Disclaimer: I would be drowning in my money if I owned it, but I'm not, so
I don't.
The first few days at Hogwarts were the best of Severus' life. He enjoyed the company of his new friends, and had starting skirting away from Lucius Malfoy, who had sworn vengeance and wanted to kill him. This, however, changed on a Thursday in the middle of September. Severus woke up early and was surprised to see Remus was awake. Remus was usually the first in bed and the last to get up.
"Something wrong, Remus?" he asked. Remus' face was bloodless and he looked terrified.
"Need to go to the hospital wing. Don't feel well." He answered.
"Oh. I hope you feel better soon." Remus positively sprinted out of the dormitory.
*I wonder what's up with him?* thought Severus.
When the bell sounded for lunchtime, Remus still wasn't back.
"Shall we go to the hospital wing and see if he's o.k?" asked Sirius.
"I think we should." Said James.
The foursome set off down the corridor but when they got to the sick bay, it was deserted. Not even Madam Pomfrey the nurse was there.
"Where is he?" asked Severus.
"You definitely say he went to the hospital wing?" said James, frowning slightly.
"That's what he told me, yeah." Replied Severus nervously.
They left the sickbay and headed back to Gryffindor Tower. On the way they bumped into Dumbledore. Literally.
"Sorry, headmaster!" squeaked a very frightened Peter.
"Professor, do you know where Remus is?" asked Sirius.
"I think Madam Pomfrey told me they'd gone into Hogsmeade to pick something up. If I recall rightly, Remus needed a special potion to help him recover from his illness." Answered Dumbledore, his blue eyes twinkling. (A/N, they always twinkle!!!)
But Remus didn't return until lunchtime the following day. He looked very tired and was extremely pale.
"Where've ya been, Remmy-poo?" asked James, adopting a motherly tone.
"I was with Great Auntie Val. She's ill and I went to visit her. I was up all night talking with her." And he walked off, probably to get some sleep.
"That's not the story Dumbledore told us! Dumbledore told us they'd gone into Hogsmeade." Stated Peter suspiciously.
James suddenly straightened up and pulled Severus to one side.
"My dad gave me an invisibility cloak last Christmas." He whispered. "If Remus gets 'ill' again, do you think you could follow him? He always seems closest to you."
"Sure. We met on the train just before you came in, and while you and Sirius seem quite boisterous, Remus and I are quite quiet. Maybe there's something in his past, like mine." Replied Severus.
Remus got 'ill' again near the end of October. He was looking terrified and was deathly pale. Severus slipped on the invisibility cloak and followed him to the hospital wing.
*I shouldn't be doing this, Remus trusts me…*
When they arrived at the sickbay, Madam Pomfrey was waiting at the door.
"Ready, Remus?" she asked. Remus nodded mutely and Severus wondered what the hell was going on. They went out of the castle and into the Forbidden Forest, Severus in hot pursuit. They reached a rather violent tree, which kept trying to brain them with it's branches.
*Ouch!!! Damn tree…*
"Freeze the Whomping Willow, Remus." Said Madam Pomfrey.
Remus garbbed a long stick and prodded a knot on the tree's trunk. The willow stopped whomping and he crawled into a gap by the roots. Severus followed. They reached a house at the end of the tunnel, it's windows were boarded up and it was a mess. The wallpaper was slashed and a chair had a leg missing. Remus went to stand by and unboarded window. The full moon shone through it, illuminating his pale skin and torn robes, making him look, for all the world, like a ghost. But something was wrong.
*Uuh! I don't think Remus should have that much hair!*
Remus was crouching on all fours, his face and hair lengthening as he transformed into…
*A wolf?*
A wolf.
*Remus is a werewolf? Omigod! No, that can't be right! Can it? But why did it have to happen to such a nice guy? I have to tell Jmaes! Run! Run!!! Runrunrunrunrun!*
He ran. He sprinted up the tunnel, not daring to look back in case Remus bit him. In no time at all, he was back in Gryffindor Tower.
"James!!! Remus…is…was…is a WEREWOLF!!!" Severus gasped.
"Pull the other one, Severus." Said James, not even bothering to look up from 'Becoming and Animagus: the whole guide' by Jerril Karnus.
"I'm being serious, James. I followed him and he went down a tunnel under a whomping willow, into a house. He stood by a window and transformed. There's a full moon tonight and the last time he disappeared was last month…"
BADUMP! There was a miniature earthquake because the fatass Peter had fainted and fallen to the floor, causing the afore-mentioned earthquake. James looked up from the book and, to Severus' surprise, was smiling.
"Now we know the problem he had in his past! I say we become Animagi to cheer him up on transforming nights. It's all in this book."
The troupe (Lily was there.) agreed on this, picked up the limp form of Peter with considerable difficulty, and went…(ooh, major suspense) … to bed!!! (A/N They were tired. I know they didn't go and get Remus to eat them but still…)
The first few days at Hogwarts were the best of Severus' life. He enjoyed the company of his new friends, and had starting skirting away from Lucius Malfoy, who had sworn vengeance and wanted to kill him. This, however, changed on a Thursday in the middle of September. Severus woke up early and was surprised to see Remus was awake. Remus was usually the first in bed and the last to get up.
"Something wrong, Remus?" he asked. Remus' face was bloodless and he looked terrified.
"Need to go to the hospital wing. Don't feel well." He answered.
"Oh. I hope you feel better soon." Remus positively sprinted out of the dormitory.
*I wonder what's up with him?* thought Severus.
When the bell sounded for lunchtime, Remus still wasn't back.
"Shall we go to the hospital wing and see if he's o.k?" asked Sirius.
"I think we should." Said James.
The foursome set off down the corridor but when they got to the sick bay, it was deserted. Not even Madam Pomfrey the nurse was there.
"Where is he?" asked Severus.
"You definitely say he went to the hospital wing?" said James, frowning slightly.
"That's what he told me, yeah." Replied Severus nervously.
They left the sickbay and headed back to Gryffindor Tower. On the way they bumped into Dumbledore. Literally.
"Sorry, headmaster!" squeaked a very frightened Peter.
"Professor, do you know where Remus is?" asked Sirius.
"I think Madam Pomfrey told me they'd gone into Hogsmeade to pick something up. If I recall rightly, Remus needed a special potion to help him recover from his illness." Answered Dumbledore, his blue eyes twinkling. (A/N, they always twinkle!!!)
But Remus didn't return until lunchtime the following day. He looked very tired and was extremely pale.
"Where've ya been, Remmy-poo?" asked James, adopting a motherly tone.
"I was with Great Auntie Val. She's ill and I went to visit her. I was up all night talking with her." And he walked off, probably to get some sleep.
"That's not the story Dumbledore told us! Dumbledore told us they'd gone into Hogsmeade." Stated Peter suspiciously.
James suddenly straightened up and pulled Severus to one side.
"My dad gave me an invisibility cloak last Christmas." He whispered. "If Remus gets 'ill' again, do you think you could follow him? He always seems closest to you."
"Sure. We met on the train just before you came in, and while you and Sirius seem quite boisterous, Remus and I are quite quiet. Maybe there's something in his past, like mine." Replied Severus.
Remus got 'ill' again near the end of October. He was looking terrified and was deathly pale. Severus slipped on the invisibility cloak and followed him to the hospital wing.
*I shouldn't be doing this, Remus trusts me…*
When they arrived at the sickbay, Madam Pomfrey was waiting at the door.
"Ready, Remus?" she asked. Remus nodded mutely and Severus wondered what the hell was going on. They went out of the castle and into the Forbidden Forest, Severus in hot pursuit. They reached a rather violent tree, which kept trying to brain them with it's branches.
*Ouch!!! Damn tree…*
"Freeze the Whomping Willow, Remus." Said Madam Pomfrey.
Remus garbbed a long stick and prodded a knot on the tree's trunk. The willow stopped whomping and he crawled into a gap by the roots. Severus followed. They reached a house at the end of the tunnel, it's windows were boarded up and it was a mess. The wallpaper was slashed and a chair had a leg missing. Remus went to stand by and unboarded window. The full moon shone through it, illuminating his pale skin and torn robes, making him look, for all the world, like a ghost. But something was wrong.
*Uuh! I don't think Remus should have that much hair!*
Remus was crouching on all fours, his face and hair lengthening as he transformed into…
*A wolf?*
A wolf.
*Remus is a werewolf? Omigod! No, that can't be right! Can it? But why did it have to happen to such a nice guy? I have to tell Jmaes! Run! Run!!! Runrunrunrunrun!*
He ran. He sprinted up the tunnel, not daring to look back in case Remus bit him. In no time at all, he was back in Gryffindor Tower.
"James!!! Remus…is…was…is a WEREWOLF!!!" Severus gasped.
"Pull the other one, Severus." Said James, not even bothering to look up from 'Becoming and Animagus: the whole guide' by Jerril Karnus.
"I'm being serious, James. I followed him and he went down a tunnel under a whomping willow, into a house. He stood by a window and transformed. There's a full moon tonight and the last time he disappeared was last month…"
BADUMP! There was a miniature earthquake because the fatass Peter had fainted and fallen to the floor, causing the afore-mentioned earthquake. James looked up from the book and, to Severus' surprise, was smiling.
"Now we know the problem he had in his past! I say we become Animagi to cheer him up on transforming nights. It's all in this book."
The troupe (Lily was there.) agreed on this, picked up the limp form of Peter with considerable difficulty, and went…(ooh, major suspense) … to bed!!! (A/N They were tired. I know they didn't go and get Remus to eat them but still…)