A/N: This is probably the last chapter I'll post for like a month, so enjoy! Read and please review...!
Thanks to all my reviewers:
Tekvah Ariel: Emily doesn't hurt people with violence. But thanks for the suggestion...I might use it...somewhere... And you'll find out about the name in a later chapter.
rc17: I won't be on for about a month, so here's chapter ten!
Silver Streak: No, actually, I don't have a thing for Pringles, but it was the first thing that popped into my head when I was writing it.
Thanks to anyone else I missed! Onto the story!...
Chapter Ten: The Dance
James' POV
The dance was coming up tonight and I was really looking forward to it. But the dance didn't seem so important compared to what Remus reminded me. "James, I'm going to have to miss the dance tonight. It's the full moon and I..."
"Oh my god Remus, I forgot!" I really did Forget.
"Well, you are coming right?"
"Yeah!"
That seemed to be good enough for Remus. He walked over to Sirius who had the same reaction as me. "WHAT?"
Well, we got together in the boys' dormitory and thought it over. "Sirius, you and I will at least see what the dance looks like. Then, we'll grab Peter and join you Remus."
"Right. But I don't know how long you will take in the dance."
"Remus, don't you remember that Prefects have to open the dance?—"
"Oh yeah! Oh well. I can't."
"Yeah. See you tonight."
Lily's POV
The dance is tonight! I can't wait! I'm really excited. My white dress will go great with the diamond and emerald necklace that my mother sent me. It's beautiful! The four of us in the girls' dormitory, Renée, Emily, Rita Skeeter, and I were getting ready to go with each of the Marauders (that's what Potter, Sirius, Remus, and Peter called themselves). Renée with Remus, Emily with Potter, Rita with Peter, and Sirius with me. I was excited.
We all dressed in our dresses and made a grand entrance downstairs. Sirius was looking happy, Potter was awed, Remus wasn't there yet. I smiled. Rita ran out the portrait hole mumbling something about meeting Peter. The rest of us traveled down, Renée looking around for Remus. I had to dance with him later for the opening of the dance but I was too excited to wonder where he was.
We made it inside the Great Hall, which looked magnificent. Everything was sparkling and glittering. Dumbledore made an announcement saying that the Prefects were to go meet him, so I left the group and wandered over to him.
"Where's Remus?" I asked Dumbledore, but he didn't hear me. I didn't have anyone to dance with. Suddenly the music started and I was pushed onto the dance floor. I quickly made my way around the crowd, looking for Sirius, so I could at least dance with him. He was nowhere in sight. Renée was wandering around and so was Emily and Rita. I couldn't find Peter either, so I finally decided to look for Potter but he was nowhere in sight either.
This was weird. None of the Marauders? They're probably gonna pull a prank...and I don't want to be a victim.
James' POV
Lily was called by Dumbledore over with the rest of the Prefects. This was the time to make our getaway. Sirius, Peter and I ran outside and out to the Whomping Willow. We all transformed into our animagi forms. Padfoot threw a stick at the tree. It started thrashing away immeadiately. Wormtail ran up the tree and pushed the knot. The tree stopped. We all made our way into the entrance toward the Shrieking Shack.
When we got there, it was empty. Remus wasn't there. This wasn't safe. Where was he?
Remus' POV
I was waiting in the Hospital Wing for Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail. They didn't show up. I was upset but nonetheless Madam Pescil accompanied me to the Shrieking Shack. Well, she left me at the entrance. When I got there, the moon showed and I transformed.
It was so painful. My limbs were changing shape and growing more hair and my face was twisted and everything finally set, but I was dangerous. Then I saw Padfoot and Prongs and then Wormtail. I felt better. But then I suddenly smelt of whiff of human scent. There was a human about. Immeadiately, I went in search of it.
Lily's POV
I decided to take a walk outside. It was nice out and I didn't want to be part of the prank fest that the Marauders were obviously planning. I wandered over by a huge tree. It was the Whomping Willow. It was thrashing around so I didn't get too close. But then, at the foot of the tree, something was emerging. There was a hole in the Willow and through it came a werewolf!
James' POV
Remus looks like he's smelled something. Oh no! Remus ran out of the Shrieking Shack and through the tunnel. I followed him because the only way he acts like this is if he smells human flesh. Padfoot was behind me. Remus was stuck in the exit out of the Willow. We caught up to him and almost brought him back with our combined strength, but Moony slipped out of our grip.
The only thing we could do now was to stop him from biting. We dashed out of the Whomping Willow behind him and saw who he was chasing after. It was Lily! I had to save her.
Sirius pounced on Moony and got entangled in a fight. I charged Moony down into the hole. Moony was flailing and scratching everything. His claws came in contact with my cheek. A fierce pain erupted on my face.
Lily's POV
The werewolf was charged down by a beautiful white glistening horse and a brilliant shaggy black dog that looked somewhat like the Grim. But if the werewolf and the horse could see it, then it was probably not the Grim. The werewolf was pushed back in through the entrance of the Whomping Willow and the dog went in too, probably to keep the werewolf in check. But the horse was limping slowly towards me. Then, I realized it wasn't a horse. It wasn't a deer. It was a stag. A glistening white stag. I reached to pet it because it just saved my life.
It collapsed in my arms. I stroked the beautiful animal. It's wonderful chocolate brown eyes peered up at me with longing and I had the strange feeling that I'd seen those eyes before...but on who?
I pushed that to the back of my mind and gazed back at the wonderous stag and its chocolate brown eyes. But then it did something that startled the wits out of me. It changed. The stag was changing shape.
That beautiful stag was changing until I was holding in my arms, James Potter. He looked so tired and he seemed unconscious. I was so startled that I just dropped him and he fell to the ground in a crumpled heap. I didn't understand what just happened, so I just...I just ran away from there. I just left Potter lying there.
I was at the door, just at the entrance of the castle, not too far from the Whomping Willow. I didn't understand what had just happened. James was a...a...an Animagus. Obviously. But what was he doing? Suddenly, it struck me. James was unconscious. I had to help him.
Fast as a stag, I ran back to where James lay. He was stirring. "Ohhh...wha..." then he caught sight of me, "Lily! What happened? Are you okay? Last I remember I was forcing Re—that werewolf back into the Whomping Willow with Si—that dog's help. And then...oh yeah...I was in your lap...and I don't really remember..."
I couldn't say anything. My mouth wasn't obeying. I wanted to ask him all sorts of things like, "how did you become an Animagus?" and "why were you here now? With a werewolf?"
So I just asked him, "What happened?"
"Um..."
"Well, I figured out that you're an unregistered Animagus because you sort of transformed from a stag to you in my lap and scared the wits out of me."
"Sorry."
"What for?" What was he apologizing for? "You just saved my life! I should be thanking you! And you're apologizing to me? As if you have to!"
"Sorry."
Okay, that's annoying.
"I'm just sorry," he sighed. "I feel that this is all my fault."
"'S'okay James." I leaned down and helped him up. He seemed a bit shaky so I let him use me for support. Together, we trudged back up to the castle. I felt good. I had helped someone. And it was an enemy. My mom always used to say that helping an enemy is the biggest sign of strength. I had helped my worst enemy, and I pleased my mom (A/N: remember, her mom's dead). James seemed happy too, but that was obvious. He had a crush on me, so it would just be expected for him to like this. Whatever.
"Flutterbyes," I recited. It was the password into the Prefects' room. I wanted to go there while James rested, because I didn't want him to be leaning on me as we walked into the Common Room. He seemed to understand why we were at the Prefects' room, because he didn't ask any questions.
"This is a nice place you've got here," he stated, admiring the room.
"Yeah," I responded.
His eyes landed on me and locked with mine. For a minute it seemed as if he was in bliss, just looking at my eyes. That's what my dad used to say: "Lily flower, you're eyes are so beautifully emerald, I feel in bliss." My mom used to say, "Lils, your eyes are my best emeralds." Tears welled up in my eyes, thinking about them. James seemed to have noticed, because he looked away.
Then he said, "I'm an Animagus,"
"I thought I already told you that I knew that..." I responded.
"Well, whatever."
"I wanted to know...why were you out there tonight?"
"Well, I guess I'd better tell you that Pad—Sirius and W—Peter are Animagus too. Sirius was the dog and Peter is a rat, but you didn't see Peter today."
"I saw the moon today. Does that have anything to do with Remus not being an Animagus?"
"Um...yeah."
"He's a werewolf isn't he?"
"Yeah," sighed James, but then he suddenly became alert. "Make sure that you don't tell a soul about that. If word gets out I'll know it was you. And I will personally make sure..." he looked really angry.
"I swear! I won't tell!"
James backed off. "Good."
But I was still confused about one last thing: "But why did you three become Animagi? Isn't that illegal if you don't register?"
"Yeah..." James sighed, "I'd better start from the beginning. You see, in first and second year, Remus disappeared once a month and we didn't know where he went. And he'd made stupid excuses. So naturally, we'd get curious. And in third year we figured it out. And we decided to become Animagi. We managed it in our fifth year."
"But why did you do it? Didn't you know that you were risking getting arrested?"
"Yeah, but see...these werewolf transformations are painful so we were helping him by being there for him."
What he said touched me. He did have a heart after all. For that one moment, I though of him as a real human being, not just the pain-in-the- neck that he always is.
"Come sit here," he called. I sat next to him. "Would you do something illegal for a friend?" he questioned.
"Well, yeah, I guess, I mean..." but my next words were drowned out by James, who was leaned in and almost kissed me. And me, being the sister of Petunia, used my reflexes and slapped him. Not too hard, but hard enough to make sure he didn't do it again.
"Sorry," I said. "Don't do that again," I added warningly.
He nodded with a look that said quite plainly, "don't worry, I won't."
"So how're you feeling?" I asked in a much nicer tone.
"Great, apart from the fact that you just slapped me. Boy you have a strong arm!"
"I'm a girl, just to tell you..."
"Okay, girl you have a strong arm!"
"Good. Let's go!" I tried to help him up but he shook me off and stood up himself.
"I told you I was feeling 'great'" he replied and walked out of the Prefects' Common Room by himself. Then on a happier note he added, "I had a nice time Lily, and I'm sorry about..."
"Yeah, 's'okay. And it was fun, except for yeah that one part..."
"Oh yeah, one last thing. We don't talk about tonight to anyone. Not even our friends, well, I can tell mine 'cause, yeah. But who knows about yours Lily, no offense or anything...."
"Oh none taken! And yeah I know. I won't say a word about tonight. If anyone asks, I was with Sirius, and Sirius was with me. Renée knows that Remus wouldn't be there, right?"
"Yeah."
"But what about Emily...?"
"Oops."
"You didn't tell her?"
"Well..."
"Arrgh! Potter!"
"What? She won't do anything! I mean, this is Emily..."
"Yeah...well...let's go!" And I led Jam—no—Potter to the Gryffindor Common Room. It was empty except for Sirius.
"Hey Sirius!" called James quietly. Sirius waved us over.
"Ooh...what's been going on?" asked Sirius playfully.
"Nothing!" I replied heatedly.
"Uh huh, sure."
"Honestly! Tell him Ja—Potter!"
"Actually Sirius, a lot happened tonight. We did a lot of sno—"
I cut in, "Liar! This is why I hate you!"
"Sorry..."
In the meantime, Sirius was laughing away.
I went up to the girls' dormitory and two out of only four beds were empty. One was mine and the other was...Emily's? Where'd she go? Renée suddenly pulled open her hangings. "Lily! There you are! I was wondering where you'd been! I spent the whole night with Kevin Rosenthall! You know, Shawn Rosenthall's brother. It was great! He is sooooo hot! Oh my god! And he is sooooo not the pretty boy that Shawn is, I mean, he's really knows how to bring livelyness! He just—"
"That's great Renée!" I interrupted. "Where's Emily?"
"Oh she went somewhere, looking for James I think. Well, anyway, Mike just—"
"Where'd she go?"
"Who? So anyway, Mike just—"
"Emily. Where'd she go?"
"Dunno, like I said, somewhere. So anyway, Mike just—"
"I got something interesting to tell you Renée."
"That's nice, so anyway, Mike just—wait, did you say interesting? We only use that word when we really mean it."
"And I do."
"So what'd you do tonight?" questioned Renée interestedly.
"I was..." I remembered myself saying "if anyone asks, I was with Sirius," and I continued, "well, I'll tell you Renée, only if you don't tell a soul, living or dead. No one. I don't want word to get out. You'll see why in a moment. And as soon as I tell you, you Forget, okay?"
"Okay..." said Renée, leaning in. "What is it?"
"Well, I'll start from the beginning. You see, I took a walk outside and I saw...Ja—Potter and Sirius and Sirius went away and Potter and me went to the Prefect Common Room and we talked—"
"Wait, rewind! You talked to James Potter?"
"Yeah...and then—"
"Really!"
"Yeah...and then he tried to k—and then he left with me and we came here and...here we are."
But Renée had already fallen asleep, and so I did too.
Remus' POV
I still can't believe I almost bit Lily! I feel so bad! Thank GOD James and Sirius were there. I wonder where that rat Peter went yesterday. Well, anyway, today at breakfast, I was snapped out of my thoughts.
"James!" a voice screeched. James whipped his head around to see Emily storming towards him. I was right next to him and it was not a pretty sight.
"James!" shrieked Emily again. Almost the whole hall had turned to watch what was going on. "HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME AT THE BALL BY MYSELF!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME!" This didn't sound like the normal Emily. This was the Emily that you'd see when she was really angry about something.
"Um..." James said meekly.
"UM! THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY? I BET YOU WERE OUT WITH SOME GIRL, SPENDING THE NIGHT DOING NAUGHTY THINGS WHILE I WAS STUCK IN THE HOSPITAL WING BECAUSE YOU'RE GIRLFRIEND, KAITLYN BHURAH HEXED ME COMPLETELY!—"
"Well, I was..."
"WELL, AT LEAST I KNOW THAT YOU WEREN'T SPENDING THE TIME WITH BHURAH—"
"Yeah..."
"YEAH! YOU WERE WITH BHURAH?!"
"No! Yeah as in yeah, I wasn't with Bhurah! I hate her!"
"BUT YOU STOOD ME UP! YOU SO WERE WITH ANOTHER GIRL!"
"I...um...no, I wasn't...um..."
"Um, Um, UM! IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY?!"
"Sorry?" James looked completely scared. He didn't know what to do. I, of course, knew that he'd been protecting Lily, but I didn't know what happened after that. James was trying to tell me when Emily showed up.
Suddenly, Emily rounded on Lily. "Lily!" she screeched. "WHERE WERE YOU?"
"I was...I was..." Lily looked like she was thinking of an excuse. Obviously, James and Lily were together. "I was with Sirius!" she said, brightening up. At least she knew she was out of trouble.
"I hate you James!" sobbed Emily. "How could you do that to me? You completely stood me up and now you can't think of a good enough excuse!"
And with that, Emily exited the Great Hall. Everyone went back to their usual chitter-chatter. Lily yelled to James, "Why didn't you tell Emily that you weren't going to be at the ball?"
"I...I...forgot?"
"Arrgh! James Potter! This is why I dislike you!"
I decided go back to our regular conversation. "Hey, James!" I snapped him out of his thoughts. "What happened last night? I just remember being pushed back into the Willow and then...?"
"Oh yeah!" said James, suddenly becoming more happy. "You see," he added in a quieter voice, "I spent the night with Lily Evans. Yeah, you see, I was exhausted—"
"Sorry—" I interrupted.
"'S okay Moony, but anyway, then Lily's like, stroking me and I fall unconscious, then I'm stirring again, and Lily's still there! Well, she probably left and came back, but still. And then, um...Lily took me to the Prefects' Common Room and we talked. And...I almost kissed her. But she slapped me and I apologized and yeah. Well, that was it, but for one night, we were civil to each other!"
"That's great!"
"I know!"
And James and Sirius talked about girls all the way to Charms.
A/N: That was the stupidest ending I've ever written in my entire life. Ok, so please read and review!
Thanks to all my reviewers:
Tekvah Ariel: Emily doesn't hurt people with violence. But thanks for the suggestion...I might use it...somewhere... And you'll find out about the name in a later chapter.
rc17: I won't be on for about a month, so here's chapter ten!
Silver Streak: No, actually, I don't have a thing for Pringles, but it was the first thing that popped into my head when I was writing it.
Thanks to anyone else I missed! Onto the story!...
Chapter Ten: The Dance
James' POV
The dance was coming up tonight and I was really looking forward to it. But the dance didn't seem so important compared to what Remus reminded me. "James, I'm going to have to miss the dance tonight. It's the full moon and I..."
"Oh my god Remus, I forgot!" I really did Forget.
"Well, you are coming right?"
"Yeah!"
That seemed to be good enough for Remus. He walked over to Sirius who had the same reaction as me. "WHAT?"
Well, we got together in the boys' dormitory and thought it over. "Sirius, you and I will at least see what the dance looks like. Then, we'll grab Peter and join you Remus."
"Right. But I don't know how long you will take in the dance."
"Remus, don't you remember that Prefects have to open the dance?—"
"Oh yeah! Oh well. I can't."
"Yeah. See you tonight."
Lily's POV
The dance is tonight! I can't wait! I'm really excited. My white dress will go great with the diamond and emerald necklace that my mother sent me. It's beautiful! The four of us in the girls' dormitory, Renée, Emily, Rita Skeeter, and I were getting ready to go with each of the Marauders (that's what Potter, Sirius, Remus, and Peter called themselves). Renée with Remus, Emily with Potter, Rita with Peter, and Sirius with me. I was excited.
We all dressed in our dresses and made a grand entrance downstairs. Sirius was looking happy, Potter was awed, Remus wasn't there yet. I smiled. Rita ran out the portrait hole mumbling something about meeting Peter. The rest of us traveled down, Renée looking around for Remus. I had to dance with him later for the opening of the dance but I was too excited to wonder where he was.
We made it inside the Great Hall, which looked magnificent. Everything was sparkling and glittering. Dumbledore made an announcement saying that the Prefects were to go meet him, so I left the group and wandered over to him.
"Where's Remus?" I asked Dumbledore, but he didn't hear me. I didn't have anyone to dance with. Suddenly the music started and I was pushed onto the dance floor. I quickly made my way around the crowd, looking for Sirius, so I could at least dance with him. He was nowhere in sight. Renée was wandering around and so was Emily and Rita. I couldn't find Peter either, so I finally decided to look for Potter but he was nowhere in sight either.
This was weird. None of the Marauders? They're probably gonna pull a prank...and I don't want to be a victim.
James' POV
Lily was called by Dumbledore over with the rest of the Prefects. This was the time to make our getaway. Sirius, Peter and I ran outside and out to the Whomping Willow. We all transformed into our animagi forms. Padfoot threw a stick at the tree. It started thrashing away immeadiately. Wormtail ran up the tree and pushed the knot. The tree stopped. We all made our way into the entrance toward the Shrieking Shack.
When we got there, it was empty. Remus wasn't there. This wasn't safe. Where was he?
Remus' POV
I was waiting in the Hospital Wing for Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail. They didn't show up. I was upset but nonetheless Madam Pescil accompanied me to the Shrieking Shack. Well, she left me at the entrance. When I got there, the moon showed and I transformed.
It was so painful. My limbs were changing shape and growing more hair and my face was twisted and everything finally set, but I was dangerous. Then I saw Padfoot and Prongs and then Wormtail. I felt better. But then I suddenly smelt of whiff of human scent. There was a human about. Immeadiately, I went in search of it.
Lily's POV
I decided to take a walk outside. It was nice out and I didn't want to be part of the prank fest that the Marauders were obviously planning. I wandered over by a huge tree. It was the Whomping Willow. It was thrashing around so I didn't get too close. But then, at the foot of the tree, something was emerging. There was a hole in the Willow and through it came a werewolf!
James' POV
Remus looks like he's smelled something. Oh no! Remus ran out of the Shrieking Shack and through the tunnel. I followed him because the only way he acts like this is if he smells human flesh. Padfoot was behind me. Remus was stuck in the exit out of the Willow. We caught up to him and almost brought him back with our combined strength, but Moony slipped out of our grip.
The only thing we could do now was to stop him from biting. We dashed out of the Whomping Willow behind him and saw who he was chasing after. It was Lily! I had to save her.
Sirius pounced on Moony and got entangled in a fight. I charged Moony down into the hole. Moony was flailing and scratching everything. His claws came in contact with my cheek. A fierce pain erupted on my face.
Lily's POV
The werewolf was charged down by a beautiful white glistening horse and a brilliant shaggy black dog that looked somewhat like the Grim. But if the werewolf and the horse could see it, then it was probably not the Grim. The werewolf was pushed back in through the entrance of the Whomping Willow and the dog went in too, probably to keep the werewolf in check. But the horse was limping slowly towards me. Then, I realized it wasn't a horse. It wasn't a deer. It was a stag. A glistening white stag. I reached to pet it because it just saved my life.
It collapsed in my arms. I stroked the beautiful animal. It's wonderful chocolate brown eyes peered up at me with longing and I had the strange feeling that I'd seen those eyes before...but on who?
I pushed that to the back of my mind and gazed back at the wonderous stag and its chocolate brown eyes. But then it did something that startled the wits out of me. It changed. The stag was changing shape.
That beautiful stag was changing until I was holding in my arms, James Potter. He looked so tired and he seemed unconscious. I was so startled that I just dropped him and he fell to the ground in a crumpled heap. I didn't understand what just happened, so I just...I just ran away from there. I just left Potter lying there.
I was at the door, just at the entrance of the castle, not too far from the Whomping Willow. I didn't understand what had just happened. James was a...a...an Animagus. Obviously. But what was he doing? Suddenly, it struck me. James was unconscious. I had to help him.
Fast as a stag, I ran back to where James lay. He was stirring. "Ohhh...wha..." then he caught sight of me, "Lily! What happened? Are you okay? Last I remember I was forcing Re—that werewolf back into the Whomping Willow with Si—that dog's help. And then...oh yeah...I was in your lap...and I don't really remember..."
I couldn't say anything. My mouth wasn't obeying. I wanted to ask him all sorts of things like, "how did you become an Animagus?" and "why were you here now? With a werewolf?"
So I just asked him, "What happened?"
"Um..."
"Well, I figured out that you're an unregistered Animagus because you sort of transformed from a stag to you in my lap and scared the wits out of me."
"Sorry."
"What for?" What was he apologizing for? "You just saved my life! I should be thanking you! And you're apologizing to me? As if you have to!"
"Sorry."
Okay, that's annoying.
"I'm just sorry," he sighed. "I feel that this is all my fault."
"'S'okay James." I leaned down and helped him up. He seemed a bit shaky so I let him use me for support. Together, we trudged back up to the castle. I felt good. I had helped someone. And it was an enemy. My mom always used to say that helping an enemy is the biggest sign of strength. I had helped my worst enemy, and I pleased my mom (A/N: remember, her mom's dead). James seemed happy too, but that was obvious. He had a crush on me, so it would just be expected for him to like this. Whatever.
"Flutterbyes," I recited. It was the password into the Prefects' room. I wanted to go there while James rested, because I didn't want him to be leaning on me as we walked into the Common Room. He seemed to understand why we were at the Prefects' room, because he didn't ask any questions.
"This is a nice place you've got here," he stated, admiring the room.
"Yeah," I responded.
His eyes landed on me and locked with mine. For a minute it seemed as if he was in bliss, just looking at my eyes. That's what my dad used to say: "Lily flower, you're eyes are so beautifully emerald, I feel in bliss." My mom used to say, "Lils, your eyes are my best emeralds." Tears welled up in my eyes, thinking about them. James seemed to have noticed, because he looked away.
Then he said, "I'm an Animagus,"
"I thought I already told you that I knew that..." I responded.
"Well, whatever."
"I wanted to know...why were you out there tonight?"
"Well, I guess I'd better tell you that Pad—Sirius and W—Peter are Animagus too. Sirius was the dog and Peter is a rat, but you didn't see Peter today."
"I saw the moon today. Does that have anything to do with Remus not being an Animagus?"
"Um...yeah."
"He's a werewolf isn't he?"
"Yeah," sighed James, but then he suddenly became alert. "Make sure that you don't tell a soul about that. If word gets out I'll know it was you. And I will personally make sure..." he looked really angry.
"I swear! I won't tell!"
James backed off. "Good."
But I was still confused about one last thing: "But why did you three become Animagi? Isn't that illegal if you don't register?"
"Yeah..." James sighed, "I'd better start from the beginning. You see, in first and second year, Remus disappeared once a month and we didn't know where he went. And he'd made stupid excuses. So naturally, we'd get curious. And in third year we figured it out. And we decided to become Animagi. We managed it in our fifth year."
"But why did you do it? Didn't you know that you were risking getting arrested?"
"Yeah, but see...these werewolf transformations are painful so we were helping him by being there for him."
What he said touched me. He did have a heart after all. For that one moment, I though of him as a real human being, not just the pain-in-the- neck that he always is.
"Come sit here," he called. I sat next to him. "Would you do something illegal for a friend?" he questioned.
"Well, yeah, I guess, I mean..." but my next words were drowned out by James, who was leaned in and almost kissed me. And me, being the sister of Petunia, used my reflexes and slapped him. Not too hard, but hard enough to make sure he didn't do it again.
"Sorry," I said. "Don't do that again," I added warningly.
He nodded with a look that said quite plainly, "don't worry, I won't."
"So how're you feeling?" I asked in a much nicer tone.
"Great, apart from the fact that you just slapped me. Boy you have a strong arm!"
"I'm a girl, just to tell you..."
"Okay, girl you have a strong arm!"
"Good. Let's go!" I tried to help him up but he shook me off and stood up himself.
"I told you I was feeling 'great'" he replied and walked out of the Prefects' Common Room by himself. Then on a happier note he added, "I had a nice time Lily, and I'm sorry about..."
"Yeah, 's'okay. And it was fun, except for yeah that one part..."
"Oh yeah, one last thing. We don't talk about tonight to anyone. Not even our friends, well, I can tell mine 'cause, yeah. But who knows about yours Lily, no offense or anything...."
"Oh none taken! And yeah I know. I won't say a word about tonight. If anyone asks, I was with Sirius, and Sirius was with me. Renée knows that Remus wouldn't be there, right?"
"Yeah."
"But what about Emily...?"
"Oops."
"You didn't tell her?"
"Well..."
"Arrgh! Potter!"
"What? She won't do anything! I mean, this is Emily..."
"Yeah...well...let's go!" And I led Jam—no—Potter to the Gryffindor Common Room. It was empty except for Sirius.
"Hey Sirius!" called James quietly. Sirius waved us over.
"Ooh...what's been going on?" asked Sirius playfully.
"Nothing!" I replied heatedly.
"Uh huh, sure."
"Honestly! Tell him Ja—Potter!"
"Actually Sirius, a lot happened tonight. We did a lot of sno—"
I cut in, "Liar! This is why I hate you!"
"Sorry..."
In the meantime, Sirius was laughing away.
I went up to the girls' dormitory and two out of only four beds were empty. One was mine and the other was...Emily's? Where'd she go? Renée suddenly pulled open her hangings. "Lily! There you are! I was wondering where you'd been! I spent the whole night with Kevin Rosenthall! You know, Shawn Rosenthall's brother. It was great! He is sooooo hot! Oh my god! And he is sooooo not the pretty boy that Shawn is, I mean, he's really knows how to bring livelyness! He just—"
"That's great Renée!" I interrupted. "Where's Emily?"
"Oh she went somewhere, looking for James I think. Well, anyway, Mike just—"
"Where'd she go?"
"Who? So anyway, Mike just—"
"Emily. Where'd she go?"
"Dunno, like I said, somewhere. So anyway, Mike just—"
"I got something interesting to tell you Renée."
"That's nice, so anyway, Mike just—wait, did you say interesting? We only use that word when we really mean it."
"And I do."
"So what'd you do tonight?" questioned Renée interestedly.
"I was..." I remembered myself saying "if anyone asks, I was with Sirius," and I continued, "well, I'll tell you Renée, only if you don't tell a soul, living or dead. No one. I don't want word to get out. You'll see why in a moment. And as soon as I tell you, you Forget, okay?"
"Okay..." said Renée, leaning in. "What is it?"
"Well, I'll start from the beginning. You see, I took a walk outside and I saw...Ja—Potter and Sirius and Sirius went away and Potter and me went to the Prefect Common Room and we talked—"
"Wait, rewind! You talked to James Potter?"
"Yeah...and then—"
"Really!"
"Yeah...and then he tried to k—and then he left with me and we came here and...here we are."
But Renée had already fallen asleep, and so I did too.
Remus' POV
I still can't believe I almost bit Lily! I feel so bad! Thank GOD James and Sirius were there. I wonder where that rat Peter went yesterday. Well, anyway, today at breakfast, I was snapped out of my thoughts.
"James!" a voice screeched. James whipped his head around to see Emily storming towards him. I was right next to him and it was not a pretty sight.
"James!" shrieked Emily again. Almost the whole hall had turned to watch what was going on. "HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME AT THE BALL BY MYSELF!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME!" This didn't sound like the normal Emily. This was the Emily that you'd see when she was really angry about something.
"Um..." James said meekly.
"UM! THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY? I BET YOU WERE OUT WITH SOME GIRL, SPENDING THE NIGHT DOING NAUGHTY THINGS WHILE I WAS STUCK IN THE HOSPITAL WING BECAUSE YOU'RE GIRLFRIEND, KAITLYN BHURAH HEXED ME COMPLETELY!—"
"Well, I was..."
"WELL, AT LEAST I KNOW THAT YOU WEREN'T SPENDING THE TIME WITH BHURAH—"
"Yeah..."
"YEAH! YOU WERE WITH BHURAH?!"
"No! Yeah as in yeah, I wasn't with Bhurah! I hate her!"
"BUT YOU STOOD ME UP! YOU SO WERE WITH ANOTHER GIRL!"
"I...um...no, I wasn't...um..."
"Um, Um, UM! IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY?!"
"Sorry?" James looked completely scared. He didn't know what to do. I, of course, knew that he'd been protecting Lily, but I didn't know what happened after that. James was trying to tell me when Emily showed up.
Suddenly, Emily rounded on Lily. "Lily!" she screeched. "WHERE WERE YOU?"
"I was...I was..." Lily looked like she was thinking of an excuse. Obviously, James and Lily were together. "I was with Sirius!" she said, brightening up. At least she knew she was out of trouble.
"I hate you James!" sobbed Emily. "How could you do that to me? You completely stood me up and now you can't think of a good enough excuse!"
And with that, Emily exited the Great Hall. Everyone went back to their usual chitter-chatter. Lily yelled to James, "Why didn't you tell Emily that you weren't going to be at the ball?"
"I...I...forgot?"
"Arrgh! James Potter! This is why I dislike you!"
I decided go back to our regular conversation. "Hey, James!" I snapped him out of his thoughts. "What happened last night? I just remember being pushed back into the Willow and then...?"
"Oh yeah!" said James, suddenly becoming more happy. "You see," he added in a quieter voice, "I spent the night with Lily Evans. Yeah, you see, I was exhausted—"
"Sorry—" I interrupted.
"'S okay Moony, but anyway, then Lily's like, stroking me and I fall unconscious, then I'm stirring again, and Lily's still there! Well, she probably left and came back, but still. And then, um...Lily took me to the Prefects' Common Room and we talked. And...I almost kissed her. But she slapped me and I apologized and yeah. Well, that was it, but for one night, we were civil to each other!"
"That's great!"
"I know!"
And James and Sirius talked about girls all the way to Charms.
A/N: That was the stupidest ending I've ever written in my entire life. Ok, so please read and review!