Chapter Forty Four

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"I will hex Barty.", Sirius muttered, watching Regulus' retreating form from underneath the invisibility cloak. 

"Let's prank him.", Peter suggested. 

"Wormtail! My man!", Sirius cried, high fiving him. 

Sirius pulled out a bottle of pink hair dye from his pocket. "You just carry that around?", Remus spluttered. 

Sirius nodded. "I'm Head Boy.", James paled. "Prongs! Snap out of it!", Sirius said incredulously. 

James shook his head. "Sorry. Let's go."

They ran as fast as they could to catch up to Regulus, slipping into the Common Room behind him. They followed Regulus into his dorm, still invisible. 

Regulus stared at Barty, who was reading a book. 

"You weren't here yesterday.", Barty noted. 

"Nice observation.", Regulus sneered. 

Barty closed his mouth, looking down at his book. "That's it, then?", Regulus asked. Barty looked at him solemnly. "Yeah, you idiot. I didn't even like you.", Barty snorted. 

Remus had to hold Sirius back, before he could blow their cover. 

"Did you hear that?", Barty asked.

Regulus pulled the covers over his head, ignoring him. 

The four boys snuck into the bathroom, pouring the pink dyes in the shampoo bottle.

"Of course Snivellus doesn't own any.", Peter noted, snickering softly. 

When they entered the dorm, it was empty. Sirius stepped out, writing a note to Regulus.

Reg--

Buy some more shampoo. Don't use the shampoo bottles in the bathroom.  

--Blood traitor.

He hid the note in Regulus' pillowcase, coming back under the cloak. 

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"Hogsmeade!", James cheered as they entered the village. 

"Where shall we go first?", Alice asked. 

"We have the Order meeting at the room in the Hog's Head in thirty minutes.", Lily reminded. 

"We should go and see the shrieking shack!", Frank suggested. 

"Good idea!", Dorcas said. 

James looked over at Remus. 

"You okay with it?", he asked, his hazel eyes big. 

Remus nodded, grabbing Sirius' hands.

"This place looks haunted.", Alice shivered, as they stared at it. "Sometimes I'll hear howls at night.", Marlene admitted, shivering, as it began to snow. 

"Must be a monster.", Dorcas teased. "Yeah.", Remus nodded, "A monster.", he said thickly. 

"Rem. You're not a monster, alright?", Sirius whispered, rubbing his thumb against Remus' hand. Remus looked down, not saying anything.

James was turned around, talking to Frank about Quidditch. Lily bent down, scooping some snow in her hands. She aimed and threw the snowball, hitting James in the back of the head. 

James turned around to a giggling Lily, running at her. 

"Help!", Lily laughed, as he chased her. "Good luck, Lily.", Peter smirked. 

          

James picked Lily up, putting her on his shoulders. "I'm going to fall if you don't put me down, Potter!", Lily yelled, clutching on to his neck.

"Moonyyyy.", Sirius pleaded. "Oh alright.", Remus smiled. Sirius jumped onto Remus' back, who ran at James and Lily. 

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The group walked into the Hog's Head. "Rosmerta!", Sirius cheered, giving the blond woman a hug. 

"Sirius, long time no see! What can I get you?", she asked, smiling. 

"I'd like to take you out.", Sirius winked, joking, grabbing Remus' hands.

"I have a boyfriend, Sirius.", she said,  playing along. 

"So do I", Sirius chirped. 

"Finally! I knew it.", Rosmerta said, smirking. 

She lead them into the room, locking the door. 

"Our last meeting got cut short, so I was thinking we could try the Patronus spell this time, and maybe some more strategies. Any questions?", James asked, as the rest of the students began filing in. 

"Yeah, what's he doing here?", Edward Mclaggen sneered, pointing at Regulus. 

"He's here to help us fight, obviously.", Lily said slowly, as if she were talking to a small child. 

"He was with You-Know-Who in the last battle! I saw him!", Mclaggen insisted. 

"He's a spy, you idiot.", Sirius said, staring him down. "How can we trust him?", Mclaggen asked, looking at Regulus. 

Regulus sighed. "We need an inside man. I'm that person.". 

"Why is Sirius here, come to think of it? He killed his own father! Who's to say he won't betray us, too.", Mclaggen jeered, standing up. 

Sirius looked down at his feet. 

"Get out.", James said, his voice quiet. 

"What?", Mclaggen asked, shocked. 

"I said, get out.", James said, opening the door. 

"Why?", he challenged. "Just leave.", Lily said, backing James up. "Pretty little Mudblood, aren't you?", Mclaggen said, licking his lips. 

Before anyone could stop anything, James' wand was thrown on the ground. He jumped on top of Mclaggen, pinning him to the ground. "Never call her that.", he said, breathing heavily. 

"James.", Lily said, pulling him off of Mclaggen. James turned around, which was his mistake. 

Mclaggen butted James in the face with his head, making James stagger back. Mclaggen stared at everyone, before slamming the door. 

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"I'm fine.", James insisted, as Lily tutted at him. 

"You didn't have to do that, Prongs.", Sirius said. "Well I did it anyway.", James smirked. 

"Anyone else want to join Edward?", James asked. 

No one stood up. 

"Brilliant. Let's get started.", James announced.

"Agh!", Regulus cried, clutching his arm tightly. 

"Reg!", Sirius cried, rushing over to him. 

"He- he's summoning me.", Regulus cried, gritting his teeth. 

Regulus disappeared in a cloud of smoke. 

Sirius looked around wildly, "We need to find him. Let's go.", Sirius said. 

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