The marauders saga: part two

"The Chamber of Secrets" Disclaimer: if I owned Remus, he would not be dying right now, let me tell you. Heh-heh, but I don't. cries

Chapter 5:

Sirius followed James who was running at top speed through the tunnel. They reached the end of it and James stopped abruptly. Sirius crashed into him. Then, he looked around James and saw the crumpled form of Remus Lupin.

James rushed towards him and Sirius followed. James knelt beside their motionless friend and felt for a pulse, all the while thinking, I didn't kill my best friend, I didn't, I didn't. He looked at Sirius and shook his head 'no'.

Sirius looked as though he was going to cry but James was not going to give up on him. He straightened out Lupin's form and started pumping his stomach. He pinched his nose closed and blew short breaths into his mouth. He did this until he heard a sharp intake of breath on Lupin's part. He breathed a sigh of relief and started slapping Lupin's face to get him to wake up. Sirius stood there, a look of disbelief on his face.

"Where did you learn to do that?"

"Lupin." He replied and kept slapping his face. "Come on Moony, come on!" Soon, Lupin gave a groan and his eyes fluttered open. He coughed as he looked up into the faces of James and Sirius.

"What happened? Wait! You're evil!" he said, pointing at James.

"Relax Moony," he said. "Snape was controlling me. Sirius took care of that." He jabbed his thumb in Sirius' direction. Sirius smiled.

"You still haven't answered my question. What happened?"

"Well," James began. "Snape put me under the Imperious Curse so I would do the Cruciatus Curse on you."

"But why?"

"Well, he wanted me to weaken you so that when the basilisk came, you wouldn't----"James broke off. First because he realized what he had done and second, because the basilisk's large form was rising out of the stone snakehead.

A/N: well, well, well, is this the betrayal? Keep reading to find out! And please oh please review! I love getting reviews! You guys keep me going! Thanx! (