This is my shorter AU about how Lily finds out that Remus is a werewolf. It is told from both Lily and Remus' point of views. I hope you enjoy! :)

Beneath the Silver Light Part 1

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"He did what?" Lily exclaimed, half laughing, half starstruck.

"He stood right at the front of the classroom and mocked the teacher," Remus chuckled. "I told you."

"What did he say?" Lily asked.

Remus made his voice very formal but also mocking-like, "Back in my day…" he started, but didn't finish because the two burst out into laughter.

"Sounds like James all right," Lily said, tears still stripping down her cheeks.

"Did I hear my name?" a voice called from a distance and James came running up to them.

"No, 'course not," Lily winked at Remus and kissed James on the cheek. "Well, I'll catch up with you later." Lily started walking faster, heading towards defense against the dark arts class.

"Looks like you've finally got the girl, Prongs," Remus chuckled, nudging James in the elbow.

"Yep, and it only took me five years to do so!" James replied, grinning.

The two started walking towards defense against the dark arts as well, not wanting to be late. They stepped into the classroom just as the clock tower rang, and went to sit in the back row seats, like they always did.

"By the way," James whispered as Professor Vector started talking. "The thing is almost ready and Padfoot, Wormtail, and I will almost become them."

"I told you already that you didn't have to…" Remus whispered back.

"Remus!" Sirius called as he just entered the room. "Man, I've been looking all over for you!"

"Well I was sitting right here all along…" Remus replied nervously, keeping his voice low.

"Black, you're late!" Professor Vector said. "Go sit down!"

Sirius slung his stuff onto the desk on the other side of Remus and sat down.

"By the way, in a couple of days we are going to become ani—"

"Shhhhhhhhh!" James and Remus both said at the same time. "Not so loud! And don't say the word."

"And plus, James already told me," Remus told him. "And I already told him that you guys don't have to do this!"

"Oh, we're doing it!" Sirius exclaimed enthusiastically. "Besides, we don't want you ripping yourself apart, now do we?"

"What are you guys talking about?" Severus asked as he turned his chair to face them.

"Keep your large nose out of other people's business, Snivellus!" James snarled. Severus narrowed his eyes at him and then turned back around.

Peter leaned in close to Remus and whispered, "Don't worry, Remus. Soon you won't be alone anymore, and you won't be in so much pain…"

"Seriously, what are you guys talking about?!" said Severus. "Is your poor Remus dying?"

"Watch your mouth, Snivellus!" Sirius roared, his knuckles going white as he clenched them together.

"Will you stop being so loud back there and pay attention?" Professor Vector called from the front of the room. "You know what, since you weren't paying attention, Snape, what are three physical qualities that werewolves possess?"

"Uhhhhh…." Severus stammered, his face going red. Sirius and James covered their mouths as they started bursting out into laughter.

"Oh, you think this is funny, do you?" Professor Vector asked, narrowing his eyes at Sirius and James. "Potter, what are three physical qualities that werewolves possess?"

"Erm…sharp claws, short tail, and sharp teeth…?" James said, sounding unsure of himself.

Professor Vector looked away from James and instead turned to Sirius. "Black, tell me three unique facts about werewolves."

"Uhh– they are very dangerous.." Sirius began, and then noticed Remus looking uncomfortable about this topic. "I mean, they can be nice…"

"Oh, please," Serverus sniggered. "Who has ever met a werewolf that is nice? Those two words don't belong in the same sentence, unless there is a 'not' somewhere in between them."

Remus lowered his head in shame, and Sirius and James' faces went red in anger.

"And who's to say you're not a werewolf, huh?!" James yelled at Severus.

"You guys are much more like werewolves than I am," Severus said, his amber eyes flickering with anger. "I mean, look at Remus over there! He looks extremely ill, I don't know if he will make it. Boo-hoo." Severus turned away from them, a satisfied smirk spread upon his face.

"That jerk!" Sirius roared, pointing his wand at the back of Severus' head.

"Stop!" Peter squeaked, and Sirius looked at him.

"That stupid Snivellus just insulted Remus! What do you mean stop!?" Sirius said angrily.

"But, you shouldn't hurt him!" Peter said, horror struck by the thought.

"I don't care if he gets hurt, that boy deserves what's coming for him…"

"No," Remus said, catching Sirius' arm and clutching his wand. "No, Peter's right. Just leave him be."

"Come on Remus, give me my wand back!" Sirius yelled, his arm outstretched. "James help me out here!"

"No, Sirius, we shouldn't hurt him," James agreed. "At least, not right now. Besides, I have a plan to get him back, one he won't see coming…"

LLLLL

Lily took a spoonful of Borscht and let it settle in her mouth. She was sitting with her friends Teresa and Sasha, talking about what was happening during Care for Magical Creatures class.

"Oh my gosh, remember when that boy fell in the mud!" Sasha laughed, and the two joined in.

"Remember when YOU fell in the mud!" Teresa said, and Lily started laughing even harder.

"It's not funny…" Sasha said, her cheeks flushing red. "Those were my good robes, and Matt was there.."
"Ooooooooooh, you're in love with Matt!" Lily teased.

"Come on, you already knew that.." Sasha said.

"Just joking 'round, Sash!" Lily said as Remus started walking up to her.

"Hey Remus!" Lily exclaimed, waving to him.

"Hi," he said. "Mind if I sit here?"

"Not at all!" Lily smiled, and Remus sat down beside her.

"Oooooooooooh!" Sasha whispered in Teresa's ear.

"What was that?" Lily asked them, narrowing her eyes at them and pretending like she didn't hear what they had said.

"Nothing," Teresa said, trying to hold in her giggles.

Lily turned back to Remus, "Why aren't you sitting with James, Sirius, and Peter?"

"I prefer calling them Prongs, Padfoot, and Wormtail," Remus started, but didn't get to finish because of Lily's interruption.

"I've never understood those nicknames," she said. "Why do you call them that, like is there some sort of meaning behind it, or…?"

"No particular reason…" Remus stammered, and he clearly looked nervous.

"Oh, by the way," Lily exclaimed, a smile spreading across her face. "I've never bothered to ask, but do you have a nickname? You know, one that James, Sirius, and Peter call you? Like you call them Wormtail, Prongs, and.. well.. I forgot the last one…."

"Padfoot."

"Right! Padfoot! Anyways, so do you?"
"Ermm….." Remus hesitated, staring down at his untouched lunch. He did this for about 30 seconds, not responding to the question.

"Hello?" Lily asked, waving her hand in front of Remus' face. "Hello? Remus to Earth!"

"Oh…sorry…" Remus stammered, looking like he was struggling to find the right words. "Oh, yeah ….I don't really have a nickname…Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail usually just call me Remus, sometimes Ree…"

"Ree," Lily giggled. "That's a cute nickname." Remus blushed as Lily settled another spoonful of Borscht into her mouth.

"Reeeeeeeeeeeeee!" a voice called from the other side of the room. Lily turned to see Sirius running towards them.

"Remus," Sirius said heavily, clutching his side and catching his breath. "Remus, I've been searching for you."

"Again…?" Remus asked. "Why…"

"Because it is about to be ready!" Sirius cheered. "Come on, you can't miss this!"
"What's about to be ready?" Lily asked curiously.

"Nothing…" Remus said, then turned to Sirius. "Can you come back in a couple of minutes?"

"Nope, come on!" Sirius dragged Remus out of his seat, his lunch splattering across the floor. Lily looked up at the two boys, confusion written all over her face. Remus waved to her and then the two got lost in the crowd of students.

"That was weird," Sasha said, taking a big bite of her turkey wedge sandwich.

"I'm going to go, see you guys later," Lily told them as she got up and threw away her food. Then she started in the direction Sirius took Remus, her wand clutched tightly in her hand…

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"Slow down!" Remus hollered. He was practically being dragged on the floor like a wagon; Sirius was moving so fast his legs just couldn't keep up.

"We're here!" Sirius exclaimed. "You might want to be a little quiet…"

"Where are we…" Remus began, but became dead silent when he saw the sign Girl's Lavatory placed above them. "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!"

"Dude, relax," Sirius said, shoving Remus through the doorway and shutting the door behind them. "No one ever comes in here."

"Yeah, no girls ever have to come in and use the bathroom," Remus said sarcastically.

"Yeah, that's right," Sirius replied. "They don't use this bathroom, at least. Honestly, I'd rather go someplace else, but James insisted that we do it here."
"But what's so bad about this particular bathroom?" Remus questioned.

"Moaning Myrtle."

"Keep it down, will you?" James hollered from another part of the bathroom. "Don't want that dang Myrtle telling other people what we are going to do."

"Ok, got it," Sirius whispered and gave James the thumbs up.

"So, the potion is ready," James told them, pouring a blood-red substance into three vials. "To become animagi we must point the tip of our wands to our hearts and enunciate the incantation 'Amato Animo Animato Animagus'. Then we drink this potion, and we should turn into animals. Now, the question is, how do we turn back….."

"Don't we just turn back, like poof, and we're humans again?" Sirius asked.

"It's not that simple," James explained, picking up a book titled 'Animagi 101'. "We need to get the hang of this whole process, and in a few months, maybe years, we will be able to turn into animagi and back into a human in no time."

"YEARS?!" Sirius yelled.

"Shut that mouth of yours, will you?" James said, narrowing his eyes at Sirius. "We're trying to keep a low profile."

"Well, hurry up and figure out how to turn back, we don't have much time before lunch ends," Sirius whispered.

"I'm trying," James hissed, holding up the book.

"Where'd you get that book, anyway?" Sirius asked. "I don't think they would put that in the library."

"The restricted section," James said calmly.

"I'm not even going to ask…" Sirius said.

"Ok, I think I found it," James told everyone

"Don't leave us hanging, man, tell us!" Sirius half yelled, becoming impatient.

"It's super simple," James explained, "all we have to do is imagine ourselves as humans."

"And then poof?" Sirius asked.

"If you do it right, then yes," James said.

"That's super easy!" Sirius exclaimed.

"I should probably go first," James told them, grabbing a vial.

"Why you?!" Sirius whined. "I want to go first!"

"We all know you are going to get too excited and then you won't be able to turn back,"

James said.

"That's not true…" Sirius said, embarrassed.

"Sure..well I'm going first," James told him, and he held the vial up to his mouth. "Wish me luck." James drank the whole vial and set it down on the floor. For a few seconds, nothing happened, but then, the transformation began.