Authors Note: I'm so happy most of you liked the first chapter. I just wanna get one thing cleared up, Yes Lily and James were head boy and head girl but, in my story I said James was older then Lily. I got this small idea from another J/L writer. Some events and future stories will lead to them being in the same year. In this chapter, Remus and Lily continue there friendship and Lily figures out his true identity. We see a lot of MWPP and Lavinia tells Lily a secret.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot. The characters belong to JKR. With the exception of Lavinia.
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Chapter Two: Mischief with the Marauders.
Lily's first week at Hogwarts was one of the best weeks she had ever had. Of course they didn't think twice about giving a lot of homework and of course they were very strict but she learned magic. Magic! Lily learned that she wasn't great at potions, but magnificent at charms. She was the first in her class to turn a match into a needle.
Lavinia was the good one at potions, and often helped Lily with memorizing ingredients. Unfortunately for Lily, there was a boy in Slytherin who also had potions with her. And as disgusting as it sounds, he developed a crush on her. This boy's name was Severus Snape. He taunted James, Sirius, Remus and Peter in the halls. Jealous of James the most. Lily never understood boys and love. When she was little, she vowed never to fall in love.
"Hullo Lily, Hullo Lavinia. How are your classes going?" Remus said. Everyone was in the common room, except Sirius and James.
"Hello Remus, classes are so interesting!" Lily said, speaking for herself and Lavinia.
"Great. I was wondering, have you two had your flying lessons yet?" He asked them. They shook their heads. "Have you ever been to a Quidditch game?"
"Nope. What is Quidditch?" Lily asked. Lavinia and Remus went into description of the game.
"Well, I was wondering, James is the new seeker and Sirius and I don't want to be sitting alone so, would you like to come watch with us?" He asked. Lily studied Remus carefully. His eyes were moving between Lavinia and Lily but seemed to linger at Lavinia.
"Sure. Since Lily has never been to one, I think she might like it." Lavinia answered. Remus gave them a big smile.
"Great. Its tomorrow at seven. Meet us down on the Gryffindor side." Remus said, then went off to talk with Peter and James.
"Lily! Remus Lupin, friends with James and Sirius just asked us to hang out with them! At the Quidditch game!" Lavinia squealed .Lily laughed.
"Its just a Quidditch game! And Remus is my friend!" Lily said, although deep down she was very happy she was making good friends.
"Ooh, well then I'm glad your friends with him. He IS kinda cute!" Lavinia said. Lily rolled her eyes and she and her friend went upstairs.
Dear Mum, Dad, and Petunia,
School is so wonderful! I am good at charms and not so great at potions. I have made a few friends as well! Lavinia Morwood, is my best friend here and Remus Lupin. He saved me from a weeks worth detentions on my first day here. Tomorrow we are going to a Qudditch game which is a game played on brooms! Miss you much!
Your daughter and sister,
Lily
Lily looked at the letter before tying it on the school owl's leg. She
smiled as the bird flew off in the distance. She smiles as the
bird flew off. Looking back on the past events she realized she was ver lucky. She was training to be a witch, she was making very good friends and it looked like luck was with her.
The next day, Lily woke up a little later then usual. Lavinia was in the shower so Lily had to wait. Sitting on her bed, she picked up her journal and leafed through the pages. She had written in her journal a lot since she came to Hogwarts. When she was reading one of her previous entries something blue fell out of her book.
A moon chart? Lily thought. What was a moon chart doing in her book? It was this months chart and the full moon was circled in red. Why would anyone need a moon chart? She laughed quietly. The only person who would need a moon chart would probably be a werewolf! Her laughter stopped. Her breath deepened and she looked around. Could Lavinia be a werewolf? No. She couldn't be a werewolf! Its been a full moon before and nothing ever happened to Lavinia. Then who could it be?
"Want the shower now?" Lavinia came out, her hair wet. Should she tell her about the moon chart? Later.
"Yea. Thanks." Lily slid her journal back in her night table.
Lily had some serious thinking to do. The warm water ran through her red hair and down her back. Her muscles relaxed and she began to think about who might need a moon chart. Hmm. After classes I think I'll visit the library. They should have some books on werewolves in there.
She wanted to tell Lavinia but, didn't want her to jump to conclusions. Also Lavinia could be very chatty and if Lily did find out who was a werewolf, she was sure that person wouldn't want it spread around.
"Hey Lily!" Remus was walking down the stairs with James and Sirius. Lily turned around and smiled.
"Hi Remus. Hello Sirius, James," Lily said. The boys smiled at her.
"Are you and Lavinia still coming to the match?" Remus asked. Lily nodded. "Great. James is gonna kill those Slytherins!" James smiled.
"You guys have no idea how long I've been training. Since the beginning of school for almost every night." He said. Lily was surprised. This was the first time she had actually heard James speak. Lily smiled.
"I'm sure. Do you guys know who is on the Slytherin team?" Lily asked, trying to sound intrested.
"Um..Lucious Malfoy." Sirius said. He nodded in the direction of the Slytherins. Snape was showing off, and Lucius was sitting next to him.
"Well, see you at the game." Remus said. Sirius and James smiled and waved.
Maybe not only Remus was becoming her friend. Maybe Sirius and James were as well.
After classes, Lily told Lavinia she had to get something in the library and went off to do a quick research on werewolves.
She leafed through many books. Werewolves of our time. Mystery of the Wolf. Werewolves! Not your friends! Beware of the Werewolf.
"Hi Lily," Lily looked up and saw James.
"Hello" She said. She returned to her book.
"What are you doing?" He asked. Should she tell him?
"Can you keep a secret?" She asked him. He pulled the chair next to her out, sat down and nodded. "I found a moon chart in my diary, and I think it might belong to someone who is a werewolf." James looked as if he might laugh but then he turned serious.
"A werewolf, eh? Mind if I take this? Sirius has a finger print kit and we could do some dusting." He said. He picked up the chart. Lily wanted to keep it for herself but then decided, he was a second year and probably knew best.
"Alright." She finally said. James beamed.
"Ok, See you at the game Lily." He said and with that, he was gone. Lily sat there thinking for a minute then put the books back and decided to go tell Lavinia.
While walking back, she had time to think. The werewolf would have to be in Gryffindor because she only brought it into the common room and left it in her dorm. At least she had it narrowed down. A new thought struck her. Could it be James? Sirius? Remus? Peter? Lily had been hanging out with them lately. Now she had it even more narrowed down.
"Secret of Merlin" She said to the fat lady. The fat lady swung open and Lily climbed in side. Lily, noticed that James was no where in sight. Probably changing for the game. She thought. Lily climbed up the stairs to the girls dorm and saw Lavinia applying heavy make up.
"What are you doing?" Lily asked. She sat down on her bed and toyed with the ribbons on her pillow.
"What? You don't like it?" Lavinia asked. She turned around and Lily had to try hard to keep from laughing. Lavinia had green eye shadow, with mascara and red lipstick.
"I like your natural look better." Lily said. Lavinia turned and looked at herself.
"Your right. Does it look that bad?"She asked. Lily smiled gently.
"Frankly, I think you look a little like a clown." She explained. Lavinia walked into the bathroom and washed it off.
"Well, I don't want to look like a clown." She mumbled. "Anyway, what's up?"
"I need to tell you something." Lily said. Lavinia nodded, prompting her to go on. "Well, this morning while you were in shower I was looking through my diary and a moon chart fell out" Lavinia looked at her weird. "Well, I thought the only person who would have one would be a werewolf. Then I remembered that we're in the wizarding world and that werewolves do exist. So just now I was thinking about them and I narrowed my suspects down to Remus, James, Sirius and Peter."
"Ooh! Lily that is so unbelievable. Are you sure? Hey, after the game, we can follow where they go and see if one is really a werewolf!" Lavinia said. "Oh! Look, we have to get going down to the Quidditch field!"
Lily got off of her bed and walked down the stairs, out the door and in the direction of the Quidditch field. So many people were there. Children we're running out the doors to see the match and trying to get good seats. Lily and Lavinia climbed the large stairs and walked through the Ravenclaw side to the Gryffindor side.
"How are we going to spot them in this?" Lily shouted to Lavinia.
"What?"
"I said, how are we going to see them?" Lavinia pointed where Sirius, Remus and Peter were waving there arms madly, looking at them. Lily and Lavinia slowly made there way over to them.
"When is the game starting?" Lavinia shouted at Remus.
"Five minutes!" He shouted back. They settled in their seats and waited.
"So, is James any good?" Lily shouted to Remus. Sirius answered.
"I'll say! We've been watching him from our rooms! He's excellent!"
Finally, the game started and the Gryffindor team came out. Everyone was wearing scarlet, the Gryffindor colors and James followed the team captain.
"Mount your brooms!" Madam Hooch screeched. "PHTTTT!" The whistle blew. Lily watched the who Gryffindor team. They were excellent. James was defiantly good. He wove in and out of people.
"What's he looking for?" Lily said.
"The Golden Snitch!" Remus said. By this time, the crowd noise had died down and everyone cheered when a goal was scored. James looked around like an eagle, he dove out of the way when bludgers came to near, he left people in a daze. He was excellent.
"He caught the snitch!" Sirius jumped up, spilling his juice. Remus jumped up shortly after as did Peter.
"Alright James!" Lavinia cried. Lily beamed.
"Woo!" She hollered. James stuck his fist in the air, beaming. The golden snitch began to beat its wings fiercely against James' hand.
Gryffindors poured onto the field congratulating everyone. Slytherins just booed. Lily and Lavinia ran out onto the field to congratulate the team.
"Lily! Did you see it?" James asked. He was sweating and panting.
"See your catch? Yea great job!" She said. James smiled at Lavinia before taking off with Sirius, Remus and Peter.
Lily was about to walk off when Lavinia grabbed her arm.
"Shh! We have to follow them!" Lavinia said. Then Lily remembered there little plan and snuck off with Lavinia after them. Making sure to stay out of site.
The boys waited while James went into the locker room. He came out in regular robes and walked off. But they didn't go back into the castle. When they got out of the stadium, Remus started to clutch his side and the boys grabbed his shoulders. They led him over to the Whomping Willow and Remus his a knot and a trap door opened up. He climbed in.
"Lavinia, if we're going to find out what's going on, then you follow James, Sirius and Peter and I'll follow Remus. OK?" She said. Lavinia nodded and sneaked off after the boys. Lily grabbed a large stick and hit the knot the boys had hit to freeze the tree. The trap door opened up and Lily climbed in.
The place she entered was dirty and very torn apart. At the time, Lily should have realized that Remus was the werewolf and that she should turn back immediately but curiosity got the better of her and she continued on.
She started hearing shrieks and moans but figured it was probably ghosts.
She began to hear scratching and continued on. How wrong she was to move on.
The tunnel came to a close and a small door stood in front of her. She opened it slowly and crept inside.
The place was dirty, and howls were coming from the other side of the room. Lily should have stopped right there. She should have turned and ran away. But she didn't and there on the other side of the couch was the werewolf. Or Remus.
The werewolf lunged at her and she fell back. Knocked unconscious...
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Authors Note: Ahhh A cliff hanger. So? What did ya think? Good? Bad? Suggestions? Tell me in the review!
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