They woke up the next day and got dressed in the school robes that Hagrid had provided for them.
"Chances are if you wear these most students won't really give you a secon' glance. They'll just assume your a student they've never met. Hidin in plain sight an all that." Hagrid said. They walked through the school and except for a few puzzled looks they went unnoticed. They followed the students to a dining hall and paused. There were four tables. Each seemed to host students wearing different colors.
"Where are we supposed to sit?" Ana whispered nervously. Now, as the number students flooding into the room dwindled, they stuck out like a sore thumb. Soon they would be standing alone in the doorway.
"Guys we need to move before everyone sees us" Katherine said. That's when Abby spotted the boys walking into the hall and seating themselves at one of the tables. They followed and plopped down on the seat next to them.
"Holy crap this is heaven" Katherine said when she saw the spread of food in front of her.
"So guys" Ana said calmly "can you take us to the three broomsticks? We promised someone we'd meet them there and don't know where it is."
"Sure" Peter said immediately. The other boys all looked at him incredulously.
"He means" said Sirius slowly, giving Peter a look. "Why should we help you." He asked.
"Um...because we asked fairly nicely and I don't think we've ever done anything to upset you." Ana guessed.
"Well why were you sneaking around the castle last night?" James asked.
"Why were you?" Ana countered.
"I wasn't."
"Yes you were"
"How would you know"
"How else would you know we were out of our rooms?" She said smugly. James pouted for about a second before his hand jumped to his hair. The girls all expected him to neaten it but instead he seemed to intentionally muss it up. They turned to see a group of girls walking into the hall laughing. At the front of the group was a girl with dark red hair and green eyes. As she reached the table whee they were, Sirius said
"Hey Ana you look just like Evans!" Both Lily and Ana glared at him.
"Just because we both have red hair doesn't mean we look alike Black." Lily said irritably. In fact, they looked nothing alike. Lily turned to the three new girls.
"I'm Lily Evans. It's nice to meet you. And you are?" She said sweetly. The girls smiled.
"Ana Rivera"
"Abby Cook"
"Katherine Bell"
"Well it's great to meet you all." With that she left to go sit with her friends. The girls sat quietly smirking as they ate their food.
"Got something to say?" James asked. Ana just shook her head.
"Come on! Spit it out before you choke on it!" Sirius said.
"So that's the girl?" Abby asked James. James looked stunned at her bluntness.
"What do you mean 'the girl'?" He asked.
"The one your so obviously in love with." She said slowly as if he was stupid. He spluttered. The other marauders had never put it like that. To hear it like that, 'in love with' was odd. He knew it was true but...
"How about we make a deal? You don't question us or search our stuff again and show us around, and we get Lily to like you." Abby said. The marauders all looked at each other.
"What makes you think I need your help?" James asked.
"Nothing. You probably don't. But we could certainly speed things up a bit. Think about it. The only help you've ever had was these three, a couple dudes." James seemed to think about this. Finally, he grinned.
"Deal. But you haven't offered anything to these three so I don't know if they'll be so inclined." Ana looked at the other three.
"We'll owe you a favor." She said simply.
"Deal." Remus said. They finished breakfast talking about hogwarts and such and finally set out for the three broomsticks. Except as they started out the door, Abby realized something.
"Remus you said you took astronomy didn't you?"
"Yeah with Professor Sinistra. Why?"
"What does professor sini-straw look like?"
"Brown hair. Brown eyes with a look like she's constantly contemplating the meaning of the universe."
"Thanks!" Abby yelled over her shoulder as she ran back into the great hall to the staff table. She came back out a minute later and said, panting
"I asked her a question about the rotation of the moon. I got it wrong on my earth science final and wanted it cleared up. Also, girls, I ran into uncle Albus. He said we had to be back by 7:18." Remus immediately looked suspicious. 'Rotation of the moon'? '7:18'? That was the exact time when the full moon rised that night. Abby had asked when the full moon rises and then lied about it. He had a feeling the marauders would have a difficult time keeping their end of the deal after he told them. He just wasn't sure when the opportunity would present itself. And then it just did.
"I have to go to the bathroom. You guys coming?" Katherine asked her friends. They nodded and told the guys they'd be right back. After they left, Remus turned to the others.
"7:18 is when the full moon rises tonight. That's what Abby asked Sinistra." The other three looked incredulous.
"Maybe they're a couple muggles who got bit by a werewolf. And that's why they don't have magic but they know all about magic." Peter said. James turned to Remus.
"I've never heard of a muggle getting bit. Have you?"
"No" he replied. "But I don't see why they couldn't be. Then again I don't know what I do when I'm...you know. If I saw a muggle do you guys think I'd go after it?"
"Definitely. I say we follow them tonight to see where they go and what they do" Peter said.
"We can't. We need to be with Remus." James answered immediately. "What do you think Sirius?" They all turned to the fourth member of the group, who just said.
"Why do girls always go to the bathroom in groups?" The others all rolled their eyes as the girls returned. They walked into hogsemeade and split up as the three mermaids walked to the upstairs of the three broomsticks.
i know i know. its been forever. ill try harder but ultimately posting on here is just inconvenient.