Honestly I have no clue what I was thinking. Following the three biggest idiots around Hogwarts, at night, past curfew, was bound to get me caught. Or worse, get me caught following James Potter. I'd be teased for weeks, I had thought, sneaking down the stairs after the boys. At the base of the stairs, I watched James pull out a long, silvery fabric.

"Get in close, here we go." He whispered, spreading the fabric out in his hands and throwing it over their bodies.

Then, they disappeared.

Well, not entirely, you could still see their calves. But mostly, they were invisible. They started down the hall, walking towards what seemed to be the Quidditch Training Grounds. They went down another flight of stairs and sure enough, we were at the doors leading out of the castle. The doors were pushed open, and the boys strode out, whipping off the invisible fabric and running towards not the training grounds, but the Whomping Willow.

My eyes widened, were they mad? That tree was sure to kill them, as much as I denied it, I didn't want to see Potter killed. I quickly crouched in the shadow of the castle, watching Black run under the tree. A branch narrowly missed his head. He pressed his hand to a knot in the roots, and the tree froze.

Completely.

I had to pinch myself to make sure I didn't gasp. Black slid down into the tree. Potter and Pettigrew followed suite. The tree then unfroze and continued to move.

I ran up to the tree and stared at the knots at its base. I finally spotted the most flat looking one, and prayed it was the right knot. I scampered beneath the swinging branches and pressed my hand firmly to the root. The tree froze again.

I pumped my fist in the air as a silent cheer. I was going to bust Potter and all his friends! I found the opening in the ground and slid down into it. I landed in a tunnel. It was dirt and there was no light anywhere, save for the moonlight showing through the hole I came through.

I rummaged in my pocket for my wand. I pulled out my 9" Alder wand with a dragon heartstring core. I smirked and whispered 'Lumos'. The tunnel was lit up for about a 2 meter radius around me. I crept towards the sound of voices.

The tunnel led up to a set of wooden stairs. I could hear things beyond the door. It didn't sound like voices now. I heard barking and growling mostly, with the occasional skittering of rats and some hoof beats?

Now I started to get scared. What if the thing beyond this door was a monster that had Remus, and Potter was trying to save him? I had to help too, because, even though Potter won't believe it, I'm much better at Charms than him.

I burst through the door and the sight before me was something out of a book. A dog, a stag, a fat rat, and a fucking werewolf, were sitting in the living room of an old building. I guess my brain couldn't process this much information, because I felt myself slip from consciousness.

My eyes fluttered and slowly cracked open. I was lying on a bed in the same building from earlier.

'Holy Hell, am I still alive??" I thought rubbing my head.

I had to assume so because my head was bloody and thumping. I groaned, but quickly shut up when I heard voices.

"I think she's awake..."
"I'll go talk to her."
"Prongs, I can't believe you let her find out!"
"Hey, it's not his fault she's nosy!"

Potter walked into the room and sat on the bed, facing me. What the hell was he doing here? He was gonna get himself killed! I tried to sit up, but pain spiked in my head and I had to lay down.

"Woah, woah, calm down Love, you're safe." He put his hand on mine.

I swallowed, "What's going on? James, where did those animals go?"

He looked tired, he pushed his glasses up and messed with his hair. "Ok, so this is gonna seem absolutely mental, but I'm an Animagus. So are Sirius and Peter. But Remus, he's something else..."

"A werewolf."

"Yes, a werewolf. He was bitten when he was young, and obviously the effects are irreversible. He comes down here every full moon to transform. It's very painful, he gets very upset after the transformation. We became Animagi to keep him calm while he's transformed. I was the stag, Sirius was the dog, and Peter was the rat."

"Wait, so you guys are registered and everything? And why doesn't he hurt you?"

"No, we're not registered, we're not of age, so we can't be. We knew as soon as we found out about Remus, that we needed to help him. We found out that Werewolves go after only humans. They don't feel the need to hurt anything else. So, we became Animagi."

"Merlin, if anyone ever found out... you could be expelled..." I slowly sat up, my head still pounding. James was looking at me lovingly, while smirking. "Any reason for the smirk, Potter?"

"You called me James earlier, I think you're growing to like me." He sat back on his hands.

I rolled my eyes, "In your dreams, Potter."

But the truth was, I was growing to like him.