Author's Note: Hello again and welcome to chapter 2. Last time I checked, I had 9 views. Some readers are from the US, some from the UK, and some from Canada. I can't believe that my work is being read internationally. I am so grateful for you guys so I hope you enjoy this chapter. I've been very excited for this one.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any characters.
Lily's POV:
"James has really changed since 5th year. He's really grown up and matured. We've only been dating for 4 days, but on the Hogsmeade trip on Saturday, I think I'm going to invite him to meet my family. Petunia's engaged to a muggle named Vernon." I think to myself as I finish my rounds as Head Girl and go to bed.
Peter's POV:
It's about 10:10 pm. I make sure I'm not being followed before I go to the bathroom and transform into my Animagus form and sneak off to my destination. It's so easy to sneak off when you're a rat, but it takes forever to get places.
James' POV:
It's 10:15 at night. I check to make sure that the guys are asleep and grab my wand before putting on my invisibility cloak. I then leave the dorm, make my way out of the common room, and go do what I need to do.
Sirius's POV:
10:20 and I'm the only one awake. Peter and James are asleep and Remus is on prefect duties. I just put some pillows in my bed to look like me before grabbing the map and making my way to the Astronomy Tower.
James' POV:
It's now 10:30 and I made it to the Astronomy Tower. I remove the cloak and search through my mind for the right spell to do. I point my wand at the moon and start to use a spell when I hear the door open.
Peter's POV:
I just got to the Astronomy Tower and for some reason, Sirius is here too. I quickly turn into a human and make my way up the steps once Sirius is all the way at the top.
Sirius's POV:
"Bombarda max-" I hear someone say before I notice it's James and stop him.
"Prongs? What are you doing here?" I ask because I need to do something.
"I should ask you the same thing." I hear a voice from behind say. I turn around and it's Peter.
"What are you doing out of bed, Wormtail?" Prongs asks Wormtail. It seems that none of us are willing to say what we're doing until the others do.
Remus' POV:
It's 10:30 and I'm doing my Prefect rounds. I stop at the Astronomy Tower to do something that I've wanted to do for ages. I notice that the door is open slightly. That's odd. I decide to go up.
I regret going up.
As soon as I get to the top, I see James, Peter, and Sirius arguing.
"I'm not saying until Prongs does." Sirius said angrily.
Prongs then retorts "I'm not saying until after Wormtail."
Wormtail responds "I'm not saying until Padfoot does." And the cycle keeps repeating itself. I decide to take action.
"What in Merlin's beard are you guys doing?" I ask as calmly yet strictly as possibly.
"What are you doing?" Sirius asks. I mentally facepalm.
With as much sarcasm as I can muster up, I say "I'm here to blow up the bloody moon." Even though I used sarcasm that was the plan the whole time.
"No way. That's what I was going to do." said James.
"Me too." said Peter.
Sirius said "Same. We saw how upset you've been since you found out that the next full moon is on Christmas so I decided to take action. I guess so did the guys. They nodded their head in agreement. "Should we all do this together?" he asks. We all agree and pull out our wands.
"On the count of three." I say. "1…2…3"
We then all say "Bombarda maxi-"
"What in the name of Godric Gryffindor are you doing?" We hear a strict voice say. I recognize that voice anywhere. Professor McGonagall. Crap.
We all dropped our wands…Except for Peter. His wand accidentally fired early…And blew up a tree in the Forbidden Forest.
"We were blowing up the moon. The next full moon falls on Christmas so we all individually had the same idea to deal with it. It will be our last Christmas here and I just wanted it to be normal. You know, with drinking butterbeer in the common room near the fire and exchanging gifts while wearing dorky sweaters." The look on her face is absolutely heartbreaking.
Professor McGonfagall's POV:
"We were blowing up the moon. The next full moon falls on Christmas so we all individually had the same idea to deal with it. It will be our last Christmas here and I just wanted it to be normal. You know, with drinking butterbeer in the common room near the fire and exchanging gifts while wearing dorky sweaters." said Prefect, Remus Lupin. This is the most heartbreaking thing I've ever heard from a student while I was teaching here.
"Oh…" That is all I say for a few minutes until all four of them seem to calm down. Peter was sweating nonstop, James was hiding under an invisibility cloak, Sirius was trying to hide, and Remus looks like he's about to burst into tears. Once everyone is calm, I start speaking again. "Four students out of bed in one night. In all my years of teaching, I have never seen anything like this. And attempting to blow up the moon! Even the best wizard couldn't have enough power to hit it. Merlin knows how much damage you've made Mr. Pettigrew." Peter hangs his head in guilt and mumbles something that sounds like a sorry. "You boys will have detention for the rest of the week." Remus tenses up while James, Sirius, and Peter just shrug their shoulders. "I hate to do this, but also, 50 points from Gryffindor…each." They all protest.
"But Professor…" Remus starts. Sirius then continues his sentence "This isn't fair." James then chimes is "Why would you want to take points from your own house?" "We were trying to do a good thing." Peter finishes.
"You boys broke the rules. Mr. Lupin, Mr. Potter, I expected better from you two. Rules broken by a Prefect and Head Boy. Off to bed. There are classes tomorrow." I say before guiding them in the direction of the Gryffindor Common Room.
Remus' POV:
We fucked up big time. How do we explain losing 200 points to our peers? This is not good. We all slowly and sadly walk back to the common room and return to the door. "Good night." I say before going to sleep. Peter and James say they're also going to sleep.
Sirius' POV:
We all returned to the dorm. This sucks. For some reason, I can't sleep. "We were blowing up the moon. The next full moon falls on Christmas so we all individually had the same idea to deal with it. It will be our last Christmas here and I just wanted it to be normal. You know, with drinking butterbeer in the common room near the fire and exchanging gifts while wearing dorky sweaters." keeps playing in my mind. I feel bad for Remus. Maybe we can do something for the holidays. At Hogsmeade, I'll get him an amazing present (even though I always get my friends amazing presents). I can try to get some of those Muggle Christmas lights and some other decorations to decorate the shack. Maybe some fun cookies and hot drinks will be good. Sometime when I was planning this genius idea, I drifted into sleep.
Author's Note: This is the chapter I was excited for, so it would mean the world to me if I had some follows/favorites/positive reviews. There will be another update soon. I hope you have a good day and enjoy this.
