Hey everyone i'm back with a new story! i really shouldn't do this since so many of my others remain incomplete but i get bored writing the same ones again and again anyway i hope you like the first chapter!

Disclamier: I own nothing but the plot coz if I owned Harry Potter there would be certain changes...

Warning: This is slash if you don't like it then don't read it that's all i have to say...

Now on with the story!

Blood Moon

Prologue

Madam Pomfrey led Remus across the grounds towards the Whomping Willow as she did every time the full moon was rising so that Remus could complete his transformations without the worry of hurting anyone.

He'd left his friends in the Gryffindor Tower where they would stay until they came to join him. He smiled as he thought of his three best fiends they'd become Animigi at the beginning of fifth year after almost three years of learning and so for a year, maybe a little more they had been changing into animals at will to help him with his transformations. He didn't know what he'd done to deserve such loyal friends but he knew that he would have done himself a lot of damage by now without them.

He'd become tamer, calmer as the wolf in their presence and now they scouted the Hogwarts perimeter regularly looking for adventure and mischief as only the Marauders could. And despite the fact that Remus knew he could hurt someone, and there had been a few scraps already one in particular that he refused to think about, and the fact he was betraying Dumbledore's trust when he was with his friends it didn't seem to matter so much.

He just liked being with his friends. He liked having friends, he'd never had them before and they accepted him despite his secret. He made it to the Shrieking Shack and there Madam Promfrey left him and he began the metrological process of preparing for his change.

He took his clothes off since he didn't want to ruin yet another set of school robes and got down on his hands and knees since it seemed to hurt less if he was on his hands and knees.

All to soon the familiar tingle in his limbs warned him of the oncoming change. Remus prepared himself for the pain he knew that it hurt less if he didn't fight it. It was inevitable anyway he would transform whether he wanted too or not but sometimes he couldn't help it.

The memory of the transformation before always seemed worse afterwards and his muscles clenched thinking of what he was about to endure but he forced himself to relax taking a few deep breaths and closing his eyes.

He hated watching himself transform. All too soon his transformation hit him and the rings of pain hit like a tonne of bricks knocking the breath out of him. He squeezed his eyes shut and clenched his teeth and then forced himself to breathe and wait until the hell was over.

Remus was in pain. So much pain he thought he might just be dying. He was used to this oh my god pain that took your breath away after all he went through this kind of pain each month, every twenty eight days at the full moon but this was nothing like he had ever experienced before. This was pain beyond pain.

This was pain beyond even what he could endure he thought he was going to rip in half he felt as if his limbs were being dislocated over and over again and as he screamed he could feel blood and bile coming up his throat. He forced it back down again and concentrated on his change. The sooner he managed to transform the sooner the pain would end, at least for a time.

But it seemed to be harder than usual and this time it was the wolf that was fighting the transformation. What the hell?

It was always his human half that fought the change why was the wolf fighting this? The full moon was the one time when it could be free to do as it pleased? But no matter who was fighting it, it was inevitable that the transformation would happen.

For the first time ever though Remus was the one that wanted it to happen, he was hurting and in pain and this was beyond what was usual for his pain barrier. He had to bite his lip to keep from screaming but he knew if he kept that up he'd end up biting through this lip.

It would probably hurt less, he thought bitterly. He'd been through changes in his life but this was nothing like this one. It hurt so much he thought he was going to be ripped apart.

Finally the Change broke and he turned screaming into the wolf that lived in his skin. The wolf rolled over and sat up sniffing the air. There was something different about tonight it could feel it. He snorted at the air and then stretched. He loved stretching as a wolf but his legs would hardly hold him up.

He was so tired today. Something was different he felt like something was missing but he couldn't figure out what it was. He heard something out in the hallway and snarled a warning he was in no mood to have to defend his territory tonight.

But the door continued to open. He snarled again until the scent hit him like a wave. He snorted his senses were usually good as a wolf but today they were overpowering. He sat down and waited. The door opened slowly and first in was a black dog, following the dog was a huge stage with a rat attached to its antlers.

The wolf smiled and then snorted, "You're late." The dog came forward on its belly and snorted back. "So are you." The wolf was immediately calmer with the presence of its Pack. He'd missed them not that he'd admit it to them. He was the Alpha after all but he had missed them.

What followed was a happy time with his Pack but even with his Pack surrounding him the wolf felt as though there was something missing. It's heart ached to do something and he wasn't sure what it was. Soon it was time for the Pack to leave as the wolf did not it present for it's Change back. It was embarrassing and he didn't want his Pack to see him like that.

So they left though they let him know exactly what they thought of the idea. They didn't like it and the wolf liked the thought that they cared but it didn't change his final decision.

Before he started the change back again the wolf looked at the Moon it was red tonight it didn't happen very often and he howled his heart was empty and suddenly everything made sense. He was lonely he wanted someone to share its life with.

He wanted a mate.