DONE WITH CONSTRUCTION

Chapter Four

Remus didn't see Emily for the rest of the day. Aparantely she had decided to skip the rest of her classes. He didn't even see her at dinner.

"I bet she's doing something very bad," Sirius said, taking a bite of chicken.

"I don't think so," James said, "If you are going to do something bad, you do not want to draw attention to yourself."

Remus didn't seem to be paying attention to either of them. He was just staring dow at his plate. 'I can't believe I'm doing this,' Remus thought, 'We could get in big trouble if we're caught.'

"Are you gonna eat that, Moony?" Sirius asked.

"What," Remus said, snapping out of his thoughts.

Sirius pointed down to the chicken sitting on Remus's plate. Remus shook his head and Sirius quickly grabbed it. James shook his head, since his plate was no covered in chicken bones.

"I really don't think you're going to die of starvation," James said, "So, put the chicken wing down and step away from the table."

"I have to do something to get my mind off of Shania dumping me," Sirius said, taking another bite of chicken, "I'm usually the one to dump them."

"Name one time you ever broke up with a girl," James said, folding his arms.

Sirius openned and closed his mouth. He stared at James for awhile and then went back to eating his chicken. James gave a small laugh, just as Lily came over and sat by him. She wasn't looking at all happy.

"What's wrong?" James asked.

"Nothing at all," Lily said, "Just Shania is crying in the bathroom, telling everyone how Sirius rudely broke up with her."

"I didn't dump her," Sirius quickly said, "She broke up with me. Over the most stupidest thing ever."

"Well," Lily said, "She telling everyone that she had just cleanned off your wand and you got all offended by it."

"No," Sirius said, "I was sitting in the common room and she just walked up to me and said she couldn't stand my jokes and that we were through."

"What do you think about this, Moony?" James asked.

"I'm sorry," Remus said, snapping out of his thoughts again, "I wasn't paying attention."

"I know what's got your mind in a knot," Sirius said, "you're in love."

"I am not," Remus said, "I don't even know how you came up with that."

Lily thought about something for a minute, before shacking her head. 'Not again,' Lily thought.

"I have to go," Lily said, quickly standing up and leaving before any of them could say anything.

Lily quickly walked out of the Great Hall and nearly ran up the stairs to the common room. She told the fat lady the password and quickly ran up the girls stairs. She stopped at her dorm room door. She took a few deep breaths before she entered. She saw Emily laying on her bed, reading a book. Lily folded her arms.

"Please tell me you're not doing it again?" Lily asked.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Emily said in an innocent voice.

"You know what I'm talking about," Lily said, "You're doing it to him."

"He is actually the first boy to actually agree to go into the forest with me," Emily said, "I was kind of shocked he agreed so fast."

"This is why so many people think you're crazy," Lily said, shacking her head.

"Unlike you, who can accept anyone as a friend without testing their loyalty," Emily said, "I must see if they'll stand by me, even through the most craziest things."

"Just please don't go out," Lily said.

Emily looked up from her book. Lily had a very sad look on her face, with her hands behind her back.

Sirius, James, and Remus had left the Great Hall and were now up in their dorm room. Sirius and James had just started planning a game of chess. Remus sat down and was watching them.

"So, when are we leaving?" Sirius asked, "I can't wait to run around the forest...again."

"Hopefully soon," Remus said, "The faster we get this done the better."

"Why are you in such a rush?" James asked, looking from the game to Remus.

"I just don't want her to get hurt," Remus said.

"Is it that or are you hoping that she actually finds a cure," Sirius said.

"I don't really care about a cure," Remus said, "I just want to make sure she's safe and if she finds a cure that will be great for every werewolf out there."

"So, this isn't just over the cure," Sirius said, "This is about the girl. Let it out more, how do you feel about this certain girl?"

"I really don't know how I feel about her," Remus admitted, "She was so nice to talk to that one day."

"I have a cure for this," Sirius said, "Just give her a kiss."

"How the heck is that going to help?" Remus asked, staring at Sirius.

"A first kiss," Sirius said, "When you kiss someone, you get this feeling. I can't explain the feeling, being that I've never felt it. Usually a kiss can tell you if this girl is the perfect one for you."

Remus thought about it for a second, before deciding that this idea was completely ridiculous. Remus shook his head and continued to watch Sirius and James play chess. They never did finish their game, since the sun went down and they headed down to the common room. They sat in three chairs by the fire and waited.

"Wouldn't it be cool to talk to someone through the Gryffindor fire place?" Sirius asked.

"I have never thought of that before," James said, "I don't even think the Gryffindor fire place is in the network."

"All the fire places are in the network," someone said from behind them.

The three boys turned around to see it was Emily. She was carrying what looked like a picnic basket.

"Is there any chicken in there?" Sirius asked, looking at the basket.

"Yes, but it's not for you," Emily said, "It's for the wolves."

"I thought you were giving them a potion," Remus said, looking a bit confused.

"The potion is in the basket," Emily said, "You first have to get them to warm up to you, which is why they are not coming."

"Why not?" James asked, standing up from his chair, "We won't be that big of a problem."

"I don't think the wolves would see it that way," Emily said, looking at Remus, "Are you ready to go than?"

"Of course," Remus said.

Remus stood up and followed Emily out of the common room. Sirius and James looked at each other, before heading back up to their dorm to continue their game of chess. Remus and Emily left the castle and headed toward the forest. Remus looked around, hoping that someone would stop them. No one did. They entered the forest. Remus didn't want to say anything. He was looking around, making sure nothing was going to jump out and attack at any second. The climbed a small hill, before Remus noticed a cave. Emily began walking toward it, but Remus quickly stopped her.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Remus asked.

"Of course I do," Emily said, "the wolves are probably out hunting for food, so the cave should be empty."

Emily continued to head toward the cave. Remus quickly followed after her. When they entered the cave, the first thing he noticed was that it went pretty far back. Emily went about twenty feet inside the cave before pulling out her wand and conjuring up a blanket. She sat the basket down on it, before sitting down herself. Remus looked around and joined her.

"What are we doing?" Remus asked.

"We are sitting in a cave," Emily said, "With a picnic basket full of food."

Remus thought about it for about a minute before he finally realized that they were not there for wolves. Emily opened the basket and handed Remus a butterbeer. Remus took it and took a small drink.

"Are there any wolves in this forest?" Remus asked, looking at Emily.

"Yes, there are three," Emily said, "We discussed them in Magical Creatures last year. Two are femal and one is a male. They have been here for some time."

"Wouldn't the male breed with the females and have pups," Remus said.

"That's what we're here to find out," Emily said, "Okay, so I lied about trying to find a cure. I always say that to see if anyone would actually believe me."

"And do they believe you?" Remus asked, now feeling kind of stupid for not remembering about these wolves from last year.

"Of course," Emily said, "But they think I'm crazy and never talk to me again. You're the first person to actually come with me."

Remus gave a small laugh, before Emily took out the rest of the food. He began to eat some of it, since he didn't eat anything for dinner that day.

"Look," Emily said, pointing at the enterance.

Remus looked up, his eyes went wide at what he saw. There, in the enterance of the cave, stood a wolf. It head was down and it was sniffing the ground. Emily gave a small whistle. The wolf looked up, began wagging it's tail and ran over to the blanket. It stopped at the edge and laid down, itching it's head toward some of the food. Emily pulled out a small vial of potion, picked up some chicken and dumped some of the potion on it. She handed the chicken to the wolf, who took it and quickly began to eat.

"What's the potion for?" Remus asked.

"It's to try to get the male to breed with her," Emily said, "this wolf comes here every night. She's just hungry and very friendly, like the others."

"So, there not going to hurt us?" Remus asked.

"No," Emily said, rubbing behind the wolfs ear.

Remus smiled and watched as the wolf began chewing up the bone. Emily and Remus continued with their food. The wolf just sat there, watching them. Every now and then Emily or Remus would give her something to eat. Emily pulled out her black book and wrote something down. Remus looked at the page to see that she had just wrote down what the wolf looked like, it's behavior, and the thickness of it's fur.

"So, that's what you keep in that book," Remus said.

"I have to monitor her," Emily said, "I have to see if the potion has any strange affects. She looks very normal to me. I have to show my book to our Magical Creatures Professor. He is the one who gives me the potion for this."

"What are you waiting for?" Remus asked.

"I'll stop giving her the potion when she starts getting bigger," Emily said, "Right now, she is the same as she was yesturday and last month. Not a single bit of success."

"I'm sure it will work," Remus said, "You just have to give it some time."

Emily just nodded her head, before leaving the rest of the food inside the cave, but picking up the blanket and plates. Remus and Emily started to head back to the castle. Remus looked back at the cave to see two more wolves enter. He didn't say anything. They had managed to walk all the way up to the common room without being spotted.

"I'm going to bed now," Emily said.

"Tonight was really great," Remus said, "I hope we can do it again tomorrow."

"That would be great," Emily said, with a smile, "I'll see you tomorrow then, goodnight."

"Goodnight," Remus said.

Remus watched as Emily walked up the girls stairs, before he headed up to his dorm room. When he entered the room, James and Sirius had fallen asleep. He quickly changed, got into bed, and was sleeping within minutes.