This is just a filler about what happened to Remus in those few days between Harry stunning Pettigrew and being taken by Snape to Grimmauld Place. Yes, I know I said I wasn't going to write about this, but I got bored….so hang me! As for writing about Remus' final year at Hogwarts….don't hold your breath!

And remember, only the name 'Trent Fuller' is mine. Pretty much everything else belongs to JKR, and the various other TV shows and books I listed in my warning on Dormant Power!

So this is the final riveting (cough, splutter!) chapter of Remus' apprenticeship. Will they figure out how to stop his transformations? And what will happen when they get back to Grimmauld Place? As for what happened that night…again, not in this story!

Chapter 6 – Breaking The Pain Barrier

Another month had passed with Remus finally recovering from the shock that he was now a telepath. Trent showed him how to block out the minds of everyone around him, so as not to be inundated by everyone's thoughts at once. He then taught Remus how to concentrate his ability and tune into a single person's mind. Remus remembered it being he, Trent, who caught and confiscated the Maraurder's Map from them in their final year at Hogwarts. But he was stunned to find out that Trent was going to give the map back to them until Filch turned up.

During this month, Trent had finished his new potion, and straight away apologised to Remus.

"Why?" he asked, feeling quite confused.

"If I'm right, it'll taste worse than the last one" Trent replied.

"You have got to be kidding me! How could you possibly make it worse!"

Trent looked somewhat sheepish before explaining how he hoped the potion would work, "basically, it'll be like having a parasite inside you all the time."

"A parasite? But won't that be bad?"

"Under normal circumstances, yes it would be, but not this one. See this parasite should be able to identify what thoughts, emotions, everything like that belong to you, and what belongs to the wolf."

"And it'll stop them from happening?"

Trent nodded "hopefully. You'll obviously keep your heightened strength and senses, except at the time of the full moon. The parasite will work its hardest that particular night, to prevent the wolf from surfacing."

"And the catch is that this will only work on me if I've fully accepted the monster I become" Remus finished.

Again Trent nodded and Remus sighed, "very well. Let's try it then. Have you got some normal Wolfsbane on hand?"

"You won't need it. The parasite will take care of that too."

"But what if…"

"That's not an option, Remus. It HAS to work, trust me!" Trent interrupted.

Remus raised an eyebrow in response, "they have to be the two most dangerous words in the whole of the English language! Very well, I shall trust you."

Remus then grabbed the goblet off the table and raised it to his mouth. Just before he drank it, he asked "this is it isn't it? If this works, I won't have to take another potion every month, will I?"

"No, that's right. One drink should be enough to last your whole life. And you won't be affected by silver either."

Remus nodded, pinched his nose, then downed the potion as quickly as he could.

After pulling some very strange faces, he then turned to Trent "you weren't kidding! That stuff is horrible, much worse than the last one!"

"Oh, take it like a wizard, wolf boy! Now, you ready to try this properly?"

Remus nodded, and again Trent closed his eyes. Darkness descended for only the second time during their stay. Trent had recorded Remus' last transformation and said he was going to make it into a portrait, despite Remus glaring daggers at him. This time however, Remus couldn't feel anything different about himself.

He looked over at Trent who gestured upwards. Remus looked up, and found himself staring at the full moon.

He smiled before talking, "I…I don't know how I can possibly thank you for this. The last time I saw the full moon with my own eyes was such a long time ago."

"You're more than welcome, Remus. I have a feeling Harry will need you more than ever this year."

Remus looked over at Trent, "what do you mean?"

Trent sighed before answering "you're all he has left now. I'm going to bring him here to train him up. There's something about him…he's incredibly powerful, moreso than anyone realises."

Remus smiled, "I'd like to be here to help you train him. If you're not careful, you'll end up back at Hogwarts you know."

"What are you talking about? Why would I end up back there?" Trent asked.

"Dumbledore's looking for a new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor."

Trent's eyes widened in shock before he waved his hands, "oh no! No way! There is no chance in hell that I'll ever be a teacher! He's already tried to convince me to write a book about wandless magic!"

Remus got a wicked gleam in his eye "you just spent a year teaching me. I'll bet you twenty galleons Dumbledore will convince you!"

Trent smirked. "Even though you don't have twenty galleons, you're on!"

The last two months went by, with Remus continuing to train under the watchful eye of Trent. His Ninjitsu had improved wonderfully, and Trent had taught him several more complex manoeuvres. Remus' power had also increased to just over fifteen million, and Trent proudly told him that Remus was now the third most powerful wizard in the world.

Remus looked over at the wizard who had helped him through one of the hardest times he'd ever gone through. "Trent, I have to ask you a couple of questions. How did you learn to do all the spells you know wandlessly?"

Trent grinned. "I thought I already told you that. Albus took me here and trained me. He also made me the guardian of this place after his time ran out. He found out about my abilities, and helped me to become better at it during my time as his apprentice."

Remus snorted, "better? You mean flawless. I only know three other people capable of conjuring a Patronus, and none of them could possibly do it without a wand!"

"Ah yes, James, Harry and Albus. Perhaps they can't, but it doesn't really matter. Quite a few people knew about me being able to do spells without a wand…just not to the extent I now can."

Remus nodded. He then asked more about Trent's magical transformation. "I know you told me how the final transformation occurs, but I was wondering why nothing appears to be working for me."

Trent sighed before speaking, "well, Remus, it's complicated. Your initial transformation, when you achieved your whitish glow, was caused from me constantly teasing you about you being a werewolf. I also threw in the bit about when Sirius tried to kill Severus by getting him to follow you."

"I'm aware of that. But why won't that work again?"

"You can't use the same situation more than once, Remus. You have to find something else. I've tried to get you really angry by recounting what happened to your parents, and it sort of worked, your glow changed to yellow. But now…" Trent let his voice trail off.

Neither of them could come up with a situation that would cause Remus to fully transform. Remus had even tried imagining if he'd actually managed to kill both James and Severus that night in his fifth year.

When they weren't training, the duo swapped stories about their schooling. Trent told Remus that he and two of his friends were the pranksters when they were at school, and shared some of the adventures they had. Since none of them were animagi, their adventures weren't as exciting as the Marauder's ones, but some of their pranks made the Marauder's work a little ordinary (like casting a mass silencing charm on the entire school population, Professor's included, for example). Remus then glared at him as he remembered Trent doing a similar thing during his stay at Hogwarts…with the blame being laid at the feet of the Marauder's.

Finally, the last day in the Spirit Room drew to a close, and Remus and Trent were waiting. They had used the knowledge transfer spell to combine the knowledge each of them had gained into their original selves. Trent then issued the counter charm for the duplication spell, and the six became only two. Trent had told Remus that when a door appears on the front of the building, that is the signal to leave. As the door materialised in front of them, Remus took one final look around the place he'd called home for a year.

"You know, this is going to be quite strange. All that we've done here in the last year, but only a single day has passed on the outside. Incredible. And you're right about using the charms like that. I can't believe I didn't think of it."

"I'm surprised James and Sirius didn't either. I mean, then they'd have a perfect alibi every time they played a prank! But don't worry, Remus. We'll be back here quite soon, and this time I'll have James' son to help keep you in line!" Trent smirked.

Remus grinned, "I wish you went to school the same time we did. You would have fitted in with the four of us so well. I'm going to have to give you the title of 'Honorary Marauder' from now on. Or I'll just call you 'Blaze' instead!"

Trent looked a little confused before Remus explained,

"I've seen you angry, remember. I don't think I've ever been so frightened in all my life than that night you had me and James help you with your patrol. Your eyes looked like they were on fire!"

Trent grinned back, "coming from a former werewolf, I'm taking that as a compliment, particularly the bit about you being scared! As for being part of your group…nice idea, but you lot never would've been able to keep up with me!"

Remus just rolled his eyes and the two of them exited through the door.

They arrived back in Remus' bedroom in darkness. After making the illusion of Remus vanish from his bed and removing the charms he'd placed earlier, Trent bade the real Remus farewell, and vanished in a flash of orange light. Remus sighed before settling down to get some sleep.

He awoke the next morning to the sound of someone knocking on his door.

"Who is it?" Remus asked as he got out of his bed.

The door creaked open, and in walked the familiar figure of Albus Dumbledore.

"Good morning, Remus. You're looking much better than yesterday I see, at least this time you're awake. I came up here to tell you that an Order meeting is scheduled for after lunch. We will be discussing what happened at Harry's house two nights ago. Are you feeling alright enough to attend?"

Remus merely smiled and replied, "of course. In actual fact, I've never felt better in all my life!"

Fin