JK Rowling's wonderful characters.
How the marauders discovered Remus' secret. Should only be a few chapters long at this stage. Would absolutely love reviews.
Chapter 1: He's Sitting On My Chair
"Werewolves are not human they are cursed, and have no awareness of their past humanity. It is their mission to kill and contaminate as many people as they can, you will all have heard of the monster Greyback, who specially chooses his victims, young children, who he infects..."
Professor Bayre had never lectured the class this severely James thought groaning, how dumb does he think we are, 'werewolves are dangerous children.' Bayre always spoke down to the second year Gryffindors as if they were infants, but he had reached a whole new level today, James caught Sirius' eye and faked a yawn, there was no point listening and taking note until Bayre's rant was over.
"There are 5 main things I want you all to take away from this lesson class, firstly, werewolves only transform on the full moon, but this does not mean that the rest of the time they have the normal emotional capability of humans. They are still monsters, whether there is a full moon or not."
"Secondly, when transformed the appearance of a werewolf differs from that of a normal wolf, by the shape of the snout, their tufted tail and the pupils of the eye among other things."
"Thirdly, there is no cure, once a human is bitten, they will have contracted the disease and will become a werewolf on the following full moon."
"Forth, when a werewolf transforms they completely lose the ability to think like a human, and will become highly aggressive, even towards their own flesh and blood. With the latest legislation, all registered werewolves are required to be contained during the full moon. As there is no one else to take their aggression out on they will cause severe bodily damage to themselves"
" And lastly is a warning for you all, werewolves often appear as normal humans like you, some even try to live within society, hiding their true selves. They often fail at this because they will always appear to fall sick around the full moon, and will be unavailable the day following the full moon."
Bayre was delivering his instructions for the essay to the class but James was stunned, it couldn't be. He looked around the class, but all of his classmates were attentively copying down the notes for the essay, no one looked aghast, appalled or even slightly taken back. Sirius had quickly jotted down the main points of the essay and was relaxing in his seat and returned James' stunned look with a confused raise of his eyebrows. How could they not see it, it was plain as day if you listened to Bayre, and Sirius, even if the rest of the class missed it, James would have thought Sirius wasn't too thick to get it. The facts were all there, the scars, the illness and tiredness, the absence on every full moon, James shook his head and sent Sirius an annoyed look, before he suddenly realised that the skinny and rather shabbily dressed boy next to him was gazing at him in absolute fear.
"Oh, Merlin," James said as the class ended and he sat staring at the seat that just a second ago had held one of his best friend, "Oh Merlin."