+Chapter 2+
-A Meeting in the Shack-
In a flash the two boys in the doorway changed into animals and leaped out of the doorway, ready to save Peter from whatever Remus was supposedly subconsciously doing to him. Sirius and James sprinted through the house, looking for Peter and when they found him, he was laying on the floor beneath a.human Remus?!
"Oh, hullo there mates!" Remus said casually to his awestricken friends who were sitting doggishly with their mouth hanging open, looking utterly stupid.
They shook out of it quickly and turned back into their human forms but both were pale, wide-eyed and panting like mad. "We.heard Wormtail.scream." James said breathily while Sirius smoothed down his own hair which was standing up uncharacteristically on his head.
"Oh, that.I just got bored and I started tickling him. He fell off the couch laughing and screamed as he hit the ground." Remus said, waving his hand impatiently at his tired friends.
"Wow," Sirius said, quickly covering his worry about his friends, "You've really been dodging the moonlight tonight, haven't you Moony?"
James and Peter laughed but Remus just chuckled, "Yeah, now that you guys are here I suppose I should."
"No, that's not it," James interrupted, looking very full of himself. "He didn't want Wormtail to mess himself with fright."
Whoops of laughter erupted from the three of them as Wormtail blushed and looked away ashamedly.
"Now now, Wormtail.it's alright.you don't need to be embarrassed," Sirius said surprisingly caringly. A small smirk and a wink were passed onto Remus and James as Sirius rubbed the boy's back. "We've known about your problems for ages.but sometimes we forget because there are so many. Please forgive us."
James and Sirius let out fresh hoots of laughter as Remus shook his head and patted Peter on the back. "Come on guys.I know we haven't seen Severus in a while but you don't need to take it out on Peter." Wormtail looked up at him gratefully and smiled a shadow of a smile.
"Nope, the grease ball must of disintegrated into thin air.I'm starting to miss the little snake." James said thoughtfully, looking mournfully at Sirius who wailed in mockery.
"My poor Snivelly! Where have you gone?" Sirius cried, sobbing fake tears into James's shoulder who was patting him on the back whispering 'there there' like you would to a child.
Severus, or Snivelly as he was more commonly known around this group of teenagers, was a tall, lanky, homely boy who liked to study the Dark Arts and looked like he had never taken a shower in his lifetime. He was quiet but cruel and these boys seemed to get into a lot of trouble because of him. He was a tattletale (like most ugly boys are, Sirius thinks) and he was always the main attraction for getting made fun of and hexed by mainly James and Sirius. Another reason Lily hated James was because of this.she didn't believe it was fair to be so mean to him when he never did anything to them. She would always try to stick up for him but James would never stop.
"I'm sorry, Wormtail," James muttered as Sirius nodded in silent agreement. They both sighed then Sirius laughed.
"We look like a bunch of idiots, sitting on the ground in a circle like this. What are we? Five?!" Sirius jumped up and brushed himself off, smirking haughtily at the other three boys on the ground.
They all rose slowly to their feet, brushing themselves off as they got up. Remus looked around at his friends and smiled a sheepish grin, asking, "So, are you guys ready?"
The three boys changed into their animals as an answer of yes and Remus grinned wider. Those boys right there had put up with so much and he was grateful. He nodded slightly then noticed a spot of moonlight that had found its way in. "Okay, then here goes." He walked warily over to the moonlight, submitting himself to what he knew was going to have to be done.
His eyes widened automatically as he saw and felt himself changing. Even though he had done this countless times, it never ceased to make him jump. He felt his nose grow steadily longer and his back bone curving into a un-humanlike arch. Brown hairs began to sprout all over his body and within seconds he was sitting doggishly on the ground, in front of his stunned audience.
Wormtail shuddered involuntarily and Padfoot smiled a toothy grin. Moony knew that that would always surprise them, no matter how many times they saw it. "Soooooo.what do want to do first?" Moony said, wondering what adventure they should go on this time.
"Here, Wormtail," Padfoot said casually, looking put out, "I suppose I'll make it up to you. We won't play a round of Chase the Rat this time." He sighed an exasperated sigh and looked to Moony who was smiling with approval. He had always been the sensible one. Wormtail smiled in a relieved manner and Prongs snorted with laughter.
"So then.what are we going to do?" Prongs said impatiently, shaking his heavily armed head.
"Watch it!" Wormtail squeaked, dodging a point that nearly scooped him up. This was always a scary, life-threatening time in his eyes. He squealed and ran to the werewolf, sitting in front of him as if he was being protected.
Moony chuckled and patted Wormtail on the head with a large paw then shook his own dangerous arsenal of teeth, unnerving the poor rat sitting beneath him. Padfoot let out a bark of laughter then started to look playful. "I know of just the place. C'mon, I'll lead the way."
James nodded in agreement and scooped up Wormtail into his antlers, despite the many squeaky protests. Moony looked around then finally agreed but said cautiously, "We'd better not be seen by anyone.or else we're all dead."
"Don't worry, mate." Padfoot said soothingly, leading the troop down the stairs and into the passageway. "I don't think anyone will find us where we're going."
James snickered and flung his head back, giving Wormtail a scare. He squealed again but knew that he was stuck on this ride of doom and decided that if he stayed still he'd be out of the way of the deadly points on either side of him.
Moony shook his head and suppressed laughter, since he did seem to be the only one being nice to poor Peter at the moment. He was getting a bit bored though so he trotted in front of James on the way out the passage and started nipping playfully at Padfoot's legs. Sirius growled menacingly in mocking manner but kept on leading the group without hesitation. He stopped at the edge of what seemed to be an endless forest and he looked back at the rest of his friends and smiled, sending a silent message that they had arrived.
-A Meeting in the Shack-
In a flash the two boys in the doorway changed into animals and leaped out of the doorway, ready to save Peter from whatever Remus was supposedly subconsciously doing to him. Sirius and James sprinted through the house, looking for Peter and when they found him, he was laying on the floor beneath a.human Remus?!
"Oh, hullo there mates!" Remus said casually to his awestricken friends who were sitting doggishly with their mouth hanging open, looking utterly stupid.
They shook out of it quickly and turned back into their human forms but both were pale, wide-eyed and panting like mad. "We.heard Wormtail.scream." James said breathily while Sirius smoothed down his own hair which was standing up uncharacteristically on his head.
"Oh, that.I just got bored and I started tickling him. He fell off the couch laughing and screamed as he hit the ground." Remus said, waving his hand impatiently at his tired friends.
"Wow," Sirius said, quickly covering his worry about his friends, "You've really been dodging the moonlight tonight, haven't you Moony?"
James and Peter laughed but Remus just chuckled, "Yeah, now that you guys are here I suppose I should."
"No, that's not it," James interrupted, looking very full of himself. "He didn't want Wormtail to mess himself with fright."
Whoops of laughter erupted from the three of them as Wormtail blushed and looked away ashamedly.
"Now now, Wormtail.it's alright.you don't need to be embarrassed," Sirius said surprisingly caringly. A small smirk and a wink were passed onto Remus and James as Sirius rubbed the boy's back. "We've known about your problems for ages.but sometimes we forget because there are so many. Please forgive us."
James and Sirius let out fresh hoots of laughter as Remus shook his head and patted Peter on the back. "Come on guys.I know we haven't seen Severus in a while but you don't need to take it out on Peter." Wormtail looked up at him gratefully and smiled a shadow of a smile.
"Nope, the grease ball must of disintegrated into thin air.I'm starting to miss the little snake." James said thoughtfully, looking mournfully at Sirius who wailed in mockery.
"My poor Snivelly! Where have you gone?" Sirius cried, sobbing fake tears into James's shoulder who was patting him on the back whispering 'there there' like you would to a child.
Severus, or Snivelly as he was more commonly known around this group of teenagers, was a tall, lanky, homely boy who liked to study the Dark Arts and looked like he had never taken a shower in his lifetime. He was quiet but cruel and these boys seemed to get into a lot of trouble because of him. He was a tattletale (like most ugly boys are, Sirius thinks) and he was always the main attraction for getting made fun of and hexed by mainly James and Sirius. Another reason Lily hated James was because of this.she didn't believe it was fair to be so mean to him when he never did anything to them. She would always try to stick up for him but James would never stop.
"I'm sorry, Wormtail," James muttered as Sirius nodded in silent agreement. They both sighed then Sirius laughed.
"We look like a bunch of idiots, sitting on the ground in a circle like this. What are we? Five?!" Sirius jumped up and brushed himself off, smirking haughtily at the other three boys on the ground.
They all rose slowly to their feet, brushing themselves off as they got up. Remus looked around at his friends and smiled a sheepish grin, asking, "So, are you guys ready?"
The three boys changed into their animals as an answer of yes and Remus grinned wider. Those boys right there had put up with so much and he was grateful. He nodded slightly then noticed a spot of moonlight that had found its way in. "Okay, then here goes." He walked warily over to the moonlight, submitting himself to what he knew was going to have to be done.
His eyes widened automatically as he saw and felt himself changing. Even though he had done this countless times, it never ceased to make him jump. He felt his nose grow steadily longer and his back bone curving into a un-humanlike arch. Brown hairs began to sprout all over his body and within seconds he was sitting doggishly on the ground, in front of his stunned audience.
Wormtail shuddered involuntarily and Padfoot smiled a toothy grin. Moony knew that that would always surprise them, no matter how many times they saw it. "Soooooo.what do want to do first?" Moony said, wondering what adventure they should go on this time.
"Here, Wormtail," Padfoot said casually, looking put out, "I suppose I'll make it up to you. We won't play a round of Chase the Rat this time." He sighed an exasperated sigh and looked to Moony who was smiling with approval. He had always been the sensible one. Wormtail smiled in a relieved manner and Prongs snorted with laughter.
"So then.what are we going to do?" Prongs said impatiently, shaking his heavily armed head.
"Watch it!" Wormtail squeaked, dodging a point that nearly scooped him up. This was always a scary, life-threatening time in his eyes. He squealed and ran to the werewolf, sitting in front of him as if he was being protected.
Moony chuckled and patted Wormtail on the head with a large paw then shook his own dangerous arsenal of teeth, unnerving the poor rat sitting beneath him. Padfoot let out a bark of laughter then started to look playful. "I know of just the place. C'mon, I'll lead the way."
James nodded in agreement and scooped up Wormtail into his antlers, despite the many squeaky protests. Moony looked around then finally agreed but said cautiously, "We'd better not be seen by anyone.or else we're all dead."
"Don't worry, mate." Padfoot said soothingly, leading the troop down the stairs and into the passageway. "I don't think anyone will find us where we're going."
James snickered and flung his head back, giving Wormtail a scare. He squealed again but knew that he was stuck on this ride of doom and decided that if he stayed still he'd be out of the way of the deadly points on either side of him.
Moony shook his head and suppressed laughter, since he did seem to be the only one being nice to poor Peter at the moment. He was getting a bit bored though so he trotted in front of James on the way out the passage and started nipping playfully at Padfoot's legs. Sirius growled menacingly in mocking manner but kept on leading the group without hesitation. He stopped at the edge of what seemed to be an endless forest and he looked back at the rest of his friends and smiled, sending a silent message that they had arrived.