So this is unedited! but its been sooo long! im sorry, I had to do the whole college thing
more to come, i hope you guys still read, i love you all
"Ready for lesson number two?" James said with a shy grin and he sat down across from a peeved redhead.
"You're late." She replied curtly.
James looked down at his watch. He had arrived at the library with five minutes to spare, Sam had warned him about punctuality, and then remembered his books where in Gryffindor town. Even with his sprinting he was still three minutes passed schedule.
"Sorry, Lil-"
"Sam is never late..." She grumbled.
"Well, right now Sam is being tortur- I mean, tutored by Sirius, and unless you'd rather go, watch the two of them going at it, and try to get some information out of Sam between their odd mix of flirt fighting, I suggested you let the three minutes slide." He said in one big huff, still slightly out of breath from running.
Lily, shocked by his out burst just said, "hmff" and opened her book.
James smiled to himself, happy he had taken some form of control.
The lesson wore on with little being said. He reviewed notes with her, and showed her how to hold her wand so the chair next to her would stop being made of wood when she turned it into a bunny. As Sirius had once said, wooden animal decorations are just creepy.
A few weeks had passed in tranquility. Yes, there was daily fighting between Sam and Sirius, but all seemed calmer with out Lily and James at each other's throat. This change could be attributed to the fact that Sam basically wrote scripts for James for each lesson, or to the fact the Lily finally was gaining some respect for James (mostly because Sam wrote scripts for him at each lesson.)
It was about midnight on a seemingly harmless Tuesday when an exhausted Sam stormed down to the common room insistent that Lily go to bed.
"It's midnight. Beddie Bye time. Now." Sam grunted grumpily to Lily, who sat in her usual arm chair by the fire, reading transfiguration notes.
"Sammi, just go to sleep. I'll be up in a few minutes."
"You said that an hour ago." Sam said with a sigh.
"Five more minutes!"
"You realize you sound like a poorly behaved child who keeps hitting the snooze on her alarm clock."
Lily just laughed. She was wide awake.
"Common, you're always up in the middle of the night and I never scold you."
"Ok first of all, we both now that you never "never scold anyone." And secondly, that's called insomnia. It is not a choice, and it is not healthy. Now move your tush!"
"Why do you care?"
"'Coz you always turn on the light to find your bed, and it wakes me up! I'm tired. Sleep now moo-cow!"
"Fine, fine, no need to rhyme." Lily grudgingly complied.
Sam turned to head back up the stair when Lily jumped and screamed,
"I knew it! I fricking knew it! Those bastards! Well they won't get away with it, I can promise you that."
"Um, Lily, what's going on."
"Shhhh you'l see, come with me." She said and roughly grabbed Sam's wrist and pulled her out of the common room.
"Lily I'm in a nighty."
"Shhhh you'll see."
"I'm not wearing shoes."
"Shhhh you'll see."
"Lily I'm not wear a fricking bra."
"Shhhh you'll see."
"Lily, bra!"
"Oh just deal! My wands in Common Room or I'd summon one."
"Shit so is mine."
"Doesn't matter, we won't need them."
She continued to trudge along, her companion in tow.
"Lily we're not going outside."
"Yes, we are." She said and shoved Sam through the door.
By now Lily was running towards the Forbidden Forest.
"Lily! Lily come back here now!" Sam yelled. She began to run knowing Sam wouldn't catch her. Lily was smaller and slighter. Plus, she had a head start, which just wasn't fair.
"Lil!" Sam screamed again as she started to pant, she was about thirty feet behind Lily.
Sam was ignored.
"Please Lily." Sam all but whimpered.
Lily stopped for a moment and looked back at her friend. "I've suspected the Marauders sneak out on full moons for years. But I finally caught them! I saw a foot walking alone! They're under that damn cloak! And I can't stand by while-"
"Lily, you don't know what you're doing. For the sake of our relationship please stop."
Lily paused to mull it over, then quickly turned and began to run again.
Sirius' ear pricked, he froze a mid his wrestling match with James. Then quickly made the single that meant "must talk, follow me."
The pair ran about a mile and transformed back into themselves.
"I heard something."
"So?"
"Someone. Shush and listen."
"I don't hear anything."
"Well I do! It sounds like…like someone coming towards the forest!" he finished in a rush.
"Listen, there are foot steps. Running." Sirius put his year to the gowned.
"There are two of them. Girls, I think. One is faster with lighter steps, the other is behind her."
James could here it now, his face a mask of worry.
"Stop!-y-ease sto-" Came a voice in the wind.
"What's it saying?"
"Stop I think?"
"Someone help please!" Rang through the trees.
"Come on. We need to move Moony." James said transforming back into a stag. Sirius barked, now a large, black, shaggy dog, and they began to run back to the clearing where Remus and Peter played.
They voices were getting closer. Sirius was sure the first girl had just entered the forest. He could almost make out what they were saying or rather yelling back and forth.
"Lil, you don't understand! It's not safe!"
"If the Marauders can be here, I can." She panted back, stopping for breath.
Sam entered the forest and was gaining on Lily.
She may be a faster runner, Sam thought, but I weave through the trees faster.
"Lily, if you love me, you'll turn around and leave now!"
"Oh would you stop protecting them already. I know you and Potter are mates, and god only knows what's going on with Sirius, but I'm your best mate and-"
"I'm protecting you!" She said grabbing Lily by the arm; she had finally made it up to her friend.
"From a forest?"
"No! From a werewolf!"
"Don't be daft. Dumbledore wouldn't let werewolves run around the forest. He knows students fool around in here."
"He might...for a very special student."
Lily gave Sam a look, trying to read Sam's face for the answer she feared. A howl erupted through the forest, making Lily shiver in fear. Sam pressed her finger to her lips, shushing Lily, and motioned for her to follow.
A tense Sirius growled largely at his werewolf friend. So far, Remus had not noticed the scent of the two girls, nor had he focused enough to hear the footsteps. Yet, the three animagi were unable to press him deeper into the forest, or at least into the Shrieking Shack.
Peter was distracting Remus while James and Sirius found a clearing to talk in.
"We have to go warn them."
Sirius nodded solemnly. He transformed, sniffed the ground for a scent, and motioned for his friend to follow.
There was something all too familiar about the smell. It set Sirius's hairs on edge.
On some level he was not surprised when he smelled perfume that made him halt in his tracks. He looked to James, who clearly had not caught on yet.