About an hour is how long I have been sitting here and its been about 3 hours since I left that room. I am currently sitting in one of the trees that line the forest behind the house, it's a good spot to think, no disturbances, no wait speak of the devil.
At that moment dinkleman, James' owl swooped down landing on the branch in front of Lily. She knew this letter would be Petunia's reply, she also knew she would not want to read it, so taking the letter from the owl she jumped down and ran back towards her room.
Half way up the staircase Lily ran into someone and just as she was about to fall they caught her.
"Lily? There you are, Sirius wanted to talk to you." James said still holding Lily's hand.
Pocketing the letter, she nodded. "Where is he?"
"Same drawing room as before, though it's less trashed now."
Smiling Lily turned around, walking back towards the room with the pensive, this will be interesting.
"Hey Lils." Sirius said as she walked through the door. The pensive was already out, with memories swirling around in side it.
Lily gave a half-hearted 'Hi' in response and walked over to join Sirius by the large basin.
"Ok, Lily before we enter the memory, I want to say, I really am sorry about this now, I was incredibly stupid then and I hope you can forgive me for this." Sirius said in a rush looking rather nervous.
"Uh, ok, shall we get this over with?" Sirius nodded as reply and gestured to the bowl.
Lily leaned over falling into the pensive, upon reaching the ground she looked around, she and Sirius were in a corridor with the fifth year marauders and a group of Slytherins were approaching, including Snape.
"Sirius, is this before or after what happened at the lake?" Lily asked
"After, by about a month."
"Oi Potter! Been rejected again lately?" James just kept walking, completely ignoring Snape and his goons. "What? Still sore about being picked after the giant squid?"
"At least he was picked." Sirius retorted, pulling out his wand and pointing it at Snape.
"No." James said to Sirius pushing his arm down and walking off.
Once they got around the corner Sirius turned on James. "Come on! Are you just gonna take that from snivellus?"
"Yes, because you know what padfoot, I don't care, he can say anything he wants, it wont improve his situation and if she hears she will just be more annoyed and there's the fact he is just a stupid greasy git."
The scenery changed, they were in the entrance hall with just Sirius.
"Oi Snape!"
"What do you want Black." The way Snape said it sounded more like a statement than a question.
"You're obsessed with trying to find out our secret right?" Lily turned to look at Sirius who was sitting on the ground, with his head down
This one question seemed to change the world for Snape. "What, what is it?"
Sirius snorted. "As if I'm just going to tell you, but if you want to find out, go to the whomping willow at 9pm tonight, there is a small passage in amongst the roots, just tap the knot of the tree and go down there."
"Sirius please tell me that it was a crescent moon or something that night." Lily asked. Sirius still looking down shook his head.
the scene shifted again this time taking the form of the hogwarts grounds, Peter was in rat form sitting next to the knot in the tree poking it to keep it still and the other two were a little back from the tree yelling at each other. Lily walked over to hear what they were saying.
"SIRIUS HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID! HE COULD GET KILLED OR BITTEN, THEN HOW WOULD REMUS FEEL?!" James yelled looking furious.
"HE HAS BEEN HASSLING YOU NON-STOP SINCE THE LAKE AND YOU ARE DEFENDING HIM?!"
"HE IS ANNOYING BUT DOES NOT DESERVE TO COME ACROSS REMUS, NOR DOES REMUS DESERVE TO BE USED FOR A STUPID PRANK!"
"Look I'm sorry but we only have 10 minutes until he gets here."
Sighing James glared at Sirius, never before had Lily seen James stare at someone with so much hatred, even snape himself. "Go restrain Remus, try if you can to keep him out of the tunnel. Peter, go in, keep an eye out for Pads and distract Moony, just keep away from his teeth." They both nodded and headed down the tunnel, as he did Sirius became the large black dog.
Upon reaching the end of the tunnel they came across a door, Sirius nudged the door open with his nose, revealing Remus in his wolf form to Lily. Turning she could just see James waiting in the tunnel behind them. Slowly she made her way back, she had almost reached him when she saw Snape coming towards her.
"Snape you need to leave now." James said standing up in front of the slytherin.
"What afraid I'll find out your secret Potter?" Snape replied tauntingly
"No, I'm more afraid you'll be killed by it so leave." It was at this moment Remus howled and beat his way past Sirius, running through the door, giving Snape a good look at what was coming for them.
"Tha-tha-thats a werewolf!"
"RUN DAMN IT, DON'T JUST STAND THERE STARING!" James all but picked snape up and ran towards the exit, pushing him out first.
The memory shifted once again, this time taking the form of Dumbledore'soffice. The headmaster himself was sitting behind his desk, with an uncommonly stern gaze looking between James, Sirius and Snape.
"Mr. Potter, would you be so kind as to explain what happened?"
"Sorry professor it was a stupid prank that wasn't thought through." Taking a breath to steady himself he continued, "Snape was told to go to the tunnel tonight and how to get in, sort of as retaliation."
Nodding Dumbledore turned towards Sirius, "Mr. Black, this was your doing I suppose?" To this James actually looked like he would back his friend up and take a part of the blame until Sirius cut him off.
"Yes Sir, the others had nothing to do with it, I was just sick of Snape constantly going at James, so I told Snape about the tunnel, not actually thinking of the consequences and when I told James he made me realize how stupid it was, he then tried to stop Snape and saved him." Sirius stopped there looking towards James with apologetic eyes, who just ignored him.
"PROFESSOR THAT IS A LIE! POTTER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON! HE ONLY STOPPED IT TO SAVE HIS OWN NECK!" Snape yelled sounding furious.
"Severus Snape you will refrain from yelling in my office and if you have proof of these accusations please, do tell, otherwise you best stay quiet and be grateful James saved you from what could have been your death." Dumbledore said in a low, yet forceful voice. Then continuing, looking Snape in the eye said, "You will tell no one what you saw nor how to see it, you will not hassle any of those boys about it and you will never, I repeat never go down that tunnel again. Am I understood?"
"But that THING is a danger to everyone in the castle and even hogsmeade!" Snape exclaimed.
"HE is of no danger to anyone, The Willow insures this. Am I Understood?"
"Yes Professor." Snape said looking put out.
"Good, now go straight to your common room, remember what I said and if you disobey me there will be serious consequences. Also you will have a detention tomorrow night for your actions and for being out after curfew."
Snape nodded and stalked out the room.
"James for your actions, gryffindor will receive 98 house points, now you may return to Remus, as I presume that is where you were planning on being."
"Thank you Sir."
"Off you go now, I need to talk to Mr. Black." Sirius was standing there with his head hung low.
"Of course sir, but please don't expel him, he had good intentions in a weird twisted way, he was just trying to help."
Dumbledore gave James a reassuring smile.
Lily felt herself being pulled out of the memories, landing on the ground she turned to glare at Sirius, who was sitting near her with his head down, looking ashamed. Just as Lily was about to start a long rant about how stupid Sirius was a look of realization dawned her face. "That's why James was ignoring you the rest of the year and why Remus looked upset for weeks." Sirius just nodded. "Why did he forgive you?"
"A week into the holidays my mother decided she didn't want me any more and that I was old enough to fend for myself, so she kicked me out." Sirius looked up at Lily with sad eyes. "I didn't know what to do or where to go, I couldn't go to Remus', even though he had forgiven me, his parents were not so well off and I would just be a burden, Peter is well, Peter so I couldn't stay there, so I came here, James opened the door and nearly slammed it in my face but he didn't, he let me in and heard my story and without hesitation went to his mum, she said I would stay here, after a couple of days he accepted my apologies and forgave me."
Lily nodded, then sighed. "I suppose if your friends can forgive you I don't have the right to hold it against you, But Sirius Black if you EVER do anything like that again I swear I will personally kick your butt, got it?"
He nodded quickly obviously relieved.
Lily sighed again and got up. "I have a letter to respond to now, if I'm not at dinner send Eliza or James, bye Sirius."
"Bye Lils, thanks for understanding."
With that she walked out of the room, back up to her own. Upon reaching her room she sat on her bed and retrieved the letter from her pocket.
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