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Author's Note: Thanks to catgirl002, J.E.A.R.K.Potter, gatoriris, SevenPeach, and MissMrprk for reviewing! It means soooooo much to me! I love you all!
catgirl002: The 'e' with the dots on it bothers me sometimes too. But that's how Zoë is supposed to be spelled, and my Word Program automatically marks Zoe wrong, and Zoë right. But it can actually be a real pain in the ass to write it that way! (Okay, I'm really hoping that this is what you were talking about so that I'm not making a fool out of myself, but whatever.)
Lily walked up to her dorm room to find that her friends were no where in sight. So, she took a quick shower, got dressed and went back to her room.
Lily was resting on her bed, thinking about James. Lately, it seemed that he was the only thing on her mind. Half of the time she couldn't even concentrate on her homework because of him. She was just a lovesick girl around him, and she hadn't remembered a time when she had been happier.
Lily was just about to rest her eyes when she heard Macie, her cat, jump off Scarlett's bed. Lily looked down at the ground and saw what she was going after; there was a small, brown rat on the floor.
"Macie, stop it! Come here right now," Lily demanded.
Macie ignored her calls though, and was creeping toward the rat, which didn't seem to notice her yet.
"Macie! That thing could be someone's pet, or it could be diseased or something!" Lily told the cat.
But still, the cat ignored her. Its smooth white fur could be seen slinking on the red carpeted floor, toward her destination.
Lily was just about to scoop up Macie, when she pounced. She was on the rat in a flash, and the rat hadn't seen it coming. The cat held the little brown rat in her paws, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with her sharp teeth.
Suddenly, the rat was no longer there! Instead Peter Pettigrew stood in its place, the cat still holding his torso with her claws.
Lily looked at him with horror, and then let out a giant scream.
Peter shrugged Macie off of his shirt, and then begged, "Lily, please, don't scream, please don't."
"Oh my God! What the hell is happening?" She yelled.
"Shhh, no need to yell," Peter told her, a desperate look on his face.
"You, you're an anmigus!" Lily stated.
"Well, yes, but you can't tell anyone," Peter begged.
Lily's hands flew up to her face as she really took in the situation; her cat almost ate Peter Pettigrew, one of her boyfriend's best friends. And then another thought came into her mind, Peter wouldn't come up her for no reason in particular. And he would probably only come up to her dorm if someone sent him, only if one of his best friends sent him.
Lily suddenly lashed out, and grabbed Peter's ear in her hand.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, Lily please stop," Peter begged.
She gave him a sharp glare, and pulled him out of her room, down to the common room, and up the stairs to the Marauder's dorm.
She burst open the door, and James was surprised to see how furious she looked.
Lily suddenly let go of Peter's ear, and pushed him aside. "James, what the fuck is going on?"
"What are you talking about?" he asked, trying to sound as innocent as possible.
"Why was Pettigrew in my room?" she screeched, now sending glares to all four boys.
"Wormtail, she caught you?" Sirius hissed.
"That monster of cat she's got tried to eat me!" Peter exclaimed.
"Shut up, both of you," Lily snapped. And then she rounded in on James, "Did you know that he is an illegal anmigus?" Lily asked, pointing her finger at Peter as she talked.
"Um, um, well, yes," James told her.
"Oh God! I should have known," Lily exclaimed, suddenly realizing something. "Wormtail, that's Peter's nickname, and he's a rat… And you, James, Prongs, what could that possibly stand for?"
"A stag," he whispered.
"A stag! Goddamn it!" Lily shrieked. "And Black, his nickname is Padfoot, so what are you? A cat, a dog?"
"A dog," he answered, looking somewhat ashamed of himself.
"And Remus, you are Moony, what the bloody hell does that stand for?" Lily questioned.
"Lils, that's not of your business," James said, not wanting to force his friend to tell him most cautious secret.
"No, James, its okay… Lily, when I was a child, I was bitten," Remus began.
"Bitten? What the hell does that have to do with anything?" she asked.
"Everything, now shut up while I tell you… I was bitten by a werewolf, and now, every full moon, I turn into one…"
"Oh God, Remus, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you," Lily told him, her voice now sounding sweet, as if her outrage at James had never happened.
"It's okay," he responded, surprised that she hadn't been scared to be in the same room as him. "And, Dumbledore made special accommodations, so that I could attend school here… I used to make up excuses that I needed to go home every month, but after a while, James, Sirius, and Peter figured it out. They figured out about the monster that I become every month… So, they decided to become anmigai for me, to keep me company while I transformed."
"Oh my God, I can't believe it," Lily whispered.
"Yeah, in fifth year, they managed it," Remus confided.
Lily didn't know what to say, it was all occurring too fast for her to handle. But eventually said, "So, you three are all illegal Animagi, and you did it so Remus wouldn't be alone on full moons."
"Yeah, that's about it," James answered. He was now thinking that Lily wouldn't possible be upset with him for not telling her. After all, he had done it in kindness for a very good friend.
Unfortunately for James, he couldn't be more wrong.
Then Lily turned on him, "You stupid, stupid, ass of a man! You could have gotten hurt! Do you know how risky it is to become an Animagi?" Each time she said 'stupid' or 'ass' she slapped James across the back of the head.
"Ouch, Lily, stop… And we didn't get messed up, we're all fine," James told her.
"You still are the stupidest person I've ever met, running around with a werewolf, no offense Remus, all three of you could get hurt, or what if you got bit, no offense Remus. I mean, you could have killed yourselves!" Lily shouted.
"But, Lils, we're fine," James reasoned.
"Oh, and don't get me started with you James Potter. You told me no more secrets and no more lies," Lily yelled.
"I know, baby, I'm sorry, I really am," James told her.
"Oh, don't you 'baby' me. And don't give me crap that you're sorry, because if you were really sorry than you wouldn't have lied to me in the first place!" Lily exclaimed. And with that said she turned on her heel and walked out of the dorm.
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Once Lily had reached her room, she collapsed back down onto her bed. 'He lied to me, I can't believe he lied to me,' she silently told herself. And then another thought entered her mind, 'What else could he have lied to me about?' She let light tears run down her cheeks, she felt betrayed by James, as if he didn't trust her enough to keep the Marauder's secrets.
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"I screwed up big time, didn't I?" James told his friends. He sat on his bed, wishing this whole ordeal had never happened, wishing Lily hadn't reacted the way she did.
"Yeah, Prongs, I'd say 'screwed up big time' is an understatement," Sirius told his friend.
"Shit," was all James could manage to say.
"James, don't worry too much about it, just give her time to cool down," Remus suggested.
"Yeah, Moony's right, she probably just needs time to process what she heard. I mean, it isn't everyday that you learn your boyfriend can turn into a stag," Peter chipped in.
"Yeah, you guys are right, she just needs time to think," James replied, and then said, "I'm going to take a shower."
Once the remaining boys heard the water turn on, Sirius said, "Do you think she's going to tell anyone?"
Remus and Peter looked at Sirius, fright present in their eyes. And then Remus said, "I don't think so, I mean, she wouldn't tell anyone, she's too nice to tell anyone."
"Yeah," Peter agreed.
Then they all looked at each other once more, and as if reading each other's minds, they all bolted for the door.
Author's Note 2: Hey everyone, I hope you all liked this chapter! Sorry I had to make Peter say something intelligent, but I want my story to be realistic, and the Marauders wouldn't be friends with him if he didn't have any common sense. Also, I'm going away on vacation to Washington D.C for about a week. So, I won't be able to update for a while, but I promise when I get back I'll be back on my regular updating schedule! Anyways, please review!