Something is going on.

(3.) Confrontation

Severus Pov.

After looking around Hogwarts where the Marauders are usually hanging around, we finally decide to check outside at the beech tree near the lake. We should have looked there in the first place.it would have saved us like half a hour. Potter ,ofcourse, was throwing his beloved quidditch snitch up in the air, while Pettigrew was playing with grass and Black was haunched over Lupin, reading over his shoulder. 

Potter throws the snitch up once more before he goes taunt and the other Marauders go on alert. Black scowls and Lupin looks at Potter and just goes back to reading. Pettigrew looks anxiously between everyone.

I see Potters shoulders move as we get closer and saw him sigh. What the bloody hell does he got to sigh about? Well nevermind that, how'd they notice we was coming so fast? Potters back is to us, Lupin and Black was reading, and Pettigrew was playing with grass.

Potter gets up from sitting on the ground, so Black does as well. I notice that they stepped infront of the other two Marauders. Black infront of Lupin and Potter infront of Pettigrew. There is an unspoken conversation going on between the two, and it is somewhat unnerving. Black nodded stiffly.

"Miss Evans, Snape, what did we do to have  this 'pleasure' visitation on a fine day like this." Potter says, his voice nonchalant. Black looked even more uncomfortable with Potters tone.

"What's going on, Potter?" Lily says sharply. More sharply than I would have guessed she'd use. She's a kindhearted person.

"Excuse me? I am not sure I know what you mean, Miss Evans." A cold tone pushed its was through somewhat, and his jaw had gotten tighter, I noticed that his hand was pulsing on the the snitch.

Lily raised an eyebrow at Potter and said, "One, your three buddies bypassed Severus completely, without a second glance. Two, we was suspicious about why Severus didn't get jinxed right there and then, so we followed the three down the halls. Then Lupin pulled out this parchment and pointed his wand at it. Three, apparently it showed where you was, Potter. What's the "shack", Potter, hm?"

"Miss Evans. The whole castle of Hogwarts has not been explored yet, you know that. So when we found something, we decided to name it the Shack. The parchment you saw, is just another piece of parchment, it is just spelled to locate the Marauders when in emergencies. Our attention now is on our studies and such things as whatever we are doing over the summer. However, none of this is any of yours, or Snape's, concern."

Potter didn't even bat an eye when Lily was confronting them, while Lupin was up and his hand was on Blacks arm lightly. Pettigrew was cowering behind Potter, ofcourse. There's no telling whether or not Potter was is fibbing to us. His voice was carefully nonchalant and his face was a mask of boredom. As if he could be doing something way better than talking to us. I was watching to catch any movement of wands towards Lily of myself, I won't let anyone hurt Lily.

"So you just decided to explore? As if. And a parchment spelled to specifically locate four boys? In emergencies? This is Hogwarts, Potter, everything and everyone is fine here. Also, you just turned your attention from Severus to your studies suddenly? How have you kept all of this exploring and the so called parchment thing hushed up? After years of tormenting"—

"Would you rather us spell him to his tree once more to satisfy you? Is that what you want, Miss Evans?" Black said, cutting Lily off. He slid his want out of his robes, as I drew Lily back away from the Marauders.

"What—no! That's not what I meant. Don't you dare!" Lily sputters.

Lupin shakes his head and says, "Let's go to the dorm."

"Great. Evans won't go into the male dorms and Snape won't come in the lion's din." They left and Lily and I just stood there. I mean don't get me wrong I am very happy I'm not spelled to the tree with my robes hanging over my face.