The Marauders: Time of Our Life || Jily (JamesxLily) & Wolfstar (RemusxSirius)

4. Full Moon

The first few weeks of the school year flew by quickly. Their core classes and electives had all started, and it all seemed remarkably intense compared to the previous school year.

The Marauders had used the Marauder's Map and James's invisibility cloak to sneak out during the night. With the map, they could see where their teachers, as well as, Filch and Mrs. Norris, were. Because of that, they could easily avoid running into anyone. And even if they did, the cloak would prevent them from being seen.

James had come up with the idea of using the Room of Requirement to help Peter practice. Sirius and James would give tips and encourage Peter while the latter tried to complete his transformation into an animagus.

Three days before the next full moon, Peter was able to transform himself fully into a rat.

Remus remembered the moment his three best friends had stood in front of him as animagi.

He had been on the verge of crying, his eyes tearing up as he felt so touched by their gesture. Before they had found out about his condition, during their second year at Hogwarts, Remus had been terrified that they would abandon him if they ever found out.

He was shocked to the core when they stayed by his side, without hesitating for even a second, even after figuring out that he was indeed a werewolf.

He remembered when they had told him their plan to become animagi to keep him company during his painful and lonely transformation. He had never been so grateful and touched in his whole life - until the moment they were finally all transformed in front of him.

This kind of loyalty and friendship was rare, and you would be lucky to find it even once in a lifetime. Remus would have gone through hell and back for either one of his fellow marauders. He would have done anything for them. That's how grateful and happy he was to have them in his life.

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Remus, Sirius, and Peter were currently sitting in the stands at the quidditch court, watching James as he practiced quidditch with the Gryffindor team. James flashed them a big grin and waved at them when he saw them.

There were a couple of students sitting scattered in the Gryffindor stand as well. Sirius noticed that the two girls, from their first day back at Hogwarts, were sitting a couple of rows up from them.

When he turned around, the girls waved shyly at him. Sirius gave them a nod in return before turning back in his seat to watch the quidditch practice. The girls giggled happily and whispered something to each other.

"So, you will get to the Shrieking Shack in before it gets dark?" Sirius asked Remus, who sat next to him, watching the quidditch practice with an empty stare.

Remus nodded. "Yes, and you will come after the other students have gone to sleep?" he asked, ensuring that the plan was still happening.

"Yep. The second they're out, we'll come to you." Sirius assured him.

"This is gonna be so wicked!" Peter exclaimed, equally nervous and excited.

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Lily and Severus were sitting in the library, studying together. Their first exam in charms was coming up, and they wanted to make sure they were prepared for it.

Severus watched as Lily's eyes scanned through a page of her book before writing something down. She looked concentrated. Lily's dedication to her school work was something Severus liked about her.

She wasn't like some of the other girls at school, who fawned over James and his posse. No, Lily was different. She was compassionate, beautiful, and intelligent. She cared about more than looks, and she didn't care what others thought about Severus - she was his friend because she wanted to.