"How was detention last night?" I smirked at Gideon as we headed to the Great Hall for lunch a little later on. Fabian and Frank had already headed down with Bilius.

"It was detention," he smirked down at me, "How's your gran?"

"Same as always," I sighed as I tucked my hair behind my ear.

"You've never actually told me what's wrong with her," he told me cautiously making me scuff the toe of my shoe against the floor. "Not to mention the fact that she looked pretty okay to me at your birthday."

Think, think, think. "My gran is bi-polar," I turned to him with an angry look in place on my face. "Happy now?" he looked away, "When she takes her potions she's fine, but she doesn't like taking them and she goes on downward spirals."

"Bells..." he started but I quickly walked away from him, wincing inwardly at my blatant lie, I had to catch up to Remus to let him know what our lie was now.

"What's up?" Remus asked as I slid into a seat next to him.

"Gran's bi-polar," I told him simply making all four of them cast me confused looks. "Gideon asked what was wrong with her every month and he was getting suspicious about why she was okay at my birthday so I told him she was bi-polar."

"Okay," he nodded before looking at the guys who nodded to, they'd keep the story too.

"But now he thinks I'm angry at him for asking," I sighed, "I needed a way of getting away from him to talk to you." Glancing over my shoulder, I saw him having a whisper argument with Fabian and I winced. "That's my fault."

"Bella!" Frank shouted making me jump, he nodded me to follow him and I got up, casting Remus a sad look as I did. "Why are you still lying to them? There's nothing wrong with your gran and you know it!"

I glared harshly at him, not hearing footsteps approaching behind me, "Well I'm sorry if I don't want to advertise that I turn into a wolf every full moon," I growled at him dangerously.

"You what?" I froze at the sound of Gideon's voice before I turned slowly to see him and Fabian who were pale, Remus and the guys were stood behind them with sorrowful looks on their faces. "You're a werewolf?"

I looked at the floor as to not meet Remus' eyes, I'd rather they hate me for being one than hate Remus. They obviously took my silence as a yes and Fabian was suddenly in front of me his hand on my cheek. "Why didn't you tell us?" he asked sadly as I looked up at him.

I hadn't officially lied to them, just told them I turned into a wolf every full moon... they didn't know it was by choice. "We wouldn't have thought any different of you," Gideon confirmed as he put a hand on my shoulder making me glance up and lock eyes with Remus who nodded slightly and walked forwards.

"We all need to talk," he told the three older boys before we headed into an empty classroom. Frank charmed the door with Muffliato before turning to us all. I sat myself on one of the desks and looked at the floor.

"So what needs to be said?" Fabian asked curiously.

"I..." I sighed before looking at Remus.

"Just tell them," he said tiredly making me gulp slightly.

"I'm not the Werewolf," I let out forcefully making the guys turn to me, James sighed at my sad look before he moved over and sat next to me, draping his arm around my shoulders.

"But you just said..." Gideon started.

"She was protecting me," Remus interrupted him, "I'm the Werewolf, Bella's an Animagus and she does technically turn into a wolf every full moon, so she didn't lie to you."

I bit at my lip as my three older friends dropped into a silence... they hate me, I lied to them. Tears stung my eyes as I waited for their reaction. Finally though, Frank came and stood in front of me.

"You blatantly told me Remus wasn't a Werewolf and you were," he said in a tense calm as I kept my gaze on the floor as tears broke the surface and tracked down my cheeks, "Why did you lie to me?"

"Because I..." I started, my voice cracking slightly. I took a breath and looked up at the boys who were watching me, "I know how some people react when they find out someone's a Werewolf. I'd rather people hate me than hate Remus."

"So you'd rather we stopped being your friend... then hate someone we've barely even talked to?" Frank asked slowly, as if trying to understand my logic.

"He's not just someone you've never talked to," I snapped at him, "He's my brother and I love him." Remus glanced over at me as I lowered my voice, "I'd do anything for him."

He gave me a sad smile as I looked up to him, before he tilted his head as a silent indication making me push myself off the table and walk in to his waiting arms, my face burrowing into his collar as I clung to his shirt. "I love you too Bell," he muttered into my hair making me smile slightly.

"Bella, Remus..." Gideon started making me turn to them, "We won't tell anyone, we promise." I smiled slightly to him and leant against Remus. "We'll even help cover for you guys on a full moon."

"Thanks," Remus nodded honestly

"What are friends for," Fabian grinned, making us all laugh slightly... only, Frank stayed quiet making us all turn to him.

"Don't worry, I won't tell," he sighed quietly, "But I won't cover for you either... you still lied to me."

"Frank..." I started as I stepped closer; he just shook his head and walked out of the classroom leaving me in shock as another tear fell down my cheek.

"We'll talk to him," Gideon told me, pressing a kiss to my forehead before him and Fabian left too.

"You guys mind if I stay with you for the day?" I asked sadly as I turned to face them, three of them turned to James who looked at the floor.

"Give us a minute," he told them and the three left, letting me turn to face him again. "Izzy..."

I bit my lip and walked up to him, nervously. He looked just as nervous as I did until I wrapped my arms around his waist and ducked my face into his chest. He sighed slightly before he wrapped his arms tight around me and burrowed his face in to my hair. "I missed you," I muttered as to not start crying ain.

"I missed you too," he muttered back in the same tone, holding me so close that it felt like he never wanted to let me go again. "I missed you too."

"We good?" Sirius' head popped around the door, grin evident on his face as he looked at us. "She can have her nickname now?"

"Nickname?" I asked curiously making the two boys grin at me before James led me out of the room, arm still draped over my shoulders.

"So Remus is Moony for obvious reasons," James explained as we sat in the Kitchens, considering we'd missed Lunch. "Peter's Wormtail because he's a rat. Sirius is Padfoot because he's a dog and I'm Prongs because I'm a stag."

"And me?" I asked curiously.

"Well we were thinking Luna at first, cause you're Moony's sister," Sirius started, "But then we realised, even when you're in your human form, your Fangs are bigger than usual so we're gonna call you Fang."

"Nice," I nodded, "I like it." The four boys swapped pleased looks before finishing their food. "I think we should go down the lake before the weather gets too bad."

"Sounds good," James nodded, with a smile... it felt nice now that we were friends again.

"Great, let's go," I grinned before grabbing his hand and pulling him along with me.

"Okay so listen up!" Bilius announced to the people who had come to try out for the team. Me, Fabian, Gideon and Frank were stood off to one side. "Try outs are for Beaters, so if you're here to try out for any other position, you may as well just leave, I'm not breaking my winning team up."

A few sullen people left unhappily, and I grinned slightly before hoping up next to Bilius, "These try outs are only for Gryffindors so if you're not a Gryffindor, leave." My eyes landed on a few giggling Hufflepuffs who ran off quickly.

"Nice eye," Bilius commented as I stayed next to him, "Take it you've named yourself my co-captain?" I nodded brightly before glancing at the other people who were waiting. There were four more people with Sirius and James making me purse my lips, I wanted to make it as easy as possible for them to get on the team.

"So, suggestions for how they try out?" he looked down at me before glancing at the other three.

"Flying baseball," I replied simply as I grabbed my broom, mum had bought me one for my birthday.

I grabbed a Muggle baseball and bat before flying to the middle of the Quidditch Pitch. "Okay then," Bilius smirked before turning to the maybes. "First up... Paul Cauldwell."

A burley sixth year hopped on to his broom and flew up to me, I tossed him the bat. "So here's how this works. I'm gonna throw baseballs at you and you're gonna try hit them through the middle hoop." He raised an eyebrow at me, "Two people with the best accuracy get the spots, simple as."

Paul got eight out of ten, the next guy, Mark, got five. Liam got nine, which we all agreed was impressive. Gregory got eight and then it was Sirius' go, I smirked at him and faced off with him. "Don't expect me to go easy on you, Padfoot." I told him simply.

"Wouldn't expect anything less, Fang," he winked at me before I launched the first ball at him... Sirius Black scored ten out of ten and whooped before high fiving the rest of the team.

"Welcome to the team, Black," Bilius told him making me grin at him, "Up you go Potter."

He took off and faced me, I mimicked a kiss at him before winking and tossing the first ball... he reacted purely on instinct and the ball soared through the middle hoop... followed by the next nine. "Nice one Prongs," I smirked as we flew back down.

"Looks like we've got our team," Bilius smirked, "We're gonna be undefeated."

We all cheered at this and headed in to dinner where Remus and Peter congratulated the guys as we sat opposite them. Me between the two of them, "It's good to have you back with us properly, Fang." Peter commented as we ate in companionable silence.

"It's good to be back, Wormtail," I told him kindly before screwing my face up as James and Sirius both planted kisses to my cheeks.