Disclaimer: I do not own Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter, or Lily Evans.
I do own Kadasa Mori and Samantha Selene and any of the characters I make up along the way.
I also don't own the places mention in here (Ex: Hogwarts, Hogwarts Express, Platform 9 ¾'s, etc.) Unless they're of my own creations (Ex: Sam's American home)
I never want to own Wormtail so you may have him.
Oh and I don't own any of the teachers… unless of course I make them up.
Yup… I think that's about it. Now on with the story!
Last time:
"Wait… if he was annoying you, why was he chasing you?" Sirius asked.
James froze. "Because-"
"Because I hexed him then took it off but he wanted to get even so he ran after me. Luckily you tackled me. I didn't have to be attacked by this git." Sirius smirked at James who stood up groaning and brushing snow from his hair.
"So did you two do anything during your outing?"
Lily frowned looking confused then she set her jaw, grabbed a handful of snow and lobbed it at his face. "JERK!" She shouted, got to her feet and stormed into the castle.
Sirius blinked shaking snow from his face and hair. "Did I say something wrong?"
James rolled his eyes. "Come on Padfoot."
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His Parents' Time
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Lily sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. When she got back to the lake, Kadasa and Sam were so worried over her. They said they'd been looking for her for 30 minutes before they realized that James had disappeared. Sirius went to get him and after another half hour, Lily came storming out of the trees, Sirius and James following right behind.
She'd just said that James had annoyed her about a hiding spot and trying to find one she'd gotten lost. She hadn't told them what she saw and she was pretty sure James had been clinging to every word she said when they exited the forest.
It had been a tough two days, trying to decide whether or not to bring up the subject of animangus with James. Ever since she saw him transform into a stag, she'd been itching to ask him about it, what it was like, how he did it, what Sirius and Peter could transform into. Sighing again she heard a knock at the door.
That'll be him, she thought. Now let's see if I can survive the night.
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Knock. Knock. Kadasa looked around the room. Sam was in the middle of writing something and Lily was getting ready to walk the halls with James. It was Tuesday instead of Thursday and the week before they had to walk the halls because the two prefects there were supposed to walk the halls tonight, had asked Lily and James to switch with them because of homework they needed to finish.
So instead of walking the halls next Thursday, they walked tonight. Kadasa hopped off her bed and walked over, winging the door open to see James and Sirius. She grinned brilliantly.
"Hiya!"
"Hey Kadasa!" Sirius chirped. "Wanna play a game of chess with me?"
She raised an eyebrow. "Chess?"
"Yup! Remus just taught me how to play!"
"All right. Lily! James is here! I'm gonna go play a game with Sirius."
"All right! See you later!"
As soon as Kadasa disappeared Sam waved James over. "What happened with you and Lily?"
James frowned. "Huh?"
"She seems somewhat withdrawn and when the mention of you guys comes up she looks funny, like she's trying to hold something back."
James shrugged. "I'll ask her tonight." Sam looked at him for a moment then nodded as Lily emerged from the bathroom.
"Ask who what?" Lily asked, spinning her hair into a bun.
"Nuthing." James replied. "Ready yet?"
She raised an eyebrow and looked at Sam. "Get his coffin ready."
"Hey!" He cried.
Sam smiled and nodded. "Sure thing. Oak or birch?"
"Whatever's cheapest."
"Hey!" He repeated.
She turned and headed out the door. "Come along Potter." He scowled after her but followed nonetheless. Sam's smiled fell and she returned to her homework.
Be good to her James or you'll have an angry wolf on your tail.
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"You're so mean to me Tiger Lily."
She snorted at him as they climbed out of the common room having to bring back another first year wandering about. "You deserved it."
"It did not!"
"Whatever it was he did." Kadasa stated walking back towards the common room, Sirius in tow.
"Where have you two been?" Lily asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"Kitchens." Kadasa grinned brilliantly.
"For what? You had dinner an hour ago."
"Chocolate!" Sirius supplied, holding out the remains of his chocolate pie.
Lily rolled her eyes and Kadasa giggled. "Whatever. Just get back into the common room before I have to expel you."
Kadasa frowned then gave off a fake wail. "You're so mean!"
"Whatever." Lily replied laughing. "Get back in there."
Kadasa and Sirius saluted. "Yes ma'am!" they cried then grinned and clambered into the common room. Walking down the hall, Lily glanced back at the portrait, which had swung shut then at Potter who was grinning. She giggled.
"It's your best friend," He accused her with a grin.
"It's your sister." They both laughed until Lily sighed, the smiling falling from her face. "So…"
They walked in an uncomfortable silence before James sighed irritably and grabbed her elbow leading her into an abandoned classroom. He pulled out the Marauder's map from his pocket, laying it on the table and tapping it with his wand.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Lily frowned at him before gasping.
Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers are proud to present The Marauder's Map.
Lily frowned again. "Map?"
He opened it up and she ran a hand over it, touching a moving spot labeled 'Mrs. Norris.'
"That's…"
"Yup."
"And that's-"
"Yup."
"So this is how you get around without getting caught!"
He smirked. "Yup."
"So why do you need it now?"
"Because I need to talk to you," she raised an eyebrow, "and I can't let anyone else hear so I need to watch for people."
"What about?" she asked, sitting on the desk in the first row while he stood in front of her looking nervous.
He bit his lip then put a hand on his hair, messing it up as usual. "Okay. I'll tell you everything but you have to keep it a secret. If you don't… you have no idea how much trouble we'll be in."
"Okay-"
"-I mean we've probably broken every school rule, not to mention the whole animangus thing is illegal and-"
"-Potter-"
"-and you can't tell Remus or Sirius or Peter cause they'll kick me out! It's the main Marauder rule and me telling you-"
"James! Okay." She started kicking her feet. "So… talk."
He took a deep breath. "It began in first year. When Remus started missing class once a month every month, we got suspicious. At first we believed his stories of his family members being sick but during second year we started to think he must be lying. Even Sirius knew he was lying. We started studying the days he was sick and-"
"Figured out he was a werewolf," Lily said with a smile.
"Yes we…" He paused then turned to her. "You know!"
She nodded. "Known since third year when we did werewolves in D.A.D.A."
"You have?"
"Yeup. Sam also figured it out but Sam's known since she met him cause…" She died off then laughed. "Anyway, go on."
"Right… so anyway, we decided to do something… slightly illegal."
"And become animangus?"
"Yeah."
"Who's who?"
"I'm a stag, Sirius is a dog, and Peter's a rat."
"Really? Is it awesome?" she asked.
"Yeah." He grinned. "It's like all of your senses as a human aren't even senses compared to animals."
He looks like a little kid, Lily thought with a smile.
"Anyway, we finally mastered our animangus at almost the end of 2nd year. For Remus' birthday he told us to meet him on the East tower at night cause that's usually quiet there at night." She rolled her eyes, not voicing the fact that students weren't allowed there at night. He scowled, obviously knowing what she was thinking.
"So when we went up there he kept stuttering and trying to tell us that he was a werewolf scared of the fact that we might abandon him if we knew. Sirius got fed up with it and pointed out that it was almost a full moon out and that werewolves came out at that time." James grinned. "I wish you could've seen his face. He went completely white and Sirius grinning turned to him and said 'you'll be howling soon right Moony?"
Lily giggled as he laughed. "It was the funniest thing. Remus realized that we all knew and all he could do was stare at us. We showed him what we did and the next week on the full moon we spent the night in the shrieking shack, playing. Every time Remus was a werewolf he'd bite himself, hence the rumor that the shrieking shack is haunted. When he was with us and he bit one of us, Sirius would bite him back, teaching him not to bite us since we were his friends. Eventually he didn't bite anything but animals still stayed away from us when we left the shack."
He looked at Lily. "Then in our 4th year, you acted suspicious because you asked us were we'd been the night before because you'd been looking for us. That's why I told you I'd been wandering the school like usual."
She sighed. "And I hit you."
"Yeup."
"So… anything else?"
He shrugged. "Don't think so."
She watched him for a moment before smiling. "Good." She hopped off her desk, landing lightly on the ground before brushing off her skirt and robes. "Come along Potter. We've got rounds to do." She heard him sigh and tap the map saying 'Mischief managed.'
"Lily…" She froze and turned staring at him. He smiled. "Thanks. It's good to get that off my chest."
She scrunched up her face in confusion and he saw Kadasa before him. He grinned.
"Merlin you look like my sister when you do that."
She shrugged. "Learned from the best. Now what about this thing off your chest?"
He sighed running a hand through already messy hair. "Only me and the Marauders know about this stuff. We've kept it a secret for years and… it kinda grows so much until you feel as though you'll explode if you don't tell anyone. I thought Sirius would tell Kadasa for sure and Remus would tell Sam."
Lily shook her head. "If they knew then they'd hint it at me."
"But you're as dense as a cow so that'd be no help really," he stated walking out the door.
Her eyes widened. "James Potter you brat!"