She thought her life was over – but fate gave her another chance, in a world of magic. Now, running around Hogwarts with James Potter and his friends, she's about to make choices that will change the future in ways she never thought possible…

Marauder's Phase

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

This Kiss

"White Fang?"

I was staring down at a drawing done by Sirius (he was quite the talented artist, you know). It showed me as a wolf, with my crescent tail, running along a snowy embank, with the words 'WHITE FANG' scrawled into the surface of the snow as I ran. Yes, enchanted pictures rule.

But that's not really the point now, is it?

"Yeah, I think it fits, don't you?" James was sitting casually in a big red chair by the window, glancing over at Lily every three seconds or so.

I groaned. "Don't you start. Look, there is nothing white about my fangs, got it?"

"They looked pretty wh-white to me!" Peter stammered from his spot on the floor where he was frowning over his Transfigurations exam paper (which, I hate to say, I think I might've failed).

"Oh great, everyone's against me." I said, throwing up my hands before flopping down into an easy chair. "Okay then, fine, I'm White Fang now. Are you all happy?" I asked them.

Sirius nodded. "Very." He said.

I rolled my eyes. "Anyway…umm, on a more casual note…someone's been suspended…"

Sirius, James, Peter and Remus gave me their full attention now. "Who?" Peter asked, but the rest of us knew who.

"They should've expelled her." Sirius growled.

"Calm down." I rolled my eyes. "We'll work on that later, for now…" I glanced at my pocket watch which, surprisingly, hadn't been damaged by my little trip to The Bottom Of The Lake. "We have exams to get to…I've got Care Of Magical Creatures, so I'll walk part-ways with you guys."

Remus was the last one to get up from his chair, and I knew why. As we made our way down to the Great Hall, I recalled the upcoming full-moon and, before the boys all went in, I grabbed Remus' robes.

"What?" He asked me, doing his best to look alertly into my eyes.

I waved the others on, and they nodded and went in, and then I reached into my robes and handed Remus something. "I made this for you…a good-luck charm of sorts…Lily helped me, but I did most of the details by myself."

Remus was looking at the solid silver and gold werewolf pendant in his hands. He seemed to have temporarily lost the power of speech for a moment.

"Yeah so, well, anyway…" I said to him, glancing past him and out the doors of the Entrance Hall – I needed to get to my own exam. "Good luck and all..." And, before I could stop myself – or maybe I couldn't have if I'd tried – I kissed him so quickly you couldn't have timed it, then dashed past him and out into the bright sunlight, praying with all my heart that Sirius hadn't just seen that. He would freak out. We'd be dragging him off the ledge of the Astronomy Tower.

I touched my lips once I was outside, in wonder. Did I really just do that?

Did that make me a two-timer?

Why did things that my heart feel it needed have to seem so wrong? I sighed, and went off to face some Hippogriffs.

***

No One's P.O.V:

Remus stood outside the Great Hall, the good-luck charm clutched tightly in his hand and a look of ultimate wonder on his face.

Emma had just…kissed him. Actually touched her lips to his.

Some part of Remus felt incredibly guilty, as he always did when he thought this way about Emma.

She was Sirius' girlfriend. And Sirius was his best friend.

But, as Remus wondered, he wished that Emma was his girlfriend instead.

Things were starting to get very complex at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry.

As Remus hurried into the Great Hall to start his exam, he failed to notice a figure watching him from the shadows to his right. In fact, so caught up in a strange little fantasy was he, that he didn't realise how dangerous it was for that certain someone to have seen what he just saw…