I woke to silence. I realized with a start that I was still the wolf, but I could use that to my advantage. Without opening my eyes, I listened carefully for anything I might care to know. After a few minutes, when I still didn't hear anything, I finally opened my eyes and looked around. I was obviously in the hospital wing, but that didn't really tell me much. If Voldemort had won, he might have his own reasons, most of them distinctly unpleasant, for keeping me in one piece.
After a minute, I jumped off the bed and walked over to the door. I briefly considered changing back to my human form, then decided that I could move faster and quieter in my wolf form. I turned the doorknob with one paw, then headed down the hallway. I stopped outside the staffroom and listened carefully.
"He'll be okay, I think," said Madam Pomfrey. "I am concerned that he hasn't woken up yet, though."
"He'll be okay," Sirius assured her. "You couldn't kill him if you tried."
"Which Voldemort certainly did," Harry remarked. The door was open, and I walked in.
"Remus," Snape said, sounding startled. "You shouldn't be out of bed!" I changed back to my usual form and grinned at him.
"Why not? I feel perfectly fine. So what happened? You won, apparently, but what exactly happened?"
"Harry happened," Severus said simply. "Voldemort's gone for good this time."
"And his wizards?"
"Most were under the Imperius Curse, but the remainder was taken away by the Ministry."
"Which means you can stop playing the hero," Harry added.
"Look who's talking!" I exclaimed.
"You know, he's got a point," Sirius said thoughtfully.
"Well, I'll quit if Remus will."
"Quit being heroic?" I asked with a grin. "Never! These people have no respect for us conquering heroes do they, Harry?"
"'Course not," Harry said, playing along. "They have no idea how hard it is to act heroic!" I tried to keep a straight face, but failed miserably. I started laughing, and everyone else joined in.
"So Voldemort's gone for good?" I asked, after I got over my laughing fit.
"Yeah. Feels good, doesn't it? Not having to worry about Voldemort all the time?" Sirius asked.
"Hey, I forgot to mention this before, but I have a little secret to tell you guys," Harry remarked offhandedly. "Me and Hermione and Ron ran across the directions for the animagus potion once. We're all animagi." Sirius and I exchanged shocked looks, then we both broke out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Harry demanded, sounding hurt.
"It's nothing like that," I assured him. "It's just funny, I mean, like father, like son."
"Yeah, it is kind of funny," Harry admitted. "Why I mentioned it, though, was that I was wondering if you'd want to go for a run. Hermione and Ron are sleeping, and I don't know of anyone else who would be able to keep up with the animal I am."
"Sure, we want to go," Sirius said eagerly. "It'll be like old times, won't it, Remus?"
"Yep. Just like `em. Let's go!" Sirius and I shifted into our animagus forms and waited for Harry to change as well. When he did, it was shocking, and seemed even more so because it shouldn't have been surprising. Harry's animal form was a huge white stag.
Just then Ron and Hermione came running in, and they too changed into their animal forms. Hermione, as an owl, and Ron, as a rat. We looked at each other, and realization was on every face. Stag, rat, dog, and wolf. The way it had always been. Hermione fluttered up onto Harry's back, and Ron settled down between my massive forepaws. I tipped my head back and howled, with Padfoot not far behind. Ron started squeaking, and Hermione hooted happily. Harry just stood there, laughing the way animals do, with their eyes. And as I looked at him, I think I really realized, for the first time, how much like his father he truly was.
"Oh, no! They're back!" Snape howled.
"You got that right," Dumbledore said from the doorway. "And this time, they're back to stay."
Author's note:
Okay, if you actually read all this series, and if you care, there'll be another series after this one. Actually, it's a four part chronicle -
Moony Forever (the first one, all one story- the rest will be series- and there's an epilogue of sorts to that one, called A Chance of Forgiveness)
All They Ever Wanted (the second one, that wound up eight parts long *groans*)
Second Chances (this one's next, not as long as ATEW, but long enough)
Child of Light, Prince of Darkness (this one's definitely the longest - 72 pages long when you double-space it)
Oh, and if anyone actually read all this, let me know in your review, if you don't mind.
After a minute, I jumped off the bed and walked over to the door. I briefly considered changing back to my human form, then decided that I could move faster and quieter in my wolf form. I turned the doorknob with one paw, then headed down the hallway. I stopped outside the staffroom and listened carefully.
"He'll be okay, I think," said Madam Pomfrey. "I am concerned that he hasn't woken up yet, though."
"He'll be okay," Sirius assured her. "You couldn't kill him if you tried."
"Which Voldemort certainly did," Harry remarked. The door was open, and I walked in.
"Remus," Snape said, sounding startled. "You shouldn't be out of bed!" I changed back to my usual form and grinned at him.
"Why not? I feel perfectly fine. So what happened? You won, apparently, but what exactly happened?"
"Harry happened," Severus said simply. "Voldemort's gone for good this time."
"And his wizards?"
"Most were under the Imperius Curse, but the remainder was taken away by the Ministry."
"Which means you can stop playing the hero," Harry added.
"Look who's talking!" I exclaimed.
"You know, he's got a point," Sirius said thoughtfully.
"Well, I'll quit if Remus will."
"Quit being heroic?" I asked with a grin. "Never! These people have no respect for us conquering heroes do they, Harry?"
"'Course not," Harry said, playing along. "They have no idea how hard it is to act heroic!" I tried to keep a straight face, but failed miserably. I started laughing, and everyone else joined in.
"So Voldemort's gone for good?" I asked, after I got over my laughing fit.
"Yeah. Feels good, doesn't it? Not having to worry about Voldemort all the time?" Sirius asked.
"Hey, I forgot to mention this before, but I have a little secret to tell you guys," Harry remarked offhandedly. "Me and Hermione and Ron ran across the directions for the animagus potion once. We're all animagi." Sirius and I exchanged shocked looks, then we both broke out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Harry demanded, sounding hurt.
"It's nothing like that," I assured him. "It's just funny, I mean, like father, like son."
"Yeah, it is kind of funny," Harry admitted. "Why I mentioned it, though, was that I was wondering if you'd want to go for a run. Hermione and Ron are sleeping, and I don't know of anyone else who would be able to keep up with the animal I am."
"Sure, we want to go," Sirius said eagerly. "It'll be like old times, won't it, Remus?"
"Yep. Just like `em. Let's go!" Sirius and I shifted into our animagus forms and waited for Harry to change as well. When he did, it was shocking, and seemed even more so because it shouldn't have been surprising. Harry's animal form was a huge white stag.
Just then Ron and Hermione came running in, and they too changed into their animal forms. Hermione, as an owl, and Ron, as a rat. We looked at each other, and realization was on every face. Stag, rat, dog, and wolf. The way it had always been. Hermione fluttered up onto Harry's back, and Ron settled down between my massive forepaws. I tipped my head back and howled, with Padfoot not far behind. Ron started squeaking, and Hermione hooted happily. Harry just stood there, laughing the way animals do, with their eyes. And as I looked at him, I think I really realized, for the first time, how much like his father he truly was.
"Oh, no! They're back!" Snape howled.
"You got that right," Dumbledore said from the doorway. "And this time, they're back to stay."
Author's note:
Okay, if you actually read all this series, and if you care, there'll be another series after this one. Actually, it's a four part chronicle -
Moony Forever (the first one, all one story- the rest will be series- and there's an epilogue of sorts to that one, called A Chance of Forgiveness)
All They Ever Wanted (the second one, that wound up eight parts long *groans*)
Second Chances (this one's next, not as long as ATEW, but long enough)
Child of Light, Prince of Darkness (this one's definitely the longest - 72 pages long when you double-space it)
Oh, and if anyone actually read all this, let me know in your review, if you don't mind.