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Chapter 46

Sirius

It was Tuesday 20th June. Not long left at Hogwarts. It was quite exciting, yet it was also rather nerve racking. No one had any idea what to expect. There wasn't anything left to do in class, yet we still had to attend...I honestly didn't see the point, but I didn't want to be the only one in the dorm.

Potions wasn't too bad though, since Slughorn didn't have anything for us to do. So we just all got to sit there and talk. That's what we had last thing today. Brilliant, huh? James and I were spending this lesson trying to get Lily and Remus to come clean about what they were planning, but they didn't cave. If one of them was about to, the other would stop them. It annoyed me...and I could see it was annoying James too – but he more than me, however. Lily could see that James was starting to get slightly pissed off, so did...well, I didn't really pay attention to what she did and I don't think I really wanted to know.

"Just tell us why you can't tell us." James sighed.

"And when you'll tell us." I added, quickly.

Lily and Remus glanced at each other, shrugging a little.

"Why? Because we want it to be a nice surprise for you both." Lily explained.

"And when, will be when everything is sorted." Remus added. "Which will be soon."

James and I nodded, but we still wanted to know what the hell it was! I sighed, propping my elbow up on the table and placing my chin on the heel of my hand. I took hold of Remus' hand in my other, gently rubbing the pad of my thumb over his knuckles. Pad. Pad? Padfoot? Hm?

"Hey." I said, looking at Remus and James. "Either of you remember how we came up with our Marauder names?"

James frowned for a second before shaking his head.

"Can't say I do, mate." James said. "But that was, what, back in second or third year?"

"Yeah...something like that." I replied. "Rem, do you remember?"

"Of course I do." Remus grinned, speaking quietly so no one overheard. "You guys started calling me Moony in second year, after you found out, because of the moon. And I was the one who suggested yours, when you became Animagi in third year."

"How did you think of them?" Lily asked. "I've always wondered."

Remus chuckled quietly, recalling the memory. He took a breath before he started to explain to Lily – and remind James and me – how our nicknames came to be.

FLASHBACK – Saturday, 15th September 1973 – beginning of third year – 3am

We were running – well, Remus was walking – through the grounds of Hogwarts, towards out tree by the lake. It was late and everyone else was asleep...but we had James' cloak and soon we would have the map. James, Peter and I were getting excited at what was about to happen, trying hard not to give anything away to our friend. Remus, on the other hand, just looked scared.

"Come on, Moony!" James called. "Come on!"

"Couldn't you just tell me in the dorm?" Remus asked, nervously. "Or show me? We could get caught!"

"It'll be more fun if it's out here." I told him. "Now come on!"

I grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him along, running as fast as I could. Remus let out a surprised squeak, before giving in and running along too. It didn't take us long after that to get to our tree. We got Remus to sit on the ground at the base of the trunk, while the three of us stood in front of him a few feet away. Remus sat there, not saying anything, waiting patiently.

"Ready?" I asked.

Remus nodded, biting his lip as he waited. James, Peter and I all looked to each other and grinned. Within seconds, the three of us changed. James into a stag. Peter into a rat. Me into a dog. I saw Remus' eyes widen, staring at the three of us in shock and surprise. His mouth fell open. He tried to speak, but he ended up just opening and closing his mouth with no sound escaping. All too suddenly, he started to cry. It started off with tears slowly rolling down his cheeks, but soon escalated to him having to hide his face in his hand and just sob his little heart out. Still in my dog for, I padded over to him slowly, nudging his arm with my nose. He turned his head to the side. Remus' face was completely red and tears were flowing shamelessly out of his eyes. I continued to nudge his arm. He chuckled slightly. That was all I was aiming for, to get him to laugh a little. I didn't expect him to throw his arms around my neck. I turned back into the human me. I – awkwardly – wrapped my arms around him, patting his back. The only other time I did this was when we had just figured out he was a werewolf. So, this was all still new to me. James and Peter turned back into their normal selves and walked over. Remus hugged the pair of them as well. James seemed to be the only one who was comfortable hugging Remus. Then again he didn't have an abusive family who kid of loathed you, like me, and wasn't just naturally awkward, like Peter. James thought of Remus as a brother, like he did me. It just kind of came naturally to him.

"Thank you." Remus chocked out. "No one's every done anything like this for me."

"Well, that's all going to change mate." James told him.

"We're gunna be there for you." I added.

"You guys are...I can't think of a word to describe you guys." Remus snuffled, grinning madly. "We need to come up with nicknames for you guys now."

Mine and James' faces brightened immediately at the thought. We spent the next ten minutes thinking up possible names for James, Peter and me. Some of them were just plain stupid, others...others I don't want to even go into. Remus seemed to forget about the danger of being caught and, for the first time, we just saw him relaxed and carefree...how a thirteen – almost fourteen – year old boy should be! It was sad to think that come morning he'll be back to his usual guarded self.

"Why don't we think of names for one you at a time?" Remus suggested.

"Ok. Let's start with...Pete!" James grinned. "Let's see, so you're a rat."

"Ratty?" I suggested.

"Squeaky?"

"Cheese?"

"Wormtail?" Remus piped in.

We all stopped and looked towards Remus. He started to blush a little.

"Well," Remus started, feeling the need to explain himself. "Look at the tails rats have. They look a little bit like worms..."

"I like it!" Peter grinned. "Wormtail."

"Right so we have Pete's." I said. "What about James?"

"Well, I'm a stag." James mused.

We all looked towards Remus expectantly. He smiled, rolling his eyes and leaning back against tree trunk. It took two minutes before Remus had an idea.

"How about...Prongs?" Remus suggested. "Prongs are the two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork. Also the Pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl mammal regularly found to within the western and central of North America. It...kind of looks like a stag."

"That is so cool!" James beamed. "I'm taking it! I am now Prongs!"

Remus laughed, while I shoved my best mate – and second cousin – onto the floor, sideways. He had a big head, but he meant well.

"What about me?" I asked.

"Ok, now this one is easy." Remus grinned. "Padfoot. Dogs have padded paws, or feet, so...yeah. Padfoot."

I nodded. Thinking for a moment.

"Nice." I smiled. "So we are now Moony, Wormtail, Prongs and Padfoot. We are the Marauders."

"Well gents, it's official. No destroying our little group now." James told us.

"Of course." Remus laughed. "Now can we go back inside? It's cold out here and I'm tired."

"Hey, just be glad it's Saturday morning." I told him as we all stood up.

We joked quietly all the way up to dorm, all of us – bar Remus – trying to get used to our new nicknames.

End of FLASHBACK

"Aw!" Lily grinned. "That is adorable!"

James, Remus and I all grinned at each other.

"Yeah, we are." James grinned.

"Yup." I agreed. "So...still no chance of you two telling us your secret plan?"

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