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"Come on, Noel. We've got to get to breakfast. I heard Dippet was announcing something important." Lindsey argued me, as I continued to take notes in my journal.

"Fine, fine, I'm coming. Let me put on a shirt or something!" I surrendered to her. I wasn't sure how much more begging I could take from her or our other roomate, Beth. They had been taking turns for the last 15 minutes trying to get me to leave our room. Not able to find something to wear down to breakfast, I pulled a large orange hoodie over my head and followed Lindsey out of the room, Beth had left us a few minutes earlier in order to arrive at the hall before Peter, who had a huge crush on her and followed her everywhere.

Our trip to the Great Hall was fairly uneventfull, despite looks of shock I received from members of our own house, not to mention Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Huffelpuff. I suppose it was due to the fact that I was very somber today, unlike most days.

"Everyone, please take your seats as I have a very important announcement to make" Dippet's quiet voice rang throught the hall just as Lindsey and I took our seats by Beth and Lily, who were strategically sitting far away from the Marauders.

"As some of you may already know, the threat of a new Dark Lord, whom calls himself Voldemort is rising upon us. In hopes of unification amongst the school and ministry, a ball will be held on Monday night, and owing to the fact that you all will need a day to find robes, you all are excused from classes on Monday. We also will be having some guests from the Ministry staying, including the royal Finnigan family." Dippet continued, setting his eyes on me at the end of his speech and the mention of her family. Everyone turned to stare at me as well, looks of surprise evident on most faces, excluding the people belonging to pureblood families (aka the Malfoys, Potters, etc)

I got up from my seat in haste and fled from the hall, sheltering my face in my hands. This was unbelievable. I had worked for all my time in Hogwarts to conceal the fact that I belonged to a royal family. I had gone to extreme lengths, from dying my hair and keeping it very short, to refusing my Prefect nomination in order to avoide any unnessicary attention.

I ran up our dormitory stairs for the second time today, and flung myself into my pillows on my bed. This was bloody insane. It had to be stopped. It wasn't bad enough that I was supposed to marry a pureblood, peferably a Malfoy, but my parents had to come and reveal to the whole school what I had insisted be kept secret. I must have spent hours upon hours pondering and racking my brain for something to stop all of this havoc, but found nothing. Before I knew it Beth, Lindsey, and Lily were all shaking me, trying to get me to wake up. (A/N: If you havent noticed she's a very very deep sleeper.)

"Come on, Noel! You've got to talk to us sometime!" Beth insisted, pushing me onto my side.

"No." I told her stubbornly, not looking at them.

"Yes." Lily ordered, and pulled me into a sitting up position.

"James told us afterwards that he knew but wasn't going to say anything because he knew how you felt about it. Remus knew too! Malfoy was the one who came up to us, and told us looking extremely smug, the bastard. We took the pleasure of breaking up with him for you. If he tries to come within, oh, say 100 feet of you he gets to enjoy the feeling of his back slammed against a wall and his balls crushed." Lindsey revealed, grinning at the mention of Lucius being tortured.

"Thanks guys...so you aren't mad?"

"Boy, we're mad alright. How could you keep this from us? We're your best friends!" Beth asked, looking me straight in the eye.

"I didn't want people to think of me differently just because I've got money. I was judged for eleven years, and as soon as I got my Hogwarts letter I decided it was going to change. So, much to the dismay of my parents, I "cut off my beautiful golden locks" and dyed it dark. I was done with it. I was now just Noel Finnigan, not Princess Noel, not Madame Finnigan, just plain Noel." I unearthed, not pausing to take a breath.

"Wow...you did all that just so people wouldn't judge you? Don't you like being famous and rich and loved?" Lily asked of me.

"I wanted them to look at me and to get to know me, and be hated because of what I acted like, not because I had more money. I wanted to be loved because of my character, not because of how many gringotts accounts or bedrooms I owned."

"We're sorry, Noel. I don't think its right for your parents to come against your wishes." Beth comforted me, patting my hand jokingly.

"Come on, its getting dark already. If we ask I'm sure the boys'll fetch something from the kitchens for you."

"I'm okay, but I need to find Remus. We need to talk. I'll be back by 11 or so." I told them, checking my watch and giving myself three hours to sort things out with both Remus and Sirius. The girls exchanged odd looks before asking "Erm, are you sure, Noel? Can't it wait?"

"No, guys, it can't. Don't try and stop me."

"Hello? Sirius, are you following me?" I called out into the darkness, hearing a muffled rustling coming from somewhere behind me and to the left. No response. Now I was really getting freaked out. I had gone for a walk around the lake after an hour and a half of unsucessful search for my friends. Darkness had already set in, and I had stupidly left my wand inside the castle. An eerie light cast shadows around me as the clouds moved, and looking up the sky I saw the full moon peeking out from behind them, as the clouds moved away.

"Holy Shit" I exclaimed to no one in particular. If I had even taken the time to look out after not being able to find my friends, I would have realized why. I was in such a selfish haste to sort things out with the boys that I hadn't even payed attention to my surroundings, and now I was outside with a werewolf lurking around. I knew that was the sound I had heard in the bushes just minutes earlier. Realizing it was over, I sat down on the roots of a nearby tree and leaned against its trunk, preparing for death.

Minutes passed like hours as I sat anticipantly waiting for my time to come. I quickly said a prayer to bless my family and friends and to die as painless as possible before closing my eyes, not wanting to die with the image of some dear to me in werewolf form.

Once again I heard the rustling in the bushes, and stood up, figuring I'd be dead faster if he had an open path. Before I realized what was happening a dark shadow of what looked (and felt) like a dog had knocked me to the ground with such a force that the wind was knocked out of me. I closed my eyes, and after not being torn apart reopened them, imagining two yellow glowing orbs staring into my own eyes.

"Hey" Sirius whispered, his face mere inches from mine.

"Sirius!" I whispered back hoarsley, never more happy to see someone in my entire natural life. He got up off of me and pulled me to my feet, looking me over with concerned eyes. I pulled him into a tight hug, still scared but comforted by the fact that I had more of a survival chance.

"Noel, what in the name of Merlin are you doing out here this late? You know about Remus!"

"I'm sorry, Sirius! I was looking for you two to apologize and wasn't paying the slighest bit of attention."

"And you were sitting against the tree why?" He asked me, laughing. He didn't want to let go of me either, something that pleased me.

"Well, I figured that I was dying so that I could...I dunno, rest until my death." I replied, laughing.

"Smooth thinking."

"And you're an animagi? I assmue the other boys are as well?" I asked, looking up at him. He stood a towering a good 7 inches above me.

"Yeah, hence the names. We really need to get going. Jump on my back, we'll get to the castle faster."

I jumped on his back playfully, resting my head in his hair. I knew things were tons better between us and felt like jumping for joy.

"Padfoot...so you're the dog...Prongs! That's James...he's a stag then? And wormtail...like a rat!" I solved the "puzzle" quickly, but could just imagine how stupid I sounded.

"Yep, you're right. But you have to swear secrecy."

"Or what? You'll kill me? Fat chance."

"I'll tickle you to death."

"Who told you about that?!?" I asked, turning my head in an atempt to look at his face.

"Oh..no one..." He said, and began coughing quietly, which sounded a lot like "Lindsey"

We reached the castle before I knew it, but Sirius didn't even stop to put me down. He carried me all the way up the stairs to the common room, where we met 5 very upset people. Lily, Lindsey, Beth, James, and Remus were all sitting around the fire looking very distressed. We must have been out on the grounds for a while, seeing as Remus had already transformed back. (A/N: I changed how long he stays as a werewolf to fit the plot, lol)

"Padfoot I don't think I've seen you smile that much since...well last night when you realized that Noel would be sleeping in your bed." Remus told him, the color slowling returning to his face.

"And Noel! We haven't seen you that happy since...well...since Potter told you that Black fancied you!" Lindsey grinned, giving herself double points for getting James in trouble with his friend.

"Ah well, I'll see you guys in the morning." I told them lightly, jumping off Sirius' back and climbing up the stairs, but not before turning and winking at him.

Well? What do you think? I'll put a little summary about Noel/Malfoy incase it was confusing in the next chapter if you guys ask. Well, r&R!