FIVE YEARS LATER

"Ugh! That loathsome, pig-headed, little git!"

"And there she is." Moria stated as she spotted the familiar redhead. "So what did James do this time?" Moria looked grinning slightly as they walked through the corridor.

"Just being himself! He acts like he some big hotshot!" Lily spat out, her red hair bouncing as she stormed slightly ahead of Alice and Moria. Alice glanced at Moria with a smile.

"But you've already said he is a hotshot…plenty of times." She responded jokingly. Lily merely groaned in response.

"Then whatever word that I haven't called that git. That's what I think of Potter right now!" Lily growled out. Moria couldn't help it, offering a teasing grin.

"Lily, it's been five years and you've called him every known name in the book. I think it's high time you just call him James. That would really surprise him." She responded and Lily finally whirled around her green eyes blazing.

"Bloody hell no! Why would I call such a dreadful boy, by his first name?!" she hissed out and Moria all but nearly burst out laughing.

"It was a joke Lily…relax." Moria said easily raising her hands up. Lily's demeanor softened until finally her shoulders sagged.

"Merlin…I'm sorry." she said softly. Moria shrugged and Alice smiled softly. Lily then looked at Moria in curiosity.

"I'm curious though. How do you manage to deal with those 4 prats? If you ask me they're simply intolerable." Lily said slowing down and wedging herself between the two girls. Moria shrugged again.

"You spend five seconds with my family, and it's like that every day." She replied with a chuckle before contemplating. "For Remus and Peter, they're really nice, so you don't have to judge those two so harshly. For Sirius and James, I guess it's because I play Quidditch with them. I don't know. Granted Sirius does manage to get under my skin. But I manage to ignore it." Moria responded easily, and then glanced up at the clock.

"Bloody hell! We better hurry or we'll be late for Potions!" she hissed out. Alice laughed as they took off running.

"WE'LL be in trouble. Lily will not~!" she joked out earning a glare from the redhead. Moria grinned.

"True! Very true! Well we'll just have to hope that Lily will manage to smooth things over with Slughorn!"

"Brilliant!"

"Oh would you two knock it off!" Lily huffed out, her face now red. The two girls laughed loudly as they finally slid into potions with a minute to spare. Snape was already seated where the four would sit. He looked up and smiled as Lily sat down.

"Hi Lily."

"Hi Severus." She replied kindly. He glanced at the other two and though he smiled, the smile didn't reach his eyes.

"Prescott. Lahr."

"Snape." They responded as well, sitting down in their spots, keeping their eyes trained onto the table. Moria never understood it. Severus Snape treated them like vermin. With her and Alice it was like they were covered in mud and feces. And while Moria was used to it by many Slytherin classmates as she was muggle-born or as they had so affectionately called her 'mudblood bitch', Alice was a pureblood. Even if they were in different houses, should it really have made such a difference? Moria sighed resting her cheek on her hand, forcing herself not to dwell on it. Slughorn had entered the class room. And like always he zeroed in on their table.

She should have really considered switching with someone else.

Sirius glanced from the tree that he had perched on, currently reading up on his transfiguration homework. He grinned when he saw Lily, Moria, and Alice.

"Oi, Prongs! Evan's dead ahead!" He called out looking down at his mates. James perked up from reading his own textbook, before running his fingers through his hair. Sirius grinned before jumping down, nearly landing on Peter and Remus.

"Watch it Padfoot!" Peter wailed slightly. Sirius merely rolled his eyes and straightened his uniform which at that moment was only his white undershirt, his black slacks and his tie which was only resting around his shoulders, still untied. He also ran a hand through his hair though unlike James was merely to make sure he didn't have any bugs or leaves in it.

"Oh come on Wormtail. I love watching this." Sirius joked as the three girls started walking past them. James got up.

"Evans!" he called out. Lily rolled her eyes and kept on walking.

"Hi to you too James!" Moria called out teasingly, to which he merely laughed at. She waved as she followed the two, James doing the same following the girls, still calling out to Lily. Remus sighed.

"I swear. He doesn't give up does he?"

"He wouldn't be Prongs if he wasn't." Sirius replied before following James.

"Hey Alice."

"Yeah?" Alice asked looking up from the book that she had gotten from the library. Moria was resting on her bed, throwing up a soccer ball that had been sent to her. She didn't really have time to use it, however she did find it something that would calm her. She continued to stare at the ceiling.

"Do you ever get the feeling that there's something wrong about Snape?" she asked stopping the ball. There was silence and then a sigh.

"About Lily you mean?" she heard Alice ask. Moria turned over and. Alice was silent again.

"I think about it a lot. I mean I know those two have been friends since they were kids…and Snape was the one that told Lily she was a witch. But some of the stuff he does…it's just creepy. It's like he's obsessed with her or something." She said sitting on Moria's bed and glanced at Lily who had fallen asleep already, her bed covered in parchments, textbooks, and quills. Grinning Moria and Alice carefully floated the items back to side where they belonged.

"Obsessed is a nice word for it. But…I don't know whether or not she knows or I should even tell her the rumor that Snape's been involved in the Dark Arts." Moria replied, stretching her arm and immediately regretting it as the bruise located on her arm twinged in pain, and tried to mask it, however Alice noticed.

"Did Malfoy and his gang corner you again?" She asked. Moria didn't offer a response. "You should really tell someone about that M." Alice chastised. Moria shook her head.

"I can handle them. Trust me on that." She said softly. Alice shook her head.

"Lily might not have been there…but I've been there Moria. I've SEEN what they've done to you. And then you go to Madam Pomfrey and lie to her. Why not tell James or Sirius?" Alice begged quietly. Moria shook her head.

"I don't need anyone else being involved with this. I still feel bad for them scaring you as bad as they did. And knowing those two, if they find out they'll hex the boys to next week and then beat their arses. And as much as that seems to be a good thing, I don't need anyone getting hurt or get into a long detention because of it." Moria replied then grinned. "Besides I think the only reason those two like me is because I'm the best Keeper they've had. I mean remember our first year? The Keeper then couldn't stop Quaffle from going into the hoops at all. It's a miracle we won ANYTHING." She finished. Alice sighed knowing that she couldn't convince her to say anything. With a sigh she fell back onto the bed and then giggled.

"What?"

"Oh nothing." Alice replied a small blush on her face. Moria blinked then grinned.

"You're thinking about that Longbottom boy aren't you? He's a year ahead of us Alice." Moria said and grinned as Alice's face turned bright red.

"Please don't say anything."

"I won't. Relax. You've had a crush on him since 3rd year. I didn't tell him then did I?" Moria teased. Alice giggled and hid her face in her hands. Hours later Moria was still awake, listening to the other girls in her dorm sleep. The full moon lit up their room in an ominous glow. She sighed and rolled over again. No matter what she did she couldn't fall asleep. Sighing she sat up and went to the window. The clock tower could be seen from there and she could see it read 5:30. She groaned quietly.

"I have a test tomorrow in transfiguration…" she hissed out angry at herself. She glanced down and blinked then pressed her face closer to the glass.

Was that….a dog? Walking next to a stag? Okay…she may not understand the magical creature relationships that well…but COME ON the two species hated each other. So why were those two even walking together. Her eyes widened as she began to watch the two transform into more human-like figures. However they entered the school before she could see anymore. She sat down on the hard surface of the stone.

What the hell did she just see?