"So what's wrong with her mate?" James asked. "She going to be okay Moony?"
Remus shook his head. "Don't know Prongs. Madam Pomfrey was still seeing to her, when I got back up there with this." he said, holding up the small wooden box.
"So there's really an amulet in there that would cause, you know?" Sirius asked.
"Yes Padfoot." Remus nodded. "She undid the sealing spell she'd done to show me. It's in there." Shaking the box it rattled. "Now, to bury the bloody thing where no one will find it."
The four friends walked out into the night on Hogwarts grounds. "Wh-where do you th-think we sh-should hide it?" Peter practically squeaked in the dark.
"Some place good Wormtail...someplace good." Remus replied, thinking. 'Someplace no one will be able to find the bloody thing, ever.'
"Wh-what about the b-base of the W-whomp-ping willow?" Peter suggested. "I-I can f-freeze it. P-padfoot can dig the h-hole..."
"Peter!" Remus turned on him excitedly, causing the boy to jump. "That's a brilliant idea! No one could get to it, not without knowing how to keep the tree still." A wide grin broke out on his face. "Wormtail, that was an amazing thought." Peter's face brightened with Remus's praise, he felt quite proud of himself with the other boy saying the things he had. With that the four turned in the direction that they traveled on a monthly basis. "You know." Remus spoke, coming up on the dangerous tree. "It'll be good not to have to make this trek anymore."
"Moony?" Sirius began "You're not going to just take her word on it, are you?"
"Yeah, she could be tricking you mate." James added.
Remus nodded. "I know that Prongs. And no Padfoot." he shook his head. "I'm not going to just take her word for it." he let out a sigh. "I'll still come here the first night this time around." A small smile crept onto the boys features. "And if all goes well...I'll never have to come here ever again."
Once at the tree, Peter changed, and avoiding the swinging branches, made his way to the knot at it's base. Sirius too changed, and finding a good place close to the trees roots, began to dig the hole that would house the box that Remus now had clutched in his hand. James stood as look-out, last thing they needed was to try and explain what they were up to. As the big black dog stepped back from his work, Remus dropped the box, and the ivory amulet inside it, down into the hole. Once more the dog went to work, this time filling in the hole. "All done." Sirius announced, once more in his usual form.
"Good job there Padfoot." Remus commended him. "Now let's get back to the castle. With that the boys once more made there way through the dark of night. 'Only one more time.' Remus thought to himself, hopefully, 'One more time sneaking out to the tree, and down that tunnel. Only one more time...' he smiled 'and that's only as a precausion.'