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Ava
Ava set the book down with a loud sigh,frowning slightly as she glanced up at Remus as he sat opposite her with an amused smile
"something funny?" Ava asked quietly while returning his smile
"your facial expressions when you read are amusing" Remus chuckled as Ava grimaced slightly
"so are yours" Ava grinned while gathering her homework and shoving it ungracefully in to her back pack "I'm heading back to the common room are you done?"
"I finished an hour ago" Remus sighed as he glanced down at his watch
"you didn't have to wait for me" Ava smiled as she felt herself blush
"its fine" Remus shrugged dismissively while gazing out of the window with a blank expression
"alrighty then" Ava up her back pack and pulling her arm through one shoulder "Remus?" she asked with a confused frown as he sat in place staring almost longingly out of the library window
"Remus?" she asked again slightly hesitant this time
"what?" he in his seat to glare at her with honey yellow eyes she recognized all too well
"are you ready to leave now?" she asked calmly as her heart beat pounded against her chest "it's almost curfew"
"sorry" Remus smiled sadly "I didn't mean to snap at you,I was just day dreaming"
"don't worry about it" Ava mumbled while forcing a strained smile "lead the way"
'it all make's sense now' Ava thought to herself had always been too wrapped up in herself and her own problems to realize what was truly wrong with Remus connection she felt towards him made perfect sense now,but she wasn't sure whether to continue indulging herself in Remus Lupin or not.
"how long ago was it?" Ava asked quietly as they made their way towards the entrance hall,the more she knew the more she would was now crucial to know everything about the quiet boy with the scars.
"pardon?" Remus flinching at her question.
"how long were we in the library?" she asked quickly as they paused at the bottom of the marble stair case,Remus's eyes had given away how terrified he was feeling she knew better than to pursue the inevitable conversation until he would feel comfortable enough to tell her himself.
"oh" Remus smiled,visibly relaxing as he placed his hand on her lower back "three hours give or take"
"Lily will have gathered a mob to hunt me down" Ava laughed as they proceeded up the stair case "she worry's about me a lot,I honestly don't know why"
"it's probably because you're so small" Remus teased grinning down at her "it's astonishing your back can bear the weight of your school bag"
"I'm not that small" Ava scoffed as they reached the fat lady's portrait "i'm just petite"
"you're 5'1 Ava,there's goblins bigger than you" Remus Ava had to hide a smile
"everyone in my family is really tall" Ava giggled as the fat lady swung open to let them through "and then there's me"
"you're cute" Remus smiled softly as Ava paused mid step
"anything else you'd like to add to that?" she asked slowly as he looked around quickly not nothing she had stopped walking
"what do you mean?" he asked her completely bewildered
"never mind then" Ava smiled sadly as she dashed past him in to the Gryffindor common room,Lily pounced immediately.
James
Mooney tore through the room destroying everything in his path,his transformation tonight had been the worst James had ever seen,Remus was always in a fowl,withdrawn mood days leading up to the full moon,but this time around he had done well.
he didn't snap at them as often or curse under his breathe,his usual pale complexion had managed to hold some color,James hadn't even seen Remus's eyes flash the sinister yellow once which made James even more confused as to why this particular transformation had been so bad.
the night had started as normal,Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall had escorted Remus to the whomping willow as they did every full moon,once they had left James and Peter had snuck out of the castle under the invisibility cloak,Wormtail had transformed in to his rat form,pressed the knot on the tree trunk and they were in.
Remus had been in a better mood than usual when James had arrived,they'd even talked for 10 minutes (mostly about girls) before Remus had made his way begrudgingly up the stairs as the full moon approached.
that's when the nightmare had begun,Remus often transformed on his own in an upstairs bedroom as the others shifted in to their animagus forms downstairs,but tonight Remus's screams had been much worse than usual,for the first time James and Peter had ventured upstairs in to the bedroom Remus used and witnessed the transformation as they tried in vain to help Remus in any way possible.
Prongs flinched slightly as Mooney sent Wormtail flying through the air 'brilliant' James thought tiredly as he jumped back up on to all four legs and began chasing the already bored werewolf around the house.
Mooney had finally completed his mission of freeing the battered old house of any wallpaper and carpet much to James's regret,everything that used to distract Mooney was destroyed and the werewolf had grown and Wormtail had taken it in turns to try to stop Mooney from biting and scratching himself without much success,Peter had bitten Mooney on the leg which earned him being tossed around the room like a tennis ball.
which led to James running around the house like a complete prat with the werewolf nipping at his heels playfully 'at least it's working' James thought to himself tiredly as Wormtail dived on the wolf's back with a shriek of triumph as he rode along on Mooney's back.
the game was on then,Mooney rolled around on the floor like an overgrown puppy trying to shake the rat from his back,Prongs snorted in amusement as James inwardly roared with laughter,the huge,bear like dog went unnoticed for several minutes until Mooney finally shook Wormtail off before bouncing back on to all fours.
'shit' James thought as Padfoot finally gained Mooney's attention,Padfoot had always been the best at entertaining Mooney,Remus had said himself with Padfoot being so large the werewolf would almost consider him as his own kind.
but the intense glare Mooney was giving to Padfoot spoke otherwise,James had only seen that look on the werewolf's face when he was seriously annoyed and it never ended well for the person receiving it.
'don't' James mentally urged Padfoot as the dog sank down ready to pounce
in the blink of an eye Mooney raced towards Padfoot with a loud snarl of anger.
Lily
"has anyone seen Ava?" Lily asked the common room at large "Ava Greenway...anyone?"
a chorus of "no" and "sorry" had Lily's heart sinking.
Ava often disappeared in the middle of the night that wasn't what was worrying Lily,it was the fact Ava had disappeared at 10pm that concerned her.
during their first year at Hogwarts Lily had receive several detentions for being out after hours in search of her best friend,she knew better than to go looking for Ava but would still be up all night waiting for her return,which she knew she wouldn't.
Every full moon Remus,James,Sirius and Peter would spend the night at the shrieking shack while Remus transformed,the only teacher that knew about the four unregistered animagus's was Professor McGonagall,it was apparently obvious to the Professor who the large stag running around the school grounds was,especially when it tackled the large bear like dog (Sirius Black) to the ground.
"THAT'S IT" a voice screeched,followed by loud footsteps storming down the girls stair case "Evans where is Greenway?" Bethany Clayton demanded while carrying a terrified Ash down the stairs by the scruff of his neck
"what the hell do you think you're doing?" Lily fumed running up several steps to snatch the cat away from the cruel hold "let go of him" Lily hissed as several first years came rushing out of their rooms with all the commotion
"this cat" Bethany spat while finally releasing Ash from her death grip "has it in for my rat,he's not normal"
"cat's are natural hunters" Lily glared as she massaged Ash's shoulders "it's what they do Bethany"
"that cat isn't normal" Bethany shrieked as several people burst in to laughter at her stupidity "he doesn't belong here"
"Ava's going to be furious when she finds out you man handled Ash" Rachel Scholey called up the stairs "he belongs here as much as any familiar,he's never bothered by rat"
"my rat bit him yesterday" a curly-haired first year told them shyly "he didn't even get mad,he just went to sleep in front of the fire"
"maybe its your pet that's the problem" Lily grinned wickedly as Bethany glared fiercely at the first year girl "it's your pet that doesn't belong here Bethany"
"my rat is perfectly normal thank you very much" Bethany sneered "that cat isn't normal,he's a freak just like his owner".as soon as the words had left her mouth the whole of the girls dormitory's had fallen completely silent.
"you've gone too far" Lily glared as Ash hissed menacingly "I think you're forgetting she's my best friend"
"and what exactly are you going to do about it?" Bethany scoffed while looking around at the other girls with a silent plea for help
"I'm not going to do anything" Lily smiled sweetly as Ash erupted into purrs "you know who Sirius Black is don't you?"
"yes" Bethany nodded,visibly paling and shifting uncomfortably from foot to foot.
"so do I" Lily grinned as she turned on her heel to walk down the stairs.
James
Blood was everywhere.
Padfoot had managed to crawl to the tunnel leading to the whomping willow while Prongs desperately tried to distract Mooney,Wormtail had surprised James by leaping in to action without encouragement as he was now dashing in and out of the wolf's feet biting his toes on each lap making Mooney growl in irritation
Prongs had been caught up in the middle of the fight between Mooney and Padfoot,and had earned himself a bite mark on the shoulder which was bleeding heavily,Prongs had no choice but to grit his teeth and get on with trying to move Mooney in to another room as the wolf grew more and more ferocious from the smell of blood in the air.
Mooney chose that moment to grab Wormtail between his teeth and send him flying through the air,James panicked when Wormtail hit the floor with a sickening crunch,Prongs immediately ran to Wormtail's side,prodding the rat with his nose to see if he was still alive and sighing in relief as one of Wormtail's eyes opened slowly.
Mooney's deep growl had Prongs looking up quickly to the spot Mooney was staring at.
he was greeted by another pair of honey yellow eyes belonging to a werewolf James didn't know.
the wolf walked in to the room slowly,never taking its eyes away from Mooney's even for a second,the wolf was considerably smaller than Mooney who was double it's size,the jet lack fur looked extremely familiar as James slowly made the connection from the wolf to a person.
she finally looked away from Mooney to take in the room around her,her eyes met Prongs briefly before looking down at Wormtail.
Mooney slowly made his way over towards the smaller watched in complete awe as the tiny female bounded over to Mooney confidently, closing the space between them and began licking a wound on Mooney's side.
Sirius
"i warned Dumbledore" Madam Pomfrey fumed while binding Sirius's arm "I told him no good would come of this,and it finally happened I can only wonder what state Mr Potter and Pettigrew are in"
"Remus wasn't himself" Sirius snapped pulling his arm away from Madam Pomfrey's death grip and glaring at her "it's not his fault"
"quite right" added Albus Dumbledore walking into the hospital wing "as im sure you'll agree
Poppy this is the first incident with Mr Lupin to date and although he has caused harm to his friend he will no doubt punish himself thoroughly for something he had no control over"
"he shouldn't be in a school full of such vulnerable children" Madam Pomfrey hissed
"Mr Black how old is Mr Lupin?" Dumbledore asked softly
"he's 16 Professor Dumbledore" he answered at once "6 months younger than me" he added glaring at the medical witch
"therefore he is still classed as a child Poppy" Dumbledore scorned "and he is supposed to be treated like any other of our students,now if Remus has caused this much harm to Sirius imagine what the poor boy has done to himself"
"I apologies Headmaster" Madam Pomfrey told him stiffly and without feeling
"I very much hope one day you'll mean it Poppy" Dumbledore smiled sadly "now perhaps you can begin treating Mr's Potter and Pettigrew if your quite finished discriminating against one of our students" he asked gesturing to the next bed where Peter had thrown himself on
"there's another werewolf" James panted as he staggered to Sirius's bedside "you didn't block up the tunnel mate,she got in"
"Merlin" Madam Pomfrey gasped as she stared at James wide-eyed "I hope she's alright"
"now she cares" Sirius snorted in amusement "how many werewolf's are at this school?"
"I only know of one person infected with lycanthropy at my school" Dumbledore frowned as he looked over to a rather guilty looking Madam Pomfrey "care to explain Poppy?"
"explain what Headmaster?" Madam Pomfrey asked much too quickly "only Remus Lupin has lycanthropy,nobody else"
"I know who it was" James told Madam Pomfrey with a grave look "she's safe with him"
"are you sure?" Madam Pomfrey asked worriedly as Sirius watched the exchange in astonishment
"100% sure" James nodded while sinking down in to a seat next to Sirius's bed
"Mr Potter?" Dumbledore frowned "I wont say it out loud but is it who I think it is?"
"yes" James nodded with a sad smile "he calmed down as soon as she got there,I honestly think he might have accidentally killed us if it wasn't for her"
"James perhaps you should make your way over to Peter and Madam Pomfrey for your shoulder healing" Dumledore chuckled as he helped James to his feet
"who's the other werewolf?" Sirius asked eagerly as soon as James had gone
"curiosity killed the cat Mr Black" Dumbledore chuckled as he sat down in James's seat "would you be so kind as to enlighten me with the details of tonight?"
"well Professor it all started when I was in an empty classroom on the sixth floor with Logan Riley"
"I think we can skip that part Sirius" Dumbledore chuckled