Note: I don't have anything important to say at the moment, except for the fact that this chapter will be probably my longest one yet. So now on with the chapter:)

*Last chapter*

Marlene went over to him to make sure he was ok. She sat Sirius up despite the harsh glares coming from Lily when they all heard a loud howl. They all looked around, the sun had now set and the moon was up, a full moon.

"I knew I had forgotten something…" Sirius said looking toward the Forbidden Forest.

"Sirius what are you talking about?" Marlene asked nervously following his eyes to where he was looking. Though she already had her answer, she was curious as to why and how Sirius knew about it in the first place.

Sirius ignored her question and stood up knowing that they had to move quickly, "Listen, go get Lily and go back to the castle, now.." Then added, "and get Snape too."

Marlene could tell he debated getting Snape out of there.

Lily was now looking at the forest as well, most of her anger was gone for the moment and replaced by fear.

Marlene wouldn't have moved if Lily wasn't there, but listened to Sirius and ran over to Lily, "Come on Lils, we have to go, now."

Lily didn't move, "Marlene...? What's that?" She then pointed at the forest where the shadow of a large creature could be seen. Lily looked to see Sirius start to hesitantly walk towards the creature. That's when the creature showed itself and Lily released the breath she realized that she was holding, it was only a stag. But a question popped into her head, What was a stag doing in the Forbidden Forest? She hadn't been in the Forbidden Forest before, but she had taken Care of Magical Creatures, long enough to know that stag were not very common. That's when another question came to mind, What was Sirius doing?

She turned to Marlene to see her starting after him too, looking just as confused as she was. Lily and Marlene knew that they should go back to the castle, but they couldn't bring themselves to grab Snape and go. Together they ran and quietly followed Sirius into the Forbidden Forest, forgetting about Snape and leaving him behind.

Snape watched as Lily and Marlene ran off into the woods after Sirius.

What's going on? He thought.

They all heard the howl, they all know what made it, but then he thought about to the look on Sirius's face when it happened. Then he thought about how he hadn't seen any of the other Marauders that night. Something was definitely up and he wasn't going to wait to find out. He quickly ran off after the girls, but he didn't go the way they went and after Sirius.

As he ran he heard another howl, but it was louder this time. Snape continued through the forest, looking for Sirius, knowing that he would be around there somewhere. Finally he existed the woods and looked around to see that he was by the Whooping Willow, but yet there was no Sirius, Lily, or Marlene. That's when he heard a growl. Snape turned around slowly to see a large black dog. Catching him off guard the dog nudged him, hard, pushing him back by the trees where he fell back and heard squeals.

"What are you doing? Get off me!" Severus turned to see Lily glaring at him.

That's when he realized that he landed on top of her. Quickly, he got off her and stood up.

"Go back to the castle." Marlene hissed.

"Yeah and I'll just go hang out with Longbottom too." Snape spat.

Marlene and Severus glared at each other.

"Will you two stop." Lily said shortly, "Now's not the time to bite each other's heads off. There will be time for that later." She said giving them one last look before walking over to get a better look at what was going on.

She walked a few feet, then there was another growl. She expected it to be the dog again, but was in for a big surprise when she turned to see a werewolf staring at her. She froze on the spot, fear taking over her whole body.

*Meanwhile*

James looking around for Remus, he had gotten away from him, this was so not good.

Where the hell is Sirius? He thought angrily.

He ran through the woods looking for Remus and keeping an eye out for Sirius at the same time. He saw Sirius out by the lake and saw Sirius follow him into the woods, but then lost sight of him completely. James was going to kill him later, how could he forget about a full moon?

James was pulled out of his thoughts but the sound of a howl.

Remus, James thought and quickly ran (or galloped in his case) in the direction of the sound. Remus had gotten farther then James had thought. As he ran he started to hear squeaks and looked down to find a rat (Peter) now running, or trying to anyway, with him. James stopped abruptly when Remus came into sight. Remus was growing at something in front of him that James couldn't see. James felt move next to him, it was Padfoot. His eyes were filled with fear and motioned with his head for James to look. James did so despite the curiosity to where he was. He inched forward ever so slightly and his eyes widened at what or rather who, Remus was growling at. Lily.

What was she doing here? Why didn't Sirius do anything? He needed to act fast, but before he could take a step he heard, "Hey! Lupin!"

…

Severus didn't know what made him do it, but he had to get the werewolf away from Lily and he knew that it was Remus. He had had his suspicions for a while and now he was going to confirm them, and save Lily in the process.

Remus turned his attention away from Lily at the sound of the voice, and his eyes landed on Severus.

"Snape what are you doing?" Marlene almost yelled. He was crazy, he thought it was Remus? Remus Lupin? One of the most normal and down to earth students at Hogwarts, a werewolf? Marlene declared that he officially lost it.

"Sev-", Lily started to speak, though her voice was no higher than a whisper.

"Quiet." Severus hissed and once he was sure that he had Remus's full attention took a step backwards towards the clearing. He wasn't sure what he was going to do next, but it looked like he was just going to have to wing it.

…

"Lily!" Marlene called and ran over to her friend once the Were followed Severus, "Are you ok? What are we going to do?" She was in complete panic.

"We'll figure out something, right now we just have to make sure that Severus doesn't get eaten alive, or eaten at all for that matter." Concern filled her voice. They might not be friends anymore, but Severus probably just saved Lily's life and even if hadn't she still should do something.

"But what? It won't be long until the wolf decides it wants a snack." Marlene said.

…

Snape?

James was so confused, what were they doing there? First Lily, now Snape, and James was pretty sure he just heard Marlene's voice. James turned to Sirius and they shared a nod then sent a nod to Peter and rat set off running. Sirius ran in the direction of the girls, and James headed off to Severus. Marlene was right, it wouldn't be long until Remus decided to attack, and when he did it would never be good. As much as James hated Severus he wasn't going to let him die. James would have gotten Remus away from Lily, but much to his surprise Snape stepped in and did his job for him and even though it was his place, he need to return the favor for saving Lily.

James came out from behind the trees to see Severus with his wand out pointed at Remus and Remus getting ready to pounce. James knew one thing, it would take more than a few stunning spells to stop a werewolf, so Severus was going to lose that battle, and quickly. If anything it would make Remus mad, very mad.

Sorry mate, James thought just as Remus jumped at Snape and charged, surprising Remus and knocking him to the ground, only for him to get back up shortly after.

Let the battle begin, James thought dryly.

…

The dog that had hid them before came out from behind the trees.

"Go away, shoo." Lily said waving to hand in a fleeing motion.

Sirius let out a strange noise that could have been a laugh, and didn't leave. Instead he walked closer to them and tried to get them to move again.

"Stop it you stupid dog." Marlene hissed in annoyance.

Sirius stopped shoving them and looked up at them, when a loud thud then came from the clearing.

Lily and Marlene both turned and ran to see Severus standing there. His face void of all little color it had and then the girls looked to see the stag they noticed early had tackled the wolf the ground.

Both Lily and Marlene stared in shock and confusion, what was going on? And where had Sirius gone to.

"Should we help him?" Marlene asked Lily softly. However two of their questions was soon answered, as Sirius stepped of the woods, "Don't move." He said his voice leaving no room for argument, which was so unlike him.

…

Sirius watched James go after Remus and to could tell that once Lily and Marlene left that they weren't going to listen to him as Padfoot and if they didn't listen to him they could get themselves killed. He had to take a risk, sure it might expose him as Padfoot, that he's an animagus, but if it meant keeping everyone alive, he didn't really care.

He transformed back into himself and stepped out of the woods, "Don't move." He said firmly looking at Lily, Marlene, and Severus.

"Sirius? where did you come from?" Lily and Marlene asked at the same time.

"That's nothing to worry about right now. He knew he would have to answer questions sooner or later, but right now he wanted to make it later.

"What about-?" Lily motioned to James and Remus who were in the middle of wrestling.

"Don't worry about it, he'll be fine." Sirius said keeping an eye on them, ready to jump in if he had to, but for the time being James was handling it just fine.

Sirius looked up at the sky quickly and the moon was starting to go down, then he glanced back at James and Remus. James was starting to slow down and Remus didn't look the least bit tired, yet. Sirius started a moment longer then turned back to Lily and Marlene, once again ignoring Severus, so he didn't realize that Severus wasn't there at all.

He gave them a pleading look, hoping they would get the message, then transformed back to Padfoot and ran over to help James. His secret was out.

…

Lily and Marlene stared in shock as Sirius transformed into the dog that they saw earlier. They couldn't believe their eyes are they watched him run over to help the stag still fighting. Lily was worried for it because he was slowing down and the wolf was getting more and more direct hits.

"He's an animagus…" Lily said coming to a realization.

"No duh, Lils." Marlene still staring at the fight playing out before them.

"Marlene don't you get it. Padfoot is Sirius because he can transform into a dog. That means that because he's Prongs… He's the stag…" Lily then stared now in horror at the sight before her. James had been fighting the werewolf this entire time.

"Peter's wormtail, so he's rat or something… and Remus… He's a werewolf!" Marlene said finishing Lily's thought, "Snape was right…"

"The sun will start to rise any minute." Lily said looking at the sky that was starting to turn pink, "Do you think James and Sirius can hold up much longer?" Worried filling her voice.

"Sirius… maybe, but I don't know about James he's looking pretty beaten.."

"Come on James…" Lily said softly, it came out almost as a mumble, and then reached for her wand; they need a distraction, just until the sun rose a little higher. She shot a random hex at a tree nearby, startling all three of them. It might have been small, but it was all they needed. The sun rose higher and Remus was startling to change back. That's when a rather large rat scurried by dragging James's invisibility cloak with surprising ease over to them.

That's when Sirius changed back and took the cloak and placed it over a now unconscious Remus, so he wouldn't be seen. Then went over to James who had also changed back and was clutching his side.

"You ok mate?" Sirius asked.

"Yeah…" He said a little out of breath. Most of his worst cut a healed, from when he transformed back, but he was still bruised and battled.

"James!" Lily yelled and ran over to him, "You ok?"

This surprised James, Lily hadn't talked to him in months, now after he just battle with a werewolf she does, though it occurred to him that if she hadn't been there, she still wouldn't be talking to him. That little detail to annoy him.

"Yeah, like I told Sirius I'm fine…" He said his voice flat.

"Ummm, guys?" They all turned to see Marlene standing there, "As much as I'm glad that everyone's alive, where did Severus go?"

Sirius cursed under his breath, "Little snake got away."

"So what was Snape doing here anyway?" James asked, his voice filled will annoyance and acquisition.

"I'll tell you what I was doing here Potter." Came a voice that made everyone jump and turn to see Snape, "Or should I call you Prongs?" He gave an evil smirk.

"Why did you follow us?" James asked glaring at Snape.

"It's simple Potter, I just followed Black, Lily, and McKinnon." He said simply, but then decided that that answer wasn't good enough and elaborated, "I guess you're also wondering why I had the chance to follow them in the first place? Well the answer to that question is that Sirius and Marlene decided that they regretted the decision they made last year and wanted to get back at me, so that month that when they spent so much time together? They were making poly-juice potion, so that they could turn into you two." He motioned to Lily and James, "To make me think it was you guys making up. They sealed it with a pretty interesting kiss, I may add."

Marlene and Sirius could look at them; they knew where this was going.

Lily and James on the other hand looked shocked and confusion, "But why would they want to get back at you for James and I not talking? It's not their fault." Lily said.

"Come on, Lily, you're a smart girl we all know it. Think about it. After James attacked me last year, how did they act? Were they surprised? Did they look upset? Guilty? How they just stared at you and James when you left him and went back to the castle, regret written all over their faces?"

Lily couldn't believe it, she didn't want to believe it, Marlene would never do that to her. James was the same way, stuck in disbelief.

"Ahh… I see that it's all starting to sink in…" Snape sneered, and then he turned to James, "Did you really think that Black and McKinnon could and would do this all on their own? You don't deserve her; she deserves someone better then you. So I convinced them to join me so that they would be helping you by joining me. Sirius made sure that he did nothing to stop you from attacking me. Marlene made sure that Lily came over at the right moment so that she could see you in action. To show her that you are weak. To make her hate you."

Lily felt betrayed by her best friend, help in a plot that made it so that she would hate James. When James tried to explain what happened, she wouldn't listen. She pushed him away, she did exactly what Severus wanted.

"You were telling the truth…" She said softly to him.

James didn't respond right away, he was still having a hard time believing it, but the look on Sirius's face said it all. Snape was telling the truth. James's felt anger stirring inside him. At Sirius, at Snape, even at Lily. He stood up still a little uneasy, but ignored the help that Lily tried to offer.

"I told you." He voice was cold, "I tried to explain and I never once lied to you. You wouldn't even give me the time of day. If you didn't come out here during the night, you still wouldn't be talking to me. You think you're always right, that if it's different than what you think then the other person is wrong. Well you know what I'm done. For the past 6 years I've been tried to get your attention earn your trust, but you just ignored me, never gave me a chance to explain myself.

You want yo know why I always acted like an idiot and like a git in front of you? It's because every time I would tried and talk to you, or even those times I would ask you out. I wasn't just being cocky, I knew that you would probably just turn me down, so I just hid it away and acted like it didn't bother me, just laugh it off. But you know what it did hurt. Every. Single. Time. And I'm done." Then James turned to Sirius, "You were supposed to be my best mate, by brother. I guess I was wrong about that, because of you really were, you wouldn't have gone along with that bastard." He pointed to Snape, "You know how he works; everything he does will only benefit him in the end. "

"James-"Both Lily and Sirius started to speak, but James cut them off.

"Just leave me alone…" He said and took out his wand so he could levitate Remus to the Hospital Wing and walked back to the castle, limping slightly.

Lily wanted to go after him; just Sirius stopped her by grabbing her arm, "Just let him blow off some steam…" His voice was now flat, and his face was void of all emotion.

Lily turned to look at Marlene, who was looking at Lily, her eyes pleading, pleading for forgiveness that she knew would be hard to get. Lily returned Marlene's look with one of disappointment, and sadness, "I hope you happy." Was all Lily said before she tore herself from Sirius's grip and started back towards the castle.

I'm sorry please don't be mad at me, but I did this so that you could decide something. Do you 1)Want Lily and James to eventually makeup and get together in their 6th year OR 2) Makeup in their 6th year and get together by how the book went when it said they got together in their 7th year? It your choice, review 6 if you want number one or 7 if you want number 2. I'll be checking and most probably update tomorrow, so please let me know! Another thing: Lily and Marlene and James and Sirius will makeup... but what will it take...? Lastly, this was my longest chapter yet! *does awkward dance* Anyway thanks again for reading, I just reach 4000 views, love you all:)