Disclamer: I am not getting nothing but amusement from writing this ok? It's a story about how James, Sirius and Peter found out about Remus being a Werewolf.
Special Things: In this I refer a lot to the books, especially in the fifth year section but I also am changing something slightly. Because this is back in time allot the lay about apparation is later. I know Fred and George learn to do it in their 6th year but 'back in the old days' they learned to do it in 7th ok?
The Big Secret Of Remus Lupin
Year One,
In a small boys dorm at the
top of Gryffindor Tower four boys sat trying to do their homework,
their first homework of the year. All were different, one in more
ways than the others.
The first was James Potter who was from a
long line of wizards and was always a bit worried that he had a lot
to live up to. His black hair was always messed up and his green eyes
were incredibly lively and bright. Even though they had only been at
school for a week the teachers had already discovered he disliked
long tasks but would genuinely get on with them with as much effort
as he could muster, which in most cases was practically none.
The
second was Sirius Black who came from a not so pleasant family, full
of famous dark wizards. But Sirius was totally different to all of
them. His black hair was down to his chin and in curtains, his skin
was slightly pale and he had an awful bruise on his cheek, right
above the bone. His eyes were a dark blue and were slightly duller
than a normal child's should be. Sirius Black was also already liked
by the teachers, who had seriously been expecting to welcome as a
Slytherin like the rest of his family, although in anouther aspect he
was turning into the bane of their lives with his little tricks and
his attitude to work.
The third was Peter Pettigrew and he was a
small spoilt child with measly brown hair and blue eyes. He expected
to get his own way all the time because that was what he had at home.
The smaller boy was always following the other boys around simply
because they were much more popular than him already. He always
seemed to have an ulterior motive which the teachers had noticed and
he copied in class, allot.
The last boy was Remus Lupin. His wavy
brown hair reached his shoulders which was unusual and his dark brown
eyes were very piercing. He had scars up his forearms like little
scratches, the other boys thought that they were caused by self harm
but Remus would never tell them anything on that subject. One scar he
was determinded to keep hidden from them was the teeth marks in his
side, the large wolf like teeth marks in his side.
"What
was the cure again?" Peter asked.
"Wormwood,"
James said angrily. "For the fourth time." Remus picked up
his diary and looked through the moon chart.
"2 days,"
he said sadly to himself.
"2 days till what?" Sirius
asked.
"The full moon," Remus whispered.
"Are
you into that sort of thing then?" James asked, looking at
him.
"Sort of..."
Remus could feel his body
shaking as the sun set. He snuck away from all his friends and out
into the school grounds where he was met by Dumbledore an Madame
Pomphrey. By that time he was shaking wildly and his teeth were
growing at a painful rate, as were his nails.
"Mr Lupin, you
may go into the forest during this time every month," Dumbledore
said kindly as they watched Remus's clothes rip slightly, fur
spilling out of the seams. The sound of bones cracking into place was
sickening, and painful.
"Thank you professor," Remus's
voice was nearly a growl as he ran past the professor into the
forest. Soon the sounds of a wolf howling to the moon could be heard
throughout Hogwart's.
"Morning," James said
cheerfully. He was a very morning person and always seemed to be too
cheerful. Peter and Sirius on the other hands were not.
"Go
away," Peter grumbled, covering his head.
"Up up up,"
James said as he pulled on his trousers. Sirius growled and literally
tumbled out of his bed, landing on the floor. He crawled over to his
wardrobe. "You know traditionally when you get up you stand up,"
James said laughing.
"Go away you cheery tosspot,"
Sirius said angrily as he struggled to get dressed after going to the
bathroom and dunking his head in a sink full of cold water to wake
him up more.
"Where's Remus?" Peter asked suddenly,
gesturing to the empty and still made bed. James went over to the bed
and noted the fact that Remus's pyjama's were still there.
"He
didn't sleep here last night," James said slowly.
"So
where is he?"
Remus could barely move for all the pain
he was in. He was crouched in the forest, his breathing harsh and
ragged as he tried to calm down. His school clothes were ruined and
he was covered in scratches from trees and plants. He took out his
wand and muttered a clothing repair spell but there was nothing he
could do for the cuts, other than go to the hospital wing which he
wasn't keen on doing.
He got to his feet and stumbled inside,
trying to avoid all the other students on the way to breakfast. He
made it to the dorm without being seen and opened the door slowly.
But then he froze as he found his 3 friends waiting for him.
"Good
God! Remus, what happened?" James asked worriedly as they saw
the state of him.
"Nothing, I went for a walk, tripped and
fell in a bush," Remus lied.
"Must've been some bush,"
Sirius muttered, going to bathroom and returning with a wet clothe to
press against the cuts.
"Why didn't you come back and
sleep?" Peter asked.
"I hit my head on something and
when I woke up it was morning," Remus lied.
"You must
be the clumsiest person I know," James muttered as he looked at
the cuts on Remus's face, frowning as some of them were rather
bad.
"I agree, shouldn't you be at breakfast?" Remus
asked.
"Not hungry," Sirius and James said at the same
time. Peter's stomach though growled. He apologised quietly and ran
down to the great hall. Remus sat on his bed and allowed the other
two boys to clean the many cut's he got.
"I'd better get
changed now," Remus said quietly, grabbing his clothes for the
day he went into the bathroom.
Year Two,
As usual
around the time of the full moon Remus got incredibly jumpy and
frustrated. He couldn't work straight and he became sharp with his
friends. He was at that moment sat in the great Hall trying to eat
his dinner. He'd shouted at Sirius earlier about a rather personal
matter and so now Sirius wouldn't talk to him. James was busy
memorising quidditch plays as he had recently been made the
Gryffindor Seeker.
"So if the beaters are attacking from the
right and the chasers are in possession of the quaffle then..."
James was mumbling to himself.
"Oh just shut up James! I don't
want to hear about you petty quidditch plans anymore! I'm sick to
death of the bloody things!" Remus snapped, jumping up and storming
out of the hall.
"What's eating him?" Lily Evans asked. She
was the most popular girl of their year, with her wavy dark red hair
and green eyes. Practically every boy in the year fancied her,
including James.
"Dunno," James said, slightly hurt at
Remus's description of Quidditch.
"Personally I don't care
after what he said this morning," Sirius snapped angrily. Peter
nodded in agreement.
"What did he say?" Lily asked, genuinely
interested.
"Well I asked about his family and he told me, and
I quote 'If you don't want me poking my nose into your filthy and
disgusting family then keep your bloody nose out of mine'. Well I
told him not to talk about my family that way and he said? 'I'll
talk about the pack of bastards any way I like' and walked off,"
Sirius said angrily.
"Something must be wrong, he's normally
so nice," Lily said quietly.
That night Remus followed the
directions of Headmaster Dumbledore, to the whomping willow where he
grabbed a long branch and pushed the special knot and then went
through the hidden tunnel into the building on the other side. There
were no ways out except for the tunnel so he was safe from harming
himself and the people around him.
He growled low in his throat
as he changed, thinking over the days events. Once he was in full
werewolf mode he had no control over his actions or his anger and he
destroyed nearly everything, howling and wailing all the
while.
James and Sirius weren't surprised to find no sign
of Remus when they returned back to their Dorm, although they did see
his school satchel thrown randomly on the bed, it's content's
spilled everywhere. Sirius sat on his bed and pulled off his boots,
before lying down. James picked up Remus's bag and put his things
back in them.
"What are you doing that for, after what he said
to us today I don't think I'll ever speak to him again," Sirius
said angrily.
"He must just be having a hard time. He's left
his wand behind wherever he's gone," James said as he found
Remus's wand on the bed. He also found a small slip of paper with
neat handwriting on it. He read the top line.
Mister Lupin, We
have been able to acquire a building outside of Hogwarts grounds
where you will be able to... James looked up at Sirius before
continuing reading the letter. ...where you will be able to
transform safely with no fear of hurting fellow students and no sharp
bushes to cause you visible injuries. The Shack is sealed from the
outside by a charm and the only way to get in and out is past the
whomping will and down a tunnel. The way to get past the willow is to
get a branch and push the largest knot on it's trunk, this will
immobilise it and let you threw although it is rather dangerous.
Yours Sincerely, Professor Dumbledore. James gasped and looked at
Sirius. It was all falling into place, the monthly disappearance of
Remus, the way his hair got darker when it came to the time of the
full moon, the scratches, everything. Remus was a werewolf!
"Sirius?
Sirius I know where Remus is," James said quietly.
"Why
should I care?" Sirius asked angrily.
"I also have a
suspicion of why he's in such a bad mood," James said.
"Why's
that, he woke up on the wrong side of the bed?" Sirius asked.
"No,
he's a werewolf," James said simply. Sirius stared at him, but
then started laughing.
"Good one James, that's a laugh,"
Sirius said. James handed him the note before pulling on his cape.
Sirius read the letter quickly and stared at James in shock. "What
are you doing?" Sirius asked.
"Going to the shack," James
said leaving. Sirius quickly grabbed his cloak, didn't bother with
shoes and ran after James. Peter who had still been in the common
room joined them as well, although he just wanted to be James'
shadow.
They reached the Whomping Willow and James used the
same stick Remus had to push the knot. It froze. They scurried
forewords, Peter complaining about how dangerous it was. They found
the tunnel and heard an awful growling sound coming from
inside.
"This is probably one of your worse idea's James,"
Sirius muttered as they went in slowly. They found themselves in a
wreck of a building. The growling was coming from inside one of the
rooms so they peered inside. Remus the werewolf was clawing at the
wall leaving awful scratches all down it. The three boys stared as
Remus sniffed loudly and then turned to suddenly face them, his
bright yellow eyes directly looking at them.
He charged and
before they could do anything had swung his sharp claws at James,
catching him across the cheast. Sirius grabbed James and pulled him
down the corridor, hearing Remus charge after them. They entered a
room and shut the door, pushing an old cheast of drawers up against
it. Peter was practically having a heart attack as he stared at the
door which shook as Remus tried to get in.
"Great idea James,
get the werewolf to kill us," Sirius muttered as he pulled off his
cape, pushing it to the deep cut on James chest to stop the
blood.
"Sorry," James gasped, trying to smile through the
pain.
None of them slept that night for fear of Remus getting
in. Just after dawn they heard an awful noise coming from in the
corridor, the werewolf howling as if in pain and then normal Remus
screaming loudly followed by a thud as he obviously fell to the
floor. A loud sob was heard and then the sound of someone crying
filled the air.
Sirius moved the cheast of drawers and opened the
door to find Remus curled up on the floor, crying into his arm. His
hands were bloody and as he wiped his face left streaks of blood
across his cheeks. He looked up at Sirius and burst into louder
tears.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Sirius asked, all his
feelings of anger leaving him at the pathetic form of his best friend
infront of him.
"For this reason. I almost killed you!" Remus
sobbed, backing away when Sirius crouched down next to him.
"You
still should have told us," James said quietly, from where he was
being help up by Peter. Remus took one looked at him and the bloody
cape wrapped around his cheast and fled down the corridor.
James
was given the day off by the teachers because of his cheast and
Sirius and Peter were questioned about why they went there. Remus
hadn't been seen all day, he didn't go to class or meals but just
stayed hidden away wherever he was.
When they did next see him
they didn't speak to him and he didn't speak to them, and that's
how it stayed for the rest of the year.
Year Three,
Remus
had not been the same since that time when they were 12 and he hardly
spoke to them at all. He seemed to have no friends now and spent all
his time alone. Sirius and James tried futily to get him to be their
friend again but he wouldn't allow it, claiming to be too much of a
hazard to them. Peter didn't really seem to mind.
"Pair up
and start working on the potion," the Professor said coldly. James
and Sirius paired up as usual. Peter was working with some girl so
Remus was alone until someone sat next to him. Looking up he found
Lily Evans smiling at him.
"Want to be partners?" she asked.
Remus could hear her friends giggling and he could hear most of the
boys turning to stare at them.
"Sure. I'll cut the
ingredients up," Remus said with no emotion in his voice.
"So
what's been up lately, well ever since last year really?" Lily
asked as she put the needed amount of water on to boil.
"Nothing,
I'm just not friends with that lot anymore," Remus said, changing
ingredient's as he finished cutting up one.
"Why not? You 4
always seemed to be such good friends," Lily asked.
"Well,
something happened and now we're not," Remus said, sadness
evident in his voice.
"Maybe you should talk to someone about
it, like Professor Dumbledore, he'd listen," Lily said
logically.
"I already have, and he and all the other teachers
said it would be best if I didn't have too many close friends so if
you'll excuse me could we just get on with the work and stop
conversing," Remus said emotionlessly. Lily stared at him before
going back to her work, not saying a word. She shot a glare at James
and Sirius for whatever they had done to get him like this.
That
night Sirius and James stayed up late, Peter didn't want to. Remus
was still in the common room studying for a test tomorrow. A knock
came on the door.
"Who is it?" James asked.
"Lily,"
Lilly's voice floated threw the door. Both boy's glanced down at
their attire. James had no top on and Sirius was only in a shirt and
his boxers.
"Wait a minute," James said, grabbing his night
shirt and pulling over his head. Sirius struggled to pull on his
trousers and ended up falling over.
"Ow," he mumbled, rubbing
his head where it had hit the bed post.
"Come in," James
said, trying to keep calm. Lily walked in, glaring at them.
"I
want to talk about Remus," she said angrily. Both boys looked at
the ground. "What happened to make him so unhappy?"
"It's
not our responsibility to tell you," James said quietly.
"Plus
if we did he'd probably kill us," Sirius muttered.
"Well at
least tell me why you won't be friends with him," Lily said.
"WE
do want to be friends with him, HE on the other hand doesn't,"
Sirius said emphasising different words. Lily looked slightly
surprised and before the two boy's could stop her she walked down
the stairs.
"Remus?" lily asked as she saw Remus reading
his book by the fire.
"What?" Remus asked sadly.
"Why
won't you be friends with James and Sirius?" lily asked.
"Lily
it isn't any of you business why I don't want to be friends with
them alright?" Remus said angrily.
"Fine. But all I say is
that you need friends and they want to be friends with you, otherwise
your going to end up like Severus Snape," Lily scoffed, before
walking up the girls stairs. Remus watched her go thinking over what
she had said in his head. It was true, the only other person in their
year was Severus Snape. He was a Slytherin and seriously needed a
shower, which partially explained why he had no friends.
Remus
sighed sadly and lowered his head so it rested on the desk. He was
awfully lonely with his friends but he knew that if they were friends
with him they would be in danger.
"Why me? I didn't ask for
this," Remus whispered angrily.
"But you got it," Sirius
said quietly from behind him. Remus gasped and jumped up, spinning to
face James and Sirius.
"Can I help you?" Remus asked after a
pause.
"We want to know the same thing Evans did, why won't
you be friends with us?" James asked, his voice filled with
sadness.
"It's too dangerous, I'd most likely kill you
seriously injure you," Remus said angrily.
"We don't care.
Your seriously turning into Snape, all work, no play. You ever seen
that movies? The Shining, the one where he goes mad because of
loneliness?" James asked sarcastically.
"I don't care, I
don't want to hurt anyone again. I've had enough of that to last
me a lifetime!" Remus snapped.
"But theres no guarantee you
would hurt us. I've been reading this book on Animagus, you know
where you can turn into animals. Well if we did that we could keep an
eyes on you but be able to fight back," James said. Remus looked at
him, a spark of hope growing in his eyes before it quickly
died.
"It's too dangerous, you'd never be able to manage
it," he said at last.
"I'm not saying it's easy but it's
a possibility" James said. Remus looked between them.
"I
still can't believe you'd forgive me enough to do that," Remus
admitted quietly.
"Remus, it's not just for you, have you
noticed how our grades have dropped? We need your help studying or
we're doomed to fail," Sirius said, managing to make Remus laugh.
He looked thoughtful for a few moments before he looked them strait
in the face.
"Fine, but on one condition. Unless you become
Animagus than you can never come to the Shack with me, it would be
too dangerous," Remus said.
"Deal," James and Sirius said,
each taking one of Remus's hands and shaking them.
"Now, come
help us with this Transfiguration homework," Sirius said, clapping
a hand on Remus's back happily.
Year Four,
"You'd
better try it first James, you did do most of the work," Sirius
said holding out one of the vials of the finished Animagus potion.
James took it and drank it quickly.
"That's revolting,"
James whispered, wiping his mouth. The four boys were in their dorm
and it was well past midnight. The other three watched as James
started changing. His skin sort of melted to reveal fur and before
their eyes he changed into a graceful yet powerful Stag. Peter
immediately burst into exited applause.
"You next Peter,"
Sirius said, holding out a vile.
"Why not you?" Peter asked
doubtfully.
"I want to be last," Sirius said. Peter shrugged
and drank to potion. His first change was more obvious that James as
he shrank, allot. When he finished they all saw a small rat. Sirius
took the last vile, mock toasted Remus who smiled at them and drank
it. "I feel sick," he muttered as he began changing. He started
to grow black fur and soon he was a very large ferocious looking dog.
That made Remus laugh as he ruffled Sirius's fur.
"Can you
all change back. The book says the transformations will be easier
after time but changing back the first time is always the hardest,"
Remus said to the three animals. Peter was the first to reappear,
then James and then last of all Sirius. All four boys started
laughing and congratulating each other.
"Well, now that we've
managed that we can come with you next week Remus," James
said.
"Yes, but I can't guarantee I won't try to kill you,
I'm not all there up here," Remus said laughing, tapping the side
of his head. All of them laughed but then jumped into bed as they
heard the 'teacher patrol' coming up the stairs. When the Head Of
Gryffindor opened the door she saw them all asleep but they'd left
the light on so she switched it off and shut the door quietly. Once
she was gone all four of them laughed quietly before actually going
to sleep.
One week later found all four running towards the
whomping willow, Remus moaning in pain as he changed.
"Why
can't mine be as painless as yours?" he asked angrily. The others
shrugged and quickly changed. Peter darted forewords, dodging the
willow and put the knot. "Helpful," Remus mumbled before running
to the tunnel. Once inside he couldn't stop the transformation and
soon the snarling Werewolf was back. Sirius/dog growled at him to
keep him going and it seemed to work as the werewolf seemed calmed by
the fact that other animal's were there.
They moved into one of
the bedrooms, Remus surprisingly sedate. Once inside he lay sat down
and scratched at the floor. Sirius sat infront of the door while
James lay down on the other side of the room with Peter
nearby.
When sunlight flittered through the cracks and Remus
changed back, so did the others. Remus looked slightly startled.
"It
was calmer than I've ever felt it before," Remus whispered.
"We
noticed," James said as they walked back to the castle.
"The
fact that it didn't try to kill us was a bit of a give away,"
Sirius said laughing.
"It was you," Remus said quietly to
him. "The dog you, the werewolf didn't mind you because you
looked...threatening. I don't know why. Unfortunately I have a
feeling it won't always be like that."
"Oh well, mixed
blessing eh. Now lets get back quickly before the other's wake up,"
Sirius said and the four started running. He was right, the next
month he nearly killed all of them but luckily they fought him
off.
"Obviously it depends what mood he's in," Remus joked
afterwards, referring to his wolf side.
Year Five,
"I
don't think it's going to work," Remus said sadly, looking at
the parchment.
"We managed to become Animagus, this should be
piss easy compared to that," James said as he began the spell.
"Well, now we need to write the greeting and draw the map," he
said.
"You have the neatest handwriting Remus you write it,"
Sirius said, handing him a quill.
"What should I write?"
Remus asked.
"This," James had been scribbling something on
another bit of paper and handed it to him. Remus smiled and began to
write, Sirius and Peter watching wondering what it said.
Messrs
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs
Purveyors of Aids to Magical
Mischief-Makers
Are proud to present
THE MARAUDER'S MAP
When
he finished Sirius laughed out loud.
"Now all we need to do is
draw the map, or rather spell the map," James said. "Everyone cut
the tip of their index finger on their right hand," he instructed.
Everyone did so. "It says 'let thine blood fall on parchment and
it shall reveal all you've seen of thine castle and will have a
little part of your soul inside it' so I guess we should just let
blood drip on it."
The four boys let the blood drip on it and
it was soaked up by the page. Immediately black lines formed on the
parchments, twisting and turning drawing every inch of
Hogwarts.
"Now all we have to do is find the passages and add
them," Sirius said happily.
"What did it mean by the soul
thing?" Peter asked.
"Oh my god!" Remus gasped pointing at
the page. When they looked they saw in curved handwriting like
Remus'. Mr Moony would like to tell young stupid sir that It
means you dense prat that our personality's will live forever in
this map! Everyone was in mild shock as more words joined those
ones. Mr Prongs agrees with him and suggests that if he want's
to use this map he should first get a brain. Mr Padfoot thinks that
he should also comb his hair as it looks far too much like the
gentleman in the fronts for comfort, and therefore is stupid.. Mr
Wormtail thinks his hair looks very nice and it's not stupid!
Sirius and James burst out laughing as Peter stared in shock at the
written conversation.
"Answer you question?" James asked him.
Peter nodded dumbly.
Unfortunately for the boys when the map
was finished it was confiscated by the teachers when James tried to
give it to Sirius during a lesson.
"Idiot," Sirius
muttered angrily.
3 weeks later the group were all in the
middle of their exams and had just finished the Defence against the
dark arts paper so they were outside preparing for the next exam,
Transfiguration.
James was playing with a snitch he'd 'borrowed'
from quidditch and Peter was being his ever present worshiper. Sirius
was obviously incredibly bored while Remus tried to focus on his
book.
"Put that away will you, before Wormtail wets himself
with excitement," Sirius said to James. Peter blushed but James
grinned and put the snitch away. "I'm bored, wish it was the
full moon."
"You might," Remus mumbled from behind
his book. "You can test me for transfiguration if your that
bored," he suggested, a small smirk on his face. Sirius
snorted.
"This'll liven you up, Padfoot. Look who it is..."
James said quietly. Sirius looked across the lawn and smiled
evilly.
"Excellent. Snivellus." He and James stood up
and walk over to Snape but Remus and Peter remained
sitting.
"Alright Snivellus?" James said loudly. Snape
reacted so fast it was as if he had been expecting an attack.
Dropping his bag he pulled out his wand, pointed it at James and but
James was prepared and shouted 'Expelliarmus!' Snapes wand flew
twelve feet into the air and fell with a little thud on the grass
behind him. Sirius let out a bark of laughter. They continued to
torment 'poor' Snape until none other than Lily intervened.
"Leave
him ALONE!"
James and Sirius looked around. James free hand
immediately jumped to his hair as his gaze was met by the girl he
fancied more than anything else in the world.
"All right,
Evans?" said James, his voice changing from bully to 'trying to
show off round girls'. To Remus he sounded even more like an
idiot.
"Leave him alone, what's he done to you?" Lili
asked, looking at James with great dislike. While he greatly fancied
her, she despised him thinking him immature and stupid.
"Well,
it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean..."
The students around them laughed, the loudest being Sirius.
"You
think you funny, but your just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter.
Leave him alone," Lily said angrily.
"I will if you'll
go out with me," James said quickly. Behind him the Impendiment
Jinx was wearing off Snape and he was inching towards his fallen
wand.
"I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between
you and the giant squid," Lily snapped.
"Bad luck
Prongs," Sirius said briskly but when he turned back to Snape,
noticing what he was doing. "OI!" he shouted. But it was
too late as Snape had cast his spell and with a flash of light a gash
appeared on James face. James whirled around and a second flash of
light cleared to reveal Snape being hung upside-down in the air. The
crowd roared with laughter. Lily had a furious expression on her
face.
"Let him down!" she cried angrily.
"Certainly,"
James said, jerking his wand upwards. Snape fell unceremoniously to
the ground. He quickly got to his feet, wand up but Sirius beat him
to it and cried 'Petrificus Totaluss!' and Snape keeled over again,
rigid as aboard.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Lily shouted. She
had her own wand out now. James and Sirius eyed it warily.
"Ah
Evan's don't make me hex you," James said earnestly. James did
so but Snape shouted at the top of his voice.
"I don't need
the Mudblood to help me!" this made everyone, especially James
angry.
"Apologise to Evans!" James roared at Snape, his
wand pointing at Snape.
"I don't want you to make him
apologise, your as bad as he is," Lily said angrily.
"What?"
yelped James. "I'd never call you a...you-know-what!"
"Messing
up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just
got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid snitch, walking
down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you
can-I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with that
fat head on it. You make me SICK." She then turned and ran away
from him, looking as strong as she could but Remus was the only one
who saw the tears trickling down her face as she hurried past
him.
"Evans!" James shouted after her. "Hey
EVANS!" But she didn't look back. "What is it with her?"
James asked, trying and failing to look as though he didn't really
care.
"Reading between the lines I'd say she thinks you're a
bit conceited mate," said Sirius.
"Right," James
said, looking furious now. "Right..." a flash of light and
Snape was hanging upside down in the air again. "Who want's to
see me take of Snivelly's pants?" James asked. Everyone roared
with laughter but a flash of light came from behind them and James
wand flew out of his hand leaving Snape to fall to the ground once
again. Remus calmly caught his friends wand, picked up his things and
walked off.
"What's up with him?" Sirius asked as they
ran to follow him.
When the reached the dorm they found Remus
sitting on his bed calmly.
"Why did you do that? Snivellus
deserved what he got," James said.
"Because Lily was
right, you are a bully James, and you are big headed. But your also
selfish, you made her cry James, you made Lily Evan's cry just by
being you!" Remus shouted. James stared at him in mild
shock.
"She was...crying?" James asked quietly.
"Yes
she was crying! That's why I stopped you because I saw her watching
you from the other side of the lake and I didn't want her to hate you
as much as you deserve!" Remus said sharply. James looked down,
guilt playing across his face. Sirius and Peter stared at Remus and
then at James. "Come on, or we'll be late for the exam,"
Remus mumbled, embarrassed slightly by his outburst.
Year Six,
James had actually changed after the outburst last year.
He seemed to have grown up all of a sudden, only joking every now and
then and never hexing someone without a just cause, even Snape.
Peter
of course had copied him and had 'grown up' as well. He still copied
from everyone, even off Snape. He'd not done too badly in the exams
but the others had done much better.
Remus was a perfect student
and a model prefect. He'd gotten perfect grades and perfect reports
from all his teachers. He still had his one off day a month but all
the teachers knew why that was and made allowances for it.
Sirius
however was bored. He was still a child at heart and still loved
playing jokes and picking on people. Unfortunately James and Remus
stopped him from doing too much, saying he should try to set a better
example to the lower years. But now he had the perfect opportunity
for a wonderful prank. It was the night of the full moon and he over
heard Snape talking to one of his very, very, very few
friends.
"Last month I was sat by the window and i saw Lupin
running across the grounds and Madame Pomphrey was watching him
worriedly. I tell you something's wrong with that freak," Snape
said. "I've been trying to find out where he goes for years but
this is as close as I've got."
"Perfect," Sirius
said before walking calmly up to Snape. "Hello Snivellus. I've
got a surprise for you," he said quickly.
"What?"
Snape asked warily.
"If you go down to the whomping willow
after dark and push the largest knot on the trunk you can get to a
secret tunnel behind it, a secret tunnel where Remus often goes at
this time of the month," Sirius said before walking away,
chuckling as he heard Snape make plans to do just what he'd told him
to.
When he arrived upstairs at curfew Remus was as usual no
where to be seen but James was sat on his bed, playing with a snitch.
He looked up at Sirius laughing form.
"What's so funny?"
James asked.
"Snivellus, oh is he going to be frightened
tonight," Sirius said laughing.
"Why?" James
asked.
"Well, you know Remus is having one of his bad and
violent months, well he's gonna have an unexpected guest in the form
of Snivellus," Sirius said, howling with laughter.
"What?"
James said panickly, jumping up from his bed.
"What's wrong
James? I think it's smashing," Sirius said.
"You idiot!
Moony will kill him!" James shouted and began running down the
stairs. Sirius followed him, not really understanding why James was
so upset.
Snape had followed the instructions and was slowly
walking down the tunnel. He could hear snarling coming from infront
of him. He was considering turning back when a huge snarling werewolf
was stood infront of him, it's teeth bared and his red eyes glued on
Snape. Before he had time to react it pounced but not before a pair
of hands grabbed him and pulled him back up the tunnel.
Luckily
the willow started thrashing once they were past but not slow enough
to let Remus out. Snape turned his angry glare on James and
Sirius.
"You tried to kill me!" he shouted at Sirius.
"He's a bloody werewolf and you sent me down there!"
"You
didn't have to do what i said, you should be thanking James anyway.
He saved you, if he hadn't pulled you you'd still be frozen on the
spot," Sirius snapped. Snape growled at him and turned to
James.
"I know your game Potter, get your werewolf friend to
wait for me in there, get him to lure me down there and then you save
me. I'd be in trouble or most likely dead and you'd be praised for
your heroic action," Snape said angrily.
"No! I didn't
know about this and neither did Remus. Sirius was stupid and..."
James was cut of by Snape hitting him with his fist.
"Don't
lie to me Potter, I'm going strait to Dumbledore so you'd better
start packing," Snape snarled, running off before anyone could
stop him. James glared at Sirius as he stood up.
"You utter
idiot," was all he said before walking back to the castle,
holding his jaw. Sirius realised all of a sudden what a bad idea it
had been, even if it had only been Snape.
The next day did
not start out well at all. Remus returned, fuming mad and not
speaking to Sirius as he could remember all of last night. James was
also angry at Sirius but was still on speaking terms with Remus after
explaining his side of the story. Sirius was angry at no one but
himself, and couldn't really ignore himself.
When they went down
to the common room Dumbledore and a seething Snape were waiting for
them. Sirius looked at the ground. Once all the other students had
gone Dumbledore turned his disappointed gaze on Sirius.
"Would
you like to explain your side of the story that Mr Snape has informed
me of?" Dumbledore ordered. Peter looked around confused.
"What
story?" he asked.
"Peter had nothing to do with it
sir," Sirius mumbled.
"You may go Pettigrew,"
Dumbledore said. Peter looked puzzled but quickly left. "Now
explain the meaning of sending Mr Snape into the shrieking shacks
with Mr Lupin" Dumbledore ordered.
"It's my fault
Professor. James had nothing to do with it and Remus didn't even know
about it," Sirius said quietly. "I thought it would be
funny to send Snivel-Severus into the shack but then James found out
and saved him," Sirius said quietly. Dumbledore looked at him
sadly.
"That's not true! Potter was in charge of it, I know
it!" Snape said sharply.
"I didn't know anything about
it until Sirius told me what he'd done," James said.
"That's
a lie! You-" Snape was cut off by Dumbledore raising his
hand.
"My Black, would you be willing to swear that only you
were in on the joke infront of a Seer?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes
sir, and I take full responsibilities for my actions and their
consequences," Sirius said. James and Remus looked at him slight
surprise. He really did sound sincere and it was almost as if he had
finally grown up in the space of one night.
"Well then. All
the point's will be taken from Gryffindor and you are on probation
for as long as I see fit. You will report to my office everyday after
breakfast. I must urge all of you not to go talking about what has
happened, it is important that Remus's...secret is kept,"
Dumbledore said at last.
"No! I am going to tell everyone
about that freak and his murderous friends!" Snape shouted
angrily, pointing at Remus.
"You will Mr Snape unless you
want point's deducted and detention's as well?" Dumbledore said
angrily. Snape glared at them all but shut up. Sirius looked very
depressed and gazed at the floor. James put a gentle hand on his
shoulder.
"I forgive you now Padfoot, you did the right
thing," James whispered. Remus nodded, still slightly miffed (I
love that word) but more compassionate after Sirius admitting to his
'crime' strait away.
"Well then, the four of you better get
to breakfast," Dumbledore said, pointing to the entrance. Snape
glared at them until they were far enough away from Dumbledore.
"One
day I'll get you back for this Potter, and I'll tell everyone about
you and your freaky once a month time," he growled before
running off.
"He's such an idiot," James muttered
shaking his head.
"No, I'm the idiot," Sirius said
sadly.
"Yeah, but your a great one at least," James
said laughing. Sirius smiled at him sadly.
He reported to
Dumbledores office just like he'd been told to. Dumbledore told him
to sit down in one of the chairs. He did so silently and looked at
the floor.
"Don't look so glum," Dumbledore said
kindly. Sirius looked up at him surprised. He'd been expecting a
number of things including anger. "No Mr Black I am not angry
with you, merely disappointed. For this week you will have to do your
lessons with me. I have discussed it with your teachers and they have
given me your week plan so shall we begin. Transfiguration first I
believe," Dumbledore said kindly. Sirius nodded in mild shock
but then started taking notes on what Dumbledore said.
At
lunch when he arrived everyone had obviously heard about him loosing
all of Gryffindors points so everyone glared at him, shouted at him
and one person even tripped him up. James and Remus sat on either
side of him as they ate as people actually threw food at him.
"Why
bother, I deserve it after all," Sirius said depressed. The
others had nothing to say to that unfortunately. The story had gone
around that Sirius had tried to kill Snape and was going to be
expelled. When this reached Dumbledore he stood up and called for
silence.
"I have just been informed that all of you believe
that Sirius Black is to be expelled for attempted murder. well I must
clear this up. Sirius Black has been temporarily suspended from
school for playing a joke on Severus Snape that could have resulted
in his death. Neither are allowed to give information about this out
or all the point's will be wiped from each house," Dumbledore
said. There was a silence as everyone turned to look at Sirius whose
gaze focussed on his plate. "Now you may continue to eat."
The hall was immediately full of lively chatter, mostly about Sirius.
Sirius heard some very rude remarks about him and the others and when
he couldn't stand anymore jumped up and ran from the hall.
He
stayed on probation for 2 months before he was finally allowed back
to classes. No one spoke to him though, except for James, Remus and
Peter. Also Lily occasionally spoke to him but not that often.
"It's
my own stupid fault, I'll just have to keep going on," Sirius
mumbled to himself as they got ready for the summer holiday's. James
looked at him strangely and was upset to see a solitary tear sliding
down Sirius's face. Remus was slightly aggressive today because
tonight was the full moon but even he couldn't stand the sight of
Sirius so upset.
"Don't worry Padfoot, they'll forget about
it by next year," he said kindly.
"I hope so,"
Sirius said sadly.
"I'd better get going. Tell me about the
feast tomorrow," Remus said walking out of the door.
"Sure
will!" James shouted. The other three finished packing and
walked down to the great hall. They sat in their usual seats. It did
seem as if people had calmed down about Sirius loosing all the
point's although there was no chance of winning the house cup.
Dumbledore called for silence.
"It has been a very good year
for all with only a few mishaps. And now I will award the house cup.
In fourth place is Gryffindor with 95 point's. Third is Hufflepuff
with 107 point's. Second is Slytherin with 146 point's so therefore
the winner this year is Ravenclaw with 158 point's!" the only
house that didn't cheer was Slytherin but that was to be expected.
"We also have a new award this year and it is for outstanding
good behaviour and gaining the most amount of point's single handedly
in the last 50 years. This goes to Lillian Evans," Dumbledore
said. Lily gasped and blood rushed to her cheeks as everyone clapped.
The teachers were gesturing for her to come up to the front so slowly
she did so. James couldn't resist giving a loud wolf whistle as she
was handed the trophy.
When she returned to her seat there was
much clapping, looking at the new and shiny trophy and a few too many
pats on the back. The feast went on for a long time and Lily left
early to put the trophy in the trophy cabinet for safe
keeping.
James and Sirius walked slowly back to the dorm with
Peter following them. They went up to their room just as they heard a
wolf howl in the distance. They smiled knowingly and got ready for
bed. James went to sleep quickly as usual, Peter soon following.
Sirius knew James still really badly fancied Lily and was not
surprised to hear faint moans of her name coming from James bed as he
drifted off to sleep.
Year Seven,
"How come we're
getting ready for our exam's already," Peter complained as the
four 17 year olds started work on their many homework
assignments.
"Because they know we need all the help we can
get," Sirius said.
"We start learning to apparate
tomorrow," James said excitedly. "Can't wait."
"The
apparation exam is a week before the rest of our exams," Remus
said.
"How do you know that already?" Sirius asked
him.
"I asked Professor Dumbledore who will be teaching us,"
Remus said. The others looked at him as if he was a freak (which he
slightly is) but then went back to their work.
Their first
lesson on apparation was alright for James and Sirius because they
were actually quite smart despite their outward appearance. Remus
knew all about it all ready but Peter, along with many other students
struggled greatly.
"That was horrible," Peter
groaned.
"No, that was fun!" James said, sort of
bouncing on the spot.
"I worry about you, I really do,"
Remus said to him. Sirius had discovered that everyone had almost
forgotten about last years 'incident' and he was able to carry on
with a normal-ish school life. Lily watched him from the other side
of the courtyard as James talked excitedly to Sirius who was trying
to keep James from jumping up and down.
A long while later
they were all able to apparate from one end of the classroom to the
other and they were prepared for most of their exams. Their
apparation exam was in two days so everyone was busy memorising the
different specifics. Unfortunately the exam was on the day of the
full moon.
"I'm never going to be able to pass, not with it
on a day like that," Remus muttered angrily.
"At least
it's not on one of the other exam days," James said.
"You
can re-sit the apparation one you know. My uncle had to do it 15
times before he got a probational pass," Peter said.
"Why
doesn't that surprise me," Sirius muttered. Remus sighed and
went back to trying to memorise the list of possible accidents while
apparating. When the day came Remus wasn't able to concentrate at
all. He was jumpy and snapped at everyone. The spells to stop
apparation on school ground had been taken off for the day to allow
for the exam.
"He has no chance if he stays like this all
day," James whispered as they lined up in the examination order.
Remus was the second one scheduled to take the exam. When he went in
Dumbledore and a man he'd never seen before were waiting for him. The
questions started and Remus struggled to answer them without any
snide comments. Dumbledore obviously noted his inner struggle as he
whispered something to the other man.
"We want you to
apparate to the lake and meet our examiner there, then apparate to
Hogsmeade if you feel up to it, then back here," the man said.
Remus nodded and tried to clear his head, focussing on the
instructions to apparate. Amazingly he disappeared with a pop and
turned up by the lake where another man and teacher were
waiting.
"Well done Mr Lupin," Professor Flitwick said
kindly. The man nodded and wrote a note down. "To Hogsmeade
next." Remus found it even more difficult to concentrate this
time but he did manage to apparate with a quieter pop this time. He
found himself in Hogsmeade but now his temper had flared because of
the day and the stress. Professor Jenkins, the Defence against the
Dark arts teacher was there with yet another man.
"Mr Lupin,
do you feel up to apparating strait back to hogwarts?" Professor
Jenkins asked. Remus bit his tongue to stop himself snapping back as
he nodded. He closed his eyes this time as he concentrated and felt
himself shaking until he managed the task ahead. Unfortunately he
misjudged the distance and ended up in the corridor outside. Everyone
stared at him as he appeared.
"Whoops," he mumbled
opening the door. Dumbledore and the man looked at him suprised. "I
apparated outside the door instead of inside sir," Remus
explained as he shut the door. Dumbledore smiled and nodded.
"Very
well, you may return to your room for the rest of the day,"
Dumbledore said. Remus smiled and went out into the corridor where he
stopped to talk to the others.
"It's easy, even I can do it
and right about now I really want to bite something," Remus said
smiling. Sirius and James smiled and said goodbye to him.
That
night Remus took out all his anger on the poor beaten and tattered
walls of the shack. On his calm night's the others had guarded him as
the went out of the shack, around the grounds, into Hogsmeade and
stuff. But on days like this it was even too dangerous for them to be
there with him in any form.
He returned to the dorm at dawn, an
utter wreck and rather exhausted. Once he was inside he almost keeled
over and he would ave if Sirius hadn't caught him.
"You look
awful," Sirius told him.
"Rough night," Remus
mumbled, allowing Sirius to put him on his bed. James sent Peter to
tell Dumbledore that Remus wasn't very well as the other two boy's
helped the rather exhausted Remus out of his slightly ripped uniform.
James them got the pack of bandages they always had and silently
bound the cut's on Remus's hands.
They'd done this countless of
times when Remus had had a rough night and was too exhausted to do it
himself. Sirius helped him into his pyjama's and the boy's helped
Remus lie down on the bed as he was already practically asleep.
Sirius pulled the covers up to his shoulders and tucked them in.
"He
looks like a wreck. I feel sorry for him sometimes," James said
sadly.
"You really have changed haven't you James. A couple
of years ago you were saying how much you envied Remus," Sirius
said as he put Remus's ripped uniform in the dirty clothes
bin.
"Yeah well, I guess I've grown up since then,"
James said.
"About time too," Sirius mumbled. James
laughed and playfully hit Sirius in the shoulder. Dumbledore walked
through the door and looked at Remus asleep on the bed. James closed
the lid of the box of bandages and put it back in the draw.
"He
did not look well yesterday sir so people may believe he's just ill,"
James said to Dumbledore.
"Yes I agree. And may I
congratulate you all on passing your apparation exams. The others
were all told at Breakfast, which by the way you have missed
gentlemen," Dumbledore said smiling at them.
"We don't
mind Professor," Sirius said.
"I know, just don't be
late for class," Dumbledore told them as he left the room.
A
week later Remus had fully recovered just in time for NEWT's. The
exam's were 1hour and a half long each and they had 3 a day. Today's
ones were Arthmiracy, Muggle Studies and Divination, depending on
which one you took. All 4 marauder's had taken Muggle Studies and
Arthmiracy.
Once the Arthmiracy one was done they had until after
lunch free so they went and sat by the lake, doing some last minute
revision. Lily Evan's was also there but she was alone as all her
friends had taken Divination as a subject.
"Hello Evans,"
James said.
"Well done on the Apparation exam," Lily
said. "Highest marks in the year."
"Did you get
your marks, we weren't there. Oh and well done too," Sirius
said.
"Where were you?" Lily asked. James patted the
ground next to him and she sat down between him and Sirius as Remus
and Peter sat opposite them.
"Remus wasn't well that day so
we were looking after him," James said.
"Well from what
I can remember Sirius, you got 87, 75 was a pass by the way. They
failed you on concentration techniques and something else," Lily
said to Sirius as she remembered breakfast a few days ago. "Remus,
you got 75 with something called a probational pass due to awkward
circumstances. They said you got the highest marks for the questions
but the apparation wasn't at such a high standard," she told
Remus kindly. He nodded, an understanding look in his eyes.
"I
got 80," Peter said happily.
"Well done, see you even
got better than Moony here," James said patting Remus's leg
which was the only part of him he could reach. Remus laughed
quietly.
"So what did our dear James get?" Sirius
asked.
"99. He would have got full marks if he hadn't
paused before answering one question," Lily said, smiling at
James.
"99!" James gasped. "Bloody Hell," he
whispered.
"Yes, but don't let it get to your head, I like
you better when your not so big headed," Lily said to him
quietly. Sirius nudged James ever so slightly.
"Well, I'm
gonna go look for my book that I need to revise from tonight, you
coming you two?" Sirius asked, as he stood up, nodding to Lily
and James.
"Yes, of course I'll help you. Come along Peter,"
Remus said standing up and pulling on Peter's arm.
"But..."
"Come
one," Remus said, dragging Peter away. Sirius gave James a
discreet wink to James over Lily's shoulder. James suddenly became
rather shy and Lily obviously noticed.
"So, do you like me
better now than in 5th year?" James asked.
"Yes,
although I did hate you all last year," Lily said.
"You
had good cause, I was a little bit of a wanker back then," James
said smiling.
"A little bit?" Lily asked
teasingly.
"OK a big bit, and is it true I made you cry
once?" James asked, a sad look in his eyes.
"Yes, more
often than once actually but it wasn't you specifically, it was what
other people said about you," Lily said sadly.
"Like
what?" James asked.
"Nothing too bad, just that it was
obvious you liked me. Which by the way it was," Lily said
smiling.
"Really? I guess I did show off, allot," James
admitted.
"You still do, but it's in a better way now,"
Lily said, moving ever so slightly towards James.
"Lily, do
you remember when I sort of asked you out, but not very nicely?"
James asked, gathering up his courage slowly.
"Yes,"
Lily breathed quietly.
"And you said no."
"Yes."
"Would
you still say no now?" James asked nervously. Lily looked at
him, thinking quickly.
"No, I don't think I would,"
Lily whispered.
"Lily Evan's, would you go out with me?"
James asked, taking her hand nervously.
"Yes," Lily
whispered. James smiled widely and leaned down slowly. Their lips met
in a shy kiss and when he pulled beck a blush had formed on her
cheeks. She smiled at him and put her lips to his again. "Good
luck in the rest of your exams James."
When the exams
finished the 7th years had 2 weeks free time on school grounds until
the end of the school year. They spent most of it in their rooms, the
library or in the grounds. Right now they were sat in the boys dorm.
Lily was there as well even though she wasn't really allowed to be in
there they had left the door open to be 'safe'.
Peter was sat
looking jealously at James for the first time in his entire life.
Sirius and Remus were playing a game of Wizard Chess, Remus was
winning. Lily was sat in James lap and he was teaching her to catch
the snitch by putting his hand over hers and directing her to snatch
it. She giggled as he got her to catch it again.
"I can see
why you like doing this so much, it's rather relaxing," Lily
said smiling.
"Check Mate," Remus said happily from the
floor.
"Damn, I'll never be any good at this game,"
Sirius said as he helped pack away the set. He looked up at James and
Lily but quickly averted his gaze. James was kissing Lily's neck
gently and his hands were on her stomach. Peter mumbled some lame
excuse and left the room quickly. Sirius coughed loudly and James
looked up.
"Sorry," James said to them. There was
already a hickey forming on Lily's neck.
"If you want us to
leave..." Sirius offered.
"Oh no, then there'll be no
telling what we'll do," James said quickly, smiling at
Lily.
"That doesn't mean you can't kiss my neck. You two can
just ignore it," Lily said with a happily twinkle in her eyes.
James nodded and moved his lips back to her neck.
"Lovebirds,"
Remus and Sirius said shaking their heads.
"How about a game
of exploding snap?" Sirius asked evilly, looking at the
'engaged' couple.
"Definitely."
They got their
marks on the last day of term in the form of a personal letter (left
on their beds by the house-elves) each. Lily came rushing into the
boy's dorm before breakfast with her small pyjama's on. The boys
looked up from their own letters and James mouth fell open in
surprise at his girlfriends attire.
"How did you do?"
she asked breathlessly.
"Great," James mumbled, staring
at the low cut top she was wearing. Sirius was as usual still half
asleep and did his usual routine of rolling out of bed and landing on
the floor with a thud. Lily stared at him as he crawled to the
bathroom.
"Don't worry Lily, it's normal in the mornings,"
Remus said. James pulled her into his arms and looked at her
letter.
"My god Lily! All Outstandings except for Muggle
studies and in that you got a high Good!" James said happily,
planting a huge kiss on her lips. Lily looked at his quickly.
"All
Outstandings for you too except for Muggle Studies and Potion's,"
Lily said approvingly, pulling him to her for another kiss.
"I
got all goods and an acceptable for Arthmiracy," Peter said
sadly.
"That's still really good. I got all good's and an
outstanding for DADA," Sirius said as he came out of the
bathroom with a wet face and wet hair.
"Why are you wet?"
Lily asked.
"Every morning since first year he doesn't wake
up fully until he dunks his head in cold water," James said
laughing. Lily laughed in her musical voice.
"What did you
get Moony?" Sirius asked Remus.
"All Outstandings,"
Remus mumbled.
"Well done!" everyone cried.
"That's
wonderful Moony!" Sirius said.
"Why do you call him
that?" Lily asked.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"Moony?
And why do they call you Padfoot?" Lily asked.
"Just
nicknames," Sirius said. Lily looked at him with a not believing
look on her face.
"We might as well tell her, if she's going
to be around allot," Remus said quietly.
"We're
Animagi," James said to his girlfriend seriously.
"What?"
Lily asked shocked.
"It's true," Remus said.
"I
don't believe you," Lily said shaking her head. Sirius smiled at
her and before she could look away he was a dog. "Oh my god!"
Lily cried as he turned back.
"I turn into a rat,"
Peter said.
"And I'm a stag," James said.
"So
what are you?" Lily asked Remus.
"I'm not an Animagi,
I'm something else," Remus said quietly.
"What?"
Lily asked, curious. "I've always thought you were...well a
werewolf but that's ridiculous." At everyone's surprised
expressions she stared at Remus. "Your not are you?"
"I
am Lily, Moony, as in the moon," Remus said. "I don't mind
if you don't want to be friends with me any more because it's not
exactly a good thing but..."
"Hey! I think it's cool!"
Lily said laughing. Remus looked at her surprised, but then Sirius
burst into applause and laughter.
Epilogue,
"I
now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride," the
vicar said. James slowly lifted Lily's veil up and kissed her gently.
The church burst into applause. There was Sirius, the best man,
Remus, Peter and all there other school friends. Their school
teachers and their family.
When they were in the limo on the way
to the airport to go on a 'traditional' honeymoon James turned to
Lily and smiled. He pulled her towards him gently.
"Thank
you Lily Potter," he whispered, kissing her hair.
Remus
Lupin's secret was never told to the world so not many people knew
he was a werewolf and he hoped to god it would stay that way always.
He turned Sirius and Peter.
"They've finally done it, he's
only been in love with her since he was 11," Remus said
laughing.
"Yeah, now let's hope it last's, let's hope it
lasts," Sirius whispered. Peter nodded sadly, still jealous of
James for getting Lily.
'I'll get someone like her, I will' he
thought sadly.
THE END
A/N I re-edited this because it had LOADS of mistakes in it and I tweeked bits of it anyway. So laaaaaaa...
