A/N: This chapter should be a bit more cheery hopefully. Enjoy!

Chapter 9: The Marauderette

James's POV

Unexpectedly, I managed to sleep without being woken up by nightmares like I'd expected. Instead, Remus woke me up by accident when he got out of his bed and knocked me with his foot.

"Look who's finally awake," someone chuckled as I blinked sleepily, wincing slightly at the harsh glare of white light from the hospital walls.

Looking towards the sound, I saw Sirius and Peter standing at the bottom of Remus's bed. Remus himself was pulling on his robes.

"Has Madam Pomfrey let you go?" I asked, standing up with a yawn.

"Yeah, she came in while you were asleep. Though I'm surprised she didn't wake you up last night," Remus said.

"Anyway," Peter interrupted. "We have class in about five minuets."

"Don't panic though," Sirius grinned. "We have the books you'll need for the day and some breakfast from the kitchens."

He handed Remus and I our school bags and a smaller bag that I guessed contained our breakfast. Knowing we didn't have any time to argue, we followed Peter and Sirius out of the Hospital Wing.

"What lesson do we even have now?" I asked, pulling a piece of cold bacon out of the bag and eating it while walking.

"Transfiguration. Which reminds me," Sirius stopped and dug in his bag, finally pulling out a piece of parchment. "You forgot to do your essay so I did it for you. Don't get too used to it though, and it probably won't get you a good mark."

Taking the parchment, I stuffed it into my Transfiguration book. A sudden thought hit me before we could start walking again, I gasped and unconsciously touched my shoulder where my new scars rested, alerting the others.

"Transfiguration," I breathed.

"What about it?" Peter asked nervously.

"Prongs," I said, not able to stop my brain thinking long enough to explain.

Luckily, Remus and Sirius weren't as oblivious and caught on.

"Will you still be an Animagus?" Remus asked worriedly, looking at me guiltily.

"I'll test it tonight," I said. "Come on, we're going to be late."

"You can't just test it!" Remus argued, hurrying to catch me up.

"Remus is right," Sirius said. "It's too dangerous."

"We need to find out someway," I shot back.

"Why not just get Remus to ask McGonagall what would happen if he became an Animagus?" Peter asked.

We stopped walking in shock, causing Peter to run into Sirius and knock them both over.

"That's a brilliant idea, Pete," I laughed, helping him up while Remus helped Sirius.

"How didn't we think of that?" Sirius grumbled.

We ended up five minuets late for class, but when Sirius subtly gestured towards Remus, McGonagall just let us sit down. She knew we always collected him from the Hospital Wing and had given up trying to convince us otherwise long ago.

For me, class couldn't pass quickly enough; I just wanted it to be over so Remus could ask. I didn't want to lose my Animagus form; it had become part of me and I wasn't ready to lose it; I doubted I ever would be.

Once the bell went and the classroom cleared out, we walked with Remus up to McGonagall's desk. I noticed Lily waiting outside the door, but I didn't know whether to groan or jump for joy at her finally wanting to talk to me.

"What can I do for you, Remus?" McGonagall asked, shooting the rest of us suspicious looks.

"I was just wondering what would happen if I ever became an Animagus," Remus explained. "I know I won't be able to for a few years yet, but I just wanted to know if it will ever be possible."

"I don't see why it wouldn't be," McGonagall said thoughtfully. "There have been recordings of other werewolves becoming Animagi, though in all cases the animal has been a wolf if the subject was a werewolf for more than five years."

"What about if an Animagus was bitten?" Remus asked, sounding like he was just curious. "Would they keep their Animagus form? Or would it change into a wolf after five years?"

"It's incredibly rare for an Animagus to be bitten, since they could transform and protect themselves," McGonagall stated. "But, the person bitten would keep their Animagus form. Once an Animagus transformation is complete, it can't change; if a werewolf became an Animagus before the five years were up he would become the same animal as his Patronus, and after the five years the form wouldn't change."

A great sense of relief filled me, wiping away the doubt and fear I'd been feeling without realizing it. I was suddenly eager to get out of the classroom and transform, to test McGonagall's words and see for myself that Prongs was still part of me.

"Thanks," Remus said, taking the late pass McGonagall handed him and then following us out of the room.

Lily was still waiting for us when we left the room, but I ignored her, finding the nearest secret passage and ducking into it, barely even noticing everyone follow me in.

Closing my eyes, I drew from the part of my magic that connected me to Prongs, feeling it sweep through my body, effortlessly changing me. A gasp made me open my eyes; Lily was staring at me with awe filled eyes, but the other Marauders were just grinning at me.

I changed back to human form after a few seconds. Remus sighed, a look of relief on his face that rivalled my own. I knew he'd been panicking and would have blamed himself if I lost Prongs.

"What lesson are we late for now?" I asked, allowing myself to smile at Lily's still stunned face.

"None," Peter looked at his schedule. "We have a free."

"Should we go to the Common Room then?" Sirius asked, leading the way out of the passage way.

Lily followed us as we walked up a flight of stairs. She still hadn't spoken, but I wasn't too worried about her. Remus stopped us before we got to the Gryffindor Tower.

"Wait," He called. "Can we go to the Room of Requirement?"

Shooting him confused looks; we nodded and changed direction, going towards the seventh floor instead.

"What's the Room of Requirement?" Lily asked, finally speaking and walking so she was next to me.

"It's a special room that can transform itself into any room you need," I explained. "It can make any object, except for food, appear."

"I've never heard of this room," Lily said, watching in confusion as Remus paced opposite the portrait of Barnabas the Barmy.

"That's because it's secret," Sirius grinned, chuckling at the look on Lily's face as the door appeared.

I led her into the room, looking around in surprise as I recognized the room; it was the same room we'd used for three years while we became Animagi. The only difference was the fact there was an extra chair for Lily.

"Why are we in our Animagi office?" Peter asked, automatically sitting down in the same chair he used for years.

"Because McGonagall said it's possible for me to be an Animagus," Remus blushed, picking up one of the notebooks we'd written ourselves with a simplified version of the Animagus progress in it.

"We could go out when it's not a full moon," Sirius grinned, catching on.

"Can you remember which book has the instructions in it?" I asked, walking over to the bookshelf that was against one of the walls.

There were two bookshelves in the room; one full of the books we'd used to find information and piece together the things we needed. The other held the books we'd written and filled with important information. One of the books held the instructions needed to become an Animagus.

"Instructions for what?" Lily asked, picking out one of the notebooks and flipping through it.

"To become an Animagus," Peter muttered absently, looking through the books.

"Did you guys write these yourselves?" She asked.

"Yeah," I nodded. "Just in case we ever needed the information again."

"If I help you find the book," Lily said nervously, playing with her wand. "Will you teach me to become an Animagus too?"

We all turned around to look at her in shock; it was the last thing any of us had expected her to say.

"Sure," Sirius agreed. I knew he was thinking that if she was an Animagus too then she wouldn't be able to blackmail us with the knowledge that we were, like he'd feared since I told her.

"You'd be breaking the law," I warned her, wanting her to know what she'd be getting into.

"I don't care," Lily lifted her head stubbornly. "I may not like any of you, but this shows you're smarter than I'd first thought and if you can successfully become Animagi at fifteen to help a friend, you can't be as bad as I thought either."

I'd winced when she said she didn't like us, but smiled when she admitted we weren't as bad as she'd thought. It wasn't much, but it was an improvement.

"Why do you want to become an Animagus?" Peter asked.

"Well," Lily smiled. "You're now down one Animagus and gained another werewolf, you need all the help you can get."

"Y-you're going to help us on full moons?" Remus dropped his book in shock.

"Yes," Lily stated clearly.

"Find us that book then," Sirius challenged.

Lily smiled mischievously at him and pointed her wand at the bookshelf. "Accio Animagi instruction book."

Sirius looked gob smacked when the book flew off the shelf and landed neatly in Lily's hand. She winked at him and handed it to me.

"Today's just not our day," Peter groaned.

"Guys," I put an arm around Lily and Sirius's shoulders. "I do believe we've found our first Marauderette."

A/N: Sorry it's been awhile, there was a storm that completely wiped my computer. Please review! :)