(A/N) Disclaimer: I own no characters! I am merely borrowing characters to form my own idea of what happened BEFORE the books.
The next morning, James quietly slipped into Lily's room again, with another vase of Easter lilies. He knew she would be a little annoyed about the night before, but nothing had happened, just as he promised. Still, he decided that the best thing would be to suck up for the day.
James was proven right within moments of Lily waking up. She hadn't slept well, and quickly remembered what had happened the day before to cause it.
Lily was getting ready for bed after her impromptu date with James. Once she was completely ready, she slipped into bed and feigned sleep until she heard James slip in to kiss her good night. Feeling James' lips on her forehead about an hour later, Lily shuddered in her bed. James, thinking she was cold, put another blanket over her.
When Lily was sure that James was gone, she slipped out of bed and curled up on the sofa out in the "living room" as they had dubbed the common room. Lying there, she heard a loud howl outside on the grounds. Lily knew the howl was the howl of a werewolf, and she knew that her love, brother, and their best friends were out there on the grounds. She quickly slipped out of the common room to head out to the grounds to warn James.
When Lily reached the main doors to the castle, she opened them to see a magnificent stag standing on the steps, waiting to block her in. Further out on the lawn she saw a big, black dog waiting impatiently for the stag. Suddenly, Lily saw something on the stag that looked like James' birthmark.
"James?" Lily asked, right before the stag pushed her inside. But before the doors closed, Lily glanced out and saw the werewolf lunge at the dog.
After that point, Lily's memory was blank. When she looked over at her nightstand and saw the second vase of lilies resting by the picture of her and James, she scowled and got out of bed. She had a boyfriend to hunt down.
"James Potter! What were you thinking last night? You had me scared half to death! What if something happened to you?" Lily was yelling at him when she found him in the Gryffindor common room five minutes later. She continued to rant and rave until James came over to her and kissed her gently on the lips.
Quietly leading Lily away, James exchanged a nervous glance with Sirius, which was not missed by the girl in question. As soon as James had Lily back into their own common room, she confronted him once more. By now, James had the sense to let her get it all out and not interupt her tirade. Towards the end of Lily's monolouge, James caught words like "stag, werewolf, dog" and knew they had been discovered.
When Lily finally finished ranting about her worry the night before, James explained what happened.
"Lily, there is no easy way to tell you this. Lily, Remus is a werewolf. It really isn't my place to tell you, but I have to if I'm going to explain anything else. When Sirius, Remus, Peter and I first became friends, we didn't know about Remus being a werewolf. When we finally discovered his secret, we tried to figure out everything we could to make his transformations a little easier. We couldn't be with him as humans, so we decided to try something stupid and dangerous. We decided to try to become animagi.
"The stag you saw last night was me, Lily. The dog was Sirius. Peter is a rat, so I doubt you saw him. We've been able to do this since our fifth year.
"Last night, Remus got loose from the Shrieking Shack, and Sirius and I were trying to round him back up. When the doors began to open, I panicked and headed to block whoever was there. When it was you, I thought I was going to go insane. You promised me you would stay in the castle! When you realized it was me, I tried to push you inside, hoping you wouldn't see Remus. I quickly transformed back into my human form to stun you and bring you back, but I couldn't bring myself to modify your memory." James finished his explanation and looked into Lily's eyes, wondering what she saw in his. He was telling her nothing but the truth, but sometimes if he became to passionate about something it came across as if he was lying.
"Wow, James. I had no idea about Remus. Or you three. And you know I would never break a promise unless I had a reason, right?" after James hesitantly nodded, Lily continued. "I wasn't asleep when you came in last night. I never am when you leave. After I was sure you left, I went out and laid down on the couch, and I heard a howl. I know now that it was Remus. I was terrified. I didn't know it was Remus, so as far as I knew, my boyfriend, brother and their two best friends were out on the grounds with a random werewolf. I was terrified for you, and wanted to warn you. That's why I went to go out on the grounds."
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