"Hey guys hope you all had a great Christmas. Thank you to all that have reviewed or added me. Im gonna try my best to keep updates regular but i have lost my notes for the fic so im gonna be changing what I originally planned to happen so bear with me" ~ Wibbs
Chapter 10 – Plans
Two days after her talk with Severus and Sydney was beginning to think the good times were already going. Ahsoka, her best friend seemed to be ignoring her. She had been in bed nearly all day and refused to eat or come outside or go to classes. She wouldn't even go to the school nurse. Remus also seemed to have become ill and had shut himself away in his dorm. She had thought of finding Severus but he was nowhere to be found. So the girl found herself trying to remember about what he had said the last time they had talked. He had asked her about her friends and what she knew about their condition. She hadn't answered him. That would have been stupid of her to tell him her suspicions. It was true that last mouth the cousins had been sick around the same time. It had been the end of the first week during last month. Ahsoka had just upped and gone along with Remus and both had reappeared looking tired and ill. And now around four weeks later they were both like it again.
Sydney sighed she had hoped Lily might be around so they could practice spells together but her old had wandered off with that Potter boy. Apparently they were going to do their charms homework together. "Likely story" Sydney muttered to herself. In the meantime she just had the company of a rather sleepy Sirius black. As the boy slouched in a chair half asleep with boredom she sat on the chairs arm and delighted in poking him in the ribs. "Getoffyabitch" he muttered as she tickled him. "Not till you tell me what you learned yesterday" Sydney said in a sing song voice. "Don't have an eating contest with Raebeart" the boy said weakly. "That's right" Sydney said ruffling his hair. The boys silver eyes glared at her. "Why don't you go find someone else to bully with. Try your brother since I'm not aloud anymore" he growled up at her from under his tangled black fringe.
Sydney glared at him her blue eyes livid. "Why don't you try being nice for once" she said jabbing him hard in the head with her wand. "You are such a violent little pest" Sirius yelped rubbing his head. He frowned at her but then chuckled as she continued to prod him all over with her wand tip. "Stop it no tickling" he gasped his hands raised in defence. "But you're quite clearly enjoying yourself. Your laughing" Sydney with a giggle. She grinned down at him and carried on her playful assault of his person. Sirius grabbed her wrist pulling her on top of him. Sydney let loose a loud speak as he pulled her against his chest. "Now this I like" the boy said as his friend blushed.
"Get a room you two" said a rough sounding voice from behind them, the two turned around to see Remus. "Moony you're up and as fresh as a daisy in dragon dung I see" Sirius said playfully. Remus smiled weakly at his friend and waited patiently as Sirius pulled away from Sydney and came over to him. "Don't worry after tonight you'll be feeling like yourself again. You and your cousin" he said his expression sly. Remus grumbled as Sirius grinned. He hadn't planned on telling his friends but they had worked it out for themselves before the first full moon of the year. They had appeared as they always did, James as a stag, Sirius a dog and tiny Peter a rat. All had kept the two werewolves company whilst the moons gaze covered them. Thankfully they had all stayed in the Shrieking Shack just in case keeping two of them under control was too much.
"Don't worry Moony I think we can risk it. Your cousin is pretty controlled in her other form" Sirius said eagerly. Remus looked unsure as his friend grinned widely at him. Sydney sat perfectly still behind the two boys her keen hearing making out every word, maybe theory had been correct after all. When she first met her friend she had felt her inner wolf stir and had felt its need to show dominance. It had also reacted similar when she had met Remus though the feeling wasn't as intense. This behaviour wouldn't make sense if they were purely human. She had to have some kind of animalistic trait and since she wasn't and organic anigmi she had to be something else. "Sirius I think Sydney can hear us" Remus said in barely a whisper. The boy glanced over his shoulder and Sydney quickly turned the other way avoiding his gaze. "Unlikely at that distance" he said with a shrug.
Remus frowned she certainly seemed to be listening to him. "Sydney would you go check on my cousin for me please" he said, eager to get rid of her for a while. "I suppose" Sydney sighed and left them to it. Sirius grinned in a vaguely perverted way. "If I turned into a dog I could so follow her one night" he said smugly. "There's something wrong with you Pads" his friend said disapprovingly". "Aw come on Moony. James helps me pull the cute dog trick on girls all the time" Sirius said his hands together his eyes pleading. "Sometimes I think you need sedating" Remus said. "And I'm Not James. If he helped you once his bound to do it again, so ask him" he added his arms over his chest crossly. "His chasing Evans all the time. She suddenly seems to find him tolerable" Sirius said with a pout. "Oh really, Padfoot like you can complain, your always with some girl or other" Remus chuckled.
"Just how many girlfriends do you have at the moment?" Remus asked brushing his brown hair out his eyes. "None. I dumped them both to focus all my charms on getting Syd" Sirius said as if he were proud. "I have a bet on with James that I can get a kiss by Christmas" he explained after Moony's shocked expression. "That's horrible" Remus exclaimed. "Oh come on its not as if I don't like her as well. You know I think she's attractive" Sirius sighed with a dejected look. "You think most girls are Pads. And then you go off them as quickly as you fell for them" Remus said grabbing his friend by the arm of his robe. "What if she does like you back and you start dating, what then? Break her heart like every other girl" he said his voice angry. "What is this moony you don't fancy her do you?" Sirius asked his black eyebrows neatly rose over his eyes.
"No I do not but I think she has enough to deal with at the moment. I mean she has agreed to be your friend despite the bully you have been to her brother and she has to keep her friendship with Severus a secret just to keep him happy. She's already dividing herself between you two enough without you trying to make her fall in love with her" Remus said haughtily. "You're such a womaniser" he added. Sirius stared at his friend. "You know Moony sometimes you really get your knickers in a twist around the full moon" he said with a bark like laugh. "Don't worry how complicated could it get and as for her brother I'll stay out his way if he stays out mine" he said his voice laced with confidence. "And if we get in a fight I have told Syd she can have a free slap" he added brightly .
Remus raised an brown eye brow at him. "I did but she did say she wouldn't do it, for fear it would turn me on. Which is fair enough because it might" Sirius said his face thoughtful. Remus stared at him for a few seconds before sighing. "You're impossible. Just don't overdo it ok? You know you have broken quite a few hearts here" he said a small smile on his worn face. "I'll do my best" Sirius said saluting before turning on his heal and leaving. "Where are you going?" Remus called. "I'm off to find Prongs. We haven't pulled one single prank all day" Sirius said with a grin. "See ya tonight Moony" he called as he walked off. Remus could only smile and shake his head. It seemed his friends would never change.
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Out of earshot in the girls dorm Sydney was glad there was no one other than her and Ahsoka present. It meant she could play a trick on her. Slipping into her wolf form the girl bounded through the red curtains onto her friends bed and clambered all over her. The girl beneath her yelped in alarm and sat up. "Sydney get off. Why are you so rambunctious today?" she growled pushing the white wolf off her. Sydney turned back into human form and sat crossed legged on the bed cloths. "It's a full moon tonight I always get kinda rowdy" she beamed. "Don't you" she added eyes glinting. "No I get sick" Ahsoka said without thinking. Sydney smiled "Yes Remus is sick to the poor thing" she said causally. Ahsoka blinked nervously. "Oh really? What a coincidence" she exclaimed with forced suprise.
Sydney looked impatiently at her."Oh come on Ashy I know what you are and Remus too. You're both weres. Why didn't you tell me?" she said frowning at her shyness. Ahsoka looked at her meekly. "I knew you had worked it out. I'm sorry. I've been trying to but with what was happing between you and your brother and your own gifts I thought you had enough to deal with" the other girl said her expression sad. Sydney sighed. "It's ok I understand. I mean I didn't tell you what I could do either. Not till you saw me that night. So I understand why you would be, well reluctant to share. I'm here for you though you know that right?" she said her voice unusually gentle and unsure. Ahsoka nodded. She knew that Sydney knew all too well what it was like to keep a secret from the ones you love most. She had a lot pride for her friend in this moment. Sydney was showing that she was capable of true loyalty, something Ahsoka thought she would never have.
Sydney smiled widely. She had never met a real werewolf before and couldn't help but wonder about everything to do with their whole condition. "So how did it happen?" she asked bluntly, tucking her hair behind her ears. Ahsoka sighed Sydney's tact had disappeared as quickly as it had come. "It's hard to explain. I suppose the story starts with my mother" she said her voice already tired. "Until September this year I lived in Russia with my brother Lukas and Rurik my dad . He wasn't much of a role model so my brother looked after me a lot" she said. Sydney smiled this was yet another thing she could relate to with her friend. "What happened to your mum?" she asked gently, her head tilted to the side.
"I'm getting to it, like I said Dad was a bad role model, a bad person really. He likes the dark arts a whole bunch and well he made enemies. One of those enemies happened to be a werewolf" Ahsoka said with a shake of her head."He was always double crossing creatures like me any other half humans he can find. He used them then screws them over. As a result my mother bitten, only she was bitten whilst being pregnant with me" Ahsoka said tears stinging her eyes. Sydney looked at her, her own expression sad. "She died giving birth to me but the virus or whatever it is a werewolf pass on in their jaws passed into me somehow" Ahsoka explained. "So you've been transforming from when you were a baby" Sydney gasped. "No that's the strange thing. I only first transformed when I turned thirteen" Ahsoka said thoughtfully.
"My brother and I can't explain it and nor can any healer. All we know is there is no cure" she added her shoulders dipping. "Dad disowned me the next day. He kicked me out the house and my helped set me up with some money and helped me get here with the help of Dumbledore. Dad hates him for it but is forcing him to stay using his so called friends to threaten him" Ahsoka continued. Sydney stared at her, her jaw open from shock. The black haired girl shook her head. "What do you mean more werewolves?" Sydney gasped outraged.
"I'm not sure Lukas just said people have been chasing him since he left the house. He hasn't be able to get out the country yet. His trying to come over here but dad isn't making it easy for him. He wants us kept apart" Ahsoka sighed. "I really miss him Syd" she added meekly. Sydney sighed and pulled her friend into a tight hug. "Im sure he will be ok, he sounds like he knows what his doing" she said. "I hope so" Ahsoka said hugging her friend back tightly. "And in the meantime you have me and Moony" Sydney said brightly pulling back. Ahsoka could still see her friend was curious about her situation and took a deep breath preparing herself for the next onslaught of questions.
"So what happens tonight where they send ya to transform?" Sydney asked. Ahsoka smiled weakly and began to explain the situation. They would be lead under the whomping willow though a small dirt tunnel to the shrieking shack, an abandoned building on the edge of Hogsmead village. There they could transform and be safely locked away from the public. With them both being werewolves there was no real harm in them being together. "So you will be safe around me to then right" Sydney said her voice excited. "Yes we aren't dangerous to animals" Ahsoka said with a grin. The werewolf thought carefully. She wondered if she should tell her friend about the others. James, Sirius and Peter had all been there last time, in animal form. Should she tell her how the presence of her friends and her cousin had somehow made her feel tamer? Or that the boys were planning to go into the forest tonight to play. The boys were real animagus and had done it illegally before their fourth year at school and Ahsoka believed Sydney would be excited about this.
"Earth calling Ashy, what the fuck you thinking about?" Sydney said projecting her voice loudly between her hands. Her friend jumped. "Oh just that I eh. I have something to tell you about the guys. Something you need to know but I don't think I should do it" Ahsoka said nervously scratching her head. "Is it that they are all a bunch of idiots cuz I worked that out on like day one" Sydney said with a grin. Her friend frowned at her. "I'm trying to be serious" Ahsoka said trying to hide her smile. "That's no fun" Sydney pouted. She then smiled as her friend laughed. "No its not but this is important. You see the guys worked out what Remus was a long time ago and they wanted to help so" Ahsoka quickly began to tell Sydney what she knew.
"So James and Sirius worked out how to change into animals and since their third year they have been keeping my cousin company" Ahsoka finished rather breathlessly. Sydney blinked at her in wonder her jaw slightly open once more. "Wow those two are a lot smarter than I realised" she said her blue eyes wide in wonder. "What animals are they" she asked. "James was a stag" Ahsoka began. "That figures the big head of his" Sydney muttered. "Peter is a rat" her friend continued with a smirk. Sydney nodded thoughtfully "and Sirius is what" she asked causally. "A dog a big back dog with a rather vague expression" Ahsoka said with a giggle.
Sydney sniggered. The idea of Sirius turning into a goofy dog was hilarious. She smiled she had learnt a lot today but the guys were in the dark when it came to her. If they didn't know about her powers she couldn't tag along tonight. "It's a great thing they did, we shouldn't have any problems but maybe you could come to and keep an eye on us" Ahsoka said her voice hinting. Sydney sighed. "I would have to tell the guys what I am" she said twirling her hair in a absent minded manner. "Well, me Raebeart and Lily know. Why not tell them? I think you can trust them. Just tell Black and he will get you in. I'll tell Remus what's and James for you" her friend said brightly. "You seem so sure" Sydney said and she smiled. "Well I have good instincts and besides Black will go along with anything you say and less you ignore him the more he will leave your brother alone. Or at least that's what I suspect" Ahsoka said with a grin.
"I don't see why, they hate each other" Sydney sighed. "Yeah and to be honest I don't like your brother a great deal but Black fancies you and will do anything to please you" Ahsoka grinned. Sydney glowered at her for the comment about her brother and about Black. "Me and every other girl" Sydney said weakly. "Not that I care" she added quickly. Ahsoka smiled and poked her friend in the arm with her wand. "Fine, if you think he will play nice I'll go talk to the git" Sydney sighed. "Oh come on I know you like any excuse to talk to him" Ahsoka teased. Sydney charmed a pillow across the room at her, hitting the other girl in the face before leaving and shutting the door with a snap.
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Sirius and James were sitting on the steps by the entrance hall. Both boys were watching a tall dark greasy haired lad who was watching them wearily from the other side of the courtyard. Severus Snape glared at them as if daring them to start a fight. His hand was in his pocket, tight on his wand. "Aw come Pads on his asking for if" James said with a exasperated voice. "I know ,the little maggot but I promised Syd and you promised Lily we have to try and be good" Sirius said sourly. Truthfully he would never want to get on with Snivels under any circumstances. However he felt it was the only way to keep the girl happy and the only way to get his kiss was if he could make her happy. "She's been crying less since we back off and they made up" he added.
"That's true and Evans has been hanging around with me too" he said pushing his lenses up his nose a wide smile on his face."The things you two have to do for woman huh. Merlin forbids you should be decent for the sake of it" said a familiar voice. Sydney stood behind them a glare on her face. Behind her Remus and Ahsoka panted apparently they had run to catch up to her. Sirius stood up. "See how good we are his glaring but I'm not doing anything, I'm not even thinking about it. I certainly wasn't thinking about charming him in the air and dunking him in mud" he said very quickly.
James hit himself in the forehead comically. "Sure you weren't" Sydney said eyeing her brother carefully. The boy blinked at her his expression flashed with sadness before he got up and walked away. Sydney's heart squirmed uncomfortably."Come on Black I need to talk to you" Sydney said grabbing his robes and tugging him along behind her. Sirius flashed a worried look at his friends. "I was being good. James tell her I was being good" he said as she dragged him away. James laughed "Poor old pads in trouble again". Remus and Ahsoka smiled and sat down with him. They began to whisper about their plans for the next night.
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A little way off Sydney still dragged Sirius by his robes she could feel her brother watching and knew he was hiding somewhere nearby. So she had dragged her friend right till the edge of the forest, out of eye sight. "What's the problem Syd I'm trying I really am. All I did was glare at the slime ball" Sirius said as they stopped. "Pads don't talk about him like that" Sydney sighed. "Cant help it, I hated him before and I hate him even more now" Sirius grumbled pouting at her. "I wish you just ditch him altogether" he said. "His is my brother and I love him no matter what you think and I'm getting tired of your petty comments" the girl snapped. Sirius stared at his feet his long hair covering his face. "Your too loyal for your own good. Sooner or later his gonna hurt you. How do you know you can trust him?" he asked. Sydney stared at the boy feeling rather impatient; he was being such a child.
"I know I can trust him because he hasn't told anyone I can do this" Sydney said with a sigh. Sirius stared at her and she took a breath. "Do what?" he began. Sirius couldn't believe his eyes and had to rub them to double check it was really happing. The girl in front of him melded fluidly into a white wolf. From a face full of soft fur Sydney's blue eyes stared out at him. her head came to just above his waist. "Syd is that you. How did you work out to do that your shit at transfiguration" he stammered in disbelief. Sydney turned back. "Well that's one of the rudest responses so far" she grumbled her cheeks pink. "It's not a spell. I've been able to do that since I was a kid and Severus was the only one who" the girl paused, her eyes hard.
"Look you don't need to know but I trust him and now I'm trusting you. You two are in equal in my mind" Sydney said her voice wobbly. Sirius blinked at her, he didn't like the idea of that but it didn't matter for now anyway. "Wow. What else can you do?" he asked with a chuckle. "I have a mean left hook. Now promise you won't tell and your let me come out with you and the others on full moon tonight. Please. Please. Please." Sydney pleaded. She looked to cute to resist and he was sure she would be safe with them. Sirius smiled slyly. "Of course you can Snowy" he said. Sydney flushed at him, he was embarrassing her again.
"Hey if you're in the gang you need a nickname" Sirius teased. He winked playfully at her. "Oh and as you're a girl incitation kiss" he said brightly leaning in. "Enough down boy" Sydney snarled and attacked. "Ow" Sirius yelped holding his cheek. "Your right you do have a mean left hook" he said as she pushed past him. "Hey wait for me snowy" he called running after her. Sydney found herself stopping and waiting. "Do you think we can chase each other's tails later tonight" the boy asked as soon as he caught up. "No" the girl replied "I think you chase enough tail, so to speak already. If not me some other poor girl" she added with a laugh. She smiled at him and he grinned back rather sheepishly. Sirius Black was hard work but deep down under that bravado she expected he had a heart of gold.
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That's it for now. I hope you all know a little more about Ahsoka now. Your hear more about her family soon. I should mention i borrowed the character from a friend but edited the info slightly. I hope my friend Kayla likes what I have done with her and you guys like her and Sydney too. The next chapter should follow soon.