CHAPTER FOUR

The next day, James, Sirius and Peter went off to their first class, which was Charms. Remus had the day off, because it was full moon, so the teachers wanted him to rest.

So, when they got to class, they sat down in their usual seats, which were at the back. Then the lesson started. That day, they were going to learn how to use a summoning charm. James and Sirius got it on their first try, and spent the rest of the lesson summoning each others stuff. It took Peter the whole lesson to get it, and he still hadn't mastered it.

After the lesson, they made their way back to the common room, only to find Remus there saying he had finished all his homework.

"You'll have to let us copy..." said James while picking up his bag and taking out his potions essay.

"Did you finish your Potions essay?" asked James

The smile faded from Remus' face. "I forgot about that one. Ah darn... I've been here the whole morning with nothing to do-" he kept on mumbling darkly.

"We've got about an hour for lunch, so I think we can all finish our essays..." said James.

"Yeah, I just hope that one hour goes by quickly..." muttered Sirius.

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For lunch, they had turkey and pea soup. They all ate quickly, so that they could go and play quidditch. James was the captain of the Gryffindor quidditch team, so he had access to al of the balls, and everything. Sirius was also on his team.

The reason they went out, was because James had gotten a new broom from his mom as an early birthday present. It was a Shooting Star, and it was really fast. James was very proud of it.

When they were out in the quidditch pitch, Lily appeared. James decided to go really high, so that Lily would notice him. She did, and waved at him. He waved back. Then, she sat down in the stands, watching.

After Quidditch practice, they all went and said hi. She said she had came to give Remus his book that he had forgot in class, but James knew she had came to see him.

All four of them walked up to the castle together for dinner. But Lily didn't sit with them, she went off with her friend Mandy, so that they could finish their homework over dinner.

In the middle of dinner, Remus said that he really should be going to the hospital wing, so that he could get to the Whomping Willow in time. He said bye, and then ran to the hospital wing.

After dinner, when the moon was already up in the sky, James, Sirius, and Peter decided that they should go with Remus. So they walked through the grounds until they reached the Whomping Willow, a gigantic tree that tried to kill anyone who would try to get by it.

But they knew the trick, so they prodded a knot of the big tree, and it went stiff. Then they went by. There was a tunnel under the big tree that led to the Shrieking Shack, so they followed it.(They transformed first)

Once they got into the shack, they found a fully grown werewolf, and they kept it company. They knew that this was Remus, so they wanted to be nice to him. They could tell he was in a lot of pain.

i i i i

After the night finally was over, they walked over to Remus, who was a human again, and told him that he would have to go, because if Madame Pomfre, the healer, were to find them there, they were in trouble. Poor Remus had cuts and bruises all over him.

They walked under the invisibility cloak, and saw the healer running through the grounds towards the whomping willow.

"Poor Remus." said James sadly. "It's not his fault that he's like that..."

"Yeah, and what I can't believe is that some people don't like werewolfs, just because they don't like that." said Sirius in disgust.

"I feel sorry for him." said Peter.

They walked back to Gryffindor tower in silence.

Remus didn't turn up until the end of the day. He had a patch over his eye, and a bunch of scratches and scars. He said that he didn't feel well, and that he had to go to bed. They didn't object, and went down stairs to finish their homework.

Halfway through their homework, Lily came over to see James. Then, they walked around the grounds together.

"How did last night go?" asked Lily.

"Fine."

"How's Remus doing?"

"Fine."

There was a long pause. Then James said. "Hey Lily, you look really great tonight. Well actually, you always look good..."

"You look good to, James." said Lily

"Thanks.."

They were reaching forward, then Lily's friend called to her.

"LILY! LILY!" called Mandy.

"IM OVER HERE MANDY!!!!!" yelled Lily looking annoyed.

Soon, Lily's friend came running over.

"Lily! Come quick!"

"Come where?" asked Lily.

"Come, Mc Gonagle is looking for you. And for you, James. You should come quick! It sounded important!"

"Come on, James, it sounds important!" she took off running behind her friend Mandy. James sighed, but then followed.

Once they arrived to Mc Gonagle's office, Mandy said bye, and left. Then their head of house looked at them.

"You both know that we need a new prefect's this year, so Dumbledore and I decided that you two would be perfect for the job." she said

If you accept, you would both be prefects. If you decline, we will give the badge to someone else. So will you please decide now?" she asked.

"I'd love to be a prefect." said Lily. "I accept."

"Ok," said Mc Gonagle she got a badge out of her cabinet that said "Prefect". "here you go, Lily." she said, presenting her with the badge.

"Potter?" she asked. "Have you decided whether you want to be a prefect?"

"Yeah," he said. "I want to be a prefect."

"Ok," said Mc Gonagle giving him a badge that looked just like Lily's "here potter..."

"So, since you two are prefects, you can use the prefect bathroom, the password for that is "Rain Drop."

"I'm sure Lily will explain all the rules to you , Potter, I really must go, so have fun with your badges! Good bye!" And with that, she shooed them out of her office.

Once they were outside, they finally found their voices back.

"This is so cool!!!!" said Lily.

"Yeah," said James absentmindedly.

"What's wrong, James?" she asked

"Well, nothing, it's just that Sirius and Remus and Peter might laugh at it..."

"But you shouldn't be embarrassed, James! Most people would do anything to be a prefect!"

"Yeah, I know."

"We should go, it's really late."

"Yeah, see you later, I'm going to the bathroom..."

"Ok, see you, James!"

And she was gone.

James walked over to the bathroom, and washed his hands. He didn't really need to use the bathroom, so he made his way up to the common room.

Authors Note: I hope I'll have time to write more of this fic soon, but please review!

-Icetail