James pressed himself against a tree, trying not to die as his best friend howled into the night.
A twig cracked a short way off followed by a muffled "sh*t". He slapped a hand over his mouth to cover the laugh that would have burst out. Sirius was going to lose if he didn't get out fast.
Movement caught James' eye and he spun around to see a rat crawling along a low-hanging branch.
James grinned. "Have I won yet, Wormy?"
The rat shook his head and lifted a paw. James turned around in time to see Sirius sprinting towards him with an incredibly hungry and pissed of werewolf on his tail.
His eyes widened as he realised that if he didn't get out of there soon, not only would he lose their little impromptu game of hide-and-seek-danger-tag, he was also going to get seriously hurt.
Scrambling into a sprint he stayed on Sirius' heels until they'd cleared the forest and were nearing the Whomping Willow.
Sirius left out a breathless laugh. "We have to do this next full moon, Prongsie!"
"Ha!" James replied just as breathlessly. "If Remus doesn't kill us tomorrow when he finds out what we did, you mean?"
He snickered, "He's going to be so pissed."
They giggled together, high-fiving before remembering that they didn't want to get eaten.
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What if... (Harry Potter One Shots)
FanficOne small thing leads to another. One ripple in a pond leads to a larger ripple at the water's edge. One choice leads to a road taken. One boy chosen leads to another lost. One job application rejected leads to a nose-less, hateful existence. Essen...
