"They call themselves Death Eaters, and this," Remus pointed to a skull in the picture on the cover of the Daily Prophet. "they call it the Dark Mark."

"So they're in charge of the muggle attacks?" He nodded. "This is taking a turn for the worst." I put my head in my hands and sighed.

"It really is, Vixen. I have a real bad feeling about this."

"What else does it say?" I asked him.

"Something about a dark wizard but nobody knows who he is yet. There's not a lot of information."

"That we know of. The Ministry is always covering things up, you know this." I rubbed my temples and looked at the empty spaces in front of me. "Where are my boys?"

"Your boys are running late. I'm too tired to deal with them today, Vix." Remus said as he ate a piece of bacon.

"Full moon is coming soon, right?"

"Three days away." Remus rolled his eyes and continued to read the newspaper. I leaned on his shoulder and rubbed his arm.

"This is our year, Remus. I can feel it. You won't be alone for much longer." I felt him nod.

"Thanks little Vixen, for everything."

"Anything for my Moony." I smiled as I served us some pumpkin juice.

"I thought you were done with pumpkin juice?" Remus laughed.

"I'm feeling crazy today." I laughed along with him and saw the boys waltz into the Great Hall. "Good morning boys."

"Good morning Vixen." They said in unison and sat down. Sirius sat down next to me and pecked my lips.

"Good morning, my beautiful sunshine. Sleep well?" He smiled at me.

"As well as I could've considering the dungeons are pretty much freezing at night and the squid kept hitting my window. And don't get me started on the sirens. I wouldn't change the Slytherin common room for anything in the world but sometimes I wish I could tell the sirens to not sing right next to my bloody window." The boys laughed at this. "It's not funny! It sometimes sounds perfectly clear if you're underwater and it actually lulls you to sleep, but other times you just hear screeching. Tonight was one of those nights."

"And the squid?" Peter laughed.

"I think it's hurt somehow because it kept oozing ink and hitting the windows. Everybody was complaining when we woke up. I think Slughorn went to talk to Hagrid about it but I'm not sure." I shrugged and leaned towards Sirius and he kissed my forehead.

"Why didn't you come up to our dorm? You know the password this year right?" James asked and I shook my head. "It's Fortuna Mayor again. I think she forgot that was the password during third year if I'm not mistaken."

"I'll keep it in mind. If the sirens start screeching again, don't be surprised if I wake up on Sirius' bed tomorrow." Sirius smiled as the boys laughed again and put an arm around me.

"I'm looking forward to it." He whispered to me.

"Not like that, you idiot." I hit his arm and he laughed.

"I know what you mean sunshine, relax. I meant that I look forward to having you in my arms again." I blushed and he kissed the tip of my nose. "You're so cute like that."

"Shut up, Padfoot."

...

"O. W. L.s are this year." James said as we were waking down the hallways alone. "What do you plan to do after school?"

"I've always wanted to be a curse breaker so maybe I'll give that a go. If not, then law enforcement is the place for me. You?"

"I dunno. Either quidditch or join the Ministry. I mean, we're all destined to end up there right?" He shrugged.

"Bam Bam, you know that we don't have to go to the Ministry to work. Aside from our inheritance, Dad always say to do whatever our hearts desire." I said as I linked arms with him. "Besides, you're much better at quidditch than you are at following the rules."

"I know. But we're what people call 'pure-bloods' and the children of the great potioneer Fleamont Potter. I feel as though we have our lives already planned out for us." He said sadly.

"If that we're so then I would've been a Gryffindor just like every other Potter before us. Stop stressing about the future, Bam Bam. We're only 15 okay? We don't have to become our parents."

"I know, Didi. And I know that we're not our parents but sometimes I can't help but think about the future." I stopped walking and made him sit down on the floor with me.

"Okay, what's going on? You're never like this." He sighed and leaned on my shoulder.

"You and Sirius are bound to get married, Evans hates me and we can't live with our parents forever. I don't know honestly. There's something at the pit of my stomach that tells me that something will go wrong. Did you even read the news today? That Mark creeps the daylights out of me." James took off his glasses but immediately put them back on. "I can't see for shit without them."

I laughed and started to play with his hair.

"Evans hates you because you're giving her reasons to do so. Stop hexing Severus left and right and actually be kind for once. The side that you show whenever Pads gets a letter, Moony comes back all bloody or when Peter struggles with a class, that's the side nobody sees. They don't see the caring James that I know and love. They only see the rebellious 'fuck the system and the education' James that is constantly in detention. And yes, I saw the news and I have a real bad feeling about that but I can't control it. As much as I want to, I can't and I've accepted that. One has only the power to change what affects them. We can't change the world at once, James. No matter how hard we try, we can't. So what do we do? We keep living. No matter how dark our days may seem, we must always find a way to keep moving forward."

"When did my twin sister become so wise?" He smirked.

"When I noticed that my twin brother needs advice from his little sister." I wrapped my arms around him and sighed looking at the ceiling. "Things are going to change, huh?"

"Yes, and I don't know if it's for better or worst. Something tells me it's changing for the worst." James wrapped his arms around me and looked at the ceiling also. "We'll stay together right? Nothings is going to split us apart?"

"We'll stay together James. Until the very end."

...

"We know the drill, Moony. Just go before you get worse." I said as me and Sirius dragged a half-changed Remus towards the Whomping Willow as James and Peter watched out for prefects. "We better hurry up love, before he turns full werewolf in front of us."

Remus groaned in pain as we heard more of his bones snap. I winced as I continued to support half of his body against me.

"Try and hold on for as long as you can, Moony. We're almost there." Sirius huffed as we almost reached the Willow.

"Geez, why didn't I think of that? Oh wait I did, since I was about four years old!" Remus rolled his eyes and groaned again as his bones snapped again. I looked at him and saw that his pupils were starting to dilate.

"Don't get sarcastic with me, Moony." Sirius said as we started to pick up the pace.

"Pads, his pupils are dilating, we have to hurry up." More bones snapped and his body started to change.

"Dammit Remus, this is why we have specific times for this." James huffed as we finally reached the Willow. "How do you hit the knot without getting hit and sent into oblivion?"

"Crawl under it and tap the third branch on the right." Remus managed to choke out before he started screaming in agony. James nodded and started to crawl towards the Willow.

"Peter, any prefects or the Head students?" Sirius asked struggling to hold Remus as he kept getting more wolf-like by the second.

"Nope, we're all clear. Let me help." He moved in front of Remus and grabbed him before he fell over. I looked at his eyes and my heart broke into a million pieces. Black. That's all you could see. They're not the blue-green eyes that I was so used to seeing.

"JAMES HURRY UP!" I yelled. "We're losing him."

"Vixen, you should get out of the way. I don't want to hurt you." Remus groaned and his body kept changing.

"Moony-"

"Vixen, move. I don't want to hurt you!"

"It's done. Give him to me, Vix. I'll take him to the Shack." James ran up to us.

"But-"

"Sunshine, please." Sirius gave me a pleading look and gestured for James to put an arm around Remus. I sighed and backed away wiping the slight tears that were forming. I saw James disappear with Remus and I moved to hug Sirius. "I know you hate seeing him like that."

"Why do bad things happen to good people? He doesn't deserve that." I started to cry. Sirius rubbed my back in comfort and kissed the crown of my head.

"I don't know, my love." I kept crying as Sirius started to rock us back and forth trying to calm me down. "Don't cry, my sunshine. I hate seeing you cry."

I kept on crying as Sirius started to whisper sweet nothings in my ear in hopes of calming me down. I heard howling and I tensed. James isn't back yet.

"Peter, where's James?" Sirius tensed also and held me tighter.

"He's not back yet." Peter trailed off and I started to cry even harder. Please don't be dead.

Sirius' grip on me tightened even more and held my face into his chest.

"Sirius-"

"Shhhh, he'll be back sunshine. He'll be back and safe. He's probably on his way now." Sirius said trying to convince all of us. I held his shirt for dear life as I kept on crying. Please be okay.

"He's back!" Peter yelled and I moved my face from Sirius' chest. I saw my brother trying to move the branches on the Willow in desperation.

"I couldn't lock the door in time. I think he got out. Don't just stand there Peter and help me. Sirius, keep Jade at a distance, just in case." James yelled as Peter ran to help him. Sirius moved us a couple of feet away and his hold on me tightened even more if that was possible.

"He didn't get out right? I don't want Moony to hurt himself trying to get out of the willow." I cried to Sirius as we kept looking at the Willow.

"DONE!" James and Peter ran towards us and removed myself from Sirius' embrace to hug my bother. "I'm okay, Vixen. I promise."

"Don't scare me like that!" I started to repeatedly hit his arm and Sirius and Peter had to pull me back. Sirius wrapped his arms around me again and forced me to look at him.

"He's okay, sunshine. Remus will be fine as long as he doesn't try to get out of the Willow. If not, we're prepared for these situations, okay? Nothing is going to happen, we just had to improvise a little bit." Sirius grabbed my face in his hands and put his forehead on mine. "Nothing will happen tonight, I promise."

I nodded and closed my eyes trying to calm down. I felt Sirius kiss my lips and I smiled slightly wrapping my arms around him.

We sat close to the Willow for the next few hours waiting for the full moon to be over. The entire night I was in Sirius' arms as he randomly whispered sweet nothings to me and assured me that Remus was okay.

...

"He's back." James yelled as Sirius shook me awake.

"He's back and okay, my sunshine. Just the usual scratches." Sirius said as he helped me stand up. Once I was on my feet., I grabbed his hand and ran towards Remus.

"Thank Merlin, you're okay." I said as Remus smiled softly as he put his weight on James.

"Only you would worry about me not getting hurt by the Willow." Remus chuckled softly and started to remove his baggy shirt with the help of Sirius. "The usual beatings, Vixen."

I laughed as I took out my wand and started to heal his wounds as much as I could.

"There we are, Moony. We'll Poppy heal the rest and visit you in the morning." I smiled softly at him as he managed to regain his balance.

"Thanks. And sorry for the scare, guys. Especially you James."

"Don't mention it, Moony. But Vixen here was a real mess. You gave us all a scare tonight." James laughed a bit and helped Remus out his shirt back on. "Now go to the hospital wing. We'll see you in about 3 and a half hours." He finished and yawned.

Remus bid us all Goodnight and limped towards the Hospital wing.

"All right, sunshine. Let's get you to the snake pit." Sirius yawned.

...

"Merlin's ballsack, I'm exhausted." I said stumbling onto the Great hall. "Morning boys."

"Morning, Vix." James and Peter said in unison.

"Good morning, my sunshine." Sirius yawned pulling me towards him and kissing me. "Managed to sleep well?"

"Considering I only slept for like three hours, I consider it to be a win. I just hope I don't fall asleep in class again." I yawned and leaned towards my boyfriend.

"You do know that you could just skip class right?" James said slapping himself awake.

"Yes, but I'm not leaving you three to your own devices. If Moony isn't here to watch over you, then I will. I just need some protein in my system before I collapse and I'll be good to go." I took some bacon and eggs and started to eat them. "But, if I fall asleep during History of Magic, let me sleep before I bore myself to death with that class."

...

After the three of us getting detention for falling asleep during Herbology to James falling asleep on top of Peter during dinner, it was finally curfew.

"Did Professor McGonagall talk to you, Miss?" I asked the Fat Lady as I yawned. She nodded.

"What is the password, Potter?"

"Fortuna Mayor." I smiled slightly as she let me in. "You have a good night now."

"Jade, what are you doing here!?" Marlene asked once I entered.

"It's almost curfew." Alice added.

"I know but sometimes I sneak in here and sleep with Sirius." I yawned and made my way up to the boys dorm. "Good night ladies."

"Good night, Jade." They said in unison. I entered the boys dorm and saw that they were more asleep than awake.

"You're spending the night?" James yawned and I nodded while crawling onto Sirius' bed.

"Hi love." I mumbled as I wrapped my arms around him.

"Hello my beautiful sunshine." Sirius wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer to him. "I missed you."

"You literally saw me two hours ago." I laughed and looked towards Moony. "How you feeling, Rem?"

"I'll live, Vix. Try to get some sleep." Remus yawned and closed his eyes. I turned to face Sirius and nuzzled my face into his neck and closed my eyes.

"I think I'll be spending more nights here than I originally planned. You're way too comfortable." I laughed.

"I honestly won't mind. I enjoy having you here in my arms." He kissed my forehead. "Now Moony is right, try to get some sleep. You've had a worse night than all of us."

"Goodnight my love." I yawned and started to fall asleep.

"Goodnight my sunshine. I'll see you in the morning."