A/n: this is prongs' chapter. Sorry that it took so long to post but I was in London and Prongs had not sent the chapter to me yet.

Full Moon

Chapter Two

James absently polished the "Award for Services to the School" that he had begun half an hour ago. He didn't even notice Sirius trying to get his attention until Sirius punched him in the arm. "Moony or pranks?" Sirius asked. "Moony," James replied. His friends were used to James's tuning out when he was worried about something or thinking hard. James looked down at the award. "T.M. Riddle" and a date of about 33 years previously were engraved in the gold that shimmered with 30 minutes of polishing. "I wonder why T.M. Riddle got this award," mused James. "Forget why he got the award, who is he?" Sirius countered. "Eh, let's ask McGonagall when detention's over. For now we'd better get back to polishing." James picked up another trophy and began polishing, his mind unconciously going back to when he, Sirius, and Peter had decided to become Animage.

~Flashback~

"How are we supposed to help him? I hate being helpless like this!" growled James. "We know, James, you've told us a million times already," said Sirius. "Shh! Here he comes!" Peter whispered. "C'mon guys, we've got Transfiguration, we're doing Animagi today," said Remus, coming up to them. "Animagi?" James breathed. "Yeah, humans that can turn into animals. McGonagall's an Animagi, you know," Remus told them, but stopped at the looks on James and Sirius's faces. "Er- hold on Sirius, I forgot something, can you come help me find it?" James said quickly. "I'll-" Remus began, but Sirius cut him off. "Go ahead, you seem really interested, Remus, Peter and I'll help James," he said. Peter nodded. "Alright, if you say so, Remus said, looking slightly suspicious. Sirius, Peter, and James ran upstairs. "That's it!" Sirius exclaimed as soon as they were back in their dorm room. "We can become Animagi!" said James, as excited as Sirius.

Three years later, they had mastered the transformation. Now all they had to do was tell remus. Which might be the hard part.

~End Flashback~

Sirius punched James again. " James. Detention's almost over, wake up!" "Hm? What?" James muttered. "Well, you three seem to have done fairly well in here. You may go," said Professor McGonagall, who had just appeared in the doorway. "Excuse me, Professor, but we were wondering- who is T.M. Riddle?" asked Sirius, holding up the award. "T.M. Riddle... is Lord Voldemort." James and Sirius stared at her, and Peter made an odd squeaking noise. "Thank you, Professor," said James, leaving the room with Sirius and Peter right behind him. Instead of going to their dorm though, they pulled on James's Invisibility Cloak, which they had hidden in a nearby suit of armor and went outside onto the grounds. Peter transformed and froze the Whomping Willow. James hid the Cloak, he and Sirius transformed, and the three of them climbed through the tunnel leading to the Shrieking Shack and their friend inside it.