Chapter Thirty-five:
"You followed them!" exclaimed Harry. "Why'd you follow them."
"Cause we weren't supposed to blow," started Jamie, but I jabbed her in the ribs. That excuse was starting to grind my nerves, and I knew Hermione would start in on us.
"Blow what?" asked Hermione.
"Oh nothing. Inside joke."
"Right," she said. "But anyway are you in trouble?"
"We'll see tomorrow." I said "they ran back off into the forest."
"Yeah, they carried us home like we were wolf pups." Said Jamie. "Talk about embarrassing."
"You shouldn't have been in the forest in the first place." Ron chimed in. "On a full moon too. You're lucky they found you before something else did, like a werewolf not under the influence of wolfsbane."
"Oh we're fine," I said. "Nothing would have found us. And I could've protected Jamie."
Jaime shot me a look. "Well your mom seemed pretty mad. Who's gonna protect you from her?"
"She can't get that mad, I mean I'm just doing every thing she did in school. I think she's gotten more sensible over the years."
"That's a good thing." Said Hermione Haughtily.
The marauders got back late that morning, all tired and yawning. Maxis even cancelled her illusions class to sleep, this was something she'd never done before. I went up to see her that afternoon.
"Maxis." I knocked on her door.
"Come in." she mumbled from inside.
I opened the door to her room and walked in. she was sitting sleepily on her bed.
"You came in late this morning." I said.
"Ugh," she groaned. "Saraan decided to give Remus and I a proto-type of an improved Wolfsbane potion to try out. It tasted better, but we didn't transform back until about 10:00 this morning. That's like three hours later than usual, and on top of that I'm now sick to my stomach."
"That's why you cancelled class?"
"Yeah." She groaned again. "But lets talk about you and Jamie now."
"Are you gonna lecture me?"
"Considers how you look at it," she said sitting up. "There a few things I'd like to know, like how is Jamie an Animagus?"
"Saraan left the potion out, so she snuck a ladle full. She's a powerful witch."
Maxis nodded. "And why were you out there last night?"
"We were just following you guys, and we were testing out the animal bodies in familiar territories."
"Why'd you want to follow us? As you saw we wrestle and we hunt. That's it, and you were lucky we didn't mistake you for someone else. We might have hurt you. And what if something else had gotten you?"
"We would have run."
"Aphi, sweetie, you were not going to be able to out run and out hop the animals of the forest. Trust me I know."
I sighed.
"You should go now. Once Madam Pomfrey's finished yelling at Saraan she'll be coming up here."
I nodded ad got up from the bed.
"'Kay Bye."
"Next full moon Aphi I want you inside." Said mom.
"Yeah I know," I told her.
"And Jamie too."
'Yes ma'm" Jamie said grudgingly
"Give her a break Less." Dad grinned. "They're just like you when you were they're age."
"I know." She smiled slightly.
"If they want to travel the forbidden forest that's their business;"
I grinned at this.
"As long as" he continued "they don't come crying to us when they're almost eaten by a werewolf."
"We won't." said Jamie and I in unison.
"Good, off you." Said dad. "Remember you two 150 more detentions."
We smiled and nodded.
"Sirius!" Mom sighed.
(A/N- ok if my parents in real life were like this I'd be in heaven. Do you know how many detentions I've gotten for setting of those little firecrackers? The kind that you just throw on the ground; does someone want to explain why they're so bad. Any way, more soon. Aphi and ________ will be in love of course.)
-Kendra Black (aka- Aphi Black, aka-Rouge, aka-Jean Grey, aka-Shadowcat.)