Remus sat silently starring into the forbidden forest. It had taken forever to get rid of James, Sirius and Peter; the marauders had been constantly pulling cruel pranks all weekend and Remus had finally had enough of pacing and waiting to try and stop the others. Luckily no one had been seriously hurt but he could not help but think, had they had found Severus, that there may have been a lot more blood and sweat spilt. Contrary to popular belief Remus honestly felt a lot of respect for Severus ; the boy with the lank, long greasy hair, thin frame and pitch black tunnel eyes that seemed to go on and on and on. At least when Remus had been "forced" to study with the other boy they actually got work done, something that Remus knew he would never get done with the others.

Taking in a deep breath through his nose Remus could smell the mud, dried leaves and trickles of another animal close by. Being a werewolf did have its ups and the strong sense of smell was definitely one of them, except when in the toilets then it was just a plain nuisance. This animal's smell was different though. It was a mixture of mint and mud mixed with a smell Remus could not for the life of him put a finger on. His heightened eyesight did not help him to decipher where the animal was but from the sounds of its walking it was either a big cat or a dog.

Remus stood swiftly, unable to let the curiosity drown him. Walking as quietly as he could Remus followed the sounds of the taps against the now nearly frozen land. Remus quickened his pace after sensing the animal beginning to run. His werewolf mind screamed; follow the beast whilst his own thoughts prayed for him to be careful. Suddenly Remus couldn't hear the footsteps anymore; It was as if the creature had just vanished. Stopping almost immediately Remus took in another breathe and smelt the strongest scent above him. Slowly, as if he were afraid it would try to attack him Remus looked up. He could not see anything other than the tree though. Confused Remus glanced at his watch and then swore in a gasp; it was time for Remus to get back, the others would be wondering where he was.

Stumbling over a low hanging branch he started to hurriedly jog back to the glowing castle quickly. Promising himself he would be back tomorrow to check if he could see the animal then.

Falling into the Gryffindor tower room Remus finally stopped to breathe. His lungs were burning and his face was properly a beetroot from running from halfway into the forest to the tower. Before Remus could even think of going to bed an angry cough made its presence known. Turning to face the chairs Remus let a wry smile grace his face to the other, much angrier, occupants.

"Where the hell have you been Remus?" James's voice thundered.

"I" Remus started but before he could utter a sentence Sirius jumped in front of his face.

"Yeah, Where! We have been worried sick! No note, no word no nothing. What the hell are you playing at."

"I"

"Honestly Remus, I thought you cared about us. Why would you run of? Huh?" James continued on.

"Guy's"

"I just cannot believe you would do that. Leaving us to fend for ourselves. With it being so close to the full moon as well. Anything could have happened to you!"

"Remus why" Lily spoke now, but Remus had had enough.

"Shut up! I am trying to speak here!" Gasp's echoed throughout the room. "If you would just let me speak. I went to the forest to get some fresh air so to speak as the fear coming of the others who you were pranking was meddling with me. And I'm not sorry one bit that you had to defend yourselves you were the ones pranking, not me. Also what you might like to know is that I am a big boy now. I don't need guardians or any more parents' thank you very much!"

James stood with a horrified look on his face whilst Sirius and Peter (who seemed to be cowering on the chair behind James) looked hurt and horrified. Lily on the other hand looked wounded, as if she had just been bitten by a poisonous snake.

"Lily sorry I yelled but no one was listening to me. Please forgive me for being so mean and rude." Lily smiled sweetly and went to hug him whilst Sirius scoffed.

"What Sirius?"

"Nothing doesn't matter." Sirius spoke refusing to look at Remus.

"No really what?" Remus was truly puzzled now.

"Say sorry to the girl but never his friends." Sirius's face held a poorly concealed smile.

"Goodnight then." Remus waved softly to then and went to the stairs leading to the boy's dorm.

"Wait Remus, that doesn't explain why you are coming in at one in the morning! " James spoke, refusing to let the matter lie.

"Oh well, you see, I smelt a weirdly intoxicating smell that made me follow it into the forest. I didn't realise the time until it was late and by then I had lost the scent. And before you ask, no I did not find out what it was but by the sounds of it, it was a big cat or a dog of some sort." With that said he bounded up the stairs in desperate need of sleep. The others following in sync.

The next morning, with the fog forming thickly Remus made his way with Sirius to the great hall for breakfast. Voices pounded in Remus's head but as quickly as they had come Remus had tuned them out, focusing solely on Sirius, James, Lily and Peter. His eyes like every morning found themselves fixing on the Slytherin table in search of the constant victim of his best friends "pranks".

Sitting at the end of the long wooden bench sat Severus Snape reading what was presumably a potions text book. His long hooked nose stuck our among the curtain of his black hair. His thick fingers were clutching a spoon lifting cereal slowly to his mouth being careful not to even drip a tear of it on his precious book. The look on his face was one of pure concentration. And even though others, well everyone called him ugly and bat like Remus could see a very handsome soon to be man. His eyes although many believe they were black, Remus could tell they had the odd fleck of crisp brown around them, making his pupil more see able. His hair was lank and greasy looking from the many hours he towered over a cauldron preparing potions for the hospital wing. Of course no one but himself, Madame Pompfrey and Professor Dumbledore knew this because they feared if another did then they would refuse treatment. In fact the only other person who knew this was Remus as he had been violently ill on one of his full moons and whilst being held up at the hospital wing had overheard a conversation between the med witch and the student discussing when the next batch of healing potion was to be ready by.

A tap on his shoulder brought him back to facing a smiling Sirius as they had arrived at their spot on the table.

Unaware that he was being watched Remus continued to eat and converse with Lily over the new transfiguration book, whilst Severus Snape gazed longingly at his back.

Hey Guy's this is my first fic and I would love some comments critiscism's and advice please :D. I hope you enjoy it and I will try to update weekly. :)