Werewolves, Dogs, and The Future
By Stevie Bonine
August 18, 2003
Disclaimer: I own none except for Sydney, Andi, and Ronni, plus Essence of Veela. Except, erm, she owns the Veela part, but the concept was mine! I also own occasional unnoticed spells.
I would like to thank Madcrazymolly, who has helped me SO much, by playing Remus, and sometimes Sirius, and also Kid Majele, who helped me with the Sirius/Syd scene. All other parts are done by me.
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Syd sighed. "Where're we going, Siri?"
Sirius shrugged. "I was hoping you would know."
Syd snorted softly. "You're odd. You were the one leading, remember?"
Sirius laughed. "Oh, yeah...."
She sighed. "Well, do you know where you're headed, or do you want me to lead?"
Sirius grinned wickedly. "You can lead!"
She rolled her eyes. "Fine."
He snickered.
She took her position as leading and then morphed into her dog figure. Racing up the steps, she turned toward the Hospital wing, before stopping and morphing back. "You coming?"
Sirius nodded, and morphed into his animagus form. He bounded up the steps after her, tongue lolling around as he grinned.
She patted him on the head with her good arm. "Good dog! Does the puppy want to stay in the hall while Syd goes and makes sure she gets her arm fixed and overdoses on painkillers?" She asked, sarcastic grin plastered on her face.
Sirius growled at her playfully. Then he turned around in a circle once, flipped his tail, and laid down, still staring at Syd in a playful way.
She sighed. "I might keep you that way. You're cuter in your dog form, ya know that?"
He growled at her.
She tapped her fingers on his muzzle. "Stop it, alright. I'll be right back, and THEN we can find something illegal to do, ok?"
He grinned, a cute, slobbery, doggie grin and nodded.
She couldn't help but grin back, and then left. Seconds later, Madame Pomfrey wailed loudly. "NOT AGAIN!! HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS? MAYBE I SHOULD JUST TAKE YOUR ARM OFF, SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE OF BREAKING IT AGAIN."
Syd raised an eyebrow. "Well, that's a nice attitude to have, isn't it, Poppy?"
Madame Pomfrey huffed, and started to attend to the arm. "There. But be careful, alright?"
Syd nodded. "I'll do my best." She shook her head, and walked out of the wing. Reentering the hall, she grinned at Sirius. "The nurse already knew me."
He transformed back into a human and rolled his eyes. "You sure get into a lot of trouble, don't you?" he grinned at her slyly. "But that's okay with me!"
She laughed. "So, what was up with the whole slobbering thing? Is it just a habit, or is that what you do when you see pretty girls?" She asked.
He winked at her. "Only when I see a pretty girl. Yup. There was a cute Slytherin walking past, and since I was a dog, I had a nice view up her skirt." he said jokingly.
She shrugged. "Well, since you're so into Slytherins, I guess you can say goodbye to this Gryffindor!" She remarked, as she morphed back into the dog.
Sirius started. "H-hey! Wait! I-I was just kidding! Syyyyyd!" he morphed, too.
She darted down the stairs, growling the whole time.
Sirius followed, whining pitifully.
She stopped, and waited for him to catch up.
He grinned the slobbery grin again, as he skidded to a stop next to her.
She rubbed up against him, flicking her tail playfully, before launching an attack on him.
He yelped in surprise, having warmed to her playful attack easily.
She growled, and sank her teeth into his back, before barking, and sitting down.
Sirius whined as she moved away and sat down, prancing over to her and nuzzling her neck teasingly.
She growled, and snapped her teeth at him.
Sirius snapped back, whimpering.
She yipped softly, and moved a bit closer to him, stretching her legs out, and crawling towards him on her stomach.
He backed away, teasing her again, yipping like a puppy. He beckoned to her with his head to follow him as he turned and trotted off.
She replied, yipping lowly, as she got up and followed him, tail flicking from side to side.
He led her down an empty corridor, and into the Charms classroom, looking over his shoulder to make sure she was still following.
She was indeed, following him. She yipped softly, as she approached him, and rubbed into his fur.
Abruptly, he changed back into a human, smirking at her.
She morphed back, and raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"What do you think?" he asked, moving a little closer to her.
"Oh!!!" She replied, grinning hugely. "You wanna kiss me? I thought you'd ask." She remarked, now smirking.
"Ask? I was just gonna go for it!" he grinned again.
She shrugged. "Doesn't mean I'll snog you in the charms class. Sounds a bit odd, doesn't it?"
He crossed his eyes at her. "So, where will you snog me?"
"I never said I'd snog you in the first place." She replied.
He placed a hand over his heart. "I'm hurt, Syd!"
She shrugged. "Too bad, so sad."
He shrugged and sighed dramatically. "Ah, I guess you won't mind if I head back to the common room, then. Maybe Remus would like to go...do something fun." he slowly moved toward the door.
She rolled her eyes. "Fine, come back."
He grinned. "I knew you'd reconsider!"
She sighed. "Well, there's no one else worth snogging in this castle, is there?"
Sirius tapped his chin. "No one as pretty as you!"
She smiled. "Awww, so sweet. Come here, this might take awhile."
Sirius raised one eyebrow. "A while? Hmm, this sounds promising..." He moved closer to her, placing one hand on her neck.
She grinned, and moved closer to kiss him. Placing a hand on his shoulder, she kissed him.
Sirius wrapped his arm around her waist, kissing her back slowly.
She placed a hand on his chest, and continued to kiss him. Finally, she opened her eyes, and pulled away. "Fancy a game of Tag?" She asked playfully.
Sirius's mouth twisted into a grin. "Tag? Sure..." he said slyly.
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Ronni snorted, shook her head, and continued on her way to the Greenhouses. Once there, she nearly ran Molly Dickens and Arthur Weasley, over. "Oh, excuse me. I hadn't seen you there."
Molly nodded, and smiled sweetly. "Not a problem, dear."
Ronni returned the smile, as she walked over to the plants she was taking care of. "Well, good morning, Fred, George, Bill, Ron, Ginny, Percy, and Charlie. How'd you sleep?" She went on talking to her plants. The future approved of talking to plants. It had been proved that plants grew faster with attention.
Molly smiled, and prodded Arthur. "Such lovely names. We should name our children that!"
Arthur grinned feebly. "Children?"
"Oh yes, tons of them Arthur!" Molly replied excitedly.
"Great." He muttered under his breath.
Ronni stifled a laugh, and then continued to attend to her plants, even after they left. She knew those two. She knew their children too. Everything would work out fine for them.
James walked in, running his hand through his hair. "Hey Ronni!"
She sighed. "What, James?"
He raised an eyebrow. "Ok..I wanted to thank you for helping me with Lily."
"Then you two are together?" She asked eagerly.
"Yes." He replied.
"GREAT!" She nearly shouted, causing some of the plants to shrink away in fear. She grinned sheepishly at him. "Sorry. I was just hoping you guys could work it out."
He smiled. "Well, thanks, Ronni. So, I heard you talking to your plants. Did you name them?"
She rolled her eyes. "Of course I named them. And I was just potting a new plant here."
"What's its name?" He asked curiously.
She smiled. "Harry."
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Remus closed his eyes and looked away for a brief second, hearing her words saying that she wanted to stay. He looked back to her, "Andi, you might find my question too bold, and tell me if it is...but why is it that you would choose to stay, as of now?"
She blushed slightly, and couldn't bring to herself to look into his eyes. "You."
Remus paused and looked over Andi. It was a few moments before he spoke again. "Thank you Andi. You give me something to look forward to each day."
She sighed, pretty much unable to say anything. "I erm, have to, erm...uh, clean my mouth out with soap. I'll see ya around." She muttered, as she dropped to her knees, and morphed. Ears back, she nearly ran out of the room, probably as embarrassed as he was.
Remus watched her leave, completely taken aback. He smiled; life hadn't been this bright for him in some time.
She raced down the steps, yelping the whole way. Finally, she morphed back, said the password to the common room, and ran up to her dorm. Collapsing on her bed, she fell asleep.
The next day flew by, and Andi somehow managed to skip breakfast and lunch. Almost avoiding Lupin, she kept her head low, and her eyes on the floor the whole time, almost humiliated at what she said. But in a way, she was content. He obviously liked her as well. But night came quickly, and as soon as Lupin entered the common room, she handed him a goblet. "Here. I've added two viles of it, and an aspirin, muggle medicine, to help the pain ease when you ya know, morph."
Remus accepted the goblet and downed the whole thing, "Doesn't taste too good. Can I add sugar or something next time?"
She nodded, smiling slightly. "Either that, or I'll have something for you to eat after it."
"Something," Remus frowned looking at the cup. "How long will it work for?"
"Until morning. But, I have at least 20 viles of the stuff, and the potion ingredients with me. No worries." She remarked, smiling slightly.
He offered, "Shall we go?"
She went to nod, and then groaned. "Actually, you go, and I'll meet you there in a couple of minutes, ok?"
Remus nodded. "All right." He turned and left the common room. But as he headed down the stairs to wait for Andi a strange sensation came over him and then a pain raced through his body...and he wondered how well this potion was going to work. The pain was familiar, but the sudden draining of blood from his head was not usual. Remus waited at the bottom of the stairs where he thought he would wait for Andi. Remus had to sit from the strange and sudden lightheadedness. A strange potion meant he might go through weird symptoms at first...after all he had tried everything. Only now he was wishing he hadn't told his friends he wouldn't need their help this full moon.
Andi came jogging down the steps, and nearly ran into him. "Remus?" But as soon as she said it, she jumped back. "Shoot! Damn it!"
"What?" Remus looked up to her at first not certain he was sure it was Andi.
Figuring something had happened to the potion, she moaned. "Damn, Damn, Damn! I can't tell you, and really you're not...well, too good right now." She smiled sympathetically. "The potion went wrong." She muttered. She was shaking a little bit, as he morphed a bit more. "Goodbye Remus, hello Werewolf." She mumbled. Not having the sense to morph to her animagi figure, she backed slowly, into the wall.
He looked at her, "Wrong?" And before he knew it nothing was going through his mind but blood, pain, tearing. Remus, no longer Remus, lunged for her sinking his teeth canines ferociously into Andi's shoulder.
She didn't make a sound. She closed her eyes for a moment, before shaking a bit more. Figuring out what to do, she dropped to all fours, and morphed. Curling up in a ball, she tried to shield herself, until she realized that she'd let a werewolf run around the school. Yelping as she got up, she grabbed onto one of his legs, and started growling, desperately trying to keep him from going anywhere.
Remus collapsed too, and something he did not intend happened...he realized what he'd done. A cool sweat started under the fur of the half man half wolf. Then his body shifted, and he shrunk into the form of a wolf...he'd be stuck in for the next three days while the moon was full.
Andi released him, and went back towards the wall, where she curled up into a ball, trying to stop the blood that was flowing easily from her shoulder.
Remus blinked, he whined and went to her. Hoping she wouldn't run. 'Please let her understand,' he thought. 'Please let us be able to communicate.' "Andi," sounded as a low growl to any on looker.
Her ears perked a bit, as she turned to look at him. "It wasn't your fault, Remus. It was mine. I'm so sorry." She replied, a couple of yelps coming out afterward.
"Andi..." He howled. "I'm so sorry. This is going to be the worst time for you."
She crawled slowly toward him. "I'll live." She muttered, as she rested her muzzle on the ground. She shuddered once, and then lay completely still. "I'm used to pain."
He nuzzled his nose in her shoulder. "You shouldn't have to be though. This is my doing. Your first full moon is here...tonight...and it's all my fault. When night comes we'll have to go to the Shrieking Shack."
She sighed. "I can go up to my room, and get the potion. As I told you, I've got more. It shouldn't affect me for another hour. I can still morph back to human form." She replied.
"You should..." Remus paused thinking it over. "Not take it. Something's apparently wrong with it and there's not telling if it's all bad. You should come with me to the Shrieking Shack."
She sighed. "Tell me what happened when you took it. I have a feeling Syd did something out of revenge."
"Well, I felt fine at first. But then there was a sudden draining feeling starting at my head. It swept through my body, then the pain started. The pain is common place though. It's always the same." He remarked.
"Damn her to hell!" Andi cursed, shuddering again, as the wound scraped against the wall.
"What happened?" Remus asked.
"She put EOV in there. Damn it!" She swore, obviously enraged. She got up, stumbled once, and began to pace. "I can't believe her! She did it on purpose! And if I hadn't added the second vile, you'd have been a werewolf the whole time."
"Andi, I'm so sorry. I should have done something. Taken some other precautions. There's no going back now... you will be a werewolf." He hung his head. "You are a werewolf."
She collapsed, and stayed where she was, this time not trying to move. "I know. It's ok, I guess. I'll get to see a lot more of you now, though. Not that that's a particularly bad thing..." She mumbled.
Remus laughed humorlessly. "This wasn't the way I had hoped. Come on," "He nudged her with his snout. Pausing he turned back to her, "Bad thing? There's something worse?"
She yelped as he poked her. "Never said there was a bad thing. 'Cept being a damn werewolf. I should've morphed. But I kinda froze. It's like me and my dad..." She trailed off, as she slowly got up. "Remus, I'm going to go grab something from my room. I'll hurry back, I promise." She muttered, as she limped/trotted back to the portal. Morphing back to human form, she said the password, and walked in.
Remus waited patiently for Andi to return.
Racing up to her room, she shut the door quickly, downed two viles of the wolfsbane potion, and then looked at her shoulder. It was even worse than before. Sighing, she figured she'd just have to wait it out. Walking back out of the room, she morphed, and went back out towards Remus. "Back."
"All right." He nodded. "Well, we're going to have to steer clear of the castle for the next few days. There's no getting out of this form until the moon has passed. How long did you say this stuff would last?"
"Till morning. But I can grab more." She replied.
"You must be careful about that. You should get more while people are still asleep. They won't tempt you to bite them." He warned.
She nodded. "I've a question though. If the sun's up, wouldn't you morph back?"
"Not exactly..." Remus trailed for a moment. "Of course there's no telling with this potion how we'll react but we will be ill...very ill as humans."
She sighed. "Ok. Well, I guess if I have to spend three days as a werewolf, at least I get to spend them with you."
Remus barked then looked at her. "Agreed. This month the company will be infinitely better than any time before. Andi...I'm still very sorry."
She nuzzled his shoulder. "I keep telling you though, it's not your fault. It really isn't. I should've checked the vile, and I should've morphed before you got to me. When I saw you, I could've gotten away. But it was my fault too, ok? So don't blame yourself for anything."
Remus sighed and shook his shaggy wolf head. "I can try."
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"Come on, Severus. It's just a girl. Go ask her out, and then run. Not that hard, mate. How do you think I got Narcassia?" Lucius Malfoy pushed Snape off of the Slytherin table.
Snape sighed, pushed his greasy, black hair out of his face, and headed toward the Gryffindor table. "Ronni, may I have a word with you?"
James almost stood up. He liked Lily, but he wasn't about to have his friend hurt by a Slytherin. "Back off, Snivellus."
Ronni prodded James in the side, and shook her head. "James, don't. Yes, Severus, I'll talk to you." Getting up, she shot James a look, saying 'If I'm not back in 5 minutes, kill.'
James nodded, and returned to Lily.
Snape smiled, looking for once in his life quite happy. "Ronni, will you go out with me?"
Ronni sighed. "Listen, you deserve better than me. I'm a mudblood, and I'm quite sure your friends won't approve. Besides, I'm taken. Sorry!"
Snape nodded slowly, the smile gone. "Oh, ok. Thanks for your time."
Ronni stifled a laugh, as she walked back to her table. "He, erm, He asked me out. He smiled an everything. Quite humorous."
James eyes widened. "That git, asked you out?"
She nodded. "Yup. That's two creeps in a row."
"Hey! I'm not a creep!" He responded, a grin plastered on his face.
"You never asked me out. You just tried to snog me in the common room. And it wasn't you anyways. First Peter, and then Snape. What do I look like, Creeps R us?" She sighed heavily.
"You'll find someone. I'll help you if you want me to." He replied.
She shook her head quickly. "I'm just gunna wait it out."
He smiled. "Ok. If you need anything, call."
She nodded. "I just might do that. See ya around, James."
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Wow. Intense. I knew this would happen, because I planned it way ahead of time. I know whats gunna happen next too, its all the little details. But, I must also inform everyone, that this story will be delayed until I get my Lupin player back. There was a death in the family. My Sirius player's started school, and I'm going to be occupied with school and work pretty soon, so don't expect updates every day. But I'll do my best, because I have as much fun writing these stories, as you do reading them! But another thing I enjoy a lot, is reviews. So please review!!!
By Stevie Bonine
August 18, 2003
Disclaimer: I own none except for Sydney, Andi, and Ronni, plus Essence of Veela. Except, erm, she owns the Veela part, but the concept was mine! I also own occasional unnoticed spells.
I would like to thank Madcrazymolly, who has helped me SO much, by playing Remus, and sometimes Sirius, and also Kid Majele, who helped me with the Sirius/Syd scene. All other parts are done by me.
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Syd sighed. "Where're we going, Siri?"
Sirius shrugged. "I was hoping you would know."
Syd snorted softly. "You're odd. You were the one leading, remember?"
Sirius laughed. "Oh, yeah...."
She sighed. "Well, do you know where you're headed, or do you want me to lead?"
Sirius grinned wickedly. "You can lead!"
She rolled her eyes. "Fine."
He snickered.
She took her position as leading and then morphed into her dog figure. Racing up the steps, she turned toward the Hospital wing, before stopping and morphing back. "You coming?"
Sirius nodded, and morphed into his animagus form. He bounded up the steps after her, tongue lolling around as he grinned.
She patted him on the head with her good arm. "Good dog! Does the puppy want to stay in the hall while Syd goes and makes sure she gets her arm fixed and overdoses on painkillers?" She asked, sarcastic grin plastered on her face.
Sirius growled at her playfully. Then he turned around in a circle once, flipped his tail, and laid down, still staring at Syd in a playful way.
She sighed. "I might keep you that way. You're cuter in your dog form, ya know that?"
He growled at her.
She tapped her fingers on his muzzle. "Stop it, alright. I'll be right back, and THEN we can find something illegal to do, ok?"
He grinned, a cute, slobbery, doggie grin and nodded.
She couldn't help but grin back, and then left. Seconds later, Madame Pomfrey wailed loudly. "NOT AGAIN!! HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS? MAYBE I SHOULD JUST TAKE YOUR ARM OFF, SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE OF BREAKING IT AGAIN."
Syd raised an eyebrow. "Well, that's a nice attitude to have, isn't it, Poppy?"
Madame Pomfrey huffed, and started to attend to the arm. "There. But be careful, alright?"
Syd nodded. "I'll do my best." She shook her head, and walked out of the wing. Reentering the hall, she grinned at Sirius. "The nurse already knew me."
He transformed back into a human and rolled his eyes. "You sure get into a lot of trouble, don't you?" he grinned at her slyly. "But that's okay with me!"
She laughed. "So, what was up with the whole slobbering thing? Is it just a habit, or is that what you do when you see pretty girls?" She asked.
He winked at her. "Only when I see a pretty girl. Yup. There was a cute Slytherin walking past, and since I was a dog, I had a nice view up her skirt." he said jokingly.
She shrugged. "Well, since you're so into Slytherins, I guess you can say goodbye to this Gryffindor!" She remarked, as she morphed back into the dog.
Sirius started. "H-hey! Wait! I-I was just kidding! Syyyyyd!" he morphed, too.
She darted down the stairs, growling the whole time.
Sirius followed, whining pitifully.
She stopped, and waited for him to catch up.
He grinned the slobbery grin again, as he skidded to a stop next to her.
She rubbed up against him, flicking her tail playfully, before launching an attack on him.
He yelped in surprise, having warmed to her playful attack easily.
She growled, and sank her teeth into his back, before barking, and sitting down.
Sirius whined as she moved away and sat down, prancing over to her and nuzzling her neck teasingly.
She growled, and snapped her teeth at him.
Sirius snapped back, whimpering.
She yipped softly, and moved a bit closer to him, stretching her legs out, and crawling towards him on her stomach.
He backed away, teasing her again, yipping like a puppy. He beckoned to her with his head to follow him as he turned and trotted off.
She replied, yipping lowly, as she got up and followed him, tail flicking from side to side.
He led her down an empty corridor, and into the Charms classroom, looking over his shoulder to make sure she was still following.
She was indeed, following him. She yipped softly, as she approached him, and rubbed into his fur.
Abruptly, he changed back into a human, smirking at her.
She morphed back, and raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"What do you think?" he asked, moving a little closer to her.
"Oh!!!" She replied, grinning hugely. "You wanna kiss me? I thought you'd ask." She remarked, now smirking.
"Ask? I was just gonna go for it!" he grinned again.
She shrugged. "Doesn't mean I'll snog you in the charms class. Sounds a bit odd, doesn't it?"
He crossed his eyes at her. "So, where will you snog me?"
"I never said I'd snog you in the first place." She replied.
He placed a hand over his heart. "I'm hurt, Syd!"
She shrugged. "Too bad, so sad."
He shrugged and sighed dramatically. "Ah, I guess you won't mind if I head back to the common room, then. Maybe Remus would like to go...do something fun." he slowly moved toward the door.
She rolled her eyes. "Fine, come back."
He grinned. "I knew you'd reconsider!"
She sighed. "Well, there's no one else worth snogging in this castle, is there?"
Sirius tapped his chin. "No one as pretty as you!"
She smiled. "Awww, so sweet. Come here, this might take awhile."
Sirius raised one eyebrow. "A while? Hmm, this sounds promising..." He moved closer to her, placing one hand on her neck.
She grinned, and moved closer to kiss him. Placing a hand on his shoulder, she kissed him.
Sirius wrapped his arm around her waist, kissing her back slowly.
She placed a hand on his chest, and continued to kiss him. Finally, she opened her eyes, and pulled away. "Fancy a game of Tag?" She asked playfully.
Sirius's mouth twisted into a grin. "Tag? Sure..." he said slyly.
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Ronni snorted, shook her head, and continued on her way to the Greenhouses. Once there, she nearly ran Molly Dickens and Arthur Weasley, over. "Oh, excuse me. I hadn't seen you there."
Molly nodded, and smiled sweetly. "Not a problem, dear."
Ronni returned the smile, as she walked over to the plants she was taking care of. "Well, good morning, Fred, George, Bill, Ron, Ginny, Percy, and Charlie. How'd you sleep?" She went on talking to her plants. The future approved of talking to plants. It had been proved that plants grew faster with attention.
Molly smiled, and prodded Arthur. "Such lovely names. We should name our children that!"
Arthur grinned feebly. "Children?"
"Oh yes, tons of them Arthur!" Molly replied excitedly.
"Great." He muttered under his breath.
Ronni stifled a laugh, and then continued to attend to her plants, even after they left. She knew those two. She knew their children too. Everything would work out fine for them.
James walked in, running his hand through his hair. "Hey Ronni!"
She sighed. "What, James?"
He raised an eyebrow. "Ok..I wanted to thank you for helping me with Lily."
"Then you two are together?" She asked eagerly.
"Yes." He replied.
"GREAT!" She nearly shouted, causing some of the plants to shrink away in fear. She grinned sheepishly at him. "Sorry. I was just hoping you guys could work it out."
He smiled. "Well, thanks, Ronni. So, I heard you talking to your plants. Did you name them?"
She rolled her eyes. "Of course I named them. And I was just potting a new plant here."
"What's its name?" He asked curiously.
She smiled. "Harry."
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Remus closed his eyes and looked away for a brief second, hearing her words saying that she wanted to stay. He looked back to her, "Andi, you might find my question too bold, and tell me if it is...but why is it that you would choose to stay, as of now?"
She blushed slightly, and couldn't bring to herself to look into his eyes. "You."
Remus paused and looked over Andi. It was a few moments before he spoke again. "Thank you Andi. You give me something to look forward to each day."
She sighed, pretty much unable to say anything. "I erm, have to, erm...uh, clean my mouth out with soap. I'll see ya around." She muttered, as she dropped to her knees, and morphed. Ears back, she nearly ran out of the room, probably as embarrassed as he was.
Remus watched her leave, completely taken aback. He smiled; life hadn't been this bright for him in some time.
She raced down the steps, yelping the whole way. Finally, she morphed back, said the password to the common room, and ran up to her dorm. Collapsing on her bed, she fell asleep.
The next day flew by, and Andi somehow managed to skip breakfast and lunch. Almost avoiding Lupin, she kept her head low, and her eyes on the floor the whole time, almost humiliated at what she said. But in a way, she was content. He obviously liked her as well. But night came quickly, and as soon as Lupin entered the common room, she handed him a goblet. "Here. I've added two viles of it, and an aspirin, muggle medicine, to help the pain ease when you ya know, morph."
Remus accepted the goblet and downed the whole thing, "Doesn't taste too good. Can I add sugar or something next time?"
She nodded, smiling slightly. "Either that, or I'll have something for you to eat after it."
"Something," Remus frowned looking at the cup. "How long will it work for?"
"Until morning. But, I have at least 20 viles of the stuff, and the potion ingredients with me. No worries." She remarked, smiling slightly.
He offered, "Shall we go?"
She went to nod, and then groaned. "Actually, you go, and I'll meet you there in a couple of minutes, ok?"
Remus nodded. "All right." He turned and left the common room. But as he headed down the stairs to wait for Andi a strange sensation came over him and then a pain raced through his body...and he wondered how well this potion was going to work. The pain was familiar, but the sudden draining of blood from his head was not usual. Remus waited at the bottom of the stairs where he thought he would wait for Andi. Remus had to sit from the strange and sudden lightheadedness. A strange potion meant he might go through weird symptoms at first...after all he had tried everything. Only now he was wishing he hadn't told his friends he wouldn't need their help this full moon.
Andi came jogging down the steps, and nearly ran into him. "Remus?" But as soon as she said it, she jumped back. "Shoot! Damn it!"
"What?" Remus looked up to her at first not certain he was sure it was Andi.
Figuring something had happened to the potion, she moaned. "Damn, Damn, Damn! I can't tell you, and really you're not...well, too good right now." She smiled sympathetically. "The potion went wrong." She muttered. She was shaking a little bit, as he morphed a bit more. "Goodbye Remus, hello Werewolf." She mumbled. Not having the sense to morph to her animagi figure, she backed slowly, into the wall.
He looked at her, "Wrong?" And before he knew it nothing was going through his mind but blood, pain, tearing. Remus, no longer Remus, lunged for her sinking his teeth canines ferociously into Andi's shoulder.
She didn't make a sound. She closed her eyes for a moment, before shaking a bit more. Figuring out what to do, she dropped to all fours, and morphed. Curling up in a ball, she tried to shield herself, until she realized that she'd let a werewolf run around the school. Yelping as she got up, she grabbed onto one of his legs, and started growling, desperately trying to keep him from going anywhere.
Remus collapsed too, and something he did not intend happened...he realized what he'd done. A cool sweat started under the fur of the half man half wolf. Then his body shifted, and he shrunk into the form of a wolf...he'd be stuck in for the next three days while the moon was full.
Andi released him, and went back towards the wall, where she curled up into a ball, trying to stop the blood that was flowing easily from her shoulder.
Remus blinked, he whined and went to her. Hoping she wouldn't run. 'Please let her understand,' he thought. 'Please let us be able to communicate.' "Andi," sounded as a low growl to any on looker.
Her ears perked a bit, as she turned to look at him. "It wasn't your fault, Remus. It was mine. I'm so sorry." She replied, a couple of yelps coming out afterward.
"Andi..." He howled. "I'm so sorry. This is going to be the worst time for you."
She crawled slowly toward him. "I'll live." She muttered, as she rested her muzzle on the ground. She shuddered once, and then lay completely still. "I'm used to pain."
He nuzzled his nose in her shoulder. "You shouldn't have to be though. This is my doing. Your first full moon is here...tonight...and it's all my fault. When night comes we'll have to go to the Shrieking Shack."
She sighed. "I can go up to my room, and get the potion. As I told you, I've got more. It shouldn't affect me for another hour. I can still morph back to human form." She replied.
"You should..." Remus paused thinking it over. "Not take it. Something's apparently wrong with it and there's not telling if it's all bad. You should come with me to the Shrieking Shack."
She sighed. "Tell me what happened when you took it. I have a feeling Syd did something out of revenge."
"Well, I felt fine at first. But then there was a sudden draining feeling starting at my head. It swept through my body, then the pain started. The pain is common place though. It's always the same." He remarked.
"Damn her to hell!" Andi cursed, shuddering again, as the wound scraped against the wall.
"What happened?" Remus asked.
"She put EOV in there. Damn it!" She swore, obviously enraged. She got up, stumbled once, and began to pace. "I can't believe her! She did it on purpose! And if I hadn't added the second vile, you'd have been a werewolf the whole time."
"Andi, I'm so sorry. I should have done something. Taken some other precautions. There's no going back now... you will be a werewolf." He hung his head. "You are a werewolf."
She collapsed, and stayed where she was, this time not trying to move. "I know. It's ok, I guess. I'll get to see a lot more of you now, though. Not that that's a particularly bad thing..." She mumbled.
Remus laughed humorlessly. "This wasn't the way I had hoped. Come on," "He nudged her with his snout. Pausing he turned back to her, "Bad thing? There's something worse?"
She yelped as he poked her. "Never said there was a bad thing. 'Cept being a damn werewolf. I should've morphed. But I kinda froze. It's like me and my dad..." She trailed off, as she slowly got up. "Remus, I'm going to go grab something from my room. I'll hurry back, I promise." She muttered, as she limped/trotted back to the portal. Morphing back to human form, she said the password, and walked in.
Remus waited patiently for Andi to return.
Racing up to her room, she shut the door quickly, downed two viles of the wolfsbane potion, and then looked at her shoulder. It was even worse than before. Sighing, she figured she'd just have to wait it out. Walking back out of the room, she morphed, and went back out towards Remus. "Back."
"All right." He nodded. "Well, we're going to have to steer clear of the castle for the next few days. There's no getting out of this form until the moon has passed. How long did you say this stuff would last?"
"Till morning. But I can grab more." She replied.
"You must be careful about that. You should get more while people are still asleep. They won't tempt you to bite them." He warned.
She nodded. "I've a question though. If the sun's up, wouldn't you morph back?"
"Not exactly..." Remus trailed for a moment. "Of course there's no telling with this potion how we'll react but we will be ill...very ill as humans."
She sighed. "Ok. Well, I guess if I have to spend three days as a werewolf, at least I get to spend them with you."
Remus barked then looked at her. "Agreed. This month the company will be infinitely better than any time before. Andi...I'm still very sorry."
She nuzzled his shoulder. "I keep telling you though, it's not your fault. It really isn't. I should've checked the vile, and I should've morphed before you got to me. When I saw you, I could've gotten away. But it was my fault too, ok? So don't blame yourself for anything."
Remus sighed and shook his shaggy wolf head. "I can try."
~*~
"Come on, Severus. It's just a girl. Go ask her out, and then run. Not that hard, mate. How do you think I got Narcassia?" Lucius Malfoy pushed Snape off of the Slytherin table.
Snape sighed, pushed his greasy, black hair out of his face, and headed toward the Gryffindor table. "Ronni, may I have a word with you?"
James almost stood up. He liked Lily, but he wasn't about to have his friend hurt by a Slytherin. "Back off, Snivellus."
Ronni prodded James in the side, and shook her head. "James, don't. Yes, Severus, I'll talk to you." Getting up, she shot James a look, saying 'If I'm not back in 5 minutes, kill.'
James nodded, and returned to Lily.
Snape smiled, looking for once in his life quite happy. "Ronni, will you go out with me?"
Ronni sighed. "Listen, you deserve better than me. I'm a mudblood, and I'm quite sure your friends won't approve. Besides, I'm taken. Sorry!"
Snape nodded slowly, the smile gone. "Oh, ok. Thanks for your time."
Ronni stifled a laugh, as she walked back to her table. "He, erm, He asked me out. He smiled an everything. Quite humorous."
James eyes widened. "That git, asked you out?"
She nodded. "Yup. That's two creeps in a row."
"Hey! I'm not a creep!" He responded, a grin plastered on his face.
"You never asked me out. You just tried to snog me in the common room. And it wasn't you anyways. First Peter, and then Snape. What do I look like, Creeps R us?" She sighed heavily.
"You'll find someone. I'll help you if you want me to." He replied.
She shook her head quickly. "I'm just gunna wait it out."
He smiled. "Ok. If you need anything, call."
She nodded. "I just might do that. See ya around, James."
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Wow. Intense. I knew this would happen, because I planned it way ahead of time. I know whats gunna happen next too, its all the little details. But, I must also inform everyone, that this story will be delayed until I get my Lupin player back. There was a death in the family. My Sirius player's started school, and I'm going to be occupied with school and work pretty soon, so don't expect updates every day. But I'll do my best, because I have as much fun writing these stories, as you do reading them! But another thing I enjoy a lot, is reviews. So please review!!!