They all sat in the spacious office, waiting for the old man to speak. James, Sirius, Peter, Lily and Severus sat around the grand desk in various chairs, all acting in different ways. James alternated his glares between Snape and Sirius, and for once, the ones directed at Sirius held more anger. Sirius stared down at his feet, not daring to meet the gaze of anyone in the room, very aware of what he had done. Peter was looking around the room, taking in the scenery, seemingly not fazed by the nights events. Severus' eyes never rested for more than a second, glancing between the other three boys in the room, apparently in fear. Lily stared at the others around her, very confused. It had been her and Peter who had run for Dumbledore, after Peter bothered her in the common room, insising on knowing the password to his office. As a prefect, Lily knew, and so accompanied Peter to retrieve the man. The events that had followed had confused her more than she thought possible, and she stared in disbelief at Potter's angry stares in Black's direction.

Dumbledore sat on the other side of the desk, reading some piece of unimportant parchment intently. When he had finished, he looked over the rim of his spectacles at the teenagers in his office, eyeing them all individually. Lily was first to speak.

"Sir," she said, looking him right in the eye, "Why are we here? At least, why am I here?"

"I wish to talk about tonight's events, Miss. Evans, and I have reason to believe you hold information which would be most useful to my enquiries." Lily thought about this for a moment, then spoke again, catching the wandering attention of the large boy next to her.

"What happened tonight, sir? I really don't know."

Dumbledore looked across line again, pushing his glasses up his nose. He chose his next words carefully.

"Soon, Miss. Evans. But for now, am I right in understanding that you are all aware of our friend Remus Lupin's... predicament?"

Realization hit Lily like a brick. So that was what this was about? That Remus' secret was out? She knew that the Gryffindors in the room were aware of Remus' 'furry little problem', but she was surprised to find that Severus knew too. She had found out just before she had started dating James, due to an event involving an early full moon.

Snape let out a shrill, manic laugh. "I do now!" he yelled, throwing his arms in the air, then pointing at Sirius, "Thanks to him, and his stupid prank! some prank, Black! Murderer!"

Lily began to panic slightly as Severus sat down again, encouraged by the headmaster. Murderer? What had Sirius done?She looked over at him, he was still focussing intently on his shoes.

"Mr. Snape, if I hear that word again, in or outside of this office, I will put you in two months detention. Understood? Also, if I hear any reports from my pupils of Remus Lupin's lyncanthropy, I will hold you responsible, and will have no other choice but to expell you. Now, if you would, I'd like you to promise you won't tell a soul of the events of earlier tonight," Snape reluctantly promised under the intense glare of his headmaster,"Good. Now, this meeting is postponed until Mr. Lupin awakes in a few days time. Once he does, I want you to explain to him what has happened, then bring him here as soon as possible. Until then," with a wave of his wand, the door opened,"Goodbye."

The students filed out, still acting in the same way as they had been when in the office. Sirius pulled out in front, apparently eager to get away from his friends. Lily still didn't have a clue what had happened, but she knew it couldn't have been good. She'd just have to wait until Remus returned.

A/N: The story of how Lily found out about Remus is half-finished, it's called Lunar Disturbances. Go read! :)