I have been wanting to write a fic for Remus for ages but the idea only came to me last night. Please Review.

Disclaimer: Don't own Harry Potter or the characters but the storyline and the un-named girl are mine.

Remus Lupin POV

I woke on the dry and dusty forest floor with a pounding headache and stared up at the rising sun. My entire body ached as it always did after a full moon and I could feel a dull throbbing pain in my left thigh and right shoulder.

Very slowly, I lifted myself into a sitting position, wincing only slightly, as I did so, and moved to examine my injuries. Three horizontal slashes were cut deep across my thigh and another ran from my shoulder to the small of my back, more scars to add to my collection. But what could have caused them? I wracked my brains for an answer to that question but as usual, I knew nothing of the night before. The last thing I remember was leaving Hogwarts too late to reach the shrieking shack and running towards the forest as fast as possible while cursing myself for letting Peter distract me with his Herbology homework.

I drew a deep breath and pulled myself up to a standing position using a nearby tree for support. It didn't take me long to pinpoint my location in the forest and once I had worked it out I began to walk (or rather limp) a few hundred metres east to where I had dumped my clothes last night. Thankfully I was able to get them off before changing so I wouldn't have to walk back to the school completely naked and arouse questioning from student.

I stopped and looked down at the pile of clothes I had left but there was also I small pile of bandages that I had not left there. On top of the bandages was a small piece of parchment with a note written on it which read:

Figured you might need these.

S.B

I screwed up the note in my fist and a small growl made its way to my throat. How could Sirius be so stupid as to come out here last night while I was roaming the forest? What if I had attacked him? Even with his animagus form, he wasn't completely safe. I made a mental note to tell him off later as I cleaned and bandaged my wounds and pulled on my clothing. I then began walking towards the school.

After walking maybe ten minutes my feet slipped in something wet on the ground which was odd because it hadn't rained here in almost a week. When I looked down at my feet I noticed that I was standing in a small puddle of blood and I could tell by the scent that it had belonged to a human. My instant thought was that I could have killed someone, a student from the school perhaps, but I quickly shook the thought from my mind and thought about what to do.

I looked around me for a sign of someone being nearby but was instead granted with the horrible sight of a blood trail leading south. I followed it and nothing could have prepared me for the image that met my eyes.

Lying on the forest floor was a girl, possibly 15 or 16 with a series of cuts and gashes spread over her naked body. I looked around for her clothes and couldn't see them anywhere. There wasn't a single doubt in my mind that the blood I had been following belonged to her.

I took a single step forward and crouched down next to her. As well as the new open wounds, she had so many scars. One ran down her neck from her left ear but the scar that stood out most to me was on her upper right arm and it was, without a doubt, a bite mark, one which matched mine. She was a werewolf.

My breath caught for a second when I realised that we had most likely met last night in out wolf forms. At least it explained how I got injured and how she came to be like this. I sat back on my heels and tried to think about what to do. I reached a hand forward and picked up one of her wrists to check for a pulse. Her skin was ice cold but there was a faint pulse. She was alive.

I pulled off my cloak and draped it over her before gently wrapping my arms around her and lifting her off the floor. She was so light and I could feel her fragile figure in my hold. Clearly she had not been eating well recently. I brushed a strand of her strawberry blonde hair from her face which would easily reach her waist and gazed at her delicate features. Despite the scars, she was absolutely beautiful.

I began on my way back to the school with the girl in my arms. I was going to take her to the hospital wing in a hope that she would be ok. After finding her like this, I couldn't help but feel responsible for her.

Sirius Black POV

I scribbled a line through the first sentence of my transfiguration essay as James and Peter came down from the dorm room. I saw Lily (who was sitting next to me) smile from the corner of my eye.

"Hey Sirius, do you think Remus will be back to the school yet?" James asked giving Lily a light peck on the cheek and sitting next to her. She snuggled into his chest.

"Probably." I answered simply as I put down my quill and looked up at James. His glasses perched on the end of his nose and his hair was in its usual messy style.

"I hope he is ok." Peter said from behind me. "It would be so easy to get hurt out there." James and Lily nodded in agreement.

"Well, I did go out last night and put some bandages out for him, just in case." I stated calmly.

"Remus is going to kill you." They all said to me in unison. But I shrugged it off.

"Shall we go visit him in the hospital?" I suggested and they nodded. We left the room together.

Well there is the first chapter. REVIEW. XD