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Sirius and James started down the stairs but were caught by Professor Lupin who was looking incredibly ill.
"Boys, no adventures." He said wearily. James and Sirius's mouths opened to protest but Lupin continued. "In our time we have a potion that will keep werewolves from becoming werewolves. It is called the Wolfsbane Potion. I have been giving it to Remus all through this month so he won't transform into a werewolf."
James and Sirius glared. "Well, where is he?" James asked
Professor Lupin smiled grimly. "He is in your dormitory."
"WHAT!?" Sirius screamed.
"He is harmless." Professor Lupin said calmly.
"Sure." James said sarcastically.
"Go back to your common room boys. In fact, I will follow you just to make sure. Curfew is in a few minutes anyway." He ordered.
They hung their heads and grudgingly followed Professor Lupin back to the common room.
They walked through the portrait hole and went up to the common room that Sirius, James, and Remus shared.
Professor Lupin made them go quickly so that he would not transform inside of the room. He opened the door and Remus waved at them weakly.
"See, he is here." Professor Lupin looked outside "I better be going!" he went as quickly as he could down the stairs, out of the portrait hole, and back to his office.
"So..." Sirius began
"Yes, I am safe." Remus said stiffly
James and Sirius nodded.
"Good..." James said
"Oh spit it out!" Remus snapped
Sirius sighed dramatically and flopped on the bed. "We can't have an adventure!"
Remus rolled his eyes and looked out the window.
James' face lit up like a light bulb. "We can still go explore." He took his pack off and dug inside and held of Harry's invisibility cloak. "Let's go." He said grinning.
Remus looked at him "How are we supposed to get out of here with me as a wolf?" he snapped.
Sirius looked at him, "Well it isn't curfew yet, and you could meet us by the Whomping Willow."
Remus nodded, "Alright." He quickly ran out of the room.
Sirius looked at James, "Well, let's go."
James nodded and threw the cloak over them. "Bend down Padfoot, you're too tall."
Sirius grumbled but hunched his shoulders and followed James out of the dormitory walking like a hunchback.
They made it out of the castle and down to the Whomping Willow without getting caught. This was a simple thing for the marauders since they had had years of practise.
They could see Remus standing there out of reach of the branches since he didn't want to get hurt.
Remus was trying his hardest not to take wolf shape since the full moon was behind a cloud. He was begging Sirius and James to hurry up.
"Hey Moony!" came Sirius's cheerful voice.
"Eep!" Remus jumped and turned around to glare. "Don't do that!"
James laughed and pulled the cloak off of Sirius and himself.
James looked up at the sky, "The moon will be out any second; we better transform Padfoot."
Sirius nodded and changed into a huge black dog whilst James turned into a proud stag.
Remus started to shake slightly and then bent down on all fours, hair grew all over and his spine elongated. A few second later he was a wolf; he didn't look like a werewolf and Sirius was so amazed he changed back into his human form.
"Wow Moony, you look like a wolf." Sirius murmured
Remus was so alarmed when he noticed what Sirius had done that he let out a howl. He realised that he could control his emotions and was thrilled.
James changed back to human as well and looked at Sirius. "This is amazing, Professor Lupin was right, the potion did work."
They changed back and looked at the wolf who was looking stunned; not a very wolf-like expression.
Padfoot motioned towards the Forbidden Forest and they all followed him, they had hours until daylight; they might as well explore.
A few hours latter, Moony, Padfoot, and Prongs emerged from the forest and headed towards the Whomping Willow.
Prongs changed back into James and prodded the knot. Moony and Padfoot went down the secret passage and James followed.
James knew he couldn't turn into a stag and still get down into the shack so he went down in his normal form.
Moony and Padfoot headed for the door which would lead them into Hogsmead. James opened it and the three of them walked outside. James transformed into Prongs and followed his friends down the street.
For hours they looked around, it had changed since they had been there as students. The shops held so many new items that were so interesting to look at. It was so late they didn't have to worry about people on the streets.
When they had an hour until dawn they headed back to the Shrieking Shack, up the passage way, and back to the castle. Padfoot and Prongs changed into James and Sirius and donned the invisibility cloak. They had to run as fast as they could with Moony so that no one would notice a wolf walking in the corridors.
They were thrilled when they managed to get to the portrait hole with no one noticing.
James yanked off the cloak and threw it over Moony so the Fat Lady wouldn't ask why a wolf was trying to enter Gryffindor Tower.
"Password?" she asked James and Sirius.
"Phoenix." James said.
"Incorrect!" she yelled at them
"Uh..." James didn't know it; it had been Phoenix the morning before.
"Mr. Black and Mr. Potter, I knew I would find you here." Came a voice from behind.
James and Sirius turned and were face to face with Professor Snape.
"I had Professor McGonagall change the password because I knew you would try to get out." he drawled.
"Shut up and give us the password!" Sirius snapped.
"Tsk tsk, that is no way to treat a teacher." He said; absolutely thrilled that he could taunt Sirius and not get in trouble for it.
"Why Severus, what a pleasant surprise. Trying to punish our exchange students?"
"What do you want Lupin?" Professor Snape snapped
Sirius and James were overjoyed to see Professor Lupin coming over to them.
"I actually am here for the same reason you are." Professor Lupin looked at Sirius and James sternly making them gulp. They had never seen Remus so angry it was unnerving.
"Shouldn't you be in your wolf shape?" Snape demanded
Professor Lupin did look exhausted but his eyes were completely alert. "The sun rose about twenty minutes ago." He said crisply, "Which means that students are allowed out of bed."
Sirius looked at where Remus was standing with the invisibility cloak over him, if Professor Lupin was back in his human form then Remus would be as well.
Professor Snape's evil grin turned into an evil frown. He looked at James and Sirius then back at Professor Lupin. "Don't cover for your old friends Lupin, it doesn't do well to cover for students." He sauntered off angrily.
Professor Lupin watched him go then rounded on James and Sirius. "What were you doing?" he demanded
Sirius smirked "What do you think?"
"I think you were disobeying the rules." He snapped
"We weren't disobeying the rules; like you said, the sun rose twenty minutes ago, we have every right to be up and about." James replied happily.
Professor Lupin groaned. "I should have never covered for you two."
Remus was silent while he watched them all argue. It was a little odd but slightly funny. He pulled the invisibility cloak off and beamed at his friends.
They grinned back and looked at Professor Lupin. "Well are you going to give us the password?"
A/N I **Star** am so sorry this took so long *sheepish look* I had to have my computer fixed. I promise that the next chapter I write won't take so long to get out.
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Hi everyone! Thanks for all of your kind reviews! We love getting them, so keep them coming! If I haven't said thanks in your own little individual response section, don't take it personally. It's simply because there is a limited number of ways that I can think of to say thanks, and I don't want to be boring. The 'thankyou' is implied. Just so you know, the next chapter is mine, and it will probably take about a week for me to write since I have camp this weekend. I'll work on it while I'm at camp so hopefully it will be nice and long and tasty.
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Kateydidnt - *rubs chin in thought* That's a good point. I'll talk to Star about that and we'll probably change it. Thanks! Oh, and above is the answer to your wolfsbane question. *grins*
Fluffylittledragon – Ok, you've said it and Star's said it, so now I'm going to say it: I love your name! It's really cool! Glad you like the fic!
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JewelValentine – Um. Ok then, you sprained your finger by snapping it? *giggles* I find that... Amusing. In a strange twisted way. Thanks for reading.
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ILOVEPADFOOTANDPRONGS - *slackjawed and gobsmacked* All in caps. You must be easily excited. *grins* Glad you like the fic.
Rocky235 – You like it when writers are nice to Moony? I don't. I like the juicy angsty Moony fics the best. They're so sad! Thanks for reviewing.
The Dark Lady of Slytherin - *shakes finger* *in mock stern voice* Bad girl. Do your homework. Hehe. Homework. Don't you just hate that stuff? Thanks for reviewing!
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Topaz Waters – You should feel special. I've just thought up a new way to say thankyou and you're the first person to experience it. Here goes: Tanks-a-lottery!
uNoeWho – Thanksies!
RoNs*GuRrL - *blushes* I'm flattered that you'd think to borrow our idea! The only thing is that it's not entirely our idea to begin with. Time- travel fics where the marauders go to Harry's time or where Harry and co. go to the marauders' time are fairly common. I'm so glad you like ours though! (If you're enjoying this concept, you might want to check out 'Only Time' by Rynne Lupin. It's sort of the reverse of this concept.) If you go ahead with your idea for writing a time travel fic, would you let me know in a review or whatever when it's up? It's so hard to find new time travel fics these days. *sighs*
amayaggie – Thanks for reviewing! *giggles* James...
Sirius and James started down the stairs but were caught by Professor Lupin who was looking incredibly ill.
"Boys, no adventures." He said wearily. James and Sirius's mouths opened to protest but Lupin continued. "In our time we have a potion that will keep werewolves from becoming werewolves. It is called the Wolfsbane Potion. I have been giving it to Remus all through this month so he won't transform into a werewolf."
James and Sirius glared. "Well, where is he?" James asked
Professor Lupin smiled grimly. "He is in your dormitory."
"WHAT!?" Sirius screamed.
"He is harmless." Professor Lupin said calmly.
"Sure." James said sarcastically.
"Go back to your common room boys. In fact, I will follow you just to make sure. Curfew is in a few minutes anyway." He ordered.
They hung their heads and grudgingly followed Professor Lupin back to the common room.
They walked through the portrait hole and went up to the common room that Sirius, James, and Remus shared.
Professor Lupin made them go quickly so that he would not transform inside of the room. He opened the door and Remus waved at them weakly.
"See, he is here." Professor Lupin looked outside "I better be going!" he went as quickly as he could down the stairs, out of the portrait hole, and back to his office.
"So..." Sirius began
"Yes, I am safe." Remus said stiffly
James and Sirius nodded.
"Good..." James said
"Oh spit it out!" Remus snapped
Sirius sighed dramatically and flopped on the bed. "We can't have an adventure!"
Remus rolled his eyes and looked out the window.
James' face lit up like a light bulb. "We can still go explore." He took his pack off and dug inside and held of Harry's invisibility cloak. "Let's go." He said grinning.
Remus looked at him "How are we supposed to get out of here with me as a wolf?" he snapped.
Sirius looked at him, "Well it isn't curfew yet, and you could meet us by the Whomping Willow."
Remus nodded, "Alright." He quickly ran out of the room.
Sirius looked at James, "Well, let's go."
James nodded and threw the cloak over them. "Bend down Padfoot, you're too tall."
Sirius grumbled but hunched his shoulders and followed James out of the dormitory walking like a hunchback.
They made it out of the castle and down to the Whomping Willow without getting caught. This was a simple thing for the marauders since they had had years of practise.
They could see Remus standing there out of reach of the branches since he didn't want to get hurt.
Remus was trying his hardest not to take wolf shape since the full moon was behind a cloud. He was begging Sirius and James to hurry up.
"Hey Moony!" came Sirius's cheerful voice.
"Eep!" Remus jumped and turned around to glare. "Don't do that!"
James laughed and pulled the cloak off of Sirius and himself.
James looked up at the sky, "The moon will be out any second; we better transform Padfoot."
Sirius nodded and changed into a huge black dog whilst James turned into a proud stag.
Remus started to shake slightly and then bent down on all fours, hair grew all over and his spine elongated. A few second later he was a wolf; he didn't look like a werewolf and Sirius was so amazed he changed back into his human form.
"Wow Moony, you look like a wolf." Sirius murmured
Remus was so alarmed when he noticed what Sirius had done that he let out a howl. He realised that he could control his emotions and was thrilled.
James changed back to human as well and looked at Sirius. "This is amazing, Professor Lupin was right, the potion did work."
They changed back and looked at the wolf who was looking stunned; not a very wolf-like expression.
Padfoot motioned towards the Forbidden Forest and they all followed him, they had hours until daylight; they might as well explore.
A few hours latter, Moony, Padfoot, and Prongs emerged from the forest and headed towards the Whomping Willow.
Prongs changed back into James and prodded the knot. Moony and Padfoot went down the secret passage and James followed.
James knew he couldn't turn into a stag and still get down into the shack so he went down in his normal form.
Moony and Padfoot headed for the door which would lead them into Hogsmead. James opened it and the three of them walked outside. James transformed into Prongs and followed his friends down the street.
For hours they looked around, it had changed since they had been there as students. The shops held so many new items that were so interesting to look at. It was so late they didn't have to worry about people on the streets.
When they had an hour until dawn they headed back to the Shrieking Shack, up the passage way, and back to the castle. Padfoot and Prongs changed into James and Sirius and donned the invisibility cloak. They had to run as fast as they could with Moony so that no one would notice a wolf walking in the corridors.
They were thrilled when they managed to get to the portrait hole with no one noticing.
James yanked off the cloak and threw it over Moony so the Fat Lady wouldn't ask why a wolf was trying to enter Gryffindor Tower.
"Password?" she asked James and Sirius.
"Phoenix." James said.
"Incorrect!" she yelled at them
"Uh..." James didn't know it; it had been Phoenix the morning before.
"Mr. Black and Mr. Potter, I knew I would find you here." Came a voice from behind.
James and Sirius turned and were face to face with Professor Snape.
"I had Professor McGonagall change the password because I knew you would try to get out." he drawled.
"Shut up and give us the password!" Sirius snapped.
"Tsk tsk, that is no way to treat a teacher." He said; absolutely thrilled that he could taunt Sirius and not get in trouble for it.
"Why Severus, what a pleasant surprise. Trying to punish our exchange students?"
"What do you want Lupin?" Professor Snape snapped
Sirius and James were overjoyed to see Professor Lupin coming over to them.
"I actually am here for the same reason you are." Professor Lupin looked at Sirius and James sternly making them gulp. They had never seen Remus so angry it was unnerving.
"Shouldn't you be in your wolf shape?" Snape demanded
Professor Lupin did look exhausted but his eyes were completely alert. "The sun rose about twenty minutes ago." He said crisply, "Which means that students are allowed out of bed."
Sirius looked at where Remus was standing with the invisibility cloak over him, if Professor Lupin was back in his human form then Remus would be as well.
Professor Snape's evil grin turned into an evil frown. He looked at James and Sirius then back at Professor Lupin. "Don't cover for your old friends Lupin, it doesn't do well to cover for students." He sauntered off angrily.
Professor Lupin watched him go then rounded on James and Sirius. "What were you doing?" he demanded
Sirius smirked "What do you think?"
"I think you were disobeying the rules." He snapped
"We weren't disobeying the rules; like you said, the sun rose twenty minutes ago, we have every right to be up and about." James replied happily.
Professor Lupin groaned. "I should have never covered for you two."
Remus was silent while he watched them all argue. It was a little odd but slightly funny. He pulled the invisibility cloak off and beamed at his friends.
They grinned back and looked at Professor Lupin. "Well are you going to give us the password?"
A/N I **Star** am so sorry this took so long *sheepish look* I had to have my computer fixed. I promise that the next chapter I write won't take so long to get out.
Sploogal's bit:
Hi everyone! Thanks for all of your kind reviews! We love getting them, so keep them coming! If I haven't said thanks in your own little individual response section, don't take it personally. It's simply because there is a limited number of ways that I can think of to say thanks, and I don't want to be boring. The 'thankyou' is implied. Just so you know, the next chapter is mine, and it will probably take about a week for me to write since I have camp this weekend. I'll work on it while I'm at camp so hopefully it will be nice and long and tasty.
SilverKnight7 – Updated!
Kateydidnt - *rubs chin in thought* That's a good point. I'll talk to Star about that and we'll probably change it. Thanks! Oh, and above is the answer to your wolfsbane question. *grins*
Fluffylittledragon – Ok, you've said it and Star's said it, so now I'm going to say it: I love your name! It's really cool! Glad you like the fic!
jennifer - *does the update dance*
J.E.A.R.K.Potter - *repeats the update dance*
SilverCrystal177 – Glad you liked it. Here's an update.
darkdestiny2000 – Thanks!
Nakhti - *stares* Wow. Long review(s). I'm on msn now but your status is 'away'. *glares* Yeah, sorry about them tying. But you did say that maybe the prospect of a tie was so predictable that it could possibly be unpredictable. Did that make sense? *reads back to self* *goes cross- eyed* You think Ron wriggled out of it? *laughs evilly*
JewelValentine – Um. Ok then, you sprained your finger by snapping it? *giggles* I find that... Amusing. In a strange twisted way. Thanks for reading.
Amandinka – We updated!
siriusorionblackislikethehottestspersononthefaceoftheearth (NAH, REALLY) - Interesting name. I think I stuffed it up, but anyway... Thanks for the review. Yes, I agree: Revenge of the sugar.
ILOVEPADFOOTANDPRONGS - *slackjawed and gobsmacked* All in caps. You must be easily excited. *grins* Glad you like the fic.
Rocky235 – You like it when writers are nice to Moony? I don't. I like the juicy angsty Moony fics the best. They're so sad! Thanks for reviewing.
The Dark Lady of Slytherin - *shakes finger* *in mock stern voice* Bad girl. Do your homework. Hehe. Homework. Don't you just hate that stuff? Thanks for reviewing!
White Elf1 - *borrows Sirius' trademark grin* Yay! You like it!
Sea-Turtles – Yes! It's a cool name! No! Don't change it! Thanks for your review!
Tablecloth-Girl – Interesting name. How'd you come up with that? Good idea too. Will keep that in mind. Thankies!
Sohalia Talitha – Thanks! Updated!
IncognitoChocobo – Thanks ever so!
Topaz Waters – You should feel special. I've just thought up a new way to say thankyou and you're the first person to experience it. Here goes: Tanks-a-lottery!
uNoeWho – Thanksies!
RoNs*GuRrL - *blushes* I'm flattered that you'd think to borrow our idea! The only thing is that it's not entirely our idea to begin with. Time- travel fics where the marauders go to Harry's time or where Harry and co. go to the marauders' time are fairly common. I'm so glad you like ours though! (If you're enjoying this concept, you might want to check out 'Only Time' by Rynne Lupin. It's sort of the reverse of this concept.) If you go ahead with your idea for writing a time travel fic, would you let me know in a review or whatever when it's up? It's so hard to find new time travel fics these days. *sighs*
amayaggie – Thanks for reviewing! *giggles* James...
