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Chapter Three:
"Ready as I'll ever be." He replied sadly standing up.
"Oh, you poor thing." She said more to her self than him, draping the cloak over his and her heads. They made their way out onto the grounds, poked the knot with a stick to make the tree stand still and hurried down the tunnel. It was beginning to get dark as they reached the Shrieking Shack. Madame Pompfrey said a few things she thoughts might have been comforting and then left, locking the huge oak doors that led up the tunnel.
Remus could feel a sharp pain in his back and he knew what was coming. He sunk down to his knees as the bones in his body began to reform and take on a new shape. He used to scream because of the pain when he was younger but he'd learned to manage it. He caught sight of his hands as he went down on all fours, they turned into paws and blackish gray fur grew rapidly all over them. Soon the pain was over and where Remus had been sitting was a fully fledged werewolf.
"So, you reckon its time to go see Remus yet?": Sirius asked looking out the window. The moon had already risen and was shining brightly, illuminating the grounds.
"Yeah." James said standing up. "The moons up so, Moony is bound to be killing some poor innocent chair right about now." Peter snickered, Sirius raised an eyebrow at him, and he immediately shut up.
The three went out onto the grounds and before they could go down the tunnel, Peter had to rush forward and freeze the tree. The dog, stag, and rat went down the tunnel till they reached the huge doors. Sirius quickly changed back into a human unlocked them and turned into a dog again. Once he was a dog, James prodded the doors with his antlers knocking them open.
Just as they had thought, Remus was busy eating a chair, fluffy white stuffing all over him. Sirius pounded in and jumped on the wolf knocking on its side. The wolf just laid there staring at him. The dog pawed the wolf's nose and bit its ear pulling it, somewhat pulling it, towards the door. Moony kicked him off, stood up, and bolted out onto the grounds, the dog, and stag right behind him, the little rat lagging behind quietly.
In the forest the dog and wolf tackled each other and annoyed the stag to death nearly. Suddenly a blurry shape moved deeper in the woods. While the dog was busy tripping up the James, Moony ran off after the creature that had moved. He saw something in a clearing and headed towards it. Breaking through the bushes into the circle of trees he saw nothing.
Tilting its head to the side the wolf looked around. A twig snapped behind him. Before he could even turn, a huge brown shape collided with Moony knocking him to the ground. Standing over him, hackles raised and growling, was another wolf with brownish red fur and gray eyes. Moony startled didn't try to get up first. But soon he realized that this creature wasn't going to let him go he'd have to fight to get up.
Growling back Moony jumped up as the other wolf snarled at him again. It was just a tad smaller than he was at the shoulder. The red wolf jumped at him and Moony reared up meeting it in the air. His stronger blow sent the wolf backwards to the ground. As he stood over it, he let a low growl escape his slightly open jaws.
Before he could do anything else there was a sudden change in the atmosphere. Moony glanced up and saw that the moon was about to be completely hidden behind clouds. A shudder ran through his body and he knew what was happening as the human part of his mind began taking over. His paws became hands that were balled into fists, his tail vanished along with his fur and snout, and the most painful part began happening. The bones in his back and chest and legs started to reform back into human bones.
Remus stood up his robes just barely clinging to him. They were tattered and torn but still there. He then remembered the wolf that had been at his throat a minute ago. Glancing around him he saw no wolf but a figure huddled next to the base of a tree. Its robes were about in the same shape as his. Remus was about to say something when the figure lifted its head out of its arms and looked up at him.
Remus was at a complete loss of words. He slowly sat down and stared at the person across from him.
"Didn't expect to see someone like yourself anytime soon did you, Lupin?" Pryde asked.
"No, I... I didn't." Remus was still in shock. "Did Dumbledore tell you-"
"About you? He hinted it, then I somewhat figured it out when I saw the brass necklace and the was you were listening in on the conversation through a stone wall." She stood up and stretched.
"Oh..." He paused started to get up. She extended her hand to help him up and he took hold of it. As she started to pull the grip on his hand tightened to near painful. He was about to say something about it when she let go and stumbled backwards clutching her side.
Remus whipped around and saw the moon coming out from the cloud. He felt the sharp pain again as he changed. It had never occurred to him that he had never seen another werewolf change. He'd seen them in books but never in real life. Crap, it looked painful.
Before Moony was ever up on all fours Pryde had sprinted from the clearing and into the woods. Just as she left a dog jumped him, barking playfully. The stag ran in after the dog. Moony, his wolf mind forgetting the incident nearly entirely, pawed back at the dog. But even as he was a wolf he kept wanting to go off deeper into the woods but as his friends still had their human minds, they wouldn't allow him because things that were just about as horrible as him and worse were waiting out there.
Chapter Three:
Remus had been quite shocked by the howl in the forest, but it hadn't been on his mind that much. Unfortuneately this was a blue moon month, where there were two full moons. Nearly a week after his last full moon it was that time of the month again. The time when they must transform into the monsters that hide beneath the surface of their skin. Remus sulked to the hospital wing after dinner and sat waiting on an uncomfortable bed as Madame Pompfrey scurried around doing something.
"Are you ready, dear?" She asked."Ready as I'll ever be." He replied sadly standing up.
"Oh, you poor thing." She said more to her self than him, draping the cloak over his and her heads. They made their way out onto the grounds, poked the knot with a stick to make the tree stand still and hurried down the tunnel. It was beginning to get dark as they reached the Shrieking Shack. Madame Pompfrey said a few things she thoughts might have been comforting and then left, locking the huge oak doors that led up the tunnel.
Remus could feel a sharp pain in his back and he knew what was coming. He sunk down to his knees as the bones in his body began to reform and take on a new shape. He used to scream because of the pain when he was younger but he'd learned to manage it. He caught sight of his hands as he went down on all fours, they turned into paws and blackish gray fur grew rapidly all over them. Soon the pain was over and where Remus had been sitting was a fully fledged werewolf.
"So, you reckon its time to go see Remus yet?": Sirius asked looking out the window. The moon had already risen and was shining brightly, illuminating the grounds.
"Yeah." James said standing up. "The moons up so, Moony is bound to be killing some poor innocent chair right about now." Peter snickered, Sirius raised an eyebrow at him, and he immediately shut up.
The three went out onto the grounds and before they could go down the tunnel, Peter had to rush forward and freeze the tree. The dog, stag, and rat went down the tunnel till they reached the huge doors. Sirius quickly changed back into a human unlocked them and turned into a dog again. Once he was a dog, James prodded the doors with his antlers knocking them open.
Just as they had thought, Remus was busy eating a chair, fluffy white stuffing all over him. Sirius pounded in and jumped on the wolf knocking on its side. The wolf just laid there staring at him. The dog pawed the wolf's nose and bit its ear pulling it, somewhat pulling it, towards the door. Moony kicked him off, stood up, and bolted out onto the grounds, the dog, and stag right behind him, the little rat lagging behind quietly.
In the forest the dog and wolf tackled each other and annoyed the stag to death nearly. Suddenly a blurry shape moved deeper in the woods. While the dog was busy tripping up the James, Moony ran off after the creature that had moved. He saw something in a clearing and headed towards it. Breaking through the bushes into the circle of trees he saw nothing.
Tilting its head to the side the wolf looked around. A twig snapped behind him. Before he could even turn, a huge brown shape collided with Moony knocking him to the ground. Standing over him, hackles raised and growling, was another wolf with brownish red fur and gray eyes. Moony startled didn't try to get up first. But soon he realized that this creature wasn't going to let him go he'd have to fight to get up.
Growling back Moony jumped up as the other wolf snarled at him again. It was just a tad smaller than he was at the shoulder. The red wolf jumped at him and Moony reared up meeting it in the air. His stronger blow sent the wolf backwards to the ground. As he stood over it, he let a low growl escape his slightly open jaws.
Before he could do anything else there was a sudden change in the atmosphere. Moony glanced up and saw that the moon was about to be completely hidden behind clouds. A shudder ran through his body and he knew what was happening as the human part of his mind began taking over. His paws became hands that were balled into fists, his tail vanished along with his fur and snout, and the most painful part began happening. The bones in his back and chest and legs started to reform back into human bones.
Remus stood up his robes just barely clinging to him. They were tattered and torn but still there. He then remembered the wolf that had been at his throat a minute ago. Glancing around him he saw no wolf but a figure huddled next to the base of a tree. Its robes were about in the same shape as his. Remus was about to say something when the figure lifted its head out of its arms and looked up at him.
Remus was at a complete loss of words. He slowly sat down and stared at the person across from him.
"Didn't expect to see someone like yourself anytime soon did you, Lupin?" Pryde asked.
"No, I... I didn't." Remus was still in shock. "Did Dumbledore tell you-"
"About you? He hinted it, then I somewhat figured it out when I saw the brass necklace and the was you were listening in on the conversation through a stone wall." She stood up and stretched.
"Oh..." He paused started to get up. She extended her hand to help him up and he took hold of it. As she started to pull the grip on his hand tightened to near painful. He was about to say something about it when she let go and stumbled backwards clutching her side.
Remus whipped around and saw the moon coming out from the cloud. He felt the sharp pain again as he changed. It had never occurred to him that he had never seen another werewolf change. He'd seen them in books but never in real life. Crap, it looked painful.
Before Moony was ever up on all fours Pryde had sprinted from the clearing and into the woods. Just as she left a dog jumped him, barking playfully. The stag ran in after the dog. Moony, his wolf mind forgetting the incident nearly entirely, pawed back at the dog. But even as he was a wolf he kept wanting to go off deeper into the woods but as his friends still had their human minds, they wouldn't allow him because things that were just about as horrible as him and worse were waiting out there.