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Chapter Twelve

Lily, James and Sirius laughed all the way to the common room while telling funny stories. "Well, this first year came up to me and was like, 'Are you Lily Evans? I saw you in the Quidditch match last week, and you were great! Could you sign my robes?', and he was serious!" Lily said and bent over from laughing.

"I get that all the time," Sirius said proudly. "Except they only want my autograph cause I'm extremely good looking." Sirius said and tossed his hair around. Lily chuckled and James looked disgusted. "Never do that again." James said. Sirius laughed.

Lily looked at the two boys and watched as they joked around and their eyes lit up. 'They must really care for eachother.' Lily thought.

"Lily? Anybody in there?" Lily realized Sirius was waving his hand in front of her face. "Sorry, I was just spacing out." Lily muttered.

She looked out the window and saw a full moon disappearing in the suns light. A full moon. Lily's eyes widened in realazation. Every month, Remus leaves to take care of his mother, or is sick. Every month. Every full moon. Lily looked at Sirius and James in disbelief. They looked very confused.

Lily grabbed onto James and Sirius' arms firmly and dragged them into an empty classroom. "Lily, what's going on...?" Lily gave Sirius and James a searching look. How could they have been with Remus? Humans can't go near them. How? Unless...yes, that's probably it. They must have. James and Sirius are so good at Transfiguration, that it must be the answer.

"Lily?" James looked a little worried. Lily rubbed her head. "Why didn't you tell me Remus was a werewolf?" she asked. Sirius and James exchanged dumbfounded glances. "Remus isn't a-" Sirius began but Lily cut him off, "Oh please, Sirius, I'm not and idiot. And I think that you two and Peter transfigured yourselves as animals or something so you could join Remus." Lily said proudly.

"Yeah...that's it, we...uh, transfigured ourselve into animals. You caught us Lily, you sneaky girl." James said nervously. Lily narrowed her eyes. Obviously, James is lying. What could it be? The only other way of becoming animals is if you're an animagus. But they couldn't possibly be animagi. Could they?

Sirius kicked James for lying so terribly and watched as Lily tried figuring things out. Finally, she looked up at the two boys. "So... you two are animagi?" she asked casually. James and Sirius knew lying wouldn't help, so they nodded. "And I'm guessing you aren't registered?" she said. They nodded again. "Wow. You guys risked going to Azkaban just to make the full moon for Remus more bearable. That is extreme loyalty." Lily said, obviously impressed.

"So...so you won't tell?" James asked nervously. "Of course not! What kind of a prat do you bloody take me for?" she asked. James and Sirius looked relieved. "Thanks, Lils. We owe you." Sirius said. "Well, at least show me your animal forms!" Lily insisted. Sirius and James grinned at eachother and Lily watched as they turned into animals. Sirius, a shaggy black dog, and James, a beautiful stag. Lily gasped and reached out to scratch Sirius' ears. Then she went to stroked James' back. James snuggled with Lily and Lily giggled. She turned back to the dog which was now grinning. Lily laughed at Sirius and immediatly wished she was an animagi.

The two boys changed back into humans. Their grins disappeared when they looked at Lily's sad face. "Lily? What's wrong?" Sirius asked her. Lily shook her head. "Let's go back to the common room." Lily said and turned to leave. James grabbed her arm, "Lily, is everything okay?" James asked. "Everything is fine." was Lily's reply.

Now, James and Sirius have had plenty experiance with women to know that 'Everything is fine' mean that the woman is either extremely mad at you, or terribly sad. It's funny how the female mind works, isn't it?

"Lily, we all know that something's wrong. Please tell us about it." James said quietly. Being the expert that he is, James knows exactly how to deal with situations like this. Lily looked into his chocolaty brown eyes. "Well...alright. Your gonna think this sounds stupid, but...sometimes I wish I could hide where nobody can find me. It's not because I'm mad at people, it's just that I need a calm place to relax and think about things where nothing can interupt my thoughts. Sometimes I become so desperate, I'd do anything for just a moment alone. At times like these, I'd brew a potion, and when a drank it, I became a mermaid."

Lily said and took a deep breath. She looked at James and Sirius' confused faces. The two boys wanted to laugh, thinking Lily was joking.

But she continued, "Don't you see? Being underwater is so peaceful. I almost became addicted, so I would start disappearing more and more often. Tereesa noticed, and she set out to find me. Eventually, she found out about my secret and made me stop drinking the potion." Lily sighed.

"But, couldn't you just use gillyweed instead of making a really complicated potion?" James asked. "It isn't the same. You would only have an hour underwater, where as with the potion, you would become human again as soon as you left the water."

"But...what does this have to do with us being animagi?" Sirius asked.

"Don't you get it? Being and animagus is the perfect way to be alone. Nobody would know it was you! You could just walk around the school grounds, and no one would come and bother you. I'm sorry, this is really stupid. Let's go." Lily said and turned to leave once more. "Lily, if you ever want to be alone, just tell us. I have the perfect solution." James said.

Lily looked at James questionaly. "The Room of Requirement." Jame said. Lily sighed again, "Oh, that old place? That's the first place Clare and Tereesa go to look for me when I'm gone." Lily said. "You know about the Room of Requirement?" James asked in disbelief. "Haven't I already told you? Clare, Tereesa, and I know a lot of Hogwarts' secrets." Lily said and winked.

"Let's go." James muttered, clearly discouraged. Lily shrugged and followed. Sirius decided to take a shortcut so he could alert Remus about their discussion.


"So...she knows? What did she say?" Remus asked nervously. "She was perfectly fine with it. I don't know why we didn't tell her before. Anyways, that girll is full of surprises. Did you know she knew about the Room of Requirement?" Sirius asked and sat down on the couch.

Just then, James and Lily came bursting into the Common Room, laughing uncontrollably. "Are you two drunk?" Sirius asked them as they stumbled over next to him. "Nah. James said the funniest thing! Tell Sirius what you said, James!" Lily insisted.

Tereesa burst out of her dormatory and ran over to Lily. "LILY EVANS! DON'T YOU EVER, AND I REPEAT, EVER SNEAK INTO THE KITCHENS WITHOUT ME, UNDERSTAND? I COULD HAVE BEEN HUNGREY TOO, DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT? DID YOU EVER STOP AND WONDER ABOUT POOR LITTLE TEREESA...?" Tereesa put her hands on her knees and breathed deeply.

"How did you know I was in the kitchens?" Lily asked slyly. Tereesa glanced at Remus and Sirius. "Were you eavesdropping on us?" Sirius asked, slightly amused. Remus paled.

"Er..." Tereesa looked at her hands and looked at Remus. "I won't tell about your secret, Remus, I promise!" Tereesa said, feeling guilty. Remus didn't look convinsed. Remus looked at Sirius and then at the floor. "Remus, I don't care. In fact, I feel bad that you have to go through that. Please forgive me for listening to your conversation." Tereesa said quietly and walked over to hug him. Lily hugged Remus too.

James and Sirius looked at eachother and shook their heads rapidly, "I think we'll just stay here." Sirius said. "Aw, c'mon guys, group hug!" Lily said and stretched an arm out towards Sirius and James. The two boys backed away and cleared their throats. Tereesa rolled her eyes and broke away from Lily and Remus.

Remus gave a small smile towards the two girls and and sat down, rubbing his head. Lily sat down next to Remus, as did Tereesa.

The five of them talked for awhile before heading off to bed. Lily knew that Remus would have rather let the news of him being a werewolf kept a secret, but Lily was glad she knew why Remus looked so horrible that night. She sighed and rolled over.

As soon as she drifted off, she felt Clare shaking her awake. "Clare! It's still one in the morning! Why did you wake-?" Tap tap tap. Lily looked at where the tapping noise was coming from and saw an owl waiting by the window, tapping it's beak against the glass. Lily moaned and grabbed her wand. "Lumos." Lily said and walked over to the window. She read the little piece of parchment:

Lily- Meet us by the revolting statue of the old hag by 1:00 o'clock. -The Marauders

Lily raised an eyebrow and yawned. Then her eyes widened. "I have to go now." Lily complained. "Why?" Clare asked and drank a glass of water. "James and his crew of morons want me to meet them at the statue of the one-eyed witch. Right now." Lily said and grabbed a bathrobe. "C'ya in a bit." Lily said to Clare and closed the door quietly.

She walked out in the halls and drew her robe tighter around her. She shivered and rubbed her arms while she walked down the halls. When she finally reached the statue, she noticed the Marauders weren't there yet. Lily mumbled to herself about how she hated it when people were late and sat down onto the floor. She blew in her hands and rubbed them together, trying to keep warm.

Suddenly, Remus and Sirius' grinning head appeared in mid-air. Then the rest of their bodies appeared as they dropped their invisability cloak. "You have got to stop doing that." Lily muttered and stood up. "Where are James and Peter?" Lily asked through blue lips. James and Peter stepped out from behind the statue with two sweaters on each.

"It's cold out tonight." Sirius remarked as he pulled his hood up over his head.

"Yeah, yeah. Could you please tell me why I had to get out of my warm bed to meet you here?" Lily asked bitterly and rubbed her cheeks. Sirius continued grinning and pulled out his wand. He pointed it towards Lily, muttered a spell, and she instantly felt warmer. The other three Marauders pulled out their wands and performed the spells on themselves.

Lily tapped her foot impaciently. "I'm leaving if you don't get to the point soon." Lily warned. Suddenly they heard footsteps in corridor. "Filch!" Sirius whispered and covered himself and Remus with the cloak. James and Peter dived back behind the statue and Lily stood frozen on the spot. She looked like a deer in headlights.

"Lily?" A girl muttered. Lily relaxed. She recognized that voice; Ally. "Ally, you scared us!" Lily said. "Us?" Ally asked and came into veiw. "Yeah, me and the Marauders." Lily answered. Ally pushed her short black hair out of her face. "What are you doing up so late?" Ally asked and rubbed her eyes tiredly. "I don't know, why don't you ask the idiots over there?" Lily said rudly and gestured to her left. "Where? I don't see anyone." Ally said.

Lily could have sworn she heard a stifled laugh under the cloak. Lily shoved to her left and hit Remus and Sirius. The two boys were caught by surprise and they fell over while the cloak uncovered them. Ally's eyes widened. "Wow! How did you do that?" She asked. Lily picked up the cloak, showed it to Ally, and thrust it back at Sirius. "Tell me why I'm here, you dolt." Lily demanded Sirius.

"Somebody's a little cranky. Who's bed did you wake up on?" Sirius asked amusidly. Lily gasped for a minute before tackling Sirius. "Take that back, you slimy git!" Lily said while pulling Sirius' hair. "Fine! I take it back!" Sirius said sounding terrified. Ally giggled, and James and Peter stepped out from their hiding spot to see Lily beating Sirius up. "Wow, Sirius, she's kicking your arse!" Peter said excitedly.

Sirius eventually got hold of the uncontrollable Lily and pinned her down. "Let go of me!" Lily said and Sirius let go of her, only because he was rolling around laughing. Lily kicked his side, but not painfully. Sirius didn't stop laughing and Lily stood up. Her hair was a mess, but nobody said anything. Lily straightened up her robes and looked at James. "For the last time, why am I here?" Lily asked through clenched teeth.

Sirius finally stopped laughing, "Hey, where did Ally go?" Sirius asked curiously. Everybody looked around. Suddenly, Sirius felt someone kick his side. Ally's head emerged in mid-air. "I love this thing!" Ally said and took the rest of the cloak off. Sirius moaned and rolled on his side painfully. "Get up, you wimp." Ally said playfully. Sirius glared at Ally.

Lily's eye twitched. "WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO TELL ME WHY I'M HERE?" She yelled as loud as she could. James ran behind her and covered her mouth with his hands. Lily bit his hand, but he didn't uncover her mouth. "Follow me." Remus said quietly. "Dissendium." He muttered and pointed his wand toward the statue. An opening appeared and he slipped in it. "Are you sure this is safe?" Ally asked nervously.

"Nobody invited you to come, so feel free to leave." Sirius said quietly and followed Remus through the opening. Ally huffed and quickly followed Sirius. James turned towards Lily. "Your turn." He said. She nodded and slipped through the opening. James quickly followed. Peter reluctantly tried. He got stuck.

Peter could hear James and Sirius groan. Then he could feel them pulling at his feet. "I'm stuck! I can't fit!" He squealed. "Shut up!" Sirius said. Peter could hear Ally and Lily giggling. Finally, the two boys got Peter to fit through the hole and Peter fell on James and Sirius, causing them to knock over the two girls, who pulled Remus down with them.

"Ug, Sirius, get off me!" Ally said and tried to push him off. "I can't! Peter's on top of me!" Sirius muttered painfully. James pushed Peter and the fat boy rolled off from the people-pile and James and Sirius jumped up. The two girls rolled over and revealed Remus, who was hugging his knees to his chest. "Alright there?" Sirius asked and held out a hand to the werewolf. "Yeah, I'm good." Lily said and took Sirius' hand. "I was talking to Remus." Sirius said, but still helped the redhead up.

Lily helped Ally up, who helped Remus up. Lily looked around. She couldn't see farther than three feet. "Where's my wand?" Lily asked and frantically searched for it on the ground. Ally picked it up and handed it to Lily. Lily sighed with relief and muttered "Lumos!". The light revealed a long, empty hallway.

"What does this lead to?" Lily asked to no one in particular. "To heavan, my friend. This leads to heavan." Sirius said and licked his lips. He ran down the corridor and out of sight. "This doesn't lead to a stripper place, does it?" Lily asked James. "What's that?" He asked curiously. Lily laughed and ran down the hallway.

"LAST ONE THERE HAS TO KISS PETER!" She yelled over her shoulder. James and Remus looked at eachother and quickly ran after Lily. Ally looked at Peter. "Disgusting." she muttered and sprinted after the two boys.

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