Remus snuck through the crowded hallways trying to make it to his last class of the day when he ran straight into a tall figure, well, taller than him.

"Oops, sorry," Remus mumbled as he looked at the ground.

"Watch where you are going, dunderhead, "Narcissa said, seething as she stared down at the scarred, and scared, boy. "I see you have a pretty set of new scars, Lupin" she drawled.

Remus averted her eyes and continued to make his way to class, but before he could he ran into another abominable Slytherin.

"So, Lupin, where are your pretty little guard dogs? Huh? They seemed very worried about you this morning at breakfast. Besides half the school is talking about the incident last night, they're in up rage that Potter and Black didn't get detention." Severus Snape said, leering over the small boy. Severus wasn't very tall, but it wasn't very hard to be taller than Remus.

Remus rolled his eyes, lowered his head and sighed, "Fuck off, Snape."

"Excuse me?"

Remus met black eyes and gave Snape his best bitch face, "I said, fuck off. I try to be nice to you Snape, but it seems you and every other Slytherin are giving me no choice but to be a crabby bitch today. So yeah, fuck off, before my 'Guard Dogs" find me. then you'll have real hell to pay." He finished, but too true to his words, Sirius, Regulus, and James weren't far off behind him.

Snape's eyes widened slightly, but he recomposed himself back into his original haughty stance.

"Oy! Remus!" Sirius yelled, slinging an arm around Remus' shoulders. "Is this prat bothering you?"

"Yes, because I do believe it has been far too long since we have found a reason to have some fun with Mr. Snivelus here," James said, grinning mischievously.

Regulus rolled his eyes and stood between the Severus and his group of friends, "No, you will not attack Severus for any reason. He is a human being just like everyone else and has not given any of you a real reason to hate him and 'have fun' with him. Please lets all just go to potions class. Please." He tried to drag his friends from the situation when Snape grabbed Sirius' shoulder the boy could turn away.

"Call off your brother, Black. Tell him I don't need someone to defend me." Snape said, eyes boring into the back of the younger Blacks skull.

"I didn't tell him to defend you, be rest assured of that. If I had my way, you wouldn't be here." Sirius said through clenched teeth.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"That means you shouldn't have come up to Remus all threateningly like that," Sirius said as Remus grasped his arm trying to pull him away from the situation. However, Sirius just shook the hand off.

"So, I was right, you really are his guard dog," Severus said, lip curling in disgust.

"Of course, I will always protect Remus, do hear that? Always. And if I find you near him again when I'm not around, you will have hell to pay. Now go fuck yourself." Sirius said turning around and heading to class. Remus stood still completely perplexed at what just happened in front of him. James turned to Snape and sent him a stinging hex, and promptly followed his friend dragging Remus with him.

Regulus stayed after his friends left, "Finite Incantatum," he said, taking the hex off of Severus. "I tried to get you away from that, I even got them to walk away. You were the idiot this time that kept the taunting going!" Regulus turned away, scurrying off to the Gryffindor dorm.


Almost two weeks after the incident was Sirius' thirteenth birthday. This birthday went a little better than the last since they were able to plan a party on his birthday. Andy and Ted sent him a couple of gifts and a wedding invitation for their wedding that would be during his Easter break.

The month after was relevantly ordinary for the group of Gryffindors. Soon enough it was time to start thinking about Christmas and what they were to do about Christmas break. Sirius and Regulus sat on Sirius' bed contemplating exactly what they would do to try to make sure they didn't have to be home for Christmas.

"Well, we still have the Gryffindor card," Regulus said, lying upright against one of the bottom posters of the fourth poster bed.

Sirius sighed, "Yes, I suppose we do. I wish we could save it for Summer. However, I suppose if we don't use it now, we'll end up going home and they'll find out over Christmas. Shite," Sirius said, throwing his textbook towards the head of the bed. He had been lying against the opposite poster of where Regulus was lying.

"it is our last card. We will just have to think of something else for the summertime." Regulus said sighing. "Perhaps Andy will get pregnant. That would help. They would be so mad at her for marrying a muggle-born and procreating with him, they might forget about us coming home altogether." Regulus smiled at his brother's bark of a laugh. Sirius laughed so much here at Hogwarts. He had changed so much since he had gotten away from their parents.

"That's all we can hope for at this point I suppose. Perhaps we should write to Andy. They'd have to start soon, otherwise, it would be too soon to announce the pregnancy. Plus, there's the added factor that the child had been conceived out of wedlock," Sirius said, smirking.

Suddenly, Remus ran through the door, shoving a letter into Sirius' hands.

"Hi. Remus," Sirius said, his brow furrowing at the abruptness of his friends' actions.

"Look at the letter," Remus said panting, trying to catch his breath. He had run all the way from the owlery where he had received and read his letter.

"Dear lovebug…." Sirius smiled, "Lovebug? Really?"

"Just continue the damn letter you wanker," He said glaring at the elder Black.

"Dear lovebug… blah blah blah, how's school. Blah blah blah, father, blah. Ah, here, 'If you would like, you may invite your friends' home for Christmas, assuming they don't already have plans. Seeing as I didn't get to have you last Christmas, I shan't allow you to go to any of your friends' homes or stay at Hogwarts for Christmas. I missed you far too much last year, even if I did get you for New Years. Love you and miss you and can't wait for you to come home and make cookies with me. awaiting your reply, Mummy' aww…. Remmy, that's so adorable."

"Shut up you wanker," Remus said rolling his eyes and trying to hide the blush creeping up on his cheeks. He waited a few more moments. "Well? What do you say?"

"Oh! Oh, I don't know. If we can get ourselves out of Christmas at home, sure. Of course, we'd love to come home with you. Right, Reg?" Sirius said, nudging his brother on his shoulder.

"Sure," Regulus said looking down at his hands.

"What's wrong?" Remus asked, sitting on the bed facing the two boys.

"We haven't told mummy and daddy dearest of our newest betrayal yet. Reg's nervous since he really hasn't disappointed them this much before." Sirius explained.

"Oh, of course, well. At least now you'll have a place to go for Christmas to get away from it all. Mum's ecstatic to meet everyone."

"Ecstatic? Really?" Regulus said raising his eyebrow and smirking.

"Yes," Remus deadpanned, "She used those exact words in a previous letter. She's amazing, my mum. I'm excited for you to meet her as well."

"Aw… Remmy, such a mama's boy." Sirius said, pinching Remus' cheek.

Remus swatted the hand away, "Shove off," he said blushing and smiling.

Regulus frowned, "You don't talk about your dad much." Remus looked down and got off the bed to put his letter away.

"Not much to talk about." He said. Remus sighed and turned around, "Sorry, he's great too. It's just… hard for him that's all. Anyway, I'd rather drop it, if you don't mind?"

Sirius shrugged, "Anyway, we should get to writing a letter to mother and father, shouldn't we Reg?"

Regulus rolled his eyes, "if we must."


Later on that day Sirius went on his way to deliver his letter to the owlery, James prancing on his right side.

"I can't wait for Christmas now! I've never spent it away from my parents. It will be brilliant. No stuffy parties, no stuffy suits or awkward dances where ever old lady begs me to dance with them and I start smelling like mothballs…." James stopped in his track when he realized his best friend wasn't listening to him. "What's wrong Sirius?"

Sirius was snapped out of his trance by the mention of his name, "What? Oh, sorry. Just a lot on my mind."

"Such as?" James said bumping Sirius' shoulder.

"Well, not only am I holding the evidence to be presented at the trial concerning my death, but I was counting the day from the last full moon," Sirius said pointlessly hoping James would catch on.

"And…"

"And the last full moon was twenty-one days ago."

"And…"

"Merlin, James, your useless!" Sirius said throwing his hands up in the air.

"Oh! Oh, I got it. In a twenty-eight-day cycle, we are on day twenty-one." James said jumping up and down.

"Exactly, the full moon is in a week," Sirius said, sighing and looking to the ground. "I hate this," He said in a low voice so that only James could hear him, "he looked so miserable last time. And now we know why, and we can't do a single thing about it! I... I just… I can't sit around and let this happen time after time. I... we have to do something. Anything." Sirius finished with a sharp sigh.

James nodded in agreement, "And we will. But what can we right this second? Huh? Be there for him. Well, at least until we no longer are able to without bodily harm."

Sirius stopped in his tracks. "Maybe that's just it."

"What's just it?"

"We need to be there for him!" Sirius said with a smile growing on his face, "Of course, we need to be there and stop any harm from being inflicted."

"Sirius, I think you might have lost me again."

Sirius rolled his eyes and pulled him to a secluded corner so they could talk without anyone hearing them, "We need to be there when Remus transforms, don't you see? If we could be there to keep, um," Sirius looked around to see student passing busily by, "Moony," he said raising his eyebrows pointedly while James' mouth formed an 'o', "from hurting Remus, then we wouldn't have to worry. "

James nodded, "oy, that's what we can call him. Moony. I like it. However, how the hell are we gonna be able to do that? You do realize at their peak, they are considered some of the most dangerous animals on the entire earth, right next to dragons?" Sirius gave him a look, "I didn't say Remus was, he hardly is, I think he's more docile than a hedgehog, however 'Moony' is extremely dangerous, and wouldn't hesitate to hurt his own mother, let alone you or me."

Sirius thought as he started walking towards the owlery again, "That's why we need to do some research. There has to be some way. However, I don't think we should tell him."

"Wha-,"

"He's just going to try to stop us from doing something dangerous. I swear his self-image and self-preservation skills are awful. I don't think he thinks he deserves us. I mean, us! Honestly, I think we are more of a curse than a blessing." Sirius said interrupting the young Potter. Seconds later he was pushed over sideways into the fresh snow, which of course led to a snow wrestling match.


The week passed quickly until the dreaded day of December the twentieth. Remus began to look paler and paler, losing all signs of health, or so Sirius says.

"Moony, you have to eat," Sirius said as he was trying to prop Remus up at the Gryffindor table. However, instead of sitting up, Remus snuggled further into Sirius' shoulder. "Blimey, can one of you two wankers help me?"

"I'm weak, useless really. And it seems 'Moony' there is really enjoying your shoulder there, I would hate to take it from him." Regulus said pointing to the stronghold Remus had on Sirius.

"Alright, James?" Sirius asked, but James was staring at a certain redhead not even noticing the scene that was ensuing. "You're both useless. I had to carry him down here AND try to get him to eat but no neither of you can bother to help our friend when he is in need."

Regulus cowed slightly, feeling bad at the fact Sirius was doing everything to help Remus. James, however, had not taken his eyes off of Lily Evans since she walked in the Great Hall.

Remus, on the other hand, was half asleep. still awake enough to understand that Sirius was next, but not comprehending that Sirius had him on his lap and had carried him down bridal style.

"Shove off Siri, I didn't ask for you to feed me," Remus mumbled into Sirius' shoulder. Sirius smiled and blushed at the whole scenario.

"Remmy, please eat. You'll need all the strength you can muster for the train ride tomorrow." Sirius whispered into the younger boy's ear.

Remus sits up, "What you mean I can't sleep?" He asks concernedly.

"No Remmy, you can sleep, but I don't want to have to carry you everywhere," Sirius says and begins to rub Remus' back.

Suddenly it hits Remus that he is sitting in Sirius' lap and jumps off moving the bench back and spilling several glasses of pumpkin juice off the table.

"Sorry," Remus manages to mumble out before turning an impossible shade of red and running out of the room.

Sirius' brow furrowed for a minute before he shook his head and relaxed propping his elbows at the table and scooting his side of the bench back in. Regulus stared at Sirius for a minute before going back to breakfast. James still hadn't noticed anything but the stunning color of Lily's red hair and the smile she makes when her friends tell her a joke and the frown she gets every time she looks at James.

Sirius sat grabbing food left and right off the middle of the table hungrily eating his breakfast.

"Slow down, will you?" Regulus said, "Anyway, have you heard back from Mother and Father yet?"

Sirius didn't look up and continued stuffing food in his mouth. After a minute he stopped and looked at his brother, "Nope."

Regulus furrowed his brow, "Do you think it got lost or something?"

Sirius sighed and stabbed at his eggs, "No because we would still be getting a letter concerning Christmas." He stopped and dropped his fork, "Do you think they've disowned us, or are at least trying to figure out the legal matters to do so?"

Regulus' browed furrowed further, "Well, I wasn't until now." He said thinking for a moment and biting his lower lip, and finally, he took a deep breath in and out, "Well, we can always ask you-know-who." He gestured towards the Slytherin table.

Sirius looked bewildered and brought his head lower and closer to Regulus' "Voldemort?" he whispered. Regulus slapped him right up the head.

"No, you prat! Narcissa." Regulus whisper-yelled. Sirius nodded his head in realization.

"You're right, she would know," Sirius said, frowning at his plate. "Fine. Let's do it then" Sirius got up from his seat and walked quickly over to the Slytherin table. Swallowing his pride, he went up to his cousin and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around, glaring at him and then at Regulus, "Can we talk to you out in the hallway?" he asked confidently.

She rolled her eyes, but then got up from her spot next to her boyfriend and followed the two young boys out of the Great Hall.

"Well if it isn't Blood Traitor number one and Blood Traitor number two. What do you want?" she asked harshly hoping she could get this done and over with as quickly as possible.

"I'm surprised you left without a fuss," Sirius said, scrunching his nose in confusion.

"One thing I learned this summer is in front of others you don't refuse family but when in private you give them a piece of your mind. What is it that you want from me?" she said picking at her nails in disinterest between the glares she shot at the brothers.

"We were just wondering if you know what's happening at home since you seem to have a healthier relationship with our parents than we do. We haven't heard from them in a week." Regulus said, crossing his arms.

A nasty smile grew on Narcissa's face. "I heard from my parents that Auntie Walburga and Uncle Orion are completely incoherent. Auntie Walburga yelled for eight hours straight before she took a break and since then Uncle has been staring out a window, not eating nor noticing anyone else existence. I don't think any of them have had a good night's sleep for days. From what I understand, my parents have said you're forbidden from going home until summer time for your own safety."

Both boys shared a look of confusion, "Since when has anyone in our family done something to protect us from bodily harm?" Sirius asked.

"Oh no, protect you from death. You'll probably get the beating of your life this summer, however mother and father don't think it would look ok for you two to be murdered, so until they can find a foolproof way of doing it, you're forbidden to step foot in the house." Narcissa finished with a laugh.

"Why don't they just disown us?" Regulus said in a quiet voice, eyes meeting the floor.

"They can no longer produce an heir, it would be disastrous to disown both of you without a pending heir. And they refuse to make me their heir, seeing as I'm not 100 percent Black. For some reason, Uncle Orion has gotten this idea that only his and Walburga's child can be heir to their ancestral money because 'only they would be 100 percent out of the lineage of the black family.'" She said mimicking a man's voice, "I'm afraid they are still quite ignorant to genetics."

"So, they won't disown us?" Regulus asked.

"Not unless they believe they have no other choice. However, they still haven't decided who is more to blame for the situation, Sirius or Dumbledore." Narcissa said sighing. "May I go now?"

"Yes, thank you for telling us," Sirius said, turning around and heading towards the dormitory.

"Whatever," she said rolling her eyes.

"Where are you going?" Regulus shouted down the hallway as he ran after his brother.

"To tell Remus the good news," Sirius said, still stalking down the halls.


A/N: Alright I'm leaving it off here because I want to give you a chapter but at the same time its' past my bedtime and I'm tired. Anyway, I hope you like my little hints of the Wolfstar that is to come. I am really excited, but I can't get too ahead of myself because this will be a very slow developing relationship. Almost Luke and Lorelai from Gilmore Girls slow. And if you don't get that reference and love Jared Padalecki, I strongly recommend the show to you. Anyway, here you go!

Also, I would love to hear comments on any concerns or ideas you have with my plot that you would care to give. Obviously be nice because I am a young writer, but I definitely would love to hear any of your thoughts on things because only hearing that your story is amazing only helps with the motivation, not content ;D also if you have any concerns about my grammar shove off because I do the best I know how.