A/N: Hey guys how the devil are ya? I had a good start to my week I have to say :)
Right I've posted a oneshot called: 'The Death Of Francis The Fish' that I hope you will enjoy Its not a long one have to admit, but the couple of reviews I've had for it have been really good...
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This chapter is fair Remus/Marlene centric again... Enjoy! Please read and review, I like reviews they give me warm fuzzies ;)
Despite Marlene having spoken to Remus again it did no good. Remus continued to pull away and resist all of Marlene's attempts. Lily returned to the Heads Common Room from the library and found Marley curled up on the sofa sobbing.
"Hey Marls what's wrong?" Asked Lily gently as she pushed some hair off of Marlene's face.
"Remus.. He.. He Dumped me" Marlene sobbed out.
"Oh Marls shhh I'm so so sorry" Said Lily gently rubbing Marlene's back.
"Why me Lils? Why me?" Asked Marlene with renewed sobs.
Just then the portrait hole clattered shut and James appeared, he stopped to take in the scene before him. Marlene laid on the sofa sobbing and Lily knelt on the floor one hand on Marlene's back trying to sooth her. He knew this could only mean one thing and he quickly consulted the 'Marauders Map' to try and locate Remus, only he didn't appear to be on the map; James knew that Remus must have gone to the Room of Requirement. Lily turned her head and caught sight of James, he gave her nod and quietly left to go to the RoR to talk to Remus.
On the third pass the door appeared and James entered and there was Remus laid out on a couch his eyes watching the fire in the grate.
"Moony, why?" Was James' only question.
"Prongs just go away, I want to be alone" Said Remus quietly.
"Moony, why did you dump Marley like that? Do you have any idea what kind of mess the poor girl is in? She's laid on the sofa in the Heads Common Room with Lily sobbing uncontrollably at the moment" Said James, his tone harder than normal.
"I'm sorry James, I should never have agreed to go out with her in the first place I'm a monster pure and simple I'm not going to risk infecting her, I have to face it I'm always going to be alone I'm not meant to be happy and I need to face that fact" Said Remus still as quietly.
"Moony you are not a monster, you are a person with a furry little problem once a month that is all. You are a great guy and you do deserve to be happy" Said James with a flash of anger.
"Just leave it Prongs I'm not in the mood to fight, I just want to be alone".
"No way! I'm leaving you here to wallow in self pity Remus! So help me Merlin if you aren't one stubborn ass bastard!" James quipped.
Remus sat up and looked at James, sometimes he still found it hard to believe that he had a friends like James and Sirius- both of whom were good looking, smart and self assured. He found it hard to believe that they would want him around, and want anything to do with him considering what he was. Also for people like Lily to love him unconditionally.
"I'm not a stubborn ass bastard James" Said Remus eying James angrily.
"Then what would you call it?" Asked James.
"I'd call it protection" Said Remus with defiance.
"Bull shit Moony, you're running away from the one good thing in your life" Replied James crossly.
"You can't ever understand James, you don't have the problems I do".
"Whatever Moony you're acting like a child and running away like a scared little boy".
*Crack* Remus' fist connected with James' jaw and James saw stars as he fell off the sofa backwards on to his back.
"Come on then Moony take your best shot!" Jibed James as he quickly rose to his feet.
Again a swing and a connection, James staggered slightly but remained upright.
"Nice, but is that all you've got?" Quipped James with a hint of amusement.
Another swing and connection. James carried on taunting Remus, never once did James lay a hand on him though. He carried on and on till Remus had nothing left in him and he collapsed on the floor in tears. Despite James' face being somewhat bruised and sore from all the hits he took he collapsed beside Remus and pulled him fiercely into a manly hug and held him whilst Remus sobbed. It hurt James that one of his best friends was going through what he was going through, and no he could never understand exactly what all this did to Remus having to transform every month, the pain and agony this caused but one thing was certain James still loved Remus like his own brother.
"I'm sorry James" James let go of Remus.
"I'm sorry too but you needed to get your frustrations out" Said James compassionately.
"I know, but it's still not changed anything I'm still a Werewolf and I'm not getting back with Marlene, she'll find someone better someone who truly derserves her" Said Remus with a sniff.
"You mean I went through all that for nothing?" Said James sardonically.
It was then that Remus took a good look at James and realised what a state his face was in and his own knuckles too. Remus pulled out his wand and cast a few different healing spells at James' face and then his knuckles.
"Thanks Moony, seems there's no changing your mind though".
"I'm sorry Prongs there's not I can't I just... Can't".
"Stubborn ass" James muttered as he got to his feet.
"Am not" Replied Remus.
"Damn you and your Werewolf hearing" Grinned James.
James headed towards the door and turned around and found Remus back on the sofa staring at the fire in the grate. So he decided to leave him there for now and headed back to the Heads Common Room to check on Lily and Marlene. On route he ran into Sirius.
"Hey Prongs old chap been looking for you! Tucana's been looking for you he's not going to make it to Monday's Quidditch practise session due to he landed himself in detention with Filch for letting off a fanged frisbee in the corridor at lunchtime".
"Hey thanks for letting me know, I have some news for you".
So as they strode towards the Heads Common Room James explained about Remus and Marlene and what happened in the RoR. Sirius let out a low whistle as they came to a halt outside the Heads portrait hole. They quietly entered after having answered the portrait question and found Lily in an armchair reading and Marlene appeared to be asleep on the sofa.
"How is she?" Asked James softly.
"Hurting, but she'll be okay I guess... Eventually" Said Lily slightly crossly.
"I've spoken to Moony and he's refusing to even consider getting back with Marley he's being unreasonable and irascable" Said James with a hint of frustration in his voice.
He carried on to tell her what he'd told Sirius. Lily let go a sharp hiss as he explained what Remus had said about his self, and and loud implication as James explained about making Remus knock seven bells out of him.
"Can't you Marauders ever do anything easily?" Asked Lily.
"Doesn't look like it does it Lils" Said James with a grin.
"Stop grinning this isn't funny" said Lily loftily.
James tucked his smile away and turned away and bit the inside of his cheek to keep the grin of his chops.
A voice came from the corner of the common room.
"Ahem Heads" Said the voice of Godric Gryffindor "There's a young man out here who can't answer my question".
James, Sirius and Lily looked at each other, knowing full well who that was.
"Peter!" They all said as one.
Sirius strode over to the portrait hole to let Peter in. Meanwhile James took Lily in his arms, hugged her and kissed her.
A week past Marlene and Remus avoided each other as much as possible, if one was coming in one direction, the other would turn tail and head back in the direction they'd been coming from. They kept their eyes adverted at all times, this made Marlene bite her lip to keep from crying. Remus threw himself into his homework and revision, whilst Marlene in an attempted to cheer everyone up as she'd been feeling lousy that she'd been making everyone else feel depressed put on a bucket load of bravardo and was brightly laughing and joking with everyobody else. Lily eventually took Marlene to one side.
"Marls, don't take on sweetie".
"I'm not Lils, it was nice whilst it lasted but it's over now" Said Marlene with a shrug.
"Marley...".
"I'm fine Lils I promise" Said Marlene and sauntered off.
One evening on their way down to a prefects meeting they heard Mary and Peter having an arguement in the broom closet.
"I can't believe you put your hand up my skirt Peter" Mary stormed.
"I didn't, I was trying to untangle your skirt from a hook it got caught on" Peter squeaked.
"Don't lie Peter".
"I'm not Mary I swear".
James and Lily looked at each other with a frown on their faces. They couldn't see Peter being the type to do something like that. Just then they heard a crash come from the broom closet. Lily yanked the door open and found Peter on the floor with a bloody nose. Both Peter and Mary turned a brilliant shade of red at being caught.
"What is going on in here?" Asked James mildly.
"N..n..nothing Prongs a misunderstanding" Peter said squeakily.
James put out a hand and Peter took it and James pulled him upright. Lily looked at Mary and she just shook her head slightly as if to say 'don't ask'.
"Pete come here let me clean you up" Said Lily.
As she pointed her wand at Peter's face he became rather cross-eyed as he tried to keep the wand in his eyeline. In no time his nose was cleaned up.
"Right you two quickly back to the common room its nearly curfew" Said Lily.
The two of them scarpered quickly away.
"James, do you think Peter really would be capable of doing that to a girl?" Asked Lily curiously.
"To be honest I don't think so, he doesn't really have a clue when it comes to girls".
"Maybe it was just a misunderstanding then".
Lily lit her wand and took a good look inside the cupboard and spotted a hook but it was too high up for Mary to have got her skirt caught. Lily frowned but said nothing.
There must have been something in the air in the castle, that week shortly after the incident in the cupboard Mary dumped Peter. Hestia and Sirius had a falling out and making up session, Alice and Frank had a misunderstanding and spent a day not talking to one another, Marlene to spite Remus threw herself at a seventh year Hufflepuff named Henry Jugson, which worked cos remus suddenly left the library at top speed and was found later in the RoR by Sirius and he was not in a good way. Lily and James had a small spat as well about who's turn it was to do the prefect's rota.
But the incidents didn't stop there, fights were breaking out all over the castle. Eventually after a sucession of detentions it all seemed to stop, but Dumbledore was worried about the amount of disharmony and discord and voiced said concerns to the Heads and asked them to come up with a school activity that would perhaps reunite the school and give them a bit of fun...
