Hello everyone. Here is chapter 10. It should be and interesting one.
I hope you like it. So read, enjoy and please Review!!
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Chapter 10:
Remus groaned as he rolled out of bed. He had a pounding headache and his whole body felt weaker than normal.
"Morning Mooooooonneyyyy" Sirius sang as he walked out of the bathroom with wet hair and a towel wrapped around his waist showing off his toned chest.
"Morning Sirius" Remus said lifelessly and gathered his clothes for a hot shower.
"You look like shit" Sirius told.
"Thanks. That makes me feel so much better" he replied dryly.
"Anytime" Sirius answered deciding to ignore the highly sarcastic comment from the pissed off werewolf. "You don't have to go to class today"
"Yes I do. I can't miss two days of classes, I need the notes and no one else seems to be taking notes these days"
"I-"
"Sirius, don't even try to tell me you take notes because I know more than anyone that you have never taken notes since we started Hogwarts" Remus told Sirius as he brushed his teeth.
"I guess that is true" he said tying his tie on his head. "I can't fool you Moony"
"Sirius get the tie off your head"
"No" he said stomping his foot like a little child. "Just have a shower, will you"
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Lily switched her alarm clock off and looked around her room for a few minutes while she fully woke up. She smiled she her eyes landed on a photo of Chloe, Annie and her smiling and blowing kissing as they stood on Platform 9 and 3/4 last year.
She gathered her clothes and moved to the bathroom door. She listened for a second to see if the shower was going and when she heard silence she opened the door.
"Bugger that" James swore when she opened the door although he didn't really notice. He was standing in just a towel, like Sirius, showing off his manly torso and trying desperately to make his wet hair stay down. "Oh, Morning" he said when he saw Lily's door open.
"Sorry" she said as she froze trying not to stare as he stood comfortably in a towel. "I'll just wait in my room" she said mainly to herself and turned to close the door.
"It's alright I'm done now anyway" he said and walked into his room closing the door. Lily stood for a minute wondering why he didn't bring up the other day in Hogsmeade because every time they talked it was about that. Ignoring that train of thought, she showered and ready she made her way to the Gryffindor common room which was jus on the floor below hers'.
There were some students in the common room desperately trying to finish homework and others waiting for friends to hurry up and go down to breakfast. Lily went up to the girls dormitories and walked into Chloe and Annie's room.
"WAKE UP" she yelled mainly to Chloe because Annie was of course dressed and doing extra credit Potions work.
"Five more minutes" Chloe complained rolling over and suffocating herself with her very long hair. She coughed desperately trying to find air and Lily and Annie laughed.
"Some friends you are. I was dying by suffocation and here you are laughing at me?" she mumbled.
"Well at least you are awake now. Hurry up and get changed" Lily said and making her way into the dorm next theirs' that was occupied by Candice, Bianca and Amanda.
"Get up" lily yelled again walking in the room but stopped when she saw Amanda.
"Morning Lily" she said smiling from Lily's previously own bed.
"Hi Amanda. What are you doing in here?" Lily asked politely.
"I moved in here" Amanda explained. "I hope that is ok with you, but I thought just incase you wanted to get away from James, I conjured you a bed and chest of draws" she said pointing to the extra bed and draws with a clock beside it.
Lily was slightly hurt but the sudden filling of her spot but it was completely gone when she saw the added bed. "Thanks Amanda. That was really sweet" she said smiling.
"Is that what it was for?" Candice asked yet again from Bianca's bed. Lily rolled her eyes and looked at the two cousins tangled in each others arms and legs and hair. "Your hair is going up my nose Candice" Bianca informed sneezing.
"Sorry" she replied tying it up.
"Honestly Candice. There is a bed in here for you. Why are you still sleeping with Bianca? What happens when you get married or move in with a man. You can go sneaking off to sleep next to Bianca" Lily told and they both stood up stretching.
"I'm just used to sleeping next to her okay? I have been doing that since I was a baby. I can't help it if I like to cuddle" Candice answered. "Besides you should have just told me if you are jealous and I can come sleep with you. Especially now because you are still moody from that fight with James"
"NO thanks, but do you have any idea how awkward it would be if it wasn't me coming in here in the mornings but a teacher or one of the other girls. Do you know how fast the rumors would spread?" Lily explained and Bianca got into the shower. Of course Candice not really caring her cousin was currently naked just walked into the bathroom and started brushing her teeth.
Lily threw hands up in the air and collapsed on her new bed.
"I don't know why I still try" she said to Amanda.
"I think it's kind of cute. It shows how close they are. I'm not exactly close with my cousins but it is funny to see what it could be like" Amanda told.
"You do make a good point" Lily said laughing. "Well I better make sure Chloe is up. I'll see you guys at breakfast." When there was no response Lily looked at Amanda.
"I'll make sure they get there" Amanda laughed as Lily walked out the door back into Chloe's dorm.
"Yes I'm ready" Chloe told before Lily could say anything.
"Good, let's go then"
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"JAMSIEE!" Sirius sang loudly as he walked into the Head Quarters common room to find James finishing off an essay that he wouldn't have time to do later tonight.
"Why did I give him the password?" he mumbled to himself as Sirius flopped on an arm chair next to him and Remus and Peter sat down quietly like normal people.
"Must you yell?" Remus asked holding his head.
"How are you feeling Moony?" James asked.
"Not fantastic but it has been worse" he answered.
"Well I just finished my essay" James told packing everything in his bag, "So everything is set for tonight"
"Woo Hoo! Our first full moon of the year, free to run the forest and go wild!" Sirius said punching his fist in the air highly excited.
"I don't know why you enjoy it so much. You risk your life every time we do this and you almost always hurt yourself" Remus said, in a motherly tone despite his throbbing headache.
"But I'm with my best buddies" Sirius said innocently.
"Whatever. I think we should go to breakfast before Peter passes out. I can hear his stomach rumbling like McGonagall's throat when she is pissed off" James said standing up.
"Well that is a new comparison. Nice one Prongs" Sirius said slapping his best friend on the back.
"Why are you touching me?" James asked shrugging Sirius hand off his back and securing is sexuality.
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"Why not now?" Jamey complained.
"Because I said so" Jordy told.
"Yeah, and you know what they are like in the morning." Keagan stated, "That is like pulling your pants down in the middle of the Great Hall and asking for an arse whooping"
"But if we do it now then it will be out of the way" Jamey said again. "When are they ever going to be in the mood to meet out Slytherin dates anyway?"
Keagan stopped, "He has a point you know"
"Look I have known them longer than you guys so just shut up and don't say a thing" Jordy told his cousin and brother and walking into the Great Hall for breakfast.
"Only by a year" Keagan muttered to Jamey and followed Jordy's lead.
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"Morning all" Chloe greeted sitting opposite her friends that also just arrive for breakfast. She received a few groans from the Marauders, except Sirius, and a 'hello' from the girls. No one even asked Sirius why his tie was on his head and avoided a stupid answer coming out of his mouth.
"Remus your flu looks like it is getting worse" Annie commented.
"Yeah, I will go see Madam Pomfery later" he told and try to hide behind his Daily Prophet.
"So how was detention?" Bianca asked Chloe.
"Alright" she answered eating her toast and Sirius nodded.
"Yeah right. Seriously, what happened?" Candice asked again.
"Nothing. We had to clean out dirty old potion bottles for two hours, what else is there to tell?"
"So you mean to tell me, you guys went through a whole detention without hurting each other or getting another detention?" Lily jumped in with raised eyebrows.
"That's exactly what we are telling you, my red jelly bean" Sirius answered.
"Don't call me that Sirius" she answered almost automatically. Lily was very used to Sirius coming up with new names for her. She had to suffer for six years already but it amazes her that he always has a new name.
"Look, all we did was clean potions bottles quietly. We didn't really talk or hurt each other" Chloe said trying to make them understand.
"I don't get it" James said with a confused expression.
"Yeah, me too" Bianca agreed "I have only been here for a little while but I know that is highly impossible for you two"
"Whatever" Chloe aid standing up.
"Where are you going?" Lily asked.
"Hospital wing" she answered simply.
"Why? What's wrong? Are you sick? Do you need help?" Lily asked again.
"No I, er, just have to, er, ask Madam Pomfery a question" Sirius of course knew why she was going but he didn't say anything, knowing that she would have already. When Chloe was gone Candice advanced on Sirius.
"What did you do to her?" she asked pointing a finger at him.
"Nothing" he told looking at a few pairs of accusing eyes.
"Don't lie"
"No he isn't lying. Annie and I saw them last night when they got back and she was fine and in one piece" Remus told from behind his paper. Annie blushed.
"Speaking of assignments, when are you going to meet up with Snape and do that?" Candice asked her cousin.
"We weren't talking about assignments" Lily told.
"Well I was thinking about it" she answered.
There was a muttered coming from James that sounded a lot like "Too much like your boyfriend" but it was ignored.
"I don't know."
"You should go up to him now and ask. The sooner you do it the better" Lily told.
"Yeah, and all the boys are here so he won't do anything" Candice added looking and the reluctance on Bianca's face.
"I'm not worried I just don't want to do it when all of the Slytherins are there. I am not in the mood to be insulted right now" she explained.
"Just do it" Candice pushed her cousin off her seat and towards the table.
"This is peer pressure." she whispered and walked away.
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"Okay, just be nice" she mumbled to herself. Bianca stood behind Severus Snape and tapped him on the shoulder. He was eating his food quietly and didn't notice her but the rest of the table did notice a curly-haired Gryffindor standing at their table.
He turned around and raised his eyebrows. "What?"
"I've just come to ask when we are going to start the assignment and if we can organize a time now" she kindly despite his rude greeting. She promised herself she wouldn't get pissed off. She glanced back to her table and noticed the difference.
Standing near the Slytherin table felt like she was in a swamp. It was darker than the rest of the hall, although that could be due to the company and looking over at the other tables made them look angelic from where she was. She felt uneasy and hoped she could get back to her friends and cousins that were currently watching her.
"Who says we are going to do it together?" Snape asked.
"Well it is a paired assignment" she pointed out already knowing what he was going to say next.
"What makes you think I care? Just because McGonagall paired us together doesn't mean I am going to work with a Gryffindor" Bingo! Your prize is a new partner. She thought. I wish
"Well I am not exactly thrilled with the situation either but rules are rules" she said pushing her bag strap back up her shoulder.
"And since when do you care about the rules?" Malfoy piped up, obviously listening to the conversation.
"Since when did this conversation concern you?" Bianca asked trying desperately to finish the conversation. She felt like she was being interrogated from all the people watching her and breathing down her neck.
"I don't care about those rules" Snape said. "I'm doing the assignment by myself. I don't half of my grades to go down the drain because I was paired with someone that didn't know the work"
"First of all: you don't know what I know, just that I am very good at defending myself" she said glaring and Malfoy for a minute, "and second of all: we ARE going to do this assignment together"
"Is that a threat?" Snape asked.
"You have a lot of nerve coming to our table and threatening us" Malfoy commented.
"I wasn't taking to you so stay out of this" Bianca told, feeling her temper start to rise. She felt like Lily when James use to ask her out everyday in fourth year.
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"What's happening?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know she is still alive though" Candice answered.
"That's good" Sirius said as if that was what he was going to ask next. Lily just rolled her eyes and kept watching.
"I don't like this at all" James said. "I'm going over there" he said getting up but Candice pulled him down again.
"Leave her. She has to do this by herself. If you make things worse it will be harder for her to do this assignment" she told.
"I wouldn't make it worse" he stated clearly offended.
"You don't exactly get along with them after all those pranks you pulled in earlier years" Candice said watching her cousin
"How do you know that?" Sirius asked.
"You guys told me... and I listen to gossip"
"Hello, our cousin is standing by herself, unarmed talking to our enemies. Please pay attention" Jordy said.
"They aren't our enemies. We hardly know them" Jamey said.
"Well... close enough. Just watch" he said.
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After a long and excruciating ten minutes of arguing with Snape, he was still dead-set on doing to assignment by himself. Bianca had threatened to tell McGonagall and many other things of the sort but he was not changing his mind anytime soon.
"Alright fine. You force me to do this" she said. They all looked at his thinking she was going to hit him or something but instead she sat at their table next to Snape and started eating.
"What the hell are you doing?" Malfoy yelled standing up.
"Nothing that concerns you" she answered drinking juice casually.
"No Gryffindor has ever sat at this table before and I am not about to let you be the first" he told.
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"What the hell is she doing?" James watched as Bianca sat down next to Snape and argued with Malfoy.
Lily and Candice smiled at each other, "That's my girl" Candice said.
"Someone please explain" Sirius told.
Annie leaned over and told Sirius and James what they think was going on while the others kept watching.
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"Well I don't care what you want. I am in the middle of negotiation with my Transfiguration partner" Bianca explained, "but if he continues to be stubborn I am going to sit at this table every breakfast, lunch and dinner until he decides to go by the rules and organize a time to do this assignment" she told.
Many of the Slytherins looked at her in disbelief thinking she was bluffing. To be honest she was but she was going to let anyone know that. She just hoped he would change his mind soon because she hates being in a swamp when she could be in heaven. (Where Candice and her friends were sitting). It was conveniently named heaven because she felt far from it at that moment.
"I am not changing my mind" Snape said almost convincing himself.
"Fine then. I will see you at lunch. Bye" she said standing up and heading to her first class for the day. She looked back at her friends and they gathered their things and chased her out of the Hall.
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Chloe walked out of the Hospital Wing with a final thank you to Madam Pomfery and went to her first class to find her friends. She walked into Defense Against the Dark Arts and sat down next to Annie.
"I'm back" she stated.
"I can see that" Annie replied.
"What did I miss?" Chloe asked, she saw Bianca whispering to the others what happened at the Slytherin table. Annie also explained it to Chloe and she huffed in her seat.
"I always miss the good stuff" she complained.
"Alright class. Let's start the lesson shall we?" their new Professor Red said. The group was actually very tolerable with their new Professor, claiming he was much better than the previous one they had last year and he wasn't that bad to look at either. Many female students enjoyed attending his class and were very well behaved due to his kind manner with the students and good looks.
"Well today we will be dueling." He told and many of the students cheered. "Are there any volunteers?"
James and Sirius hands shot in the air so fast it was a blur. Professor Red laughed,
"Alright boys. Come on up" they waited while he enlarged the teachers table and moved his belongings. "Now I want fair fighting and I don't think I need t tell you what spells you can't use"
James and Sirius got up onto the table and faced each other grinning like suicidal mad mans. They bowed to each other and took a few steps backs.
"Okay" The Professor said and the word was barely out of his mouth when James yelled.
"Avis". Many people watched as a flock of birds flew out the tip of his wand and started attacking Sirius.
"AAH… Bombarda" he yelled blowing the birds up. Many people screamed as bird guts flew across the room. James and Sirius laughed as the Professor flicked his wand and instantly cleaned the mess up.
"Tarantallrgra" Sirius yelled and James collapsed onto the table with his feet moving uncontrollably.
"Rictusempra!"
"Scourgify!"
"Locomotor Mortis!"
"Waddiwasi!"
By the end of the dueling, Sirius was giggling uncontrollably and his legs were stuck together and James was covered in bubbles and had pieces of chewing gum stuck on his clothes that were previously under the desk.
The class laughed at them, or joining in with Sirius and watched them turn back into normal and sit down.
"Well class that was an example of friendly dueling" Red said, "Of course defending yourself will definitely be harder and much different"
"Thanks for teaching me that chewing gum spell Moony" Sirius whispered. The others giggled and James glared at Remus.
"Sorry Prongs. Anytime Padfoot" Remus said writing notes on no one knows what.
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"Finally, FOOD!" Sirius yelled sitting at the tables and digging into his lunch without hesitation. "All that dueling made me hungry" The others rolled his eyes.
"Well I will see you later." Bianca said.
"Where are you going?" James asked.
"Slytherin table" she answered.
"Aww, you're not going to sit with me?"
"I will once he agrees to do the damn assignment with me" she said kissing him quickly and leaving.
"Hello everyone" she said with fake happiness as she squeezed next to Snape and an unknown person. "I'm starving" she said dishing her plate with food.
"Why are you here?" Bellatrix asked angrily just like Malfoy had this morning at breakfast and Bianca rolled her eyes.
"Eating"
"Go eat with your mudblood, half-blood, and blood traitor friends" she said.
"Why? Your company is so much more appealing" she grumbled. "So when are we going to do this assignment?"
"I have told you already! I don't work with Gryffindors!" Snape yelled. The whole student body turned around to look at the table and watch in silence including a few members of the teachers table.
"Well we don't have a choice" Bianca told ignoring his outburst.
"I don't care" he sneered. Snape sat silently as other people from his table ate and mainly discussed why the hell Bianca was at their table.
"I have to get out of here" Bianca said looking at her friends. "Time to annoy the crap out of him"
"Well I guess we can talk about something else" Bianca started, "So the other day right, my mum sends me this letter and she was telling me how she met up with one of my old friends, and I was like 'Oh My God' because I haven't see her in like ages." she rambled on about nothing made it all up as she went. She could tell he was getting very irritated as he tried desperately to ignore her so much his left eye started twitching.
"Yes! He is going to crack soon!" she thought.
"Then I was telling Candice and it reminded me of this time in the holidays when I was still at Beauxbatons and we went home and she came with us and then she saw this guy that she totally liked him and I full got them together and she was so happy and-"
"ALRIGHT!" he exclaimed jumping up. "Fine! I will do the STUPID assignment with you! We can meet tomorrow night in the library after dinner to start! There, are you happy?"
"Good. I will see you there" Bianca said smiling as she stood up. Once again she felt eyes on her. She turned around and blew Malfoy a kiss as he glared at her. A few people giggled and she was finally in heaven when she sat between Amanda and Candice.
"Heaven" she exclaimed to no one in particular but they didn't really need to ask what she meant by it.
"So?" Candice asked.
"We are meeting tomorrow night in the library to get started" Bianca grinned.
"Nice" they said laughing at her.
"I love it when I get my own way"
"How did you get him to crack?" Chloe asked.
"I just stared rambling on about nothing. I made up the whole thing" Bianca smiled. "I was talking like one of those girls that are really up themselves and he cracked easily"
"Speaking of this dreadful assignment, when are we going to start it?" Chloe asked Sirius across the table.
"Whenever." he shrugged.
"Tomorrow in the common room?" she asked.
"Alright" he nodded. The group was silent and watched.
"What the hell just happened?" James asked. "You guys were talking"
"Like normal people" Annie added.
"And you didn't even start fighting" Lily piped in.
"What really happened in detention?" Remus asked.
Sirius sighed, "We just decided to be civil so we can work together and get this assignment done"
"And you agreed to this?" Lily asked in a tone that suggested she didn't believe a thing.
"Well after much persuasion, yes"
"So you mean that you guys are like friends now?" Annie asked.
"Hold your horses. No one said anything about being friends. We are just talking and not throwing insults. That doesn't mean that I like him or anything and want to be his friend" Chloe told.
"Well this is definitely not what I expected when I woke up this morning" Bianca stated.
"By the way" James added, "Tomorrow there is a meeting after dinner for people on the Quiddich team so you two will have to have your little study session after that. The others already know"
The others agreed and moved to class yet again and time moved quickly with all their work because soon Lily found herself sitting at her desk after dinner doing her homework and desperately trying to think of ideas for the school fundraiser.
James was in his room finishing some homework and getting things ready for tonight. He glanced at his watch and knew Sirius and Peter were going to be there soon.
"Potter?" Lily said knocking on his door. He raised his eyebrows because she still wasn't supposed to be talking to him. He opened the door and looked at her.
"Yes Lily?"
"I was wondering what you are doing now because if you were finished with your homework you could help me with some of our Head duties" she told.
"Sorry but I have a lot of stuff to finish tonight and don't really have the time. How about tomorrow after the Quiddich meeting? It shouldn't really be long" he suggested.
"Whatever" she said walking back into her room. He stood there for a minute watching her hair fly around the corner and sighed.
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"Stupid Potter… probably isn't even working" Lily mumbled to herself as she sat at her desk again. Sighing and deciding to leave it for later when she was less frustrated she packed up her things.
Making sure her uniform was clean and ready for tomorrow she found herself with nothing.
"Alright Romeo and Juliet" she said taking her book, "It's just you and me" Lily made her way to the common room hen she heard voices and stopped.
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Bianca was sleeping.
She fell asleep while writing a very boring essay for DADA. Her head was resting on her pillow and she was covered in paper. Candice and Amanda were sitting together talking when they noticed Bianca began kicking. Tears started rolling down her face and she started yelling Lily's name.
Candice literally felt like she was going to be sick. Bianca was having another one of those dreams because she recognized the same behaviour. She rushed to Bianca's side and sat stroking her hair.
She didn't want to wake her up because she may not remember and they may not be ale to do anything about the dream.
There was a big clock on the wall reading: 8:00pm
Lily was walking through the dark deserted corridors of Hogwarts castle. She was angry. Very angry with James Potter. He lied to her and she was going to find out what he was up to with his friends. Of course she couldn't see them because the somehow appeared to used a Disillusionment Charm of some sort so she followed the soft whisper.
The large oak doors opened and she stopped in her tracks.
"Is it worth it Lily, you don't know what is outside" she asked herself but the suspense was killing her so she sneaked out the doors quietly not wanting to get caught.
She saw James Sirius and Peter appear fro thin air. James took a cloak and piece of paper hiding it in a bush before turning and running down to the Whomping Willow with his friends close behind.
Moving to get a closer look, Lily watched as they moved close to the tree avoiding getting hit by its swinging branches. Lily almost screamed when she saw Peter's body resizing and his body shifting into an animal. A closer look told her it was a rat.
"Oh My God" she whispered to herself.
Peter scurried along the ground to the tree and with a small nudge the branches stopped moving and James and Sirius looked around before sliding under the trunk.
Without hesitation Lily ran over to the tree and slid in the hole following the boys closely. There no doubt about it. She was scared but with sheer determination she carried on.
She looked around until she realized where she was.
"Shrieking Shack". Moving up to stairs that looked like the were going to collapse and peaking around the corner into a room.
"Gotcha" she thought. James, Sirius, Peter and Remus were all in the room. She didn't know how Remus got there but didn't care right then. The worried look on his face was distracting her.
"How long?" James asked Remus.
"Right now" he yelled painfully. Lily froze in shock and horror as she watched what happened to one of her closest friends. His scream slowly turned into a growl and his body started changing. His legs grew longer, his bones cracked out of place, his nails grew longer and sharper, his eyes changed into dark slits, fur now covered his whole body and a snout formed on his face. Soon it wasn't Remus standing there but a werewolf.
"LILY!"
Bianca woke up screaming and panting. Sweat dripped off her face and tears were still rolling down her face. She looked around worriedly.
"Bianca, its ok. Settle down and tell me what happened" Candice comforted hugging her cousin.
"What time is it?" she asked.
"Why?"
"Tell me!" she shrieked putting her shoes on and grabbing one of her jumpers.
"Almost eight o'clock" Amanda answered joining Candice. Bianca's face suddenly went pale and she ran out of the room.
"Stay here." Candice said taking a jumper and following her cousin.
Bianca ran out of the common room and moved to the corridor she recognized in her dream. Her watch told her that it was eight o'clock. Lily was no where in sight so she ran at top speed to the entrance Hall and out the big oak door into the cool night air.
"Have to change the dream" she told her self. She saw Lily moving towards the tree.
"LILY!" Bianca yelled.
She stopped and stood back up again when she saw her friend approach her.
"What are you doing here? What's wrong?" Lily asked as Bianca joined her wiping her face.
"We have to get out of here. What are you doing?" Bianca asked, pulling Lily back to the castle. Candice soon joined them trying to catch her breathe.
"Jee you run fast" she said looking up in the sky but almost choked when she saw the bright full moon. "We have to get out of here" she said understanding what the dream was about and knowing what the consequence will be if they didn't.
"No, I am going to follow them. They are doing the wrong thing. It is after hours" Lily told them.
Bianca kept a firm grip on Lily's arm. They all froze when they heard screaming coming from near the tree. Bianca and Candice exchanged glances and before they could react a black dog with a rat on its back, a stag and a werewolf ran out of the Whomping Willow tree.
"Lily, it doesn't matter. We have to go inside now" Bianca begged, but Lily was frozen and staring at the werewolf currently swiping at the black dog as the rat jumped off its back.
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Sirius was excited. It was the first full moon of the year ad it was definitely going to be fun. He ran out of the Shrieking Shack closely followed by his fellow Marauders. Peter jumped off his back and hid behind a tree near the Forbidden Forest while the angry werewolf tried to knock him off his feet.
James was standing close behind and ran towards the werewolf with his antlers held high. He faught with Moony while Padfoot had a quick break to catch his breathe but Prongs lost concentration when he saw three girls watching them with wide eyes and paled faces. He was knocked to the floor.
Padfoot noticed what Prongs was looking at and had the same reaction. They fought with all their might to keep the werewolf from advance on the girls but it wasn't working as well as they hoped.
Moony looked at the three girls and moved closer. His mouth was watering and a growl erupted from the back of his throat.
James and Sirius fought and fought and slowly became weak and very tired. They were thrown around, scratched and bitten by Moony but he was determined to eat.
Thrown to the floor for the last time they struggled to get up. James had a large gash on his stomach and Sirius' arm was broken. They watched helplessly as Moony got ready for a midnight snack.
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The werewolf was advancing on the girls and Lily gulped.
"Run!" Candice yelled. They all turned around and started running for the castle. The werewolf charged after them and so did Padfoot and Prongs. They were almost at the large door when Lily fell and twisted her ankle. She tried getting up but the injury prevented such movement causing her to scream in pain.
"Go tell Professor Dumbledore" Bianca told Candice.
"I'm not leaving" Candice said back helping Lily up.
"JUST DO IT!" Bianca yelled. Candice got up and did what her cousin said.
"Can you walk?" Bianca asked bending over Lily.
"I don't know" Lily said. Moony crept up behind the two girls and growled. Lily screamed as the werewolf raised his paw ready to strike her. Bianca jumped in front of Lily taking a very large blow to her back. Her clothes ripped and she had large deep scratches moving all the way down her back that were bleeding.
"OW!" she cried, she fell beside Lily again grabbing a bunch of grass in her hand and ripping it off the round hoping for some kind of pain relief.
"Um, Bianca?" Lily asked her voice cracking.
"Yeah" she said through her teeth.
"Turn around" Lily said. The blood running down Bianca's back was tempting Moony more he was approaching the girls but this time a stag came running to the rescue using his antlers to pick up the werewolf and fling him to the side.
He turned around and looked at the girls pleading them to leave with his hazel eyes. He didn't want them to get hurt anymore than they already were. Lily and Bianca looked into those hazel eyes and realization hit them. The stag stomped his hooves to the floor and bowed his head helping them up with his antlers.
Thankfully Sirius had managed to get Moony into the Forbidden Forest.
"Come on" Bianca said, and painfully helped Lily up supporting her waist. Together they hobbled back up to the castle and closed the huge doors behind them.
"Miss Rosslind, Miss Evans, are you alright?" Headmaster Dumbledore said approaching them with Candice following closely.
Lily nodded silently but Bianca was in immense pain and kneeled on the floor revealing her blood covered back. Candice was at her side in an instant.
"Off to the hospital wing then" the Headmaster said and they followed silently.
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Lily's foot was healed and she was given a potion to handle the shock. Lily had the option of staying in the Hospital wing but she chose to go back to her common room and wait for James.
Bianca on the other hand wasn't so lucky. Her bad luck had come back and she had to stay over night in the Hospital Wing. Her back was healed by Madam Pomfery but because they were inflicted by an 'evil' creature (which she didn't believe) she has to be under constant observation or they may never heal.
"So you are saying because a 'dark creature' did this to her, it may never heal and she may have huge open scratches on her back for the rest of her life?" Candice asked still not believing what she was hearing and making little finger quotation marks in the air.
"That is indeed what I am saying" Madam Pomfery said. Much to Candice's annoyance, she was sent back to her common room while the medi-witch wrapped Bianca's whole torso in bandages.
"Well this is awkward" Bianca said as she was ordered to take her top and bra off. Standing half naked in an empty hospital wing with her arms stretched out at shoulder length while having bandages wrapped around her whole torso pressing her breasts hard against her chest wasn't exactly what she wanted to do.
"Don't worry. I am almost done" Madam Pomfery chuckled quietly. "Now, I need you to take this potion and sleep on your stomach tonight. Do not sleep on your back because the cuts will open again and will cause you a lot of pain"
"Okay" Bianca wasn't exactly worried about herself but James and Sirius that were currently running around in the Forbidden Forest with a hungry werewolf.
"Knock knock" Professor Dumbledore said. He didn't come in because the curtains around the bed were closed and was more polite than… Sirius.
"Come in" Bianca said. She didn't bother putting on a robe or top on and just sat in her bandages. It was a hospital wing after all not a fashion contest.
"How are you?" he asked.
"Better now. Thank you" she said politely, remembering when her mother sat her down and told her. 'Albus Dumbledore is the best wizard in the wizarding world so you must be polite at all times'.
"That is good. Now I have come to ask about what happened tonight" he said pulling up a chair next to her bed as she crossed her legs, which was in fact quiet hard when half of her body was wrapped so tightly her back could not bend.
She looked at him for a moment and then sighed rubbing her head, "I have a dream Professor. The kind of ones I was telling you about. I was going to tell you but in my dream I saw the time was eight o'clock and I didn't really have time. That is why I sent Candice"
"What happened in this dream?" He asked.
"Lily was walking through the corridors and she went outside and saw a werewolf and then I woke up. I figured it had to be tonight because there was a full moon in the sky and I usually don't have dreams way before they happen. Usually it is like a day or two" she explained.
"Very well. That was brave and very much like a Gryffindor to risk your life for a friend" he said smiling at her.
"With all do respect sir, I don't think I was brave. I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing and I don't know how I really helped. Lily still got hurt and so did I" she said her face falling a bit.
"You need to understand that Miss Evans could have been a lot worse if it wasn't for your help Miss Rosslind. When you say you weren't thinking tonight when you went to help Miss Evans proves my point that a true Gryffindor wouldn't have to think about something like that and would instantly try to help. There is no reason for you feel the way you are" he said with that glint in his eye that wasn't intimidating in the least but said I am right.
"Thanks Headmaster" Bianca said.
"You must rest and hopefully your back will be better in the morning" he said getting up. "Goodnight Miss Rosslind"
"Good Night Professor" Bianca replied. She watched him leave and saw his eyes linger near the curtain for a while and before she could think it strange James and Sirius appeared from under a cloak and rushed to her side.
"Are you alright?" James asked hugging her tightly making her groaned in pain. "Sorry"
"Its ok" she said hugging him again. "I was so worried about you. Wait... how long have you been standing there?" she asked hoping he wasn't there when Madam Pomfery was bandaging her because that would just be embarrassing and he would get a big slap for perving.
"When you started talking to Dumbledore. Why?" he asked curiously.
"No reason. So how are you guys?"
"We're fine" Sirius told sitting on the side of her bed cradling his arm.
"You don't look fine" she said, "Let me fix some of these cuts and bruises"
Pulling out her wand she healed them with a few exceptions. She couldn't fix Sirius' broken arm or James' deep gash in his stomach but took the pain away for them.
"Thanks" they said.
"What a night, huh" Bianca commented moving over for them to sit on her bed.
"How is your back? Sorry I couldn't get there in time" James said guiltily looking at the floor.
"It's ok, you saved mine and Lily's life tonight and it is just a few scratches" she commented deciding to leave out the healing part of the conversation because they had been through enough.
"Where is Lily Flower?" Sirius asked looking around.
"She is at Head Quarters, no doubt waiting for you. Everything was healed" she said looking at James. "When I said keep trying I never thought you would go this far" she said giggling. James snorted.
"Well at least you know she will be talking to you again. How can she not after you saved her life" Sirius told, "What were you guys doing down there anyway?"
"I went after Lily. She was following you guys because she was mad and wanted to catch you doing something wrong. Well at least that's what it was like in the dream" Bianca explained and they looked at her strangely.
"What do you mean 'in the dream'?" James asked.
"Oh, well the thing is. I kinda have these dreams where I can see when bad things are going to happen before they do. It started in the holidays and I saw Voldemort killing this girl on her front lawn and two days later she was in the paper reported dead"
"Wow. So you saw Lily following us?" Sirius asked.
Bianca nodded, "But in the dream she went into the tree thingy but I woke up and didn't see the rest so I went after her" not really sure what to call the Whomping Willow.
"So how is Remus?" Bianca asked sadly.
"He is fine. Passed out inside the Shrieking Shack" Sirius explained. She looked at him strangely.
"The tree thingy" James told and she laughed and nodded.
"Peter is keeping an eye on him" Sirius added.
"You guys better get fixed up by Madam Pomfery and go to bed" Bianca said in a motherly tone. They nodded and almost gave the medi-witch a heart attack when she saw the state of them.
"Sit down" she ordered them. They sat on a bed and Bianca laughed and watched as the witch helped Sirius with his arm and bruises then moved onto James. James gave her a very uncomfortable look when she ordered him to take off his shirt although he complied.
Bianca laughed quiet painfully due to the bandages and finally they were all healed.
"Well I know you boys hate staying in my hospital wing so I will allow you to go but take it easy. If there is still pain come back" she said walking away, "Get some sleep Miss Rosslind"
"Do you want me to stay here?" James asked.
"No its ok. Go and sort things out with Lily. Don't start fighting and come visit me in the morning" she told.
"Alright, I'll come back tomorrow with Candice" he said and leaned down kissing her on the lips. They hadn't kissed in a while so it was much appreciated and not exactly short either. Bianca wrapped her arms around his neck and kept kissing him. Not wanting to hurt her he put his hands on either side of her on the bed.
Sirius was highly jealous that his best friend got kisses after a hard night and he didn't, "Aww, don't do that. I want a kiss" he complained. They stopped and laughed.
"Come here" Bianca said. He wasn't expecting anything but was surprised when she gave him a small peck on the lips.
"That was for helping to save my life" she smiled at him and James' jealous face.
"Cool" was all Sirius said.
"See you guys in the morning" she said and they disappeared under the cloak.
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"Alright mate. I'll see you in the morning" Sirius said keeping to map and giving James the cloak. "Good luck with Lily Flower" he said and walked off.
James muttered the password and entered the common room. He saw Lily sitting on the couch staring into the fire. She didn't hear him come in so he cleared his throat sounding a lot like Dolores Umbridge.
Lily jumped but realized it was just James and relaxed.
"Hi" James said sitting opposite her.
"Hi" he replied.
"So um, I, er, wanted to thank you for saving Bianca and I" she said.
"So you know it was me" he said.
"Of course. Not many people have hazels eyes like yours" Lily told.
"Yes they do" James told. Many of their friends had hazel eyes with a few exceptions.
"But not many of those people with hazel eyes would become an illegal animagis" she answered.
"That's true" James laughed.
"Why?" Lily asked.
"Why what?" he said confused.
"Why are you an illegal animagis?"
James thought that Lily knew but she had obviously not realized Remus was the werewolf and he wasn't about to tell her unless he was given permission.
"Because I thought it would be cool" he answered lamely.
"You can get into a lot of trouble and I know you are not that stupid. What is the real reason?" she said looking at him in the eyes.
"Alright there is more to tell but I can't" he told.
"Why?"
"Because it isn't mine to tell and I made a promise" James explained hoping like hell this wouldn't piss her off or that she would take it the wrong way.
Lily sighed, "Alright"
"I cant tell you-" James started, "What?"
"I won't keep asking or pressure if you were told not to say anything" Lily said.
"Thank you" she just nodded. "Well we better go to bed" she said getting up but James stopped her when she reached her bedroom door.
"Lily, I really want things to go back to normal between us. I hate not being able to talk to you" he said. She looked at him for a moment.
"I miss it too" she said.
"Do you think we can just forgive and forget?" he asked hopefully.
Lily smiled, "I'd love to, besides you saved my life so I guess I have to"
"Good, now let's sleep" he grinned.
"James?"
"Yes?" he asked.
"Was that black dog Sirius, by any chance?" she asked.
James just nodded.
Lily laughed, "I should have known. Good night James" she said closing her door.
"Night Lily"
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There we go! I hope I explained everything in this chapter well.
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