Jaci awoke, not knowing why she was upset and confused when she should have been happy and cheerful. Then it all came back to her, Remus, the book, the note. She groaned. Kristie walked up to her bed, and frowned.
"Jaci are you ok?" she asked. Jaci shrugged her shoulders. Kristie put a hand on her forehead, and gasped. "Jaci, you have a fever!" she yelped. "I'll go call Remus."
Kristie ran down the stairs to the common room, and ran into Sirius. "Hey," he said.
"Where's Remus?" she asked, in a hurry.
"I don't know, why?"
"Jaci, I need to get her to the hospital wing, in a hurry!"
"Where is she? What's wrong with her?"
"I don't' know," Kristie answered. "She's got a fever, and I all in know is I have to get her to the hospital wing!"
"Ok," Sirius said, putting a hand on the small of her back. "Calm down, and I'll take her for you."
"Thank you, so much."
Slowly they walked up to the dorm room and Sirius took Jaci into his arms. As they were walking out of the common room, Remus saw them. "Hey, are you moving in on my girlfriend?" he asked.
"I'm taking her to the hospital wing, Moony," he said. Remus' eyes went wide.
"Why?"
"She has a fever, and I don' t know what to do," Kristie answered, close to tears. Because they weren't from around there, the cold days and nights were a new thing for the entire family, and Jaci, Becca and Kristie easily fell under the influence of the cold winds and snow.
Slowly, Sirius set Jaci down on the bed. Madam Pomfrey was quick to Jaci's side. "What's happened?" she asked.
"She's got a fever," Kristie answered.
"Ok, don't' you worry, Miss Madrigal."
Slowly, Sirius took Kristie's shoulders, and turned her around. "Come on," he said. "Don't worry, everything will be just fine."
She nodded, and allowed Sirius to move her down the hall to the common room. The pink lady looked at them and noticed that Kristie was sad. "What is it my dear?" she asked.
"My cousin is sick," Kristie answered.
"Oh, dear, I hope she gets better," the pink lady said. "Now why don't' you go inside, and get some rest. Password?"
Sirius gasped. "I don't know it," he said. "Oh Remus just told it to me, and I forgot the bloody password." He turned to look at Kristie. "You wouldn't happen to know it, would you?" Kristie shook her head. She sat down on the floor, and hugged her knees.
"It's ok," the pink lady said. "Come in. Get her some water, and take her up to her dorm. She needs to rest."
Sirius nodded. "Thanks," he said. The portrait nodded. After getting Kristie a glass of water, Sirius led her up to the dorm. "Get some rest. I'll come get you if anything happens to Jaci, or for dinner." Kristie nodded.
Because she couldn't sleep, she walked over to Jaci's bed, and decided to make it. She removed the coverlet and then the pillows. Kristie came to a stop as she noticed a black book with a golden spine. The bold green words said 'Werewolves: All the Facts.' Slowly she took the book and put it on her bed so she could continue to make the bed. When that was done, she went back to her bed. It was still two hours till lunch, so she took the book and opened it. Why the hell would Jaci want to know about werewolves? She loves wolves, but werewolves?
As she opened the book, a piece of paper fell out. She picked it off the floor, and opened it. Kristie gasped, eyes widening, and filling with tears.
Page 121, ask Dumbledore if that happens.
Page 130, will that happen to me?
Page 116, does that really happen? Do more research.
Page 171, does my snout really grow that big.
Page 190, what color is my fur?
She opened the book to page 116, and gasped. The symptoms of someone bitten by a werewolf were listed on the page. High fever, coughing, dilated eyes, and sour tempers were just a few. It also stated that there was no cure for a werewolf bite, and the person bitten was destined to live a life as a werewolf. Slowly she opened the book to page 121, and the tears began falling. A werewolf was on the floor, dying because it had been shot by a silver bullet. Then she went down to page 130. The tears were coming faster as she saw a human transforming into a werewolf. The howls and growls made it look painful. On page 171, it stated that a werewolf turns into a normal sized wolf, with the exception of the snout. The snout grew about 20 inches longer than a regular wolf. On page 190, it read that a werewolf's fur was determined by the hair color of the person, but depending on the hi-lites of the wolf's fur, determined how dangerous it was. If it had white hi-lites, it was a rather passive werewolf, only wanting to be left alone. If it had silver hi-lites, then they were generally the dangerous type of werewolves, loving destruction, and chaos.
Kristie put the book down and began crying. She never heard the dorm doors open, and she never saw Becca move over to her. "Hey, what's wrong?" she asked.
"J…Jaci…Jaci's a w…werewolf!"
"What are you talking about?"
Kristie showed Becca the book. "It was under Jaci's pillow," she said, sobbing. Becca gasped and sat down.
"What are we gonna do?"
"I don't know."
"Well, we have to do something!"
"I know," Kristie whispered. She kept sobbing.
Becca growled. "You know crying isn't going to help!" Becca shouted.
"You think I don't' know that!" Kristie hissed looking up. "Becca, Jaci may be your sister, but she's like my sister too! You think I want her to go through that awful transformation every time the full moon is out! You think I like the prospect of her being shot by a silver bullet!" Kristie began sobbing. "Right now I can't think! I'm sorry if it upsets you, so I'll just go and cry somewhere else! How's that!"
"Kristie-"
Kristie moved away, and walked out of the dorm room. Becca looked at the book. "There has to be a way to help Jaci."
Quickly, she ran to the library. There just had to be some way of helping her, and she was going to find it.