A/N: A little bit delayed, for that I apologize, have had a bunch of homework to do also a bit shorter than the other chapters so far (I'll make it up to you next chapter I promise), for that I also apologize.

*I own nothing related to the Harry Potter universe, that all comes from J K Rowling*

11th September 1971

Remus sat on his bed in the Gryffindor tower waiting patiently for James and Sirius to wake up so they could all go eat breakfast together. As he gazed out the window over the grounds of Hogwarts he thought about how lucky he had been to meet the two boys, snoring away. Dumbledore's plan for his turns had gone off without a hitch, no one had found him and he hadn't escaped, sure he'd come around with far more bruises and cuts this time than ever before but everyone was safe, once he'd realised this fact the previous Monday morning his concern had automatically turned to how he was going to explain his absence over the weekend to his new friends. He'd been more than thankful when they'd accepted his excuse of family matters without any further questions.

A few minutes later both James and Sirius started to stir before pulling themselves out of bed, throwing on jeans and T-shirts and picking up their school satchels.

"C'mon then Remus" yawned Sirius "I'm starving!'

The three boys started the long trek down to the great hall where they took their usual seats at the Gryffindor table, each grabbing a few pieces of toast while discussing the homework they planned to work on that day. Their parchment on the antidotes for common poisons for professor Slughorn, two rolls of parchment on the early history of Hogwarts for Professor Binns and half a parchment on duelling etiquette for their Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Swindon.

After the boys had finished eating they stood and picked up their satchels.

"you coming Peter?" James called down the table over the hum of other students chatting.

Peter put down his goblet, stood up and started to walk over to the trio before doubling back for his satchel which he had left behind.

They made their way to the library and claimed a table right in the back amongst the shelves closest to the restricted section. As they all pulled out their parchments and quills they decided on a course of action. James would go through and check all of their parchments for potions since he had the most potions knowledge, Sirius and Peter would find a few topics they could use for their history of magic assignments and Remus would research duelling etiquette so they could all work off the same notes and get all their homework done before bed that night and spend their Sunday exploring the grounds.

Soon enough the four boys where surrounded by quills, parchment and library books, each of them working hard on their individual tasks, Remus heard Sirius and Peter laughing as they invented impressions of the school's founders. He had been shocked when James and Sirius had suggested asking Peter to start sitting with them in all of their classes, he soon learned that Peter knew a fair few hexes and had a strong knowledge of dark magic, Remus didn't know why he knew so much about dark curses and artefacts but Sirius had pointed out how useful it could be to have Peter around for Defence against the dark arts assignments, Remus had his suspicions that the ulterior motives behind befriending peter were fast being forgotten though, and friendships taking their place.

"NO WAY" Sirius shouted, earning himself a scolding look from Madam Marjorie, the school's librarian.

"This better be good mate" said an irritated James "I just spilt ink all over my robes!"

"it says here, that there are hundreds of old hidden passageways around Hogwarts, some of them even lead out of school grounds! D'you reckon it's true?" Sirius said excitably.

"well I mean it makes sense…" Peter answered quietly, only continuing when met with silence and confused looks "I just mean, rumour has it, according to all the history books and stuff, that Salazar Slytherin was super secretive and sneaky and stuff, so wouldn't it make sense if there were a bunch of secret ways to get around the school and out of the school without anyone else knowing or seeing you?"

The boys were all silent for a few moments as they considered his point before nodding in agreement and deciding to try and figure out where there could be some passageways, Remus making sure they all agreed that they had to finish their homework first.

By dinner time they had all finished their potions and Defence against the Dark Arts homework, all that was left was finishing off their parchments for Professor Binns.

They were all ravenous as they took their seats in the great hall after deciding to skip lunch to get finished with their homework earlier, Remus had a sneaking suspicion that James and Sirius were hatching a plan for the night since they spent dinner whispering in hushed tones, leaving Remus to talk to Moody about dark creatures as Peter listened quietly while he ate, he had confessed to the boys earlier that day that he was petrified of the head boy, Remus didn't mind too much as he found the conversation with Alastor quite interesting, managing to only flinch the slightest bit at the fleeting mention of werewolves.

By the time Remus climbed into bed that night he was exhausted and slipped off to sleep with ease, regardless of the sharp whispering coming from the direction of James and Sirius's beds and the faint snoring already emanating from Peters.