The next month or so was really great and really painful. Lily and James were really bonding over their butt-load of work, and they were even on first name bases. However, James was really annoying when he was around Penelope (They were now dating) and they tend to make out about once a day. Lily felt conflicted with herself, Penelope was her friend but she didn't want her and James to be together. She know it made them happy but she was definitely not.

Lily shook these thoughts off as James walked up to her. She tried not to roll her eyes when she saw Penelope skipping next to him. In the end, she succeeded but it was extremely painful on her eyes. Just then James turned to face Penelope. "I'll meet up with you later, Penny. I need to talk about patrolling schedules." Her eyes narrowed but she nodded and left.

Lily was quite curious about what he wanted to talk about. It can't possibly be schedules. She straightened her back and made a curious face.

It turned out he actually wanted to talk about schedules, but he was quite peculiar about it. "Lily, did you happen to change any patrolling dates?" James asked looking angry. Lily blanched. "Well yeah, I didn't think Crabbe would be good with that poor defenseless 5th year Keiko." His face stiffened. "I told you that night wouldn't work for me, you have to trust me." Lily's nostrils flared. "What's the big deal, you have to work an extra day?" James stood, whispered "Change it.", and left.

Lily was still confused later that evening, but now she was suspicious too. She filled in his spot with herself. Nevertheless, she was bored standing at the corridor leading to the greenhouse area. Nothing interesting was happening and she really had to finish her transfiguration essay. She was considering abandoning post when she heard muted voices.

"C'mon, we're late! He's down there and probably transformed by now!" Lily's eyes narrowed. This was the unmistakable voice of Sirius Black. "I know that, Paddy!" An irritated voice replied. Lily gasped and felt slightly hurt. James.

She watched their figures creep down the hall, questioning if she should stop them. You should! She scolded herself, but she couldn't help but feeling curious. Where were they headed? Once Lily could no longer she them, she quickly followed.

She followed them straight out of the castle to the Whomping Willow. Lily rolled her eyes and was about to stop them when the craziest thing happened. Black turned into a dog and headed straight to the core of the thrashing branches. No, she chided herself, some crazy mutt just appeared and went to the tree. One part of her told her this was what happened, but she knew what she saw.

Lily stood transfixed as she watched James transform into a brilliant stag, followed by Peter, who changed into a rat. They quickly followed Sirius/the dog into a small opening in the tree. Lily looked up and realized the tree had stopped thrashing. Her eyes narrowed. Illegal Animagi? Not happening. She continued into the passageway.

Lily walked down a passage for what seemed like forever. Finally she arrived at what must be the entrance. I can't be too far behind the boys, right? With that she entered the room.

An unknown shriek filled the room, but Lily guessed it must belong to her. Across the room stood a full-grown werewolf. Her eyes widened. She stood transfixed as she stared into those oddly familiar golden eyes.

She immediately pulled out her wand and prepared to fight. "James, Peter, Black, run! I think I can tame it!" Out of the corner of her eye, she saw two figures transform. "You fool! Why did you come here?!" Black snarled. "You're putting us all in danger! Don't hurt him!" He added, a note of panic in his voice." "You shouldn't of come." A hurt voice said. "James," She whispered. "I'm here to save you! What are you thinking running around with a werewolf? Do you not no anything?" "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" Black roared. Just then the werewolf came back to his senses, and pounced.

Chaos broke loose. All marauders transformed back to their animagus form. Black and Peter tried to distract the werewolf while James shielded me. The wolf was confused as Black kept yelling, "Remus, Remus!" It was as if the wolf knew Remus. Just then a whole different thought hit me. Remus was the wolf.

I yelped in fright as Remus jumped towards me, the only human. Before he attacked James turned back to himself and pulled the wolf's tail. He howled in rage and turned towards James. I tried to run out to him but a steel grip held me back. I realized that Black was pushing me out. "James!" I protested, trying to go back. "He would want you to be safe." With tears rolling down her face, she was escorted to safety.

The next few minutes were agony for Lily. Black had left her to go help the rest. Now she stood all alone, knowing it was all her fault they have to risk their lives. All along they were trying to help a friend, but her stupidity got in the way. How long have the marauders know about Remus? She felt a sudden rush of affection that they didn't ditch him, much less try to help him.

Finally the broken, bloody figures came out of the tunnel. Peter was shaking in fright repeating, "Bad moon, bad moon, bad moon." Sirius was supporting James, who was putting in his best effort to walk. She rushed to him and tried to hold him, but Black pulled away. "We're going to the hospital wing. If you come with us, you'll only get in trouble. Visit us later." With that he turned away leaving Lily as guilty as ever.

Okay so this one is long and action packed. Btw I found a huge flaw in my chapter 'Settling In' and fixed it. Please read it and enjoy! (It might make the story less confusing)

Also, thx to all the people that reviewed. I'm grateful for that because when I first started writing this story, it was just to write it but then I had an idea to put it on . Now writing is really a hobby and I have plenty of pre-written chapters! I've now been rambling for a long time, so have a good rest-of your day!