FOUR : EVIL PLANS

Sirius nodded as soon as he saw his friend run up to him, face still twisted in anger. James, through all his years of friendship with Padfoot, had never seen him so mad. They walked up to the castle in silence, along with a dozen other severely hurt people. At the entrance, Professor Janilla separated Peter and Remus from Sirius and James. ."Madame Pomfrey doesn't need the whole school in her office, go to your common room please, your house heads will inform you of any information you need, go on," he ushered. James began up the common room obediently, but Sirius grabbed his shoulder and pushed him quickly into a deserted classroom.

"Listen, Prongs," he began angrily. "That Snape is a"("Padfoot!" cried James.) "that deserves punishment. I don't care if I get in trouble or anything, Prongs...we need to do something to him. He punched Wormtail in the eye for no reason at all! Then he started talking about how Moony and everything, and ..." Sirius then launched into a long speech about Snape. James saw his point quickly; Snape did get off many times when he should have been revenged. However, Sirius kept ranting on and on. "And he keeps insulting Wormtail in Potions and then he starts doing –"

"Padfoot!" interrupted James. "I get the idea! What do we do?"

"What Wormtail told you."

"He didn't tell me anything!"

"Yes, he did – he went down to the changing rooms and then – oh, yes, Chris told him to go away."

James felt a twinge of guilt.

"Alright, then, what's the plan?"

Sirius grinned, and released his plan slowly. "We can tell him how to freeze the Whomping Willow...."

He looked at James expectantly.

"And?"

"And tell him to go down the hole...."

He nodded as if to say, 'Yes, what you're thinking....' James still didn't understand.

"And?"

"And..." He smiled wickedly. "Do you think he's ever met a werewolf?"

Suddenly the plan sunk into James. He laughed. "Perfect!" His face fell after a few seconds. "Do you think it's...wise?"

"No," shrugged Sirius. "But doesn't he deserve it?"

James slowly copied Sirius's evil smile. "Yes. Yes, he does. Let's do it--tonight."