Hi, I'm Artemis.  You probably already figured that out.  I'm sitting in the library, grateful that I've finally taken my O.W.L.'s.  I'm probably the only student inside on a beautiful day like today.  The door to the library opens and another student comes inside.  No, I can't be seeing this right.  Sirius Black, in the library?!

The End of Term Feast.  One of the handful of times I eat dinner in the Great Hall.  Can I just get a train compartment to myself now and go home?

I hate September 1st.  I do.  I have to leave my family and only friends until Christmas.  Just two more years, Artemis, and you'll be. . . why is Remus looking in my compartment?
 
 

I may be the only girl who's not a fan of the Marauders, and they should know that.  I don't need to be their friend, so they should just leave me be.  Whatever happened the other morning should be left in the past.
 
 

My plans were as follows: get up, have breakfast, and hang around the Hospital Wing after lunch.  You know, the usual for a weekend.  I don't remember doing any of that.  The first thing I do remember is walking down a corridor with no idea how I got there.  And an empty stomach.  Obviously, I missed a meal.  This is just too weird.
 
 

If something happens three times, does that make it a pattern?  Because now that I think of it, I have three distinct gaps in my memory, but I can't link them together.  Honestly, I'm not crazy, but it's also not normal to feel that someone's constantly looking over your shoulder, right?
 
 

Why didn't anyone tell me?!  Lily saw it!  The Marauders saw it!  Merlin, even Randy saw it, and he's not even here!  I bet you saw it too!  Remus. . . Aaaahhhhh!
 
 

Yeah, remember how I got sick at the first year game of Quidditch?  Well, I haven't been to a game since.  But James and Sirius are on the team.  And Remus is asking me to go with him.  Oh well, at least it's not raining.
 
 

Okay, Artemis, breathe.  I can get through all this madness happening around me.  I was perfectly happy for five years, just being by myself.  And Remus was with me for only three months.  I can adapt.  I can go back to how I was before this year started.  Yeah, I just need to keep telling myself that.
 
 

So yeah, I know we're back together.  But I haven't actually told Remus.  How can I without seeming pathetic while letting him know that he can never do that to me again?  Eh, I'll think of something.
 
 

Pro: It's finally Christmas Break!  Con: I have to leave school for two weeks.  Pro: I'm going to see my friends!  Con: I'll miss the Marauders.  Pro: I'm going to London for Christmas shopping!  Con: Randy probably won't let me drive.
 

I'm in a room I don't recognize.  The windows only show a forest outside covered in snow.  Randy is here, so it can't be that bad.  But who would lock us in a room without any clue on how we got here?
 
 

I should have been there for them.  If I were. . .  How can everyone act like nothing's wrong?  How is the world still spinning?  Merlin, how can I pretend nothing's changed?!
 

Okay, so I do not have a several-day gap to my memories like last time.  That's good.  But I'm still finding myself somewhere without remembering how I got here.  That's bad.  I need to figure this out!  To the library!
 
 

Okay, full moon's tonight.  This time, I know what will happen to me.  Unfortunately, I haven't figured out what I could do about stopping the missing memories from happening again.  Makes me wonder what I've been doing with myself for the past month.
 

Better plan?  Yeah, got that.  Idea on how to actually stop losing my memories?  Yeah, not yet.  But I'm working on it.  But I know that I have to get moving on solving this mystery.  I must- ooh, a muffin!
 

Honestly, I get O's on all my papers but I can't figure out why I'm missing memories once a month for the past eight months?  If this goes on much longer, I might have to handle this situation at home.  Can't someone just tell me?!
 

Okay then, let's review.  I'm an idiot.  Remus is the werewolf.  James and Sirius are animagi.  I just collapsed a secret passage that's been around for about 900 years.  So where do my missing memories fit in?
 

Now what?  Where do I go with this?  I've learned so much today, but I don't think this last question is too hard to answer.