"Nott did what!?"

"Yes Lily, Nott cornered me and asked me to join the Ratface Gang." I rolled my eyes and linked arms with her as we continued our weekly stroll through Hogwarts.

"But you said no, right? I know you well enough to know that you said no to him."

"It's obvious I would say no, Lils. Why the hell is everyone doubting me?" I asked sadly. "Even Remus asked me if I would stay loyal to them."

"We don't doubt you, Jade. But you're the only Slytherin in our circle of friends. It's not that we don't trust you, we just don't trust your housemates." Lily shrugged. "Besides, we all know that your heart is in the right place. You maybe be a Slytherin but you're not evil."

"Thanks Lils, I needed to hear that." I mumbled. Lily noticed that I was still slightly upset and decided to change the subject.

"We're all trying to get Frank to ask Alice to Hogsmeade before December."

"What's the plan? I want in." I laughed.

"We're trying to make her look hot as fuck at the next quidditch game. It's Gryffs vs. Huffs so we'll definitely win. After that, we'll hide in the locker room until your brother or Sirius brings Frank in. Alice comes out looking all beautiful and he won't be able to resist! It's foolproof!" Lily said excitedly.

"One, I doubt that I will be able enter the locker room. Two, James won't do it so I can try to convince Sirius but I doubt it. Three, what outfits are we talking about?"

"That's where the magic comes in, Jade. You can tell your brother and Sirius and I'm sure they'll find a way. Every chance that Sirius will get to spend time with you, he'll take it. And the outfits, well that's your expertise. You always have amazing outfits." I sighed and thought about it.

"I'll do it, but if Frank rips my clothes, they'll be hell to pay!"

"Why would he- OH!" Lily looked at me wide-eyed. "JADE AMELIA POTTER!"

"WHAT!? Have you seen the guy? He barely controls himself when Alice walks in her pajamas. Can you imagine how he'll act when he sees her in all black or something that marks her curves. That girl has curves for days, I'm jealous." I shrugged as we left the castle and walked towards the Black Lake where I saw my boys running around.

"Yeah, you're right. Frank really does act like a mad dog when she's around. Kind of like Sirius acts like a puppy when you're around. Remus and I call that 'puppy love' because it's just adorable to see how his face lights up when you're next to him. Can you two just get married already?" Lily whined and I laughed.

"Lils, we're only 15." I said as we sat down under a tree and continued to watch my boys mess around.

"I know, but I call being maid of honor!"

"James will probably be best man. Him and Sirius are always together. You'd think they're brothers or something."

"If Sirius is James' brother, does that mean-"

"You finish that sentence, I'll kill you. That's just wrong on so many levels. We're pure-bloods but not those pure-bloods." I shuddered and laughed with Sirius tackled James to the floor.

"I will never understand how that works honestly." Lily shuddered also.

"To 'maintain blood purity'. There's not a lot of pure-bloods nowadays because we stopped caring about that, except for families like the Malfoys, Blacks, Notts, among others. So what do they do? To maintain 'purity', they sometimes marry their second cousins or something like that to prevent their offspring coming out with abnormalities, I think. Come to think of it, everybody is related to someone if you're a pure-blood." I shrugged. "If for example, Sirius and I were related, which I hope not, we'd be distant cousins twice removed or something like that. But we're not because the Blacks hate the Potters."

"Why? I met your dad and he's so nice!"

"My point exactly, Lils. The Blacks pride themselves on being 'The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black'. That means that they've never married a Half-blood or muggle-born and-"

"You can say the word, you know?"

"No way! Nobody deserves to be called that, Lily. Especially you. Unlike others, I was actually raised with manners."

"Thanks." Lily smiled slightly and I nodded.

"Anyways. The Blacks pride theirselves on that. Sirius is the odd one out, per say. The reason the Blacks hate the Potters is because there's this thing called the Sacred 28. It's basically all the pure blood families that existed when that paper was made and signed. Most of the families there were happy that they were considered pure, the Blacks and Malfoys being one of them. Other families, like the Potters and Weasleys, weren't all too happy with their names being on that paper since we never cared about blood purity or anything like that. Well, my grandparents told me that the Blacks had a fit with the Potters about where we stood with the whole dilemma and that's when they started to call my family blood traitors and all that shit." I shrugged and looked at the sky. "Do you think there's going to be lighting tonight?"

"So basically, Sirius' family calls your family blood traitors because you associate with people like me instead of people like Nott? That's messed up." Lily said and looked at the sky also. "I think so, that's why Sinistra cancelled class today."

"That's basically why. But we just don't care, Lily. The magical world isn't just for those who's blood is the purest because they marry their cousins. It's for everybody. That's probably why I love the Wizarding World so much, because without it I would've never met you and we'd never be best friends."

"Okay, that's sweet as hell. I love it here, Jade. It's very different from what I was so used to and the people here are so much nicer than the ones in the muggle world." She laughed slightly.

"Be careful with that, Lily. People seem nice at first, but sometimes they're worse than a snake on a bad day."

...

As I predicted, there was a lightning storm. I ran the entire castle trying to find the boys.

"REGULUS! Have you seen your brother?" I asked out of breath.

"Umm, I think I saw him running with Peter trying to find you. Last I saw him, Sirius was running towards the dungeons." I groaned.

"Thanks, Reg. I'll be seeing you!" I yelled as I ran towards the dungeons and saw Peeves floating around. "PEEVES! Come here for a minute!"

The poltergeist floated towards me holding an ink balloon.

"What?"

"Have you seen my boys? And if you pop that on top of me, I'll make you regret it. I think Baron is around here somewhere." I smirked when he tensed.

"I saw Sirius go to the dungeons with Peter. Your brother and Remus were going towards the library. What's going on?"

"A game. Thanks Peeves, I owe you one." I ran towards the dungeons and bumped into Sirius.

"You okay, sunshine?" Sirius asked once I got back to my feet.

"Yeah, I am." I fixed my skirt and looked at him. "Well don't just stand there! Let's go get Moony and James. Can you cast a patronus again?"

"I can try. You?" I nodded and took out my wand. Sirius followed and we both casted our patronus. "Go find Remus and James and lead them towards the place."

The two patronuses ran in the other direction and I sighed catching my breath.

"Had a nice run?" Peter laughed.

"Tan the entire castle trying to find you guys. Now let's go before James and Remus get there before us."

...

"Get the vials, Vixen. Tonight's the night." James yelled once he found us. I took out the vials and gave them to each of them. Luckily they were labeled.

"Bottoms up and let's hope for the best." Sirius shrugged and opened his. "This smells like shit."

"It's a vial with your saliva, a mandrake leaf, hair and bug parts. It's not supposed to smell good." Remus rolled his eyes.

"Shut up and let's drink this, we're wasting time." I scolded the boys and drank mine. This thing tastes like shit.

The boys drank it and we all took out our wands.

"Amato Animo Animato Animagus" we all recited in unison. I closed my eyes still repeating the words and I swore I saw a black fox staring back at me. Remember the reading, stay calm Jade. It's almost done.

I felt my body get smaller and I tried to keep calm. It's finally happening.

"Oh shit." I heard Remus say as I finished my transformation. "Vixen, you're a vixen!"

I felt something nudge my side and saw a black dog looking at me and it appeared to be smiling. I nudged his leg and we started to run around and tackling each other.

"Like I've said, puppy love." Remus laughed as he sat in the floor and Sirius and I tackled him. "Calm down, you two. And look at James."

A stag. Out of all things, he had to become a stag. If I could facepalm, I would.

I gave Remus a look and he laughed and scratched behind my ear.

"I know, Vix. That's going to be a pain in the ass to cover up with the cloak." Suddenly a rat ran by and I jumped on Remus' lap as he laughed and Sirius started barking. "Calm down you two, it's only Peter. He changed while you two were tackling each other. Now try and change back, okay? I'll go look for the spare clothes just in case."

Remus left to search for the clothes with Peter behind him and Sirius and I continued to try to tackle each other while being chased by James. After a few minutes, Remus returned with the extra clothing.

"Okay, James you're up first and if you hit me with those antlers, I'll hex you." James moved behind the tree and changed back.

"Well, that was a rush. I'm majestic as fuck." James walked back fully clothed and picked me up. I bit his hand. "Not nice, Didi. Peter, you're up." Peter moved to change back.

"That was actually really fun. Sirius, you're up." Sirius walked towards James, stood on two legs and licked my small face and moved to the tree.

"I think I'll have a bruise tomorrow. Thanks for that, James." Sirius rolled his eyes and took me from James' arms. "Vixen looks so cute!"

I leaned up to bite his cheek.

"That's rude." Sirius rolled his eyes and sat me on the ground. "You're up, now go change back. I miss your beautiful face."

I walked towards the back of the tree and changed back.

"Not a bad day at all, boys. I consider this to be a total success." I smirked and hugged Sirius. "Now Moony won't be alone anymore."

"All thanks to you, Vix. You really are the secret to our success." Peter smiled at me.

"That I am, Peter." I smiled back at him.

"Out of all animals, you had to become a stag!? Are you shitting me James?" Sirius yelled.

"It's a majestic animal and I'm majestic as fuck. You're just jealous because you're a dog and you can't be as majestic as me." James sassed and I facepalmed.

"Being majestic also includes having perfect hair, Bam Bam." I sassed back.

"Shut up and let me have my moment, Vixen."

"Nah, I love messing with you." I shrugged and we all laughed.

You're not alone anymore, Moony.