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Chapter Eight: That Night
James watched his redheaded angle disappear under his cloak. He knew she was safe. He looked up at the stars and stared reflecting on what just happened. Now that Lily was his, would he get tired of her. "Maybe Sirius was right, the only reason he liked Lily Evans so much was because of the challenge she put up," he thought to himself. For the first time, the thought of Lily brought with it a new emotion, fear.
The faint cries of a wolf, once again pierced the still night. "Will be there soon Moony," James whispered. He stared down at the Whomping Willow, he knew on the other side of the tree was a horrible sight to behold. One of his closest friends, Remus Lupin, had been bitten by a werewolf as a child. Now, once a month when the full moon lit up the night sky, Remus would transform into a werewolf himself. He would transform into Moony.
James smiled as he saw Sirius and Peter coming up the Astronomy tower stairs. It had started as a place to practice. This is the place where the three boys had learned to become Animagi. James had learned the fastest of the three, he was always very good at transfiguration.
It was actually James who had suggested this plan to begin with.
During their first year at Hogwarts, the boys were inseparable. Except when one of their numbers, Remus, went to visit his sick grandmother once a month. James had noticed how sick Remus always was right before he left and right after he returned. Sirius had badgered Remus about where he went many times. None of them, not even the gullible Peter, believed Remus went to visit his grandmother during his absence.
It was actually Sirius who figured out Remus secret. Out of the blue, one night their second year Sirius looked over a Remus and asked if he was a werewolf. Sirius claimed he figured out the mystery because he noticed Remus always disappeared during the full moon.
A terrified Remus tried to pull away from the Marauder, his friends, but they wouldn't let him. It didn't bother them he was a werewolf, they actually thought it was cool.
Remus was the first real Marauder, he was instantly nicknamed Moony, and plan was beginning to unlatch. For month the boys thought long and hard about how they could help their werewolf friend. Remus described the transformations as terrible, even painful. The boys felt sorry for him, and it was James who decided they should try to be Animagi. He remembered reading about them in Professor McGonagall's class. It took them until their fifth year to be able to complete the spell correctly.
It was difficult magic. Any magic that didn't require a wand was considered very advanced. There were many nights that they didn't think they could pull it off.
Sirius was responsible for the Marauder map, he cursed a map to show the locations of every person in the halls of Hogwarts. They friendship sealed the pact, and the legend was born.
Each of the young Marauder had to choose an animal to transform into.
Peter Pettigrew chose a rat, he was the smallest of the group, and they needed a small animal to hit the freezing knot on the Whomping Willows base. He became Wormtail.
Sirius Black choose a dog for two reasons. The star Sirius was located in Canius Major and his best friend from his childhood Snuffles was his favorite memory . He became Padfoot.
James Potter had a difficult time deciding what his Animagi form should be. He knew it needed to be something big, so he could help Padfoot keep Moony under control, but he couldn't think of what.
Sirius had suggested a lion, which was quickly rejected by Remus, "what do you guys want to kill me?"
Other suggestions such as a horse, a hippogriff, even a sphinx. Nothing caught James fancy. Finally one day, he was looking out onto the grounds from the astronomy tower and he caught a glimpse of a the most beautiful creature he had every seen. A young stag was grazing at the edge of the forbidden forest. James Potter became Prongs.
It took the boys the better part of three years to successfully complete the transformation.
There were times when they knew they were cooked. One time Peter managed to change his head into a rat's head, but the rest of him was still a boy. It took almost four hours for James and Sirius to figure out a way to fix him. Another time, Sirius transformed into Padfoot, but couldn't transform back into Sirius. He wandered around the grounds of Hogwarts as a dog for an entire weekend.
They knew what they were doing was wrong. Unregistered Animagi transformations were illegal in magical world. "Their going to throw us into Azkaban," Sirius would joke.
It had brought the boys closer then they would ever know, they shared a bond. When they finally all mastered the Animagi spell during their fifth year, they began to expand on Sirius magical map. They called the map the Marauder Map, and they all put a piece of themselves into it.
During that terrible time of the month, Sirius, James and Peter would slip out of their dorm, change into their animal forms and join Moony in the Shrieking Shack. At first they thought it was going to be impossible to ever leave, to ever explore. But slowly, Moony, was able to control his werewolf side. The boys discovered more about Hogwarts and Hogmeade than any students in the history of the school. And nobody knew about it.
"Ready Prongs, Moony is waiting," Sirius said with excitement. This was his favorite time of the month. There were times that James thought Sirius like being Padfoot a little bit too much.
James smiled a nodded, and without a second thought, transformed into a great white stag. He was joined by Wormtail and Padfoot. And the three unlikely animal friends made their way down to the Whomping Willow. Another Marauder adventure was about to begin.
They didn't always have to go looking for trouble. That night, they all silently agreed to stay in the Forbidden Forest. Not that it wasn't exciting. There were all kinds of strange magical creatures in the forest, and plenty of places to explore.
This night they were heading deep into the forest. James normally objected to getting in too deep. He was always worried they'd lose their way. He could just imagine Professor Dumbledore's reaction if all four of the Marauders turned up missing one morning. He was a smart man, and James had no doubt he'd figure out what they had been doing.
This night was different, Prongs thoughts were someplace else. He was thinking Lily Evans. Her brilliant red hair, her deep emerald eyes. He could still smell her on his fur. His lips still tingled from her kiss. He was worse off when she wouldn't talk to him. Now that he had a taste of Lily, he knew he would never be satisfied.
Padfoot must have noticed Prong's dazed expression, because he knocked him over with a gigantic jump. Prongs gave Padfoot a serious glare, and shook himself off the ground.
Moony let out a cry and tackled Padfoot. The three of them wrestled, as Wormtail watched from a distance. Padfoot gave a signal to go deeper into the forest. They wandered into the night, pouching at each other, and just enjoying the night.
Eventually it was time for them the head back. The full moon was fading into the horizon, and Moony gave a shake. He would be transforming soon. They reached the Whomping Willow. Wormtail ran under the trunk and hit the knot that froze the tree. Moony, let out a final cry and disappeared into the hidden tunnel. Satisfied that their mission had once again been successful, the three remaining Marauder's returned to the castle. They were nearing the Gyrffindor common room, when they once again became human forms.
"So Prongs, what where you daydreaming about tonight," Sirius asked.
James gave me a glance then muttered the password, "gillyweed."
Sirius gave James a shove through the door. They all were about to collapse.
"I'm so tired..." yawned Peter.
"Your such a wimp," Sirius teased.
Peter just yawed again and ignored Sirius taunts.
"I hope Remus got back before he transformed," James said with concern.
"Doesn't he always," smirked Sirius.
"So what happened between you and Lily?" Peter asked casually.
James gave him a smile. Sirius slapped his friend on the back and gave a hearty laugh.
"What's so funny," Peter cried.
"Isn't it obvious where Prongs has been all night?" Sirius asked.
"He's been dreaming of getting Lily...' Sirius started mocking.
James shot him a serious look, "I'd stop now before you say something offensive Padfoot."
Sirius let out another laugh, "James, always the gentleman."
James just gave a nod and opened the seventh year boys dorm room door.
"I think I'll sleep though the weekend," Peter collapsed on his bed.
James looked over at Peter, who was already asleep. Sirius soon joined Peter and soon both of them were fast asleep. James crawled into his bed, but he knew he wasn't going to get any sleep. He had thoughts of Lily running through his head.
Lily was still laying awake as the sun started rising. She had dozed in and out of sleep. She couldn't remember if her meeting with James last night was a dream or really happened. She looked over at Beth and let out a chuckle. Beth was on her back hanging half off her bed. She always had the most unusual sleeping positions. Lily knew it was pointless laying in bed any longer. She pulled herself out of her bed, and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
She let the steamy water stream over her body. She was so light headed. Her thoughts were dancing around the images of James floating in her mind. She was smiling so broadly, she was sure she was going to be unable to ever frown again. After an abnormally long shower, she turned off the water and wrapped the towel around her body. Her hair was dripping onto the cold castle floor, but she felt so warm. The mirrors were completely steamed up, so she decided to finish getting ready in her dorm. She ran back to the seventh year girls dorm, and quietly tried to get ready. She was careful not to wake Beth, Dreamy and December. All of them had stayed up really late talking about Lily's encounter with James and their speculations of the Marauder's latest prank.
Lily walked down the stairs towards the common room. She didn't figure anybody would be up yet, it was a Saturday. She was almost at the portrait when she felt a pair of eyes staring at her. She turned around and smiled, "hello."
"Did you have good night sleep?" James asked. He wanted to slap himself, that sounded so stupid.
"Honestly, no," Lily confessed.
James suddenly became worried, what if she was having second thoughts. What if she was about to tell him that she had made a mistake.
Lily slowly approached him, he felt his heart racing.
"I'm glad we talked last night," she giggled.
"Are you?" he asked worried.
She took away his anxiety with a swift kiss on his lips.
"I'm going to go grab a bit to eat, want to join me?" she asked.
He reached for her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"We need to plan the Christmas feast anyways," he said confidently.
"You never needed my ideas to help you plan things before," she joked.
They both laughed.
"I told you Evans, we're going to be the hottest couple of the year," he grinned.
He was so charming.
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Chapter Eight: That Night
James watched his redheaded angle disappear under his cloak. He knew she was safe. He looked up at the stars and stared reflecting on what just happened. Now that Lily was his, would he get tired of her. "Maybe Sirius was right, the only reason he liked Lily Evans so much was because of the challenge she put up," he thought to himself. For the first time, the thought of Lily brought with it a new emotion, fear.
The faint cries of a wolf, once again pierced the still night. "Will be there soon Moony," James whispered. He stared down at the Whomping Willow, he knew on the other side of the tree was a horrible sight to behold. One of his closest friends, Remus Lupin, had been bitten by a werewolf as a child. Now, once a month when the full moon lit up the night sky, Remus would transform into a werewolf himself. He would transform into Moony.
James smiled as he saw Sirius and Peter coming up the Astronomy tower stairs. It had started as a place to practice. This is the place where the three boys had learned to become Animagi. James had learned the fastest of the three, he was always very good at transfiguration.
It was actually James who had suggested this plan to begin with.
During their first year at Hogwarts, the boys were inseparable. Except when one of their numbers, Remus, went to visit his sick grandmother once a month. James had noticed how sick Remus always was right before he left and right after he returned. Sirius had badgered Remus about where he went many times. None of them, not even the gullible Peter, believed Remus went to visit his grandmother during his absence.
It was actually Sirius who figured out Remus secret. Out of the blue, one night their second year Sirius looked over a Remus and asked if he was a werewolf. Sirius claimed he figured out the mystery because he noticed Remus always disappeared during the full moon.
A terrified Remus tried to pull away from the Marauder, his friends, but they wouldn't let him. It didn't bother them he was a werewolf, they actually thought it was cool.
Remus was the first real Marauder, he was instantly nicknamed Moony, and plan was beginning to unlatch. For month the boys thought long and hard about how they could help their werewolf friend. Remus described the transformations as terrible, even painful. The boys felt sorry for him, and it was James who decided they should try to be Animagi. He remembered reading about them in Professor McGonagall's class. It took them until their fifth year to be able to complete the spell correctly.
It was difficult magic. Any magic that didn't require a wand was considered very advanced. There were many nights that they didn't think they could pull it off.
Sirius was responsible for the Marauder map, he cursed a map to show the locations of every person in the halls of Hogwarts. They friendship sealed the pact, and the legend was born.
Each of the young Marauder had to choose an animal to transform into.
Peter Pettigrew chose a rat, he was the smallest of the group, and they needed a small animal to hit the freezing knot on the Whomping Willows base. He became Wormtail.
Sirius Black choose a dog for two reasons. The star Sirius was located in Canius Major and his best friend from his childhood Snuffles was his favorite memory . He became Padfoot.
James Potter had a difficult time deciding what his Animagi form should be. He knew it needed to be something big, so he could help Padfoot keep Moony under control, but he couldn't think of what.
Sirius had suggested a lion, which was quickly rejected by Remus, "what do you guys want to kill me?"
Other suggestions such as a horse, a hippogriff, even a sphinx. Nothing caught James fancy. Finally one day, he was looking out onto the grounds from the astronomy tower and he caught a glimpse of a the most beautiful creature he had every seen. A young stag was grazing at the edge of the forbidden forest. James Potter became Prongs.
It took the boys the better part of three years to successfully complete the transformation.
There were times when they knew they were cooked. One time Peter managed to change his head into a rat's head, but the rest of him was still a boy. It took almost four hours for James and Sirius to figure out a way to fix him. Another time, Sirius transformed into Padfoot, but couldn't transform back into Sirius. He wandered around the grounds of Hogwarts as a dog for an entire weekend.
They knew what they were doing was wrong. Unregistered Animagi transformations were illegal in magical world. "Their going to throw us into Azkaban," Sirius would joke.
It had brought the boys closer then they would ever know, they shared a bond. When they finally all mastered the Animagi spell during their fifth year, they began to expand on Sirius magical map. They called the map the Marauder Map, and they all put a piece of themselves into it.
During that terrible time of the month, Sirius, James and Peter would slip out of their dorm, change into their animal forms and join Moony in the Shrieking Shack. At first they thought it was going to be impossible to ever leave, to ever explore. But slowly, Moony, was able to control his werewolf side. The boys discovered more about Hogwarts and Hogmeade than any students in the history of the school. And nobody knew about it.
"Ready Prongs, Moony is waiting," Sirius said with excitement. This was his favorite time of the month. There were times that James thought Sirius like being Padfoot a little bit too much.
James smiled a nodded, and without a second thought, transformed into a great white stag. He was joined by Wormtail and Padfoot. And the three unlikely animal friends made their way down to the Whomping Willow. Another Marauder adventure was about to begin.
They didn't always have to go looking for trouble. That night, they all silently agreed to stay in the Forbidden Forest. Not that it wasn't exciting. There were all kinds of strange magical creatures in the forest, and plenty of places to explore.
This night they were heading deep into the forest. James normally objected to getting in too deep. He was always worried they'd lose their way. He could just imagine Professor Dumbledore's reaction if all four of the Marauders turned up missing one morning. He was a smart man, and James had no doubt he'd figure out what they had been doing.
This night was different, Prongs thoughts were someplace else. He was thinking Lily Evans. Her brilliant red hair, her deep emerald eyes. He could still smell her on his fur. His lips still tingled from her kiss. He was worse off when she wouldn't talk to him. Now that he had a taste of Lily, he knew he would never be satisfied.
Padfoot must have noticed Prong's dazed expression, because he knocked him over with a gigantic jump. Prongs gave Padfoot a serious glare, and shook himself off the ground.
Moony let out a cry and tackled Padfoot. The three of them wrestled, as Wormtail watched from a distance. Padfoot gave a signal to go deeper into the forest. They wandered into the night, pouching at each other, and just enjoying the night.
Eventually it was time for them the head back. The full moon was fading into the horizon, and Moony gave a shake. He would be transforming soon. They reached the Whomping Willow. Wormtail ran under the trunk and hit the knot that froze the tree. Moony, let out a final cry and disappeared into the hidden tunnel. Satisfied that their mission had once again been successful, the three remaining Marauder's returned to the castle. They were nearing the Gyrffindor common room, when they once again became human forms.
"So Prongs, what where you daydreaming about tonight," Sirius asked.
James gave me a glance then muttered the password, "gillyweed."
Sirius gave James a shove through the door. They all were about to collapse.
"I'm so tired..." yawned Peter.
"Your such a wimp," Sirius teased.
Peter just yawed again and ignored Sirius taunts.
"I hope Remus got back before he transformed," James said with concern.
"Doesn't he always," smirked Sirius.
"So what happened between you and Lily?" Peter asked casually.
James gave him a smile. Sirius slapped his friend on the back and gave a hearty laugh.
"What's so funny," Peter cried.
"Isn't it obvious where Prongs has been all night?" Sirius asked.
"He's been dreaming of getting Lily...' Sirius started mocking.
James shot him a serious look, "I'd stop now before you say something offensive Padfoot."
Sirius let out another laugh, "James, always the gentleman."
James just gave a nod and opened the seventh year boys dorm room door.
"I think I'll sleep though the weekend," Peter collapsed on his bed.
James looked over at Peter, who was already asleep. Sirius soon joined Peter and soon both of them were fast asleep. James crawled into his bed, but he knew he wasn't going to get any sleep. He had thoughts of Lily running through his head.
Lily was still laying awake as the sun started rising. She had dozed in and out of sleep. She couldn't remember if her meeting with James last night was a dream or really happened. She looked over at Beth and let out a chuckle. Beth was on her back hanging half off her bed. She always had the most unusual sleeping positions. Lily knew it was pointless laying in bed any longer. She pulled herself out of her bed, and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
She let the steamy water stream over her body. She was so light headed. Her thoughts were dancing around the images of James floating in her mind. She was smiling so broadly, she was sure she was going to be unable to ever frown again. After an abnormally long shower, she turned off the water and wrapped the towel around her body. Her hair was dripping onto the cold castle floor, but she felt so warm. The mirrors were completely steamed up, so she decided to finish getting ready in her dorm. She ran back to the seventh year girls dorm, and quietly tried to get ready. She was careful not to wake Beth, Dreamy and December. All of them had stayed up really late talking about Lily's encounter with James and their speculations of the Marauder's latest prank.
Lily walked down the stairs towards the common room. She didn't figure anybody would be up yet, it was a Saturday. She was almost at the portrait when she felt a pair of eyes staring at her. She turned around and smiled, "hello."
"Did you have good night sleep?" James asked. He wanted to slap himself, that sounded so stupid.
"Honestly, no," Lily confessed.
James suddenly became worried, what if she was having second thoughts. What if she was about to tell him that she had made a mistake.
Lily slowly approached him, he felt his heart racing.
"I'm glad we talked last night," she giggled.
"Are you?" he asked worried.
She took away his anxiety with a swift kiss on his lips.
"I'm going to go grab a bit to eat, want to join me?" she asked.
He reached for her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"We need to plan the Christmas feast anyways," he said confidently.
"You never needed my ideas to help you plan things before," she joked.
They both laughed.
"I told you Evans, we're going to be the hottest couple of the year," he grinned.
He was so charming.