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Lily looked up form the map that had just been speaking to her and looked into the eyes of James who had a strangely triumphant grin on his face. Lily, although she knew how smart Remus was, she had no idea that Sirius and James were good with charms and spells such as these, and it shocked her to realize it.

"Well, what do you think?" he asked, moving a strand of hair from her eyes.

"I am most definitely impressed," she sighed with a grin. Her heart began to pound when he touched her face. "So, now will you explain the nicknames?"

"Of course," said Sirius, standing up. "You didn't expect us to know that Moony was a werewolf and not do anything to keep him form killing himself, did you? See, he always came back covered in scratches and bite marks and it was making us really depressed seeing him like that."

"Well, it's not like you could keep him company, he is a werewolf, the scent of human flesh would drive him mad, well, madder, no offense, Remus," said Lily with an apologetic look to Remus who simply shrugged. "Not unless you somehow became animals." Sirius, James, and the now-awake Peter all exchanged unreadable glances. Lily noticed that quickly.

"No, it's not possible. Most of the world's greatest sorcerers cannot be animagi. It is absolutely impossible; we're only in seventh year at school. It is impossible," she said, looking from one face to the next, all having honest expressions.

"Actually," began James. "We started learning in third year and had it mastered by fifth, same year you found out about Moony, apparently. So, in order to keep Moony from killing himself, we became animagi so that we could keep him company when he went to the Shrieking Shack every month." Lily began to believe this, there was no way for them to make something like this up.

"Will you show me?" she asked, a faint grin spreading across her face.

"I really don't think we have much choice otherwise," admitted James. "So, it took us almost three years to fully grasp the concept, but we did it. Peter took the longest, and he is really good for getting the willow to stop moving by pressing that stupid knot that no one else can get too." Lily looked over to where Peter had been sitting, but in his place was a slightly plump rat. It scampered over to her and she picked it up, scratched its ears and then set it back down on the ground where it changed back into Peter. Wormtail, she understood, a rat's tail is similar to what a worm looks like.

"Of course," began Sirius, pointing to James and himself. "Us two needed to be big enough animals to keep a werewolf in check." All of the sudden Sirius became a huge, shaggy, black dog that had to have been taller than her if it stood up on its hind feet. Padfoot because of how dogs have padded feet. It rolled over on its back and Lily rubbed his tummy before backing away and Sirius coming back to being human. Lily looked to James now.

"Well, please," she said with wide eyes. James shook his head almost laughing and then he was replaced by a huge stag whose antlers almost touched the ceiling of the common room.

A/N: Switch to Lily's POV

He was amazing, perfect, even. I walked up to him and petted his nose gently, rubbed the soft fur on his neck, and then flung my arms around his neck, breathing in the scent that smelled exactly like a mixture of James and the outdoors.

A/N: Back to third person! Don't get confused, because I am as I'm writing this!

All of the sudden, the fur vanished and she felt his soft arms around her waist, her head was buried in his shoulder and her arms around his shoulders. She felt his lips on the top of her head. Prongs, antlers, same thing!

"What do you think?" he asked.

"Beautiful," she breathed. She was breathless from what she had just seen. To her, it was amazing, a dream come true. James not only was amazingly sensitive, but he was a great wizard for any age.

"Hey, that's my line," said James with a small chuckle. Lily lifted her head to look at his brown eyes so filled with emotion that she had never noticed before. "You really are beautiful." Lily heard a short laugh from Sirius cut off by Remus's hand closing his mouth. Lily let go of James and backed away carefully.

"When's the next full moon?" she asked cautiously.

"Tomorrow night," said James, turning around and not facing her, obviously debating with himself.

"Oh, well by all means, go, we can cancel. Go with Remus, he needs you more than I do, go, I highly doubt Sirius will be able to do this on his own." Sirius crossed his arms across his chest, pretending to be hurt by Lily's words.

"No, I won't cancel, but it'll have to be cut a little short, we'll have to leave Hogsmeade early," said James, turning back around to face her.

"Okay," said Lily sheepishly. She picked up the map again and examined it. "What are these?" She pointed to the passageways leading off of the map.

"Short cuts," shrugged Sirius. Lily gave him a questioning look. "The one from under the willow leads to the Shrieking Shack, and it's how Moony gets there every full moon in time. It's called the Shrieking Shack because of the first five years when Moony was alone and was killing himself, howling and running into walls, trying to escape. The one at the statue is to Honeydukes, in the cellar. The others we never use, no use in explaining them." Sirius's eyes moved to the clock. "It's late, we should all go to bed especially since the four of us boys have a long night tomorrow night." Everyone agreed and Lily kissed James goodnight before heading up to the dorm. The boys stayed down for a few minutes.

"So, Prongs," began Sirius. "Do you think we can trust Evans?"

"Of course, Padfoot. She kept Remus's secret for a few years, I am sure she can keep ours for a year. Don't worry about it," objected James.

"He's right, Padfoot," agreed Remus. They looked to Peter for an answer, but nothing came because he had already fallen back to sleep.

"I guess you're right," shrugged Sirius, standing up and moving towards the staircase to the boys' dormitory. He used his wand to levitate Peter up the stairwell, dropping his sleeping form on his four-poster bed. He then headed for his own, a million thoughts swimming in his mind. The other two had followed him and were also lying in their four-poster beds, curtains drawn. All of the boys, who weren't already sleeping, had zillions of thoughts crowding their brains.

Moony was thinking about tomorrow night and what it had in store. He hated these transformations, there was no way to get used to them, it was an impossibility for him to ever be used to it. He was also thinking about Lily, about how trustworthy she had proven herself to be, not to mention how smart she was in figuring it out.

Prongs was thinking of tomorrow too, but for a different reason. Lily Evans had finally said yes to him, and he was euphoric over it, he couldn't help but not sleep because he was so excited. He also thought about her knowing their secret. He thought he would be relieved, not having to worry about keeping anything from her, but it was more, he was happy she knew, and he liked it. He couldn't wait until tomorrow and what he had in store for her. They were going to have so much fun.

Padfoot was pondering over a girl he saw over at the Slytherin table during the feast. Something was oddly familiar about her. She was sitting next to his devious cousin Bellatrix, or Bella, and she was also holding hands with that Malfoy kid, a seriously bad kid with a seriously bad reputation. The girl was pretty, she had long, silvery blonde hair and was extremely thin, but she had a look about her, like someone was holding a dead animal beneath her nose. She was so familiar though.

Meanwhile

Lily was also having trouble sleeping, be it because of the date tomorrow or because of all she had learned today, she really didn't know, but what she did know was that she was excited. She would be the only person to know about these three unregistered animagi running around Hogwarts. It now seemed to obvious why they always stopped talking when she entered a room. She was looking forward to her date with James more than she should have because she had just realized how much she liked him, maybe even something more than that. He had proven himself to be one perfect guy for her. She wasn't annoyed by the jokes and the pranks anymore because they were so less frequent, but she liked him a lot.

Lily couldn't sleep and so she went downstairs to the common room to see if the boys were still down there. She slid a robe on over her pajamas and silently tiptoed down the stairs. The common room was empty, except for the map that they had left in plain sight, completely open for the world to see. She muttered "mischief managed" and it went blank when she tapped it with her wand. She slid it into her robe pocket and went back up the steps and into the dorm, eventually falling asleep.

Meanwhile

Sirius flung open the curtain on his four-poster bed to see James still awake through a crack in his curtains.

"Cissy," he hissed. James sat up, moving his curtains too. "It was Narcissa."

"What are you babbling about, Padfoot?" asked James tiredly.

"Remember that girl at the Slytherin table during the feast, the blonde one sitting next to my cousin and my little brother, not to mention the Malfoy?"

"Yeah, the one who looked like she was eating something rotten. She was pretty but, Padfoot, she's a Slytherin, we don't talk to them and they don't talk to us."

"No, she's my cousin too. We don't see her much except at family reunions. She can't be serous about that Malfoy kid. Our family has a rep to protect and he's part of some dark society in his family. Apparently he joined just this year, or so Bella tells me. Not that Bella and I get along well, she more so bragged about it. She claims she'll join too. My family has gone to the dogs, Prongs, it really has. I can barely take this anymore, it's driving me crazy. This dark society, it'll do anything to get rid of Muggle-borns like Lily, you should keep a watch over her, Prongs. Do we have all the same classes?"

"No, she has a different potions time than I do, but other than that we have all the same classes," said James after thinking over his classes.

"What are you two talking about?" hissed Remus from the other bed next to James. They both turned to see that he was still awake, too, his curtains also pushed back.

"Just something you should listen to," said Sirius.

"Well, get on with it is that I can sleep," said Remus impatiently. You could definitely begin to tell that the full moon was near; he was becoming irritable. They explained to him what they suspected about Sirius's family and the Malfoys. Remus just nodded and then spoke when they finally finished.

"Padfoot, is right, Prongs," he said calmly. "Watch out for Lily. Walk her to every class and come and wait for her classes to get out and walk with her. Watch the map during classes if you have to, anything to keep her safe. I'll help, she is like a sister after all."

"Me, too," said Padfoot. All three shut their curtains simultaneously and tried to go to sleep, now even more puzzles going off in their minds. They did, eventually find sleep, but they tossed and they turned all night because of the dreams they were wrestling with. They were trying to clam themselves down, but it wasn't working very well, and when they woke up they were sore and tired.

A/N: Stay tuned! Chapter three is coming soom