I am so very sorry for the wait! I had school work and midterms due. My life has been really busy now. I promise to update the next chapter soon!


Remus POV

The weekend was over and so was my transformation into that monster. I hate it! I HATE IT! Why couldn't I be a normal boy! Why did I have to be the one bitten by him! No it had to have been me. No one should have to feel this. To feel that they are not worth as much as another human, a human that doesn't turn into a monster. To feel that everyone would hate them just like everyone will hate me if they find out. Nobody can find out! No one!

"Remus are you here buddy?" Peter asked. "Is your grandma that bad?"

"What?" Remus asked startled. "Oh yeah. She is worse the doctors don't think she will live past next year."

It's not a real lie. My grandma is ill and the doctors did say that she wouldn't live past next year but I found that out before I came to Hogwarts this year not this weekend. I hate lying to my friends. If they ever found out they will hate me even more then they would if they find out I am a werewolf. Why is it my life that has to be horrible?

"Hey Remus and Peter," Regulus said running to catch up to them. "Are you two heading down to lunch?"

"Yes." Peter answered.

"Cool. Do you know where Sirius is?"

"Probably at the lunch table stuffing his face." I said with a smile. Thinking of Sirius stuffing his face and James laughing brought a smile on my face.

"Great let's head down." Regulus said.


When we finally entered the Great Hall we found out I was right. Sirius was stuffing his face and James was laughing. We walked over and sat down.

"Hey Remus, Peter, Regulus." James giggled. "Your name is so much fun to say Regulus. Regulus. Regulus. Regulus." He giggled some more.

"Hmm. Regulus." Peter said and then he started giggling. "Regulus, Regulus, Regulus."

"Guys I don't see what is funny saying Regulus' oh." I said and started giggling. It was fun to say his name. "Regulus, Regulus, Regulus." Soon enough James, Peter, and I were in full fits of laughter. Regulus was glaring at us. Sirius was choking on his food trying to laugh with us.

Hmm…wait a minute. Sirius is turning blue! He is not laughing with food in his mouth! He is choking on the food! Someone has to save him!

I jumped up out of my seat and started doing the Highmark remover. I did it until Sirius coughed up his food. That was about the time everybody else noticed Sirius. McGonagall came to see what the fuss was about. Probably trying to figure out what prank we are planning to do.

"What is going on here?" Minnie asked in a serious way.

"Well you see professor Sirius here was eating to fast and some of the food went down the wrong pipe. I got up and saved him while these idiots laughed." I said.

"You were laughing at Mr. Black's foolishness? He could have died!" Minnie shouted. "Detention to the two of you." She pointed at James and Peter. "You will be cleaning the mess in the third floor boy's bathroom."

James and Peter protested. I would too. The boy's bathroom on the third floor was pretty destroyed after we pranked the toilets to explode if a Slytherin sat on them. I pity them.

"Remus take Sirius up to the hospital wing to make sure he didn't hurt anything coughing up a chicken bone….why did you eat the chicken bone?" McGonagall stared at Sirius for a moment. "You know what never mind. I don't want to know."

I smiled as I walked with Sirius to the hospital wing.


Regulus POV

Lunch was interesting to say the least. Sirius almost died, James and Peter got detentions, and I got the satisfaction of eating twice my weight. I am going to have to loose that eventually. I better make my way to Charms before the professor kills me.

I walked into the Charms room to see we had a substitute. First off I did not think there was substitutes at Hogwarts and second the sub was a hottie. She was blond girl who looked about twenty five. She was wearing to tight of a shirt that showed her development well.

"Oh hello Mr…"

"Black.." I managed to get out.

"Hi Mr. Black as you can see your teacher is not here. I am Miss. Topper but you can call me Miss. T." She said her voice sounding like an angel.

I signed and stared at her. I was brought back to reality when everyone else piled into the class room and a random student tapped me. I headed to my seat and stared at the gorgeous teacher.


When class was over I walked out of the room. I took one last look at Miss. T and walked away. I notice some of the other boys glance back too.

"Hey bro." Sirius said coming up behind me.

I smiled and turned my head to look at him. "Sirius I think I'm in love."

Sirius smiled. "Oh, did you have a substitute today."

"Yes and she—" I said but he cut me off.

"Let me guess she was blond, wore tight shirts, and is named Miss. T."

"How do you know?" I asked.

"She substituted last year. Yep she was the first person I thought I was in love with too. She is a veela."

"Oh," I said then I started to notice that I wasn't feeling so much affection for her as I was in the room.

"Oh but don't worry Dumbledore doesn't normally hire her." Sirius said the looked both ways and whispered in Regulus ear. "He doesn't like Veela much. Apparently when he was a kid he had a veela girlfriend who used her charm to steal things from him without him noticing."

I frowned. Dumbledore didn't seem like the type to date Veelas but I didn't question it. You may not want to trust Sirius on important things like Defense Against the Dark Arts or Potions but when it comes to girls he is your man.

Next class was Potions with Hufflepuffs. Apparently History of Magic has been switched to Friday for some reason. Anyway my teacher for potions is Professor Slughorn and apparently he favors people. Sirius may just be kidding. He does that a lot with teachers. Then again James agreed with him and James has an eye for spotting the different kind of teachers.

I walked in and took a seat near the front. It is better to be in the front of the room then the back. You can see the board and the teacher better. Then again in you want to fool around you should be in the back or the middle. I would choose the middle so it wouldn't be so suspicious. Everyone who chooses the back just wants to fool around at least that is what Remus said and he is normally a trust worthy guy. Although he is keeping a secret and I think it is odd that the weekend he went to visit his mother was the weekend of the full moon. Oh well it is probably just a connivance.

"Now class today we will start by making a simple potion. We will make a potion that makes you happy inside when you drink it. It is called the Happiness in a Bottle. It is mostly given to wizards with small depression problems. The potion is on page 12 in your book. Now get to work!"

The potion wasn't hard at all. I changed up a few things in the instructions but all good potion brewers do that. I finished the potion first in the class and sat back and looked proudly at my potion. I was staring at it when Slughorn came over.

"Why aren't you working?" He asked.

"I finished." I said and showed him my potions.

"Very good my boy." He said and walked away.


Potions ended and the day was finally over. I had ten minutes before dinner so I walked outside towards the lake. I looked into the water trying to find the Giant Squid. I saw it on the boats on the way to the castle. I was staring closely and I thought I saw a tentacle when I fell forward. Before I knew it I was under the water. I went up to the surface. Lucius Malfoy, his henchmen Crabbe and Goyle. They were laughing at me and Lucius pulled out his wand.

Lucius was a seventh year and he knew dark magic. He spoke a spell and the lake started freezing. I was pulled under and the lake froze above me. I held my breath and looked for a way out of this. I could not die. Not now. Not in a lake. I looked around the lake for an underwater cave or anything but I had no such luck.

A tightening sensation came to my lungs. I needed to breathe but I couldn't. I tried to hold my breath as long as I could but I let go. The last thing I saw was the cracking of the ice and blackness.


Peter's POV

I was walking to Minnie's office to ask her when James and my detention was. I can't believe I got a detention for laughing. Then again I wasn't paying attention to Sirius and he could have died. How dreadful that would have been. It could be worse though. He could be killed by drapery.

I walked past the window and looked out. You can see the lake from here. Hey look Regulus is over there and who is that Malfoy and his henchmen? What are they doing? They just pushed Regulus into the water! I hope he can swim. What is Malfoy doing now? The lake is freezing over! Oh no Regulus was pushed under! That is almost as worse as the thought of Sirius dying of drapery! Someone has to save him.

I stood there for a few moments and I realized that the person who needed to save Regulus was me. Not Sirius or James or Remus. It was me. I actually needed to do something other then tag along. I brought up all the courage I had and ran out the door and towards the lake. Malfoy and his henchmen were laughing. I ran and jumped into the water.

Once in the water I looked around for Regulus. I didn't see him at first but then I saw him. He was unconscious and was floating towards the ground. I swam towards him and grabbed his arm. I got a hold of his chest and swam towards the hole I made. Towards air my lungs yelled for. Finally I came to the surface. I dragged Regulus out of the water. Lucky for me Minnie decided to find out why the Slytherins were laughing about and saw Regulus and I.

Minnie rushed towards us and got Regulus to start breathing again. She took us both to the hospital wing where Madam Pomfry decided to keep us both there. Regulus for obvious reasons and me because she is afraid I might have caught a cold or something. I felt something I never felt for myself before. I felt proud of myself. I had done something brave with out Sirius, James, or Remus help. I did something brave and good all by myself.


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