p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"They had to be discreet at times like this. To let the other know it'd be fine./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He'd messed up. He knew that. After so many years of getting crucified, the fact that he told Snape how to get past the Whomping Willow because of a few spells hurt. And Remus probably hated him. And James seemed horrible. He hadn't gotten a chance to apologise— he woke up here with his parents staring at him./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You'll not understand," James' voice broke through the chatter around them, with James', his, Remus' and Snape's parents here, along with Dumbledore, McGonagall and Grekson. "I fought with him. We hit each other a few times, and he kept baiting me. He tried to hit me but couldn't break through my charms. And then we shouted for a good long bit. Sirius rounded the corner, hearing us, and something Snape shot at me hit him instead. I couldn't heal it and mentioned how even the Whomping Willow hadn't done that much harm," James was lying through his teeth. And he was horrible at lying, but no one dared contradict him then. "Snape got scared when he realised what the spell was doing and tried to run for it because I was gaining on him. I wanted the counter-curse. Peter said that he couldn't haul Remus," he looked at each of them in turn. "Towards the castle. Remus had gotten injured, and Peter said I needed to help Remus. Snape had run by this point, and I asked Peter to try and take Sirius to the dorm because that was closer than The Hospital Wing, and went towards the grounds,"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""How was Madame Pomfrey not closer, considering you were in the Dun—"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""False information!" James cut in quickly. "We were in the owlery. I was, and Snape was passing by," He put a hand up to stop everyone. "Remus was falling towards the Whomping Willow, and I immobilised it. I figured out how to, and Snape saw the whole thing. Any questions?" James didn't give anyone a chance to respond. "No? Okay, /spanstrong style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"good/strongspan style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"!"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""The Werewolf he saw," Eileen told him, her eyebrows raised./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Greyback,"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"James answered, grabbing Remus, Sirius and Peter towards the exit, holding his hand tightly. /spanem style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"I won't let anything happen to /emstrong style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"em style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"you/em/strongspan style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true", he was saying./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"They had to sit again, of course. The plot holes James left were a story in itself./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"James wasn't being very discreet in anything. He never was good at following the rules, which stated, /spanem style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"'Don't do what you're going to, James.'/em/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He'd messed up. He knew that. After so many years of getting crucified, the fact that he told Snape how to get past the Whomping Willow because of a few spells hurt. And Remus probably hated him. And James seemed horrible. He hadn't gotten a chance to apologise— he woke up here with his parents staring at him./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You'll not understand," James' voice broke through the chatter around them, with James', his, Remus' and Snape's parents here, along with Dumbledore, McGonagall and Grekson. "I fought with him. We hit each other a few times, and he kept baiting me. He tried to hit me but couldn't break through my charms. And then we shouted for a good long bit. Sirius rounded the corner, hearing us, and something Snape shot at me hit him instead. I couldn't heal it and mentioned how even the Whomping Willow hadn't done that much harm," James was lying through his teeth. And he was horrible at lying, but no one dared contradict him then. "Snape got scared when he realised what the spell was doing and tried to run for it because I was gaining on him. I wanted the counter-curse. Peter said that he couldn't haul Remus," he looked at each of them in turn. "Towards the castle. Remus had gotten injured, and Peter said I needed to help Remus. Snape had run by this point, and I asked Peter to try and take Sirius to the dorm because that was closer than The Hospital Wing, and went towards the grounds,"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""How was Madame Pomfrey not closer, considering you were in the Dun—"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""False information!" James cut in quickly. "We were in the owlery. I was, and Snape was passing by," He put a hand up to stop everyone. "Remus was falling towards the Whomping Willow, and I immobilised it. I figured out how to, and Snape saw the whole thing. Any questions?" James didn't give anyone a chance to respond. "No? Okay, /spanstrong style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"good/strongspan style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"!"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""The Werewolf he saw," Eileen told him, her eyebrows raised./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Greyback,"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"James answered, grabbing Remus, Sirius and Peter towards the exit, holding his hand tightly. /spanem style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"I won't let anything happen to /emstrong style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"em style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"you/em/strongspan style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true", he was saying./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"They had to sit again, of course. The plot holes James left were a story in itself./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"James wasn't being very discreet in anything. He never was good at following the rules, which stated, /spanem style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"'Don't do what you're going to, James.'/em/p
