Chapter 17: Oh, Crap

"Where do you think Moony is?" Simon questioned, he and James were walking aimlessly around Hogsmeade.

James was silent for a moment as he pondered on where the third Marauder was, he thought about past times at Hogsmeade, and one thought struck him, he knew where he was, "Hog's Library." He said plainly.

"That would make sense," Simon sighed. The two pranksters then changed their course so that they were now headed toward the building that held books. They didn't enjoy it, sure, but they had to find Tommy somewhere, and a place with books was the perfect place.

"Moony!" Simon called loudly as they entered the Library. This caused many witches and wizards send "Shh!" to his direction, with was ignored.

The two boys wandered around the Library for what seemed like forever to them, and about five minutes in real time. After it was seemingly clear that their good friend was nowhere to be found, they started to search of secret places. After about ten more minutes of extreme Moony searching, Simon found a door in the far corner of the Library in the most secluded part of the Library. In all, it was a door that only a Marauder could find. The boys wasted no time in entering the door, which was not surprising. The door opened to an evenly spaced set of stairs, which they went up. The stairs led to another door, which looked much like the first one. The Marauders two opened the door and took a peak inside.

To their surprise, Tommy was resting in a comfy blue chair in front of a fire. He was literally resting, a large stack of books covered the table next to him, and one of the books was spread across his chest. Tommy's hand rested gently on the book, his other hand lay limp at his side. Tommy's light brown hair was covering his eyes for the most part, but it was easy to tell that the pale faced boy was asleep.

James and Simon chucked at their friend. They both knew that the full moon was coming soon, and he would always grow overly tired around that time. His face was also becoming paler by the second; the two realized that it would be hard to hide the fact that Tommy's face was pale from the twins. The twins knew the symptoms for Werewolves, they figured, and Tommy was no exception to the signs. It would be difficult to explain why he was acting the way he was, they would have to think of something.

"Remus," James whispered in Tommy's ear. His only reaction was Tommy making a small grumbling noise and shifting his body lightly. Simon decided it was his turn.

"REMUS!" He shouted in his other ear. This time it worked, Tommy jolted up. The book that had rested in his lap fell to the ground with a small thump.

"What? Huh?" Tommy quickly caught on to reality. "Oh, hey guys…" He said tiredly.

"Hey, Moony, we're gettin' ready to leave, didn't want to leave you behind." James said with a grin.

"How long have I been asleep?" He asked worriedly. This caused Simon and James to brake into identical grins.

"Minutes" Sirius started.

"Hours" James continued.

"Days"

"Weeks"

"Years!" Sirius concluded dramatically. The two broke out into identical cries of laugher.

"Oh, come on," Remus stood up, he left the books where they sat, and exited the room. James and Simon shrugged and followed him.

…

Fred and George looked around every which way for their Maraudering friends. They hadn't been looking that long, fifteen minutes at the most. They had already taken a look inside Zonko's, but had no luck there. So their next stop was the Three Broomsticks. After they reached the Three Broomsticks the still had no sign of the three Marauders, they left, not with out a Butterbeer to go, though.

"Fred! George!" The twins turned around to see James, Simon, and Tommy jogging over to them.

"Hey!" They said in union with a wave.

"Are you ready to go back?" James asked them. Both the twins nodded and the five went back to Zonko's, where they went into the cellar and came out sometime later behind the one-eyed witch. They then wasted no time in going up to the Hospital Wing to see how Harry was doing.

…

The four sat in silence for what seemed like ever. Each was lost in his or her own thought. After a while the door opened and Dumbledore walked threw it.

"Ah, Harry, I see you're awake." Harry nodded in reply and Dumbledore walked over to his bed side. "Where are your father and his friends?" He asked.

"No idea, they're out with Fred and George." Harry said, sending a glance at Hermione and Sakura as he spoke.

"Well, could you tell me what happened to you yesterday?" Harry gave another nod and proceeded to tell Dumbledore the same story he had told Sakura, Ron, and Hermione. Although this time, there were no interruptions.

"Thank you for that information," was all that he said.

"Professor," Sakura asked, "are the guys that kidnapped Harry death eaters?"

"I'm not really sure, but I can tell you that all of you must be very careful, someone else could be after Harry, besides Voldemort." He said.

"But, sir, which side would they be on?" Hermione spoke up.

"As it would seem, neither." Sakura and Hermione exchanged glances and Ron shrugged. "Harry, Poppy will be back soon to check on you soon. When she says you can leave, you may do so, until then, stay here." Dumbledore finished, and left the four alone once more.

Much later the door opened again and Fred, George, and the Marauders walked threw it. They asked a lot of questions. Harry once again told the story of his capture. Sirius could help but feel uneasy when Harry mentioned the guy that saved him. He didn't know why, nor did he mention it to anyone, even James.

Madam Pomfrey came in, also and let him go after cleaning up Harry's wounds. After she was done he looked much better. Most of the small cuts were gone and the big ones were much smaller and less noticeable.

The next two days leading up to Ron's birthday were uneventful as ever. They went to classes, did homework, (because Hermione made them) and leisured around. Snape had given the Marauders detention for turning his hair blue, something they denied threw laughs. It was almost surprising that they had time to plan Ron's 'secret' party. It had been decided that it would be at the Three Broomsticks. Madam Rosmerta had even agreed to lend part of the Three Broomsticks to them. The plan was Harry would take Ron to Hogsmeade, and they would meet up in the Three Broomsticks. So, it wasn't complete, but it was good enough.

"Are you guys ready yet?" Sakura asked impatiently. She and Hermione had just emerged from the girls' dorm. They where ready to go to Ron's party, as was Fred, George, and James. The day was prefect day, and they were the only ones in the common room, everyone else was outside.

The boys all shook their heads. "Nope, Simon and Tommy are still up there." James answered. At that moment Simon ran down the stairs, grinning from ear to ear.

"Get ready!" He said. The others stole glances at each other.

"SIRIUS BLACK!" Tommy's voice rang threw Gryffindor Tower. "GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN DOG!" As this was said Tommy ran down the stairs. His hair was spiked green and the words 'I love Snape" was sparking in black letters on his forehead. He clearly didn't take notice at the others in the room until it was too late. His face flushed, "Woops"

The twin's mouths flew open.

AN: I'm so evil, major cliffy, but hopefully I'll get the next chapter out soon, and also I've redone chapters one and two, so they are much better now, and remember, review!