When the Stars Align

Lily's Match Making

Lily knew of her friend's crush. She'd seen the way he stared and they shared many conversations about Altair, and boys in general, since their return. The only thing Lily didn't know was how she was going to get them together. That particular problem was solved the day she found Mei and Cy spying on Sev. The twins were, of course, doing their best to be as inconspicuous as possible, but that was hard to do when your cuteness causes you to be followed around by large group of cooing girls. Especially while dressed in adorable animal onesies. The only reason Sev hadn't noticed was because he was so absorbed in his potion experiment. Honestly it would take a large explosion to break his concentration or a dragon, probably a combination of the two. "Cy? Mei?" Lily softly called out to the sweet children. Both whipped around to face her so fast they tripped over their little feet and fell. The group behind them gasped in a dramatic way before pulling out cameras and snapping pictures. Both Lily and the twins were blinded as the hallway filled with purple smoke and flashing lights. Acting on some maternal instinct, Lily snatched the toddlers and took them as far away from the crowd as she could manage. Once she was sure they had lost the girls, she gently lead the two up to Gryffindor Tower. "Come on you two. You can tell me what's going on when we get to my dorm." Neither twin complained as they were escorted all the way to Lily's room. "So..." Lily began once they were all settled with snacks safely inside her bed curtains. "What brings you two cuties to Hogwarts?" The twins turned to each other and proceeded to have some sort of silent conversation for half an hour. Finally, just before Lily fell asleep, the turned back to her. "We need a new mommy." They answered in unison. "Ummm... Ok? So, who is going to be this new mommy of yours?" "Severus Snape." Mai said firmly, glaring at Lily with an adorable pout. Lily grinned madly at the twins. "Ah! I like the way you think, Mei. What's the plan?" Both twins looked at each other before smirking at Lily in a way that just screamed The Marauders. The next two hours were spent explaining and scheming. "We have to call Auntie Ali. She'll get you supplies." Cy said looking at Mei. Lily was confused as Mei pulled out a small compact mirror. "Jade Rain." Mei whispered into the mirror. "OH YEAH!!" Cy suddenly cried distracting Lily from Mei. "What is it, Cy?" The little boy's face went completely serious. "You need a code name. Annnddd.... it has to be a color weather." Lily blinked. What the hell was a color weather? She glanced back at Mei. "Are you saying that it has to be something like Jade Rain?" Cy nodded enthusiastically. "I'm Blue Blizzard, Mei is Snow White, Addy is Grey Storm, and Auntie Ali is Jade Rain." Lily was impressed, despite not knowing what a color weather was the names they came up with were pretty cool. "Umm Pink Hurricane, no that's stupid. Oh, Scarlet Wind. What about Scarlet Wind?" Mei who appeared just in time to catch Lily's suggestions, jumped up and down. "That's such a pretty name!" She squealed softly. "I hereby dub the Scarlet Wind." A new voice said from off to the side. Lily jumped and turned to find a smirking Alimar. "How?" Lily gasped out with wide eyes. "I have my ways. Here, this a communication mirror. Here are the instructions. I really don't have time to explain. These two have had Altair worried sick for most of the morning, so we should get back. Hope you two can come up with something to explain your absence. Be warned, he'll be pissed no matter what it is." The twins gulped and slid from their seat. "Bye Scarlet Wind." The twins said in unison. "Bye Blue Blizzard and Snow White." Lily said waving at them. "Oh and Lily, this a mission for the long run. We won't make a move until Sevvy boy graduates. Your job is to keep us up-to-date and we'll do the same. Over the rest of your Hogwarts stay we will try and arrange as many meetings as possible. Kay?" Lily gave Alimar a sharp grin. "Of course." Alimar chuckled leading the twin from the room. Now all they had to do was watch and stage the occasional meeting. Let's hope this all works out in the end.