#Don’t blame it all on YouBlitheringIdiot

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A Marauders What If...?

What if James had been blamed for the Prank?

What if he got expelled at the end of Fifth Year?

What if there was never a Lily Evans and James Potter, Head Boy and Head Girl? If they parted enemies, if they never got together in their final year in Hogwarts? What if the marauders lost James? What then?

Chapter 8: Beg and Plead

Summary

Sirius finds out from Snape what happened on the night of 12th June 1976...

“How nice. And yet…I wonder what Lupin would think if he knew he was falling in love with the man who almost ruined his life. The man who nearly murdered me in fifth year at school? Would he like that, do you think? I suppose beasts don’t really care about killing others, do they?”

“What?” He wanted to rip Snape’s heart out for daring to call Remus a beast, but something else was off, something that didn’t add up? Instead of rage, he heard his own voice tremble. Unsure.

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