Honey nearly screamed as she was pulled forcefully into an empty classroom, but a hand clamped over her mouth just in time.

She spun, relaxing slightly when she saw James and Sirius standing there with their hands on their hips. Letting out a sigh as her shoulders dropped, she said, "Merlin, now I guess I know how Remus feels when I do that to him." She took in the stern expressions on their faces. "Erm, is something the matter?"

She finally noticed a frazzled looking remus in the background, next to a very enthused looking Peter.

James crossed his arms. "You tell us, Scamander."

Honey blinked at him owlishly. "No?"

"How about rule number five? Does that ring any bells?" Sirius asked haughtily.

"I thought there was only four rules," she said in confusion with a frown.

James and Sirius rolled their eyes, glancing sidelong at each other.

"'Only four rules,' she says."

"Well, it seems you'd be incorrect, Miss Scamander. Rule number five is that no Marauder shall become romantically involved with-"

"Woah, woah, woah!" She cried, shutting her eyes and waving a hand frantically. "We never wrote that down! That was never an official rule!"

"Yes," Sirius drawled, "because someone promised that would never happen because she wasn't a, what was it? A tart?"

Honey glared at him and propped her own hands on her hips. "Are you calling me a tart right now, Sirius Black?"

"Maybe I am," Sirius said, leaning in with a downward quirk to his lips.

"First of all, Mr. Shag King of Hogwarts, there was no written rule, so technically I didn't break any of the stipulations. Secondly, it was hardly a snog fest, and I am not a tart-!"

James and Sirius's faces suddenly burst into giant grins as they crowed loudly.

"I knew it!" James yelled, fist pumping the air.

"Moony finally got some!" Sirius cried, doing a little jig.

Honey's mouth dropped open as she looked around in confusion. When her eyes fell on a madly blushing Remus with a hand covering his eyes, she let out a groan.

"You had no idea what happened, did you, you absolute wankers!" She demanded, resisting the urge to stomp her foot like a child.

Sirius and James were crowding Remus now, Peter trying to squeeze into the group noogie going on.

"Nope!" Sirius chirped, smiling doggishly at her.

"We had some suspicions, but had no idea you two had snogged," James snickered proudly.

Honey felt her own face heat up as she crossed her arms self-consciously and looked away. "You two are quite literally children."

Sirius broke away from the group hug and sidled to her side, throwing an arm around her shoulders. She glared at him, too close to her.

"So, how was it, Miss Scamander? Was Moony a good kisser?"

She flushed deeper and opened her mouth to yell at him, when something occurred to her. "Hold on. Remus is Moony because, well, obvious reasons."

"Yes...?" Sirius answered.

"And you all have animilish nicknames as well," she continued.

"Well, yes, but-"

"And we haven't learned the Patronus charm uyet."

Sirius frowned and looked back to his friends, who were now sporting dawning looks of horror. James reached up and made a cutting motion across his neck.

"No, we haven't," Sirius answered anyways.

Honey gasped in scandal and shoved him away with one hand to the chest. "Sirius Black! tell me you three idiots didn't do something as idiotic as becoming animagi before you'd even finished your schooling!"

Sirius gawked at her, mouth flapping in the wind. "Wha- No, of course not!"

Honey scowled at him hotly for a moment before whirling on Peter.

"Peter, what did you three do?"

He instantly panicked, turning pale and looking anywhere but at her. "Uh, we, well, we didn't, erm, not do that..."

Honey let out a frustrated noise, throwing up her hands, turning to Remus. "You didn't stop them? They could have died!" She scowled further, looking at James next. "Are you even registered?"

"Well, no, but-"

"Ugh!" She cried. "Morons! You could be expelled, or sent to Azkaban, or- or-"

"Awe, she cares!" Sirius cooed, throwing an arm around her once more. He grinned slyly at Remus. "And she's bloody scary, mate. I'm impressed with you."

Remus glared back at him, jaw ticking.

HOney blinked blankly.

"Did you put a silencing charm on him?!"

Remus smugly sat down at the long Gryffindor table as his friends all gingerly took their own spots.

Sirius hissed, rubbing his arse and shifting back and forth. "I've never been hit with a stinging hex on my arse before," he grumbled.

Remus snorted. "Well, maybe you shouldn't have turned tail and tried to run away," he snarked, placing lots of food on his plate. He was absolutely starving, what with the full moon approaching. His body was also aching something terrible. He looked forward to trying Honey's new attempt tonight. The first one had worked so well, he'd never felt so relaxed before a full moon. And his recovery had been cut down by about a third, which was very helpful.

He found his eyes wandering to the Ravenclaw table, lingering on Honey's face as she cut into her food with more poise than he'd ever seen. Her friend she always sat next to seemed to be prattling on excitedly about something, and he watched as her mouth quirked up on one side.

"Blimey, Moony, you're absolutely knackered," Sirius sniggered.

"I think I'm in love with her."