Chapter 5: The Full Moon

A/N I'm excited about this chapter. I hope it seems realistic enough. Enjoy my fellow Potterheads.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter characters or anything Harry Potter related. I do own the OC Jasmine and the plot of this story.

Jasmine had been at Hogwarts for a month now. She was thriving, easily keeping up with all of her schoolwork. She really enjoyed her music class and Transfiguration, which were her favorite classes at Beauxbatons. She was really enjoying Muggle Studies as well. She sat next to Sirius in the class ever since that first class. She really enjoyed talking about the class with him and sometimes Lily too.

Since Jasmine had pulled that first prank with the Marauders and became one herself, they had pulled several more, seldom getting caught. There were a few times that James and Sirius got themselves caught, but Jasmine and Remus still had not gotten caught. Peter didn't get caught either, but sometimes he didn't even participate in the prank. Jasmine and the other boys weren't really sure what he was doing when he wasn't pranking with them, but they didn't entirely care too much. Peter could do what he wanted. They weren't his keeper after all.

The five of them had become very close over the past month as well. The boys couldn't imagine their group without Jasmine. It felt almost like she had always been part of their group, but in reality, it had only been over a month since they had met. It was amazing how close they all became in such a short time, but there were still secrets between them. Jasmine still hadn't told them about her mother and the emotional abuse, and she didn't plan to ever tell them. It wasn't that she didn't trust them, but she didn't want to tell anyone except Lily.

Meanwhile, the Marauders were keeping several secrets from Jasmine. Sirius was still not planning on telling her about his hell of a home life. He didn't want to trouble Jasmine with it, but he also didn't think she would understand. Obviously, he didn't know that he was wrong. While Remus was still hesitant to tell Jasmine about his furry little problem. James and Sirius tried to convince him that Jaz wouldn't care or treat him any differently, but he didn't want to take the chance. Then there was the fact that James, Sirius, and Peter were planning on becoming animagi, but that tied back to Remus so they couldn't tell Jaz that without breaking Remus' trust. They could have told her about their plan with the map that they were making, but they thought that could also lead to questions about Remus' furry little problem as well. The boys didn't want to take any chances. They trusted Jasmine, but some of these secrets weren't theirs to tell.

It was now October 17th, and it was a Friday, which Jasmine was so thankful for. She liked her classes, but this weekend was the first Hogsmeade weekend. Jasmine had never been to Hogsmeade, so she was excited. From what the Marauders and Lily had told her about Hogsmeade, she had the places that she knew she wanted to stop at. She originally was planning to spend the time with Lily, but she told her she would be hanging out with Snape. Lily said that Jasmine could join them if she wanted to, but Jasmine still was leery of Snape. So, instead, she told Lily she would just spend the Hogsmeade weekend with the boys.

The weekend seemed to come and go rather quickly. Jasmine had a great time hanging out with the boys. They went to the Three Broomsticks, Zonko's, and Honeydukes. Strangely they avoided the Shrieking Shack. Jasmine wasn't sure why they avoided it, but she didn't mind. She did want to see it, but she could always see it another weekend. Otherwise, Jasmine really had an amazing weekend at Hogsmeade. She was even able to sneak some of Zonko's stuff into Hogwarts that they had bought.

By the time Sunday evening rolled around, Jasmine was tired out and hungry. She ended up eating a lot of food at dinner, something that the boys found funny. They stopped laughing when Jasmine glared at them. After dinner, the five of them headed up to Gryffindor tower, talking along the way. That's when Jasmine said, "So, guys, I have this great prank idea that I wanted to run by you guys." They all perked up. "But I am pretty tired right now. Can I run them by you guys tomorrow night?"

They had just entered the common room when she asked that question and the Marauders all froze up. Tomorrow night was the full moon, so Remus definitely wouldn't be able to be there. And despite not being able to join Remus just yet, the other boys didn't like doing anything on the night of the full moon. They used the time to do more research on becoming animagi without anyone knowing about it. They still hadn't figured out how to do it without anyone knowing just yet. They thought Jasmine might be able to help, but Remus didn't want to tell Jasmine his secret. So, the Marauders resigned to just try and figure it out themselves.

There had been several minutes of silence between the five of them. The boys were still standing by the entrance of the common room frozen. Jasmine initially didn't notice, but when she didn't get a response right away, she turned around to see them frozen in place. To bring them out of their shock, Jasmine shook each of them, which scared the shit out of them.

After they were unfrozen, Jasmine dragged them over to the seats that were empty around the fireplace. They sat down and Jasmine spoke first, "So, what was that all about? I asked if you wanted to hear my prank idea tomorrow night and you all just froze up. You did this last month too around this same time."

That last statement almost sent them all into shock again. Luckily, Sirius was able to keep himself together. "It's just we have something that we do together, just us guys. So, we can't hang out tomorrow night." Then Sirius dragged the boys up to the dorm before Jasmine could protest that his excuse didn't explain why they froze up. Jasmine just shrugged, though. She would interrogate them more in the morning at breakfast.

Unfortunately, Jasmine didn't get the chance to interrogate any of them. She couldn't because she had previously promised to have breakfast with Lily. When she had finished eating with Lily, Jaz went over to the boys, but they saw her coming and left. The rest of the day they avoided her, which led to her having to sit next to Lily for her Monday classes.

It really pissed Jasmine off to know that the boys were hiding something from her. It also pissed her off that they felt the need to avoid her the entire day just to avoid questions. She used her anger to try and figure out what was going on. There was no way that they were just having a boy's night. They wouldn't have been avoiding her if it were just that. So, that night, Jasmine went to the library with the cover that she was doing homework, but in reality, she was going to do research.

The first thing Jasmine did when she got to the library was to check to see if anything significant happened around this time last month. She found out that last month on the 20th as well there was a full moon. She checked to see if there was a full moon tonight. Seeing that, Jasmine thinks about something that the boys could be hiding dealing with the full moon. Then she remembers a lesson that she had back at Beauxbatons about werewolves. She realizes that one of them is a werewolf, but she isn't sure which one of them it is. She looks for some books about werewolves, and she finds a book that discusses the symptoms or signs of a werewolf. She checks out the book and takes it back to Gryffindor tower.

The next morning, Jasmine walks down to the common with Lily. She happens to see the Marauders. She notices Remus first. He looks terrible, almost like he didn't get any sleep last night. Then it dawns on Jasmine that Remus is the werewolf. 'Poor Remus. He doesn't deserve this.' Jasmine thought. 'I can see why he wouldn't want to tell me. I don't really care that he is a werewolf, though. It isn't his fault. Plus, he is still Remus, nothing is going to change that.'

Jasmine doesn't get a chance to confront the Marauders until after her last class of the day, which was before dinner. She finds all four of them sitting in the corner of the common room discussing something. She walked right up to them, but they were so absorbed in their conversation they didn't see her coming.

Approaching, Jasmine heard the tail end of what James was saying. "I'm just saying, I think that we could trust her, Remus."

Remus doesn't get the chance to respond. Instead, Jasmine puts her arms around James and Sirius and leans in saying, "Who can we trust with what?"

The boys all jumped. "Oh, Jasmine. Didn't see you there," James chuckled nervously.

"So, who were you guys talking about?" Jasmine asked, pretending to be clueless. She had already figured out that they were talking about her and the fact that Remus is a werewolf.

"Oh, no one, Jaz," Sirius answered with a nervous chuckle.

She eyed him suspiciously. "Are you sure?" The boys all nodded their heads. "Really? Because I'm pretty sure you were talking about me. If that's the case, you can totally trust me. I'm great at keeping secrets." The boys only stared at her. "I'll take your silence as a yes. So, what are you keeping from me?" Jasmine asked the stunned boys. She was having a little fun with this. She enjoyed messing with the boys.

The boys didn't answer her, so Jasmine just stood there staring at all of them with one of her hands on her hip. She was expecting an answer even if it took until dinner time to get it out of them. The boys didn't crack, though. Their faces, though, were hilarious, and soon Jasmine couldn't hold in the laugh that was building in her. She burst out laughing, shocking the boys even more than they already were. They were now staring at Jasmine in confusion, which just caused her to laugh harder. It took several minutes for Jasmine to finally compose herself, but when she did, she explained herself to the boys. "Sorry about that. It's just your faces were priceless. Oh man, you guys crack me up." She almost started laughing again, seeing them even more confused. She realized, though, that if she started laughing again the boys would start to see her as crazy. "Ok, guys. I've totally been messing with you this whole time. I already knew that you were talking about me when I heard what James said. I can only assume that you were talking about a secret that you are keeping, which you don't really need to, by the way, Remus." Jasmin looked right at Remus. "I know. You don't have to hide it, Remus. I figured it out last night." Then Jasmine set the book she checked out from the library onto the table. It was open to the page about the symptoms of werewolves.

All four boys stared at the book Jasmine had set in front of all of them. Remus was the first to look up. He was as white as a sheet now. He was obviously frightened at this new prospect and Jasmine could tell. She knew what she had to do. "Don't worry Remus. I'm not going to tell anyone. As a matter of fact, I couldn't care less about it. You're still the same Remus. This new fact isn't going to change that already established fact."

Remus sighed in relief. Then James and Sirius started their 'I told you so's. "I knew it. I told you that Jazzy wouldn't care about it, Remus." The gloating from the two continued until dinner time, which was really only for several excruciating moments. Then the five of them went to dinner, with the boys glad to have the weight of one secret off of their shoulders.

After dinner, the boys pulled Jasmine into their dorm room. This wasn't the first time that she had been in there, but she felt that this time was going to be different. Usually, when she was in their dorm, she didn't spend much time there. She just goes in there to grab them most of the time. This time she felt she would be in there for a little while. In the dorm, the boys each sat on their beds. There were only four beds in the room, so Jasmine sat next to Sirius on his bed. Jasmine didn't notice, but after she sat next to Sirius, James gave Sirius a wink. Sirius rolled his eyes in response as a slight blush appeared on his cheeks. The blush wasn't very noticeable, though.

After they were all settled, James said, "So, Jazzy, you must be wondering why we have brought you here." He was making a big show out of it.

Jasmine rolled her eyes before saying, "Yes, James. That is all that I have been thinking about." She rolled her eyes again as she played along.

"Well, dear Jazzy, we have decided to bring you in our plan now that you know about Remus' furry little problem."

Glancing at Remus, Jasmine questioned, "Furry little problem?"

"Don't ask. James came up with that," Remus told the girl.

Jasmine turned back to James and motioned for him to continue. "We've been wanting to bring you in for a while now, especially since you have found a way to somehow keep us from getting caught when we pull our pranks," James started off. "The only problem was we couldn't tell you because someone (James glares at Remus) didn't want to tell you about his problem," James said, the last part a bit passive-aggressive. He was a bit pissed off at Remus, but he couldn't blame him. He got it after all. James knew werewolves weren't really accepted in the wizarding world as people. They were seen more like monsters, but Remus wasn't like that. "So, anyway, we came up with this idea in our third year. We had been thinking about a way to help out Remus during the full moon when the greatest idea came to us in Transfiguration."

When James said Transfiguration, that's when Jasmine realized what they were talking about. A look of absolute shock and surprise sprang to her face. She glanced at the boys, to see if her suspicions were true. James and Sirius had smug looks on their faces, while Peter sort of crawled up into a ball on his bed. Remus was looking anywhere but at Jasmine. "So, it's true. You guys are planning to become animagi. Seriously?!"

A voice next to her answered. "That's right, Jaz. And we already know exactly how to do it and everything. The only problem is that we have to do it without anyone knowing. We can't let the professors know or else they would stop us for sure. Plus, we would be breaking a lot of rules, especially the ones that Dumbledore set for Remus. It would end in disaster if anyone found out. So, since you have been so helpful in preventing us from getting in trouble from our pranks, we figure you would be our best bet at figuring out how to do this without getting caught," Sirius finished.

"Wow, just wow. Okay, well I need a few minutes to process," Jasmine told them. Her head was spinning at the idea of becoming an animagus because if she was going to help them, there was no way she wasn't going to become one as well. When she first learned about them, it had interested her greatly. She had even done a little more research about the subject. She just found it an interesting prospect that there were wizards that we're able to turn into animals. Jasmine already knew a little about the process, but from the little that she already knew it wasn't going to be easy to do it without anyone knowing about it. Jasmine always enjoyed a challenge. This would be tough to do but Jasmine believed that she could help pull it off. She already had several ideas spinning in her head. Ignoring the ideas for the moment, she broke out of her thoughts to answer the boys. "Okay, I'll do it."

The boys started cheering. "Yes! I knew you would help us Jazzy!" James exclaimed. He had gotten up from his bed and walked over to Jaz to give her a bear hug.

After being released from James's grip, Jasmine interrupted their cheering. "Hold up, guys." The cheering stopped and they all looked at her. "I have a condition. If I am going to help you become animagi, then I'm going to become one too."

The room erupted with protests. "No way. It's too dangerous. There is no way that we are going to let you become an animagi," James protested. Although he had only known Jasmine for almost 2 months, he saw her as a sister. And her statement brought out that protective brotherly side of him that would come out of him every so often, especially with Sirius.

Jasmine was offended by James's statement. "If it is so dangerous, then why are you doing it? It's just as dangerous for you guys as it would be for me." James opened his mouth to protest. "Don't you dare say it's different because I'm a girl! Just because I am a girl, that does not change a thing." Jasmine was starting to get really pissed off and the boys could tell.

James started to back away from her. "Woah, Jazzy. I was just going to say that we don't want to see you get hurt. I think I can speak for most of us by saying that you are becoming like a sister to us." All the boys nodded their heads in agreement with James's statement.

"That's sweet guys, but I can handle myself," She reassured them. She was sure she could handle a werewolf after everything else she had been through in her life. It would be more physical than what she had been through in the past, but she knew she would be able to handle it. "Anyway, there is no way I am letting you guys do something this risky without me. No offense, but you guys do some really stupid things, especially from what I have heard around and from Lily. You are going to need me to keep any of you from doing anything too stupid." The boys started to protest. "And if you don't let me become an animagi with you, I'll tell Lily your plan."

Gasps were heard from all three boys. "You wouldn't," James said. They couldn't believe that she would actually do that, but after looking her in the eyes, they had no doubt that Jasmine would go through with her threat if they didn't agree. "Fine, but you have to promise not to do anything too dangerous. I don't think any one of us could handle it if you got seriously hurt because of this."

"Okay. I swear I won't do anything that could land me in the hospital wing," Jasmine promised as she nodded her head in agreement with the terms. She felt a little bad about threatening to tell Lily about their plan, but she knew she had to say it. They didn't seem to want to agree to her condition otherwise. Jaz would have threatened to tell a professor, but she didn't actually want them to get in serious trouble so Lily was the next best threat she could come up with. "Okay let's get started." With that, they all started to plan.


It had been a little over a week since the full moon. They had already come up with an excellent plan to become animagi without anyone knowing. They planned on implementing the plan tomorrow, which was November 1st, which meant that it was currently Halloween. This was going to be Jasmine's first Halloween at the castle. The Marauders were determined to make it a special one, which is why they had a prank they were going to pull. They had all come up with it, with Jasmine's help, a week before the full moon. It was going to be an amazing prank. They couldn't wait to pull it.

They planned to pull the prank during the Halloween feast. The idea had sprouted from a conversation the Marauders had with Jasmine that same week.

Flashback

The Marauders had just finished up some of their homework in the common room. They were waiting for Jasmine to come back from the library so that they could discuss possible Halloween prank ideas. They would usually pull a big prank on Halloween each year as long as none of them were in detention. This year they wanted it to be really big since this was going to be Jasmine's first Halloween at Hogwarts.

They had already been discussing possible prank ideas when Jasmine walked into the common room. She saw the boys right away and walked over to them. She sat down next to Sirius and asked, "What are you guys doing?"

"Jaz, just the girl we wanted to see," Sirius greeted her. "We were just talking about Halloween and –" He didn't get to finish as Jasmine interrupted him.

"Halloween! Oh, I love Halloween. I did appreciate it more as a child, though. In France, they go all out for Halloween. When I was a child, my dad would help me make a costume so that I could go trick or treating. It was awesome. We made some of the best costumes. Although now that I think about it, he might have used a bit of magic to help."

"Woah, woah, woah! Slow down there Jazzy," James told the girl. "You just said a lot there and I have some questions." Sirius nodded in agreement. With them being purebloods, they weren't entirely sure what 'trick or treating' was.

"Oh, sorry guys. I get a little carried away when it comes to Halloween. It's my second favorite holiday."

"Second favorite?" Sirius questioned.

"Yeah. My favorite is Christmas, but that's a topic for another time," Jasmine said. "So, what are you confused about?"

"What is trick or treating? And why did you make costumes for it?" James questioned.

"Oh, I guess it's more of a Muggle thing. My mother is the one who shared the tradition with my father. Anyway, trick or treating is when you get dressed up as someone or something, like Cinderella. She's a Muggle princess from a fairytale that I grew up with. You have to remember my mom was a Muggle and I grew up like one until I was 11 years old. I didn't know I was a witch until then. So, anyway, you get dressed up and then you go from house to house in your costume saying trick or treat and then you get candy. I loved it so much as a kid, especially since it meant I got to spend more time with my dad."

"Oh," James and Sirius said together.

"That's a brilliant idea. We should really do that here at Hogwarts." James commented. He started to come up with an idea for the perfect Halloween prank.

"We should!" Jasmine exclaimed. She was so excited.

"Ok. Calm down over there Jazzy," James teased. "I think you just gave me a great idea for the Halloween prank we are going to pull this year.

End of Flashback

It was from that conversation that James came up with the idea to magically put everyone, but themselves in random costumes. To keep from getting caught, James suggested that underneath their school robes they wear their costumes. It wasn't the most full-proof plan they had come up with, but it made Jasmine so excited. The excitement coming from Jasmine at the prospect of this prank was all that they needed for them all to agree to the plan.

Now they were all in their dorms getting ready. They would all be wearing their costumes under their uniforms. When they did the spell that would dress everyone else up, one of them would do a spell to make their uniforms disappear. It was going to be a Halloween to remember for more reasons than one and Jasmine was excited.

They all walked down to the Halloween feast together. On the way down, they went over the plan once more. Jasmine was just bursting with excitement. She had been in the Great Hall earlier, so she had seen some of the decorations already. Though, she was still excited to see what it would be like at the actual feast. Lily had told her a little bit about it in some of the letters she had written Jasmine in years prior, but really seeing was believing. The boys had, also, told her some stories about their previous pranks the years prior, but otherwise, she didn't know much about the feast. There was something about being in an old castle and Halloween that just seemed so right for the holiday.

They arrived in the Great Hall. The boys let Jasmine enter first as this was her first Halloween feast. They were excited to see her reactions at just how all out Hogwarts went in decorations for the holiday. This was something the boys always looked forward to each and every year. Not only did they enjoy their annual prank, but they just loved the decorations. They looked forward to what they would be this year.

The look on Jasmine's face when they had entered the Great Hall was just the reaction the boys were expecting. She was standing there in awe with her mouth agape. There was just so much Halloween. Jasmine was about to burst from the amount of joy she was experiencing. At Beauxbatons Academy they didn't go as all out for Halloween as Hogwarts did. It was amazing.

Jasmine was still taking it all in as the boys steered her toward the Gryffindor table. They sat down where they would normally sit, which was in the middle of the table. It was also the best place to sit to see everyone's reactions to the prank they were about to pull. They were planning to do the prank soon after the food appeared. They planned for Peter to create a distraction. He was the one that they knew would be least noticed doing anything. He would create a cloud of dense smoke to fill the entire hall. Then, Remus and Jasmine would cast the spells that would change everyone's clothes, while James and Sirius banished each of their robes so that they were all in costume.

And that is exactly what happened. The prank went off without a hitch, luckily. When all of the smoke was finally cleared, it was hard for the five of them not to laugh, though. Some of the costumes that had been randomly assigned to everyone, including the professors, were just ridiculous. They spotted Snape at the Slytherin table dressed in the most ridiculous outfit ever. He was in an overly elaborate elephant costume. Lily, who was farther down the table, was luckily in a somewhat flattering costume. Jasmine assumed that was James doing somehow. She was dressed as a princess, and she looked amazing. Jasmine would have to ask James how he managed to do that earlier.

The five of them had probably some of the better costumes. James was funnily enough dressed up as Dumbledore. He even managed to put on a grey beard while the smoke was still in the room. Then there was Peter, who was also dressed up as a Hogwarts professor. Peter managed to dress up as Professor Binns, who is a ghost. Jasmine isn't sure how he nailed it so perfectly, but Peter looked eerily similar to the history of magic professor. Remus and Sirius chose not to dress up as Hogwarts professors. They were going to, but they each changed their minds last minute. Remus was dressed up as a librarian, so technically he could say that he was just the male version of Madam Pince, the Hogwarts librarian. Sirius on the other hand was nothing like any of the professors. Instead, Sirius dressed up like a black dog. Jasmine had to admit he looked kind of cute as a dog. And the costume suited him perfectly. Also, based on the rumors Jasmine constantly heard about Sirius's "conquests" it suited him based on his dating life too. Little did Jasmine know how wrong she was about that.

Jasmine's costume looked amazing on her. She was dressed up as Daphne Blake from What's New Scooby-Doo. It had been one of her favorite shows growing up. She always liked Daphne too. The only thing that prevented the costume from being completely perfect was the fact that her hair was not the right shade of red. It was a much lighter color than Daphne's true red color. Jaz had a way to fix this, though. To remedy this, while the smoke was still in the room and after she cast the spell for the prank, she cast a spell to turn her head the exact shade of red as Daphne's. The boys hadn't noticed yet, though. They were still holding back their laughter at all the different costumes everyone was wearing. It really was an amazing prank.

When everyone realized what had happened, not all of them were upset. Most of the Slytherins were upset, but most of the others were laughing or they just had confused looks on their faces. Several of the professors thought it was funny as well, Dumbledore being one of them. He looked quite amused to see that he was not dressed up as a pirate. He was especially amused when he saw that James was dressed up as him. Overall, the prank went over better than they thought it would. No one was mad enough to figure out who did this, although they all had their suspicions that it was the Marauders doing it. They always pulled a Halloween prank, so it wouldn't surprise most of them that this was their doing.

After the laughter had settled down, the boys and Jasmine had joined in eventually, the boys all turned to their meal. That is when Sirius looked up to Jasmine to see her costume. She was the only one that hadn't disclosed her costume before the prank. So, Sirius was curious to see what she came up with. When he saw her red hair, though, he almost choked on the food he had just put in his mouth. That caught the attention of the others who looked at him to see what was wrong. That's when the rest of the boys saw Jaz's hair. They too almost choked on food. Jasmine just had a concerned look on her face, but she was fighting the smirk she wanted to put on her face.

"Are you guys okay?" Jasmine asked after she was sure they had stopped "choking". "Is something wrong?"

"Yeah, there's something wrong!" Sirius exclaimed. Jasmine just looked at him confused in response. "What the hell happened to your hair, Jaz?!"

"What?" Jaz asked innocently. Then she grabbed her hair as if she were worried it was shorter or something terrible happened to it. "Oh, you mean the color. I obviously dyed it," she paused for dramatic effect. The boys gasped, then she continued, "With magic, of course."

Sirius sighed in relief. This didn't go unnoticed by James, who gave his best friend a knowing look. Before he could tease him about it, though, Sirius spoke up, "Well, I'm glad it's only temporary. I don't need to get you more confused with Evans." It is a joke to which Jaz laughs at.

For the rest of the night, they joke about Jaz's hair as well as other stuff. They discuss a bunch of random things, but then the topic of pranks comes up. That topic leads to a different thing that the boys had been working on, a map. They explained the whole idea behind the map to Jaz. They told her about how it would be a map of Hogwarts that would help them not get into even more trouble than they already do. Jasmine loved the idea. She told them it would take some difficult magic to accomplish what they were talking about, but they already knew this. They had already started working on the map after all. Jaz wanted in, though, which they readily agreed to. They were happy to include her in this. Their night ended with them all talking about the map the boys had dubbed the Marauders Map, which Jaz just thought was so humbling. It was still a good name. Jasmine fell asleep thinking about the map and the endless possibilities that it could mean for them and their pranks.

A/N Okay, so originally, I had completed this chapter like 2 weeks ago, but it was much shorter than the other 4 chapters. I was disappointed by that, so I added the Halloween stuff. The original story was only about 3370 words, while this is 5500+ words. I am very proud of myself. I will try to write another chapter soon, since my next class doesn't start until Monday, but I have other things I still have to do so no promises about another chapter. I hope this one will tide you all over in the meantime. Please Comment, review, etc. I appreciate knowing what you readers think of my story.

Peace out, Knk6700