A/N: Well, I'm trying out another fanfic. It's completely different from my other ones, but that is not for you to decide, it my choice! Bwhahaha! Furry black doggie wags tail experimentally as she racks her brain for further inspiration

Chapter One

Remus Lupin was a lonely soul. Being a werewolf meant most people ran away from him. He did what he could at the Order, surrounded by friends, but he was still destined every waning of the full moon to transform alone. He was the last marauder besides Wormtail, but he did not count. James was dead, and now Sirius, his last best friend was gone too. They had learned to be an Animagus illegally to keep him company in his werewolf form. An Animagus could not be turned into a werewolf when they were in their animal form. They were safe from him if he accidentally bit them.

However, there were no more Animagus friends to stay with him. He had to shut himself away alone for the full moon. Severus Snape was kind enough, (although he believed Dumbledore made him) to make the Wolfsbane Potion for him to make him harmless in his transformation.

He sighed. He wished there was someone who was an Animagus who could help him through his painful ordeal each month.

"Remus?" Remus turned from his place on the staircase to look at his deceased friend's godson, Harry. Harry was just as much a son to him now as he was to James and Sirius.

"Hello, Harry."

"Dinner is served, Remus, want to come down and eat?"

"Of course, I'm starving!" Remus stood up, trying to keep up a happy demeanor for Harry. Harry did not look convinced though.

"Remus, its going to be the full moon soon, isn't it? I can tell because you always are pale before it happens." Harry's green eyes, Lily's eyes, gazed at him.

"Yes Harry, in three days time I will transform and shut myself away for a couple of days. Then I'll come back, don't worry." They walked down the stairs.

"Remus?"

"Yes?"
"Do you ever wish you had James and Sirius to keep you company when you transform?" Remus stopped; there was a strange look on Harry's face that made him stop. Looking into the depths of his eyes, he saw sympathy, pity, and sadness. Why on earth was Harry worrying about him?

"I wish I had them with me every day of my life, Harry. But I cannot change the past, they are gone, and there's nothing I can do about it." Harry looked down.

"I wish I could stay with you when you transform," he said quietly.

"I would most certainly bite you, and that is a risk I will not allow you to take," Remus said firmly and evenly. He had asked this before, and always gave him the same answer. He did not want Harry to ruin his life just for him.

"But what if I was an Animagus?" Remus paused at the door to the dining room.

"Well, then that would be a different story. You aren't one, and it takes years to learn, and it would be very dangerous if you were. But of course this means nothing, since it does not apply to you. Just enjoy your life as it is, Harry. Stop worrying about me. Just worry about the next new year of school…" Nothing would convince Harry though. But before he could say something, Tonks came bounding up to greet them from the table filled with food.

"Wotcher, Harry!"

"Hey Tonks!" Harry's previous depressed mood seemed to vanish. He looked happy. Good, Remus thought. That's as it should be.

A/N: Hey! This is kind of a prologue, to explain the shortness. These chapters might just be quick and short, just because it's hard to be writing two fics at once. I need to know if this could be continued, so REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!