Hello People! First of all, I am SO SORRY that I haven't updated in forever! I've been on vacation in Paris, and last night I was in the Parisian hospital. With that and the fact that I haven't had internet, I have to apologize for the fact I haven't updated in over a week. Ugh. I am SO incredibly sorry. Without further ado, here is Chapter 3.

Disclaimer: I do not (sadly) own Harry Potter or any characters except my own OC. And the circumstances in my story, aka the Plot Line.

Lily POV

As James walked into the common room, Lily's heart started beating a mile a minute. She couldn't believe she was doing this! Why had she told Becca in the first place? Why had she let Becca tell James? Why had she ever agreed to go to Hogsmeade with him? Why… Why… Then, in an instant, all her fears and doubts vanished, replaced by an almost uncontainable excitement. She, Lily Evans, was going to Hogsmeade with James Potter! Lily couldn't wait. The next thing she knew, she was walking with him towards the portrait hole. Turning around, she smiled back at Becca, who grinned and gave Lily a big thumbs up. Smiling, Lily rolled her eyes. Facing James again, she walked out of the castle, hand in hand with him.

Becca POV

As soon as Lily and James left the common room together (drawing some incredulous looks from fellow sixth years who knew how much Lily hated James), Sirius stopped and looked at Remus, Peter, and Becca, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Alright, Moony. Go fetch. Wormtail, the map. I'll talk to Becca."

"Fetch?" Remus looked pissed off. Sirius just laughed.

"Yes, fetch. Now go, or else we won't have enough time!" Scowling, Remus headed to the boys' dormitory with Peter. Becca looked at Sirius questioningly.

"Errr… Moony? Wormtail? Care to explain something?"

"Well, Becca, it's kind of a big secret. You can keep a secret, right?" Becca nodded, scared and excited at the same time. Sirius led her over to a chair by the fireplace, shooing some first year girls away. As they walked away giggling, glancing over their shoulders, Sirius smiled in their direction. Immediately, all of the girls blushed and hurried away. Becca smiled, laughing to herself. Not that she might want him to smile at her like that…

"Sit. Now, Miss Hall, this is quite a long story. Are you prepared for the Tale of the Four Brothers?"

"The Tale of the Four Brothers?"

"Well, the title needs work. And no more questions! I'll never finish, otherwise." Sighing, Becca gestured at him.

"Well then get on with it, Black! The Hogsmeade trip won't last forever, you know." At this point, Remus and Peter came back, Remus carrying a strangely fluid, silver cloak and Peter clutching what looked like an old piece of parchment.

"What are those?"

"No more questions!" Becca rolled her eyes at Sirius. Remus and Peter took two other seats by the fireplace. Sirius cleared his throat.

"Now, for the story. So when the four of us –"

"James, Peter, Sirius, and I." Remus interjected. Sirius glared at him.

"When the four of us came to Hogwarts in our first year, we all ended up sitting by each other at the feast and in most of our classes for some reason. We started talking to each other, and by the end of our first week of our first year, we were all best mates. Then, at the end of our first year, we found out… Well…" He looked at Remus questioningly. Remus nodded, looking sick to his stomach and avoiding Becca's gaze.

"We found out that Remus here was, and is, a… Werewolf." Becca stared, openmouthed, at the three boys. Sirius looked at here, his expression unreadable. Remus was looking down and the floor, his knuckles white from holding on to the armrest so tightly. Peter stared at her, almost smiling, obviously enjoying his witnessing such a huge moment. Slowly, Remus whispered, "Fine. You can go tell everybody now. Get away from the werewolf. I'll go pack." His face, grayer than gray, looked horrified at the thought of everyone finding out his secret.

"I won't tell anyone, Remus! Do you think I would ever tell anyone?" Remus looked up, his amber eyes locked on Becca's brown ones.

"Really?" Becca nodded in reply.

"I promise. I won't even tell Lily." Remus looked as though the world had been taken off his shoulders.

"Thank you so much."

"Don't worry. Nobody will find out from me." Sirius coughed.

"Not to ruin the moment or anything, but can I continue? We have limited time. Good. As I was saying, at the end of our first year, James, Peter, and I figured out about Remus's furry little problem. Then, about two and a half years ago, the three of us finally finished the process of becoming animagi so we could help Remus every month. Nobody, not even Dumbledore, knows about this except us and James, and he's not planning on telling Lily yet. Oh, and Moony and Wormtail are nicknames for Remus and Peter. James is Prongs. I'm Padfoot." Becca was amazed. Unregistered animagi? Right under Dumbledore's crooked nose?

"Merlin's beard! You're all insane!" she breathed. Sirius smirked, and Peter looked proud. Remus even cracked a smile.

"Insane? Haven't heard that one before." Sirius remarked. Remus elbowed him.

"Well we haven't exactly told anyone before!" Still, Becca couldn't help thinking that she was the only person who knew about this, besides the Marauders, of course. She was the only one who even knew what the Marauders were. Top secret and prank planning. And now she had an almost unbreakable bond with them, with Sirius! If only his fan girls knew she was, if not the most, then certainly one of the closest girls to him… She needed to know more.

"What animals do you all turn into?" This time, Remus spoke up first.

"James is a stag, Peter is a rat, and Sirius is a dog." Suddenly, Becca started laughing. Insane, secret, amazing, that was the Marauders. Who they were. And it was all incredible. And now she could be with the Marauders and Lily! Oh, Lily and James better have fun in Hogsmeade… she thought. Now, if things didn't work out between the two of them, she might have to choose between James and Lily! That couldn't happen. She wouldn't let it. Suddenly, she was shaken out of her reverie by Sirius grabbing her hand.

"Let's go! We have to find out what the two of them, alone, are doing. Together. By themselves." Together, the four of them – Sirius dragging Becca along with hand and fixing his hair with his other, Becca running next to Sirius, trying to contain her excitement, Remus, his Gryffindor tie coming undone as he run, and Peter carrying the odd piece of parchment and the strange cloak – rushed toward Hogsmeade together.

OK, how was that? Again, I will NEVER EVER go that long without posting again! I solemnly swear…

Well, you can fill in the blank on that. I'll try not to post so late again, at least. ;)