James and comapny were late to the first class in the morning as usual, which was herbology with professor Sprout.
"Today we are going to grow Aconitum Vulparia, a herb which is more commonly known as..." she looked around at the student to see if someone raised a hand.
Sirius nudged Remus. "You should know, you always get full marks in herbology."
"Sorry, don't know the answer to this one." said Remus, shifting eyes.
"No one?" said Sprout. "Have you never heard of Wolfsbane? Well, it's a herb that grows in the damp woods of the Alps and they say it can reverse shapeshifting. Now, grab a pot and start planting! Chop, chop!"
Sprout clapped her hands together and everybody started to plant.
"Reverse shapeshifting? Does that mean it cures werewolves and such?" said James.
"There is no cure for lycantrophy." said Remus bitterly. "I think, not that I would know." he added quickly and laughed nevrvously.
"Then what do they mean by 'reverse shapeshifting'?" Peter asked.
Everyone waited for Remus to answer that, it was a habit. No one else ever had the answer to anything.
"What? I don't know everything! Jeez, ask Sprout!"
"Maybe you should try gum." said Sirius.
"What?" Remus asked.
"That usually helps when you're trying to quit smoking."
"I'll keep that in mind."
After Herbology on Wednesdays, they always had defence against dark arts with professor...someone.
"Nooo...anything but dark arts..." James groaned as they entered the classroom.
"How can you say that, dada rules!" said Remus.
They always sat at the back of the class, and today was no exception. The dada teacher entered and told the class to shut up.
"Hi kids! Look up page 43 in your books." He said.
"Last to page 43 is a slimy git!" said Sirius and he and James raised to page 43. James won.
"Hm, werewolves."
Remus froze.
"What's wrong with you?" James asked.
"I...need a smoke. Bad."
"Yeah, werewolves really gives me the collywobbles." said Peter.
"And you know what's creepier?" said Sirius mysteriously. "That anyone in here could be one, and we don't even know it. Why, it could even be...you!" said Sirius and randomly pointed at Lily who sat at the desk before them.
"You want something, Black?" she said.
"Just look how she's eating me with her eyes! Well you're not getting any so...go rip the limbs of a bunny or something!"
Lily looked puzzled and decided to just ignore them.
"Werewolves don't rip the limbs of a bunny!" said Remus defensively.
"Sure they do." said Sirius. "When there are no juicy humans around, that is. I mean, they gotta eat, don't they?"
"I've heard that people can go 30 days without food." said James.
Sirius shook his head patronzingly. "Werewolves don't eat 'cause they're hungry, they eat because they are sadistic bloodthirsty fleshcraving murderous-"
"Ok, we get it!" Remus cut off. "Could you please keep quiet so I can hear what professor Someone is saying?"
"Now, I want you to read page 43 to 49 and write an essay on werewolves that I want next time we see eachother."
"I don't get one thing, though." said Peter. "Werewolves can't kill humans, can they? 'Cause then there would be none of them."
"Sirius, expert in werewolfology, will have to answer that." said James and held his microphone-fist to Sirius.
"Well, Peter, I can answer that, 'cause I am after all expert in werewolfology. This is how it is." There was a pause when Sirius tried to come up with something to say. "Werewolves are really people that have been killed by werewolves. They are like Inferi or zombies."
"Actually, werwolves are people that have been bitten and managed to escape, and a person killed by one becomes a vampire." Remus corrected.
There was a long pause.
"So I've read in this book!"
"Exscuse me, I was under the impression that I was the expert." said Sirius. "How come you're so educated in this subject, are you a werewolf maybe?"
"No!"
There was a pause.
"What makes you think that, could it be that you are the werewolf!" said Remus, saving the situation.
Sirius fake-gasped. "Allright, it's true! Evans bit me!"
"Evans is not a werewolf!" said James.
"Yes she is and when you two are married you will have red furry long-sighted kids!"
"We're not getting married! I don't like her!"
"James and Evans sitting in a tree, k i s s i n g-" Sirius sang 'til he recieved a strong punch from James.
Professor Someone came to see what was going on.
"What's going on here?"
The kids stopped arguing.
"James started it."
"Sirius started it!"
"Take that after the class, now start reading from page 43!"
Professor Someone left.
Peter turned the page and cut his finger so it started bleeding. Mmm blood,
"Owie."
Remus got up and gathered his things.
"Where you going?" James asked.
"I can't make it without Floo anymore. I don't care what they say at the AFA meeting tonight. See you later."
It was around twelve o'clock when James, Sirius and Peter left the great hall after lunch and went outside to their usual spot under a tree close the giant lake. They had a long break because professor Kettleburn was sick. Anyway, reaching their destination, they found that Remus was already there.
"I've tried Floo but it didn't affect me at all, unfortunately." said Sirius. "I hear nicotine is better."
"Don't start smoking, it's bad for your health." said Remus.
"Well, you should know."
They observed some kids that seemed to be very interested in the Whomping Willow.
"What are they up to?" James asked.
"Grudgeon seems suicidal." Sirius replied. "Why doesn't he petrify it first?"
"Where's the excitement in that? Really, have you walked into a brickwall, Sirius?" James asked.
"Like I'm interested in being smashed into pieces, I wanna know why it's planted there."
"Maybe they thought it would make a nice adornment." said Peter.
Sirius shook his head. He liked to do that. It made him feel detectivious, athough that's not a word. "Why would they plant a whomping Willow here when they know that people's gonna want to come near it. There's definetly more to it."
"I think they just wanna reduce the number of students." said James. "And if it is, like you say, hiding something, I'm sure just petrifying it will be too easy."
"Hey Rem, is there anything in Hogwarts a History about that tree?" Sirius asked.
"Nope. I think that tree is too new."
"How new?"
"I don't know. Maybe...2 years."
"It's grown a lot in 2 years." James pointed out.
"What a coincidence. 2 years, just as long as we've been here."
"I've solved the mystery, Sirius! Dumbledore wants to get rid of us!"
There was an unpleasant sound followed by a scream. Even Remus looked up from his book. Yes, he was reading, oh goodness gracious. Not anymore, though.
"What happened?"
"I think Grudgeon got hurt. Look, there's Pomfrey...and a bunch of teachers." said James.
"It was bound to happen." said Sirius. "And the person who planted that must have seen it coming. I rest my case. Thank you, your honour. I find the defendant guilty. I object-"
"Objection, your honour, I find Sirius annoying!" said James.
"I want the truth!"
"You can't handle the truth!"
"I now pronounce you husband and wife!" said Peter.
"I- what?" said James nonplussed.
"Peter, we're in court, not in church!" Sirius explained.
Peter shrugged. "I felt left out."
It was already dark and Remus had left to his "AFA meeting". The moon was full outside the window and James and co actually did their homeworks.
"Look at the pwetty moon." said Peter.
"There's nothing in this book that I don't already know." said James. "A werewolf is a person who transforms into a wolf under the influence of the moon. No shit, sherlock. This is why dada is stupid."
"Hey, it's fullmoon now! Let's go werewolf hunting!" Sirius suggested happily.
Peter wimpered.
"Nah...quidditch practice was particulary rough today." said James.
"How can it be rough, all you do is sit on a broom." said Sirius.
"Hey! It's much more than sitting on a broom!"
"As in your case, where you must hold on to it until there's a mattress under you-"
"Because you cast a tickling charm on my broom so I couldn't...sit on it properly!"
"You looked like you had ants in your ass." Sirius laughed.
"The point is, I don't exactly see you exercising your butt off."
"That's because I like my butt as it is, thank you."
They wrote a little more on their essays.
"Hey, look at the pwetty moon." said Sirius.
"Hey, it is pretty! Too bad Remus isn't here to see it."
"Maybe they have windows at the AFA meeting place."
"Yeah. And if not, there will be a moon next month too." said James.
"Yeah, unless he disappears mysteriously then too." said Peter.
"But it's not mysterious anymore, we know where he's going." said Sirius. "Yup, nothing to worry about."
"Everybody's normal. Except for his rabid pet bunny, whom I never met but assume is the 'cause of the tons of scars on Rem and chunks of fur on his clothes 'cause I can't honestly think of anyother explanation this lovely fullmoon evening. Oh, I forgot about the AFA meetings." said James.
"I think it's the howling, it makes it harder to concentrate." said Sirius.
James nodded. "He should put down that rabbit, I think it's sick."
"And you know what else that's not weird and suspicious at all? That he's named after some kid who is said to have been raised by a wolf along with his twin brother."
"And a flower." said Peter.
"What?" sais James.
"Lupine, isn't that a flower?"
"Maybe it is. Hey...you know what unexpectedly crossed my mind?" James burst out. "Maybe he's a lycantrope!"
"Why, James, that was totally uncalled for! But maybe...you're right!"
(A/N: Don't you just hate when you upload a chapter and then some line is missing? Or maybe that just happens with my stupid moron idiot computor! Anyway, now that's taken care of. No one has commented it though so maybe no one noticed)
