Okay, here's the next part. Sorry it took so long for me to post this. Hope you like it. Sorry for the spelling of the spells. I can't find any of my books. Normal things apply here. I don't own any of the characters you recognize from Rowling. Hope you like it!
That next week, Rosemary and Remus spent every spare moment together. Remus even helped her grade papers, staying in the room with her when she graded essays. He would often read a book or curl up next to her when she was reading, rarely leaving her side. Sirius gave them all the time they wanted, spending time with Harry in their spelled room. Rosemary and Remus knew they were up to something but neither knew what. They finally decided to just trust Sirius and left them alone.
A week after Remus had come to Hogwarts, Rosemary was cleaning her office when someone knocked on her door. She turned and smiled when she saw Severus. "Hello, Severus." she raised an eyebrow when she saw the two containers that were in his hands. "What's that? Trying to poison us?"
"You don't know about the Wolfsbane Potion?"
She blinked. "Wolfsbane Potion?" she looked at Remus. "What does it do?"
"Suppresses the wolf mind." Remus told her taking the potions from Severus. "Makes it where we can actually just curl up and not worry about hurting ourselves or wanting to get out. We are in control of our bodies."
She stared at the potion then shrugged. "I don't know if it'll work on me but I'm willing to try it." She looked at Remus. "When do we take it?"
"About an hour or so before dark."
"Which is about now." she said with a grin.
"Yes." He downed his and she followed his example. They gave Severus the containers back and Rosemary grinned at him. "Thank you, Severus. If you'll excuse us we have a date with a full moon."
He smiled sadly. "Go on, my sister. I shall see you tomorrow. I'll have another potion ready for tomorrow night too."
"Thank you." Rosemary picked up her cloak that Remus had kept for her all of these years and threw it over the two of them. "Until later, my brother." They disappeared from sight.
Severus waited until he was certain they were gone. "I wish you would tell me what is wrong." he muttered. He shook his head and went to his office. He had papers to grade.
Rosemary and Remus were able to sneak past the branches with the help of the cloak. They put it in a little crook there for that purpose before they went inside the shack locking the door behind them. They sat down in the old furniture and looked at each other.
"Will you take down your illusions?" he asked finally. In the week they had been reunited, she had refused to take her illusions down saying that she didn't want to terrify him. "You won't terrify me."
She sighed and let her illusions fade away. She met his eyes defiantly. "Now I really am a monster." she said bitterly.
He studied her. Her dark hair was streak with silver, a sign of lycanthropy. Her normally blue eyes were an almost pure gold with only flecks of blue. Tonight they would be a solid gold. Tufts of fur were on her face and ears covering them. Her hands were furry and she seemed to stoop over slightly. Her teeth were longer, making her have fangs. He could see where there were burns all over her from silver touching her and he could have sworn that one was in the shape of a hand. "What happened?"
"Things made me more wolf-like." she said harshly. "I get like this starting a week before the full moon and stay that way a week after. Usually though my eyes hold a hint of gold, my hair is thicker and has silver in it. I tend to walk slightly stooped though I made it where no one realizes that. Also I can bend my legs the other way like a wolf. My temper is always like it was when we were children a week before the full moon. Now, that is my normal and as the full moon gets closer it gets worse."
"What caused it?"
"Losing you and other things." she shook her head as she felt the pull of the full moon. "Not yet, Remus. You'll probably hear more of it during the trial. Please wait?"
"I will. Only because you asked." He kissed her just as the pain of transforming started. Somehow though, it didn't seem as bad with their mates by their side after all this time.
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The next week, Rosemary was grading papers while Remus read a book beside her when someone cleared their throat. Rosemary and Remus looked up and saw Professor McGonagall standing there, trying to hide a grin. "What?" They asked.
"Have you two looked at yourselves?" she asked pointing at them.
They exchanged glances then looked at themselves and started laughing. Rosemary was at her desk and Remus had made a soft pillow and was leaning against her holding her hand with one as he was reading. He would nuzzle her every once in a while and she was messaging his hand while holding it. They hadn't even realized they were doing it.
"Not until you mentioned it." Rosemary admitted it. "I guess we don't want to let go of each other. We know we'll eventually have to and we do this every chance we get."
Remus grinned. "You should see us in our room. We're worse then."
"I don't think anyone needs to see you two in your room." she told them with a slight blush.
Rosemary grinned but decided to be nice. "What did you need, Minerva?"
"Professor Dumbledore wanted to see you."
"Both of us?"
"Yes. You might want to be on your best behavior. Cornelius Fudge is here."
Rosemary made a face and they stood up. "Thank you. We'll go now."
She nodded and left. They kissed before leaving the peaceful room and heading to Professor Dumbledore's office.
They were about to say the password when Professor McGonagall came up with a black dog at her side. "Ah. Rosemary, Remus. You can take this dog up to Dumbledore since you are going up there. I don't know why he allows this dog to wander around here like he does but he asked me to find him."
They chuckled. "Thank you, Minerva. He can go up with us." They said goodbye and went up the stairs to his office with Sirius at their side.
When they got there they saw a young man talking to Dumbledore. Rosemary's first thought was 'He looks too young to be Minister.' He had brown hair and looked to be no older than they were. He turned to them and blinked when he saw them together and blinked again when he saw the dog.
"Ah, Rosemary, Remus. Just in time. This is Cornelius Fudge the Minister of Magic."
"It's a pleasure, Minister." Rosemary said politely, shaking his hand.
He nodded and shook Remus's hand. "The pleasure is all mine."
"Please sit down you two." Dumbledore told them motioning to the couch. They grinned and sat down still keeping a hold of each other's hands. His eyes twinkled as he watched them but didn't say anything about it. "The Minister is here to talk about clearing Sirius's name."
"Really?" Rosemary brightened at that. "What do you need me to do? I've seen Pettigrew myself and can testify to that if I need to." She absently started scratching Sirius's head when he jumped into her lap laying his head in her lap with the rest of his body on Remus' lap.
Cornelius raised an eyebrow as he sat down. "You've seen him yourself? Talked to him and everything?"
She scowled. "Yes. The little rat boasted of the fact that he was alive and Sirius blamed for his, Lily and James's deaths. If I hadn't been restrained I would have killed him then."
"When was the last time you saw him?"
"August of this year." Rosemary replied.
"From what the others have said Peter Pettigrew is at the side of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. If this is so, how could you have seen him?" he smirked thinking he had her there.
Rosemary gritted her teeth and clenched her fists forgetting that she held Remus's hand in one and barely keeping from gripping Sirius's ruff too hard. "Because I've been a prisoner of one of his Death Eaters for the past fifteen years until August."
Everyone's eyes went wide, even Dumbledore. Sirius started growling softly. All she had told Dumbledore was that she had been released from a Death Eater. She had never said how long she had been in his possession. All he knew was which Death Eater she had been a prisoner of.
"How did you escape?" Cornelius Fudge asked her when he shook off his shock.
Rosemary realized that she was crushing her mate's hand and loosened her grip though the other was still clenched. "Sorry, lover." She told him apologetically. She looked at Fudge. "If you don't mind, I would rather keep quiet about that. If Voldemort," she ignored his flinch but smiled slightly at the approval and support in Dumbledore's eyes. "Found out about it, he would be severely punished. Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to pay him back for helping me? Cause him to either be killed or get the Cruciatus curse put on him?" She snorted. "No thanks."
He looked at her then nodded, reluctantly. "Very well. I'll be careful not to ask that when you're testifying."
"I would appreciate it." She said coldly. She met his eyes. "I accepted him in my Pack. If you cause me to harm any in my Pack, you will never be forgiven. Never."
He shivered at the emotion and protectiveness in her tone. "I'll be careful." He promised weakly. He swallowed seeing the wolf in her. 'Maybe I should have waited until the full moon was farther away.' He thought wildly.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, centering herself and pushing the wolf away. She opened her eyes once more. "My apologies, Minister, but you have more than likely read the files on me?"
"Yes. I know that you are a werewolf."
She nodded, chuckling humorlessly. "Captivity can change a person, Minister. The wolf in me is more to the fore now. My Pack is worth everything to me now. Harm any of them and the wolf comes out even more. I can control it, yes but as the full moon gets closer my Pack better stay safe."
"I would guess that Mr. Lupin is part of your Pack but who else?"
"Severus Snape, the Death Eater I told you about, Sirius Black and Professor Dumbledore." She smiled at Dumbledore's raised eyebrow at his name. "You practically raised me Professor." She said softly. "I've counted you as more of a Father to me than my real one."
He smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Rosemary. I have thought of you as my daughter, as well." He laughed. "Or maybe granddaughter is a better title considering my age, hm?"
She grinned and shrugged. "Which ever. Either works for me."
"Why Sirius Black?" Cornelius asked, bringing their attention back to the subject on hand.
"I spent six years with him, he's Remus's best friend, he's my best friend and he's innocent." She said simply. She raised an eyebrow. "I know he did not betray my friends and he has suffered greatly for fifteen years. He is and always will be my Pack-Brother just as Remus is my Pack-Mate."
Fudge nodded slowly. "Very well. Black never had a trial because we were so certain he was to blame. I'm sure I can get a trial set up for him if we ever catch him."
"Why does he need to be present?" Dumbledore said as Sirius whined softly. Rosemary started to scratch him, calming him. "Hasn't he suffered enough from being in Azkaban for thirteen years?"
Fudge hesitated but agreed when he saw Rosemary's hard eyes. He knew he would get an argument from her if it had anything to do with causing discomfort to Sirius. "Very well. He doesn't need to be present for it though someone might want to keep him updated." He looked at the dog in Rosemary and Remus's laps. "Why is that dog here anyway?"
"He's ours." Rosemary told him. "He likes to play with the students and keeps things light. We all need something to laugh about in these dark times, Minister. These students more than anyone else."
Fudge nodded. "Yes. I can see your point. We could all use something to laugh about. These days, there is so little to laugh about." He stood. "I have enough information. Thank you for your cooperation. I shall be in contact with you, Professor Dumbledore, on when the trial will be."
"Thank you, Minister." They all shook his hand and he walked out.
Sirius waited until he was for certain that Fudge was gone before he changed. "Is what you said true?" he demanded. His eyes held something that Rosemary couldn't identify.
They all sat down again except for Sirius. Rosemary looked calmly up at him. "Which part?" she said mildly.
"For one the part about you being a prisoner."
She nodded. "Yes." She hesitated then sighed. "I think it's time I told you all my story. I have put it off long enough and you'll find out some of it at the trial anyway. I want you to know it before that." She stood. "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get Severus. He needs to hear it also." She looked at Dumbledore. "I hope you don't mind, Professor."
"No. I must admit I am curious myself."
She nodded and went to leave the room. "I'm coming too." Sirius said suddenly catching a look from Remus. He changed and went to her side.
She rolled her eyes then looked suspiciously at Remus. "Very funny, Moony." She muttered knowing he had put Sirius up to it. "I'm a big girl and Severus won't hurt me." She turned and left with Sirius at her heels.
She walked down the halls to the Potions classroom, suddenly thankful that classes were already over with. She saw him grading papers at his desk and knocked. "Severus?"
He looked up and smiled. "Rosemary! I haven't seen you since lunch." He frowned as he took in her pale face. "Is something wrong?" He stood and came over to her.
She smiled weakly. "Are you doing something important?"
"Just grading essays. That can wait if you need me."
She swallowed. "You remember the long and raw story I told you about the first day we saw each other again?"
"Yes. I've been thinking about it off and on." He admitted studying her. "You're ready to tell it?"
"Yes. Remus and Dumbledore are waiting in his office."
Snape looked down at the black dog at her side and scowled. "Did they think I would hurt you?"
She chuckled though the two men could tell that it was strained. "No, Snuffles only wanted to accompany me. He still doesn't believe I'm alive and he hasn't been able to spend too much time with me."
Snape raised an eyebrow. "Snuffles?" Rosemary could hear the laughter in his voice but only one who knew him as well as she did could hear it.
"Yes. That's what Harry, Ron and Hermione call him."
He nodded and closed the door behind him. "Come on. We shouldn't keep them waiting."
They walked slowly back to Dumbledore's office. On the way, they ran into a young man with blond hair and silver eyes. When he saw them he immediately came over. "Professor Snape! Potter just hexed me!"
Rosemary had to stop her laughter when she noticed that his pale skin had spots on it. He looked like he had Smallpox but the dots were large and rainbow colors.
Severus raised an eyebrow. "And what did you do to him?" he asked mildly looking at Rosemary out of the corner of his eye. He could tell she was about to start laughing.
"Nothing that deserved this!"
Snape nodded. "Don't do it again and leave them alone." He advised. "They'll keep hexing you the more you aggravate them." He looked at Rosemary. "I know that from past experience."
Rosemary smiled slightly. "You weren't that bad, Severus. We only had to hex you twice a day for two weeks before you got the message."
Severus looked back at Draco. "You might want to try being a little nicer to them." He advised mildly. "Potter is powerful and would be a useful ally even if you don't like him." He turned away ignoring Draco's look of disbelief. "Now if you will excuse us, Mr. Malfoy, Professor Forrest and I have a meeting with Professor Dumbledore. You might want to go to Madam Pomfrey to remove that hex unless you want to go to your common room like that?"
"No Professor." Draco hurried off to get it removed while Rosemary Severus and Sirius continued on their way.
When they reached his office they all settled into various chairs. Sirius stayed standing until Rosemary looked at him from her place beside Remus. "Sirius, this is a long tale and I don't want you to start pacing which I know you will. Sit your tail end down and be still for once."
He made a face at her but did as she said, sitting in a chair facing her. Remus took her hand in his with one hand and put the other arm around her, pulling her close. She smiled up at him thankfully. She looked back at the others and swallowed. "Please don't interrupt me or I don't know if I can continue." She cleared her throat, closed her eyes to keep from seeing their faces and leaned into Remus' embrace. "My story starts sixteen years ago, On August the thirtieth after I went to see James and Lily. I apparated home and was about to walk inside my house when I felt something come up behind me. I twirled around and was about to get my wand out when I heard 'Experillamus!' My wand flew out of my hand and I flew backwards. I got back on my feet just as this person threw a binding spell on me. I started panicking and the wolf in me wanted out. It was afraid for it recognized the person before I did. The person knocked me out knowing if I struggled too long, the wolf would come free and I would escape.
"When I came to, I was in a familiar cellar. I was chained to the wall barely able to move. My father came in then and grinned when he saw I was awake. 'I told you that you would never escape from me. I have you back and this time you won't escape me.' He went back to his normal tortures but kept me chained up at all times never taking the chains off of me. I had to keep the wolf under control but it was getting harder. I didn't know how long I had been there but I knew that something was going to change.
"It did. On November the first, Father came in. He taunted me with the knowledge that Lily and James were dead, that Voldemort had killed them but didn't say anything about Harry or Voldemort. He said that Voldemort changed our location and I was going unconscious for the ride. He knocked me out. The last I heard was his cruel laughter."
She took a deep breath. "When I woke up again, I was in a cellar still but this one was different. I could tell the difference but at first didn't realize what it was. When I did, I almost gave into despair. We were deep underground somewhere. There was no way I could escape.
"He fed me regularly. Usually once a week or so but gave me plenty that one time. He kept me alive to serve his Master. I was broken in now and could be used when Voldemort returned. He only told me that Voldemort was biding his time before he used me. I didn't find out till I came here that the truth was that Voldemort was gone.
"That's how I lived for eleven almost twelve years. He fed me but tortured me at the same time. In time though he grew tired of it and left me alone though he always fed me to keep me alive. He didn't talk to me anymore unless it was to taunt me with deaths of my friends and the imprisonment of Sirius. That all changed the day Voldemort was rumored to come back. Father went to find him. He wanted to help him come back. He gave orders that I was to be fed but not messed with beyond that.
"He rarely came back between then and last year. After Voldemort came back in a flesh form using Harry's blood, Father came back to me. 'Your precious Dumbledore will be killed soon.' He taunted. 'And you'll be used to help.' He dragged me in front of Voldemort. 'Master, this monster is a werewolf during the full moon. It can serve you well.'
"By this time I was slightly more wolf like but nothing like I am now. My eyes always held a hint of yellow and my voice harsh from not enough use. Voldemort tilted my chin up and looked into my eyes. 'Very good. I can use this one.'
"And he did. Each full moon, I was taken out on a leash to frighten people." She grimaced. "I killed a few people and I might have bit one or two but my memory is hazy on that. I do remember waking up each day after a full moon only to see Peter's face in front of me. 'I betrayed Lily and James, you know.' He told me. 'Not your precious Sirius.'
"'Why?' I whispered. 'Why betray them? Why frame Sirius? I thought we were your friends!'
"'You all adored them.' He sneered. 'I was just shoved over to the side. You trusted them before me and you thought Sirius and Remus hung the moon. You didn't think I was good enough to even look at twice. You-Know-Who makes me powerful.' He held up his new silver hand. 'See? With this I can crush stone.' He grinned and placed it briefly on my breast. 'And cause pain to werewolves.' He turned on his heel. 'Goodbye, Werewolf. You shall see me again.'
"And I did. He came to taunt me after every full moon. He told me every detail about the night that I had forgotten. Sometimes my Father would come in and taunt me, hitting me with the Cruciatus curse. In time, it became harder and harder to become human once more. My wolf traits started hanging around even after the full moon. I became more wolf-like and barely talked anymore. Every time Father or Pettigrew came around I tried to bite them but they only laughed and jumped away.
"One morning I realized they had moved me once more. I was in a shack with a few other werewolves or what I figured were werewolves since they were also chained like me but none looked like I did. They all could pass as humans though from the look in their eyes that wouldn't last long.
"More Death Eaters came in more and more. They all took turns feeding us. We would get fed after the full moon for our 'good work.'" She laughed bitterly, still not looking at any of them but she could feel the tenseness in Remus's body. "Consider my surprise when my old friend, Lucius Malfoy came in to take his turn at feeding us. He fed all of them up to me. When he came to me he didn't recognize me at first but when he did he almost dropped the food on me. I stared at him then bowed my head in acknowledgement. 'Rosemary?' he whispered. I didn't say anything but nodded slowly. I looked up at him and saw the horror in his eyes. I realized then that he had never knew I was here. He had thought me free and safe or dead. Never in the werewolf shack. He gave me my food. 'I'm sorry.' He whispered. 'I didn't know.'
"'Not your fault.' I croaked out, talking for the first time in what felt like years. "You never knew.'
"He nodded and stood. 'I'll be back.' He promised.
"He kept that promise. Two months later after Pettigrew had come to taunt me about my latest adventure, Lucius came back and undid my chains. I stared blankly at him. Our chains were never loosened except when we had a job to do during the full moon. I looked around and saw that all of the other werewolves were asleep. He picked me up because I was too weak to walk on my own. We had already been fed so there was no worry of anyone coming in. No one came in except right after the full moon to either taunt us or feed us. He took me into a forest and put me down. He took out a wand that I didn't recognize and pointed it at me. 'I would appreciate it if you didn't mention me if at all possible.' He whispered. 'My Master won't be pleased when he finds you gone. I'll put the blame on someone else but I'll be punished if he ever finds out differently.'
"'I'll protect you.' I whispered. "Thank you, Lucius.'
"He smiled weakly then apparated me to the Ministry of Magic. They were horrified by how I looked but I wouldn't tell them anything of what happened to me. They knew I was a werewolf because of the lists of all werewolves so they kept silver away from me. They bandaged me up then set me up with a temporary house and helped me get in contact with Professor Dumbledore. I was just starting to get reuse to the world when he contacted me wanting me to come see him. I did so only to be shocked when he offered me the job as a teacher here. I accepted and you know the rest."
There was a silence as she finished her tale. They had known that werewolves were being used but had never thought that Rosemary would be one of the werewolves. They had all-except for Severus- thought that the werewolves were there by choice not by force.
Remus was the first to react. He pulled her closer and hugged her tightly to him kissing her hair. "They won't get you again." He promised fiercely. "You are ours and they won't take you away again."
Severus came over to her. "I should have known." He muttered after prying her away from Remus long enough to hug her himself. "I fed you and still didn't know you."
Sirius was next. "And I thought I had it bad." He tried to joke but it didn't work. Tears were in his eyes.
She shrugged. "It wasn't that bad once you get use to it. And Severus, I didn't recognize you so it's not your fault. I'm free now so don't worry about it."
"And you will stay free." Dumbledore voiced.
She looked over at him and blinked when she saw the tears in his eyes. She hadn't known he could cry. He was always so jovial. "Thank you." She whispered looking at her friends, her Pack. "That means so much to me, you four. To know that my Pack still accept me even with all that I've done."
"We'll always accept you." Remus said fiercely. "You are our friend and that will never change."
She smiled and kissed him then stood and hugged Sirius kissing his cheek before doing the same to Severus and Albus. She wiped her face laughing softly. "I feel so much lighter now that you know." She admitted. "I was so afraid…."
Severus smiled slightly. "That we would turn from you because of the things you did when you had no choice?"
"Yes."
"I know the feeling, my sister." He told her and she could tell by his eyes that he was remembering the year after he got his Dark Mark.
A silence fell over them as Sirius and Remus finally realized that Severus did truly care for her. 'Maybe he isn't all that bad.' They both thought.
About that time a knock sounded on the door. They all jerked slightly and laughed at their jumpiness. "Come in." Dumbledore called after Sirius changed back to his dog form.
Minerva came in. "Professor, dinner is about to start."
Professor Dumbledore raised an eyebrow. "My word, is it that time already? I hadn't realized it was that late." He looked at the others. "Are you ready to eat?"
Rosemary put a small illusion over her taking away all traces of tears, doing the same to Remus and Severus. She looked at Dumbledore but he didn't look any different than usual. She chuckled when she realized he had beat her to it. "I am. I'm starving."
"So am I." Remus and Severus both said at the same time. Severus scowled until he saw Rosemary's face. He shrugged at her glare. "Old habit." He muttered.
Minerva raised an eyebrow. Everyone seemed easier with each other as if something had been cleared up. She wondered what they had been talking about for so long but didn't question it. If Dumbledore thought she needed to know, he would tell her.
"Let's eat shall we?" Dumbledore asked and led the way down to the Great Hall.
I hope you liked it. I'm sorry for the spelling in the spells. Please review. I'll try to update again soon. Thanks for reading!