Even When You Didn't

Chapter Twelve: Patronuses, Animagus and Ancromantula

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.


-l-Lily-l-

I decided to visit Remus.

Which I would probably regret, because no doubt the Marauders were probably there too.

I walked in, and sure enough..there they were, with Remus eating a bagel.

"Hey Remus," I greeted, holding his Charms book.

"Here. We have a 11" long essay for Charms, on the Banishing charm and Color changing charm, then we had entire parchment essay on Animagus and Werewolves," I said handing him his books.

He smiled. "Good, thanks Lily." I cast a summoning charm, having forgotten something.

"And I gave James your schedule for this month," I said.

James and Sirius looked on without asking. Then I noticed Sirius seemed to keep rubbing his shoulder.

"Sirius what did you do to your shoulder?" I asked.

Nothing," he snapped, trying hide his shoulder.

But I walked forward, pulling his robes back, showing a bite mark, which was luckily only oozing blood. I turned away, I hated blood. Then I turned back.

"Where did you get that?" I asked.

"Dog bite," he replied, not looking at me.

I narrowed my eyes. "Tergeo," I said pointing my wand at the wound. I knew how to do this. "Ferula."

I watched as bandages spun and bound his injury. "Is that better?"

Sirius nodded, I turned back toward James and Remus.

Then I spotted something, "Duck!" I cried.

James turned, and I pushed him down, and he slammed into Remus's bedside table, and the force of James made it overturn. I winced. Oops?

I stood up and caught the bars of Honeydukes chocolate. "Sorry James, here Remus," I said handing him the chocolate, and then helping James up.

"Sorry, are you alright?" I asked pulling him up.

"Well that hurt," he commented, rubbing his arm.

"Sorry. I didn't want you to get hit by the chocolate, I summoned it."

"Oh but it's perfectly okay to shove me into a table?" he asked rubbing his head.

I cringed. "Sorry," I apologized, setting the table back up. "You should be fine James, it didn't do any lasting harm."

"You also hit my arm," he hissed, gripping his right arm. Madame Pomfrey despite her efforts, the bite still showed and she couldn't heal it until she knew what type of spider had bitten him. Closing it up might trap the venom in him, and she didn't know what kind of venom it was. If it was harmless she could just close it up. James couldn't say or it would give them away.

Confused, I grabbed his wrist and pulled up his sleeve, to reveal a spider bite. I gave it a closer look.

With a gasp I let go of his arm. "Is that-ancromantula venom? How did you get bitten by an ancromantula?" I asked recognizing the honey colored substance, which we sometimes used in potions.

He pulled his arm back, hazel eyes shadowed with fear.

Something clicked. "You were in the Forbidden Forest," I hissed. "There was a werewolf there last night," I added with an apologetic glance toward Remus.

"Trust me, we weren't in any danger," he replied in a low voice.

"What does this venom do?" he asked.

I paused, biting my lip. "It's made to kill. How do you feel right now?"

" I feel fine," he replied.

I looked back down at the wound, I took his hand, and prodded it with my wand tip. "Can you feel that?" I asked sharply.

"No, why?" he asked.

I sighed. "It's spreading. I can't take it out either, it is known to spread fast."

"Madame Pomfrey!" I called, and she came bustling out.

I gave a half glance toward James. "You have to extract the venom from his arm and then White Dittany should prevent any inflaming. You should probably give him some of this," I pointed to a red bottle sitting in her glass cabinet. "I'm not sure if it can cause internal bleeding. And then some of this," I gestured to a bottle of whitish clear liquid, "So he won't suffer from whatever the venom does to your nerves. You should probably keep the wound open, even after you extract venom you want to make sure so you don't seal any inside."

I released his hand and taking the two bottles I set it on a new bedside table. James obediently lay down, though he was scowling.

Remus looked pale, and scared. "When was he bitten?" he whispered to Sirius as Pomfrey began to administer the red potion.

"Probably around midnight, give or take a few hours why?" Sirius asked.

Remus looked even more scared. "Ancromantula venom can kill Sirius," Remus hissed softly, not wanting to alarm James, or let him find out.

Sirius's jaw dropped. "But I got bitten by-" he broke off. Remus shook his head.

"It's different, animals aren't affected," he hissed. But when an animal like a spider bites another animal, they are still affected."

"You mean like how a dog can get torn up by a werewolf, but if they switch then the person is still hurt but they can't be affected by the bites. They just look like normal bites?" Sirius whispered.

I blinked in confusion.

Noting my confusion Remus explained. "He's talking about animagus."

"Oh. I wish I were animagus. I'm thinking about being one when I come of age. I already know my animal. I'd have to be a doe," I said.

Peter turned, and all three stared at me. Mouths open, and I'm pretty sure Sirius's hit the floor.

"What?" I asked.

"It's just, why a doe?" Remus asked.

I sighed. "I can produce a patronus, my patronus is a doe, so I'd become a doe," I replied.

Remus seemed like the only one who even comprehended that.

"Do you know what a werewolf would be?" Remus asked.

I though hard. " Yeah. Usually they are wolves. They can do animagus transformations, but if they are werewolves usually they are wolf. If they are animagus like a doe, and then are bitten by a werewolf, they can keep their animagus as a doe. But then their patronus might change. I'm not sure. But Remus I'm pretty sure yours would be a wolf, and then your patronus can be anything...werewolves are different. You might be able to change your patronus."