Four To The End (prev Shifting Lines) Book Three (Marauders Era)

Chapter One Hundred-Forty-Two - Day Of Lourey

Author's note: emetophobia warning, Remus hurting himself a little

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It was one of the most bizarre things, on Wednesday morning, to get dressed in a girl's uniform. Remus nearly started to grab his regular clothes then smacked his forehead and grabbed the girly things. In the lavatory, he drank the hair growth formula and soon his poofy hair poofed down past his shoulders. He ran his fingers through it, not liking how big it was; he would definitely have to see if Lily could braid it down. After brushing his hair (which took ages) he slowly got dressed. The top parts were fine. Short-sleeved button-up white top, and the sleeveless jumper. Then he looked at the skirt, twisting it around until he found which way was front. Once on, his legs felt weird being exposed. And hairy. So hairy. Which reminded him. He grabbed his remaining things and returned to the dorm.

"You look beautiful!" James teased as soon as he went in. James was already in his uniform and was bouncing on his bed, very excited to start the day.

Sirius stuck his head out from behind his curtains, staring at him for several, several, far too many seconds. "You do," he agreed in a strange, distracted voice, before shutting the curtains, muttering to himself. Remus suspected that even if he didn't usually get dressed behind the curtains, he would be doing so today; whatever he had planned was something big and he wanted a dramatic reveal.

Remus got the hair removal potion from Sirius's bedside table and sat down, carefully slathering along his legs that would be seen. His leg hair and the potion turned to dust which he wiped away with a towel.

"Good Lord," he said, standing up and staring down. It had been about a year since he started growing leg hair. A year with leg hair made him forget what not having leg hair felt like. It was... weird. And a bit uncomfortable. Although also nice, not seeing the 'fur' growing down his legs.

"HOW THE HELL DO THESE GO ON?!" Peter screamed from behind his curtains.

Sirius poked his head back out. "What?"

"THE TIGHTS!"

"Need a hand?" Sirius grinned wickedly, even though Peter couldn't see him. "I would love to help a lovely young lady pull her tights up." Peter stuck his arm out out from his curtains and threw his pillow towards Sirius. "I'll only grab your arse a little," he promised.

Another pillow went flying. "Bugger off, pervert."

"Dementor," Sirius said. "Remy, do you need help with anything?" He wriggled his eyebrows.

Remus rolled his eyes as he sat down to pull his socks on. "No."

"Damn."

"I can use some help," James said in a falsetto voice, lifting his skirt a bit and flapping it.

"Come here." James went over, and Sirius smacked him on the bum. "How's that?"

"Perfect."

Soon everyone was done getting ready, except for Remus's hair. And he, James, and Peter lined up as Sirius dramatically exited his bed curtains, gaining a rather scandalized gasp from all his friends.

"Well?" Sirius twirled and nearly fell over, since he wasn't used to heels. "How do I look?"

"You're going to lose us so many points," James said.

Sirius struck a pose and winked. "I sure hope so."

Remus had to admit, despite the fact their uniforms were identical... the four of them made them look so much like themselves that it barely felt like a costume. Remus's was worn like his usual uniform, with his button-down tucked into his skirt. His socks came up over his knees (actually matching, though) and he wore the fairly nice loafers they had gotten him. His tie was crooked, but other than that... pretty normal. Peter looked the same, only his tie wasn't tucked in, and he wore tights; his hair was pulled into two pigtails which suited his cuteness. James's shirt was tucked in but he didn't have a jumper on, and he wore ankle-high socks with his hair up in a high ponytail. He looked very sporty.