Harry woke up at what seemed to be the crack of dawn. He could hear his godfather down in the common room yelling for every one to:

"Wake up! Its Christmas!"

"It's also 6:30 in the morning!" Harry heard his father yell from 2 beds away.

"That's it! Everyone has to the count of three!" Harry could imagine Sirius crackling and rubbing his hands together like some mad scientist with a crazy scheme.

Suddenly Remus jumped up and moved away from his bed like it was going to bite him.

"3, 2, 1!"

Harry had a split second view of something hovering over top of him before he was doused in ice cold water. There was a second splash then a third. Harry assumed that Ron and James had suffered the same fate.

There were shouts from all around the Gryffindor dormitories: "Sirius! Padfoot! Snuffles! Paddy! Crazy Godfather!"

Harry looked up at Remus who was smiling sleepy. "You knew he would do this, didn't you?"

He shrugged. "Only after the first 15 times he did it to us,"

"More like 20." James grumbled, throwing a towel at his son and Ron, holding onto one for him self.

Harry slowly got up and shivered as a cold drop of water ran down his back. After drying his face he slipped on his glasses. Ron was sitting up in bed and rubbing a towel over his flaming red hair, making it look like Harry's and James's; sticking up everywhere.

"Come on, I believe we're wanted downstairs." Remus said opening the door to shepherd the boys and James out.

As they walked down stairs Hermione and Lily were descending the other staircase. In front of the huge Christmas tree where Fred, George and Sirius. Ron glared at the twins when he spotted them. "You helped with that?"

Fred smiled. "No, only learning."

The trio seated themselves in front of the fire, leaning against the fount of the couch. James and Lily sat on the trio's left and Sirius and Remus on their right.

"Happy Christmas!" Sirius said, starting to hand out the gifts.

Remus received many bars of Honeydukes chocolate, which they had to explain to Harry why it was so funny.

Harry got his usual sweater and mincemeat pies from Mrs. Weasley. There was a black sweater that had a red phoenix on the front and one the back the letters: DA

Hermione and Ron received the same type only theirs were dark blue and dark green. They all quickly slipped them on.

Harry found an envelope that had Aunt Petunia's scrawl on it. Opening it he found only a note that asked the customary question if he could stay over the summer at Hogwarts.

Ron was reading over his shoulder and laughed. "So original aren't they?" Harry nodded and tossed the note into the crackling fire.

"What was that?" Lily asked.

"A loving, caring note from my favorite aunt."

She looked at him questionably.

"She asked the same question she does every year. 'Can you stay over the summer'"

Lily's eyes went wide then narrowed in anger. "What?" She asked in a deadly whisper, leaning forward slightly.

"Whoa, call off the wife Prongs!" Sirius said.

James put an arm around her and whispered into her ear. Slowly she relaxed and a small smile crept over her face.

Tuning back to his presents Harry un-wrapped Hogwarts; A History the same time Ron did. They both groaned. "Hermione."

She smiled evilly at them.

Ron had given Harry the book, 101 ways to out smart the other Seeker. Remus and Sirius gave him another, different, set of advanced Defense books.

There were a few things left under the tree: A sliver wrapped box, a gold one, and 7 purple poka-dotted envelopes.

James reached out and handed Harry the gold box. He gingerly took off the paper and held in his hand a small, jeweler like, box. Harry glanced at his parents before opening the lid.

An old fashion key lay on red velvet, engraved on the handle was: GH.

"Really?" Harry whispered to James.

James smiled and nodded.

Harry leapt up and over to his parents to engage in a three way hug.

Sirius peered over Ron and into the box and saw the key. "You better still have my room Prongs."

Lily smiled sweetly at him. "I think it is still there, covered in 15 years of dust."

Sirius narrowed his eyes.

Fred and Gorge were handing out the envelopes, one to each person.

Harry hesitated before opening his. Who knew what could jump out at you? What he found was a slip of paper with fancy writing on it.

Gift Certificate

To Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes

In the amount of 10 galleons.

"Thanks Fred and George." Harry said.

"Yeah, thanks!" Ron added, slipping the parchment into his pj's pocket.

Even Hermione smiled and said thank you, she had a mischievous look in her eye.

Sirius, Remus, James and Lily were looking confused at the twins. "What's Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes?" Lily asked.

"Our joke shop."

Sirius grinned evilly. "I'll make good use of this."

There was only one present left. The silver wrapped box. Remus reached for it. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed Hermione nudge Harry and Ron and inclined her head towards him.

Remus raised an eyebrow, "I take it this is from you three?"

They nodded.

James, Sirius and Lily looked up from their gifts to watch Remus peel off the wrapping paper and open the box. Then turn a deathly pale as he gazed on what lay inside.

"You ok Moony?" James asked softly. He looked over at his son whose expression was hard to read.

Remus did not answer, only looked up at the trio. He opened his mouth to say something but no words came out. His eyes were glittering brightly.

Harry just nodded to spare the werewolf. Then the three of them moved over to where Remus was sitting and the group embraced

Sirius heard his best friend murmur, "Thank you."

When they broke apart there was a gold chain around Remus neck with three small charms on it.

A stag, a wolf and a panther.

"Um, Haven't you three got the wrong animals?" Sirius asked apprehensively.

Remus shook his head. "No, they got the right ones." He was smiling.

James looked at the trio and raised an eyebrow.

Hermione, Ron and Harry exchanged looks before slightly nodding to each other. Standing up, they moved over to an area of the room that would give them more room.

Casting a glance around the room, Harry saw Remus who was grinning, James who was staring at the wonderingly, and Sirius whom slight understanding was coming over his face. Lily was looking between her husband and his friends, then between her son and his friends.

Looking back at each other, the trio nodded and all together started to change, drawing sharp intakes of breath from those watching.

Harry was bending forward, his spine stretching, his arms and legs lengthening. Dark brown fur was spreading all over. His head was growing, antlers started to sprout from the top of his head and branched out. When he was fully transformed a beautiful animal stood proudly in front of them. His head raised high, bearing the burden of huge antlers, mussels were rippling under the coat with every small movement. His hindquarters stronger then steel springs.

Hermione was beside Harry. She bent forwards too, her feet and hands morphing into big paws, thick, shiny brown fur spreading like wild fire, a tail emerging from the base of her spine, her ears moved to the top of her head, becoming pointing and more sensitive. Hermione was fully gone and a wolf stood in her place; her thick fur hiding powerful muscles. Her fur shinned in the morning sunlight. Bright golden eyes had replaced Hermione's chocolate brown ones.

Ron was last, a tail coming out; his read hair changed to fur and over took his body. Feet and hands turned into paws that held extremely sharp claws. His ears sharpened and his nose extended, growing whiskers. A red panther stood in Ron's place, His fur glossy and bright like his hair.

Standing proudly beside each other, they waited for someone to speak. James was the first to stand and walk over towards them. The stag stiffened.

James walked right up to the stag and looked deep into its eyes, then onto its forehead.

"Moony, look at this,"

Remus moved away from where he was petting Hermione and walked over to James.

"Look there." James pointed out a small patch of fur in the middle of Harry's head.

Upon closer inspection you could see a bit of white fur that formed the shape of a lighting bolt.

"I never noticed it before," Remus admitted.

Sirius had come over and was petting Hermione. "So the 'have to follow all the rules girl' has become an illegal animagi." He said laughing.

Hermione growled low in her throat.

Fred, George and Ginny were by Ron. "Aww, look at Ronnie-kins now."

With that Ron extended his long claws and pulled back his lips to show some pretty big teeth.

"Ah, Remus?" Lily asked. "Have you seen them before, like this?"

Remus smiled, "Only every full moon sense I have been here."

James and Sirius looked sharply at him. "Remus I think you better start from the beginning."

They returned to their seats. After Remus sat down Hermione curled up and put her head in his lap, Harry gracefully sank to the floor, leaning slightly on his right side and Ron doing the same on his left.

James and Sirius exchanged smiles at the sight.

"It was the first full moon that everyone knew I was here. I headed to the shack." Remus stared.

"But you had taken the potion, right?" Sirius interrupted.

Remus nodded as James added his two Kunts. "What potion?"

"It's pretty new. Its called Wolfsbane and it makes me keep my mind during the full moon." Remus told him.

A smile covered James' face, "But they haven't found a cure yet, have they?"

The werewolf shook his head sadly and continued to tell about that first night. "So I got into the shack and standing before me was a stag, which at first I thought was you Prongs, a wolf and a panther. We stayed there all night."

"So you all just sat around all night?" Sirius asked. "Where's the fun in that?"

"Well, we actually slept." Remus shrugged, "Anyways, in the morning they where still there. So we parted and meet up next month, and the rest of the full moons." He said while petting Hermione's head.

Sirius turned to the animals. "And how did you accomplish this might I ask?"

The stag sighed and the animals melted back into the trio.

Hermione started. "I got some books at Diagon Alley during the summer after third year and stared to try to figure it out. We have been trying to transform sense then."

"But, how did you know if you were going to ever see me again?" Remus asked in wonder.

Harry smiled. "Well, you're best friends with my godfather and I knew I would see him again so I just figured that would mean seeing you too."

James shook his head. "Let me get this strait, you did not know for sure if you would see him again, on a full moon none the less, and you did it any way? And it only took you, what 2 and a half years to fully transform!"

They nodded. "We only could go all the way that weekend before the term started." Ron said. "And do you know that a stag's hoof really hurts?" He added, glaring at Harry.

Lily looked shocked. "Harry did you kick him?"

"Maybe?"

Remus laughed. "I had just transformed and Ron tried to back up and Harry lashed out a pretty hard punch."

Ron grumbled, "Had that bruise for weeks."

"And you don't get worse in Quidditch?" Harry asked.

Fred spoke up. "Wait till Mum hears!"

Ron glared at him. "She's not going to find out."

Sirius sighed heavily and the trio looked sharply at him. "You know what all of this means, don't you?"

Harry, Ron and Hermione exchanged worried looks before shaking their heads no.

Still with serious in his voice, he said. "We need nick names."

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