Disclaimer: everything belongs to JK Rowling. only the plot is mine. If by any chance my plot matches any other fanfic, don't sue because I'm writing this just for fun!!

AN: Well here is a pre-harry fic that couldn't get of my mind. i wrote it mostly during my history and Geography class. (i am not an art student) so bare with me if the plot seems uneven.

I also want to thank MADMAN who agreed to beta this story along with the other stories!

Lily Finds Out

Chapter 1

"Seriously James, get a grip of your self!" Remus said half annoyed. Remus, James, and Sirius were in the shrieking shack waiting for the full moon to rise. There were only three of them since Peter was in the hospital wing because his cauldron blew up in his face.

Remus sighed slightly as he waited for his transformation. For the past hour he was stuck with James talking about how beautiful Lily was looked today. It was probably worse than transforming into a werewolf.

"Hey Sirius, did I tell you about how Lily smiled at me today?" James said dreamily.

"Yes Prongs, you told us fourteen times already," Sirius groaned,

"Hey moony, would you hurry up with your transformation already, so it can shut Prongs up!"

Sirius walked over to the couch that Remus was currently sitting on. Everything in the house was withered or ruined with Remus' scratching or torn to shreds by the werewolf's sharp teeth. Moony wasn't as passive in his wolf form as he was normally, this however never worried the three other marauders. They were in their seventh year and were still as mischievous as they were when they first entered the school. Times never change.

Sirius sat besides Remus and frowned annoyingly at James, who was trying to look hurt at Sirius' remark.

"I don't talk about her all the time, do I?" said James softly after noticing both his friends annoyed looks.

Sirius let out a snort, "James, you talk about Lily 24/7, and that includes at night…you wake me up, so I know."

Remus chuckled weakly as he felt the time for his transformation come closer. The three of them waited silently for the moon to rise and for Remus to change.

Remus let out a loud gasp as the moonlight shone through the window on the roof. Immediately Remus fell over his chair and clenched his stomach with pain.

James could see Remus' eyes turn pitch black while his friend let out a painful cry as his bones started to contort.It was truly gruesome to watch.

Knowing that Remus would be a full-fledged werewolf in a matter of seconds, James and Sirius transformed in their animagus forms and moved closer to Remus.

Remus was rapidly changing, hair was starting to grow over his entire body and his face started to disfigure into a snout. Sirius winced as a crack was heard from Remus' back.

It always pained James and Sirius to his Remus in so much pain every month and they couldn't do anything about it except be there with his. Being there in their animal form did help Remus a lot, but Remus was still in pain.

In a few seconds, Remus had turned into a fully-fledged werewolf. The wolf sat there staring at the Stag and Dog, Immediately Sirius jumped on top of the werewolf and started playing around the room as James watched amusingly.

Sirius was in the process of biting Remus' ear when James caught their attention by pushing Sirius playfully. James went down the stairs and into the passageway that led out of the shrieking shack. Remus and Sirius followed behind the big stag.

Sirius always moved close by the werewolf just to keep it in check. James always stayed in front so that if anyone were out in the grounds, James would be able to charge Remus back into the shrieking shack.

One hour before full moon in the gryffindor common room

Lily was sitting in the common room looking over her charms essay, biting her lower lip as she read. She couldn't concentrate on it properly.

It was slowly getting dark and the fire crackled through the room accenting her red hair and her emerald eyes.She was alone in the common room except for two other first years.

Putting the essay down on the table in front of her, she ran hand through her fiery red hair, starring into the fire. Her mind was jumping thoughts between James and doing her essay.

It was strange how James was acting; at the beginning of the year James acted like his normal self, always cursing students, walking around with his friends like he owned the school. But then it happened, two months after the start of the first term James had drastically changed. It was after Remus had left for his parent's house, when Remus came back James had changed completely.

For the first week, James, Remus and Sirius became usually quiet; there were no more pranks. Lily had noticed this when she saw James pass Snape without sending a single bad remark to the Slitherin. This was a first in Hogwart's history.

It was the middle of the year; Lily and James were already having long conversations in the common room. Lily was surprised at how interesting James was and started to like him, and obviously he liked her, a lot.

Sighing, Lily pilled all her homework and walked to her dorm with all the homework in her arms. She passed an open window by the staircase, feeling the cool night breeze against her face. She stopped to look out of the window to admire the grounds. Looking around the darkening grounds she saw the whomping willow. The whomping willow was a violent tree; Lily never had the chance to see it up close.

Staring at the tree she saw three people stand around the tree, Lily recognized them immediately, and it was James Remus and Sirius.

She could see James fumble around with a stick before the whomping willow froze. The tree froze for a few seconds before it started swaying again. Lily looked down to where James was standing, but they weren't there.

Lily stayed in shock for a couple of minutes before she made up her mind. Running as fast as she could to her dorm, she threw her books on her bed and grabbed her cloak. She tried to be as quiet as possible while in her dorm so that she wouldn't wake any of her roommates who were thankfully sleeping early.

As quick as she could she left the common room and headed for the entrance hall. Once she reached the entrance hall she could hear someone walking, looking around the corner she could see Filch walk past the front door. Muttering to himself about dung bombs in the charms hallway and his usual speech of 'hanging those rascals on the ceiling'.

Lily waited until the coast was clear before opening the front door slowly and slipping out of the castle.

Walking on the grounds, she mumbled something about James being an idiot. He was doing it, up to his deviltry again. Just when she thought he was changing for the better…she shook her head. She should know that James would never change…..even for her. She shivered slightly as she walked on the grass towards the whomping willow. Looking around she could see light coming form Hagrid's hut.

Walking further away from the castle she never took her eyes of the whomping willow where she saw James and his friends disappear. Lily was defiantly going to give James a piece of her mind when she gets hold of him.

Lily stopped as she saw the Whomping willow freeze like it had done before. They were coming out, she thought angrily, breaking out in a jog to catch James and his friends before they left. Oh, were they in for a surprise.

But fate was determined that James wouldn't get the shock of his life: she would. What she saw next made her gasp in horror. Instead of James coming out, there stood a large brown stag. Behind the stag she saw a black dog and a huge grey wolf. It took her a few seconds to realize that it wasn't an ordinary wolf but a werewolf. It looked around for a while when she was caught in its sights. It started menacingly towards her. 'Oh, James for goodness sake, please be here!' Lily thought desperately. James wasn't there though, so Lily did the most natural thing any ordinary human…..or wizard would do. Lily turned around and ran towards the castle as fast as she could.

While she was running she turned around to see if the wolf was following her. What she saw was amazingly, was the dog fighting the wolf…..and losing. While she was looking, she tripped on a rock and fell to the ground. Though she was on the ground, she could hear a savage noise coming towards her. Fear as she never felt before gripped her….she was going to die….and not pleasantly either…..

CLIFFY!!!

AN: well there you have it, the first chapter! hope you'll continue reading!! and don't forget to review!!!!

Thanks to Madman, fot wonderfully betaing my story! (if you're all wondering, no he is not mad!)