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The Morning After
It wasn't just that they were up at sun raise but that James, Sirius, and Lily had been up all night. Sirius hadn't been able to catch the werewolf so he instead he had headed to Hogwarts were he found James, Lily, Dumbledore, and it his disgust Severus Snape. The three friends had embraced and thanked their stars that they hadn't befallen the horrible fate they had thought they were destine to.
They nursed their wounds as they watched the sun raise and the moon sink down past the horizon. A hard summer rain began to fall.
"We have to go out and find him." James looked to Sirius who agreed. Remus would most likely not come back to the castle; he probably would think the worst and run, not wanting to face what had happened the night before. He would have no way of knowing that everyone had made it out alive.
"That's a lot of ground to search." Lily pointed out. James nodded them something clicked in the back of his mind. "Sirius do you think it's still there?"
"What? Ooohh. Yeah I bet Flich still has it. We better hurry." Sirius made a point of running down the corridor and sneaking a look around the corner.
"Sirius, we aren't in school anymore we can't get in trouble." James yelled after him
"Don't you think I know that?" Sirius yelled back his cheeks turning slightly pink. "You can never be too careful, who knows who might be in the castle now?" Sirius was thinking of Severus Snape and all the horrible thinks he might have done now that he knew the order of the Phoenix was at Hogwarts.
The Marauder's Map
"Thank goodness Flich kept this thing." James examined the map he and his friends had created while they were at Hogwarts. He and Sirius had bundled up against the rain and now where walking fast towards the woods. The map though it didn't show much beyond Hogwarts it did show the surrounding woods. On the Map the two Marauders saw Remus straight ahead of them in the woods. "He isn't moving." Sirius looked with concern to James. "I know I know."
The rain dripped through the leaves as the two young men searched for their friend "Remus." James called.
"He's around here somewhere." Sirius pointed to the map. Looking up from the map and down to the ground Sirius shivered. There sticking out from the deep brush was a limp hand. "Remus" Sirius ran to his friend.
His pants had magically reappeared which was of great relief to Remus on more than one occasion on this occasion Sirius could have care less if he had found he friend in the nude so long as he found him safe. Sirius looked down at his friend whose black and blue body was laying awkwardly in the dirt and leaves.
"I'm sorry." Remus choked out as Sirius and James lifted him up from the ground. If he was crying Sirius couldn't tell because it was raining harder now. James and Sirius each took an arm and held it around their shoulders.
"Remus it's alright Lily's fine, we all made it." But the good news didn't reach Remus, his head fell as he slip from tortured wake into dreamless sleep.
Back to the Castle
Sirius and James carried Remus back to Hogwarts. Let's get him up to the infirmary." James prompted.
"Right good idea." They carried Remus up to the infirmary and laid him on the nearest bed. Lily rushed up the steps after them.
"Oooh no."
TO be continued…
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