The journey to Hogwarts that year was not unlike any other; Anna, Sirius, and James found a compartment with the other two Marauders—Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, Taylor Carson, Alice Prewitt, Frank Longbottom, and, much to her distaste, Lily Evans. Lily would have preferred to not be in the same compartment as the Maruaders, whom she, aside from Remus, publicly disliked, but she was good friends with Taylor, Anna, and Alice, so she joined them anyway.

The girls and Frank were discussing their summers, while the Marauders whispered about their plans for the upcoming full moon.

"Guys, can't we talk about this later?" Remus asked with a purposeful glance in the direction of the compartment's other occupants.

"I thought Anna and Taylor knew about your secret," Sirius said.

"They do," answered Remus. "Frank, Alice, and Lily on the other hand, do not." Taylor, who was sitting closest to the Marauders and catching snippets of their whispered conversation, grabbed Remus' hand, and squeezed it gently, reassuring that she had still not changed her mind about him since hearing his secret several months previously. Remus smiled, wondering how he'd gotten so lucky.

FLASHBACK

December, 1977

Marauders' 4th year

Taylor had finally managed to convince Remus to go on a date to Hogsmeade with her, but sitting in the Three Broomsticks, with Alice and Frank, who had also recently gotten together and were in their third year, the date was not going at all as expected. While the other three chatted happily about their Christmas plans, Remus sat silently, sulking and hardly touching his butterbeer.

Finally, after some time of this, Remus got up with out a word and walked out the door, Taylor, Alice, and Frank staring after him in confusion.

"'scuse me," Taylor said, also getting up and following Remus. "What the hell's your problem?" she asked, upon catching up with him.

Remus stared at her for a moment, then spoke. "This isn't going to work."

"And why not?" Remus didn't say anything. "Well?! Do you even have a reason?"

"Of course I have a reason!" Remus said angrily.

"Well than what is it? After chasing you for two years, I at least deserve a reason."

"I can't tell you…" Taylor let out a sigh of frustration.

"What is it Remus?! Am I just, what, not good enough for you!?" She looked to be on the verge of tears.

"No, of course that's not it." Remus took a tentative step closer to her. He hated telling people his secret; he hadn't told anyone since the Marauders found out in 2nd year, though he had agreed to let them tell Anna. Taking a deep breath, Remus spoke: "I'm a werewolf." A look of shock passed over Taylor's beautiful features, but was gone so fast, Remus wondered if he hadn't imagined it.

"No," she said firmly.

"Taylor, it's true. I—"

"No. You're Remus Lupin. Whether you turn into a wolf once a month or not does not define who you are." Remus stared at her in wonder; no one had ever said it like that to him before. "And it doesn't change how I feel about you." Taylor added as an afterthought.

"It's dangerous…"

"Oh don't give me that. Just because we're dating doesn't mean I have to join you on full moons." Remus chuckled at her strong will and determination. She kind of reminded him of James when it came to Lily.

"I guess we should go back and join Frank and Alice, huh?"

"Probably." The two walked hand in hand back to the Three Broomsticks.

END FLASHBACK

"So Lily, were you made a prefect, this year?" Anna asked.

Lily smiled and nodded, and turned to Remus and Taylor. "Did both of you?" They also smiled and nodded.

"Congratulations!" Lily said excitedly. "You both deserve it."

"Thanks, you too," said Taylor. Then, looking down at her watch, she added: "Speaking of prefects, we should probably be going to that meeting now." The three got up and left the compartment.

"Who'd wanna be a prefect?" scoffed Sirius. "Exploding Snap, anyone?" And so they played for the rest of the train ride, being joined by the three prefects after about an hour.

Late September, 1978

"Hey Taylor," Lily said one day after Ancient Runes, "how's Remus doing?" Taylor panicked; last night had been the full moon. Did Lily know his secret?

"Uh... What do you mean Lils?"

"Well he told me he couldn't do rounds with me last night, and then he wasn't in class this morning. What's up?"

"Oh right," Taylor quickly recovered. "He went back home for a bit. His grandma's sick."

"Oh no," Lily said.

"Yeah…" Taylor hated lying to her best friend.

At the end of the day, in Muggle Studies, Lily noticed Remus still wasn't in class.

"Potter," she said, turning around to face the messy-haired boy. His face lit up. She was talking to him! "Do you now if Remus will be doing rounds with me tonight?"

"Um... I doubt it," James said hesitantly. "He's still in the hospital wing."

"Hospital Wing?!" Lily exclaimed. "I thought he was home with his sick grandma?"

"Oh," James thought fast, trying to cover his mistake. "Well he was, but then he got sick, see…"

"Uh huh…"

Late that night, Lily was doing rounds, when Remus found her.

"Hey, why didn't you wait for me? Like doing rounds better by yourself?" He joked. Lily laughed.

"Potter said you probably wouldn't join me again."

"Oh yeah… well my Aunt's wedding reception was rather dull."

"Wedding reception?! Remus, what is going on? Taylor said your grandma was sick, James said you were sick, and now you're telling me you were at a wedding." Remus opened and closed his mouth several times, but didn't speak. "Please tell me the truth Remus. Are you a werewolf?" Slowly, Remus nodded. Though she had guessed it, Lily had difficulty hiding her shock.

"If you don't want to have to spend time with me anymore, I understand. I'll go tell Dumbledore I resign… James or Sirius can be pre--"

"NO!" Lily laughed slightly. "You think I want to spend any more time with Potter or Black?! It's ok Remus. I'm just… surprised, but I'm not going to stop being your friend."

"Thanks Lily."

"You guys need to work out better cover stories though!" Lily said, laughing again. Remus laughed too. He felt relieved to know that one more person accepted him despite his condition. He could see why James liked Lily so much, and he wished she would like him too. He didn't get it; Lily was usually so accepting of everyone, but when it came to James, she could only see him as the arrogant prat who had been so cruel to Snape back in first year.

Meanwhile, James was conducting one of the first Gryffindor quidditch practices. Last year, James had been captain for the first time, and Gryffindor had won the quidditch cup. There was a lot of pressure on James to do well again.

Unfortunately, several players had been lost to graduation, and Frank, James, Sirius, and Anna were the only returning players. Frank was Keeper, James was Chaser, Anna was Seeker, and Sirius was Beater. All four were excellent players, but the two new chasers; Josh Kembel and Sarah Swanson, and the new beater; Chris Hanson, were not quite up to par.

Sirius and Anna were fighting again, though James didn't know what about (good thing), and were not playing well together. Overall, the practice was the worst James had ever seen, and after yelling himself hoarse, he finally gave up and told his team to turn in.

As if James wasn't in a bad mood already, he heard his sister and Sirius arguing in an empty classroom on his way back to the common room, and he didn't like what he heard…

A/N, So that chapter was a lot of Remus stuff, but I promise the next chapter will be more Sirius/Anna, including what there fight is about… Please Review!!