The Wonderful Misadventures of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs

by ChiefenginnerJenna

This is the story of four best friends and their school years. It follows them through the summer before their first year, all the way up till their seventh. They form friendships that bond them together, but at times they all just seem to fall apart. The twist? Remus was not born Remus John Lupin. This Remus is Remus Joan Lupin, the only girl in the Marauders. T for some cursing.

12. Third Year

Sorry about going dormant there for a bit, guys. Hey, maybe I can get the rest of this thing uploaded by tomorrow! :)

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The summer wasn't that bad this time, for the boys, that is. Remus was doing better, but now she felt like a small bird whose mamas wouldn't stop asking about how she was feeling in every single letter!

"How you feeling Moony?"

"Everything good, Remus?"

"That furry little problem not too bad I hope."

"Is it getting close to that time of the month?"

It was sweet of them to care so much, but Remus didn't like the way they called it her furry little problem and joked about it being 'that time of the month'. They didn't understand what it did to her. They still didn't get it that she didn't turn into this giant puppy dog. They knew now of her scars, and how she hurts herself during the full moon, but they kept making suggestions like,

"Let's all go with you. We can keep you calm and stop you from hurting yourself."

She never let them because that would just be dumb. She could bite one of them, or worse, she could kill her best friends. How could she live with herself then? It was nice to not lie to them anymore.

Their third year was not exactly the most exciting one in the world. James picked on Sev, and tried to hit on Lily. Remus studied. Peter got a girlfriend, which was actually the most surprising thing in the world, and Sirius grew like four inches and his voice started getting deeper which made Remus laugh every time it cracked.

All the boys needed haircuts desperately, and Remus managed to talk them into one. They looked great, much more dapper, in her opinion, but they all just kind of pouted about the "death" of their "glorious" hair.

And every full moon, Remus turned, and every morning, the boys came to the shrieking shack with clothes and food. Sirius even learned some strong healing spells, and she was able to stop going to Madam Pomfrey every single time.

The Marauders grew closer, but soon, the tests were all done, and they were all going separate ways for summer. Sirius had to stay at his home, James was going on a vacation to Egypt, and Peter was going to watch his dad try to drink himself to death.