Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. The wonderful JK Rowling does! I wish I did, then I'd be rich! Just kidding! Please don't sue me for writing a fan fic that I really hope you enjoy!

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James was in his father's den, putting away everything he wanted to keep in boxes. Tears were leaking down his face as he saw a family photograph.

"Need any help?" came a voice. James turned to see Sirius standing in the doorway.

"I thought you were packing away the kitchen." James said, no expression in his voice.

"Yeah, I finished and since we are mostly done with everything, I thought I'd come and see you." Sirius sat down and started going through some things. They sat working in silence for a while, until James started laughing.

"What? What'd you find?" Sirius leaned over to James. James showed him a small toy broomstick, a burn mark in the middle.

"Remember when I got this and you saw it?" James asked.

Sirius chuckled. "Yeah, then I was mad I didn't have one so I stole your mum's wand and started banging on it-"

"And it caught on fire and wouldn't fly anymore. We both got grounded for a week." James finished.

Sirius smiled. "I miss that."

James sighed, more tears leaking down his face. "I miss them. I feel so empty with out them."

"I know mate. If you need to talk, I'm always here." James nodded. Sirius stood up and left the room, closing the door behind him quietly.

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By the time they were supposed to go back to Hogwarts, James was almost himself again. The last day Sirius, James, and Remus started moving everything out of James' room and bringing it to Sirius' house. They were using their wands, but in the process of moving, they started having fights with various pieces of furniture from his room.

After Remus broke James' desk in two, Gail stepped outside, crossing the yard in three long strides. She cast the Tickling Charm on each of them and started moving the furniture herself. She didn't give them mercy until they were done moving, an hour later.

"Torture and child abuse!" Sirius gasped after Gail released the charm.

"Now you're a child? You kept yelling at me to consider you as an adult," Gail said simply. Sirius opened his mouth to argue, but after Gail threatened her wand menacingly, he decided it was best if he didn't say anything. Even a Marauder knew his limits.

It was six o'clock and Orion was turning a bent fork into a Portkey. At 6:15, the five friends found themselves in Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore smiled at them. "Right on time. Dinner has already started in the Great Hall." Dumbledore swept out of the office and left the door open behind them.

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Damn, that moon is bright, Snape thought to himself as he crawled out of bed, prepared to close the curtains of his window. It was relatively early and the moon had not completely risen into the sky, but Snape had a headache and retired to bed earlier to attempt sleep but the moon's light wasn't making it any easier. Glancing at his calendar, he saw it was a full moon and groaned. That's why it was unusually bright tonight.

That's strange, Snape thought just as he was about to close the curtains; Lupin and Madame Pomfrey are heading towards the Whomping Willow. He watched as the branches suddenly stopped swinging and Remus crawling into a hole by the tree. Madame Pomfrey then walked away. Why is Lupin being escorted to the willow?

A second later, Snape saw three boys appear out of nowhere. Snape looked closer and saw that it was Potter, Black, and Pettigrew. Snape smirked. They're going after Lupin. Oh, they'll get in so much trouble if I told. Snape kept watching and saw that Pettigrew had seemingly disappeared. He saw movement by the tree but he couldn't tell what was making it. Then the branches stopped swinging and Pettigrew reappeared. Then the three of them made their way inside the hole in the tree.

Snape sat on the windowsill for the longest time thinking about it. He rubbed his head in attempt to soothe his pounding temples and looked out over the grounds. The moon is far too bright, he continued to complain in his head. He ripped the curtains shut. Then it dawned on him. The full moon. It clicked. But that still doesn't cover where Pettigrew disappeared off too and why his friends are suicidal, trying to be near a werewolf.

Snape never liked Pettigrew. Even after he joined the DET (Death Eaters in Training) he still never liked him enough to care about him. Though it did amuse him a wimpy Gryffindor decided to become a servant of the Dark Lord. He stayed up half the night trying to understand why the Marauders went in the Willow to see a werewolf. He sat by the window all night, still staring over at the Willow, trying to figure it out. His headache turned to a dull throb in the back of his mind, for figuring out what his loathed enemies were up to was far more important.

Around five in the morning, Madam Pomfrey came out on the grounds and headed to the Whomping Willow. In the daylight he could see she picked up a stick and prodded the tree. The branches stopped moving and she crawled into the tree.

A few minutes later she came out with Remus and walked back up to the castle. Remus looked as if he was having trouble walking, Madame Pomfrey was holding him up. It looked like he had many scratches and bruises on his face and his eyes were shut tight, wincing with each move he made. That's understandable, Sirius thought and kept searching the Willow's opening. His little friends should be there somewhere. A few moments later, he saw a large rat come out of the hole and touch the tree. The branches stopped moving and he scurried out of the way. After him, James and Sirius came out. He looked back over to the rat and saw Peter in his place. Snape blinked a few times. They're Anamagi! This is perfect blackmail.

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A week after their moonlit adventure, the Marauders came stumbling out of Defense Against the Dark Arts. They were taught the Shield Charm. Of course, James, Sirius, and Remus already knew how to perform it, but Professor Kip had an odd way of teaching it. He had the class stand in a circle and he stood in the middle. He turned slowly looking at students and he shot random curses at various students. No one was prepared enough to do the Shield Charm in that amount of time, for it required strength and a lot of concentration. The only people who seemed to deflect it were Lily and Sirius, although they couldn't produce the charm with every hit.

They were about to put up their book bags in Gryffindor common room when they came across Snape. He stood looking at them sneering.

"What do you want Snivellus?" asked James.

Snape clicked his tongue. "Patience Potter. I actually want to speak to Black." Sirius and James looked at each other quizzically but Sirius went to join Snape, his hand clutched around his wand in case anything should happen.

Snape led him down a deserted corridor. He turned to Sirius and smirked. "I know your little secret."

Sirius' heart beat wildly in his chest. How'd he know? Sirius cleared his throat. "What are you talking about?" he asked in what Sirius hoped was a nonchalant manner.

"You know what I'm talking about. Lupin a werewolf. And you, Potter, and Pettigrew, being Anamagi. You know you're breaking the law. You could be sent to Azkaban."

Sirius felt hate bubbling up inside of him, but tried to hide it as he barked out a laugh and put on a casual grin. "You think you're so smart, trying to pin something ridiculous on us, just because you hate us." Sirius pat Snape's shoulder and he flinched away from his enemy's touch. "You have a nice imagination, but you are completely wrong. I barely know what an Anamagi is, like I would know how to turn into one."

Snape looked livid. "I saw you Black! I saw you and your friends last full moon! You can't lie to me."

Hate got the better of Sirius as he advanced on Snape. Snape backed up a few steps. "You think your right? We'll see who's right. Next full moon go to the Whomping Willow. There's a knot on the tree. Prod it and the branches will stop swinging. Go down the tunnel and you'll see." And with that, Sirius stormed away.

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"Okay, I checked the Marauder's Map and the only thing we have to look out for is Professor Flitwick on the second floor. Other than that we're fine. Let's go." James said. Sirius and Peter nodded. Peter threw the Invisibility Cloak around themselves. It was the full moon tonight and they were going to keep Remus company.

They got to the Whomping Willow safely without Professor Flitwick catching them. Peter transformed into Wormtail and ran through the swinging branches to prod the knot on the tree. The branches stopped moving and the three friends made their way down the tunnel and headed towards the Shrieking Shack.

When the tunnel narrowed, the boys transformed into Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs. As they made their way into the tunnel, Padfoot began feeling guilty about what he did a week ago. Snape could get seriously hurt, He thought to himself.

Yes, but he deserves it. Look at all he's done to you and your friends! Came another voice.

And we've gotten him back for it, plenty of times. Maybe I should tell James...

No! You shouldn't! Besides, Snape might not even come. Sirius shook his head and continued down the tunnel.

The three of them reached the room that Remus transformed in. He was halfway through his transformation when they got there. He started howling at the moon and scratching himself fiercely. Prongs bounded over there to try and stop Moony from hurting himself.

After a while they saw a light coming from the tunnel. Moony stood completely still, sniffing the air. He then growled and stated to arch his back. Prongs galloped from the room and into the tunnel. He was halfway down it when he saw Snape.

Prongs transformed into James again and ran towards him. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" James asked angrily.

Snape sneered. "Black lied. You are Anamagi! I bet Lupin is also a werewolf."

Snape tried to continue on, but James pushed him back. "You're damn right he's a werewolf! He can smell you. I'm sure Sirius is holding him off. Get out before you get hurt."

"No! Let me through Potter!" Snape yelled. He tried to shove his way through but James punched him in the face. Snape stumbled backwards and pointed his wand straight at James. "Let me through!"

"Do you have a death wish? Get out before something bad happens!" James yelled back. They heard footsteps behind them and saw a black shaggy dog. He turned into Sirius and ran towards James.

"Remus is coming! Peter hid in the dresser and I couldn't hold Remus off. Get the hell out!" Sirius said. His arm was bleeding and there were three neat rips in his robes, resembling claws.

James pointed to Snape. "I'm trying to tell him that! But as you can see it's not working out." Just then, James pulled Snape's wand out of his hand and threw it aside. Then Sirius and James grabbed Snape under the arms and pulled him out of the Whomping Willow.

They sat on the ground, breathing heavily. "Would you three mind to tell me why you are out of bed?" said a calm voice. Snape, James, and Sirius looked up to see Professor Dumbledore towering over them.

Snape stood up. "Professor, it's Black's fault! He told me to come to the Willow! Lupin could've killed me and its all his fault!"

James and Sirius shot up and both started talking at the same time. Snape turned to them and started yelling. James and Sirius did the same. Dumbledore stood watching them with amusement in his eyes. Then Snape punched Sirius on the nose, and that started a huge fight.

Dumbledore put his wand in the air and fired a shot in the air. All three boys jumped and stopped fighting. "Now, if you are done fighting, please follow me to my office."

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"Would you please explain what you three were doing out of bed?" Dumbledore asked, pressing his fingertips together.

All three boys started talking at once. Dumbledore held a hand up to silence them. "Alright, one at a time. Mr. Snape, you first."

Snape sneered and begin his story. "Well sir, the last full moon I saw Madam Pomfrey lead Lupin out to the Whomping Willow. Then I saw Potter, Black, and Pettigrew go inside a while later. The next morning Madam Pomfrey went back to get Lupin. A few moments later, I saw Black, Potter, and Pettigrew emerge. But then I saw Pettigrew change into a rat.

"Well, a week ago, I asked Black what he was doing out there. I was worried about their safety. Black pulled out his wand and threatened me. He then told me how to get into the Willow unharmed and told me to do it the next full moon.

"So tonight I went to investigate to make sure my classmates wouldn't be harmed and I saw a stag charging at me. But it turned into Potter and he pushed me down and tried to beat me up. I was about to Stun him so I could help him get away, for I had heard Lupin growling. Before I could, a black dog came towards me and turned into Black. They both beat me up and pulled me out of the tunnel. Then you came."

Dumbledore nodded to Snape. Sirius' face was turning beet red and James' knuckles were white from clutching the armrest of the chair. "Very well Mr. Snape. Mr. Black, you tell your side of the story."

Sirius told Dumbledore what happened, then James after Sirius. Dumbledore nodded shortly when the finished. "Where is Mr. Pettigrew?" Dumbledore asked.

"When Remus was about to attack Snape, I was trying to hold him off. Peter went over to a dresser and hid in one of the doors. I reckon he's still there." Sirius said.

Dumbledore nodded again. He turned his piercing gaze on Sirius and James. "You both know the punishments of being an unregistered Anamagi, correct?" They both nodded. "That is extremely advanced magic and I am very thankful no one got hurt. However, it is still against the law. Although I won't tell the Ministry, you will be punished here. 100 points each will be taken from house.

"But you also did a noble thing by helping your friend when times where hard for him. So I award each of you 20 points." James and Sirius smiled. "Note I am not taking this criminal offense lightly. Mr. Potter, you will have a month's worth of detentions with Professor Snelling and no Hogsmeade trips during that time." James looked crestfallen as Dumbledore turned to Sirius.

"Mr. Black, you led Mr. Snape directly to Mr. Lupin. He could've been bitten and turned to a werewolf or worse, killed. Your punishment is detentions with Mr. Filch every weekend for the rest of the school year. These will be daylong detentions. You are banned from Hogsmeade trips until further notice and you will not be allowed out of Gryffindor tower with the exception of classes, meals, and detentions." Sirius' grin quickly disappeared from his face and he opened his mouth to protest but James kicked his foot so he wouldn't say anything to make his punishment worse.

Dumbledore focused on Snape next. "Although you had Mr. Black and Mr. Potter's 'best interest at heart', you shouldn't have been out of bed and gotten out of the Willow when Mr. Potter advised you to do so. He saved your life, and now you are in his debt, which I believe is a lot of punishment for you. 50 points will be taken from Slytherin and you have detention with Professor McGonagall for a week. Please do not mention to any one else that we have werewolves and Anamagi's in our midst or your punishment will increase." Dumbledore stood from his desk and walked up the set of stairs near him. Taking this as a cue to leave, the boys left the office.

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Marissa couldn't believe herself, she was lost. In a school she had gone to for six years and she was lost in some unknown corridor. Any normal time of day she wouldn't care, but it was after curfew and she was wandering around. Prefects are patrolling the halls; if she were caught she would get detention and points off of Gryffindor. She groaned inwardly at her recent thought. Gryffindors couldn't afford to loose any more points; the Marauders had set them at a dangerously low point.

Cursing, she turned down a random corner and was met with a dead end. She tried to go back but then she was met with three different hallways. Once again, she picked a random hallway and continued her path. Why me? Why now?

Not paying any attention to where she was going, she ran smack into a prefect. Great, now I'm in deep sh-

"Sorry! Are you lost?" The prefect asked, helping Marissa up to her feet.

Marissa was at a loss for words. This prefect was amazing. He had deep golden eyes and curly brown locks that hung in his face. His smile was kind and sincere and he was built extremely well. "I, uh, yeah actually," Marissa finally said, finding her voice, "I feel so pathetic, I'm a sixth year."

The boy smiled and Marissa's heart melted. "Gryffindor, I believe. I'm sorry I don't believe I know your name."

All Rissa could think about was how he was still holding her hand. "Marissa, Marissa Peele. I'm amazed I don't know you, both my friends are prefects, Lily and James."

"Hayden Greble," he introduced himself, then laughed. "Lily and James huh? Took them a bit to get together. I'm a Ravenclaw by the way, seventh year."

Marissa smiled, entranced by his golden eyes. "Hayden is a beautiful name." And then he grinned an adorable grin, and offered to walk her back to the Gryffindor common room. And on the way back they talked. And laughed. And fell for each other.

The walk ended too soon for Marissa. "Thanks, it was really nice of you to walk me back," she said, smiling.

"Ah, well it is my duty," Hayden said, then took a nervous gulp. "Marissa, I was wondering…if…um…you wanted to go with me to Hogsmeade next trip?"

"Of course," Marissa said happily, soaring inside. Hayden smiled, relived, and then romantically kissed her hand.

"'Til then," he whispered and walked off.

Marissa sighed. "'Til then…"

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Author Notes: That above is the new part. Do you like it? Sorry for my non organized self…