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"Moony..." James gaped at his friend as he transformed from man to wolf.
Moony growled fiercely.
"Prongs, what's going on?" Wormtail trembled and hid behind James.
"Why didn't you tell us?" The wolf offered no response to Sirius's question, and James repeated it. Still, silence.
"Remus," James looked concerned. "Remus..."
Moony growled again and jumped at them. James, who had the quickest reflexes, pulled out his wand and shouted, "Protego!"
Remus Lupin seemed to hit an invisible wall. He had fully transformed into a werewolf.
"Remus, it's okay." James said firmly. "You can trust us. We're your friends."
Remus leapt again and hit the invisible barrier with a loud howl. Wormtail squealed loudly.
"Shut up, Peter." Sirius rolled his eyes. "There are more important things going on right now."
"You can trust us." James repeated over and over again.
"You can trust us..."
Remus howled and began to scratch at the walls. He made all sorts of animal noises and each shriek was painful to the three boys ears. Still they stayed. Eventually, he breached a hole in the wall and ran outside and into the forest ahead. Each branch that crossed his path was broken by his steady lope.
Out of the mist came a pack of wolves, and they snarled at him. Remus shrunk away from the hostile group and turned the other direction. Behind him were his friends- only, he didn't recognize them. They looked terrified of their werewolf friend and James held out his wand.
"S-stop! Don't move!"
Remus turned tail and found Hogwarts looming in front of him. A deep yearning erupted inside of him and he ran towards the door, hoping to finally find acceptance. But to no avail. The students crowded near the entrance had matching expressions of shock that soon changed to anger.
"You lied to us!" One student shouted.
"Werewolf!" A girl nearby shrieked, "Get away from me!"
Each call felt like an arrow to his side, and something new bubbled inside him. An unmistakable sense of betrayal stirred inside him and he let loose all his might. The students.
Remus woke up, doused in sweat.
Suddenly, he stood up. On the bed next to him was James. The words of his dream echoed in Remus's mind:
"You can trust us..."
"James?" Remus shook his friend, "Prongs?"
"Umphun-iznotmorninyetmum..."
"James!" Remus shouted, exasperated. Well, he whispered loudly. Everyone else was still asleep, and Remus wanted them to stay that way.
"What?" James finally sat up, looking like a mess. His hair was knotted and mussed to a point where it looked like a mop had been haphazardly thrown on top of James's head. He fumbled for his glasses on the bedside table, unfolded them, and saw the figure in front of him come into focus.
"James, I need to ask you a hypothetical question." Remus Lupin took a deep breath, "If I... if I'm a..."
James looked puzzledly at his friend. "If you... what?"
"I, well, um... nevermind." Remus dismissed the idea with the wave of his hand.
"C'mon, Moony," Sirius urged. "Speak your mind."
"Well, like I said, this is just hypothetically speaking, but, um... what would you lot think if I was a, um... w-werewolf?"
James, Sirius and Peter burst into a fit of laughter.
"Is that what your little nightmare was about?" Sirius doubled over, still laughing. "You really dreamt you were a werewolf?"
"Um, yeah." Moony scratched his forehead. "Yeah, it was a pretty bad dream, I guess. I mean, you all turned on me, so I guess..."
"Remus." James adopted a serious expression. He put his hand on his friend's shoulder, "Moony, if you were a werewolf, we'd stand by your side. Each full moon, helping you along."
"Thanks." Remus whispered softly, looking up to see the three with matching expressions of earnestness.
"Now, if you please, I'd like to be back in bed! I was having a particularly nice dream involving one Lily Evans and would like to continue it." James turned over, pulling the covers over his head, and the other three laughed.
"Night, then." Remus sat back in his bed.
"Night, Moony." Each of the boys called back, though James's response was a bit muffled.
"Goodnight." Remus "Moony" Lupin whispered to himself, then fell back into the world of dreams- of course, none of being a hypothetical werewolf. But that's absolutely ridiculous, now, isn't it?
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