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Author's Note: I present to you chapter 8. As always feel free to give me some feedback. Love it, Hate it, whatever, just enjoy it.

Ch. 8 Party Crasher

Remus, Sirius, and Peter were able to put James back in his bed. They stayed up to make sure James didn't get out of bed again. They were exhausted by the time James finally woke up. Even though he got the most sleep, he looked as if he didn't sleep at all. James knew right away that he must have slept walk again.

"Did I keep you guys up all night?" James said going red. Remus quickly reassured James that it wasn't a big deal.

"Remus is right, Mate" Sirius said giving James a supportive grin. "It was our first Hogwarts all night" Sirius joked. James gave him a weak smile.

"I don't feel like I slept at all" James said yawning. Peter looked as if he wanted to speak but words seemed to have failed him. Remus was clearly taken aback. Sirius was really starting to think that this wasn't normal at all. James had always had problems sleeping but this was different.

"Come on let's get breakfast" Peter suggested. They boys quickly got dressed and went down the Great all.

"So Sirius expecting anything today?" James asked casually. He clearly felt bad about something.

"Why would I…. Oh yeah it's my birthday." Sirius realized. James obviously felt last night dampened the cheeriness of the day was suppose to have. Sirius completely forgot.

"Yeah that. Did you forget?" James asked amused.

"How can you forget your birthday?" Remus asked.

"Didn't think of it?" Sirius shrugged. Birthdays were never really fun. The family house elf, Kreacher, always made Sirius favorite dinner and his parents would give him a present. Then his birthday was over.

"Didn't you tell me one time, you never had a birthday party?" Peter said. Sirius glared at him. He told him that in confidence,

"But it's a big deal it's your 13th birthday" James said happily.

"Not in my family it isn't" Sirius muttered.

"Birthdays aren't a big deal to me either. The older I get the more dangerous I become" Remus said giving Sirius a weak smile. They knew what Remus meant. Remus had once told him he didn't want to get older. The transformations would get more and more intense with each year, and he would become more dangerous in wolf form.

"You should enjoy your birthday for once" James huffed. Sirius rolled his eyes. He understood what James was trying to do, cheer him up. He knew his parents wouldn't write to him. Sirius knew that James would try to make his birthday as happy as possible.

It was official; this was the coolest thing James had ever done. Sirius was deserted by his fellow Maraudesr after dinner. They were no were to be found. They had left dinner early. Sirius of course was suspicious. He went up to the common room to look for him. The common room was decorated from wall to wall with balloons, signs, and confetti.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIRIUS!" His friends yelled.

"What?" Sirius asked confused.

"It's called a birthday party" James laughed putting a party hat on Sirius's head.

"How did you manage this?" Sirius's asked. He was touch his friends did this.

"Well we told McGonagall that wanted to through party and she agreed" James smirked.

"Only because I asked" Remus muttered.

"Guys you shouldn't have" Sirius said blushing. Remus laughed.

"What?" Sirius asked embarrassed.

"I thought Blacks didn't blush" Remus said sarcastically clearly amused.

"Oh shut up" Sirius roared. The boys laughed. All the people from Gryffindor attended the party. Even Lily Evans came by to wish Sirius a happy birthday. James was taken aback that he didn't even notice that his elbow was in the punch bowl. Lily either didn't notice or was polite enough not to notice. She smiled at James then left.

"Where did you guys get all the food?" A second year, named Marlene McKinnon asked. She was a friend of Lily's.

"Oh that's our little secret" James smirked. Marlene smiled and looked at Sirius.

"Are you having a good birthday, Sirius?" Marlene asked blushing. Her other friends giggled. Sirius was use to girls giggling so he paid no attention to them.

"Yeah, thanks' Marlene" He smiled.

I think Marlene likes you, Sirius " Remus said amused when she left.

"What?" Sirius asked confused.

"Your thick, Marlene obviously likes you mate" James said. Just then the portrait of the Fat Lady opened.

"Regulus?" Sirius said walking over to his brother.

"Hello" Regulus looking around nervously. Everyone was looking at the Black brothers intently. No one was use to people from other houses being in other common room. It wasn't forbidden but no one had tried it.

"How did you get our password?" Sirius asked.

"You friend gave it to me. Said I should come?" Regulus explained examining the room critically.

"Which one?" Sirius asked.

"The tall one. The one with the scratches" Regulus explained.

"Oh Remus" Sirius said. Regulus looked at him nastily.

"What?" Sirius asked.

"Why would you hang out with such blood traitors like Potter, Pettigrew, and Lupin? I hear Potter even loves that Mudblood Evans" Sirius had a sudden burst of anger it. Without thinking he smacked his brother in the face.

"Hey what's going on here?" A fifth prefect asked.

"Freak" Regulus yelled and threw the present he was holding on the ground. He ran out of the room.

"What happened?" Remus asked.

"My stupid family ruining my birthday, again" Sirius explained. He turned to Remus.

"Why did you invite him?" Sirius asked.

"I thought he would feel bad for being left out. I thought I was doing the right thing, clearly I was wrong" Remus said apologetically.

"It's ok Moons. I'm use to it" Sirius sighed. Remus picked up the present. Clearly whatever was in it was made of glass because it was still out from the paper.

"He got me a two way mirror" Sirius realized what the object was. James had joined them.

"Did he want you to use them in order to talk to him?" James asked. A two way mirror was the only way besides owl post in order to communicate with others in the Wizarding World.

"I don't know. Regulus is weird like that. You never know if he is doing something just to be nice." Sirius party ended shortly after that. Sirius wanted to go for a walk before curfew. He read the note again when he was alone.

Happy Birthday

In you want to talk. Still brothers, right?

Regulus

Sirius didn't know what to think. He loved his family, he really did. He knew that being their idea of what he should be and what he wanted to be wasn't the same thing. He couldn't be himself when he was with them. He hated their ideals and didn't want to follow them. Sirius wondered if they even cared about him at all. Sirius wiped the tears from his eyes then went back to the dorm. From now on he would not let his family get to him. He might not like it, but he was still a Black. He was tough, at least that what others would believe.

Sirius went with James to see Madam Pomfrey about his sleep walking the next Friday. Madam Pomfrey ran some test. She found that James was one of the few people in the Wizarding World that the Dreamless Sleep potion doesn't work for.

"What do I do now, I'm still sleep walking" James said.

"I'll owl your parents, Mr. Potter. For now I'll give you both calming and dreamless sleep potion. Don't worry; dear I'm sure we'll think of something to help you" Madam Pomfrey said kindly. Sirius and James went back to the dorm.

"Hey guys" James greeted Remus and Peter.

"Hey" They greeted.

"James what's wrong?" Remus asked. Sirius looked around. James looked really pail.

"I don't know…." James fainted. The boys immediately ran towards him

"James wake up" Sirius said shaking him. James came too quickly.

"What happened?" James asked weakly.

"You just fainted" Sirius said. James looked around the room confused.

"I never fainted before" James said as Sirius helped him up.

"I'll go get Professor McGonagall" Peter said turning to go out of the room.

"You ok James?" Sirius asked.

"I'm not sure I was just fine then suddenly I felt really sick. I don't know what happened" James said. He didn't look got at all. Professor McGonagall came in a few minutes later. She told James he should go to Madam Pomfrey.

"I hope he's ok" Peter said worriedly.

"He will be" Remus reassured him.

"Something isn't right with James this semester" Sirius said thoughtfully.

"I know what you mean he didn't sleep walk and now he does. He uses to never be sick and now it seems like he's always sick" Remus said.

"I hope this doesn't force him off the team" Peter said sighing.

"That would devastate him" Remus said weakly.

"He wouldn't need to quit Quidditch because of it, would he?" Sirius asked.

"If it's bad enough sure. Let's get some homework done." Remus said bossily. Grudgingly Peter and Sirius agreed.

Next Chapter: Remus's secret is in danger of being exposed. The boys go further into their plan of becoming anamgi and they finally complete the map. James finds out if his mysterious symptoms will affect him from playing Quidditch.