Disclaimers: You know by now.

Prongs: I am so sorry to make you guys wait so long! We had loads of stuff to do these days and moving houses and such. To make it up, I decided to start with a new POV this time! And for that person who wanted a Jilly kiss…You'll have to wait a bit. Sorry! *evil laugh

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Chapter 5: Meetings

Peter's POV:

Peter sighed, somewhat miserably, as he headed to their meeting place. He was supposed to meet them five minutes ago. He knew they would laugh and mock him. He hated what he was doing, but he couldn't take back his decision. That would mean death. And Peter was afraid of death. Whenever he thought of it he felt sick. James and Sirius and Remus were all brave and courageous and he, he was considered a coward. And he knew it.

He arrived at the entrance to an abandoned classroom. He could hear hushed whispers coming from the classroom and he hesitantly opened the door. He peeked inside and had a fleeting thought of running away. That thought was crushed when Nott saw him.

"Pettigrew! Finally! Took you long enough." The rest laughed.

"You can't afford to be tardy now, can you? Got to practice being on time or the Dark Lord won't be pleased with you." Avery said mockingly, but seriously. He wasn't smiling. Or smirking.

Peter nodded fearfully.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Come in, we haven't got all day!"

He stumbled in quickly and shut the door behind him. He looked around the room at the scary-looking Slytherins. There were about twelve of them in the room. He squashed the worry he felt because twelve future Death Eaters were too much. But he wasn't one to talk. He was one of them after all. Peter gulped and joined them in their semi-circle.

"Now, as we were saying, the attempt on Potter's life last year was a failure. We all know that he is a danger to the Dark Lord and his plans. It's our job to do something about it. Nott heard his father talking about how our Lord was not pleased, and we don't want that, do we?" They all shook their heads. "Ever since Zabini's failure, Dumbledore decided to keep us under strong supervision. We could hardly find a meeting place and time without suspicion. We will have to meet in small groups and not in one place. We should be very discreet or else we will follow Zabini in Azkaban. It is good I already thought of a plan of action. You all remember The Prophecy don't you? We need to kill Potter in any way possible. We'll plan a series of attacks. We'll keep planning and attacking until we succeed, which we will."

Peter felt sick, his heart hammering in his chest. He was grateful when the poisoning last year failed, but this?

"Oh and this time, you will be part of all of them, do you hear me, Pettigrew?" Malfoy added cruelly. Peter could do nothing else but nod his head, feeling that awful guilt he felt every time he agreed to do something they asked of him.

"Then it's settled."

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Peter walked back to the common room, trying not to cry. When he joined them, it seemed like a good idea at the time. The Dark Lord was very powerful and had lots of followers. When he declares war, Peter would be on the stronger, winning side. But now, his friends are going to be involved. He did not know how he would look them in the eye ever again.

"Hey there, Peter!" The voice stopped him. He schooled his features in a smile, although a nervous one, before turning to the voice.

"R-Remus! Hello!" He said. Remus had his school back slung on his shoulder, a book under his arm. "Were you in class?"

"Yes. History of Magic. Peter, can I talk to you for a moment?" Remus asked kindly.

Peter's heart almost plummeted to his stomach. "A-about what? There's nothing to talk about!" Remus looked at him with concern, it almost broke his heart to see it directed at HIM.

"I think there is." Remus started walking, obviously expecting Peter to walk with him, which he reluctantly did.

They walked in silence for a few moments, then Remus started talking.

"Peter, I know what you're doing." Peter's heart almost stopped.

"W-what? Y-you do?" He squeaked. Remus nodded solemnly. Peter held his breath and waited for Remus to start speaking. He couldn't have possibly figured it out, could he?

Remus sighed. "You shouldn't do this to yourself, Peter. We're your friends."

"I-I had no choice!" Peter was panicking. Did he know about the plans, too?

"Yes, you had a choice, and you still do. You could've talked to us at any time. You're trying to distance yourself from us for some reason. I know you might feel left out sometimes because James and Sirius joke around together and I usually read and study, and that you feel like you have no one to sit with and spend time with most of the time, but we're not all that bad! You shouldn't distance yourself from your friends, Peter." Remus finished kindly.

Peter gave a small, inaudible sigh of relief. So that's what it was all about. He was thankful he didn't let anything slip.

"Yeah, it's fine, Remus, I'm not trying to get away from you guys or anything. I'll try to spend more time with you. Thank you, though." Peter said, now feeling calmer than he did a few seconds ago. Remus smiled.

"That's what I want to hear. And no need to thank me. That's what we're here for, right?" Peter forced a smiled and nodded. Remus patted his shoulder. Peter looked around and found that they were standing right outside of their common room. He watched as Remus said the password and entered first. Peter followed, but he couldn't stop the feeling of guilt and he felt even more wretched than before. How could he do this to his friends?

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Sirius's POV:

Sirius furiously scratched at something on his parchment. He was bored out of his mind. He had been sitting here, doing his late Charms essay for the past, what, half an hour? He also couldn't stop thinking about her. Rosy. He kept seeing her all over the school, every day. She seemed like she was enjoying her life without him, going through her routine that Sirius knew by heart now. Merlin, he was starting to turn into James! Sirius didn't want Rosy to be miserable, but he wanted to at least know that she was missing him. But she seemed okay, and that bothered Sirius. What if she decided to move on? Then again, Sirius broke up with her for a reason. Her family hated him, and he did not want to cause her trouble.

Sirius sighed and massaged his temples, trying to focus on his homework. James wasn't there to keep him company. He was in the library getting books for both of them. A nasty job. They had to arm wrestle and the loser got to go. James lost to Sirius's spectacular strength and now he was in the library, looking for the right books to help with their work.

He was startled out of his thoughts when Remus's voice said, "Sirius is studying! Actually studying without anyone telling him to!"

"Haha, very funny Remus." Sirius rolled his eyes. "Can you at least make yourself useful and help me with this?"

Remus shook his head but sat down next to him and looked at his messy parchment.

"What IS that?" Remus muttered. "Sirius, you're hopeless. Where's James?"

"In the library. And I'm not hopeless!"

"The library? Wow, what has the world come to!" Remus said. "Sirius you need to redo this. I'll write some notes to help you but this thing is useless." And he proceeded to do just that.

"James went there because he had to. We needed some books. He obviously didn't go there to have fun." Sirius said, rolling his eyes.

"Obviously," Remus muttered, scribbling on the parchment.

"What I want to know, though, is why it's taking him too long." Sirius thought for a moment. "Oh! Was Lily in your class?"

Remus nodded distractedly.

"And why didn't she come with you?" Sirius asked.

"She went to the library."

"Aha! That's why Prongs is late. He is probably talking with Lily or something."

Remus then looked around. "Where's Peter? He came with me on my way here."

"I'm here, Remus." Said a quiet voice behind them. They both turned around to find Peter standing behind their couch.

"Peter! Where were you? Did you just come in?" Remus asked.

"Yeah, I was in the bathroom," Peter said, then came around and sat in a chair near them, getting out his own homework.

Sirius, who barely notices things, notice that Peter's eyes were a bit red. Whether from lack of sleep or crying, he didn't know. Maybe it was really nothing.

"There," Remus said, handing him the parchment. "Get a new parchment and use these notes to write your essay."

"Thank you, Remus. I'll wait for the books, though."

Just then, the portrait opened and James came in and, not surprisingly, Lily was next to him. Lily was prattling about something and James was listening attentively. Sirius snorted.

"Hey, James! Took you long enough! I need the books you know."

James placed the books on the table and sat down next to Lily.

"Yeah, I tried getting some books that we could need. Needed some help. I'm glad Lily was there." James grinned.

Sirius dragged the books to him and picked one, and started the long process of researching for his homework.

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Remus's POV:

Remus looked at his watch then started packing his stuff. It was after dinner and they were back in the common room.

"Where are you going, Moony?" James asked, looking up from the Map.

"I have a meeting with Mary in two minutes. I have to go. We'll be back before curfew." Remus said.

"Obviously," Sirius muttered.

Remus ignored him and left the common room. She was supposedly waiting for him by the lake, that's where they agreed to meet after she was done from the library with some of her friends.

He arrived to find Mary sitting on a rock, her feet dangling in the water, shoes off to the side. When she heard him approach she raised her head and smiled at him.

"Hey, Remus!"

He smiled back at her, "Hello. Was I late?"

"No. Actually," she looked at her watch, "You're right on time. Not surprising. I just decided to come here a bit earlier because we finished studying and I had nothing else to do." She finished with a shrug. She made way for him next to her on the rock.

He chuckled. "Do I have to take off my shoes, too?"

"Yup! We're both going to wet our feet."

He complied and took off his shoes and socks and put them neatly next to Mary's. He cast a cushioning charm on the rock before sitting down.

"Oh, that's way better! I can't believe I didn't think of that." Mary said, wiggling a bit to get more comfortable. Remus couldn't help but laugh, and she blushed a little.

They sat in silence for a while, which gave Remus time to think. Should he tell her that he was a werewolf? Or was it too soon? What if they were to be together forever? He would have to tell her at some point.

"Remus?" His train of thought was interrupted. "Remember last year? When we went to that ball together?" She asked, looking at him.

Remus winced and nodded.

"You didn't want to go with me then. I could tell from the beginning. I know you thought I was clingy, and I sort of was at the time, not because I was desperate, but…because you're such a sweet person, and I don't know why you never had a girlfriend by the way. I'm so glad that I get to be the first to see the real Remus Lupin and stuff. You always gave the impression that you were a nerd," She laughed, "which you still are, but you're still so very kind and sweet and any girl will dream to be with you. MY dream came true." She finished with a smile, tucking a hair behind her ear self-consciously when he kept staring at her.

"You're so beautiful," he murmured almost to himself. She giggled slightly. "I still think you deserve better than me. Even if you don't want to admit it."

Mary huffed in frustration. "There is nothing to admit! I deserve to choose who I want to be with. And you deserve it too! I don't get why you have such a low self-esteem."

Remus looked away.

"Remus?"

He smiled slightly and looked back at her. "Speaking of the ball. I think you deserved to have a better time. I ruined it for you last year and I plan to make it up to you."

"What do you mean?"

Instead of answering, he took a wireless radio that he had shrunk from his pocket and returned it to its original size. He put it on the rock where he was sitting.

"Remus, what is that? I mean, I know it's a wireless radio, but what are you going to do with it?" Mary asked again, getting curious.

"Be patient, Mary," Remus said while trying to turn the radio on. "Sirius gave this to me. And I do remember telling you that I'll make up for last year's ball just moments ago. Aha!" Music started coming out of the radio. It was a calm, slow melody.

Remus held out his hand, and Mary, looking like she finally got what he meant, took the offered hand and stood up when he pulled her slightly. He started leading her to dance and she laughed quietly, putting her hands on his chest, blushing. They danced barefoot on the cool grass that tickled their feet slightly, and it was amazing.

"You should know, though," Mary said, "That you didn't have to do this. Even if I'm elated, which I am."

"I sure hope you're happy, but I just feel like doing this for you," Remus said, twirling her around. He smiled when she squealed then laughed before she came back from her twirl to his chest.

And right then, Remus decided that he would rather enjoy this moment to the fullest. He would tell her his secret later.

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