AN- SORRY ABOUT THE WAIT. HIGHSCHOOL GOT HARD. Then summer happened and I slept through the first month XD.

"So" Lexis said through a bite of chocolate doughnut, "I reckon you may have been right about the werewolf."

"Oh? You think!" Lily said in an irritated tone.

"Yea." Lexis grinned guiltily. "I do" Lily gave her a death glare. " Alright! I'm sorry I doubted you and your knowledge on werewolves!"

"You should be, we could have been killed!" Lily cried.

"You make that sound as if I've never almost gotten us killed before! Remember that time in the summer of 5th when I thought I could drive a muggle car?" Lily's eyes widened with the memory. "Merlin, was I wrong… So who do you think it was?"

"Who do I think what was?" Lily asked.

"The werewolf. Do you think it could be someone in the school?" Lexis asked lifting herself up on the counter.

"I supposed it could be…" Lily agreed thoughtfully, "But Dumbledore wouldn't put the rest of students at risk would he? It's probably a traveler that was going through Hogsmeade."

"Maybe, but that doesn't explain the stag and the dog. They clearly were not normal animals."

"I don't know Lexis, there are way too many things to think about that don't make any sense." Lily complained.

"Lily…" began Lexis, "You don't think it was Sirius do you? We were followed him outside after all, or James, because Sirius said he would be with James." Lexis trailed off.

"But Lex, that doesn't make any sense. If either of them were werewolves, they wouldn't be together at a full moon because the wolf would tear the human apart" Lily reasoned.

"I guess you're right. But where are they now? If they went outside and they don't know about the werewolf, then they could be in serious danger!" Lexis cried.

"Lexis, don't freak out, I'm sure your lover boy will be fine- James and him probably went to practice quidditch or something. We'll go check that they're back and if they're not, we'll go get Dumbledore okay? They'll be okay." Lily promised.

"Alright, let's go to the common room- if there back that's where they'll be." Lexis said sliding down off the counter and walking to the door. "You coming?"

"Yea, I'm right behind you." Lily said, but Lexis had already left.

Lexis ran into the common room glancing around the room for James or Sirius, when she didn't find them, she raced up the stairs to their dorm and barged in. Fortunately there was someone in the room- unfortunately he was naked.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"JAMES!" Lexis shrieked slapping her hand over her eyes, "WHY ARE YOU SO NAKED?"

"I WAS CHANGING! WHY ARE YOU IN OUR ROOM?" James asked just as horrified.

"I WAS LOOKING FOR SIRIUS."

"WHY?"

"I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF HE WAS BACK YET. THAT'S NOT A CRIME"

"NEITHER IS BEING NAKED!"

"You're right. I'm sorry. Really, really sorry. Are you dressed yet?" Lexis asked still holding her hand over her eyes.

"Yea I am, NOW." James said irritably. Lexis slowly removed her hand from her eyes and opened her eyes cautiously. She sighed and awkwardly moved to a chair that was only partially covered with clothes.

"So what were you and Sirius up to?" You could practically cut the tension with a knife.

"Oh, you know, just Quidditch planning."

"Where's Sirius now?"

"In the kitchen." Lexis paused, then looked up at James.

"James, Sirius isn't in the kitchen. I was just there a minuet ago." Now the entire room froze.

"Maybe he hadn't gotten there yet, why do you care so much?"

"He's not outside alone is he?" Lexis voice hit a frantic note.

"Lexis why does it matter so much? Calm down would you!" James

"IT MATTERS BECAUSE THERES A WEREWOLF OUT THERE THAT WILL TEAR HIM INTO A BAZILLION PIECES!" Lexis cried desperately. James stared at Lexis for a long moment, sighed then said:

"Sirius won't be tore up into a bazillion pieces, I promise. Can you wait until the morning for me to explain? I think it will be better if we explain then."

"Explain what? James can't you just tell me now?" Lexis pleaded.

"I think I should wait till the morning. Listen Lex, I should go, we'll tell you everything in the morning." James promised.

"You better."

Lexis spent that night drifting in and out of sleep. Sometimes she dreamed of the night she and Sirius first kissed, she didn't dream of the kiss, but of James and Sirius' gashes. She dreamed of someone's eyes. Tried brown eyes. Finally she went right out, and slept until ten.

When she woke up she immediately dressed and went to the Marauders room. She saw the marauders sitting in a circle around a table away from everyone else.

"Hello boys!" Lexis said as lightly as she could, but everyone sensed the awkward undertone to the situation. "I need to borrow James and Sirius for a moment, if you don't mind." Lexis said, speaking to Remus and Peter.

"Actually," Sirius started, "This is Remus' story to tell. Have a seat." He pulled Lexis on to his lap while Lexis tried to connect the dots.

"Wait, Remus… I though Sirius…"

"This will be easier if you just listen." Remus said tiredly. "First of all, I wanted to apologize for almost killing you last night, you could say I wasn't myself. Let me begin from the beginning. When I was eight, I was bit by a werewolf by the name of Fenrir Greyback. I didn't think there would be anyway that I would be able to come to Hogwarts, but Dumbledore made arrangements for me so when it was…. My time of the month, I would be transported to the shrieking shack and transform there away from anyone I could hurt." Lexis had been silent through Remus' explanation, trying to take it all in. Remus? How could sweet innocent Remus be a werewolf. It doesn't make sense. But the more Lexis thought about it the more it DID make sense. That would explain why he looked sick all the time, and why he always left.

"But wait," Lexis cut him off "If you were supposed to be in the shrieking shack, how did you get out to me and Lily?"

" That would be where we come in." Sirius said speaking for the first time.

"You?"

"Yea, us." Sirius sighed guiltily. "We found out about Remus'… condition, in third year, and we wanted to help him."

"I was so relieved that they weren't too horrified to look at me again, that if we broke the rules that Dumbledore set for us, I wouldn't care. I was with people who knew my darkest secret and didn't care. And because of that I could have killed you and Lily. I am so so sorry." Remus put his hands into his hands.

"Remus I'm not mad at you. Hell, if Lily and I hadn't been outside after curfew, nothing would have happened." Lexis promised him. Remus didn't say anything, but looked at her with an appreciative smile. "I still have one question. How did you try and help Remus? Isn't there no cure for lycanthropy?"

"We didn't try to cure him as we tried to make the transitions a little less, painful." Peter said speaking for the first time.

"But how? A werewolf would tear a human to pieces." Lexis reasoned.

"Mmm, but that's if were human. " Sirius

"What do you mean if you were human? What else would you be?"

"Have you ever heard of the term 'animagus'" James asked.

"Of course, but what does that have to do-" Lexis paused putting two and two together. "You didn't"

"We did." Sirius grinned guiltily.

"Is that what the black dog and the stag was? You in animagus form?" James nodded "What are you?" Lexis turned looking to Sirius.

"Me? I was the dog. Or the 'bloody beast' as you put it." He said raising an eyebrow.

"You deserved that. You almost pulled my pants off."

" Don't pretend that you didn't like it"

"Black, that wasn't pretending. That was pure horror." Lexis said seriously. Sirius pouted. "So you were the dog, James were you the stag?"

"Yep" James grinned.

"Okay, so Peter, what are you?"

"I'm a rat." He squeaked. Well, isn't that fitting. Lexis snorted to herself.

"So, who wants to get some food?" James asked filling the silence that followed.

"I'm in." Lexis said standing up. Sirius and Peter got up and the tree boys walked to the door. "You okay Remus?"

"I'm just so shocked that you're talking to me." Remus said looking up at her.

"Remus, I've known you for years. You are one of the kindest people I know. Something that happens one a month to you, that you can't control isn't going to change that. Look at it this way. You still like girls right?"

"Yea." Remus smiled cautiously.

"Well we're just like werewolves!" Lexis grinned. "Come on wolf boy, let's get something to eat.

I know it's not long, but I think it would be too forced if I tried to add more. Leave me a review. I love them more then air.

Thanks for the reviews I got on the last chapter I love you all :D