"look what a mess we made"

Disclaimer: I do not own the marauders and this is NOT slash!!!!!!!

Chapter 3:

Remus cried himself to sleep, thinking about how he had yelled at Sirius and regretting it. But then he recalled the way Sirius had yelled back and forgot his regret. If he wanted to be a jerk, fine.

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Sirius stayed up late that night, thinking about all the good times he'd had with Remus and wondering how it could all go down the drain because of his stupidity.

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The next day, Remus was released from the hospital wing after being bandaged up and fed a lot of chocolate. He walked silently down to breakfast, all alone. It was strange, not having the marauders with him. It was like how it used to be. He hated it.

As he walked into the Great Hall, he saw the marauders seated in their usual place at the Gryffindor table. They were all laughing and having a good time. It didn't look as though they missed him at all. As he looked on, something blond moved in front of his field of vision. He jumped and stared at what it was. Lucius Malfoy.

"Hey shabby robes." Remus tried to dodge him but Lucius kept stepping in front of him. "Look, we were wondering why you look so tired today. It can't be that strenuous to look after a sick mum."

"Go away Malfoy." Remus said, finally dodging him and going to sit at the end of the Gryffindor table all alone.

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"Look at him down there. All alone. Go talk to him Padfoot."

"You don't get it do you Prongs? He hates me for what I did. Now Snivelly's gonna tell everyone!"

"No he isn't! Dumbledore made him promise not to leak it to a soul."

"Ok,"

"Eat something Padfoot! I hate it when you have no appetite, you're not yourself!"

"Oh shut up Prongs." Sirius got up from the table and stormed out of the Great Hall, head down.

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As soon as Remus finished eating, he decided to go down by the lake and do some homework. When he got to the doors leading outside, a blond head popped out. "Hey dork." It said.

"I said leave me alone Malfoy."

"What if I don't want to?"

"Then you can go stuff it!"

"Ooh, not very friendly." He nodded to his cronies, Crabbe and Goyle. (A/N: Crabbe and Goyle senior) "Do you know what my father says should be done with your kind?" he asked.

Crabbe and Goyle each seized one of Remus' arms and steered him toward the lake. Remus tried to dig his heels into the ground but they were too strong for him.

"What do you mean my kind?"

Lucius leaned real close to Remus face. Remus could see every detail of his perfectly white teeth. "Snape told us all about you."

"What?"

"Yeah, we know. Father talks about your kind often at home. He says they should be drowned." He grabbed Remus' head and stuck it underwater. After a few minutes, he pulled it back up. Remus gasped for air and coughed up water while trying to get out of Lucius' grip.

"More, I think. Don't you?" he asked Crabbe and Goyle. They nodded and guffawed stupidly. Lucius stuck Remus' head under again. This time, he kept it under longer. When Lucius brought him up, Remus was still gasping for breath but didn't have the strength to struggle. "Good riddance." Lucius whispered in his ear, and stuck him under one last time.

Remus couldn't believe this was happening. He held his breath as long as he could. He wished a teacher would come by and see what was going on. He wished he wasn't fighting with his friends. This never would have happened if he hadn't yelled at Sirius. He couldn't hold on any longer. Water was flooding into his lungs. His brain felt waterlogged. He felt his eyes roll up into his head and he passed out.

Lucius brought him back up and saw he was unconscious. "There. Father would be proud." Just then, a jet of red light hit Lucius in the back and he fell, stunned. The jet had come from James Potter's wand. Unfortunately, when Lucius passed out, he dropped Remus into the lake. James dived in after him. He swam at breakneck speed, trying to catch him. Finally, he stuck out his hand and got a handful of Remus' robes. He dragged the unconscious boy upward.

Once he was up, he heaved Remus on the bank of the lake. He looked a sight. He was pale as death except that his lips were blue. James grabbed him and ran to the hospital wing.

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After checking Remus into the hospital wing, and explaining to Madam Pomfrey, James headed upstairs to the Gryffindor common room. He muttered the password to the Fat Lady, (butterbeer), and walked inside.

"Hey Prongs, have you seen Moony?" Sirius asked him.

James put his head down and walked over to sit next to Sirius. He put an arm around his friend. "I've got something horrible to tell you pal." He explained the whole thing to him.

"Why didn't you stop him?" Sirius shrieked. "Why didn't you hex him earlier??"

"I don't know, I was sort of frozen in disbelief and I couldn't think of any spells and I-"

"Is he going to be okay?" Sirius interrupted. James didn't answer. "I said is he going to be okay??"

"Well, I took him to the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey said she would do all she could but it's not likely he'll make it………." James trailed off and got up to look out the window, crying silently.

"No…" Sirius muttered. "HE'LL BE FINE!!!!! HE HAS TO BE! I NEVER SAID SORRY!" He screamed to the common room and dashed out of the portrait hole and downstairs.

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