I must give partial authorial credit to HTTYD229 for this and the second chapter. We started this story on a RP conversation on Omegle, and it transformed into a story of it's own :)

I hope you enjoy it.

All characters belong to J.K. Rowling, except those created by myself and HTTYD229.

Chapter 1. Lupin's dilemma

'I am a teenage werewolf doing the best that I can. No one understands...' Remus wrote in the first page of his journal, though no one knew he even had it in the first place.

James walked up behind Remus and jabbed him with his wand

"Moony! You have a diary?"

"Ow! No, James." he said annoyed. "It's a journal. There's a difference."

"Oh really?" said Siruis, who had just walked up behind James and Remus in the Library, "I thought that only girls did that kind of thing."

Remus glared at them. "You'd be surprised."

"Does it say who you fancy?" asked James who suddenly had a mischievous look on his face.

"Please. I don't fancy anyone, nor do I plan on it"

"We'll see about that", said Siruis who swiped the journal out of Remus's grip and began playing keep away with James.

"This is a new one. It's almost blank!" Remus protested, trying to grab it back.

"Why so defensive Moony? You must have some juicy secrets in here if you're trying to get it back so badly," Laughed James.

'Yeah...' he thought. 'In the first and only sentence...' without realizing it, Remus let out a low growl.

"Come on Moony...we were just in the shrieking shack last night...you can't be going furry on us already," said Siruis smirking.

"Why were you in there?"

"Did you lose your memory from one of those hits?" asked James, "It was the full moon yesterday...and we always go to the shack to handle your furry little problem." He winked at Remus on the last word.

"Well, I must have had a pretty fast recovery, then..." Remus murmured.

Lily Evans then walked up to their table in the library. "Hey James!" she exclaimed then kissed him, "Hey Remus, Sirius...what's up?"

"Not much," Remus replied.

"Please don't tell me you guys are going to snog for an hour again," groaned Sirius as he proceeded to prepare to dart out of the room.

"I think Lily is better than that."

"True Remus...and as head boy and head girl, we can't be caught in a compromising position...we need to be role models," said Lily firmly as she attempted to loosen James's iron-like embrace.

Remus smirked. "Point proven."

"Come on James...we'll be late to potions and get detention with Slughorn," said Lily as she took James's hand in hers.

"Yeah... Let's go." the werewolf got up, not liking the idea of potions, but not wanting to get in trouble. Walking through the corridors, he desperately what happened the previous night, but came up with nothing.

Potions went by as dull as usual, with the occasional tinge of jealousy from James by how Slughorn paid such good "attention" to Lily.

"James, she's gifted in potions. I'll give her that." Remus reminded, trying to get rid of the potions fumes. To him, they were always irritating.

"I know but he's kind of creepy sometimes...like a giant hunting walrus or something," James said while absentmindedly turning their potion into a gelatinous gray goop.

Remus turned slightly green as a migraine hit. As a werewolf, he never fully coped with potions. Remus could do the written work fine. When it came to the actual brewing, he was atrocious. "Are you sure that was the correct amount?" he asked, wrinkling his nose.

"How the bloody hell should I know Moony? I'm going to be an auror when I get out of here...not a potions pansy like snivellus over there," James snickered as he jabbed his thumb in the direction of the greasy haired Slytherin boy sitting alone at one of the tables at the back of the room.

"I don't care... You have to have high marks in EVERYTHING."

"What has your knickers in a twist Moony?" asked James, who suddenly had a tinge of concern for his friend.

"Nothing." He said, trying to shrug everything off.

"Come on Moony," who grabbed Remus and put him in a headlock,"Tell ol' Prongs what's the matter!"

"James! No!" Remus cried, trying to escape. "Not around the potions!"

"Potter! Lupin! Why don't we see how you potion is coming along, shall we?" Shouted Slughorn from the front of the room.

"Thanks, James..." Remus muttered.

"Anytime Moony," James said as he winked at Remus and made room for Slughorn's large stomach to fit beside them.

Remus rolled his eyes.

"Ahh let's see," said Slughorn as he approached their cauldron,"I believe you forgot to add the lacewing flies after stirring 3 times counterclockwise...oh well...better luck next time boys." Severus stifled a laugh as he peered over their shoulders to see the gray, goopy liquid.

The young werewolf let out a low, barely there growl. NEVER has he done so horrible in potions.

"Alright! Class dismissed! Your homework will be 2 feet of parchment on the effect of lacewing flies on common healing potions, due next Thursday. Mr. Lupin? May I see you for a moment?" Slughorn announced as the class began packing their bags.

Remus groaned. 'Staying after class? What else could possibly go wrong?!' he thought as his stomach flip-flopped.

"I'll catch you at dinner Moony," said James as he and Lily joined hands and left the room.

"See you guys later..." he said weakly, certain that whatever is coming is NOT going to be good.

The room emptied and Remus grudgingly walked up to Slughorn's desk.
"Ahh yes ...I couldn't help but notice that your potions grade has slipped a bit...is everything alright?" Asked Slughorn with concern in his voice, "You are one of my best students in my N.E.W.T. level class, you know."

He nodded. "Nothing out of the ordinary..."

"Ahh I see...just making sure...well, then...you better be getting along to dinner, then..." said Slughorn with a slight hesitation to his voice. Remus was a bit suspicious that he wanted to say more, but wouldn't.

Remus grudgingly gathered his things and made his way to the Great Hall.

When he got there he was ambushed by James and Sirius, who immediately began to interrogate him about his little chat with Slughorn.

"Looks like ol' Slughorn's got a new favorite," Said James teasingly, "You better watch out Lily!"

"I-I wouldn't say that..."

"Would you now Moony?" Jeered Sirius, "This is the third time this week he's asked you to stay after...I think he's trying to collect you."

"No, he's not..." Remus repeated, desperately trying to drop the conversation.

"It's not that bad Remus," said Lily who put a hand on his arm,"It's nice to be appreciated for your achievements."

He shook his head. "No, it's not that..." he told them."It's not that at all..."

"Are you sure you're ok Remus? You've looked a bit pale all day." asked Lily with a tinge of motherly concern in her voice. She felt a bit responsible for all of James's friends.

"I'm fine... Probably the post-moon effects, you know?"

"It must be tough having to go through that every month...I hope you feel better soon," said Lily soothingly.

"Hey Moony! It could be worse...you could be a girl and then you'd have two times of the month," James snickered.

"Thanks, Lily. James, grow up a little bit."

"You're disgusting James...now come on, we have to go patrol after supper," said Lily, who was pulling James by the ear.

Remus managed to crack a grin. "Good luck, James." he managed to snicker.

"I haven't seen Wormtail around in a while, have you Moony?" asked Sirius.

Remus shook his head. "No... Not really..."

"Well speak of the devil..."said Sirius as the watery-eyed boy scampered up to their table.

"Hey, Pete." Remus greeted, trying to act like everything's normal. "Where have you been?"

"Someone Levicorpus-ed me on my way to dinner...so I was stuck up there shouting until someone let me down...I've been up there since 2 PM," said Peter, who was very much out of breath.

"Makes sense."

"But why is it always me? I've never done anything to anyone..." complained Peter sadly.

"don't take this the hard way," Remus explained, "but you're an easy target."

Peter sighed. "I suppose you're right...so why do you look so pale Remus?" asked Peter.

"Probably a post-moon effect," Remus replied

"Did you guys hear about the new Gryffindor girl? She transferred from a school somewhere in Romania...there are some rumors going around that she has a "furry problem" too," said Peter as he winked at Remus.

"Just what I needed..." Remus groaned, head banging onto the table. "I don't need this."

"Maybe you two can get together on the full moon to keep each other company," said Sirius as he jabbed Remus with his elbow.

"I can't possibly see how today could get any worse. I have no recollection of what happened last night what-so-ever, I got pulled back in potions because Slughorn thinks something's wrong and doesn't completely believe me, and on top of THAT: there's a transfer student who also has a 'furry little problem'." Remus lowered his voice.

"Well it could be worse if you were a girl like James said...well, I'm going to head up to the common room...you coming Wormtail?" asked Sirius.

"I'm just coming because it can't POSSIBLY get any worse there..." Remus said, grabbing his things and exiting the Great Hall.

As Remus walked out of the Great Hall, he bumped into a dark haired girl going the other way.

"Sorry about that."

The dark haired girl bent over to pick up the bag she dropped. "It's ok...I wasn't paying attention where I was going...I'm Joanne by the way," said the girl who was red from being winded.

"Remus." he said, turning pink on the spot.

"Nice to meet you Remus...I'm new here so I'm still adjusting to things...it's a lot different than my old school," Joanne said.

"It's alright."

"Well...I'll see you around Remus," she smiled and walked away.

"See yak..." he turned and headed back up to the Gryffindor Common Room.

As Remus made his way up to the portrait hole, he noticed that Sirius and Peter were waiting for him.

"Don't even..." he said, seeing the smirks on their faces."Why am I always a big jinx?"

"I thought wolves were supposed to have good eyesight...you should watch where you're going," teased Sirius, "Or maybe not...she seemed to take a liking to you."

"Whatever..." he complained, flopping down on the sofa."Here's an even better question: what the bloody hell happened last night? I mean, usually, I have those vague/general memories. I don't even remember ANYTHING last night! Not even going to the shack."

"Maybe we'll tell you what happened, maybe we won't," said Sirius," I guess it's for us to know, and you to find out."

"I'm not kidding! I honestly don't remember anything. That never happens."

"Don't fret Moony...it was just the usual full moon routine...we went down to the shack after dinner when you started feeling sick, then you just kind of slept after you transformed...it was a bit unusual for you, but hey...it makes our lives easier," said Sirius who was ripping pages out of a textbook and throwing them in the fireplace.

"Wait... I SLEPT through it?!"

"Yeah...we thought it was a bit weird too," Said Peter as he nibbled on his fingernails.

Remus shook his head in disbelief. "You have to be kidding. One simply doesn't SLEEP through a full moon. Especially if that someone is a werewolf."

"Well you haven't exactly been acting normally these last few weeks, and it wasn't even the full moon then," said Sirius.

"I give up... I'm going to bed." he told them, climbing the stairs to the boys dormitories

"'Night Moony," Yelled Sirius as he walked over to a group of giggling sixth year girls

Remus climbed up the stairs and finally arrived at their dorm. He dropped his things near his bed, not bothering to put them away and buried himself under the covers, falling asleep the instant his head hit the pillow.