As the two wolves walked through the forest, a notable change happened. One second the black wolf was walking, holding a sack full of food and a variety of potions ingredients in it's teeth, the next there was a man, tall and very handsome with black hair and cold gray eyes, holding the sack the wolf was holding only moments before in his own mouth.
The man dropped the sack into his out-stretched hand and gave a bark-like laugh. "Ha! Remus, did you see how much food i got? I was sure the baker was going to catch me, but he didn't! Though i'm pretty sure his wife will get suspicious where all the food is going. Whatever, she'll probably think the baker ate it, he's a bit on the heavier side anyway."
His companion, the gray wolf, who had it's own sack, this one filled with books, sat down on the grassy forest floor and stared up at the him.
"What? Cat got your tongue?" The man said with a snigger.
The wolf called Remus went on staring, almost looking like it rolled it's eyes at him.
"Oh right, you're still in wolf form," The man said. "Here, let me get that for you."
The man searched his pockets, throwing out loose lint-balls and assorted buttons until he finally found what he needed, a small flask of a dark purple liquid.
"Open up." He said.
The wolf obeyed, opening it's muzzle and the man put a small amount of the liquid on it's tongue, which it swallowed.
While the man stoppered the flask, the gray wolf changed, turning into a man no older than his companion, with light brown hair (which was streaked with gray) and noticeable scars slashing his young face.
"Sirius, you idiot!" Remus said in a deadly whisper while hitting Sirius with his books. "We could've gotten caught!
"OW! Stop!" Sirius said, trying to shield himself from the blows.
Remus stopped hitting him at once, though he still looked mad at him.
"Thank you. AND For you information, Remus, we didn't caught, did we? We never do!" Sirius said with a grin. "Muggles can't notice a damn thing, now can they?"
Remus' golden eyes were slits. "Not everyone in that village was a muggle, Sirius, we just saw three wizards!"
"Did we really? I couldn't tell." Sirius said with a flicker of interest.
"Of course we did," Remus said. "There was that hunter, he had a wand, That girl with the red hair, she had a wand-"
"And she looked pretty close to turning that git hunter into a mince pie if you ask me." said Sirius in an undertone.
"-And there was that little one, he had a wand too." Remus continued, annoyed.
"There's no way that little one was wizard, he probably just got a stick off the ground and said he was a wizard to impress his friends." Sirius said, flicking some dirt off his shirt.
"It's the wand that makes the wizard." Remus said in matter-of-factly voice.
"Then he's as good as a dirty stick." Sirius retorted.
"Well if THEY didn't notice us there, Severus sure will notice our absence." said Remus, this time with a flicker of urgency in his voice.
"Oh come now," Sirius said with a reassuring smile. "Severus has been locked up in his tower all day, he never notices when we leave." Sirius placed his arm around Remus' shoulders. "Come on, we'll sneak back into the castle, make him some tea, he'll never know we were gone."
Remus didn't look convinced. "Well he's going to notice why my supply of wolf-reversing potion is so low."
"First off, i got him potions supplies, he'll be happy about that. (Remus made a fake gasp and said, "Severus Snape: HAPPY? Sirius, you're crazy." Sirius laughed and continued.) "Second, If he took time out of his anger and depression to make you potions to change you into a wolf and back whenever you want, AND make you potions so you don't kill everyone when you turn into a werewolf during the full moon, i think he'll be fine making you some more, Remus. Also, if you're so scared of leaving the castle, why do you even come with me?" Sirius said. "
"You're fun to hang around." Remus said with a tiny shrug of the shoulders.
Sirius smiled. "Come on, let's go."
Remus and Sirius went on their way and walked down the forest for awhile, until finally they met their destination.
They reached the middle of the forest, where a handsome castle stood, tall and magnificent, though it looked much darker than it usually would, as it had a lingering black clouds hanging over it. Remus and Sirius walked across the bridge to the castle, which was hovering over the dark and murky depths below.
Remus and Sirius walked up to the tall oak doors, and Sirius' hand lingered over the silver doorknob, embellished with a large 'P' and a snake entwined with the letter.
"You know," Sirius said in a whisper. "I don't get why Severus even has these 'P' knobs anymore, his name isn't even 'Prince', that was his mum, wasn't it? it should be 'S' instead."
"Yes we know, 'S' for Snape, this is Prince castle, Sirius, he'll change whenever he wants to." Remus said a hushed whisper. "Can we go inside now?"
Sirius tried to open the door as quietly as possible, and close it just as softly when they stepped over the threshold.
Sirius looked around to make sure the coast was clear, and gave a sigh of relief. "I told you he wouldn't notice we were gone, what did i tell you-"
Just then, there was loud BANG from the upper-level and Sirius and Remus were glued to the spot.
"Oh Dear." Sirius said with uncharacteristic fear etched over his face.
"If he asks, this was all your fault." Remus said in the corner of his mouth. Sirius opened his mouth to respond back, but was cut off.
"WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN?"
A man, who was tall, thin, with lank, jet black hair, came stomping down from the upper-level, his hand clenched over ebony wand, ready to strike, never taking his eyes off of Sirius or Remus for a second, his black robes billowing behind him in his anger.
"WELL?" the man demanded, his black eyes narrowed.
"Uh, Severus, let me explain…" Sirius shuttered.
"Severus," Remus said. "Let me just take this moment to say that i was against this from the start, it was all his fault," He pointed to Sirius."I tried to stop him, but would he listen to me? NO, NO, NO, NO-"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Severus , his eyes flashing dangerously.
Remus made a small noise and remained silent. Severus stood there, looking at the two of them, breathing heavily.
"Did you two honestly think i wouldn't begin to notice you both mysteriously disappearing every couple of days? DO YOU THINK I'M THAT STUPID?" Severus sneered at them.
"Of course you're not stupid, Severus," Sirius said. "You just stay in your tower so often, we didn't think you would even begin to notice us leaving. We can can only clean a library so often before we get bored!"
"I don't know what he's talking about," Remus mumbled. "I was fine cleaning the library for as long as i needed to."
"Look at you two," Severus said with a smirk. "Two of a kind, always having each other's backs, it's almost as if you were an item or something."
Remus blushed red.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Oh Come on, Severus, even you know Remus has wanted to snog Tonks since last Christmas."
Remus blushed even an deeper shade of red.
"Plus, he's a Pisces, i'm a Sagittarius, totally incompatibility in the love department." said Sirius in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Don't spew your Zodiac nonsense on me, Sirius, no one gives a damn." Severus said, annoyed.
"Whatever you say, Capricorn." Sirius giggled.
Severus looked at them. "What's in the sacks?"
Sirius and Remus looked down at their hands, realizing that they were still holding their taken goods.
"Hand them over." Severus said, out-stretching his thin hands to the pair of them.
Sirius and Remus reluctantly handed them over to him, and Severus rummaged through them, looking at whatever they got.
"Well i dare say," Severus said after a few moments of shuffling through the items. "You two are lucky i needed more potions supplies, or you would both be in the dungeons by now, plus, i needed a new books to read."
Sirius blinked. "You mean we're not in trouble?"
Severus sighed. "No, i don't suppose you two are, are you? Of course," He raised a black eyebrow to them. "I can only assume that these supplies are for me, unless you're trying to make a love potion."
"No sir, never." Remus said, still blushing slightly, Sirius sniggered.
"Then you two are not in trouble." Severus said.
Remus and Sirius sighed in relief.
"However," Severus continued. "If you two dare try to sneak out of the castle without tell me before-hand again, the punishment will be… severe."
Severus turned on his heel and stalked back up the stairs. When Severus was out of earshot, Sirius punched the air.
"Out scott free!" Sirius said gleefully."Ha! And to think, i always thought Severus had a malfunctioning Sneakoscope stuck up his butt."
"I HEARD THAT, BLACK." Severus said from the top of the stairs.
"Damnit." Sirius said in aggravated whisper while Remus was lost in a fit of laughter.
Author's note: I made up the "wolf-reversing" potion has an excuse to have Remus in wolf-form when it wasn't a full moon, because he wasn't technically a animagus to control it. Also, i know no one knows when Sirius' exact birthday is, but i did my research and Sagittarius seemed to fit Sirius' personality pretty well.