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Chapter 13

Sirius bounced around the Gryffindor common room, ecstatic. Today they would start looking for Remus! He imagined Dumbledore fighting off bloodthirsty monsters, McGonagall transfiguring harmful plants into harmlass ones, him, James and Peter finding a grateful Remus. Then they would all come back to the castle for a nice tea. What he didn't imagine was what came next.

"What do you mean we can't come with you?" Sirius shrieked.

"Precisely that." McGonagall said matter-of-factly. "It is far too dangerous in the Forest for young boys to come."

"But-but-but Remus is our friend!" Sirius wailed. His dreams were being crushed, and there was nothing he could do about it. He had gone from happy to miserable in less than a minute.

"Professor McGonagall, Remus is our friend, and we are very concerned about him," James broke in. "Surely we can help. After all, we know how he thinks, and we can get to places that you can't, because you are too big." McGonalgall looked thoughtful, but shook her head after a minute.

"No, I'm sorry gentleman, it is simply too dangerous. Dumbledore doesn't want you three to get hurt in the forest, and I have to say that I completely agree with him." Sirius started to loudly protest, and Peter looked as if he was going to cry. Only James looked contrite.

"Yes ma'am." he aid quietly, and dragged his friends out of the room. Sirius and Peter immediately began to yell at James once they were back in their dormitory.

"James! How could you just say 'Yes ma'am' and be done with it! Don't you care that Remus might be dead?" Sirius bellowed.

"Why don't they think that we can go on the search party? We're old enough!" cried Peter.

"Shhh!" James whispered. "Quiet down you two, I have a secret." This shut the two up immediately. They loved secrets. "My granddad sent me an Invisibility Cloak for my birthday last month! I say that we use it to go search for Remus with the teachers." He looked at his two friends. A sly smile spread across Sirius' face, and there was a light in Peter's eyes.

"James, that's a brilliant idea," Peter said. "Will it fit all three of us though?"

"Why don't we try it out?" The three scrambled under the coat that James had just fished out from his trunk, and were glad to see that it did indeed fit them all, as they were quite small. The boys then ran to the Great Hall, where they were sure the search party would assemble.

The Forest was dark and damp, and the three had to be sure not to trip over anything or in any way alert the teachers to their presence. Dumbledore was sending out search spells, James couldn't hear anything apart from "Remus John Lupin" at the end though. Sirius hadn't guessed how dark it would be in the Forest. He thought it would be a sort of half-light, not this 8-o'clock-PM-in-the-middle-of-winter darkness. It wasn't going to be easy to find Remus, much harder than he thought. Peter was listening hard for any sound that could give away an eleven year old werewolf's position. He had always had excellent hearing, and one day that would get him into trouble, but that's a different story. Peter heard many things, but none of them were what he wanted to hear. Finally, the professors stopped in a large glade, where Dumbledore magicked up a small picnic.

"Would you care to join us, masters Black, Potter and Pettigrew?"

Yay! A New Chapter! I would have had them find poor sweet darling Remus, but this chapter sort of flowed. And whenever a chapter 'flows' the characters get a mind of their own and control the story. Do you know what i mean? The thing is, i'm trying to figure out what on EARTH i'm going to put next chapter, because i didn't plan on another Remus view...perhaps them finding him? That sound's good. Review pwett pwease? puppy dog eyes xOxO