PadfootItachi: I'M BACK! Field hockey has ended so that means once a week updates have returned! –all cheer- Without further ado….for the disclaimer see any of the previous chapters…DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW! And I changed my pen name obviously…I got bored of the other one for some reason lol…

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"The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible."

-Severus Snape

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A few days after the little incident after Care of Magical Creatures, Sirius noticed Korimi looking more and more like Remus always did before a full moon (which recently passed). He also noticed her temper becoming shorter and shorter as the week went on, snapping at anyone that made a comment to her; she landed 3 Slytherins in the Hospital wing because they made their usual snide comments about Gryffindors. Needless to say, Korimi was not in a good mood that week, and most of the school was paying for it.

Glancing next to him, Sirius could see Korimi currently glaring death at the Potions book in front of her; they had a potions essay due the next day, and Korimi only had a little more than half of it done, which was just adding on to her bad mood. The fact that she was a horrible potions maker wasn't helping much, and Sirius and Vickie were too afraid to offer help in fear she would snap at them and hex them like everyone else.

"Where the hell is Remus when I need him?" Korimi growled softly. James, Remus, Ani, and Lily were all in a Prefects meeting, and Peter was serving detention for blowing up another cauldron in Potions (Sirius wondered how the boy managed to get into NEWTS potions).

"Uh…Korimi…." Vickie spoke up softly.

"What?" Korimi snapped, making Vickie blink.

"Sorry."

Korimi sighed. "No…sorry, what is it?" She asked in a calmer voice.

"I was just wondering if you needed help with your Potions? You've been staring at that piece of parchment for an hour now."

"If helping you mean copy, then yes," Korimi muttered.

Vickie grinned. "No. But, I'll look over your essay so far and make corrections for you."

Korimi sighed and handed over her essay; it was better than nothing.

"How come you never offer me any help?" Sirius asked.

"Because your idea of help is copying my essay," Vickie replied, not taking her eyes off of Korimi's essay.

"So is Korimi's!"

Korimi glared at him, successfully ending his complaining.

Once she was finished, Vickie handed back Korimi's essay full of scratch outs and corrections. Looking at it, Korimi groaned. "Someone shoot me," she muttered, flopping down on the couch so her head was resting in Sirius's lap. Normally she wouldn't have done this with people in the common room, but she was too tired, and felt too much like death to care at the moment.

"I don't think your brother would appreciate that," Vickie chuckled.

"I wouldn't much either," Sirius said, grinning down at Korimi, whose arm was thrown over her eyes.

"I feel like death," Korimi muttered.

Sirius flicked her forehead playfully. "Forgive me for saying, love." Korimi moved her arm and glared at him.

"I told you not to call me that."

Sirius shrugged. "You have looked like death all week."

"Aren't boyfriend's supposed to think their girlfriend is pretty no matter what?" Vickie asked lightly, raising an eyebrow.

"He knows not to patronize me," Korimi replied, slowly sitting up from the couch. "Ah, screw Potions. Ashford can kiss my ass. I'm going to bed. Goodnight."

Standing up to stretch, Korimi intended to go upstairs for a long nights sleep and made no move to grab her books as she began to walk to the girl's staircase.

"What no goodnight kiss?" Sirius pouted.

Rolling her eyes, Korimi walked back over to the couch and stood behind it. Leaning over, she gave Sirius a swift kiss on the cheek, before heading upstairs.

"Not the romantic one is she?" Vickie said amusedly.

Sirius grinned, and leaned back in the couch. "Nope. But I love her anyway."

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Two sapphire orbs stood against the black wall of the dark forest behind them. Cold snow covering the land in a thick blanket. Where was he? He took a step; the snow was cold beneath his padded paws. He was in his animagus form? A shooting star shot across the sky as the howl of a nearby wolf echoed all around him. He moved closer to the two orbs of glimmering sapphire, which were slowly disappearing into the dark wall of the forest. Breaking into a sprint, he chased the two orbs, but never got any closer. Another howl from a wolf, this time far away and melancholy. What was going on? The snow slowly turned red, and an inhuman scream pierced the sky. The sapphire orbs returned, and turned blood red, the form of a wolf appearing. It lapped up the newly made pools of blood, all the while looking straight at him with a distinct look of blood lust. Another piercing scream, this time louder than before.

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Sirius shot up in bed, breathing hard. Why was the screaming from his dream still happening? And why had it woken up his friends as well?

"What the bloody hell?" James yelled over the screams, holding his hands to his ears like his friends.

Peter was also up and looked thoroughly confused. Remus was the only one that had rushed out of bed and grabbed his broom from under his bed.

"Get up! Korimi's the one that's screaming!"

"What--?"

"Just do it!"

Sirius and James quickly got out of bed, and grabbed their brooms as Peter followed them, still bewildered about the situation.

Hurtling down the staircase after Remus, they ignored the other Gryffindor Boys who were all coming out of their dorms, holding their ears, yelling "What the hell is making all that noise?"

The hopped on their brooms, and took of up the girls staircase; their heads were pounded slightly but they ignored it as they reached the top of the stairs and pushed their way through the gaggle of Gryffindor girls. Making their way up to the dorms at the top of the tower, the through open the door that read "7th Years". When they entered, they found Lily, Ani, and Vickie all standing around Korimi bed, trying to shake her awake.

"Don't touch her!" Remus warned loudly, swiftly walking over. "You can't—"

"What's happening!" James asked.

"We don't know she just--"

The screams suddenly stopped, and Korimi laid still in her bed, unmoving and her breathing very shallow.

Sirius cursed and hastily walked over to the side of the bed. "I knew their was something wrong with her," he muttered, reaching out to check her pulse. As soon as his skin came in contact with hers, ice spread from where his finger tips rested and encased her body.

"What's happening?" Peter's eyes widened appropriately in fear.

"On my—" Lily gasped when Korimi's body burst into flames, making Sirius jump back. Strangely, nothing the flames came in contact with burned, there wasn't even smoke. Even stranger, the flames seemed to be black.

Once again, Korimi screamed in pain, before she completely disappeared in the wall of fire.

"Can't somebody get some water or something?" Sirius asked, whipping around to see his friends frozen on the spot, all in shock of what was currently happening. Remus, however, was looking at the black flames with a look of utter pity, as the fire reflected in his amber colored eyes.

"Water won't help her, Sirius…we can't do anything except watch," Remus said softly.

"I'm going to get Professor McGonagall," Lily said urgently, rushing out of the room.

"How do you--?" Sirius began, but Remus cut him off.

"Just trust me." He turned his eyes to Sirius, silently telling him not to interfere.

The screams stopped once again; moments later a wolf leapt out of the flames that had previously consumed Korimi. It looked at the shocked teens before backing up and growling menacingly.

"Is…is that--?" Vickie stuttered, her eyes widening.

Remus nodded, looking at the wolf with sad eyes. "Yeah. That's Korimi."

Peter backed up behind James and Sirius when the wolf's sapphire colored eyes locked on to his; Sirius moved forward. It looked exactly like the wolf in his dream, only it's eyes were blue, not red. He stretched out his hand and the wolf growled again, snapping him when he was only mere inches away from its head, the sharp teeth grazing his skin; it eyes turned blood red. Giving one last growl, it sprinted passed Sirius and the others, though the common room and out of the porthole, leaving a trail of black and red flames. Seconds later, the Gryffindors could see the wolf sprinting across the grounds from the dorm window.

"What in the-?"

James watched as a second wolf, this time whiter than the purest snow, ran out of the castle, taking off after the black wolf and into the forbidden forest. None of this made any sense. The Marauders knew Korimi could turn into a wolf, but a wolf that left a trail of fire? Black fire.

'Wait a minute,' Sirius thought. Remus didn't seem surprised about anything that had happened. 'And how did he know Korimi was the one that was screaming?' There was no way he could know what was going on unless…

He looked at Remus, who was leaning on the bedpost of Korimi's bed, looking weary.

"You know the thing she has been hiding, don't you?" Sirius asked, making all eyes fall on Remus, who gave a tired sigh before nodding.

"She told me a few weeks ago. She said she had to tell someone. I think it was just—"

"Why didn't you tell us?" James rounded on his friend angrily, but Remus simply looked at him calmly.

"Because she asked me to, and that's reason enough."

"We're your friends!" James exclaimed. 'You've known her for--!"

"How long I know someone doesn't affect my loyalty to them," Remus cut him off. "What if Lily told you something she didn't want anyone else to know?"

"That's completely different!"

"I…I don't think it is," Peter's small voice said behind him.

James spun around to look at Peter, who looked a bit nervous; he never really disagreed with James on anything. "Well…I don't know…I think whatever Korimi is hiding must be pretty private right? So, maybe she only wants one person to know?"

Remus gave a thankful smile towards his friends, who gave a faint one in return.

James crossed his arms over his chest. "She should have told Sirius at least."

Remus nodded. "I won't argue with you about that, but Yuriy told me whenever he brought up telling Sirius, Korimi would change the subject." He looked at Sirius, who had been silent the entire time. "I'm sorry Sirius…I wish I could tell you but—"

"I'm not mad at you, Moony," Sirius said softly, his eyes full of sadness. Why could Korimi trust Remus and not him? He though someone was supposed to trust the person he or she loved and be able to tell them anything. Didn't Korimi know he would never do anything to hurt her?

"What's the meaning of this?" Professor McGonagall came rushing into the room with Lily not far behind. "Miss. Evans told me something happened to Valkov. And what are you boys doing up here at this time of night? The girl's dorms are off limits! 10 points from Gryffindor!"

The Gryffindors exchanged glances, not bothering to argue about the lost house points, before Ani spoke up.

"Sorry Professor…Potter and his friends simply came up here to investigate…you see, Korimi just started screaming and—"

"Where is she now?" McGonagall cut her off.

"Uh…" Vickie spoke up. "Well, you see, after the screaming ..that's when James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter showed up….ice began to cover her body and then uh…she caught fire," she said, feeling uncomfortable under McGonagall's stare.

"A wolf jumped out of the fire," Peter said nervously. "Then it ran into the forest." He pointed out he girl's dorm window.

McGonagall's lips were nothing but a thin line as she shakily turned to Sirius. "Mr. Black, I assume Miss. Valkov has told you—"

"She hasn't told me anything Professor," Sirius replied quietly.

McGonagall was silent for a moment, before giving a tired sigh. "I will have to speak to Dumbledore. You girls round the younger students back into their dorms. Same with you boys," she instructed, looking at each of the Gryffindors in turn. "Do not answer any questions until I clear up everything with Dumbledore, understood?"

The group nodded and walked out after McGonagall. As the boys flew back down the staircase, the girl's got the younger students back in their rooms, telling them not to come out until breakfast and like McGonagall instructed, they didn't answer any questions.

In the distance, a faint howl of a wolf was heard.

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PadfootItachi: For the record…McGonagall does not know the secret. Only Remus and Dumbledore. Anyway…REVIEW PLEASE! TILL NEXT WEEK! JA NE!