I'm sooooo sorry it took so long! I'm really ashamed -.-' Hope someone's still reading this...
"OKAY!" Sirius shouted, as he stormed in to his friend's flat. "It's official; he's gone! He hasn't come back!"
"Oh honey," gasped Lily, and hugged Sirius. "James is at work, but I'll help you find Remus. Do you have any idea where he could be?"
"No, not really. I mean, he's got no family, and nowhere to go. Otherwise he wouldn't have lived on the streets," Sirius ran his hand through his hair in frustration. He hadn't slept at all; he had been worrying about Remus all night, hoping and praying he would come home.
"Okay," said Lily. "Well, we can start searching through the street - Diagon Alley is not that big. If he's not there, then he must have gone out through the Leaky Cauldron and in to Muggle London. And Sirius…if he has, then it will be very hard to fin-"
"Okay, let's go!" said Sirius loudly, walking purposefully to the front door.
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"Okay, we've searched through the shopping street and he's not here," said Lily and drew her scarf tighter around her. It started to snow again, as people passed them where they were standing outside 'Flourish and Blotts'.
"Yeah, well," Sirius looked wildly around the street, more than a little panicked by now. "Let's split up and search the smaller streets." Lily agreed, and Sirius walked in to a crossroad.
There were almost no people on the streets, just a few stepping in and out of their flats. The street became narrower the further he walked, and the houses grew shabbier. When an hour had passed, Sirius was both cold and tired and ready to give up.
Suddenly, he spotted something on the ground. He hurried over and knelt down. Covered in snow, Remus lay passed out on the street.
"Remus…are you okay?" Sirius whispered. Remus didn't move, and he was awfully pale with blood and bruises across his face. "Remus? Wake up, please," Sirius sat down and pulled Remus' upper body against his chest. "Why won't you wake up?" he breathed in to Remus' hair. Sirius tried to ignore it, but the snow Remus had lain on was blood-stained, as were Remus' clothes. Sirius brushed away Remus' hair from his pale face. "What happened to you?" Tears started falling down his cheeks as he held Remus tighter. "I'm going to make you okay…I'll take you home…and you will wake up!"
Sirius picked Remus up and carried him home, struggling slightly to open the doors. He lay him gently down on his bed and stroked his hair. When he took off Remus' jacket and undid the buttons on his shirt, he gasped in shock.
"Rem…Remus…wh-what happened?!" he stroked his hand gently and very carefully over Remus' chest. His hand trembled as it travelled over the wounds. "I'm going to get Lily, wait here," Remus hadn't moved or made any sound since Sirius had found him, but he was alive, thank Merlin.
"Lily! Thank God!" Sirius ran to drag Lily in to the flat.
"Sirius! What happened to you?" she cried at the sight of Sirius. He looked down at his clothes and hands for the first time since getting home; he was covered in Remus' blood.
"Oh...It doesn't matter! Did you bring everything?" Sirius said, pulling on Lily's sleeve.
"Yes Sirius, calm down." After Lily had received Sirius' Patronus, she had apparated to St Mungo's, where she worked, and had quickly grabbed some things to heal Remus' wounds. Sirius pulled her in to the bedroom where he had left Remus on the bed. Lily stopped sharply, as she took in the horrible sight, but soon had to snap out of it when she saw Sirius' frantic look.
"Sirius, can you get a towel so we can clean the wounds?" she asked calmly. Sirius ran in to the bathroom and came back quickly, holding a towel. "Here." Lily wet the towel in Sirius' hands with her wand. "Can you try to clean the wounds?" asked Lily, and turned to prepare the potions and medications. Sirius sat down next to Remus on the bed and ever so carefully wiped the blood away from Remus' chest, forehead and arms. Now the deep scratches became visible and Sirius gasped quietly.
"Sirius?" Lily came up behind Sirius and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Would you let me look now?"
"Huh? Oh right," he sniffed, and quickly dried away his tears. He rose up and gave the space to Lily.
Lily sat down on the edge of the bed where Sirius had sat before. She examined Remus, while Sirius paced back and forth in the room, biting his nails and watching Lily work.
"Be careful," murmured Sirius.
"I am," Lily reassured him, as Sirius resumed his pacing. "Honey, can you please stand still? You're a bit distracting," said Lily gently to Sirius who stopped dead. He managed to stay quiet for about two minutes.
"Anything I can do?" he asked, desperately trying to help.
"There's nothing really you can do...I'll manage," she said. "But maybe you can roll him on to his side so I can look on his back?" She said this mostly to give Sirius something to do and maybe calm him down a bit. Sirius obeyed at once, and lay slowly down next to Remus.
"Like this?" he said, holding him gently against his chest.
"Yes, that's fine," she said and smiled at Sirius. He truly loved this boy. Sirius felt terrible, he should have gone out last night and searched for Remus. Maybe he could have saved him.
"There..." said Lily as she stroked the healing potion on Remus sore back. "His back isn't that bad. Do you have any idea what could have happened to him? Weren't there any traces near the spot where you found him?"
"I-eh..." Sirius cleared his dry throat. "No I didn't see anything specific...But he's obviously been attacked by someone, probably a Death Eater."
"Yes, that's what I'm thinking too. I'm just wondering what spell they used to do this, it looks more like he's been stabbed. But if that's the case, why wouldn't they just use their wands?" Sirius was stunned, just the thought of Remus getting abused and stabbed by Death Eaters made him sick. Unconsciously, he held the small boy tighter in his arms.
"So, I'm done. There's nothing more I can do," said Lily as she, with Sirius' help, wrapped bandages over Remus wounds. "I'll leave this here so you can change the bandages later and this healing potion to put on them. It helps with the pain," she gave Sirius a small smile. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, stroking Remus' hair. Lily walked up to Sirius' side and placed her hand on his shoulder. "He'll be alright. Just call me if something goes wrong," Sirius nodded and returned Lily's smile.
"And get some sleep yourself, I know you didn't sleep last night," she said, before walking out the room.
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Sirius woke up several hours later, when he heard his name being called.
"Sirius?" asked Remus quietly, surprised to find himself in Sirius' bed.
"Remus, are you awake?" Sirius turned to face Remus next to him. He met his big amber eyes and didn't wait for an answer. "Remus! What happened? I was so worried! Why did you run away?"
Remus couldn't hold it back and tears started dripping down his face. He refused to meet Sirius' eyes, and seemed to be looking for a way to escape.
"Remus? Don't cry…" said Sirius with concern. "Please, it breaks my heart to see you cry." He moved closer the crying boy. "Come here," Sirius pulled Remus close and held him against his chest. Remus kept crying and gripped Sirius' shirt with his cold hands. He refused to say anything or even look at him. Sirius tried to calm him down. "Shh…it's okay Remus…Why won't you tell me?"
"I just can't…you'll throw me out," sniffed Remus.
"No, I would never throw you out," whispered Sirius to him, stroking his hair. "Was someone hurting you?"
Remus shook his head. Sirius was surprised; if no one had hurt him, then how had this happened?
"But how did this happen then?" Remus remained quiet with his face buried in to Sirius' chest. "Remus, I promise, I won't throw you out. I would never do that. Tell me."
Remus sniffed and mumbled something in to Sirius' shirt. "I- I'm…"
"What?" asked Sirius gently.
"..A werewolf…" whispered Remus, too afraid of Sirius' reaction to look up - he stayed still and held his breath.
Sirius barely breathed himself. Of all things, he hadn't expected this. At first he didn't even understand but then he remembered the full moon he had seen from his window the night before. So that was why he had gone out? To transform. But then why was he so hurt, had he been in a fight with…another wolf? Sirius couldn't stop himself and stupidly said:
"So?" in a confused voice.
"So?" whimpered Remus and pulled his face out from Sirius' shirt. He dried his tears and looked up at Sirius. "So, what?"
"Why are you so hurt?" Remus clearly hadn't expected this reaction, and stared with wide eyes at Sirius.
"Wha- I, because….Aren't you mad at me?" he asked quietly.
"Why would I be mad at you? You haven't done anything, and it's not like you can help it either," said Sirius reasonably. Remus stared at Sirius, his mouth slightly open for a while before it broke out in to a grin. He hugged Sirius as hard as his bandaged arms would let him.
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It showed that Remus had been really nervous about telling Sirius about his problem. He had planned to go through the transformation and just come back to Sirius' flat the morning after, but it hadn't worked out like that.
"Well, I didn't believe my transformation would be this bad," mumbled Remus, as Sirius again asked about his wounds. "The wolf, it doesn't really like me…it hurts me…"
Sirius stayed quiet, lost in his thoughts. He had read about werewolves in his Defence Against The Dark Arts lessons, but he didn't knew much about them. I never handed in that essay, did I? But that class had been his favourite and he had also been pretty good at it.
"Don't stop," said Remus quietly and broke Sirius' train of thoughts.
"Eh…right," Sirius hadn't noticed that he had been playing with Remus' hair while he thought. He continued to draw his fingers through Remus soft hair and felt him shiver as he did. Soon after, Sirius felt Remus' breath get slower against his neck and he was sure he was asleep. The tiredness took over Sirius aswell and with his werewolf in his arms he fell asleep.
I've got a bit trouble getting on with this couse I don't know what's going to happend next, but I've got a few ideas ^^
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