Chapter 6

Darn, It's almost dark. Dumbledore will be here soon. I hate going to the Shrieking Shack. Remus thought as he sat in the common room, waiting. Everyone was in bed, fast asleep. Just after Remus thought this, Dumbledore walked in.

"Ready to go?" Dumbledore said in a low voice. Even though he looked at Remus sadly, wishing he didn't have to go through another transformation, he smiled to himself. He has a surprise in store for him that I think he will rather enjoy. They both walked out of the room and went in the direction of the Whomping Willow.

There was a surprise for Remus. One he never thought he would see. When he and Dumbledore opened the door to the Shrieking Shack, he couldn't believe it. Standing before him was Rayna in the middle of the room. Both Rayna's and Remus' eyes widened as Dumbledore, again, smiled to himself.

"What are you doing here?" Both of them asked in unison. Then, they both gasped.

"You are a werewolf, too?!" Rayna asked, still standing there. Remus, looked at the ground for a moment before replying.

"Yes. And you are as well?" He asked. Rayna nodded, still amazed at what had just happened.

"Well, I should leave before the full moon comes around. I hope being together will help you tonight." Dumbledore said before leaving the Shrieking Shack. After he left, there was a short pause of silence.

"It is almost dark. We should be prepared," Remus said, walking around the small shack, locking the door and windows, both upstairs and down.

"What do you do during your transformations here if you can't go outside or anything?" Rayna asked. She was used to her house and yard for transformations that went on as far as the eye could see. She could run around, explore, and sniff anything in the area.

"Well, I usually just sit here and wait until James and Sirius come."

"James and Sirius are werewolves, too?!" Rayna asked. Wow! Just how many werewolves are there in this school?

"No, they are Animagi (Is that the plural form of Animagus?), though I probably shouldn't have told you that," Remus said, giving her a tired grin. "Anyway, they can't come tonight. They are actually going to study for the Charms exam on Friday."

Barely a second after he said that, the full moon began to affect on them. They both crouched over in pain. They could feel their bones crushing, breaking, and then molding into new bones to fit the new figure. They felt the stinging of course fur growing out of their skin, feeling like needles. When the transformation was over, Rayna looked at Remus. Even though his body looked drastically different from when she had seen it before, he still had the same beautiful bronze eyes. His outer appearance, Rayna thought, was very attractive. His coloring was a dark brown that, when shimmered in the moonlight, looked like a light amber. He is still extremely handsome when a wolf. Rayna thought. Remus was thinking the same thing. She is gorgeous, even as a wolf. Rayna's coloring was different from his. Hers was a light carmel with a little bit of gold scattered about her fur.

"Well, I'm glad that's over with," Remus said, breaking the silence with a bark that only Rayna could understand as he sat down on his haunches.

"Yeah, now we just have to wait until the sun rises for another great amount of pain. Aren't we lucky?," Rayna sarcastically replied.

"I try not to think of it that way. I mean, yeah, transformations aren't the most pleasurable things in the world, but I don't know, I just try not to see the bad about it."

"I guess, but it still isn't fun," Rayna said. Remus chuckled.

"Yes, your right. But the good thing is, we don't have to transform alone tonight. We can talk together."

"Your right." Rayna agreed as they went into deeper conversation about what was on their minds until they fell asleep cuddled close together because of the cold.