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Night time wanderings and Break Ups.
"The what?" asked Lily,
"The Marauders Map, sh." April replied, she was looking closely at the map, "I don't believe this." she whispered,
"What?" asked Lily, peering over her shoulder,
"There in the Whomping Willow." April said, Lily stared at the map, they where in the whomping willow, April scanned the rest of the map, "Right, Filch is on the third floor, we'll have to take the secret passage on the fifth floor to get to the second, come on." she grabbed Lily's arm and pulled her out of the Heads Common Room.
Lily followed April under tapestrys, through the corridors, past classrooms, down stairways and through secret passages to get the grounds. April was slightly in front of her and had her wand poised over the map, muttering incoheret things now and again.
They stopped in front of the large wooden doors and pulled them open, slipping into the night. Lily pulled her cloak around her tighter, thankful that she had bought one, April seemed unbothered by the cold, she just marched towards the whomping willow stuffing the map into her pocket and holding her wand infront of her as she went. Lily pulled out her own wand, lit it and followed April down to the Whomping Willow.
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Sirius sniffed the air, hoping to smell James, Peter or Remus in their animal form, however his nose picked up a different scent, a distinct human scent, it smelled like a mixture of rose and honey. Sirius could place that smell anywhere, it was April's favourite perfume, his eyes widened in shock and he bounded through the forest searching for James.
He found the stag drinking out of a stream that ran through there, he whined and the stag looked up, he bowed his head in recognition and then cocked his head to one side, looking at Sirius with a worried expression. A howl followed by a scream was enough to make Sirius turn round and bound towards the scream, he could hear James following behind him, he just hoped they'd get there in time.
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April put a hand over Lily's mouth as she made to scream again, never breaking eye contact with the werewolf ten feet away from them.
"Just back away slowly." she hissed to Lily taking a step back, Lily followed, they continued stepping back slowly until Lily fell over, that's when the werewolf pounced, it ran towards them it' mouth open and drool flying out of it's mouth. April desperatly tried to help Lily up but the werewolf was gaining, it leapt into the air.
Then out of nowhere a stag came throwing the werewolf into the air with it's antlers. It bellowed at the werewolf, the werewolf growled and lunged at him but a big black dog grabbed it around the neck and started to drag it backwards.
April winced at the howls and moans from the werewolf, she knelt beside Lily who was shaking all over, she then looked up to find the stag looking at them, a look of concern on it's face, it nodded it's head towards the castle and April nodded, she helped Lily up and half walked, half ran with her back to the castle, but a sudden whimper made her stop. She turned and gasped as the werewolf threw the black dog of it, the dog landed unmoving a few feet away.
April turned to Lily, "You go inside, I'll be there in a minute." without waiting for an answer, she turned round and ran towards the dog, kneeling down next to it, it was still breathing, but it's eyes were closed. Gingerly she reached out and touched it, a small whimper came from it and it blearily opened it's eyes, looking straight at her. April was surprised to see a look of pure terror cross the face mixed with fury, she heard a low growl and turned to see the werewolf advancing. She stood up,
"Stop it!" she cried, a jet of light burst out of her wand and hit the werewolf on the nose, the werewolf whimpered and fell to the floor looking at her, she held his gaze before turning and kneeling back to the dog, she gasped as she realised that his eyes were a stormy blue colour, the exact same colour of Sirius's eyes. She shook her head,
"No." She breathed, she looked towards the werewolf and saw a flash of pain go through the werewolfs eyes, she gasped and stood up, slowly backing away from them.
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"April!" cried Lily, April ignored her until she felt her tugging on her arm, "April, come on. Agh!" Lily screamed as the werewolf ran at them again and pounced, landing on top of Lily, it's mouth a bare inch from her throat. There was a loud bellowing sound and the stag they had seen earlier charged, knocking the werewolf of Lily, it whimpered and landed in a heap in the grass ten feet away. Lily looked at the stag and it jerked it's head back to the castle.
She nodded and grabbed April forcing her back to the castle. Once they where back inside April headed straight to Gryffindor Common Room without saying goodnight. Lily sighed and headed back to bed.
When the morning came she walked to the Great Hall to find April sat there eating by herself, she sat down next to her, "Morning." she said brightly. April just nodded and continued eating, Lily felt a pang of sorrow for her, she was probably still shaken after last night. Lily knew she still was, she was just hiding it back.
"Morning, Sweetheart." James's voice said as he bent down and kissed her cheek, Lily turned to smile at him then turned back to April, to her surprise she found her glowering at James and when Sirius sat next to her and made to open his mouth, she stood up, cutting him off, grabbed her bag and hissed, "Don't talk to me." before walking off, her brown hair swinging dangerously.
Lily looked at Sirius who looked upset and then to James who was confused, "What was that about?" he asked.
"She knows." Sirius whispered and James face controtered in fear and sadness. Lily looked between the two confused and when neither of them spoke she sighed and stood up,
"I'll be in the hospital wing if you need me." she informed them, she kissed James on his cheek and gave Sirius a small smile before walking off in the direction of the hospital wing.
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Remus sat in his bed in the hospital wing, panicking, April knew, she had known last night and he had nearly killed her and Lily. She was going to hate him, she knew it. So it surprised him when the hospital wing doors opened and who should come in but April herself, she spotted him and made her way over. Remus braced himself for the yelling that was sure to come and was surprised when her voice was soft and warm,
"How you feeling?" she asked gently, sitting down next to him.
"Your not mad?" he asked unable to believe it. She smiled and shook her head,
"Shocked maybe, but I'm not mad, not at you anyway." she replied, her face set at the last few words. "I just wished he'd told me." she said sighing deeply and Remus knew she was talking about Sirius, "I mean I am his girlfriend." she closed her eyes and sighed deeply before looking at Remus, "So how do you feel anyway?" she asked.
"Rotten," Remus said grinng, she smiled, "And guilty, I could of hurt you ad Lily really badly. Sorry." he whispered. She placed her hand over his and squeazed it,
"It's not your fault." she told him sternly. Remus was about to answer when the door opened again and Lily came in, she spotted them and smilig walked over,
"You ok?" she asked April, April nodded leaning back in her chair, she stopped when she spotted a scratch on Lily's neck.
"What's that?" she asked, pointing at her neck. Lily looked at it,
"Must of been where the werewolf caught me, poor thing." she added. April looked at Remus and he sighed,
"Lily," he said softly, "There's something I need to tell you about that Werewolf."
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James walked down the corridor talking to Sirius about the latest quidditch match that they where to play when he spotted Lily walking towards him, he raised his hand in greeting but stopped at the furious and hurt look on her face, "Lily, what's wr..." he was cut off as she slapped him across the face. James rubbed his cheek and looked down at Lily, "What was that for?" he asked, confused.
"You idiot!" she screamed, "Remus told me everything!" Recognition dawned on James's face,
"Lils, look..." she cut him off again,
"You could of got hurt!" she screached, people were staring at them now and James was desperate,
"Lils please." he begged,
"Don't you dare," she screamed stepping back from him, "James Potter we are over!" she screamed and with that she turned on her heel and stormed off. James looked at Sirius who looked stunned and then back at the back of his furious ex girlfriends back. He spotted a face in teh crowd, it was April's she looked shocked and slightly guilty. She held eye contact with him for a few moments before turning and following Lily. The sigh from next to him let him know that Sirius had seen her too.
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