Sorry about my slow updating, I had writers block on this one and now I am starting tennis so I have almost no time to write. Thank you to all of my reviewers:

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Chapter 10: Full Moon Adventures

James didn't go to his classes the next few days not only because of his grief but also because Lily was so obviously mad at him. He thought that maybe she would notice his absence and come up to check on him but she never did which verified that they were still not on good terms. He didn't understand why Lily got so angry that he was an illegal animagi who visited his friend who was a werewolf every full moon, how does it effect her?

A week after Remus's mom died James decided to start attending his classes again. He was wasn't used to his teachers not even lecturing him about missing a full weeks classes and McGonagall not even assigned the rest of the detentions he was supposed to have even though he knew that it was because he knew Remus's mom so well.

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Meanwhile Remus was stuck at home with his father with nothing to do but think about the loss of his mother. He thought he would almost prefer being back at Hogwarts, at least while there he may have been able to think about things other than the death of his mom. But overall he knew it would be for the best for him to be home, he needed to spend time with his father during this horrible time.

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"What is wrong?" Claire asked Lily, who was lying on her bed staring at the wall opposite her with a very concentrated expression.

"I'm…well…just not sure what to do about…something…" Lily answered without really answering her friend's question.

"About what?" Claire pressed on.

"Whether I yell at James or comfort him," Lily said.

"Well that's a pretty easy answer," Claire said. "Why would you yell at him right now, he is obviously upset about Remus's mum?"

"But the thing is he did something that was very illegal and is about to put his life in danger, do I comfort him about Remus's mum anyway, or yell at him because he could kill himself or just not do anything at all for the moment…" Lily said more to herself than Claire.

"What did he do that was illegal? How is he putting his life in danger? Give me details!" Claire begged.

"I can't believe he has gotten away with it for all these years…" Lily said to herself.

"He got away with what!" Claire practically shouted, causing the few other girls in the dormitory to stare in their direction.

"I don't know if I should tell you, it's supposed to be secret. I mean, I'm surprised he even told me," Lily said.

"I promise I won't tell anyone! Please just tell me what he did," Claire was starting to get annoyed.

"Fine, but I'll tell you late," Lily said then turned to the three girls who were now intently listening to their conversation. "When we're ALONE."

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James looked across the Gryffindor common room at Lily. Then a thought came to him that he was surprised he hadn't really thought of before: Maybe Lily wasn't mad at him, but just wanted him to be safe. He realized that she was only fussing about him and not Sirius and Peter. Maybe she cared about him more…maybe she liked him… But maybe Lily didn't like him, but she did at least care about him. He spent a long time debating in his mind whether she like him or not and finally decided that she must like him. What girl in their right mind didn't like the James Potter? James convinced himself that she was just too afraid to admit it.

When Lily looked up at James he smiled at her but she pretended she didn't seem him and went back into conversation with Claire and Mariah. James was insulted, he half wanted to walk up to her and ask what that was all about but he thought it was a better idea not to; he didn't want to get in another row with her.

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"Okay!" Claire urged. "What did James do?"

"You swear you won't tell anyone until I deal with it?" Lily whispered so no one would eavesdrop.

"Sure, just tell me already!" Claire couldn't stand all of Lily's secrecy.

"He is an illegal animagi, and so are Sirius and Peter," Lily said. "And every full moon they go and keep Remus company!"

"Are you kidding me?" Claire said.

"Quiet down Claire," Lily hissed. "We are in a library and I don't want anyone to hear!"

"Sorry, but…I mean…how did they do it?" Claire was completely intrigued by the subject.

"I don't know, but they did it illegally and they put their lives in danger every full moon to hang out with Remus and I've got to do something about it!"

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When it was one week until the full moon Lily decided it was finally time to confront James about his being animagi. She took a deep breath and made her way up to the boys' dormitory.

Lily opened the door and was relieved that only James was in there. She sat down on his bed and started, "You aren't going to visit Remus, are you?"

"Yes," James answered truthfully. "I'm not going to leave one of my best friends alone while he has to suffer his curse. And plus thanks to us he actually will come to his senses during his transformation and he's just like his human self, only in wolf form."

"Do you realize just how much danger you are putting yourself in hanging around a werewolf while he is transformed?" Lily was truly worried about James; she didn't want anything to happen to him.

"Sirius and I are big enough to keep old Moony under control. If he tries to do anything we are big and strong enough to stop him without getting bitten, or even scratched."

"I don't want you risking your life just to keep Remus company for one night a month, it's just not worth it James."

"I'm sorry Lils, but I'm not changing my mind. I'm going to go and that's final. I will be fine, I promise."

"You won't be fine if you keep up with this act!" Lily was near tears, she did not want James to risk his life just for one night with his friend.

"I will be fine Lily!"

"James! What if you get bitten? What if he kills you? I don't know what I'd do if you died!"

"I won't die, so you won't have to worry about that," James said confidently. "You don't need to worry."

"Please don't go James," Lily begged. "For me."

"I'm sorry Lily, I'm going."

"Fine, but just so you know, you just completely blew all of your chances," Lily said while getting off of James's bed. "I refuse to ever date someone that I could lose just like that because he is an idiot who likes to hang out with werewolves on full moons.

Lily slammed the door as she left his dormitory and went immediately into the girls' dorm, where she knew she would not have to deal with that jackass James Potter.

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James couldn't say a word. Lily really sounded like she was seriously considering dating him.

"I did not just loose all my chances of being with her," James said out loud to himself and quickly left his dormitory after Lily.

When he reached the common room he saw that Lily was no where in sight.

"Where did she go?" James asked Mariah who he saw sitting on the couch by the fire.

"Up to the girls' dormitory," Mariah answered. "But I wouldn't recommend going up there."

"Why?" James asked, going through ways to get up to her room after the stairs turn into a slide.

"Once you upset Lily you have to give her time to cool off, you should know that by now James," Mariah answered.

"But I need to talk to her," James said.

"Just wait it out," Mariah said. "What did you do this time anyway?"

"I don't think I should tell you," James said.

"What did you do?"

"It's nothing that concerns you," James said.

"Please tell me!" Mariah couldn't stand it, she wanted to know.

"Let's just say she is worried about my safety and is mad at me," James said.

"Why would she be worried about your safety?"

"No reason because I will be fine and nothing has ever or will ever happen to me because of it."

"Because of what?"

"Nothing that has anything to do with you, and therefore I won't tell you."

"Just tell me already, I won't tell anyone else!"

"No."

"Fine then, once she calms down, I'll go ask Lily."

"She won't tell you," James said simply, he knew she was at least good at keeping secrets.

"She will, you'll see."

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Lily walked down the stairs after finally cooling off, even though she was still worried about him. She suddenly saw Mariah coming towards her. "What's up?" Lily asked.

"What did he do?" Claire blurted out.

"I don't think I should tell you."

"Please!"

"Well, I'll just say he is putting his life in danger for a stupid reason."

"Yeah and how is he putting his life in danger?"

"You don't need to know that Mariah, and I'm tired of talking about it!"

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James, Sirius and Peter made their way down to the whomping willow. They knew that even though Remus was sent home he would still have to spend his transformation in the shrieking shack. Once the trio reached the wild tree they all transformed.

Peter who was now a small rat then ran swiftly under the tree and pressed the knot on the truck. The tree suddenly stopped swinging and stood still. James and Sirius who were now a stag and a big black dog ran under the tree and slid into the hole by the trunk shortly followed by Peter.

"Hey, nice to see you guys," Remus said as he saw his friends come in.

At that moment Remus started transforming and Peter ran behind his two much bigger friends.

Once the werewolf formally known as Remus had completely transformed the stag and the large dog began trying to calm him down, but for the first time in a long time they were unsuccessful. The werewolf sprinted out of the shrieking shack and the stag and the dog sprinted out after it. The rat hesitantly followed suit.

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Lily felt like she could use a little walk outside to clear her mind, she could not stop worrying about James. Right now he was with a werewolf and she did not want to think of what could possibly happen to him.

Lily snuck outside without being caught. When she left the castle she saw the whomping willow going crazy. She walked in the direction of the tree to see what was going on and suddenly saw three large creatures running straight in her direction. She stood there trying to figure out what the shapes were she panicked but could not run. She just stood there in shock.

The werewolf in the front of the pack had obviously seen her. She knew it was Remus and the two animals behind it were James and Sirius. Remus stopped in front of her and started growling. The next thing she knew a stag and a large black dog knocked down the werewolf. The dog pinned the werewolf and wouldn't let it back up and the stag ran over to Lily.

The stag nudged Lily to get on his back and she hopped on fast.

James the stag ran Lily back over to the school.

"I told you not to!" Lily still had the ability to lecture James even though he just saved her life.

The stag named James then ran off and joined the dog named Sirius with the werewolf.

Lily felt something tickling her feet and looked down. It was a little rat that she knew must be Peter. He then ran into the school and she followed.

When they got inside Peter transformed back into a human.

"I told him not to!" Lily exclaimed.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine," Peter said. "Just wait in here, I'll be back. I have to help them get under the tree."

Lily had no idea what he was talking about, but she could tell he was afraid to go back out there. Peter then transformed back into a rat once again and ran outside.

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The doors opened and Lily saw James Sirius and Peter walk inside. Lily automatically ran over and tackled James with a big hug.

"I'm so glad you're okay!" Lily cried.

James laughed a little anxiously, "I'm just glad that you're okay. What were you thinking going out there on a full moon?"

"I didn't really expect that you'd have Remus running around campus," Lily said. "So I went for a walk."

"Why would you go for a walk in the middle of the night?" Sirius asked.

"Because I was so worried," Lily said hugging James again. "Don't you ever do that again!"

"If we don't, then if Moony gets loose again and runs across someone, then who would save them?" James asked.

"I don't know, but I don't want you doing it!" Lily said.

James held Lily in a tight embrace and then turned her around to face him, "I know you don't want me to, and I know that it is dangerous, but usually when we do this Remus will come to his human senses and we will be able to walk around without any temptation on his part to attack anything. He actually has fun sometimes and he doesn't have to be miserable on that one night. Tonight I think he just acted out because he is so upset about his mum he needed to let some of his aggression out, but look we are all fine."

Lily nodded, she knew that she hated the idea of them running around with a werewolf but she still understood why they did it and knew there was nothing she could do about it. James then pulled out his invisibility cloak and the marauders map. He wrapped the cloak around Lily because he knew if they got caught she would care more than any of the others would.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," James said as he tapped the map with his wand.

Lily pulled off the cloak and looked at James quizzically.

"It's how you activate the map," James explained. "It is a map of Hogwarts, and you can see where all the people are."

Lily pulled the cloak back on and followed the marauders back up to the Gryffindor common room.

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Lily plopped down on the couch by the fire and let out a sigh. James sat down next to her and Sirius next to him. Peter went up to the boys' dormitory, completely exhausted.

"Is Remus going to be okay?" Lily asked.

"Yeah," said Sirius, "he might just be a little bruised up is all."

"When is he coming back to school?" Lily asked.

"Next week," James answered.

"I hope he's okay about his mom and all," Lily said.

"Life will go on," James said and at that the three went to bed, they were all beat from the night's adventures.

I'm sorry my chapters are getting considerably shorter than when they started, especially on my other stories! But otherwise the updates would be even slower.

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