Chapter Twenty

DC: I don't own Harry Potter

James, Remus, and Sirius set the tent up, as Lily rummaged through the food pack. She scrunched her face up when she saw they only had raw items to cook with. She held up a piece of, well something she couldn't describe, and looked at it at all sorts of angles. After a few minutes though, she stuffed it back into the bag, picked up Roy, and watched as the three boys tried to make heads and tails of the so-called 'tent'.

"This is a bloody mess." Sirius said, picking up a pole. "Where does this thing go?" He then began banging in on the ground.

"I don't know…" James said.

"I told you we should have used the directions." Remus said. He set the pole he was holding down on the ground. Sirius threw his pole away from him.

James pulled out his wand. "Accio tent directions."

The papers flew out of the mess of poles and tarps, and flew straight into James's hands. The three boys came around and looked at it with him.

"Oh…so that's where that thing goes." Sirius said, picking up the pole he had.

"And the other one goes like this…" James said, pointing out things to the other boys.

They quickly set up the tent. And after about ten minutes of fixing the tarp on, they had a nice looking tent. The inside was warm and comfortable too. It wasn't like most muggle tents, but it wasn't the best wizard tent either. It only cost a Galleon and a few Knuts.

"Let's get started with supper!" Sirius said, after taking a good peek inside.

Lily watched as the boys then got their cooking supplies out. They had made a fire earlier, and were now setting things up around, and over, it. Lily just sat and watched. The Marauders were messing with knives, and they feared she could get hurt. (Even though she wanted to touch one while they were making pizza)

They were having hamburgers. Hamburgers were the real out in the wilderness food, as Sirius liked to call it. After making the patties, and cooking them over the fire, they each had a hamburger, and James brought special crisps just for them.

"No pink stuff?" James asked, looking at Lily's hamburger just to make sure.

"I'm not that bad of a cook, am I?" Remus asked.

"It happens to the best of us, Moony." Sirius replied.

Remus looked at him crossly. "Your not the best."

"I know."

"It's good Uncle Remie!" Lily said. After the thorough check, she took a big bite. (Which wasn't really big at all) She gave Remus a little thumb up, and continued on eating.

They ate, having a light conversation here and there. Afterwards they magically cleaned the dishes and packed away any extra food. It was starting to get late, so soon enough they would have to get inside the tent.

"Scary stories!" Sirius announced.

"No! Not while Lily is awake!" James exclaimed. "We don't want to scare her now do we?"

"No…but we can wait till she goes to sleep." Sirius said. "Then it will be scary story time!"

"Are you sure you can handle it, Padfoot?" Remus teased.

"I'm a grown…boy, don't worry about me!" Sirius replied with a grin.

By seven-ten the sun had set, and the four of them were inside the tent. Lily changed first, then the boys. They had her look away for that moment, for none of them wanted to change outside. After getting their sleeping bags and everything else situated, they started to talk again.

Lily was slowly falling asleep, and the Marauders noticed. They watched as she cuddled up with Roy, and fell asleep. It was then that the Marauders snuck out of the tent, and huddled around the fire.

James got his wand out, and lit the fire once again. Luckily it didn't wake up Lily.

"Okay who's telling a story first?" Sirius asked.

"Ooh!" Remus said, raising his hand. "I will!"

"You're so excited." James pointed out with a laugh.

"My story is called Jubilee Bethrod." Remus started ignoring James's comment. "It was a dark stormy night…."

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"And the muggle girl escaped from her captor, with some scratches and bruises, and ran into the rain." James was leaning forward. This story was very interesting. Sirius sat listening intently. He really wanted to know what was going to happen next. Lily had woken up between the time the story started, and now, and she was listening just as Sirius was.

"She ran to her home," Remus continued, "but as she touched the doorknob, SWOOSH! She was hit with a cutting hex that hit her legs. As she lay on the ground, bleeding excessively, she heard a voice.

"'Petrificus Totalus!' The voice said, and her body went limp. The poor muggle girl didn't know what was happening. She didn't even know that she was dealing with the most wanted Wizard in the world. It was dark all around her, and very cold from the rain. Her breath made little puffs of stream every time she breathed.

"She tried to get up, but her body was still paralyzed from the spell the wizard said. Her heartbeat rose, and she was finding it harder to breath. It was then she heard the blood-curling howl of Bethrod the Werewolf. She, of course, didn't know it was the scary legend, and thought it was just a dog, but soon found out that she was wrong.

"Jeffery Davis came back with his so-called-friend Jubilee Bethrod. Bethrod, who was being controlled by the Imperious curse cursed onto her by Jeffery, lunged at the poor girls leg." Remus took a pause. "BAM!"

Lily jumped, and brought Roy closer to her. Her eyes were open wide as the story went on. James took a deep breath, and Sirius continued to listen.

"There was Lighting. The rain came down harder as the werewolf bit deeper into the muggle girls leg--"

Lily jumped up, and ran out of the tent. "Uncle Remus! Your story! It's scaring me!"

The Marauders were surprised by the sudden visit. Lily started to cry, and Sirius was first to usher her over to the fire.

"How long have you been listening?" James asked.

"Since the girl ran out into the rain…" Lily said, wiping away the tears.

"I think we should discontinue the story, for the moment, Remus." James said.

"Did anyone notice she called me Remus?" Remus asked.

"That is weird…" Sirius replied, patting Lily's head gently.

Lily soon calmed down. She was growing tired again, and this time the boys were too. It was going to be yet another early night. Sirius carried Lily back into the tent; James doused the fire, and followed Sirius in. Remus stretched. He was the last to go in, after making sure everything was packed and ready to be packed back up the next morning.

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