Disclaimer: I wish I had a brilliant mind like J.K.'s and could tell you that I came up with all this, but unfortunately only the plot is mine.

A/N: I know. I know! I'm a terrible person for taking forever to update, but the good news is that the sixth chapter is finished. Aren't you proud of me! I'm just waiting for a couple good reviews to post it…hehehe. Only joking. I'll post it in about a week. Well start reading. Hope you like it!

James sat in the common room nervously waiting for Lily. She hadn't spoken to him since they'd had a fight in Defense Against the Dark Arts a few days ago. Tonight they were about to patrol the school, and James wasn't feeling too good about it.

"She must hate me now," James thought, "Everything I do or say is all wrong. Well not tonight. Tonight's going to be different. I won't say anything. Ill just keep my mouth shut the whole night, and if she brings up the fight I'll just say that I'm sorry and admit that I'm a jerk for messing with Severus."

James heard someone coming. He looked up to see Lily trotting down the steps of the stairs leading down from the girls' dormitory. James noticed that she didn't seem to be worried about patrolling with him at all. She looked as confident as ever. If she felt like that then why was he so nervous? He was even afraid his legs might collapse if he tried standing up. Lily was the only girl who had that effect on him.

"Well are you coming yet?" Lily asked a bit impatiently. She was looking back at him with one leg already through the portrait hole.

"Yeah," James said. He took a deep breath and followed Lily.

"So where do you want to patrol next?" Lily asked James. He'd been quiet the

whole night only opening his mouth to say "yes", "no" and that sort of superficial thing.

"I think we've checked everywhere." James said

"Are you sure?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, I think so. I'm going to go to bed."

"Oh," is all Lily managed to say.

"What happened to the old James?" she thought, "the fun, annoying, exciting James. The one who always pulls pranks on me, and makes fun of me…it's my fault he's acting like this."

"Good night," he said.

"Wait," Lily said impulsively.

James turned around and looked at Lily, begging her silently to let him go. She was making this so hard for him. Couldn't she see that?

Lily didn't know what to say to James. She didn't have a good reason for him not to go. In fact, she didn't even know why she wanted him to stay.

"You're going to be with Remus on the full moon tomorrow night right?" she asked trying to start conversation.

"Yeah," was all he answered, "See you tomorrow Lily."

"Bye," she almost whispered as she watched him disappear into the darkness.

"Hey Lily," Remus said when Lily entered the Gryffindor common room.

"Hey Remus," she said, "What are you doing up so late?"

"I was just about to ask you the same thing missy."

"I just got back from patrolling."

"Oh yeah. Sirius said you caught him nicking food from the kitchens."

Lily laughed and sat down on the couch across from him. "He was shoving food down his throat like he hadn't eaten in years," she said.

"That's Sirius for you," he said, "So how was patrolling other than that?"

"Well…," she replied unsure of how to answer.

"It's probably just because it was your first time," Remus said but he knew that it had something to do with James. James had come back from patrolling in a sulky mood.

"How are things with you and Casey?" Lily asked wanting to change the subject.

"Great!" Remus said perking up, but then his face suddenly turned to a worried frown.

"Are you alright?" Lily asked

"Well it's just there's a full moon tomorrow night, and I think it's time that I tell Casey I'm a werewolf but...but," he trailed off at a loss for words.

"but you're afraid that if you tell her she won't accept you," Lily finished.

"Right," Remus said looking down.

"Remus of course she will!"

"You don't know that. It wouldn't be the first time someone I trusted has turned against me. I wouldn't blame her either. I'm dangerous Lily. It's hard for people to accept creatures like me."

"First off, don't calling yourself a creature-"

"But-"

"I'm not finished. Second you have three friends that care for you so much that they risk their lives for you every full moon. They don't care about the fact that you're a werewolf; and neither do I! So what makes you think that Casey will care either?"

"I dunno," Remus shrugged.

Lily stood up and took a seat beside Remus. She looked into his eyes. They were so innocent and so pure that Lily wondered how anyone could possibly discriminate against him. "Remus, you're such a great guy. Anyone could see that. Casey is so caring, and I know for a fact that she won't judge you because of you're condition."

"You think so?" he asked her desperately.

"I know so," she said smiling at him with that cherubic smile of hers.

"So I should tell her?"

"Definitely."

"Okay, I will. I guess you're right. I'm sure it'll be fine," he said although he looked extremely anxious about the whole thing.

"Don't worry, It will."

"Let's hope so. Well, I'm really tired so I think I'm going to go up to bed. Thanks for all the advice."

"Don't worry about it," she said humbly.

"Its better advice than any of my friends could have ever given me."

"Well if you compare me to them!" she said jokingly.

They both laughed.

"Good night Lily."

"Night," she said as he left the room, but in a second he was right back.

"Oh and Lily?"

"Yeah?"

"Give James a chance," he said quickly before he hurried up the staircase so that she wouldn't have a chance to respond.

"I did," she thought, "and he blew it."

"Are you done eating yet Peter?" James asked.

"This is my last chocolate éclair. I promise," Peter answered.

"That's what you said last time!" Sirius protested.

"But last time I didn't actually mean it. So it doesn't really count."

"Then how do we know you mean it this time?" Sirius interrogated.

"Well…" Peter was stumped.

"Yay! I win. Let's go."

"But, but-"

"C'mon Peter," James said pulling him by the collar. "We have to change into animagus before Remus changes into...Moony."

"So ladies, what shall we do tonight?" Jade asked. She'd been staring out the window for twenty minutes. "It's Friday night, and we've just been sitting here," she said. Lily nor Casey responded.

"Don't you guys understand? I'm bored to death," she said dramatically putting her head down against the windowsill.

"Actually me too," Casey said closing her potion's book, "I have nothing to do since Remus has a detention tonight."

"So why don't you guys study and read ahead? We have a tough year coming up," Lily said.

"Are you crazy!" Jade accused, "It's only been the first week of school and already they've loaded us with homework. I've been working hard all week. I refuse to lift another finger. It's only sensible that I deserve some fun."

"Fine then. Suit yourself," Lily said.

"Casey, don't you want to do something fun for a change?" Jade asked.

"Yeah. I'm getting pretty tired of all this work too."

"Where are the other guys?" Jade asked.

"You mean James, Sirius, and Peter?" Casey asked.

"Of course. Who else?"

"Remus told me they had detention with him also."

"Yeah if you call running around with a werewolf on the full moon a detention," Lily thought.

"Darn," Jade said disappointed, "I was hoping we could mess with them. What did they do to get in trouble anyways?"

"I don't know. I asked Remus but he dropped his books and we sort of got sidetracked after that," Casey said, "Now to think of it. He was acting really strange when I asked him."

"He's probably just stressed out from all the work they've been giving us." Lily said.

"Yeah I guess," Casey answered weakly.

Noticing the worried tone in her voice Jade decided to change the topic. "Let's go explore!" she said excitedly.

"Okay. Anything's better than sitting here," Casey said getting up from her bed.

"Are you coming Lily?" Jade asked.

"Absolutely not, and you shouldn't go either. Its way past the time we're aloud to be out."

"But you're going to miss out!" Jade said.

"Ha. I'm perfectly happy staying here working."

"We're going to miss you," Jade said making a pouting face, "You have to come!"

"Let's go Jade," Casey said practically dragging Jade out of the dormitory. "Bye Lily!" they yelled in unison just as the door closed shut.

­"Ouch Bigfoot watch where you're stepping," James said.

"My name is actually Padfoot," Sirius corrected.

James, Sirius, and Peter were walking outside under James' invisibility cloak in the middle of the night. They walked through long untamed grass until they reached the Whomping Willow.

"It's safe," James said looking around. He slipped off the cloak. "You guys ready for one hell of a night?"

"Yeah," Peter said.

"More ready than ever," Sirius said with a grin. Sirius swished his wand, and his body morphed into a big, furry, black, dog; Padfoot. Then Peter did the same thing with his wand. For a moment it seemed as though he had disappeared, but then a rat scurried out from under Peter's clothes; Wormtail. Lastly, James swished his wand and his body morphed into a great, white stag; Prongs.

The animals paced around restlessly until they heard a howl. The black dog's tail began to wag with excitement. Only seconds later a large creature was crawling out of a whole in the Whomping Willow. It stood up large and tall on two legs for a moment, puffing out his chest and gritting his teeth at the three animals. It was Remus in his werewolf form or rather Moony. The dog did not waste a second. He charged at the werewolf and pounced on him. The werewolf, now on his back, kicked the dog back with his hind legs. The stag joined them too with the rat following closely behind, and they played like this growling and kicking each other around. The four boys may have looked different but they weren't that different after all.

"Let's go back," Casey said. She and Jade had been roaming around the castle for about an hour without finding anything remotely interesting.

"Wait, we can't leave yet. There have got to be tons of neat things in this gigantic castle; we just haven't found any yet," Jade said.

"I don't think we're going to find anything either. This is starting to become more boring than sitting around in the common room."

"C'mon. C'mon," "Jade thought while pacing up and down the hall, "There has to be something really fun and cool in this place. I just need a really awesome room… somewhere I could play quidditch or something."

"Woah. Did you see that?" Casey asked.

"Did I see what?" asked Jade.

"That door. It just appeared."

"Are you okay? Maybe we should go back."

"No, I'm serious. I could have sworn that door wasn't there a second ago." Casey said. She approached the door, opened it and took a look inside.

"Never mind, it doesn't look that special to me except it's really big. Come look." Casey said. Jade took a few steps forward so that she was standing next to Casey.

"Wow! This isn't just any regular room!" Jade shrieked with excitement. She ran inside the room and twirled around.

"This is a quidditch pitch!"

Lily closed her books. She had to admit that she was tired of studying. Ever since the first day of school she'd only been seen without a book if she was eating or patrolling. She sort of wished that she'd gone exploring with Jade and Casey. Not that she really wanted to break the rules, but it would be nice to do something different for a change. She decided she would go see if she could find them.

Casey walked deeper into the room and realized that Jade was right. The room was a quidditch pitch. She hadn't noticed before but on either ends of the room were two goal posts.

"This is awesome!" Jade said.

"Wow. You've really got a powerful will. I didn't think we were going to find anything." Casey said.

"Wait. That's just it. I think it was my will," Jade said.

"What are you talking about?" Casey asked.

"Well, I was thinking about finding a quidditch room when the door just appeared. Don't you think that's more than just a coincidence?" Jade asked Casey.

"I'm not sure, but you're saying this room appeared here because you wanted it too?"

"Yeah. You try it. Just think hard on something you want the room to turn into."

"Okay," Casey said unbelievingly. She squinted her eyes and thought for a minute but nothing happened. "Jade do you really expect this room to just turn into something else? I really do think it was just a coincidence. It wouldn't be that surprising for doors to just appear in this place."

"No I'm sure it wasn't just a coincidence. Just try harder."

"Fine, but if it doesn't work this time will you finally admit that you're psycho?"

"Yes, I promise." Jade agreed with a smile.

Casey closed her eyes and concentrated harder. In a matter of seconds the goal posts disappeared and the walls were covered in mirrors. A long wooden bar aligned the wall on three sides of the room. The floors were changed from grass to wood, the ceilings were lowered, and a record player sat in a corner of the room.

"It worked!" Casey squealed jumping up and down.

"What did you turn the room into?" Jade asked still trying to figure out what the room was supposed to be.

"It's a dance room!" Casey said placing her left hand on the ballet bar. It was the first time Jade noticed that Casey had great posture. She did a number of complicated ballet steps that Jade was sure must have taken a long time to learn.

"You're really good," Jade said amazed.

"No, I haven't practiced in months," Casey said feeling ashamed of herself, "I used to take ballet classes, but when I came to Hogwarts I had to quit. During the breaks I would take lots of classes, but I've been slacking off lately. This last break I didn't even take one class. I guess I forgot how good it feels to dance."

Jade sat down at the back of the dance room, and watched a different Casey move gracefully across the room. It was almost as if Casey was a different person when she danced. She leaped effortlessly through the air, and pirouetted with great ease. It was amazing.

Lily saw shadows go by. "That must be Casey and Jade," she thought. She walked in the direction that she'd seen the shadows go until she saw about six figures, and that's when she realized they weren't Casey and Jade. Lily walked towards the group to tell them to go back to bed and to give them the usual lecture that Head girls and boys give. As she got closer though, she could clearly distinguish two of the figures as Severus and Bellatrix. Lily stopped in her tracks and turned back around and walked in the opposite direction. She knew better than to approach those two. As she quickly walked down the hall she was so nervous thinking they would see her that she forgot about the step in the middle of the hall. She tripped on the step making a loud clinking noise when she fell to the ground. She stayed there for a moment hoping that they didn't hear her, but it was too late.

"Who's there?" Bellatrix asked.

Lily lifted herself up and began to run.

"Come back here!" Severus snarled.

In an instant Lily was lifted off her feet and pulled backwards against her own will by Severus' spell. He pulled her towards him until she was floating in the air a few feet in front of him. Bellatrix took Lily's wand and then Severus threw her to the ground.

"Did you really think you could escape us?" Severus asked.

"Of course she did. She's a mudblood, another name for idiot," said Bellatrix. The four hooded slytherins behind Severus and Bellatrix laughed. "Mudbloods are all the same," Bellatrix went on, "They aren't brave enough to fight so instead they run like cowards. Isn't that right Lily?"

"You know that's not true. There are lots of great wizards that aren't pure blood, and I'm no coward." Lily said defiantly. Bellatrix looked at Lily with disgust.

"Fine then mudblood, prove it! Defend yourself now you fool," Severus said with a wicked grin.

Bellatrix tossed Lily her wand. Lily stood up bravely and prepared for a tough fight. She was scared to death, but she wasn't a coward and she wasn't about to show it either.