I'd like to thank Badger and Pink Pen for helping me with these stories.
It was Badger's idea in the first place, and she introduced me to this
website, the best on the net (in my personal opinion!) Read their stories,
because they're amazingly brilliant! And also because you probably won't
be able to understand some of the later stories if you haven't! Alex is
Badger's character, and Sirius Black's mortal enemy. To find out more,
read 'Leaving Black'!
DISCLAIMER: Anything you recognise isn't mine! It belongs to Ms Rowling, and I'd like to thank her for giving me the material for these stories. I'd like to apologise for not having this disclaimer on the first chapter, but it completely slipped my mind! Ooops!!!
Daytime Nightmare
He woke up in a bed surrounded by curtains. At first, he thought it was his own bed, but when Miss O'Reilly pulled back the curtains, he realised that he was in the hospital wing.
Christine O'Reilly, the young matron, was very pretty, but quite strict as well. She didn't like people taking up hospital beds unless they were actually in need of medical assistance. (Sometimes, older boys came in with minor injuries and tried to convince her to let them stay, so they could watch her all night. It never worked)
Remus was feeling awful, and the scene was still replaying in his mind, so he didn't notice an extra presence in the room. He looked up when a shadow fell over his sheets, and saw the headmaster and Miss O'Reilly at the end of the bed, arguing. He listened to the conversation.
Miss O'Reilly was yelling "He's ill, Albus! You can't take him out of the hospital!"
Dumbledore, calm as ever, replied "I know he's ill, Chris, but this is more important. He could -"
"More important! He's very sick, Albus! I have to watch him!"
"Chris, you can have him back first thing tomorrow morning, but tonight, he can't stay here. Remus, here are your clothes. It's nearly night. Put them on, and hurry." Dumbledore closed the curtains around the bed, and Remus squirmed into his clothes. Miss O'Reilly was right - he was sick. He nearly threw up whenever he moved, but he got into his clothes, and pulled back the curtains in time to see Miss O'Reilly giving Dumbledore instructions to say a calming spell every few minutes.
Dumbledore looked like he wanted to argue, but he held it back, and pulled Remus out of the hospital wing. "Remus, we have to hurry. It's nearly time, and the passage is on the other side of the school. I'm sorry about the delay," Dumbledore said as they hurried through the school. "There was another fi . . . another argument in the staffroom, and I wasn't able to get away. If you do change in the corridor, I have the spells from Chris - maybe if I give you enough, I can carry you to your 'changing room'."
"Was it about me, the argument?" Remus asked. "Was Professor MacCarthy petitioning again?"
"Yes, she was, Remus. I'm afraid she's winning people over. They seem to think that a person qualified to deal with monsters knows more than, well, me! I know I'm not trained, but I know you, and I know it isn't your fault that some unpleasant things happen to you. You've coped very well through all this. Oh, I think I need to say a spell now." Dumbledore muttered a basic calming charm while they ran, thus preventing any further conversation.
They were about a minute away from the passage when Remus began to change. He tried to keep in control of it, and ran faster, but he stumbled and lost his concentration. He felt his teeth and nails grow longer. Fur started sprouting, and his hearing and sense of smell sharpened.
Dumbledore was trying to say a stronger spell, and he couldn't stop Remus from changing. He tried to pin him down, but the werewolf had smelled something.
Remus struggled to get away from Dumbledore. He smelled fear, which usually meant someone had seen him. He wriggled loose, and ran straight into a tall, terrified girl with long hair and broad shoulders.
Alex screamed and tried to run away, but the wolf's jaws closed around her arm and claws tore at her hair and clothes. Dumbledore found his voice and rushed to the fighting pair.
He screamed countless spells at the werewolf while trying to drag him off Alex, but the wolf's hid was almost thick enough to repel them. Finally, a spell penetrated, and the wolf collapsed, unconscious. Dumbledore pulled out his wand, pointed it at Alex, and said "Petrificus totalus." She was lying on the floor, screaming and crying, but when the spell hit her, she froze.
Dumbledore picked up the dormant wolf, and apologised to Alex, saying, "I've summoned Miss O'Reilly, and a few of the teachers. I'm sorry I can't stay with you, but you'll be safe now. I'll talk to you later." Then, with Remus over his shoulder, he walked down along the passage, then stopped at one of the many back doors to the school.
Outside the door was a small dirt track. This brought him into the wood. From there, he walked on for about four minutes, and stopped when he reached the Whomping Willow.
Using a long stick, he prodded the knot in the wood that immobilised the tree. The wolf over his shoulder was starting to stir, so Dumbledore ran down the tunnel, dropped him on the ground, and ran out again. Then he went back to the school, and up to the hospital wing to check on how Alex was doing.
DISCLAIMER: Anything you recognise isn't mine! It belongs to Ms Rowling, and I'd like to thank her for giving me the material for these stories. I'd like to apologise for not having this disclaimer on the first chapter, but it completely slipped my mind! Ooops!!!
Daytime Nightmare
He woke up in a bed surrounded by curtains. At first, he thought it was his own bed, but when Miss O'Reilly pulled back the curtains, he realised that he was in the hospital wing.
Christine O'Reilly, the young matron, was very pretty, but quite strict as well. She didn't like people taking up hospital beds unless they were actually in need of medical assistance. (Sometimes, older boys came in with minor injuries and tried to convince her to let them stay, so they could watch her all night. It never worked)
Remus was feeling awful, and the scene was still replaying in his mind, so he didn't notice an extra presence in the room. He looked up when a shadow fell over his sheets, and saw the headmaster and Miss O'Reilly at the end of the bed, arguing. He listened to the conversation.
Miss O'Reilly was yelling "He's ill, Albus! You can't take him out of the hospital!"
Dumbledore, calm as ever, replied "I know he's ill, Chris, but this is more important. He could -"
"More important! He's very sick, Albus! I have to watch him!"
"Chris, you can have him back first thing tomorrow morning, but tonight, he can't stay here. Remus, here are your clothes. It's nearly night. Put them on, and hurry." Dumbledore closed the curtains around the bed, and Remus squirmed into his clothes. Miss O'Reilly was right - he was sick. He nearly threw up whenever he moved, but he got into his clothes, and pulled back the curtains in time to see Miss O'Reilly giving Dumbledore instructions to say a calming spell every few minutes.
Dumbledore looked like he wanted to argue, but he held it back, and pulled Remus out of the hospital wing. "Remus, we have to hurry. It's nearly time, and the passage is on the other side of the school. I'm sorry about the delay," Dumbledore said as they hurried through the school. "There was another fi . . . another argument in the staffroom, and I wasn't able to get away. If you do change in the corridor, I have the spells from Chris - maybe if I give you enough, I can carry you to your 'changing room'."
"Was it about me, the argument?" Remus asked. "Was Professor MacCarthy petitioning again?"
"Yes, she was, Remus. I'm afraid she's winning people over. They seem to think that a person qualified to deal with monsters knows more than, well, me! I know I'm not trained, but I know you, and I know it isn't your fault that some unpleasant things happen to you. You've coped very well through all this. Oh, I think I need to say a spell now." Dumbledore muttered a basic calming charm while they ran, thus preventing any further conversation.
They were about a minute away from the passage when Remus began to change. He tried to keep in control of it, and ran faster, but he stumbled and lost his concentration. He felt his teeth and nails grow longer. Fur started sprouting, and his hearing and sense of smell sharpened.
Dumbledore was trying to say a stronger spell, and he couldn't stop Remus from changing. He tried to pin him down, but the werewolf had smelled something.
Remus struggled to get away from Dumbledore. He smelled fear, which usually meant someone had seen him. He wriggled loose, and ran straight into a tall, terrified girl with long hair and broad shoulders.
Alex screamed and tried to run away, but the wolf's jaws closed around her arm and claws tore at her hair and clothes. Dumbledore found his voice and rushed to the fighting pair.
He screamed countless spells at the werewolf while trying to drag him off Alex, but the wolf's hid was almost thick enough to repel them. Finally, a spell penetrated, and the wolf collapsed, unconscious. Dumbledore pulled out his wand, pointed it at Alex, and said "Petrificus totalus." She was lying on the floor, screaming and crying, but when the spell hit her, she froze.
Dumbledore picked up the dormant wolf, and apologised to Alex, saying, "I've summoned Miss O'Reilly, and a few of the teachers. I'm sorry I can't stay with you, but you'll be safe now. I'll talk to you later." Then, with Remus over his shoulder, he walked down along the passage, then stopped at one of the many back doors to the school.
Outside the door was a small dirt track. This brought him into the wood. From there, he walked on for about four minutes, and stopped when he reached the Whomping Willow.
Using a long stick, he prodded the knot in the wood that immobilised the tree. The wolf over his shoulder was starting to stir, so Dumbledore ran down the tunnel, dropped him on the ground, and ran out again. Then he went back to the school, and up to the hospital wing to check on how Alex was doing.