Ch 14 Falling Lies
Hermione and Lily sat anxiously in the common room with the Marauders. They were executing their plan that night.
"So what are you ladies doing tonight?" James asked.
"Nothing probably. Maybe we'll do something with Mary and Denise." Hermione said not looking up from the book she was pursuing. It was one of the Animagus ones.
"Oh Well good luck with that one." Sirius said.
"Hey guys we should go now" Remus said glancing out the window at the setting sun.
"Yeah." said James looking nervous.
"You guys aren't going outside for any midnight dances right?" Sirius asked.
"No we told you we wouldn't" Lily said. Hermione set down her book and glanced at Remus. He smiled at her weakly. They stood up as a group and Hermione stood to hug Remus. He squeezed her tight and she gave him a kiss on the lips but he pulled away before she could deepen it.
"I will see you tomorrow okay" Remus said walking toward the portrait door. Hermione just nodded.
When the boys cleared out Hermione and Lily grinned wickedly before charging upstairs to the boys dorm. They searched quickly through Peters trunk before removing the map.
"This is it!" Lily said excitedly
"Will you do the honor?" Hermione said grinning.
"Why yes thank you. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" Lily said tapping the map with her wand. Immediately the map began to fill itself out. Lily's mouth stood open in shock.
"Wow!" Hermione said glancing over the map in pretend awe.
"I don't understand how boys who are this clever can be so unbelievably stupid." Lily said gapping.
"Well boys will be boys. Notice how they created this no doubt for mischief." Hermione said with a raised brow. They started searching the map and found Remus walking out onto the grounds with Madam Pomfrey. Then they found the other three walking considerably more slowly a bit behind the pair.
"Why are the others walking so slowly and so far behind?" Lily asked.
"Don't know perhaps they are hiding from Madam Pomfrey." Hermione said back as they watched the progress of the trio. They watched Madam Pomfrey and Remus disappear through the Whomping Willow. Then they saw her return and then they watched James Peter and Remus enter the willow.
"What in the world are they doing that tree is dangerous!" Lily remarked with a frown on her lips.
"It's a secret passage straight out of the castle grounds. Maybe it's a safe place for Remus to transform." Hermione said. They watched the map for about a half hour but the boys didn't come back out from the tree.
"Well this is a waist of time don't you think?" Lily said rolling onto her stomach to stare at Hermione.
"Well yes. Lets get our homework and we'll just glance at the map occasionally" Hermione suggested. So that's what they did. They retrieved their book bags and returned to the boys dorms. They were tired when curfew came around. Hermione rubbed at her tired eyes and looked at the map.
"Lily! They came out!" Hermione shouted jumping onto her knees as Lily turned toward the map.
"Hey they're heading toward the forest. We should see them from the window!" she said and both girls raced toward the window. Outside they saw three large animals run from the tree to the forest. A dog, a wolf, and a deer.
"Animagus" Lily breathed out.
"Wow! I knew they were clever but this is something else!" Hermione said. They watched the animals bound into the forest before turning back to the map.
"So which do you suppose is which?" Lily asked sitting on the bed.
"Well those nick names that they have for each other. Moony Padfoot Prongs and worm tail. Remus is the werewolf. Why else would he be called moony." Hermione said
"That black dog must be Sirius or 'padfoot' the deer is James. But why is he called prongs?"
"Prongs is something with a point at the end of something. Most likely his antlers. I don't get Peter though he must be something small because we didn't see him. He's also called worm tail." Hermione said playing dumb.
"Well what kind of animal has a worm for a tail?" Lily asked a disgusted look on her face.
"Well none that I know of but if it's a magical animal it can be anything."
"Hey maybe he's a rat. They have worm like tails" Lily said smiling.
"That's possible he also sort of resembles one to doesn't he?" Hermione said and both girls burst out laughing. They both sat pensive for a moment mulling over their discovery.
"So what do we do know? I mean do we approach them with what we know?" Lily asked.
"I'm not sure. Do you think they'd be angry with us if we did? I don't know I didn't really think this far ahead."
"Well we could just pretend we seen them going to the whomping willow. They would never know" Lily said getting up and stretching. Hermione got up to she wiped the map clean and returned it to Peter's trunk.
"Come on we'll think about it tomorrow. I'm tired" Hermione said and her and Lily packed up their book bags and returned to their dormitories.
The next morning both girls woke up early and went down to breakfast. None of the Marauders made it to breakfast. By lunch time the girls grew impatient so they went upstairs to the boys dorms. They found all four boys in bed asleep. Hermione and Lily looked at each other unsure of what they should do.
"Should we wake them?" Lily mouthed silently. Hermione nodded then she went over to Remus' bed. She pulled back the slightly opened curtain and sat on the edge of his bed. She touched his forehead, he was slightly warm. He looked so peaceful but also tired. He had dark circles under his eyes and his face was deathly pale.
"Hey love wake up" Hermione said placing a gentle kiss on his forehead then his cheek and finally his lips. He stirred slightly but didn't wake. She layed next to him stroking his cheek gently and calling his name softly. She moved her hand down his neck and to his chest which she rubbed softly. She heard him groan softly and his eyelids fluttered gently when she placed another kiss on his lips. He blinked a few times then turned to look at Hermione a small smile on his face.
"Hey" he said softly.
"Hey I was getting worried. Its lunch time already" Hermione said sitting up and looking at him. Hermione turned around and looked at Lily who was conjuring bubbles and popping them on the tips of the other three boys noses.
"Remus you trust me right?" Hermione asked quietly a look of sadness on her face. He suddenly looked uneasy.
"Yes, With all my heart. What's the matter?" he asked quietly.
"Where did you go last night? Me and Lily seen you go into the Whomping Willow with Madam Pomfrey" She said biting her lower lip. Remus suddenly looked pained.
"Hermione I don't know if I can tell you." he said looking at his hands.
"Why don't you trust me?"
"Yes I do, but I don't want to lose you. I'm afraid that if I tell you, you won't want to be with me anymore" he said and Hermione saw a single tear run down his face.
"Oh Remus I never want to hear that from you again. I love you and nothing can ever stop me loving you. Not even your monthly problem. I just want you to be honest with me" Hermione said. Remus looked up a little surprised.
"My monthly problem?" he said surprise on his face.
"Me and Lily found out about your lycanthropy. We also found out about the others being Animagus" Hermione said with a smile.
"You don't care that I turn into a beast every month?" he asked surprised.
"Of course not Remus I love you for who you are not what you turn into every month" she said with a smile.
"You really are the most brilliant witch in the world" He said with a smile and he hugged her tight. A grunt of disgust sounded from one of the boys bed and Hermione and Remus turned to look. It was James wiping off a green slime from his mouth. Lily was laughing quietly.
"So James Potter you want to be my boyfriend but you won't even tell me that you are an Animagus? How can I even trust you anymore?" Lily said sternly her hands on her hips. Hermione burst out laughing at the look on James face Lily soon followed not able to contain her laughter. Sirius and Peter had awoken at that point and were looking around blankly.
"How did you find out?" James asked.
"Its pure brilliance James Potter you should never underestimate me, especially when I'm with Hermione.
"I'll keep that in mind" James mumbled getting out of bed.
"So what's going on?" Sirius asked stretching out on his bed.
Remus explained to the other boys what had happened while they dresses for lunch, Lily and Hermione waited downstairs. The next two weeks passed uneventfully with the only remotely different things for Hermione being her weekly classes of Animagus review with McGonagall. Time sped up again until Hermione was told she would be able to transform the following Friday.
------- K sorry for such a weak update and for it taking to long. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas Now I just want to ask what animal do you think Hermione should turn into. I looked on the web and took a few different 'What kind of animal are you?" quizzes and I put in answers that best suited Hermione and they usually said Horse or Unicorn. I always liked Her turning into a cat but let me know what you guys think and don't forget to Review----
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