Remus
"Ava" Remus sighed sadly as he boosted her through the hole leading in to the shrieking shack "we need to at least talk about it"
"there's nothing to talk about Remus" Ava smiled as she stood up to right herself,only her brown leather boots visible to Remus's eye level
"maybe some other time then" Remus mumbled under his breath as he pulled himself through the entrance to the shrieking shack behind her
"this place could do with some paint" Ava chuckled while gazing around at the room with a frown
"there's no point in fixing anything" Remus shrugged dismissively "it'll only get destroyed over and over"
"it sounds like you're speaking from experience" Ava raised one eyebrow in question while Remus gestured for her to follow him up the stairs
"alone or together?" he asked unsure as he paused at the top of the landing
"alone" Ava smiled stiffly while gazing longingly out of the window at the full moon's approach "I mean we could do it together,I'm just unsure that's wise for now"
"alone it is" Remus chuckled while opening the bedroom door for her
"Remus" Ava smiled kindly "I'll be in the next room"
"why whats wrong with this one?" Remus frowned worriedly as he looked around the destroyed bedroom
"there's nothing wrong with it" Ava smiled sweetly "it's obviously your room,I know more than anyone certain places make you feel secure"
"well that's why I thought..." Remus trailed off as Ava opened the door for the next bedroom along
"this one's great" she assured him with a quick wink as she stepped inside,leaving the door open slightly so she would be able to leave again once she had transformed.
"hey" James greeted,making Remus almost jump out of his skin at his surprise arrival
"don't do that" Remus growled while swatting a laughing James back down the stairs
"I'll be downstairs with Padfoot" James called over his shoulder as he slowly made his way down the stairs
"where's Peter?" Remus asked hesitantly as Ava appeared next to him on the landing
"in the common room" James shrugged finally meeting Sirius at the bottom of the stairs
"he's been looking for Ava all day" Sirius added with a grim expression "he told me he really needs to speak with you"
"we'll deal with it in a few days" Ava sighed softly while heading back to her bedroom
"we can figure something out Mooney" James sighed loudly "just,don't worry about it tonight"
Sirius
The noises were terrible.
Sirius had grown accustomed to Remus's howls of agony during his transformations,still with every transformation every hair on his body had raised and Padfoot had often howled along,sharing his friends pain.
the noises echoing from the top floor of the battered old house tonight would haunt Sirius Black for many years to come.
James had hinted that Ava might be in the shrieking shack with Remus tonight but he had thought she'd show up later that night,he was as always extremely wrong.
Padfoot took one tentative step towards the stair case,one paw hesitating on the bottom step as Prongs huffed loudly behind him,the sound quickly cut off by heart stopping deep groan which made Padfoots blood rush through his ears.
he wanted nothing more than to race up the stairs in to the bedroom he knew she would be in to help her in any way he could,though he knew she would never thank him for it,he had learnt quickly from Remus the transformation's were private for a reason,the images still plagued him from the first time he had dared to watch Remus.
a blood curdling scream echoed through the walls of the dusty old house giving Prongs the opportunity to block Padfoots path up the stairs which he did in the blink of an eye just as a door came crashing open upstairs.
Padfoot and Prongs quickly scrambled to the other side of the room expecting Mooney to come crashing down the stairs at any moment,instead all they heard was a quiet growl coming from the back of Remus's throat followed by staggering footsteps.
'he's trying to get to her' Sirius realized while sharing a worried look with Prongs as they silently made their way in to the dining room to try to give Remus as much privacy as possible.
they waited for what felt like hours,until a small jet black wolf came trotting merrily in to the room,she paused for a fraction of a second to look at Padfoot before turning to James with a look of mischief in her yellow eyes,with the blink of an eye she pounced but not on Prongs as they had both expected,she had launched herself right at Padfoot successfully tackling him to the round and snapping playfully at his throat.
if a deer could laugh that was what Prongs would be doing now,as she rolled Padfoot around like a puppy on the dusty old floor.
Padfoot grew more and more frustrated with himself as Ava's onslaught continued,he wasn't sure if he should retaliate,she was after all extremely small but had the strength of 10 body builders put together.
he quickly learnt that trying to wiggle away wasn't acceptable in Ava's eyes as the werewolf became steadily bored with him before finally withdrawing to launch herself at the sandy brown werewolf who had just entered the room looking rather dazed.
it was really a sight to behold,Mooney had misunderstood at first and given Ava a rather gruesome bite mark on her shoulder before realizing his mistake as she yelped in pain.
Padfoot recoiled slightly as Mooney began cleaning the wound 'she's going to murder him for that' he thought feeling rather smug with himself.
'not again' Padfoot thought tiredly as Ava dived on top of him,nipping his ears lightly.
he had managed to escape in to the kitchen pantry over an hour ago so he could rest.
she had been relentless all night,Padfoot had lost count of how many times he had had to distract her from hurting herself or attempting to escape.
eventually Padfoot and Prongs had worked out shifts as to who distracted the little beast,apparently it was his turn again.
Padfoot yawned loudly before quickly rolling over and pinning Ava to the pantry floor
'HA' he thought triumphantly as the werewolf grunted in surprise.
deciding not to be too smug about it Padfoot jumped from her and quickly ran for the living room to see what Mooney and Prongs were up to,it took several minutes to get there as Ava had thrown herself at him in the kitchen door way,successfully tackling him back down on to the floor.
Padfoot was pleasantly surprised to find Mooney and Prongs both fast asleep on the living room floor,he sat down next to Mooney and started at Ava for a while as she began clawing away at the wooden kitchen door.
once the door was off the hinges and utterly destroyed the werewolf looked around for something else to do before letting out a jaw cracking yawn,followed quickly by a cute little sneeze.
'that's frigging adorable' Padfoot thought to himself in awe.
he had noticed things about Ava Greenway over the years like the moment she would step one foot in to the common room her shoes would be off before you could blink,the way she tucked her feet under herself when she sat on the sofa,how she always looked on the verge of tears when she concentrated really hard or how she would frown while doing her homework in the library,but the best and more heart wrenching thing about Ava Greenway was how she yawned,and then sneezed .time.
she slowly made her way across the room and sat next to him quietly before giving his muzzle a great big lick and silently making her way to Mooney and flopping down ungracefully on the floor next to him just as the weak daylight began to filter through the window.
when he was sure she was actually asleep Sirius quickly shifted back in to himself and shook Prongs awake.
"I'm exhausted" James groaned still unmoving on the floor "she just doesn't stop does she?"
"no" Sirius chuckled "she doesn't,get a move on Prongs my bed's calling me"
"we should probably cover her up" James sighed while standing up with a groan
"I'll find something" Sirius nodded as James began clearing away the path leading to the whomping willow.
Sirius could not think of one single thing to cover Ava with,but he knew when she woke up she would wake completely naked.
'don't think about it' Sirius urged himself as he glared resentfully towards the two werewolf's snuggled up on the floor,finally plucking his leather jacket from one of the empty wooden crates near the exit and turning back towards the two wolf's.
only they weren't wolf's anymore.
Lily
"Not the best time Miss Evans" Madam Pomfrey panted while ushering Lily out of the hospital wing "surely Professor Slughorn will give you the pepper up potion dear?"
"I'm here to see Ava" Lily laughed as the medi witch realized her foolishness
"sorry dear" Madam Pomfrey chuckled "she's the top bed on the right,Remus is the next one along and Mr Potter and Mr Black are in the two opposite"
"I wondered what those two were up to" Lily shook in her head in amusement as she made her way up the hall.
she had spent all night trying to coax Peter in to telling her what he wanted with Ava with no corse she already knew what he wanted but couldn't help but hope he would confess everything to her so they could avoid the nasty situation that was surely just around the corner.
Lily was for the first time glad it was a full moon,Ava and Remus would be out of action for a few days so Peter wouldn't be able to speak to either of them without people overhearing.
"hey" Lily greeted brightly while stepping in to Ava's cubicle only to find her best friend peacefully asleep.
"I'll come back later" Lily whispered as she set Ava's favorite books on the small beside table.
"Remus?" Lily whispered while tapping the curtain blocking Remus from view
"I'm awake" Remus mumbled as Lily stepped through the curtain with a bright smile
"how are you feeling?" Lily asked softly while setting down Remus's pile of books she had randomly selected from his dorm room
"like I've been hit by a train" Remus smiled stiffly "but that's nothing new"
"well you must be feeling better than Ava" Lily chuckled softly "she's still fast asleep"
"what time is it?" Remus frowned worriedly while looking around for the clock
"its 12:30" Lily told him,quickly joining in on his concern as to why Ava wasn't awake "she's missing lunch,that's really not like her"
"it's not normal" Remus yawned loudly "she wakes up hours before I do,it's rather strange she's not sitting in your seat"
"I can open the curtain?" Lily offered as Remus nodded eagerly.
"did someone say lunch?" Ava asked sleepily the moment Lily had sent the curtain flying back with one flick of her wand
"that's my girl" Remus grinned as Madam Pomfrey came bustling through the curtain with two breakfast trays
"I knew you'd wake up for lunch" Madam Pomfrey snorted in amusement while setting the tray down on the wheeled table
"smells like breakfast to me" Ava snorted while sitting up with a gasp of pain "what the?"
"another one for the collection my dear" Madam Pomfrey told her softly "I assure you,it's quite impressive"
"well that's something" Ava shrugged,causing her to wince slightly before nibbling on her toast
"what happened?" Remus and Lily asked at the same time as Madam Pomfrey set Remus's tray down
"eat your lunch" Madam Pomfrey told him sternly before turning on her heel and marching back out to the opposite end of the hospital wing
"don't look at me" Ava chuckled as the two of them turned to her for explanation "I don't remember a thing"
"Evans" James yawned in way of greeting as he stepped in to the cubicle "Lunch me"
"Lunch you?" Lily grinned "what on earth are you talking about Potter?"
"me,you,lunch,now" James grinned mischievously "never mind ill just eat Ava's" he added while making his way over to Ava's bed where she had fallen pack to sleep with the toast still in her hand
"if she wakes up and catches you eating her food she'll kill you" Lily told him seriously
"I wouldn't be surprised if she slept for the next 3 days solid" James snorted while snagging the bowl of porridge "honestly,the woman's a nightmare"
"she can be a handful" Remus smiled knowingly "what has she done now?"
"she's got so much energy" James sighed contently as he sank down in to the chair next to Ava's bed "Padfoots practically in a coma,she was rolling around with him on the floor all night"
"she did what?" Lily gasped,noticing Remus's eyes widen a fraction
"not like that" James told them quickly "she's excellent at tackling us to the ground,then pinning us,she totally kicked your ass Mooney"
"how did she get hurt?" Remus asked,changing the subject quickly
"ah...well you sort of...well you bit her mate" James stuttered apprehensively "she sort of...dived at you and you took it the wrong way"
"shit" Remus sighed while Lily patted his hand reassuringly.
she had only ever caught a small peak of Ava's scars and had quickly wished she hadn't seen them at one's on her back didn't look as though they were by accident,or even done by a had always known Ava's mother was a cruel,evil woman but she had never realized that on top of those things she was also she doubted Ava's father had known had even tried to bring it up in conversation once but Ava had quickly shut down telling her to mind her own business as she often did.
she really hoped now Ava had Remus she wouldn't be so secretive about her life,Lily had lived with Ava Greenway for 5 years but she couldn't pretend any longer that she knew anything about Greenway had always been a complete mystery up until now,Lily was looking forward to learning more about the best friend she hardly knew anything about.
"what do you know about Ava?" Lily wondered out loud,as both James and Remus fell silent
"well...she's Ava" James paused slightly "she's got a furry problem,her and Remus are a thing and she's super smart"
"but what else?" Lily persisted while looking up at Remus "what do we actually know about her?"
"you could say the same thing about Remus" James shrugged slightly "I guess being secretive is part of your nature?"
"kind of" Remus agreed thoughtfully "it's mostly self-preservation though,I didn't realize it was really a thing until you just mentioned it"
"its good to know you're not the only one whose mental" James grinned mischievously as Remus launched a pillow at him.
Ava
"whats your...shoe size?" Lily asked noisily
"Lily for fu...four" Ava sighed "excuse me I need the bathroom"
"I'll come with you" Lily grinned excitedly as Remus shook his head in amusement
"for a bath" Ava lied "I need a bath,i'd honestly prefer it if you didn't come with me Lily"
"now that" Sirius grinned finally breaking out of his brooding "is something I would like to see"
"you're such a pig" Lily scoffed as both Remus and James turned to glower at him while Ava snuck out of the portrait hole unnoticed.
Lily had questioned her relentlessly over the past few days,from asking if her hair was naturally black to her favorite nail polish Ava had been well and truly interrogated and desperately needed a break from Lily's endless questions.
she had slept for most of the first day,waking up in the early hours of the morning to sneak in to Remus's hospital bed where she had had the most peaceful healing sleep had been woken by Poppy's shrieks of outrage a few hours later but Ava had convinced the medi witch to let her stay with Remus,he had read gently to her for hours on end until they were both set free which strict orders to return to the Gryffindor common room to sleep in their own individual last part had been ignored they had returned to the common room unnoticed and swiftly climbed the boys stair case leading to Remus's dorm,Ava had screamed the next morning to wake up to James grinning like a Cheshire cat right in her face.
"bloody Marauders" Ava chuckled softly to herself before realizing she had somehow ended up outside of Professor Dumbledore's office
"Ava" a quiet voice greeted as she quickly spun on her heel to find the owner of the voice.
Peter Pettigrew stood behind her in the hallway flanked by Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange
"hey Peter" Ava greeted with a shaky smile "I've not seen you around much,hows things?"
"can I...I mean I need to talk to you" Peter stammered clearly loosing his nerve
"maybe later" Ava smiled sweetly,trying to ignore the fact Bellatrix had just withdrawn her wand from her robe sleeve "I have a meeting with Dumbledore"
"liar" Bellatrix hissed nastily "as much as I'd love to make you the dark lord has asked you come willingly"
"well" Ava grinned nervously "I can hardly argue with that...lead the way"
"you...you'll come?" Peter asked in complete surprise
"well I'm guessing you have something to tell me?" Ava chuckled as she walked past Peter to where Lucius was standing
"we do" Lucius nodded while narrowing his eyes suspiciously "this way,please"
"see this one's a real pure blood Bella" Ava grinned mischievously while nodding in Lucius direction "he has the manners you lack"
"YOU..." Bellatrix shrieked,Lucius immediately silencing her with one hand gesture
"perhaps" Lucius smiled coldly "you should return to the common room Bella,you are no longer needed here"
'thank you Jesus' Ava thought in relief as her flattery seemed to work on the foolish snob.
"I'll kill you" Bellatrix grinned wickedly as she bashed in to Ava's injured shoulder purposefully
"not if I kill you first" Ava grinned back,noticing how Bellatrix's eyes seemed to widen in pleasure at the challenge.
"f...follow me" Peter told her shakily as he held open the nearest door to Dumbledore's office
"well...isn't this cosy" Ava chuckled as she sank down in to the dusty old armchair in front of the blazing fire "to what do I owe the pleasure?"
"the dark lord wishes for us to deliver a message" Lucius sneered as Peter backed in to the darkest corner of the room,as though wishing himself invisible
"and what is the message?" Ava asked formally,mentally kicking herself for leaving her wand in the Gryffindor common room.
"it's simple" Lucius smiled stiffly "he wishes for you and your mate to join his forces and help take back our world"
"I wasn't aware we lost it" Ava snorted in amusement "where ever did it go?"
"you should think carefully about his kind offer" Lucius snapped "many of your kind are choosing to join us"
"whats in it for me?" Ava asked suspiciously,if she was going to play along she was going to get as much information as possible.
"freedom" Lucius told her simply "your kind will be free to do as you see fit,no more restrictions you will finally be seen as equals"
"I'll discuss it with Remus" Ava lied while swallowing the bile building up in the back of her throat
"well" Lucius chuckled "this is a surprise,the dark lord believed you would be difficult"
"why would I be?" Ava smiled stiffly "I can hardly ignore an opportunity to be free can I?"
"you are much more intelligent than anyone gives you credit for" Lucius bowed slightly
"is that all?" Ava asked,trying desperately to keep her tone light when all's she wanted to do was scream at this man for his stupidity.
"I'm afraid not" Lucius sighed sadly "you see Miss Greenway...you never really had a choice"
"I thought not" Ava sighed sadly while rising to her feet as Lucius withdrew his wand
"are you not at least going to attempt to defend yourself?" he asked slightly shocked as Peter let out a whimper in the corner
"you wont kill me" Ava chuckled "I'm sure your orders are to bring me in alive Lucius"
"they were" Lucius grinned nastily "and then I thought why bring the girl? why not kill her and allow her mate to become bitter and resentful towards others different from him"
"and you think he'd join you if I died?" Ava laughed bitterly "I'll tell you one thing Lucius Malfoy"
"ah,the famous last words" Lucius grinned triumphantly "it's a shame nobody's around to care"
"you have one shot at this" Ava told him seriously "one shot and that's it,if you succeed then I applaud you,if you fail...I will come after you,and i will not stop..ever,do you understand?"
"I never fail" Lucius sneered while pointing his wand over her heart,she didn't even flinch she stood there staring right in to his eyes in silent promise.
"NOOOOOOOOOO" Peter screamed as he threw himself out of his hiding corner just as Lucius yelled
" ADAVA KEDAVRA"