Accidents happen

A/N: Hey out there reading public! Awww, you guys are so nice! Well, I made this chapter nice and long just for you, extra on the drama! I can only hope you guys like as much as the rest. Enjoy my good people, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I am not J.K Rowling thereby I don't own Hogwarts or any of the characters you all know and love, however, I may make up a few of my own along the way and come up with some other stuff to so if you don't recognize it then it's probably mine, though, if you want I'll tell you exactly what's what, I mean, if it truly bothers you or something (although I honestly can't see why it would, I mean, this is fanfiction after all). I do own Professor Ronts, Professor Sune, Sam, Seri and any other side characters I throw in there. So you can just think of it as, if they don't sound familiar to you, their mine.

Chapter 26

Remus was surprised to find, it wasn't that difficult to stay away from Sirius for the next few days. In fact, it almost seemed as if Sirius were trying to do the same for some reason.

Often times Sirius would have a sort of uncomfortable look on his face if they ever locked eyes, as if he were embarrassed.

"I must have said something, but what? I can't even remember what the dream was about!" he thought to himself whenever Sirius would quickly break eye contact and stare at the ground.

Whatever the reason, it was probably for the better because as the moon approached he started to feel restless. He didn't trust himself to be alone with Sirius longer then a few minutes, sometimes not even that long.

Then, the time finally came.

The actual day that went on before the full moon rose always made Remus miss all of his classes. He was more tired that day then on any of the others leading up to it and usually stayed in bed.

However, with this day, he felt a sudden burst of energy for the primal lust he felt grew stronger. He couldn't even be in the same room with him now, because whenever he was, he wanted nothing more then to slam him to the ground and shag him silly, no matter if anyone was there or not.

In all honesty, it was starting to scare him, he felt like he was losing control of himself.

"God, is this what animals in heat feel like? No wonder people keep them locked up…"

Sleep was hard to accomplish with the want he had slowly growing into a need, but he didn't want to risk going to classes and make the teachers question why. They all knew he should be exhausted, he wasn't about to break routine.

Before he barricaded himself in the dorm, however, he did have a talk with Lily.

"You're sure you'll be able to keep him occupied tonight?"

She nodded "Yep, I've got a good excuse to keep him here and everything."

"Ok, I just want to be sure…and you're positive it'll keep him here?"

Again, she nodded "Yes, I'm asking him to help me with a charm so as long as I pretend to mess it up he'll still be here."

Remus nodded but still didn't feel assured "Right…you'll make sure he doesn't even go outside?"

Lily laughed slightly "For god's sake Remus, yes! Don't you trust me?"

He sighed heavily "Of course I do…it's me I don't trust…"

She smiled sympathetically and put a hand on his shoulder "Relax, everything'll be fine."

"I hope you're right…"

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Lily waited till just after lunch to pull Sirius aside and talk to him, she led him outside were she was pretty sure there were no listening ears.

"What's up Lily?" he asked in a would-be casual voice. He didn't seem as nonchalant these days as he normally would be, like something was eating at him from the inside.

"Well Sirius, er, you know how the full moon's today and all?"

That snapped him out of his dream-ish state and caused him to look sharply at her "…Yeah, what about it?"

She took a deep breath "Well, I don't think that…er…well, what I mean is…I need help with a-a charm and I was hoping that you could help me with it…tonight."

He smiled playfully "Why not ask for James' help?"

"Well, he's the biggest animal of you guys, right? Doesn't he need to be there to, well you know…"

He sighed "True…but this'll be the first time I've ever changed and actually be there for it! Can't I help you some other time or can't you get extra help from a teacher, or someone else?"

Lily looked away slightly, now she knew why James and Remus didn't want to do this. He sounded really disappointed and…he was really good at making you feel guilty.

"No, no! Have to be the bad guy…" she told herself.

"But, you're the best in our year! I want help from the best and going to a teacher would be embarrassing…please Sirius? Just help me this once, ok? Please? I need to know it by tomorrow!"

Sirius looked over at the Whomping Willow "But-"

"PLLLLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEE?" she said, trying to sound as desperate as she could.

Lily was surprised, she must have been really convincing because he sighed and, though he did look sadden, said with a smile "Alright, alright, I'll help you…but you better really need my help for making me miss out on this."

She smiled "Yes, I do. Well, we better get to class. Thanks again Sirius, bye!" and darted back into the castle.

He blinked "Er…ok…" and confusedly started to his first class.

Now most of the day (with his new schedule) Sirius shared his classes with mostly Hufflepuffs but there were a few classes shared with the Slytherins.

In History of Magic Sirius usually sat in the far off corner, away from everyone else. Not that it matter, this was usually thought of as a free hour as it was. People passed notes, talked softly, slept and did extra work there so no one really thought it strange.

This was the class were Sirius felt freest to think without anyone bothering him today, however, he was in for a bit of a shock.

Severus Snape usually sat alone as well, but as everyone filed in the class, he took the one seat next to Sirius.

Sirius frowned as he did "What do you, Snape?"

He gave Sirius a somewhat evil smirk "What? Can't I sit wherever I want or is this class under dictatorship?"

Sirius scoffed and looked away from him "Well there goes a good hour of thinking out the window." He didn't trust Snape in the slightest and knew he wouldn't be able to concentrate knowing Snape here wanted something.

It was obvious he did, or that he knew something because people don't smirk like that without reason, the question was, what did he want?

But Snape liked to play head-games, he waited until the class was halfway in and Sirius was starting to drop his guard when he spoke again:

"So…you and that mudblood girl Lily seem to be good friends these days…" he said carelessly.

Sirius sat up attentively "Don't call her that, Snivellus."

His smirk widened "Good friends indeed…I heard you talking outside today."

Sirius shot him a nasty smile "Been spyin' have you? I'm surprised I didn't see your grease hair reflecting light from wherever you where…" though he seemed confident on the outside, inside, his heart couldn't be beating any faster.

Snape was just bluffing right? And it's not like they just out and said what they were talking about…

Severus dropped his false demeanor and frowned "What's happening today by the Whomping Willow?"

Sirius frowned "Nothing."

"Damn! Just where was the slim-ball anyway?!" he thought, remembering how he glanced at the Willow, but just for a moment.

But he must have spoken to soon, for a horrible smile came to Snape's face "Ahh, so there is something going on…I wasn't to sure, it was mostly a guess. Well don't worry Black, I'll find out what's going on…"

"Get stuffed!" Sirius snapped, turning away from him.

Snape chuckled but said no more directly to him, but made small comments such as 'I wonder what you're missing out on Black' or 'Animal…what did she mean by animal I wonder'.

It made Sirius uneasy the entire class and he all but darted out of the room once they were released.

"Got tell James to watch out for Snape." Was he main thought as he ran down the corridor, dodging people and slipping through the crowds, hoping to catch James in the hall.

Luck was on his side; James and Peter were parting just now. James had Ancient Ruins while Peter had Divination. Sirius ran up to James, who smiled when he saw him "Hey Pads, how's-"

"James, Snape knows…" he panted, trying to talk while out of breath hurt.

James blinked "What?"

Sirius glanced around at the people who were also going to class and lowered his voice "I think Snape knows, about Remus."

At that James' eyes narrowed and he leaned in a bit "You sure?"

Sirius nodded "But not entirely. He sat next to me in History of Magic, said he over-heard me and Lily talking today. Oh, by the way, I won't be coming tonight."

"Well at least we have that in our favor."

"What?"

"Nothing. So what'd he say?"

Sirius gave James a suspicious look but continued "Well, it's not like either of us went into much detail about it, but he kept give me this look, I swear it's like he knows Legilimency or something! I don't think he got anything though. He kept saying they were more like guesses. Just watch out for him tonight though, I dunno if he'll try anything."

"You didn't say anything like how to get-"

"No, but we better not talk about it here, I've got a bad feeling, like he's listening somehow…"

"With ears like his it's hard not to I suppose." James said, in a small effort to brighten the situation.

Sirius managed a small smile; though it wasn't heart-felt "Yeah…well, just thought I should warn you."

James nodded "Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for the git. See ya."

Sirius nodded "Right…"

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Remus woke up for what had to be the 11th time, stretching his arms over his head.

"Hmm…boy I'll be glad when this is finally over…" he murmured sleepily.

He blinked a moment as he started to wake up "Wonder what time it is…" he said aloud.

With a yawn he got out of the bed and pulled the curtains back. The sky was a beautiful orange-yellow with a bit of purple above it as the sun began to set.

Remus frowned "Hm, it's about that time, I better get ready."

He lit one of the candles so he could see his trunk, got his robes and such out and began to change. Once he had he went downstairs to the common room where only a few people were.

Only a few of the classes had let out so the rest were still in session.

Remus sighed and took a seat in on of the chairs close to the fire-place. Madam Pomfrey told him to come once the classes were done because students were less likely to be there if he came when they all went back to their dorms.

Now came the time he sometimes referred to as 'the great wait'.

He stared at the flames, thinking, but was slightly distracted when he noticed someone in another chair, head down slightly with their eyes closed.

He frowned slightly "Lily?"

She jumped and looked up "Hm? Oh…(yawn), hi Remus."

"Hi…are you ok?" he asked slowly.

She nodded "Oh yeah, I'm fine! We were just learning a new charm today, puts people to sleep…" as she spoke, her voice sounded distant, dreamy even as she swayed a little.

Panic started to rise as she closed her eyes, "Oh no…Y-you've got to stay awake Lily! Who's gonna keep Sirius distracted?!"

She waved a hand "Oh don't worry! I'll be fine…it'll wear off…"

Remus groaned "Someone must hate me…"

Lily's head rolled slightly as she softly started to snore.

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The dungeon's cool darkness didn't calm any of James' nerves as he anxiously looked at the door. Potions seemed to drag on forever! While he did this, Peter sank fearfully in his chair.

James had told him once they met up again what Sirius had told him about Snape and Peter convinced that now Snape was 'reading his mind'.

"He keeps looking over here! He knows James, he knows! Oh we're gonna get in so much trouble!" Peter whispered fearfully.

James shushed him but couldn't help but notice he was right, Snape was looking over at them an awful lot…maybe he did know Legilimency…

He smirked "Aw Snivellus, don't you know I'm way out of your league." He said mockingly, causing a few people to laugh.

Snape's frown deepened "You wait Potter; I know you're up to something and when I find out what-"

"Blah, blah, blah. Sorry Snape, you're just not my type, so do me a favor and look at someone else for a change." James said coolly, turning away from him.

Snape sneered but said nothing more on the matter.

The rest of the class was agonizingly slow but eventually they were released and both James and Peter rushed out the door and hurried to the Gryffindor common room.

"Pass-"

"Himplumup!" James said quickly and wasting no time to push the door open.

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Remus jumped slightly when the door burst open "Oh, hey guys, what's wrong?"

"He…Snape…know!" Peter panted as they came in.

James rolled his eyes "It's nothing. What's wrong with Lily?"

He figured it was better to tell Remus about Snape later, he was under enough stress as it was. And as for Lily, she was leaning against the couch with her eyes shut, mouth opened slightly.

Remus ran a hand through his hair "She said they learned a new charm today, Prof. Flitwick had them practice it out on each other, it's a sleeping charm."

James sat next to her and shook her lightly "Lily, come on hon, get up!"

She opened her eyes hazily and smiled "Oh, hehehe, hey James…haha, you're glasses look funny…"

He shook his head "Oh man, she's still half asleep. Lils get up! Come on, you have to watch Sirius remember?"

Remus frowned "Pour some water on her or something! We can't have Sirius-"

"Can't have me what?"

Remus stopped short and went rigid, not turning around.

Behind him, Sirius closed the portrait door and approached them curiously, he repeated himself "Can't have me WHAT, Remus?"

Remus swallowed hard "Oh god, not now!"

"Um…er…can't have you…skip out on, helping Lily. She's a little tired, but she really needs your help!" James said; get in front of Sirius as he made his way in.

Sirius blinked "What?"

"Yes! Yes that's it, Lily just over worked herself, trying to learn to hard…but she's UP now!" Remus said, walking over to Lily.

As he said 'up' he gave her arm a hard pinch.

She jumped up "OW! Why'd you- Oh! Oh, er…hi Sirius! I'm awake now, let's start practicing!" she said, once aware of what was happening.

Remus looked at James who still had Sirius in the doorway then at a chair. He did this three times before James got the hint and quickly pushed Sirius to the chair "Yeah! Er, Lily needs your help so, you just, come over here and help her!"

"And uh, I'll go to Madam Pomfrey now, bye!" Remus said hurriedly as he inched to the door.

Sirius frowned "Wait a minute!"

"BYE!" and without looking back he slammed the door.

The few other people in the common room cast confused, if not somewhat amused looks at them. Sirius, however, was not amused in the slightest.

"What the hell's goin' on James?! What're you guys hiding from me?" he said angrily.

James looked away "Hiding?! Who's hiding something? No one's hiding anything!"

Sirius frowned "Right, and Snape's just looking for new friends, that's why he's spying on us! James, I'm not stupid, I know you guys are up to something. Why can't you tell me?!"

"I…I…er…h-here! Help Lils out, I've gotta ahhhh…Go help Prof. Sprout with the planting! I promised you know!" he said, quickly making his exit.

Sirius frowned then glanced at Peter who shivered under his piercing stare.

"And…I…I…I have to do…that…thing! In the…thing…with…the thing…"

He tripped over his robes as he rushed out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Sirius glared after them, even after they were gone he still looked at the door, as if expecting them to come back.

Finally he sighed and turned back to Lily "And I suppose the chances of YOU telling me are none existent, right?"

Lily didn't answer, she was sitting in the chair again, her breathing in a soft rhythm.

He crossed his arms and sighed exasperatedly "Right…"

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(A/N: Quick note guys, to me, in my own twisted mind, the animals can all understand and speak to each other. Remus is technically a wolf so he'll understand them as well. Sorry if that bothers some, I just don't think it'd be much of a scene if there were no dialogue! Also, it starts to get a little intense from this point on...)

The walls of the Shrieking Shack had the paint pealing off, mold was growing in some place; it was a wonder how they even still stood! The whole house had a murky feel to it; from the dust that layered the house down to all the scattered bits of furniture everywhere. There were about 4 rooms in there as well. Downstairs was the living room, kitchen and upstairs a bathroom and a bedroom.

And in said bedroom, a wolf snarled viciously and scratched at the door and walls that kept it in there.

"Dirty humans! Trapping me in here…keeping me from my mate!" he thought angrily, stopping his attack on the walls and doors to pace the ground, trying to think of another way out.

Normally, it wanted out to kill and perhaps make some more werewolves, but now it was for a whole different reason. Wolves are surprisingly social animals, it felt alone and needy for his mate.

Snarls slowly morphed into howls of sorrow as it scratched at the walls.

"Remus, you ok?" a voice asked from behind the door.

The wolf stopped scratching at the walls and looked questioningly at the door "Who is there?"

"Hold on, back away from the door." The voice said.

The wolf didn't need to do so but moved so the other voice would know it was out of the way. Once it had, two great hooves knocked the door open and they belonged to a dark brown stag.

He had strange patterns around his eyes as well as the rest of his body and on one of its antlers sat a plum rat, it to had strange patterns on it.

The wolf stared at the two newcomers "You seem…familiar, to me."

The stag nodded "Yes, we were with you before, remember? I told you, I am James, the rat is Peter. You're Remus. Remember?"

The wolf paused for a moment "…Hm…James…well, I know not this 'Remus' you speak, but I am glad to see you. You must help me escape this place; I have to see my mate."

James moved nervously "Er, no…I mean, you should really just, stay here and wait for your mate to come to you…right?"

The wolf growled lowly "No…I cannot wait! This is worse then having no pack…the bone scarring loneliness of that almost breaks my heart everyday…please, wouldn't you wish to be with your mate in a moment of such horrible seclusion!? My friend, if I can call you that, will you not help me? I swear, if you do, I will tell my brothers to leave you and your family in peace, just don't keep me from my mate!"

James stared at the miserable wolf for a moment, speechless.

Peter scurried to the middle of his antler, closer to his ear "Hey James, I don't think we'll be able to keep him here, he sounds so…desperate."

James shook his head "We just have to stall him…"

"But how can-"

The wolf suddenly perked up with a gasp "Could it be…" it pushed past James and went down the stairs.

James quickly followed after, not noticing Peter falling off his antler with a soft squeak "Remus wait!"

The wolf did not wait; he went until he was back to the door…where a big, shaggy, black dog stood.

James skidded to a halt "Oh no!"

Sirius looked up at James' voice "Oh hey James, Lily fell asleep and- OOF!"

The wolf tackled Sirius to the ground, staring at him possissively "Oh, how I've longed to be with you, my mate…"

Sirius' eyes widened "What?!"

"No more words, I need you now!" the wolf growled lowly, positioning differently…

"Shit! Get the hell off me!" Sirius barked, kicking and squirming under the wolf.

But the wolf was too heavy, stronger then him and kept him pinned "Stay still love, I don't want to hurt you."

Sirius gasped, his movement getting more desperate "JAMES HELP!!"

James pranced frightenedly around them "I-I-I I don't know how! I don't have arms and if I step on him I'll squish you to!"

"Then squish me! Just don't let him…" the sentence was better left unfinished and James knew it.

He reared back on his hind-legs…but he couldn't crush his friends, he swerved and stomped hard next to them. But this was enough to frighten the wolf enough so it stopped it actions and the pause gave Sirius enough time to quickly scramble away.

The wolf turned with a snarl to look at him "What're you doing…James?!"

James stomped next to it again, forcing the wolf back "Sorry Rem, but I can't let you do that. Sirius, get outta here!"

The wolf's fur began to stand on end, it bared it's teeth "You will not keep me from my mate…I'll kill you if I must!" and with that it sprang at James' side, taking him to the ground and ripping into his side, causing him to let out a noise of pain.

"GET OFF HIM!!" Sirius snarled, jumping on Remus' back and biting down as hard as he could. The wolf howled in agony, abandoning James to get Sirius off his back.

Up stairs, Peter looked down squeaking with fright "Oh! What should I do, what should I do?! I'm not big enough to help…what CAN I do!?"

Downstairs, though both James and Sirius teamed up, the wolf had unbelievable strength and the wound in James' side wasn't helping anything.

He groaned and started to sit "S-Sirius…it's gettin' kind of dizzy in here…"

Sirius panted, nursing a bleeding paw "No James, get up! Please, come on!"

The wolf stalked forward, blood dripping from above its eye "Enough of this…mate, you will come with or I will make you by force and I do not wish to do that."

Sirius' eyes widened and he swallowed hard "Oh no…what are we gonna do…?"

"Pst, Sirius!" a small voice squeaked.

He glanced back at the stairs where Peter was scurrying down.

"Sirius, say you'll go with him, I've got a plan!" he squeaked desperately.

Sirius breathing quickened "Pete, you sure? I don't want-"

"Trust me!"

He hesitated, but as he did the wolf stalk closer, looking more at James with a look of rage…

"A-alright! Alright I'll…I-I'll go with you b-but you have to promise to leave James alone. Don't kill him!" Sirius whimpered, his voice quivering. For the first time in a long time, he was really scared…for real!

The wolf nodded "Ok. Come, we'll break our way out of here and try to join a pack. I'm not sure where we are, but we'll find them."

Sirius shivered but nodded back "R-r-right…"

"A pack of WEREWOLVES?! Oh, you better have a good plan Peter!" he thought, timidly walking up to the wolf.

Behind him, meanwhile, Peter was coxing James to come up the stairs.

"Come on James, I know it hurts, but you're the only one who has the muscle for this! If you push that table off the stairs on him, it'll knock him out! Come on, please James, get up!" he squeaked.

James groaned painfully but forced himself to his feet and hobbled to the stairs, staggering at every step.

"Come on James, you're real close!"

The wolf took no notice to this as it went back to the door "Now, if we just get this out of the way we might find a pack before sunup…"

James grinded his teeth together, forcing his body to keep moving as it protested. Once Peter was sure he could make it on his own he went back down the stairs.

Sirius kept his distance as the wolf tried bashing the door with its side.

"Pst, Sirius!"

He glance down "Peter, what now?"

"Get him to go under the stairway, James is gonna push a table over his head."

Sirius looked sharply at him "You sure that won't hurt him?"

"Yes!…no…ok, not really no, but I'm positive it won't kill him!"

Sirius gave him a long look.

Peter glanced back at the stairs "Look, it's better that we hurt him to knock him out then keep him conscious and…you know…him doing…whatever he wants…"

He did have to agree with that.

"Alright, leave it to me…" he whispered.

Peter nodded then hurried back to check on James.

Sirius swallowed hard "Er, R-Remus?"

He got no response.

"That's right…this isn't Remus, it's a monster…"

He took a deep breath "Mate."

The wolf turned from the door "Yes?"

"Um, don't you think we'll need some…f-food, before we go? It might be…a long trip…" Sirius said nervously.

The wolf glanced at him "We can hunt on the way."

"W-w-well, actually, there's some…food, in that room, over there…"

Peter attempted to help James push the table "Ugggh, just a little…further!"

James was pushing it with his head to the edge-

"Ok, ok, stop, stop! Now we just have to wait till Sirius gets him there!" Peter shrilled.

James gasped for air, his neck matted with sweat.

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Sirius glanced up and saw them in position.

"Come on! Quick, we have to get it all, right now!" he said, running to the kitchen.

The wolf shook its head with a sigh "Very well." And walked calmly after…

"NOW!" Peter screeched.

With a great heave James pushed the table. The wolf could only look up but had no time to so much as move his tail as the table crashed over its head, breaking even.

Sirius covered his eyes with a paw "Sorry Rem…"

There was no doubt about it, the wolf was out-cold and would remain so for sometime.

Peter, no longer sensing danger, changed back to his human state and ran downstairs "Sirius! Are you ok?"

Sirius' snout shank to a nose and his bleeding paw turned into a hand as he stood up "Y-yeah…I'm fine…"

"Good, so help me up here, James is really hurt!"

Both ran up the stairs to where a stag no longer lay, but James. His side had a deep gash but he otherwise looked ok.

Sirius kneeled down next to him, tapping his face to keep him awake "Oh James…hey, can you hear me? James…talk to me…"

James' eyes were half closed but he managed to lift his head. A small smile came to his face "S-so…Lily's conked out on ya huh?" he said weakly.

Sirius bit his lip "Stay right here, I'm going to get help."

"No. No, don't get Madam Pomfrey…Dumbledore'll kill us if we…he finds out…we're illegal Animagi…" he panted.

Sirius frowned "I don't care! You're hurt, you need help!"

"No…just…go to the room…L-Lily gave me an idea earlier and…(cough)…I…I stashed a book of h-healer spells in there…under the mattress…y-you could use those…"

Sirius' frown deepened "But-"

His breathing was slightly ragged "Come on Pads…you don't wanna…get expelled…do you?"

Sirius stared at him for a moment "…Pete go get the book! You're crazy, you know that?"

James grinned weakly "Thanks…"

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End A/N: WHOO! Ok, that's it so far. Sorry, I really hope this chapter meets your guy's expectations, I really tried! Tell me what you thought, review!