A/N: Well here's the next chapter of Time Turner— I told you I'd go back to a regular updating schedule. I already updated two chapters for one story. I might get this one up throughout the week for you if my parents allow me to go online for about five minutes or so, so that's good. Worst case scenario, I'll put this on disk and upload it at school for you. And I could work on it there for you as well. I like getting the chapters out quick because then I get to find out what happens as well. Even though I have it pre-planned, its nice to see how it fans out. Don't forget to review, tell me what you think!

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and any characters from the books/movies/games don't belong to me, they belong to Warner Bros, JK Rowling and possibly other people. So yeah.

Time Turner

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Chapter Nine: Halloween

The days before Halloween quickly faded away, and soon it was Halloween. Lily was amazed at how greatly the Great Hall (no pun intended!) Was decorated. The tables all had luxurious orange cloths covering it, and the teachers table had an elegant black cloth thrown on it. Behind the teachers there were tomb stones with cobwebs on it— Lily was shocked to see that the tombstones looked as if they were actually real— and some names she didn't recognize. Skeletons all around— it was a fantastic sight.

"I can't WAIT until tonight!" Lexi said suddenly. Lily glanced at her.

"Whatever for?" she asked.

"Firstly, Lils, its Halloween! That's my favourite holiday, ever! Well, maybe Christmas, then Halloween... oh and Easter can be good as well, birthdays—" Lily glared at her and Lexi stopped and continued with what she had started to say. "Secondly, tonight the ghosts are going to be performing for us— reenacting their own deaths! Then, there's these skeletons coming, their these performers and they'll be singing Halloween songs and dancing for us. I believe after that, we'll be read a traditional Halloween story and then sent off to bed."

"Well, that does sound like fun..." Lily admitted.

"It WILL be fun! Unless they pull a prank again," Lexi added. There was no need to tell Lily who 'they' was. She knew perfectly well that Lexi meant James and Sirius. Maybe even on occasion, Remus, but usually just James and Sirius. They had become well-known for pulling silly, immature pranks on any unsuspecting student. A lot of the times, Lily had heard, Peeves got blamed when it was really James and Sirius. She had come to dislike both of them very much, but wouldn't go quite so far as hate. If they continued as they were, however, it wouldn't be long before she did hate them.

"They wouldn't dare," Erin replied firmly. She saw that they had overheard them and were grinning devilishly in their direction. She rolled her eyes and continued eating breakfast.

"Don't be so sure." Lily said, "It is, after all, Halloween. Their immature, they don't care how much trouble they get into, they'll see this as the perfect opportunity for a prank. Their so... arrogant," she said, in a voice that made it clear that she meant for them to hear.

They did. James, for some reason, felt the pain when she called them arrogant. Was that what everyone thought of them? He was only eleven! He was allowed to be a little immature, wasn't he? Not according to these old hags. Their eighty year olds trapped in an eleven year olds body. James thought angrily.

"You hear that mate? She called us immature! I feel so... proud. Like we really succeeded in all of our pranks." Sirius said jokingly. James didn't laugh, or joke back. He stared at his food, angry, and stabbed at his eggs with his fork. Sirius noticed the change in moods and glanced back at the girls. Odd... Sirius thought. Usually, James wouldn't care what he was called. Now, though, he seems as if he's almost... mad. Sirius stopped these thoughts quickly, but they weren't pushed out of his mind. They would be brought up again, and again.

—

"Remus, how can you... bear... being friends with those two buffoons?" Lily asked Remus finally. They had a free study period that day because their teacher had fallen sick in the middle of the class, and there was no teacher available to teach. Remus didn't say anything for a moment, deeply engrossed in his book. Finally he placed a marker in it, closed it and set the book down.

"I know you don't particularly like James and Sirius," Remus started slowly, "But they really are quite nice. I admit that their pranks can be a bit immature, but Lily... we're eleven. What do you expect from eleven year old boys?" Remus asked.

"But you're not like that," Lily pointed out. Remus smiled.

"I'm hardly a regular eleven year old boy," Remus said. "I actually enjoy studying, reading, and homework. Most don't. Sometimes, the pranks are funny though..." Remus replied. Lily shook her head and laughed.

"Their turning you into one of them!" she said jokingly. "Be careful, you might grow fur and a tail," she teased. Remus didn't say anything, or even laugh. Lily noticed his change of mood, and felt bad. "I... I'm sorry, Remus, I know their your friends... I didn't mean to sound as though I were insulting them, honest. I was only joking," she added. Remus forced a smile.

"Its not that, Lily. You wouldn't understand," he added sadly. "There's... something about me. That nobody knows. Nobody," he added. "If they did, they wouldn't be friends with me. At least, I don't think so. That's how I've lost friends in the past." Remus grabbed his book and left the Great Hall. Lily looked his way curiously. What could there possibly be that people would know about Remus that would make them not want to be friends with him? He's so nice, I can't believe it. Lily saw James and Sirius whispering behind their books. She rolled her eyes and sighed. As much as she hated to, she wanted to know what had gotten into Remus lately. She put her book down and sat beside James.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Miss "Perfect" who thinks we're immature," Sirius said.

"Shove off, Sirius, I'm not here to rag on either of you. Pull all the pranks you want, I'm no prefect so there's nothing I can do." Lily replied coldly. James looked up from his essay and stared at her. Lily pretended not to notice his sudden constant gaze.

"So what is it you want?" James asked quietly. He still hadn't taken his eyes off Lily, and it bothered her immensely.

"Its... about Remus." Lily said lamely. Sirius raised his eyebrow.

"So you do like him!" He said excitedly. He turned to James. "You owe me three galleons, mate—"

"I do not like him! At least not in the way you're intending. We're friends and that's all. I'm... if you must know, I'm worried about him. Have either of you noticed something bothering him lately, or are you as thick-headed and self-centered as popularly believed and don't know?" Lily asked. Sirius pretended to be offended.

"Thick-headed? How rude! And what's wrong with being self-centered? I happen to love myself, and there's nothing wrong with it." Sirius said.

"Yes and I'm sure that if it was legal for you to marry yourself you would do that as well," Lily retorted. "Remus has been acting horribly distant lately, and at the silliest things he'll get up and leave. Like just now I teased him and told him if he hung out with the two of you too long he'd grow fur and a tail, and he left. Not before telling me that there's something about him, that nobody knows. He thinks that if they did, they wouldn't want to be friends with him. Has he told either of you what this is all about?" Lily asked. James looked confused.

"No... Li— Evans," he said, calling her by her surname as she always did to him, "I... a few weeks ago, Sirius and I were talking about a prank. I mentioned how it would make people think a blood-thirsty werewolf was on the rampage, and he left."

"And a few days ago I was talking to Peter about this legend of this werewolf, Fenrir Greyback. Since you're a muggle-born, I guess you don't know it. Basically, this guy named Fenrir was bit by a werewolf. He, unlike most werewolves, embraced his newfound curse. He enjoyed the blood, the flesh, all of the things a werewolf loved. Rumor has it he likes kids more than anything, and that even when he isn't transformed he'll drink blood. When I told Pete about it, Remus left." Sirius said. Lily looked thoughtful.

"How's Remus' mother doing, by the way?" she asked. Remus had every month been telling them that he was going to see his mother, who was very sick. It seemed as if she had been sick for a long time, yet nobody knew what was wrong with her because Remus rarely ever talked about it. James shrugged.

"Good, I guess. I mean, Remus hasn't told us she died or anything. He doesn't mention her very much, and when we ask him about her, he'll seem almost... confused, then he'll quickly tells us that she's fine and he'll leave. If we find out what's been bothering him," James added, "I— we'll let you know." James replied. Lily smiled gratefully.

"Thanks, James." she said. After she left, Sirius punched James. James glared at him.

"What was that for?" he cried. He rubbed his arm where Sirius had punched him.

"Eww... do you..." Sirius pretended to shudder. "LIKE Evans?" Sirius asked. James glared at him, his jaw dropping. Where on earth had that come from? There was no reason for anyone to think that, James reasoned. It wasn't as though he acted like he liked her. He called her by her last name, he pulled pranks on her more than anyone else because it bothered her so much. He'd do anything to distract her from her studies, he'd even work extra hard at being even better in Transfiguration than he usually was just because he knew it bothered her that he, of all people, was better at something than she was.

"Mate, when I like Evans," James said seriously, "I give you my permission to hex me into oblivion." Sirius smiled, satisfied with that answer. He couldn't have his number one partner in crime getting hung up over some girl, not at this crucial stage in their life when they were supposed to be devilishly immature boys. Yet Sirius would notice throughout his days at Hogwarts how James would, despite the teasing, the pranks, even the cruel insults at times, would seem to glance at Lily for no particular reason, and how he would always focus his attention entirely on her whenever she spoke. It was something he rarely did with anyone else, but he would if she was talking to him. Sirius, for the moment, had none of these thoughts in his mind as he folded paper happily, as he had no idea that James was destined to fall inlove with Lily Evans.

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It was a full moon outside, at least that was what the ceiling in the Great Hall showed. Lily looked around, hoping to see Remus so she could talk to him. He had been avoiding her the best he could all during their classes, as though he knew that she was going to ask him what was going on. When Lily saw James, Sirius, and their new friend Peter, she noticed Remus wasn't with them. Odd... Lily thought, it's dinner, shouldn't Remus be here? Especially on Halloween, even I wouldn't miss it to study. Perhaps because Lexi and Erin have me just as excited as they are now. Lily thought. She was about to go over to James and Sirius to ask them where Remus was, when dinner appeared before them on the table. Everyone started eating, but they stopped when Dumbledore raised his hands into the air.

"Attention, everyone! The events planned for Halloween— are about to begin. First we will have our very own Hogwarts ghosts reenacting their deaths. This is something very emotional for them, a traumatic time in their life and they have willingly agreed to reenact it for you, so please, no laughing, no comments or whispers during it. There will be time to talk between each one. First up, the Bloody Baron!" Dumbledore said finally. The hall fell silent as they watched the horrifying death the Bloody Baron had suffered.

—

"I'm so sorry, Mr Lupin." Madame Pomfrey said sadly. "Tonight is not going to be good for you. I'll be back by morning." she added quickly, seeing the full moon come out from behind the clouds. Remus nodded, and felt the tingling transformation begin. He hoped Madame Pomfrey was out of the Shrieking Shack by then, because if she wasn't—

There was no further thought. For Remus, life as a human had come to a pause, a complete stop. There were no real human thoughts— no memories of his friends, family, only the tingling sensation he felt throughout his body as he slowly transformed into a werewolf. He screamed in pain, the scream barely sounding remotely human. Birds, hearing the sound, were startled and flew off. People in Hogsmeade froze, dead in their tracks. He felt the craving for human flesh begin, and no longer felt disgust. For Remus was no longer Remus Lupin, the eleven year old wizard. He was Remus Lupin, werewolf.

A/N: Well I know that the chapter could have been longer, but I just thought that was a good way to end the chapter, so that was how I ended it. For anyone reading this who likes Card Captor Sakura, I will be starting a medieval era story for that anime, so keep your eye open for that. And if you haven't already— check out A Marauder's Tale, its getting a little more interesting because the story is actually beginning to start more with the prophecy.