGAIN" Izzy stated firmly.

"Fine but no magic, wand less or with a wand with an incantation or without, none of it. You will leave tomorrow and will leave when they leave, understood."

The two women nodded and Albus continued "Your names, you can choose-"

"I'll be Hermione Annie Young" Izzy said, thinking of her muggle friend Annie Young.

"I'll be her Aunt who lives with her because her parents were murdered by thieves when she was five and I'll be Janette Lisa Young, her father's sister" Scarlet said.

"Excellent, alright get packing. The portkey leaves at five in the morning and it's a shrunken jeep so all you have to do in enlarge it, park it in the parking lot and get set up. Here is the key, your house is a little up the beach, slightly out of view so you can see everyone but not many people can see you. The inside in enlarged considerably so you can continue to teach Izzy during the evening and some mid mornings. Alright I will leave you lovely ladies to pack, have a nice night."

As soon as Albus left the women hurried to pack their swim outfits and skimpy clothes. This was going to be an interesting vacation.

Sorry it took so long, I had a brain block and I still have one on PP but that is another story. Reviews are welcomed! ;)

Nymphie