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Previously

I opened my mouth to scream then closed it again. If Harry heard me, he would come running and he would get bitten. I couldn't do that. Harry deserved more than that after all he had done for me at the Dursleys.

The wolf lunged for the door, his eyes wild.


Audra POV

I curled in on myself and felt the change. Strength flooded my limbs and I stretched.

Then… WHAM.

The wolf collided with me, knocking me into the wall. He scratched and bit at me but I held myself together.

The next second he disappeared. The large black dog had pulled him off and dragged him back into the room.

I concentrated hard and suddenly I felt my human limbs returning.

Using his teeth he pulled the door shut and padded over to me.

"Audra are you alright? Say something!" Sirius exclaimed hoarsely. Ah so he phased back. "Please don't be dead."

A warm hand touched my shoulder.

I felt something warm and sickly scented running down the side of my face. Bile churned in my stomach. I picked myself up and vomited onto the floor.

"Audra!"

"I'm fine," I apologized. "I just don't like blood so much. I'm sorry. I should've knocked first. Now theirs a mess everywhere."

"I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in and I didn't notice until he dove at you. I'm so sorry. Did he bite you?" Padfoot said in a rush.

"Yeah," I murmured. I reached a hand up and rubbed the side of my head that hadn't been savaged and torn.

"Oh no," he groaned. "Not even twenty-four hours and you've already been scarred for life."

My head throbbed but I realized what he was thinking. "No. He bit me a second after I phased. It's stings a bit, actually it stings a lot but I won't turn into a werewolf at the full moon."

"Phased?" Padfoot asked.

"Phased… Yeah." I felt light headed and the room began spinning. "I… I turn into a… A tiger. I turn into a tiger. Is the room…"

"Your head! I'm sorry! Here." He pulled his shirt off and pressed it to the numerous cuts running down the side of my head.

I winced as the rough fabric made contact with the raw, sliced skin.

"Come on." I didn't dare flinch away from him as his long arm wrapped around my waist. Padfoot scooped me up and carried me gently down the stairs.

"Harry," he called. "Harry where are you?"

"Right… What did you do? Audra?" Harry's voice yelled.

"She's injured Harry. I have to take her back up to Hogwarts. You can't stay here alone. Grab the stuffed dragon so you'll have something to play with. Meet me in the drawing room alright? I have to right a note to Moony."

"What about Moony? Where is he? Is he alright?"

"Moony is in his room. He's fine. Come on. We have to go before she falls asleep," Sirius said.

"But…"

"Now! Harry this is important."

I couldn't hear him leave the room, only the blood pounding in my ears. The world began turning black around the edges.

Green flames roared up around us.

My eyes closed.

"No Audra you need to stay awake. Don't go to sleep. Audra wake up." Sirius' voice sounded far away like it was coming through a tunnel.

I tried to stay awake, to pry my eyelids open, but they were so heavy. I yawned and nodded slightly.

"Not sleeping, just tired," I breathed.

Then darkness closed around me and, no matter how I tried to stay conscious, I slept.


Sirius POV

Remus lunged for the door. Only then did I see the small figure standing there.

Audra!! It was no later than five. What kind of four year old is ready for the day at five in the morning

I didn't have time to think about it though. I saw a flash of orange and black before I pulled Remus off Audra.

I dragged him back into the bare room we were in before. He snapped at me using his claws to sink a long but shallow gash into my forearm.

I barked and growled before backing out of the room. I used my teeth to close the door and turned.

Audra lay bleeding from her head, sprawled on the floor.

"Audra!" I called hoarsely. Please don't be dead. You can't be dead. "Are you alright? Say something. Please don't be dead."

I knelt down beside her, reaching out to touch her shoulder. There was a dangerously high amount of blood pooling around her small body. There couldn't be that much left in her.

She sat up suddenly, leaned to the other side and vomited all over the floor.

I never knew werewolf salivation did that to someone.

"Audra!" I said, half a question, half an exclamation.

She took a shaky breath and said, "I fine. I just don't like blood so much."

I used my free hand to swipe the hair out of my face, not missing her flinch like she thought I would hit her.

"I'm sorry," Audra began. "I should've knocked first. Now there's a mess everywhere." Her eyes flicked to the growing pool of blood she was sitting in.

"I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in and I didn't notice until he dove at you. I'm so sorry. Did he bite you?" The thought had just dawned upon me. Had Remus bitten her? Would she be alright?

"Yeah." She rubbed the side of her head that wasn't mangled gingerly.

I groaned, "Oh no. Not even twenty-four hours and your already scarred for life."

"No. He bit me a second after I phased. It stings a bit, actually it stings a lot but I won't turn into a werewolf at the full moon."

"Phased?" I asked. The word hadn't escaped my attention and I was guessing she knew about werewolves from her ingenious memory.

"Yeah… Phased," she breathed heavily. "I… I turn into a… A tiger. I turn into a tiger. Is the room…"

"Your head!" I exclaimed. "I'm sorry. Here." I cast about wildly for a piece of fabric coming up empty so I tugged my black shirt off.

As gently as I could I pressed the shirt to the side of her head, wishing it was softer. I always wore ragged clothes on the night of the full moon.

She flinched but said nothing when I lifted her carefully off the ground. I cradled her to my chest and noted how light she was.

"Harry?" I called out. I looked around wildly. "Harry where are you?"

"Right…" his voice trailed off. "What did you do?" he shrieked. "Audra!"

"She's injured Harry," I explained calmly. "I have to take her back up to Hogwarts. You can't stay here alone. Grab the stuffed dragon so you'll have something to play with. Meet me in the drawing room alright? I have to right a note to Moony."

"What about Moony? Where is he? Is he alright?" he fired out questions like a machine gun. Apparently his injured sister caused him to forget his well-cultivated façade of quietness.

"Moony is in his room. He's fine. Come on. We have to go before she falls asleep," I said.

I was loosing my patience. Audra may very well be bleeding to death and I was standing here answering Harry's questions about Remus.

"But…" Harry began.

"Now! Harry this is important," I commanded.

Harry turned on his heel and raced back up the stairs.

I sprinted into the kitchen. A pad of paper and pen were, ironically, already sitting on the counter.

Remus,

You attacked Audra. I'm up at Hogwarts. We'll be in the Hospital wing. Harry's with me and her. Come meet us when you can. She's lost a lot of blood.

Sirius

Well obviously he could see she had lost a lot of blood. It was all over the hallway floor and it was smudged onto the paper.

Harry was waiting in the drawing room.

I grabbed his hand and pulled him into the fire palace.

"Hold onto me," I told him. He obediently wrapped his arm around my leg and sat down on my foot.

I grabbed a handful of floo powder and yelled, "Hogwarts." Green flames roared up around us.

We landed with a thud. I just managed to stay on my feet. Harry however, rolled off my foot onto the stone floor of the Great Hall.

I looked down at Audra. Her eyes were closed. Her skin was a sickly pale green color. It reminded me a lot of the Slytherin common room when James and I broke in, in our third year.

"No Audra you need to stay awake. Don't go to sleep. Audra wake up."

She just yawned and shook her head.

"Not sleeping, just tired," she breathed so quietly I barely heard her.

"Audra, don't go to sleep," but I was too late. "No Audra!"

Harry was sitting on the ground. "Padfoot look!" His toy dragon was flapping around his head every once in a while exhaling a puff of smoke.

"That's great Ha… Minerva!"

Minerva McGonigall was striding into the hall. Her head turned to look at me, Audra cradled against me, her blood running down my chest.

"Oh my goodness! Sirius what happened?" she exclaimed running forward.

"No time! Just take care of Harry for me alright? I promise I'll explain everything in a moment." I was already running out of the hall.

"I'll be back Harry. Don't worry," I yelled.

I took the stairs two at a time.

"Audra, Audra wake up. Please wake up," I begged as I burst into the hospital wing.

"Poppy! Help!"

"Sirius what's the ma… Oh dear!" Poppy gasped. "Lay her here." She gestured to the bed in between the two of us.

"What happened?" She had her wand out and was waving it over Audra.

"It was the full moon last night," I explained to the curtain she had pulled around the bed. "Moony didn't want to leave. He said we couldn't leave on the first night. He was in the old room on the third floor. Around five thirty Audra opened the door. We thought the moon would have gone down long before either of them woke up. She opened the door and he attacked her."

Madame Pomphrey gasped loudly. "He … He bit her?"

"Yes but she's an animagus Poppy. She turned into a tiger just before he got to her. But she's so small. He clawed right through her skin."

The room fell into silence after that.

"Well that's all I can do," Madame Pomphrey said at last. "We'll see how she is in the morning."

She pulled back the curtains and moved away. "When the cuts heal, I can erase the scars but until then that's really all I can do."

"What do you mean 'we'll see how she is in the morning.' What's that supposed to mean?" I asked. Did she mean to imply one of my best friend's daughter may die? That she might not last the night?

"I mean to say, she's sleeping right now and probably won't wake up until the morning," she sighed.

If she wakes up. I thought, shuddering internally.

"She'll be fine Sirius. Little Audra's just a bit weak from her uh… loss of blood. That was quite a lot she lost. But she's fine now."

"Thanks Poppy. Thanks so much," I said, trying to feel reassured.

The hospital wing doors slammed open.

"Where is she?" Moony yelled.

"Right there Remus. Be quiet, she's sleeping," Poppy ordered.

Remus threw himself into the chair next to me. He put his head in his hands, his blonde hair falling in his face.

"This is all my fault," he groaned.

"No it's not Moony," I said. In truth I did think it was his fault. But he was my best friend and saying that wouldn't have been very nice, considering the certain predicament it had gotten us into.

"It's no ones fault. She didn't know what was behind that door and you didn't know she woke up that early. If anything it's my fault. I was staying with you for that very reason. To keep that from happening. But it did. And we can't change that now."

"You make it seem so simple. Sirius I bit her. I attacked James and Lily's daughter. Just imagine what James would say. She'll end up like me on the full moon and it's all my fault."

"No! No Remus she won't be a werewolf. She's an animagus. She transformed right before you hit her. Her face got torn up but she won't be a werewolf. Audra is a tiger cub. She's so small she couldn't fight you off but she'll be fine in the morning. Poppy told me."

Remus stared at me in disbelief. "Audra's a… she's an animagus?"

"And a damn good one too. She transformed so fast, you missed her human form. I didn't even see it. When she gets older, she'll be stronger and bigger. She'll be able to come with us on the full moon."

"No," he interrupted me. "No. Audra is never coming with us on the full moon. What if I lose it again? What if next time we aren't so lucky and she dies? What would we do then? Huh?"


Third Person POV

A groan interrupted their conversation.

"Audra? Can you hear me?" Remus reached out and placed a hand gently on the cheek that wasn't covered in stitches.

She groaned again. "Ouch."

"Audra I'm so sorry. I didn't think you would wake up before the sun rose. I thought that I would be fine with that old potion. I'm sorry."

"Not your fault," she moaned. "Should've paid more attention. Forgot about the full moon. Sorry."

"No, this isn't your fault. This could never ever be your fault."

"It is," she breathed. "So sorry."

"No it isn't…" But the rest of his words were cut off by Sirius. "Would the two of you stop it? This is no one's fault so stop beating yourselves over the head like it is. Honestly. You sound ridiculous. 'this is my fault' 'no it's my fault'. It's no one's fault so get over it."

"Sorry," Audra winced. She reached up to touch the side of her face.

"Let's not touch that shall we?" Moony said catching her hand before it touched.

"Sorry," she said again.

"No one's angry with you so you can stop saying your sorry," Sirius said with a soft chuckle.

"Sor…" but she caught herself and didn't finish the word.

"How's your head?" Moony asked looking worried.

"Fine," she mumbled looking away.

"Your not a very good liar, you know," Sirius pointed out.

"Really I'm fine. I've had worse."

"Nothing's worse than a werewolf attack," Remus said.

"How about being pushed down the stairs, have your head shoved under water then be whipped by a belt?" she asked.

Remus shook his head. "Werewolf venom takes a long time to heal and it stings for days."

"What do you think you are doing?" Madame Pomphrey screeched. "She's supposed to be resting and here you are staging a conversation with the poor girl!"

Audra cowered into the pillow, tears leaking out of her eyes when the cuts pressed up against the fabric.

"Shh!" Remus chastised. "Poppy you scared her!"

He sat on the bed next to me. "Audra, it's alright. That's Madame Pomphrey. She's not going to hurt you. She's the one that healed your cuts."

Slowly, Audra eased away from the pillow. There were blood smudges on it. There were tears in her eyes when she looked up at him.

"I'm sorry," she began but Moony shook his head.

"There's nothing for you to be sorry for. You were scared."


Audra POV

I hung my head. Being scared was being weak. But how could I not be scared. Uncle Vernon was why I was scared and then he told me I was weak to be that way.

I shuddered violently when his arm wrapped around me.

He was gentle enough but my tiny physique and bruised ribs and skull compensated for that. It hurt like hell.

I couldn't stop the small groan that escaped my lips.

Like a flash his arm recoiled. "Did I hurt you?" he asked.

"No," I sighed. "Just the bruises ache."

"Sorry," Moony murmured.

I climbed onto his lap and coiled up like cat.

"Night daddy," I yawned but I was already asleep.


I know I promised that the Cullens would come in with in two chapters and I really tried. I was going to end it with 'Audra's a … Audra's an animagus?' But I thought about it and I tried to get really far but this is the longest chapter by three pages. I swear the Cullens will come in with the next chapter unless there is a break that I need to make.

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