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Chapter eight: Kneazles
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"Remus calm down!" James shouted though he knew it was no use, the werewolf had fully and completely lost control.
"It is no use mate, he seems to be having more issues controlling himself then normal, maybe it's just the fact that this is his first transformation back at Hogwarts in about three months." Peter replied.
They each quickly changed back into form because Sirius was controlling him all by himself, which was quite a challenge mind you.
Slowly, very slowly Remus calmed down a little. Suddenly he let out an ear piercing shriek, he was changing back. No matter how many times he transformed he could never really get used to the pain that came with it.
The pointyness of his teeth started coming back to normal and his eyes went from red back to blue, and his hairy body became normal and pale once again. Then he collapsed on the ground. James, Sirius, and Peter went back to human form and gathered around him.
"Do you think he is alright?" Peter asked with concern. Remus was probably the nicest to Peter out of all the marauders, and Peter never felt that he could betray them. The other two boys, well, they were a different story.
"Course' he's alright he just had a tough transformation that's all" Sirius said with a shrug.
Remus's eyes fluttered open, and for a moment he wondered where he was, then suddenly it all came back to him. He groaned and slowly got up.
Sirius laughed at the look on Remus's face, then helped him up. The four friends headed out through the secret passageway, and out onto the ground and up to the castle.
They strolled past the statue of the one eyed witch. Suddenly James came to a halt in the middle of the corridor. And walked over to what looked like a mound on the floor, he kicked it, and it groaned and rolled over.
"Lucius" he breathed with disgust. "What is he doing out in the middle of the night, and more like it what is he doing passed out?" Sirius asked.
James didn't know the answer so he decided to just not say anything. James took out his wand and pointed it at Lucius and said in a voice just slightly louder then a whisper "renervate" and Lucius stirred.
"So why are you out so late Lucius?" He emphasized the Lucius to make an impression, but not a nice one. "I wouldn't want to mess with people like me, Potter" Lucius spat.
"Wash your mouth, scourgify!" Sirius half yelled half whispered because he didn't want anyone to wake up. A bunch of pink soap bubbles erupted from Malfoy's mouth, with him spitting and sputtering like there was no tomorrow.
"Well I think we really ought to teach him a lesson!" James said with a smirk and in his head though as hard as he could, levicorpus and Malfoy was dangling in the air, being very helpless.
Peter, wanting to impress the other boys ran up and punched Malfoy as hard as he possibly could, and right in the nose. Malfoy gave a howl of pain and clutched his bleeding and most likely broken nose.
They all mercilessly kicked, punched, scratched, and bit him until the spell wore off and he landed in a heap on the ground. Malfoy reached into his pocket and slowly when James's back was turned pulled out his wand.
"Cruc" "Expelliarmus" shouted all three of them except an un expecting James who was just kind of stunned. Meanwhile Malfoy was thrown against the wall with all the power that came with the spells.
James and Sirius pulled Malfoy into a broom closet and left him there, while he was knocked out cold for the second time that night.
The marauders sprinted back up to Gryffindor Tower, and went to bed, and slept the deepest they had ever slept in their lives.
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The next morning Lily awoke and very quietly got up. Slowly she tiptoed out of her dormitory and into the common room. She sat down on the couch just staring into the flames that were licking the fireplace.
'I wonder where James went last night… I bet he was just pranking, no that can't be right he said he was doing it to help a friend. Hmm I wonder, and I hope he will tell me sometime soon, I mean that is what relationships are about right, trust?'
The heard footsteps that broke her out of her trance, she quickly glanced at her watch and realized that she had to go and get ready, and then she could go eat breakfast.
She walked past Sienna's trunk but noticed something weird, there was a silver bracelet hanging out of the side. She bent down and pulled it out of the side. Lily gasped attached to the silver bracelet was a heart that read LKE, or Lily Kate Evans, and Sienna had stolen it from her, come to think of it she hadn't seen it all school year.
She grabbed the bracelet, and pulled her uniform out of her trunk. She put it on and brushed her hair, she hardly ever bothered with makeup because everyone told her that she was pretty enough without it.
Then she walked over to Sienna's bed, and thrust open the curtains, and glared at the peacefully sleeping body that was lying there. Lily leaned down until she was right next to Sienna's ear and yelled "YOU BLOODY STOLE MY BRACELET AND WITHOUT PERMISSION!"
Sienna jumped and bolted upright in bed and looked over at a ferociously mad Lily who was practically foaming at the mouth from anger. It took her a minute to comprehend what Lily was accusing her of but when she realized it she first felt guilty then angry.
"I didn't steal it I borrowed it" she replied indignantly. "Borrowed it my butt, it has been gone all school year and borrowing it usually means you tell the person you 'borrow' it from, and then return it back to them as soon as you are done using it!" Lily practically screamed.
Then she marched out of the dormitory, down the stairs, and out of the common room. Just as she was leaving James was hurrying back in because he had forgotten the marauders map, wanting to study it because he had been wondering where Lily had gone off to.
Since he had found her he decided to go after her, after all she did look pretty upset. Once he caught up with her she was in tears.
"Oh Lily flower, what's wrong?" James asked with deep concern, and his eyebrows furrowed in deep concentration just waiting for an answer.
"Sh she took it" Lily stumbled as she spoke. "Took what, love?" James inquired.
"Sienna took the silver bracelet that my mum gave me for Christmas when I turned thirteen. It was always really special to me, because it was something to remember my parents with while I was at Hogwarts." She sighed, sometimes she missed her parents so much and now was one of those times.
They were right out side the tapestry of Barnabus the Barmy and James was pacing. 'how can I comfort Lily, where would be a place that would set her at ease' when a door appeared. James opened it and looked around in awe.
It was a fairly large room with all sorts of interesting things. There was an enormous bookshelf and then an emerald green couch that was adorned with pink pillows that had fringes on them. The ceiling was made to look like a summer sky, all blue with the clouds moving across it, and a sun shining brightly. There was a coffee table in the middle of the room that had a vase with tiger lilies inside, and on that coffee table sat two delicious buns.
James pulled Lily by the hand into the room and she gasped in shock.
"Oh James it's beautiful!" She exclaimed "When did you find it?" She asked curiously. "I found it just now, I never even knew it was here before, I can't wait to tell the marauders about this, it is so cool!" He was very excited.
"How did you find it?" inquired Lily. "Well I walked past the tapestry about three times trying to think of something that would comfort you, and this door appeared."
She ran up and kissed him, and he started kissing her back. They were soon snogging and very passionately at that. They fell onto the couch with Lily on top of James. They kept at it when she felt his hand creeping up her shirt. But she didn't mind, she loved him so much. Seeing that he was getting so far started encouraging him and he started to pull her shirt up when she broke off the kissing, breathing hard.
"Look James I really care about you, but I don't think I'm ready for this yet, maybe sometime in the future, but not in the near future." He understood and he was ready to wait because of his feelings for her, because that is what love is being ready to wait.
"Lily I have something to tell you" James announced "what?" she asked suspiciously.
"Lily I really care about you, and I just wanted to say that, well I love you." She giggled then smiled.
"I love you to James!" she said happily and then kissed him. He smiled into the kiss, knowing that it just felt right and that he always wanted to feel this way.
She felt a ton better, and she was actually ready to apologize for being mean to Sienna, even if she did take her bracelet, she was probably going to give it back soon. They walked out of the Room of Requirement hand in hand and both smiling.
Something caught James's eye though just as they were about to walk out of the corridor, it was a bookshelf that he had never noticed before. And strange noises were coming from it, noises of pain.
He abruptly walked towards it and examined it. Just as he had suspected there was a little latch that could only be opened magically he whispered the word "libramenta" which was a spell to open a book that was unopenable but didn't use a wand figuring it was a password, and pushed at the bookshelf and it opened and became a door, the marauders were very skilled at figuring out passwords so it was pretty much a lucky guess. James went in.
Lily eyed him questioningly but then decided to follow suit. She couldn't see anything, the room was pitch black, she could tell it was very small, and hadn't been discovered in years by the feel of all the cobwebs.
She felt a ladder and climbed it, once she reached the landing she found she was in a fairly big room with a few small windows, it was completely plain, but there were some stairs and she went up them.
She found James at the top staring at something small white cat like thing that was flecked with orange spots, had slightly oversized ears, and had a tail like a lion. At first glance Lily thought it was a cat but then realized that it was a kneazle. There was blood all over the floor, and a few squirmy little things on the ground.
She squealed in excitement when she realized what had happened, the kneazle had had kittens, from what she could count about eight. The mother was licking her kittens dry and each had it's own cute little appearance.
"They must not be full kneazle because look at that one it is pure white and the other black as charcoal while the rest have little specks or dots of color here and there." They had both taken care of magical creatures and it had been one of the questions on their O.W.L,s had asked how to describe a kneazle.
"James do you know what this means?" Lily asked while beaming "Because they aren't full kneazle we don't have to take an exam to keep them, and we can give them out to our friends so they can have them as pets. You and I can each have one and then we will see who else in the Gryffindor common room wants a new pet. Lily congered a basket and put all the kittens in it and covered them with a little blanket.
So they agreed. James was in awe, he had discovered one secret passageway and one room both in one day, the marauders were going to be so pleased with him.
After they had eaten lunch in the great hall they both headed up to the common room. First thing that Lily did after she put the kittens in her room was find Sienna.
"Sienna I'm really sorry for blowing up at you earlier, I was just a little shocked that you took it from me without asking. I am also having the painters in so I am a little bit irritable right now." She said with a laugh and a wink.
"I understand, and I totally should have told you before I took it, I guess I just forgot, and I really wanted to see how it looked with my new necklace that I bought over the summer." Sienna smiled and the two girls hugged, and vowed never to fight over something as stupid as that ever again.
The marauders congratulated James on his new finds and decided to go check it out. When they saw the room of requirement they were in awe, though James was a little confused because it was different this time. He just figured that it was part of the magic to have whatever the viewers wanted. They also loved the little tower, and they figured out that there was a trapdoor leading to the roof. It was a beautiful sight to see, and James decided that it would be fun to take Lily up here sometime soon.
That night they were in the common room when Lily decided to tell her friends about the kittens. "Well they are half kneazle, and if one takes a liking to any of you, you can keep it. I chose the smallest one that is orange with white spots, and James chose the charcoal black one, so you can have any but those two."
Alice, Kat, and Remus all decided to take one. Sirius said something about liking dogs more then cats, and when Peter approached the basket all of the kittens started hissing and trying to scratch him. He backed away. And Lily remembered one thing about kneazles was that they have an ability to detect mysterious people and those whom are not to be trusted, but decided not to say anything.
She gave the remaining three to Jeff Spinet, and Shelby Williamson who were both on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and also one to Andrea Zingly who was a first year that was the last one to be sorted.
James went to bed late that night from studying, he hadn't had much time to because of the busy weekend with Remus's transformation and all. His dreams were filled with a certain redhead, while her dreams were filled with a certain raven haired boy.
The next morning Lily was awakened by her little kitten, whom she had decided to name Guinevere, who was purring and rubbing her furry little body against Lily's cheek. Lily yawned and got out of bed. She dressed and decided to go down to breakfast alone because it was early and she didn't feel like waking her friends who seemed to need their beauty sleep.
Her owl Christina came that morning with The Daily Prophet which she had just decided to subscribe. Just as she started reading it James sat down next to her.
"Anyone we know die?" he asked. She read then answered "I think you might know this person here let me read it to you."
You-Know-Who seems to have murdered yet another
Lyra Potter, was killed yesterday inside her house just outside of Surrey. When her husband came home that night he reported seeing the dark mark just over their household. He went inside to find Lyra on the floor dead.
James's eyes filled up with tears, Lyra had been his favorite cousin.
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