I had a major writer's block and school kept me busy for awile so I wasn't able to update this story soon. I'm sorry it took very long. Thanks for the alerts and reviews! Please tell me if I'm going good with the story and if there's anything that I need to improve. I accept criticism just not flames
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" Fluffer! Oi Fluffer!" Milly spun around and stopped for a moment to look at James, Sirius and Peter who was running. Sirius was yelling her nickname and the two were laughing while they were being chased by a few students. Before Milly knew what was happening, she was being dragged by Sirius. From the looks of it, the marauders has been in trouble once again. Nothing out of ordinary.
"What have you done this time, mates?" Milly asked as she try to catch up with her best friends. A smile was slowly forming her lips just by hearing her friends' laughter.
"We're just having some fun, aren't we?" Sirius asked, grinning.
"Yes." Peter nodded.
"We seriously do. Sirius." James chuckled.
The marauders headed straight to the staircases, not losing the ones chasing them.
"So do you have any plan?" Milly asked as she followed the three boys.
"Run" James stated.
"And head to our dorm." Sirius added.
"That's smart and next time you prank some people, can you please not let them see you do it?" Milly sighed, not wanting to argue with her friends.
An idea entered her mind, Milly grabbed her friends and headed to the corridor. She wouldn't dare run from the grounds up to the seventh floor.
"I have an idea." Milly grimaced looking at the three boys.
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The students who were chasing the four gryffindors stopped looking around to see where the four headed. One of them spotted Peter and pointed him out. The rest of the crowd followed but to their surprise the four were nowhere to be found. Instead they found the gryffindor prefect along with a stag and a dog.
"Lupin, have you seen your bloody friends?" One of the students asked who were chasing the four asked.
"What have they done this time?" Remus asked, patting the dog's head.
"We were just walking on the corridor when we passed the corridor covered in smoke. As we continue walking, spiders came above us and seeing Potter, Black and Pettigrew laughing at us, it is safe to say that they were the one behind it."
Remus looked carefully at the students complaining about his friends. Most of them has webs covering their clothes and some of them even got some on their hairs.
"What's with the dog and stag?" Another student asked Remus.
"Oh..Prof. Kettleburn was interested with them and asked me if I can walk them around." Remus looked at the stag while the dog sat down.
"Inside the school?" Another student asked.
"I came back here to get…something."
"Where are they?"
"They headed right there. Hope that helps."
As the students left Remus and the animagi alone, the two transfigure themselves back to their normal form and laughed.
"Thanks Moony."
"You're both welcome." Remus sighed as he shook his head.
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On the sky of Hogwarts ground, a hawk would be spotted holding a rat. A few students had noticed it but After a hawk landed a rat on the land, the two formed into two humans. One was a girl and the other was a boy.
"That was close" Peter stuttered.
"Do you think they weren't caught?" Milly asked Peter, ignoring what he just said.
"Of course! Your plan is brilliant, Fluffer!" Peter exclaimed using the same tone whenever he praises Sirius and James. It confused Milly if he was just trying to be supportive abut her plan or he really agreed to her. It was a wonder to her why he always agrees to whatever they said, no matter how stupid it sounds. Not that she was complaining. She just didn't want Peter to be too dependent on them.
"Thanks. We should head back. Dinner will be served soon." Milly tapped Peter and headed back to the castle. When they both reached the great hall, they spotted a few students in the gryffindor table. Milly wasn't surprised because they arrived a bit early. She spotted Lily at the center table along with Alice.
Milly sat beside Lily and Peter followed her without asking.
"Lils!" Milly chirped.
"I've heard about your friends." Lily deadpanned and Milly knew what her friend meant.
"We're lucky we didn't lose any points."She added, shaking her head.
"Miss Prefect don't worry about our points. We're ahead from the other houses. Gryffindor will win the house cup." Milly assured her friend.
"Yes Lily. We will win this year." Peter said, supporting Peter.
"See? Even Peter agrees." Milly put an arm around Peter with a grin on her face.
"I don't understand your friends." Lily gave a confused look at her friend.
"What? They are adorable and fun, including me of course." Milly said in a faked hurt voice then removed her arm around Peter.
"Adorable? Potter and Black? They are insane Millicent." Lily laughed without humor.
"Oh you forgot to add Remus. He's adorable as well isn't he?" Lily smiled innocently. Milly knew the secret was out. It wasn't really a secret, in fact she didn't even knew anything about how she felt towards Remus if the accident while they were studying didn't happen. She didn't try to say anything, knowing that wormtail may get an idea.
"Sweetheart, I am adorable." A voice behind them said.
"Speak of the devil" Lily whispered that Milly barely heard it. She turned to the boy who was wearing glasses and smiled at him.
"If adorable means an arrogant jerk then you are adorable Potter."
"Told you mate, she loves me." James smirked. He nudged Sirius before giving Lily a wink.
Lily turned back to Milly as the boys take their seats next to them. The marauders, mostly James and Sirius talked about the prank that they just did while Peter just kept nodding and praising the two. A gryffindor asked Lily about their homework and so Lily helped her. Milly silently ate her food. Remus was sitting opposite to Milly and doing the same, although he was glancing at her for seconds before he returned to his meal. Milly made a mistake to check if Remus was staring at her. Remus was smiling at her and before Milly knew it, she was smiling back at him. Their eyes were connected for minutes, neither wanting to end it as if it was some kind of contest. Remus let out a soft chuckle and Milly mirrored his action. It had always been like that between the two. No words were needed as if they could talk while staring at one another. They caught the attention of their friends who at first were busy with their own conversations.
"What?" Milly asked as she started to eat again. She couldn't believe why she hadn't noticed her feelings for Remus before. All of their friends returned what they were doing. It wasn't rare for them to see Remus and Milly do it.
"Milly about tonight, am I going to tutor you again?" Remus asked her.
"Of course, why wouldn't I?"
"You just kept disappearing this week." Remus said almost a whisper. For the past days, Milly was trying her best not to be with Remus but realized it was silly. He was her bestfriend and learning to keep her feeling won't hurt. Won't it?
"I was just er…busy" Milly decided not to look at Remus knowing that she was a bad liar. In truth, she was avoiding him because she believed that her feelings would make her stupid in front of Remus like James is to Lily. Clearly she was wrong.
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The study session has gone well. Remus taught her runes which he noticed that Milly was having difficulty with. Milly thought it was ridiculous if she'll ever pass it but Remus assured her that if she study enough, she may even get an O. The morning after that, Milly had a separate class with the marauders but luckily she had Lily. On their way to their class, Milly can't help but notice Lily's stare accompanied with a silly smile on her face.
"Lily stop smiling like that. It's creeping me out." Milly sighed.
"What happened last night?"
"Remus taught me runes."
"And?
"Nothing more."
Before they could end their conversation Claire Dolarhyde joined them. Claire was in the same year as they are only she was sorted in Ravenclaw. A petite girl with a pair of blue eyes and long blonde hair.
"Hi Lily. Hi Milly."She greeted the two girls with a smile. Lily knew that Milly wouldn't tell anything Remus about her feelings. So she thought of something that might push Milly to do something about her affections toward Remus.
"Hello Claire. Do you mind helping us?"
Milly raised an eyebrow at Lily, wondering what her best friend would say to Claire.
"Sure" Claire replied.
"A dear friend of ours developed a feeling towards her bestfriend. What do you think she would do?"
"I think she should tell her that she liked him." Claire said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"See?" Lily stared at Milly.
"What if it would end friendship? He may not talk to her again?" Milly asked Claire.
"I think, we should stop thinking of the what ifs and just things. He wasn't a bestfriend to begin with if he stopped talking to her because of it." Claire responded.
"My point exactly." Lily grinned at her friend.
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