downfall // marauders era

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The first thing Eve heard as she was pulled into the room was a loud, girly screech followed by a rather high pitched voice yelling, "I don't have a shirt on!"

That was followed with a sigh, "Wormtail, you don't have to pull the covers over your chest... You don't have boobs."

"I don't know, Moony, his chest does seem rather deve-"

"Um, guys," James interrupted a tall boy with long, dark hair and turned to Eve with an exasperated expreession, "Sorry about them," he mumbled to her.

The boys stood up and approached the two, Peter doing so quite awkwardly as he tried to keep his blanket wrapped around his top half.

"Wait, you weren't lying?" The boy with long dark hair spoke up again. It seemed as if the three boys had just now noticed Eve's presence.

"Well, obviously he wasn't if I'm standing right here," Eve told him. The three boys standing in front of her and James blushed. She looked at each of them and she could tell exactly who was who.

The shortest one who was rather chubby and truly did resemble a rat was obviously Peter. It took everything in her not to banish him then and there. Next to Peter was a very tall boy (he had to be at least a foot taller than Peter) with sandy brown hair and light scars on his face, showing her that he was Remus. The boy next to Remus was almost as tall as him and had long, dark, curly hair. Eve watched as her brother, who was about the same height as Sirius, walked over to hug his friends.

Eve awkwardly stood there and watched them greet each other. She could see how close they were just by this exchange. After all, James had just been gone for two days, but they were acting like he'd left for months. Once they finished they all turned to her but James spoke up before she could, "So, this is my twin sister Evelyn, she goes by Eve though. Anyways, Eve, this is Peter, Remus, and Sirius," James pointed to each boy as he said their name.

Remus was the first to step forward, hand extended towards Eve, "Hello, Eve, it's nice to meet you," Remus smiled at her shyly and James couldn't help but notice how they both blushed and didn't really make eye contact when they shook hands.

Sirius stepped forward next and smirked at Eve, "Pleasure to meet you. I must say, it's very weird to see a girl version of James. Especially a cute girl version of James," Sirius leaned over to whisper the next part in her ear, "between you and me, you're a lot cuter than Prongs." Eve blushed even harder at the compliment as she shook Sirius' hand before he flinched away after a slap on the shoulder from James, "Right, Padfoot, I'm gonna need to have a talk with you later. Especially about how terrible you are at whispering," James smiled innocently at him, causing Sirius to pale slightly, Remus to chuckle, and Peter to stand there confused.

Eve was about to say something when Peter, who was the same height as her short 5'3  frame (she gets her height from her short mother), stepped forward with an extended hand. Eve had to keep herself from glaring at it in disgust and forced herself to smile at the nervous little boy. She shook his hand quickly and when she pulled away she could tell the other boys noticed something was strange about their exchange. After she let go of his hand, Peter quickly scurried over to his bed and grabbed a shirt before retreating to the bathroom. She could tell Sirius was going to ask her about it, but Remus spoke up before him.

"So, James, would you like to explain why you suddenly have a twin sister?" Remus asked with a smile as Sirius nodded in agreement. James, Sirius and Remus all walked to their designated beds and James waved Eve over to his, telling her to sit beside him.