Title: Transforming Thoughts
Author Name: DarkForest214
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: none really…
Summery: Another full moon, a difficult decision, a suprise answer. It's the Marauders at their best!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters or Hogwarts School. I did not write this to try and make money. I am not stealing from JKR and the publishing companies and whatnot… I own nothing!
Author's Note: I started this as a short One-shot...several pages later and I decided I'll turn this bad boy into a chaptered fic.
Chapter Three
"C'mon Moony, you don't want to sleep through breakfast!" said Sirius, sticking his head through the curtains around Remus's bed.
"I don't care if I miss it," Remus mumbled as he rolled over on to his other side. "You on the other hand…"
"Nice try. Come on, get up!" Sirius insisted as he ripped open the curtains and flooded the bed with early morning sunlight.
"Sirius!" Remus mumbled while cursing him quietly.
"What was that Moony, I didn't quite catch it," Sirius smirked.
"I said, 'bugger off!'" Remus replied loudly.
"Just let him sleep, Padfoot," James said as he ran his hands through his permanent bed-head hair.
"We can eat without him," said Peter hungrily.
"I agree," Remus muttered as he buried his head under his pillow.
"Besides, he's got a rough night ahead of him," said James. "It's going to be a long night for all of us."
"Is it that time of the month already?" said Sirius. "Sorry, mate," he said before backing away slowly. "We'll see you in Charms then…"
"No, wait, I'm awake now…" said Remus reluctantly, grabbing his pillow he considered transfiguring it into a brick before throwing it at Sirius's head but thought better of it and tossed it at him as is. "I'm coming, just let me get dressed."
Sirius caught the pillow and threw a smile in Remus's direction. "I knew he would," he then muttered to James. James just smiled and shook his head.
After Remus was dressed the four went down to the Great Hall together. Remus walked silently amongst his friends while they argued over who would win the next Quidditch match.
The argument continued as they entered the Great Hall and sat down to eat, "But Hufflepuff is doing great this year," said James. "Well, great for them… They nearly beat us last match!"
"Yeah, but Ravenclaw usually beats them," said Sirius.
"But did you see how close Hufflepuff came to beating Slytherin?" said James. "And they normally never come close! They would have won too if their keeper hadn't been knocked off his broom by that bludger…"
"Yes, but—"
"Just drop it you two," said Remus. "Why can't you just wait and see like everyone else next weekend?" He quickly looked around and lowered his voice. "So, what're we going to do about tonight?"
"Whatever you're feeling fit for…" James said quietly to Remus as he ran his hand through his hair.
"Oh stop that!" Sirius said as he biffed James upside his head. "Lily isn't anywhere near here…"
"Lily? Where?" said James as he looked wildly around the room. "Oh never mind…" he muttered when he couldn't find her.
Sirius and Remus laughed but Peter just asked them to pass the bacon. He was too concerned with filling his stomach to bother with plans for tonight.
After the four finished eating they started off toward their first class of the morning. But as they were leaving the Great Hall they bumped into a greasy haired Slytherin boy who had his nose buried in a Dark Arts book.
James sneered when he saw the book and was about to say something but Sirius beat him to it. "Why don't you watch where you're going, Snivelly," Sirius spat.
"No, why don't you watch where you're going," Severus Snape said through clenched teeth.
"Just run along and play with your potion set," said James sarcastically, all the while glaring at the book in Snape's hands.
"Come on guys, let's just go. We can't be late for charms again or Flitwick will give us a detention for tonight," said Remus, laying emphasis on the last word to remind his friends to behave themselves this time, but neither James nor Sirius moved. "All right, let's go," he said forcefully as he grabbed the neck of Sirius's robes. "Peter, you grab James."
Peter timidly reached out and gingerly grabbed the sleeve of James, he was always nervous and worried when it came to confrontations.
Snape glared at the four one last time before continuing into the Great Hall. "He looked more greasy than usual this morning," Sirius said loud enough for Snape and several other students to hear.
They briefly saw Snape turn a slight shade of pink with embarrassment. "At least he doesn't look so sickly and pale when he's embarrassed," muttered James.
Remus looked around at his friends and couldn't help but smile. As reckless as they could be at times they sure were amusing…
A/N: Hope you enjoyed (I know DD did!) Thanks to my reviewer ('cause there's only one so far). Please R&R...for a little extra motivation I'll start mentioning my reviewers. Thanks DiscombobulatedDrummer, I'm glad you enjoyed it.