The midnight moon looked down on the sleepy little town nestled in the hills of Scotland.
A large stone building stood on the edge of the town near a forest. Suddenly four cloaked figures
swooped down to the ground in front of the building. They moved forward across the lawn into the building
Without making a sound.
In the sitting room of the building sat an older lady in a large armchair sleeping quietly.
Suddenly she woke up completely aware of the fact that she was no longer alone in the room.
"Who's there?" she said fearfully. She turned up the lamp to see four figures in the room
Each of them wearing red cloaks with gold trim. They had their hoods pulled up so their faces were concealed by the shadows.
"Calm yourself, Madame Zeldaria," said the one that was the closest to her, " it is merely us."
Suddenly a bag of Golden Galleons landed in the woman's lap.
"For you and the children," he said, "I only wish it could be more," he nodded slightly to his
Companions and the four of them left as mysteriously as they came. Madame Zeldaria clutched the bag
Tightly over her heart as a tear of gratitude made its way down her cheek.
"You wonderful young people," she said quietly, "You've risked so much to keep our hope alive,
Bless you, bless you."
* * * * * * * *
The day dawned and soon Hogwarts was a bussel with activity as the students scurried to their
Various classes. Each of the students were talking to each other about their various extra curricular interests. The boys talked mostly about Quidditch and girls. The girls talked about boys, clothes and boys.
"I'm telling you, Lily." said her best friend Julie, "You've got to come to the Quidditch matches all
The most eligible guys are on the team.
"Julie," replied Lily, "those meat heads have only to things in mind Quidditch and Quidditch." just then they rounded the corner and WHAM! Lily slammed into something that was moving pretty fast. She was
Knocked of her feet and her books papers went flying in every direction imaginable. Lily sat up and realized that what had slammed to her was a who, James Potter.
"MERLIN"S BEARD, Potter!!" snapped Julie, "why don't you watch where you're going!!"
"S-Sorry," he panted, "I was in a hurry to__." he trailed of when he realized it was Lily Evans he had
Bumped into. She was beautiful with her long Auburn hair and blue eyes. Then he realized that he was staring
Quickly he jerked his eyes away and back to the books that he was trying to sort out.
"Sorry," he apologized again before handing her books, grabbing his own and disappearing around the corner. He paused long enough to bang his head on a pillar.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." he muttered
"That Potter what a klutz," fumed Julie.
"Hush, Julie it was an accident." scolded Lily as they continued on their way.
"Why are you defending him?" asked Julie, "Don't tell me you like him?"
"No," said Lily rolling her eyes, "I'm going out with Lorken MacDermott."
"Since when," said Julie.
"Since last night," replied Lily and then after looking around to make sure no one was within earshot.
She whispered "and guess what he told me that he is one of The Marauders." Julie's eyes widened.
"The Marauders," the said in a whispered squeal, "Lily do you have any idea how lucky you are? Why
there isn't a girl here that wouldn't kill to go out with one of the Marauders the for hottest guys in the
whole school!!!!!"
* * * * * * *
It was nearly midnight in Gryffindor tower Lily was sneaking out of the tower. When her
Friend Julie caught her.
"Where do you think you are going?" she hissed, "you know we're not supposed to be outside the tower after hours!!"
"I'm going to meet Lorken," Replied Lily, "he promised that if I met him in the room of requirement he'd introduce me to the rest of the Marauders! Please, cover for me if anything happens before I get back." with that Lily slipped out of the tower. And a shadow that had
Been listing from the top corner of the stairs moved away silently.
Lily paced back a forth in the Room of Requirement.
" Where is he," she said to herself she looked at her watch it said midnight. Suddenly she heard footsteps coming down the hall and realized that it was Filch and he was headed in her direction she looked around and realized that he must becoming there because the room of requirement hadn't been cleaned yet. She began to panic
"I'll be in so much trouble if I get caught," she said she was so busy trying to find a place to hide that she didn't see a huge picture behind her slide to the side revealing a hidden door.
Suddenly a hand clamped over her mouth and she was dragged back through the hidden doorway and as soon as the door shut the picture slid back into place.
"Quiet," hissed the voice of her captor, "were not going to hurt you." Lily found herself surrounded by four figures in red cloaks one of which was still hold his hand over her mouth. Slowly he removed his hand, and Lily realized that she was in the presence of the Marauders.
"Lorken," she said, the leader shook his head. Then he nodded to the others and they pulled back their hoods. Revealing themselves to be James potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.
"You've been lied to Lily. Lorken MacDermott is not one of us," said James. Lilly stood there quietly for a moment looking like she had been clubbed in the stomach.
"How did you know I was here?" she asked finally.
"I overheard you talking to Julie just before you left the tower earlier."
"Why would he lie to me?" she asked
"We overheard talking to Gretchen Mahler from Slytherin house on our way here," answered Sirius, "it seems that Lorken was helping his real girlfriend Gretchen get back at you for catching her cheating on that DADA test."
Suddenly Peter who had walked on ahead came running back up the passage.
"Red Alert," he barked, "McGonagall," is on her way to Gryffindor tower and Gretchen is with her.
"Plan B," snapped James switching to leader mode Remus went over and pressed a hidden switch on the wall a secret panel slid open revealing a rack of racing brooms with the Marauder's seal on them. James grabbed his broom and before Lily could say word pulled her on to it. they began to fly down the corridor and break neck speed. James would skid around corners sometimes using his foot to push of the wall. The other three were at his heels. Then suddenly he pulled up sharply and shifted him self until he was standing on one of the footrests Lily now had her arms around his neck and he had his arm around her waist as they flew vertically up the old dumbwaiter shaft. Straight to the Gryffindor common room when they got there they slipped out of the shaft stashed their brooms and Cloaks on another rack inside the secret passage way and raced into these respective dormitories.
McGonagall threw opened the door of the dormitory only to see a sleep-eyed Lily looking at her from her bed.
"Is something wrong Professor," she asked.
"Apparently not." said McGonagall glaring at Gretchen who was rendered speechless and promptly hauled away by the ear.
Lilly looked out the window at the moon for a while after McGonagall left.
"James," she whispered, "your secret is safe with me."
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