(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this chapter is pretty short as well actually... sorry for that.

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Elaine

Leo, Remus and I were sitting just inside the forbidden forest, sitting all in a line, backs against the trunk of a truly enormous tree.

For once, Leo was not in the middle, Remus was.

We sat shoulder to shoulder, waiting for Greygorry to arrive for one of Leo's training sessions.

"The boys are coming." Leo murmured, and Remus sighed.

"They don't know when to leave well enough alone, do they?" He asked rhetorically, and after a few, slightly frustrating, minutes, the three remaining Marauders boys came into view.

"How did you lot even find us?" I asked, exasperated.

"I just followed the trail of my blood from Leo's fist." James sneered, and Sirius rolled his eyes.

"Let it go, man." He told James, before looking to Leo. "Look, I'm sorry I was such a prick to you about Brooke-" Leo cut him off, shaking his head.

"I don't care about that. You were rude to Brooke, that's all that matters." James scoffed, but Sirius elbowed him in the side.

"I'm sorry. And I'll apologise to her for it if you want me to." Leo stared at him for a second, making sure he was serious.

"Thank you." He said quietly, and I saw James getting angrier and angrier.

"I won't apologise." James said, crossing his arms over his chest. "She deserved it." Leo sighed heavily, standing up slowly, and I saw James shrink slightly. "What? Are you going to hit me again?"

"No. I only hit you because I still cared what you thought. But I only care what my friends think, and I don't know what you are James, but you certainly aren't that." They stood for a second, completely still, staring each other down.

"We're here to train, Leo, not fight." Greygorry said as he dropped out of a tree, causing us humans to jump.

"No offense, but aren't they kind of the same thing?" I asked, and Greygorry smirked slightly.

"Fighting suggests a struggle." Leo stayed there for a second longer before turning to face Greygorry.

"Let's get started then, shall we?"

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