A.N. Bleh, I was having difficulty with this chapter and I still don't like it so if you have any hints/suggestions they would be greatly appriciated. Yes, I upped the rating for safety. No, It will not go any higher, nor need to go any higher. The next two chapters are written and should be posted once they're proof-read. Anyway, hope oyu like this chapter; it takes place at the beginning of fifth year.

"Remus! There you are mate. So how is Gryffindor's bestest prefect today?"

"Bestest isn't a word, Sirius."

Sirius waved his hand in a careless manner, "Technicalities, Remus, mere technicalities. Now come on!" Sirius yanked at Remus's hand, upsetting a stack of books.

"Sirius, what the? I was trying to study! We have a test in Potions Monday and I'm busy tomorrow-"

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about."

"The test in Potions? Um, Lily's better at this sort of thing but Slughorn said-"

"What? No, not about the stupid Potions test, who cares about that?"

"I do."

Sirius turned his puppy dog eyes on Remus. It should be noted that Sirius had the best puppy dog eyes Hogwarts has ever seen. Needless to say, Remus's heart melted instantly. Taking advantage of this Sirius pulled, once more, on Remus's hand and dragged him up to the boys' dormitory where Peter and James were waiting, each looking exceptionally pleased.

"I will now call this meeting to order!" James began as Sirius forced Remus on one of the beds and Peter cast a silencing charm on the room.

"Guys, what's going on?" Remus asked, utterly confused.

"We did it!" Peter squealed.

This statement, apparently, did not explain everything and Sirius was forced to add, "We became Animaguses."

"Animagi," Remus corrected automatically, "Wait what?"

James bounced about the room for a bit and Remus made a mental note to limit his sugar intake. "We can all transform now. I mean, I know we've all seen my handsome and noble stag-"

"'Course we have Bambi-" Sirius cut in.

"Stag, Sirius! Stag. Not deer. Not bloody Bambi. Remus, why'd you take him to see Muggle movies?"

"I don't ask details about your love life, James-"

"That's because he doesn't have one."

"Shut up, Sirius, Evens'll say yes one day."

"Guys, I think we're getting off track."

"Too right you are, Peter. Anyway we've all seen Bambi over here-"

"Prongs, Sirius, I have prongs! Therefore I'm not a deer."

"Fine. We've all seen Prongs over here-"

"Hey! That should be your nickname, James. Prongs. And Remus can be, I dunno, like Moony or something."

"Sure, Peter, if your Wormtail."

"Alright."

"Wormtail?" Remus cut in, hopelessly lost.

"I'm a rat!"

"And on the list of things I never thought to hear one proudly declare-"

"And I can turn into a dog, look!" With a small pop! A grim-like dog was standing by Remus's bed, tail wagging furiously.

"Oh! I just got the best idea!" James bounded over to his trunk and pulled out his invisibility cloak. "Sirius, we can call you Grim and show you to the divination hag, and then pretend only she can see you, and-"

"Give her a heart attack!" Remus cut it, leaping to his feet. The dog wined and gave Remus a look that clearly said 'spoilsport.'

Remus laughed, then suddenly sobered. "Are you guys sure you want to do this? I mean, it's never been proven that werewolves aren't dangerous to animagi and even if I don't contaminate you I could still-"

With another pop! Sirius changed back. "Shut up before I hex you, Remus. We learned the bloody spell, so we're going to use it. And that's final."

Remus fell silent. There was an awkward pause then- "Hey! You're both canines!"

"Err- yeah Peter, we kinda got that."

"It's just cute, the two of you dogs, and you're in love, it's what's-it-called?"

"Puppy Love?"

"Yeah!"

"That's when two little kids are in love and it won't last-"

"Same idea." James declared.

Remus rolled his eyes. "Well, um, thanks guys, I really don't know how I could repay you-"

"I have an idea," Sirius said, smiling suggestively at Remus.

Peter noticed and began making excuses to leave. "Just let me borrow you're Potions notes and we'll call it even."

Remus swallowed under Sirius's gaze, his animalistic nature rather close to the surface. "Sure thing Pete, they're in the common room."

Peter flew down the stairs, but James, unnervingly clueless at times, remained.

"Hey, James, I think Lily was talking about you, this could be your chance-" and James was gone. Remus locked the door behind him, but didn't get any studying done the rest of the afternoon, a fact he sorely regretted Monday.