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A/N- So I realize that it's been a loooooong time since my last update, but here's chapter 11. I'm not very happy with, not much happens, but I'm not going to rewrite it. Because then it would be another like 4 months, and I don't think you guys would like that. So here it is, and other updates are probably going to pretty spaced out too... Sorry again!

The following day after the arrival of Ginny Westly, Lily and Remus found themselves in a secluded area of the library. In the morning, Remus had managed to convince Lily to meet him in the library after diner. Alone. Normally if anyone, besides her friends, asked her to meet them alone somewhere, she would have instantly refused and blown up at them. However, because it was Remus Lupin, and the only marauder that she considered a friend, she agreed with little suspicion. But of course Remus wouldn't explain the reason for the meeting in the common room, and so she wondered what Remus could possibly want to talk about that couldn't be said in the common room. Initially she had thought it might be a werewolf problem, but she gave up on that idea when she realized that he would probably have gone to Potter or Black with that kind of predicament. Her next thought was that he had had a falling out with the other marauders, but that was scraped too as soon as she saw them in class, behaving completely normal. Or normal to them anyways. She had come up with other possibilities, but none of them really seemed like a problem Remus would come to her with. Therefore by the time diner came around, Lily was just about to go insane with wonder. Much to the amusement of Harry, Alice and Marlene, who enjoyed watching Lily practically pull her hair out as she wondered out loud what Remus could want. Consequently after diner, Lily raced out of the hall and waited impatiently for Remus to show up.

"Remus! You're late!" Lily hissed furiously to him as he walked calmly up to her.

"No, I'm not. You're just early. Always the keener, aren't you Lily?" he responded calmly, trying to suppress the sudden urge to run from furious girl. In truth, he was a little late, but it's not as if he's going to admit to that.

"Whatever!" She whispered angrily before her eagerness to know what was on his mind overcame her anger. Sighing, she asked evenly, "What did you want to talk about?"

"The new students." He stated bluntly.

Lily's eyebrows rose in surprise. This was definitely one of the last topics on her mind. "So you noticed too, huh?"

Remus just nodded his head, then said, "Ya. I noticed some inconsistencies and sometimes Harry acts a bit odd. Ginny hasn't been here long enough for me to see if she's different too. Although she seems to be more open than Harry."

"By that tone I guess you've already noticed something off about Ginny, which is pretty impressive since she's only been here for one night." Lily remarked.

"We had a talk with her, well maybe more like a small fight, but I managed to notice a couple of things during that time. Anger seems to make people slip." Remus added. "First of all, after she came storming out the Room of Requirements-"

"The what?" Interrupted Lily.

"It's a room on the seventh floor that becomes whatever you desire it to be," Remus explained impatiently. "Anyways, after she came storming out, she snapped at Sirius for asking what they were arguing about, then stomped off to the Gryffindor common room."

"What's so strange about that?"

"If you'd stop interrupting me, I'd get to my point." Remus said with a glare. Lily blushed and remained quite, indicating that she wanted him to continue. "As I was saying, Ginny just came last night and she already knows how to get to the common room from some random hallway? It seems highly unusual."

"Maybe Harry showed it to her before they started to talk?" Lily suggested.

"I doubt it. From her explosion last night, I'd say that Porter and Ginny aren't on speaking terms right now."

"I guess you're right. But what could they be hiding?"

Remus could only shrug his shoulders in response before responding, "Have you noticed anything about Harry?"

"Actually I have. He seems to be using a cover story about his past for some reason. I noticed an irregularity in what he's been telling people. He's mentioned before that he had some great teachers, especially in defense, but then the other day he told me that he had been homeschooled by his friend's dad. He's also researching something. I don't know what it is, he won't tell me, and he gets all secretive whenever I ask him about it. And we can't forget about his nightmare."

"You can hear him at night?"

"Just that one. Does he frequently have nightmares?"

"Well… none have been as bad as the first night, but… I have heard him whimpering in his sleep a bit…"

"I really wish he would let me help him…" Lily murmured.

"Same here." Remus responded.

Lily's eyes suddenly narrowed at him. "You could probably help him by getting the rest of the Marauders off his back! What did he ever do to earn their hate?"

Remus suddenly looked extremely uncomfortable, and managed to stutter out, "Well…um…James was worried about…umm… you know… the pranking… at night… and stuff… and then… when he… Harry… umm… started hanging out with… uhh… you, he sort of… you know… got really…umm… jealous… and…uhh… ya."

Lily raised an eyebrow, showing Remus that she was less than impressed with him and his friends. "So it all comes down to Potter then?"

"Well it's getting late, we've been talking for a while now and I have to patrol tonight. Let's just keep an eye on them and see what happens." Lily said after a few moments of silence.

Remus just nodded his head and the two left the library and parted ways, with Remus heading back to the common room and Lily heading to the dungeons, where she was staring her rounds with Potter.

Common Room – A few hours after Remus returned

Remus was sitting on his favorite chair, re-reading Hogwarts: A History for the third time, when he heard Lily and James approach the portrait hole. It was always possible to tell when the two heads arrived, for by the end of their rounds, Lily was always about to curse James and James, well James still didn't know when to shut his mouth. However, tonight, their arguing seemed more heated and angry than usual.

"THAT'S IT POTTER! YOU BETTER GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHTENED OUT OR I SWEAR I'LL GET YOUR HEAD BOY BADGE REVOCT!" Remus could hear Lily yelling.

"Really? And how are you going to do that?" James confidently answered.

Lily was silent for a bit before she calmly responded, "I don't know yet, but I will find a way."

All Remus could hear after that was James' obnoxious laugh, reserved for Lily only. It was then that Lily exploded.

"ARRG! YOU ARE INSUFFERABLE! YOU AND YOUR HOLIER THAN THOU ATTIDUDE, AND YOUR CHILDISH BEHAVIOR AND… AND… YOUR STUPID PREJUDICES! I CAN'T STAND YOU!"

There was no warning for when Lily burst through the portrait, her hair flying around her as she stomped over to the girls' dormitory. Remus only caught the look on her face for a brief moment, but to him, she was angrier than he had ever seen her. She almost looked demonic, with her bright green eyes clouded with anger, and her face screwed up into a furious scowl. Remus only sighed, and placed his book on his lap and waited for James to come in.

He didn't have to wait long, as James leisurly strolled in, grinning at Remus before heading up the stairs to their dormitory. Remus sighed again, looked around the room and noticed that Porter was playing chess against Mckinnon, while Anderson watched. He felt a little relieved that Porter wasn't in the dorm, certain all of James' well-concealed frustration and anger would be taken out on him.

When Remus arrived in the dorm, he found James sitting on his bed, his head in his hands and Sirius standing beside him with his hand on his shoulder. For once, Sirius looked serious. Looking around, he saw Peter standing nearby, looking unsure of what he should be doing.

"What did you do Prongs?" Sirius finally asked, his voice sounding a bit exasperated.

"Nothing! I just did what I was supposed to do! We found some couples snogging in broom cuboards, so I took off points." James explained, while throwing his hands up into the air.

"And did one of the couples happen to be Slytherin?" Remus asked.

James shifted a bit, before letting out a soft, "Yes."

Remus, who put the puzzle together, recounted the story, "So you found a Slytherin couple snogging in a broom cupboard, and decided, that because they were Slytherin, that you would take away extra points? Am I right?"

James only nodded, and Remus sighed for the third time that night. "Really James? You're seventeen now, shouldn't you be over your petty grudge against all Slytherins? That's why Lily dislikes you so much! You're still stuck in first year where everything is black and white, with no grey in between. You just need to grow up!"

The other Marauders just stared in shock at Remus, who had never spoken that harshly to any of them. It took James a moment to process what was said to him before he went to his trunk and took out his night gear. Taking the hint, the other boys decided to do the same, and within twenty minutes, all were in their beds, trying to fall asleep and ignore the awkward silence that seemed to have sprung between them. The only other time it had been this awkward was in fifth year when Sirius had pulled that dangerous prank on Snape, and Remus hoped his little talk hadn't ruined his friendship with the best friends he's ever had.

A/N- R n' R please! I really do like them... :) smily face to make you feel better? Yes?... no?... maybe?... darn