James cursed as the girls left. He glared at Sirius. "Nice going Padfoot," he said. He stuck his hands in his pockets and walked off.
"Oh yeah, like you had a better plan!" Sirius called after him. James shook his head and continued to walk off. Sirius growled and ran his hand through his hair. He had to stop Kristie and Becca, he took off running and took a few well-known secret passages and was at Dumbledore's office in a flash.
He ran into the office and growled as he saw that they were already discussing it. Becca, Kristie, and Dumbledore turned to look at him. Kristie and Becca glared at him.
"Yes Mr. Black?" Dumbledore asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you had students already, I'll just leave." Sirius walked out. He growled and went back to the Common Room to await Kristie and Becca's arrival.
Remus paced the floor of the Shack, he was so pissed off with himself. First he almost attacked Jaci, then he attacked his friends, he was such an idiot! He shook his head and kicked the furniture. Just then he heard a crack and he looked up into the eyes of Albus Dumbledore, he gasped.
"Professor…"
"We've found a potion for you Remus," Dumbledore responded. R emus gave Dumbledore a look of confusion. "You will still transform, but you will be harmless." Remus' eyes went wide.
"Really?"
"Yes, out Potions teacher will give it to you tonight, it might not work as it should this time because you are supposed to take it a month prior to the full moon, but it should show some effect." Remus grinned.
"Thank you Professor."
Jaci didn't know what to do. She wished that she could talk to Kristie or Becca about this, but she didn't want anyone to know that Remus was a werewolf. And what were those other animals doing there? She sat up and groaned, she was getting a major headache, and she wanted it to go away, but then Kristie and Becca burst in. She knew the headache wasn't going to go away for a while now.
"Jaci, has Dumbledore talked to you?" Becca asked.
"No, why?" To Jaci's surprise Kristie burst into tears. Jaci sat up and walked over to her, she hugged her tightly. "What's wrong Kristie?" Kristie glanced at Becca over Jaci's shoulder, Becca shook her head.
"Sir—Sirius was being a jerk, that's all," Kristie replied. Becca nodded. Jaci growled.
"What did that little ass do? Come on you can tell me." Kristie told Jaci that Sirius was hitting on her, but that he didn't like her. "That jerk, we'll get him back Kristie, just watch." All Kristie could do was nod. Jaci sighed. She looked outside and saw that it would be dark soon, the full moon would be out. "Listen, I have to go, I'll talk to you guys later."
Jaci ran out of the dorm room. Becca looked over at Kristie. "Do you think she's going to go and see Dumbledore?" she asked.
"I don't know," Kristie replied. Becca sighed.
"Come on, let's get to bed." Kristie nodded.
Jaci silently went down to the Common Room. She could hear voices so she slowed down even more. She didn't mean to intrude, but when she heard Sirius, James, and Peter talking, she listened in.
"What the hell was she thinking? Do you think she knows that Moony is a wolf?" James asked.
"I don't know Prongs, maybe she does, but I hope she didn't figure out who the animals were," Sirius replied.
"But what if she does Padfoot? What do we do then?" Peter asked.
"I don't know Wormtail, we just have to hope that she doesn't figure it out," Sirius replied.
Jaci's eyes went wide with realization. It was them, Sirius, James, and Peter were those other animals! But how? They weren't allowed to take their tests yet! She silently went back up the stairs. She quickly walked into her room and drew the curtains around her, she didn't move or make a sound all night.
Remus was amazed, he knew who he was! He knew what he could do, what not to do, he began to run around in the Forbidden Forest, it was great! He could remember what he did about three minutes ago. This Wolfsbane potion was amazing! He looked up as he sniffed his friend's scents, he howled and they came running, he showed them, he showed them that he could control himself and they were amazed. So amazed, that Sirius turned cautiously back into human form and held out his hand. Remus was quick to put his paw in Sirius' hand, then his friends whooped in joy.
Jaci sighed, she had been walking through the secret passage to Honeydukes, but she turned right back, she didn't want to get hurt, and if the other animals were James and Sirius, she didn't want them to get hurt even more, just because of her. She had decided to walk around the Hogwarts grounds instead. She walked over to the Quidditch pit and sat down in the tallest seat she could find. She looked up at the stars, being mesmerized by the different ones, she suddenly heard a sound and she looked down. She gasped.
The big black dog, the stag, the rat, and the…werewolf were down in the pit. They were all rolling around in the grass, letting out occasional growls or sounds of happiness. Jaci watched them, they looked so happy for some reason. And the wolf, which had to be Remus, looked, well it looked like it knew what it was doing. She shivered a bit as the wind blew hard around her.
Moony looked up as he caught a whiff of a sweet smell. He couldn't quite place it yet, but he knew it was there. He sniffed harder and recognized it—Jaci, it was Jaci, no one else smelled as sweet as she did. He growled shortly to catch Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail's attention. They all turned to look at him. He sent them a signal and they took off, running out of the Quidditch pit and to the castle.
Jaci's heart began to race. She had seen the dog, the stag, and the rat disappear, and she had seen the werewolf disappear into the shadows, but she didn't know where it was heading.
She had a feeling she was being watched, so she looked to her left and almost screamed. There it was, the werewolf, standing on all fours, watching her. She took several deep breaths, and tried not to move, she didn't want it to attack her again.
Remus felt his heart break, she was scared of him he could tell, and he hadn't wanted this to happen. He took a step cautiously to her, and she moved slightly back. He let out a big breath, but continued his steps.
Jaci tensed up, she was afraid he was going to leap at her, bite her, tear her flesh in two at any moment. Her eyes went wide as he came to a stop about an inch away from her. She held her breath, she didn't know what to do, she tried to think of all the things she had read about werewolves, and she couldn't remember reading anything to calm the beast. She took in a deep breath.
"Please," she whispered softly, "please don't hurt me, I won't do anything, just let me go, please."
It broke Remus to hear her like that, pleading for him not to hurt her, begging for her safety. He took his last step to her and then lifted his paw.
Jaci closed her eyes and braced herself for the impact of his claws shredding into her. But instead she felt a soft touch on her shoulder and opened her eyes slowly. She looked at the wolf, he had her paw on her shoulder and it looked like he was waiting for her to do something. She looked at him shocked. He slowly removed his paw and moved his head down, to the hand that was resting on either side of her. He gently licked one hand, then the other.
It's me, it's me, I'm fine, I wont hurt you Jaci, please believe me. Remus was dying inside. He wanted so much for Jaci to understand, but she still wasn't moving. He slowly placed a small lick on her cheek. Then he sat back and watched Jaci, he saw so many emotions clouding her eyes. Fear, uncertainty, denial, trust, he was mesmerized at how intense her eyes were.
"Remus?" she barely whispered, if it wasn't because being a werewolf enhanced his hearing, he would have never guessed that she spoke. He moved his head up and down, nodding. He then moved slowly again and licked her hand gently.
"So, you are a werewolf."
If Remus' face weren't covered in fur, she would have seen him wince. Again he nodded and licked her hand. Jaci's eyes filled with tears. "I have to go." She stood and began to walk away, but Remus followed her. "Leave me alone Remus, I have to think."
Remus began to get pissed, who the hell did she think she was? He was admitting who he was and what he was, she had not right to make him leave. He growled and with that Jaci began running. Something inside Remus just snapped, and he was back to his old wolfish self, it was as if he had never taken a potion.
He began to chase Jaci, she had gotten a bit of head start, but he was fast, and he soon stood in front of her, growling and snarling, even snapping at her. Jaci stopped, stunned.
What was happening to him? Now she was more afraid than she had been before. She moved to the left and Remus followed, she dodged to the left and he followed. She was cornered. Suddenly Remus stood on his hind legs, lifting his paws, growling loudly.
Jaci ducked as he swung one of his paws at her and she had missed most of the hit, but not all of it. She cried out as she felt his claws tearing into her, as she had feared for so long that they would. She could feel blood running down her left arm, from shoulder to forearm.
Remus snapped back to himself when he heard Jaci crying out in pain. He looked down at his paw and saw it was bloody; he looked at Jaci and saw she was holding onto her left arm, blood spilling out of it. His eyes went wide, he didn't, he hadn't—but he did, he had attacked Jaci, he had hurt her.