The Marauder group was back at Hogwarts, Loralei and Lily being one of them now, though their names wouldn't be added to the map since it was already created, but they were working together now. Loralei enjoyed her best friend getting closer to her brother. Maybe her vision would happen.

They sent a note to Dumbledore to meet him with their idea of a club they would create. Loralei was the best spokesperson for the job. She was passionate and knew how to get her point across, and was never good at taking no for an answer. She was insistent, and usually, with enough time, would get what she wanted.

They would meet with Dumbledore in a week, so they were getting their plan together. Loralei sat there with a sheet and paper, writing down points for her to hit.

"Make sure self defense is on it." James reminded her for the tenth time.

"Yeah, I know, I know." She muttered, underlining it on the paper as a major point. She grabbed her brother's wrist and looked at his watch. "We've been at this for an hour, and I still have an essay to write for tomorrow."

"I agree." Sirius told them. "We've been talking about this since we came up with it. I think she'll get our point across pretty damn well."

"Thank you, love." Loralei smiled. "Now, I'd really like to finish my essay before dinner."

"Our cue to leave." Remus stood up.

"Lils, can you help me with Potions homework?" James asked. "I don't really get the worksheet."

"Because you fell asleep when he was explaining it." She smiled amused. "Come on." They stood up and left.

"I'm going to go to the library." Peter said. He hadn't really spoken much during the meeting, and he made his escape at that moment.

"Are you going to send me away too?" He asked.

She smiled softly, she smile even reached her eyes when she looked at him. "As long as you let me finish before distracting me." She pulled out a book and a scroll out of her bag to write it.

Of course the "not distracting her" rule was broken after about five minutes. Honestly, Loralei thought that was a record for him. Her essay was half done, but the lips on her neck were distracting.

"Stop it." She didn't mean it, and he knew it. "You're traumatizing the firsties." That she did mean.

"Peter's in the library, Remus is flirting with some fifth year, and James is at the table over there with Lily. My dorm's free." He whispered in her ear.

"I'm almost done." She muttered before writing another line on the paper. "Come on, I got you to wait five minutes, can you just wait five more? Then I'm yours until tomorrow."

"Tempting...but you know I'm impatient." He replied.

"Everyone knows that, love." She told him, looking at a page in the book before adding another sentence to her paper. "Come on, you know I'm quick with these things, let me finish."

"I'll distract you." He threatened, poking her side.

She pushed his hands away from her. "Be nice!" She refused to look at him as she began writing again. "I swear, if you make my penmanship even worse than it already is, I will cut you." She didn't mean that, she never did.

"Do you really want to cut me?" He asked, his fingers tickling her sides.

"No, but I will if you don't let me finish." She told him, trying to push his fingers away with her arm. She was trying to keep a straight face, and she wasn't usually ticklish, but he was the only one that could make her ticklish.

"This quill is sharp." She warned, wiggling to keep him from touching her with his fingers. "Please, come on, stop being a child."

"Hey, I'm older than you, little girl." He replied, still trying to tickle her.

She kicked at him, trying to be careful enough since she was in a skirt.

"You're not supposed to distract me." She reminded him, as he pinned her legs with one arm, and she caught his other wrist with her left hand.

"But it's so much fun." He whined.

"Let me finish!" She whined back. "Five more minutes!"

"Fine." He pouted as he released her legs, and she released his wrist.

"Thank you." She told him.

Of course, this time he only lasted two.

"So, you see, Professor, this would teach all of us responsibility and teach everyone in the club self defense. Which is very good for after school." Loralei finished her speech.

Their headmaster was smiling. He was going to say yes, Loralei could feel that, but not without a few questions.

"How did you come up with this idea?" He asked her.

Loralei looked over her shoulder to where her boyfriend was sitting. "When James, Sirius and I were burying our father, Sirius came up with it. We just refined the idea together."

"What started the idea?" Dumbledore was fishing for an answer. Loralei knew it.

Loralei sighed, knowing it was best to say the truth. "I was yelling about having no one to protect us and not being able to protect ourselves, and Sirius wanted to change that. He thought we should be taught how to fight so we could protect ourselves when we leave Hogwarts."

"That is a very smart thing, but we already have a dueling club, which all of you enrolled in when you were in second year." Dumbledore mentioned.

"Yes, but we were never taught anything there, we have never had a steady defense teacher. We've had a different one every year, all of them even had different tactics to teaching as well. I know I've learned most of my spells from one of my old friends who's an auror, or my parents." Loralei told him. "All the dueling club was, was practicing what you already know. I want to teach and learn things I don't know."

"And what if you only teach?" Dumbledore asked.

"Then I hope I can save at least one person's life." Loralei told him. "I just want to make a difference."

"And I difference you will make." Dumbledore agreed, signing a slip of paper. "You have my permission to start this group." He held it out to her. "Good luck, you all."

"Thank you, Professor." Loralei smiled, taking the paper.

"But I do suggest your lessons start with the disarming spell." He told her. "That's a spell everyone should know."

Loralei nodded. "I will make it that, I promise, sir."

"Good. I hope it turns out to be all you hope it will be." He told them.

"Thank you, sir." Loralei smiled. "This means so much to us."

"You're all very welcome." He told them.

When the group of teenager left, they stood outside of the headmaster's office.

"We did it." Loralei grinned. "We can start this weekend."

"Anyone want to go sneak out to go celebrate?" James asked.

"That sounds like fun." Lily agreed. She'd never snuck out before.

"Lily's first night out." Loralei grinned, linking her arm with her friend's. "Let's go."

The six friends made their way down the hall, feeling on top of the world, ready for anything. Too bad they weren't.

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