Top Secret
by Shealtiel
Rated: T for sexual references, adult themes, violence and mild coarse language
Summary: "Oak, fourteen inches, unpliant and resilient, excellent for Transfiguration with a knack for Charms. Veela hair core."

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Wednesday, May 23rd, 1973
4:13pm
Gryffindor Common Room

I'm studying. Hard. Like always. Finals are in five days and I'm afraid I'm going to fail! Lily's so prepared, but there's so much I don't know! Lily was just saying she'd heard there was a test on how to Transfigure birds into pins, but I've only ever Transfigured them into needles before, and I'm so behind in Charms. I haven't even learned the opposite of a Summoning Spell yet! I guess it's a Banishing Spell? Anyway, Lily already knows all of this stuff! I can't believe how much I've slacked off this year! Anyway, back to the books.

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4:24pm
Gryffindor Common Room

Agh, those boys are so distracting! The four of them are just huddled in the corner trying to figure out a name for their club, or whatever it is. I can't believe Remus isn't studying. We have exams in five days and he's not even worried about it. That's not like him at all. They're all just over there, clearly not even thinking about exams. They're going to fail and they're going to have to repeat a year. I told them as much a minute ago, but they just ignored me. Even Remus, although he did give me an appreciative smile. Or maybe it was apologetic. I don't know. I mean, Peter, at least, should be studying. God knows he needs it. He's not doing so well in Transfiguration or History of Magic. If those boys were really his friends, they'd be helping him study, not distracting him with their prank planning.

How did the four of them get so close all of a sudden anyway? James and Sirius didn't even like Peter last year, and now they're all best buds. It's so weird. And Remus doesn't seem like the type to hang out with people like James and Sirius. I mean, I thought Remus was serious about his school work, but now he's not even studying, five days before exams! And he just lets them break all the rules without even saying anything to them, and sometimes he even breaks the rules with them! I saw him come in two minutes after curfew a few nights ago! I just don't see how everything could have turned around so quickly. It's ridiculous.

Where's Lily anyway? She must be in the library with Sev. Maybe I should go find them and study there. It'll probably be quieter than here. Those boys are being so loud, laughing and causing a raucous. Ugh. I'd better go, so I can get some serious studying done.

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