(Hi all. Writer here. I would just like to say that these are not my characters. They are owned by JKR, and all that loveliness. Also, this is my first attempt at writing FanFiction, so please read and review. I wish it to be well received. Thank you for the time)

Life without a Moon

Remus sat in the library with books surrounding him. He refused to think about what his friends were planning for the night. No matter how much he trusted them, he feared what may happen. He feared hurting the love of his life, his best friend, and just those around him. However, hurting the love of his life was the thing that was clawing at his heart over and over again.

Mooney started to tap on the table as his mind wondered to the man that unfairly stole his heart away. He frowned slightly as the person on his mind's voice called across the library. "Hey, Mooney! I've been looking all over for you!"

The werewolf's eyes snap to his friend and secret love. "Padfoot." He said in his usual calm demeanor. "What can I do you for?"

Sirius grinned as he plopped into the chair across from the werewolf with a resounding sigh of relief. "Tonight's the night, Mooney." He stretched out and placed his feet on the table in front of him causing some books to fall to the floor. "You nervous, yet?"

Mooney pinched the bridge of his nose and nodded slowly. "Yes, Sirius." With a wave of his hand the books floated back up onto the table. "I am quite nervous, and after looking into it a few more times, I still believe that it is much too risky to attempt." He said calmly as he crossed his hands in front of his mouth.

Sirius's grey eyes narrow on Remus's amber ones. "You aren't going to back out of it now, are you?"

The calm-minded man sighed softly and closed his eyes before shaking his head. "No. I'm not backing out. I am just giving you my warning yet again."

"Good." Sirius relaxed back into his chair once again. "Because, otherwise, I would have just had Mooney decide for you, anyway." He smirked evilly.

A long sigh escaped Remus's mouth as he sent a cold look, which was the closest he ever got to a glare, to the prankster. "Not even a bit funny, Sirius."

Sirius whistled innocently as he tilted his chair back still with his evil smirk. "What? I never said I was trying to be funny, Remus." He crossed his arms behind his head and looked towards the ceiling. "I was just stating that Mooney would like to be let out every once in awhile."

Remus stood slowly and started to collect his things. "That does not mean he should be, Sirius. He isn't like your Padfoot." He spoke in a quiet and collected voice, but underneath it was a tone Sirius couldn't quite place.

Sirius's eyes snapped to the werewolf. "What exactly do you mean by that?"

"I mean that some things should stay locked up." He said before moving away to put the books he had borrowed into the right places. He knew that Sirius would follow behind him as he went, and true enough, the other Gryffindor stood up and went after the werewolf.

"Yeah, but that does not mean they should have been locked up in the first place," Sirius's frustration at his best friend growing rapidly with each word spoken.

"Look." Remus placed a book on the shelf and turned to the man that meant more to him than his useless life. "Let's not have this argument. I'll go along with the plan as I said I would, but you cannot truly change how I feel about this or the monster inside of me." His voice never wavered from his final calmness.

Sirius's only response was that of a growl as he heard a familiar voice call out his and Remus's names.

"Remus! Sirius! What are you doing in the library?" A third Gryffindor called out as he walked to the other two. "I thought we had an agreement that we only went in here when Evans was around." He joked laughingly.

Sirius rolled his eyes as Remus smiled knowingly and spoke first. "No. That's just what you agreed on, Prongs, while I agreed on spending most my time here."

Prongs gagged at that idea as Sirius just shook his head with a small smirk. "From that, I'm guessing things are going well with the redhead?" He arced a brow in curiosity.

The bespectacled man shrugged his shoulders as he leaned against the shelf near his best mates. "Well, for the most part, yes. We had a fight earlier about Snivielus and my 'not taking things seriously'." He said the last bit with air quotes around it and a roll of his eyes.

Remus laughed softly as Sirius straight out snickered. "What in her right mind thought that you would ever take anything other than Quidditch seriously?"

"I know, right?" James asked in exasperation. "Classes are not a priority to me when I could just focus on something I excel in."

Remus shrugs as his usual voice of reason pipes in. "Maybe you could try and buckle down for awhile to please the fiery woman and slowly start to slack off again to focus solely on Quidditch."

"Because that would be way too difficult for our jock, here." Sirius smirks as he takes James into a headlock and gives the man a nuggie.

The Gryffindor attempted to fend off the dog, but could not quite free himself as he struggled causing the dog to laugh more. Remus looked at his best friends and shook his head. He could not believe that he was about to put more responsibility on these two men than they would ever deserve later tonight. However, at the same time, he wondered if they truly understood just how much danger they and the rest of the school would be in in just a few hours. He let out a slow breath before returning to his duty of returning his borrowed books as the two continued their struggle making sure to stay quiet in order not to get caught.

After finishing putting the books away, Remus moved to his friends and quickly separated them. "All right. Enough of that." He said smiling. "You may not be making a lot of noise, but you are distracting the people around you." This was true. A lot of students had stopped working to watch the two scuffle about. "Plus, we have a long night ahead of us, and I need you both to be ready for it."

Both men nodded begrudgingly and followed Remus out of the library and toward their house quarters. They stayed in silence as they first started out through the castle, but James quickly ended that with a question that had been nagging him. "Are you sure you want to go through with this, Remus? I know how hard it is for you to 'betray' Dumbledore like this."

Sirius scowled as something logical actually came out of his mate's mouth. "Don't you start as well, Prongs."

"It's fine, Padfoot." Remus said rather soothing. "I am nervous about it, but at the same time, it is exhilarating to think that Mooney will finally get a chance to run free." The werewolf took a far away look for a second. "Hopefully, he will appreciate this time you two are willing to give him." A small smile tipped the corners of his lips up.

His two friends watched him for a moment before Sirius spoke up again. "That was a surprising answer from you, Mister Always-Cool-Headed-And-Serious." James nodded in agreement. The statement earned another cold look from Remus, which caused the conversation to stirred away from their plans tonight and back to James and Lily.