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I walked out of the shed where I'd stored the supplies, and made my way quickly to the Hospital Wing.

"What if he doesn't wake up by tonight?" I heard McGonagall hiss.

"I'm not sure. I've never treated a… werewolf… right before the full moon. I suppose we'll have to levitate him to the Whomping Willow before nightfall in case he wakes up. I can cast a boundary line that werewolves can't cross if I have to treat him. I'm not sure if one of mine will hold, though. I was never any good at boundary spells," Madame Pomfrey replied.

"I'll cast one," McGonagall volunteered. "We just need to get him there without causing suspicion. I suspect a Disillusionment Charm will do the job." They had already confirmed my suspicions, so I thought it was only fair to let them know.

"I could cause a distraction," I offered, startling them. "Peeves just stuck gum in the doorway of the Great Hall, and I read about a spell that could send it up his nose. I could do it while everyone's in the Great Hall for lunch or dinner, and they'll all see it."

"Miss Lymph!" McGonagall exclaimed, appalled. "Were you eavesdropping?" I shook my head, then thought about it, and nodded.

"But it's okay. I had already just figured out he's a werewolf. But that's only because I know so much about them. I doubt anyone else will figure it out. But you still could be seen, or someone could run into you, if you have to do it before dark," I explained.

"How did you know?" she asked.

"I was wondering why I couldn't visit him after dark, and what was being complicated by his injury. Also, I couldn't sleep last night, but since my mom was a werewolf, I didn't need to turn on a lamp while I read. He came down with a book, and I noticed that he never turned on the lamp when I left to go to sleep. Whenever he grins, it looks wolfish, and I wondered about that, and why he looked so tired and sick. Also, no one else heard me on the quidditch pitch when he turned around. And he has a scar that he doesn't remember. So, a lot of things, actually. Most people wouldn't piece them together, but I usually have werewolves on the mind, so…" I grinned wolfishly.

"You can't tell anyone, Miss Lymph," McGonagall stated, waiting for me to protest. I nodded.

"I know. It doesn't bother me, anyway. He's only like that one day out of a 29 day moon cycle, so I don't get why it scares some people off," I answered. She nodded approvingly.

"Well, if you're satisfied that he's being taken care of, you can go to lunch now. I'll excuse you from any detention you might get for your little distraction. Let us do our job." I nodded and left, sitting next to Lily in the Great Hall.

"Is he okay?" Lily, James, and Sirius all wanted to know. I nodded.

"They might have to keep him overnight, but he'll be fine. Ew, did Peeves just stick gum in the doorway? Yuck. Watch this! Waddiwasi!" I said. I cast the spell, and the whole Great Hall looked up and laughed at the way Peeves was doing a sort of dance to try and get rid of the gum. They all started laughing, and even Dumbledore looked amused. I looked outside out of the corner of my eye and saw McGonagall disappearing into the base of the Whomping Willow. I smiled and looked back at Peeves, who was being extremely amusing. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. When I turned around, Argus Filch was standing there, looking torn. He seemed to have decided one way or another, and he began to speak.

"As much as I hate Peeves, I hate breaking the rules more. Come with me," he said. I frowned and followed him to his office. "Do you know why you are here?" I shrugged.

"I think I have an idea," I drawled, "Although retaliating against Peeves is something I thought you at least would support, and Professor Dumbledore didn't look the least bit bothered." Filch scowled at me.

"Who are you to tell me how I dole out punishments? You're in your first year, and this is your first day of classes, and you're already in trouble. That's not going to look good on your record." I smirked.

"What rule did I break exactly? The rules say you can't perform spells on other students between classes," I explained, feigning innocence. "I didn't know Peeves was a student, honestly." Filch glared at me.

"I don't want to hear your-"

"Filch, I gave her permission. She's excused from punishment. Miss Lymph, come with me," McGonagall cut in. Filch's scowl deepened, but he said nothing. "I believe you have my class next, Miss Lymph," she turned to me. I nodded mutely. "Do you have your books?" I nodded again. "Well then, I'm afraid lunch is over, so you may come with me." We walked in silence for a few moments.

"Thank you," I said. "I think Filch was about to try and pin me for about forty different rules." She allowed herself a small smile.

"You offered to help. You weren't being troublesome. I can tell you might become troublesome, but you haven't started yet, and no one wants a detention on the first day of classes." We reached the door to the Transfiguration classroom and she turned to me. "I trust you can take notes for Mr. Lupin, seeing as he won't be coming to class?" I nodded and walked into the room before her, taking a seat between Lily and James.

"How many detentions did you get?" James asked quietly.

"None," I whispered back. "I was saved by McGonagall. Now shut your mouth and pay attention." He did as he was told, just fast enough to see McGonagall turn into a cat. We gasped, and I suddenly had an idea. If McGonagall could learn how to turn into an animal, why couldn't I learn? I knew it was advanced magic, but I had a sudden desire to roam the woods at night, or maybe even go see Remus on a full moon. Werewolves can't infect other wizards if they were an animagus and in their animal form. The affliction only affects humans. That got me to thinking…

"Now class, turn these matches into needles, using the incantation," McGonagall instructed. I spoke the incantation, and the tip of the match became metal and pointy, while the rest remained wooden. I shut the rest of my wandering brain off, focusing on the half-match, and spoke it again. Nothing happened. However, the third time I tried, the rest of the match was turned into a needle. McGonagall, who was walking around the class providing tips to those who struggled, noticed, and awarded 10 points to Gryffindor. She changed it back, and asked me to do it again. I recited the incantation, and this time, it turned into a needle the first try. James and Lily gawked at me from either side.

"How did you do that?" Lily asked.

"You can't be thinking about anything else while you do it. Like at first, I was thinking how I was jealous of how McGonagall could turn into a cat, and thought that I'd like to learn how eventually, but then I realized I needed to concentrate. So then I did it right," I explained. She nodded, and she and James tried again simultaneously. James' match turned into a needle right away, and he grinned, triumphant. Lily's turned silver and pointy, but was still a match-ish thing. She tried again, and transformed it the rest of the way. She turned to me and smiled, and I smiled back encouragingly.

"See? It's just concentration. You can do it fine," I said, somewhat to both of them. We weren't given any homework, but I took a few matches and wrote down the incantation so that I could help Remus when he came back. I looked at the sky out the window, and was glad to see that it was still light out. I hoped desperately that Remus would either wake up before dark, or not wake up until morning. It would be horrible and disorienting if he woke up as a werewolf.

I headed to the library, telling the others I was just going to get some light reading. They rolled their eyes and didn't think any more of it. I walked quickly, only getting lost once, and found that I had plenty of time before dinner when I arrived. I found a secluded corner and got a book on Animagi, curling up with it and reading eagerly.

I think there's still three or four chapters I'll put up. I feel like there should be more of this than my other story, because I have so much more written. Keep on reading!