James stepped forward first with his head hung low as not to start a fight with the already irate werewolf. Mooney paced the small room that only allowed him a few steps in any one direction. Sirius eked forward with his head higher, a bit more daring in meeting eyes with their friend. The werewolf growled low in his chest at the threat and leaned down to meet the dog, snout to snout. Sirius suppressed a whine when Mooney began to sniff him though his instincts yelled to every nerve ending in his body to turn and run.
Satisfied with one familiar scent, Mooney moved on to James who stared onward at the opposite wall to keep himself from flinching. Comforted by familiarity, he sunk down to the floor and curled up against himself for warmth that his scarce fur just couldn't provide. Peter finally peeked his head out of a crack in the wall upon the commotion of the room had died down. He stood between Sirius' front paws and simply watched Remus slowly fall asleep.
Feeling bolder, Sirius steeped forward and nudged ever so carefully nudged at Mooney's side. Obliging, he opened himself up so Sirius could curl up next to him. Mooney flicked out his tongue and ran it over the edges of Sirius' ears once before allowing his eyes to slip closed once more. James and Peter slipped out silently and unnoticed by the pair.
"Well- that went better than ever could be expected. And we managed to find ourselves again!" James cried victoriously as he slipped back into his jeans. "I do think that Remus will be feeling much better tomorrow after actually being able to sleep comfortably. Though I just hope Sirius makes it out unscathed."
"Remus wouldn't hurt Sirius, would he? He still has a werewolf mind until dawn and there is on one down there to help if something goes wrong!" Peter whined, casting a worried glance at the Whomping Willow. "We could all get into trouble."
"leave them be. Sirius can fend for himself and would take offense if we thought otherwise. Let's go before we get caught by Filch ourselves," James replied.
A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates for over a month. I just haven't had much desire to do anything relating to writing and then I find out that in 2 weeks that I will be moving. So I have been one busy bee recently and will be for a while. But I will resume daily updates as of today.