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The words that are underlined are not my own, but written by J.K. Rowling.

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Lydia—

"What did you think of the DADA exam?" Lily questioned, looking back from Val and Myself.

"Easy-peasy," I replied, kicking my shoes off, and pulling off my socks, immersing my feet into the cold water of the lake, as Val and Lily followed suit.

"I think that I got at least and Exceeds Expecations," Lily replied, putting out her arms and leaning her head back, letting the sun fall on her face.

"No Doubt, Know it all, though I suppose the potions exam will be much easier for you, eh?" Val asked teasingly.

"Well, yeah, and if they covered Makeup charms on the charms exam, then you'd be good to go, wouldn't you?" We all burst out laughing, it was all in good fun.

"I'm excited about the Astronomy test."

"Why is it again that you're so obsessed with the stars?" Val asked, raising a brow.

"I dunno. It's something about looking out, and realizing that I'm only very small. You know? It's like a George Harrison quote," Val interrupted me.

"Oh no, Here she goes on a Beatles tangent again..."

I narrowed my eyes, "Very funny. He talks about realizing that the world is a big place, and that we're very small. You know?"

"Wash out your mouth," I heard James' voice raise, "SCOURGIFY!"

Lily turned around, her red hair flying, pushing up off the bank, and screaming, "Leave him ALONE!"

Sirius and James instantly looked towards us, James pushed his hair back from his forehead and regarded Lily.

"All right, Evans?" I told James that she liked Severus...I told him that picking on Severus only fuels Lily's hate for him. Why'd he have to do this?

"Leave him alone," Lily repeated, I could hear the menace flooding into her voice, "What's he done to you?" She asked, defensively.

"Well," James shrugged, "It's more the fact he exists, if you know what I mean. . ." I looked at Remus. Why wasn't he stopping James from doing this? Remus was still reading his book, surprisingly. Wait...that was my copy of Return of the King! I was sure of it! And he was folding the corners of the pages.

"You think you're funny," She began, crossing her arms over her chest, "But you're just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone."

"I will if you go out with me, Evans," James offered. James had zero tact right now, "Go on...Go out with me, and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again." I cracked a smile. I'd been the first one to call him Snivelly...

"I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid," Lily replied.

"Bad luck, Prongs," Snivelly began picking up his wand and was directing it at James, "OY!"

Snape hit James with a spell I'd never heard before, slashing open his cheek. That was dark magic—why couldn't Lily see that Snivelly was downright evil? James countered this by holding Snape upside down, his robes falling down, and I swear, I saw Lily smile.

"Let him down!" Lily protested.

"Certainly," James moved his wand up, and then Snivelly crashed onto the ground. He stood up quickly grabbing his wand, but Sirius quickly froze him into place, laughing.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I watched as Lily drew her wand, unsure of what to do.

"Ah, Evans, Don't make me hex you," I tried to send James' a message telepathically. He was ruining his slim chance of being with Lily—his true love, apparently.

"Take the curse off him, then!"

Sighing, James muttered the counter curse. Remus was still reading.

"There you go," James said as he watched Snivelly get to his feet—again, "You're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus—"

"I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!"

"Fine," She said, I could see her eyes glaze, "I won't bother in the future. And I'd wash your pants if I were you, Snivellus."

"Apologize to Evans!"

"I don't want you to make him apologize," Lily looked at James like he was insane, "You're as bad as he is..."

"What?" I didn't see where Lily was coming from either, If anything James had been doing Lily a favor in revealing Snivelly's evil qualities, "I'd NEVER call you a—you-know-what!"

"Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you can—I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with your fat head on it. You make me SICK." She picked up her shoes and socks, and hurried off, I watched her retreat into the school, Val pushed her shoes on and began to follow.

"Evans!" James called, "Hey, EVANS!" He looked at Sirius, rolling his eyes, "What is it with her?"

"Reading between the lines, I'd say she thinks you're a bit conceited, mate," I tried not to laugh at Sirius' comment.

"I know that she thinks you're conceited." I added, walking over to them.

"Right," James pushed his hair back from his forehead, "Right." he looked off into space, then turned back to Snivellus, "Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?"

"I'd actually, rather like to keep down my lunch, so if you couldn't, that'd be real nice." I offered. Plopping down next to Remus.

"Lydia!" he looked surprised.

"Remus!" I replied, "What part are you at?"
"Almost to the end. Arwen just showed up."

"Oh, I love that part." I commented. James and Sirius sat back down, in front of Remus and I.

"That was brilliant!" Peter offered.

"Actually," I gave Peter a hard glare, "It wasn't. I'm not going to be the first to defend Snivellus, I can't stand him, you all know that. But seriously James, If you wanted Lily to like you—that wasn't the way to win her heart. I think she likes you even less than she did before. Which wasn't even much to begin with. I'm disappointed in you, Prongs."

Sirius—

I looked at Lydia, listening to her—like always—brutal honesty.

"She's right, Prongs." I shrugged. "Wasn't the best to do. Evans was finally starting to slightly turn around. Ever since Snivellus has been hanging out with the Lestranges and Malfoy, and all of those other foul, Slytherin gits. She talked to you last week."

"I really just screwed things up, didn't I?" He plucked at the grass, pulling several blades up at once.

"Yeah, Mate, You did." I offered honestly.

He stood up and kicked the tree nearest us.

"Hey, What're you doing?" Remus finally looked up from his book, and narrowed his eyes at James, "I'm trying to read here."

"Yeah, Well, I just screwed up things with Evans."

"Not to be mean, or too brutal, mate," Remus began, "But you didn't have anything with Evans. How could you have screwed it up?" I choked back the laugh that had risen in my throat.

"Evans was starting to turn things around, it wasn't going to be long. But no, I had to go and be a toerag and screw up everything!" He sighed, and kicked the tree again.

"Mate, I feel your pain," Lydia started, looking at the tree with a scared expression, "But please, stop hurting the tree. What did it do to you?"
"It's more or so the fact that it exists, if you know what he means." I answered tauntingly.

"I can't believe that I said that!" James hit his forehead with the back of his palm, "I can't believe it."
"Oh, You can. You say things like that all the time." Remus replied, shutting his book altogether at this point.

"I do not."

"You do too, Mate." I argued. Sighing, "But it doesn't matter. Old Snivellus is a Slytherin. He's clearly a bad person."

"I can't believe he called Lily...You-Know." Lydia's eyes were wide, and she did looked shocked.

"I'm not. You know his crowd, his type. He hangs out with Rabastan and Scorpius for cripes sakes!"

"Like you really know them," Lydia argued.
"Actually, Lydia, I do. I've been socializing with them at family events my entire life." I shook my head, dispelling the thoughts of my cursed, wretched family.

Oops, I bet I messed up my hair. I quickly smoothed my locks back into place. I hoped that I hadn't messed up my part. Because then I'd need a mirror to fix that, and there were no windows or remotely reflective surfaces near. Except the Lake! If only I could inch closer to the lake, and just peer down for a second...They wouldn't notice...

Lily—

"I can't believe it, I just can't." I cried into my arms.

"Boys suck, Lily. That's a simple fact. And Sev—oh boy, He is so not worth your time. And I'm not just saying that to try and make you feel better. He's a nasty, nasty boy."

"Sev and I," I took a deep breath, "He's always been one of my best friends. He was the first person I knew who was like me."

"That doesn't mean anything, Lils." She tried to persuade me.
"It does, Val, It does."

"It's not like the two of you were dating or anything. Hey, it's good that you figured out how big of an arse he was before anything more serious happened." I sobbed into my arms, not looking at Val. I had nothing else I wanted to say, I just wanted to stay here, in the window seat of the library, and cry.

I wanted to cry, and cry, and cry, until somehow time propelled backwards and Sev didn't say that about me. It had never been an issue between us. I didn't understand how someone could dislike another purely based on their blood purity. I could do magic as good as Sev could, couldn't i? I was better at potions than he was. I was better at Transfiguration than he was.

"NO! Get out of here! LEAVE HER ALONE!" I heard Val shout. I wiped my eyes and looked up.

"I just want to apologize."
"No! No, No, No! Leave her alone, Snivellus. I mean it." I heard her fish her wand out of her pockets, "If you come nearer, I'll hex you, I swear that I will."
"Please, Just let me talk to her." I didn't turn and look at him. I didn't want to hear what he had to say. The lies he'd try and tell me. I didn't want them.

"No, I'm not going to let you." I heard her breathing even a little, "Leave, Snivellus. Leave or I will hex you."

I heard his footsteps retreat...

James—

The last two weeks of school flew by rather quickly. Every day emphasized more how much of an idiot I was and had been. We all make mistakes—however not all can be forgiven.

Those two weeks, Evans had ignored me more than she ever had in my life.

I did not understand. Snivellus had called her a...and she still thought he was better than I was?

I wasn't as bad as Snivellus, and I'll tell you why. I do not pick my friends based on the purity of their blood. I do not meddle over the dark arts, like they're oxygen. I do not sit around and come up with spells that will rip apart people's skin.

I was so much better than old Snivelly for Evans. Why couldn't she see that?

I sighed, packing up my things. I'd blown another year away...Now, all Evans thought was that I was an arrogant, bullying toerag. I'd been called a lot worse in my life, but that hit pretty hard.

So what if I was good at things? I was amazing at Quidditch. There wasn't any point in hiding it and pretending like it wasn't true.

So what if I picked on people?

I only picked on Slytherins, and it's not like they didn't deserve it.

I'll promise myself one thing, next year, I'll turn things around. I'll make Evans see how great of a guy I am.

I'm not a toerag. Bitch, Please.

Val—

"Hey, Sweetie, Are you sure that you don't want to come with me and mum to Isle Elladora? It's full of really hot wizards...from all over the place."

She laughed, "Thanks, but I just want to hang out at home, get in a lot of sleep. You know?"

"Sure, if you change your mind, let me know, okay? We've got plenty of room at our summer house for you. And mum really doesn't mind, not in the least."

"Thanks, but have fun without me." She tucked her hair behind her ear and gave me a reassuring smile.

I gave her a quick hug in farewell, and then walked over to meet Mum and the new beau that I had heard oh so much about. He was from London, and owned a bookstore somewhere. He was graying, with a soul patch and a beard. He looked friendly enough.

"Vallie!" She called as I walked over to her, hugging me tightly, "How do you think you did on your OWLs?"
"Fair enough," I shrugged.

"Val, This is Gregor, Greg, Val." She looked at him adoringly.

He held out his hand, "Nice to meet you, Val. I've heard a lot about you." I smiled.

"Likewise." I wondered idly, how long this one would last...

Remus—

I had been home from school for two days, and already, it was time for the full moon. Being at home during the change was so much more relaxing.

Although, during the school year I had James, Sirius, and even Peter to help keep me company. At home, I could wallow in my own misery. I found the sleeping pills in the cabinet, and took three with a large glass of pumpkin juice. I walked downstairs and to my bedroom, past my bed, and my closet door and to the next set of doors, I quickly walked inside, locking the Fifteen-odd deadbolts and locks around the steel door. I then sat down the glass of Pumpkin juice and fell down into the heap of blankets in the far corner. The walls were steel, the windows completely barred. I'd taken enough sleeping pills to where I'd be out soon...

I watched the window, the cover of clouds as daylight turned into twilight...

And then, I saw it.

The round, silver orb that I had grown to hate. To despise. It was for that glowing orb that things couldn't be the way that I wanted them to be. I could have had a normal life if the moon didn't exist. I could have normal friendships, and I could have friends over, and my parents wouldn't be afraid of their son.

I could even have a girlfriend.

I watched the silver orb glisten and come out completely from the strands of clouds.

I felt my bones crunch and lengthen, my rib cage expand, my skin stretching tight, and fur growing in all over my body. I felt my back lengthen, and began to hunch over, landing on all four limbs, screaming out in pain. I felt my eyelids pop open, and my eyes changing, my face elongating, my ears growing, my spine lengthen into a tail, I screamed again, writhing on the ground in pain.

And then it was done, and Remus Lupin didn't lay on the floor any longer, a half wolf creature did.

An Abomination.

A Monster.