Ariel was sitting on the bank of the lake when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned and saw Remus Lupin walking towards her. She smiled, and he sat down next to her. They talked and enjoyed their Saturday. A little while later, they began talking of Emily, and how important she was to Ariel.

"She wanted so many things," Ariel started. "She even planned out who each of us should be with."

"What do you mean?" he asked, really confused.

"I mean, you know, she thought that obviously Lily and James should be together, and then Skye and Sirius…"

"And you?"

Ariel looked from the sky back to Remus, who was looking at her.

"She…she wanted me to be…umm…with…you."

They stared at each other for a minute, unable to speak.

"But she's gone now…God, she was my best friend…" Ariel's eyes started to tear up in remembrance of Emily. She took her hands, and covered her face with them. Remus gave her a hug to make her feel better, but didn't completely let go of her…and she him. When they released each other, they looked straight into each other's eyes. Then, they both leaned forward, and kissed each other. Remus wrapped his arms around Ariel and she took hold of his neck. They dove into a deep, passionate kiss, with lots of feeling and love. He stopped, thought for a moment, and ran off as fast as he could, leaving Ariel to ponder what she did wrong.

On the other side of the grounds, Skye ran quickly down to the Quidditch pitch. She mounted her broom, and began throwing Quaffles at the goals for extra practice. She heard a whoosh behind her, and saw Sirius take the keeper's spot. They played for a little while until finally, he stopped one of her goals. She, in a fake angry fashion, flew towards him, and they both reached the ground and started running up the hill towards the castle. Skye, being in better shape physically than Sirius, caught up easily and knocked him over onto the hill. They lay there for a minute, breathing deeply for the rush of the run up the hill, and then sat up and stared at each other. They laughed for a minute, but kept staring. Sirius reached out to tuck Skye's hair behind her ear, as it was in her face. She moved her face with his hand, and he took her face with his other hand. He took her into a deep and passionate kiss, just like Remus had with Ariel. This time, however, no one ran away.

Ariel stayed away from Remus for the next day. She couldn't figure out what she did wrong. Finally, when he didn't show up for dinner, she got really worried about him. Oddly, James, Peter, and Sirius finished dinner quickly and sprinted out of the castle. Ariel, Skye, and Lily ran up to the Gryffindor tower to spy on them. On Lily's old bed, there was a note. It read:

Meet downstairs in the courtyard.

10:00 sharp – You won't want to

Miss this!

Lily, confused, went downstairs. Suddenly, she heard a yelp. First, a little brown and white rodent ran past her and into the shadows. Second, a black dog bitten badly, and in a lot of pain, and third, the same stag that she remembered from the other night. 'Wait, is that…JAMES? James is an animigus! That must mean…prongs! Padfoot! Sirius is the dog! Wormtail! Peter is the rodent! What is Remus…' There was a growl behind her and Lily screamed. A werewolf almost bit her when the stag pulled her out of the way and carried her back to the Entrance Hall. She ran away as fast as she could.

Back in the head's room, Lily waited for James. When he finally came in, around 6 am, she was exhausted. She was actually asleep, and he woke her by opening the portrait.

"James? Where were you?"

He looked tired, and replied, "I – er - fancied an early walk."

She looked at him, and remembered. "NO!" She called.

He whipped around and said, "What?"

Everything was coming into focus. She explained what she had figured out and he sighed, confirming her suspicions.

"And, um, thank you for saving me last night. Someone sent me a note, I don't know who, so I thought I'd check it out. I'm sorry."

He embraced her in a loving hug. She welcomed his hug and then they parted ways to rest for the day (Sunday). Later, Lily would encourage Ariel to go back and talk to Remus, so that she could see that he was just scared.