DISCLAIMER: Do I have to go through this again? I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS!

(If you skipped over the last chapter, Severus had a flashback to past abuse and Remus nearly told Severus that he's a werewolf.)

Remus felt the tears welling up in his eyes. Don't cry you pathetic piece of shit, he thought to himself while running into his bed, if you tell Severus that you're a werewolf, he will hate you forever. Then he'll tell everyone else and you'll have no friends and be forced to leave Hogwarts. You already have no future Remus.

Unable to hold back the tears anymore, Remus pulled the curtains beside his bed so no one could see what he was about to do and he sobbed into his pillow. He had just ruined his entire life, he was such a baby. Werewolves aren't supposed to cry! You're only crying because you're pathetic. That's all you are. Pathetic.

The sobs wracked Remus's body and he was unable to control them. It felt so good to cry, to let all the pent up emotions be released. He pitied Severus but he couldn't take his new friends problems more than he could take his own. The schooling hadn't even started yet and Remus was already stressed out. He had been crying for about five minutes when a voice interrupted, "Are you okay? Remus?" Severus asked, worried about his newest best friend.

Remus lied, his voice muffled by the pillow, "I'm fine, I just have allergies."

"I heard you crying."

"I'm homesick. I miss my mother and father."

"Why didn't you say that?" Severus asked, opening up the curtains to reveal a very puffy eyed Remus. His eyes were red and a singular tear fell down his cheek. Severus pulled the werewolf into an extremely tight hug and conforted him, saying, "It's gonna be okay Remus. Now can you tell me whatever you were going to tell me earlier?"

Remus gulped, he knew he wasn't going to escape this. Had he decided to not answer, Severus would just keep pressing him until the breaking point. The werewolf buried his face into Severus's chest and sobbed, causing the pyjamas of the former teacher to become soaked in salty tears. Severus had been the former head of Slytherin and had the occasional student do this, whether it be the homesick first years or the abused second year. Just like Emily Samosa, Severus thought.

"Do you promise you won't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you Severus. I know I just met you today but there's something that makes me believe that I can trust you. When I saw the two black haired boys (James and Sirius,) I felt the opposite of that feeling. I felt that they would betray me the first chance they got," Remus whispered, despite the two being the only ones in the dormitories. He didn't want to take any chances and have someone he couldn't trust overhear this. That would be his one-way ticket out of Hogwarts. No one would want their child going to a place with a werewolf. No one wanted their child to possibly become afflicted with lycanthropy.

"I'd rather cut my fingers off and have someone force-feed them to me than betray you," Severus swore, his obsidian eyes showing an unseen sparkle in them. He already knew the secret of Remus but he wanted Remus to trust him. Severus had ruined the werewolf's career at Hogwarts. Before Remus taught at Hogwarts, it was clear that the werewolf had a hard life. His clothes were fairly shabby and the lycanthrope looked like he had been through multiple tough times. Severus had learned that the job was cursed but had he not told anyone, he may have been able to break the curse and end the poverty of the werewolf. Snape felt he needed to repay the poor fellow and this was the best way to do it.

"You ready?" Remus asked, tears welling up in his eyes. Severus had sounded completely serious when telling Remus that he would never betray Remus, but the werewolfs sense of trust was fairly weak. He had trusted the werewolf that had bitten him, up until Remus himself had been afflicted.

"Ready as I'll ever be," Severus replied back.

"I'm a werewolf," Remus revealed, burying his face into the pyjamas of Severus. All Severus could do was stroke his back and say, "Don't worry Remus, it's not your fault."

OOOOOOOOOOOOO

The next morning the ramblings of the dormitory woke up Severus. He was surprised to find out he didn't have any nightmares but that was all to be expected. "Wake up Severus!" Remus yelled into the former teacher's ear.

Groaning, Severus sat up. If the werewolf had showed any signs of his emotional breakdown last night, the impulsiveness covered it all up. Severus grabbed a black robe out of his bag and slowly took off his pyjamas, first starting with his shirt. He covered up his bed with his curtain so he could change in peace while the werewolf changed in his bed.

Severus mentally cast a tempura spell and learned that it was seven in the morning. The fifth year male prefect, Noah Nabana would have woken him up by now. As it was, there was a knock on the door by the prefect. "Get up," Noah yelled.

Whoever hadn't stirred yet had woken up now. Severus had finished changing and was now brushing his teeth. Remus joined him and asked, "Are you excited for timetables? I know I am."

Severus nodded his head while he spat out the toothpaste into the sink.

OOOOOOOOOOOO

Severus Snape had arrived at the Ravenclaw table with Remus when two owls came. There was a howler and a regular shaped letter. Groaning, he opened up the howler and wondered who it could be from.

"SNIVELLUS GREASY! HOW DARE YOU BREAK MY NOSE! I HATE YOU! YOU'RE JUST A STUPID SLYTHERI- I MEAN RAVENCLAW!" A voice yelled, one that sounded suspiciously like James Potter.

Another voice could be heard in the background of the Howler. While this voice was weaker, it caught Severus off-guard. "JAMES POTTER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT OF BED! CURFEW FOR FIRST YEARS WAS TWO HOURS AGO! WHY ARE YOU YELLING? I HATE TO DO THIS BUT TEN POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR! GET BACK IN YOUR DORMITORY MR. POTTER! I DON'T CARE IF YOU BROKE YOUR NOSE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE YELLING!" Professor McGonagall yelled in the howler.

The howler was abruptly cut off and it tore itself into halves, then quarters, then eighths, and it finally burst into flames. Remus and Severus started laughing uncontrollably at the failed attempt of a Howler. Clearly McGonagall had taken points off for the yelling, rather than the being out late as James had a broken nose. "That was funny, right Remus?" Severus laughed.

Remus was too busy holding in his fit of laughter to answer but judging by the look on Remus's face, Severus took it as a 'yes'.

At the Gryffindor table, Sirius was laughing at James for the failed Howler. "I just don't understand why it recorded McGonagall's voice. I thought I stopped it before then," James complained, his cheeks flushed red with embarrassment.

Ignoring the Potter boy, Severus looked at his other letter. It couldn't be as funny as the Howler but Severus opened it excitedly.

Congratulations Severus for being sorted into Ravenclaw. I always thought you would end up being sorted in Slytherin, but you proved me wrong Sevvy. That's okay, I know brains are completely important and I guess the sorting hat could see your high intelligence within you. Anyways I found a job as a waitress during the day while your father is out at work. I'm going to be opening up a secret Gringotts account from your father. If he knew about it, he would beat me up within a matter of minutes. By the end of the year, we will have enough money to move out. I know it won't buy us the best house but by moving out, my father will put me back into the Prince will.

Stay strong, my darling.

Eileen Prince.

Severus was so caught up in his mother's letter that he didn't notice that Remus was poking him repeatedly. "Severus, we got our timetables. Sadly we have Charms with the Gryffindors first thing with Flitwick but he's our head of house so he'll take care of things."

Severus groaned.