Disclaimer: I don't own HP in this chapter either!
A/N: okay people, busy life these days, and in my last author not when I wrote: "Oh and also don't worry! I will continue to write this story as fast as I do now…I hope! That is if I write this story I am not positive if I will anymore…." I meant that I am not positive if I will write my EW story…I dunno…but I will continue to write this story!
Ok also when I said busy life I mean that my sisters b-day is tomorrow, I don't have a present for her, I have to practice guitar (which I have been slacking off in), I have to pack for my trip to Costa Rica (I will be gone for a week and I am leaving on the 6th), and many other hectic things. Ok, I said all that just to let you know that I will be pretty busy. On will the story!!
Chapter 17: Confronting the Monster Itself
James was pacing back and forth. The three Marauders were back in their dorms, trying to figure out how to face their problem.
"Well we have to tell him we know…" James said, more to himself than to his fellow Marauders.
"Yeah we do," Sirius said, while sitting on his bed. "How is a different story though, I mean we have to make sure that he knows we'll stick by him!"
"What?" Peter asked surprised.
"What do you mean what?" Sirius asked angrily, "You didn't actually think that we would ditch him?!"
"No…of- of course not…" Peter said half scared, half embarrassed.
Sirius just stared at him. He was about to say something that would probably not be very…nice when he was cut off by James.
"We should try to get him to tell us first…"
"He won't do that!" Sirius stated. "Do you think after lying to us for more than a year that he is just going to fess up?"
"I dunno, but I'm sure it'd be better than us just throwing it at him!" James said. He stopped pacing and looked at Sirius while he talked. "I mean, that's why he was lying, I'm sure he thinks that we won't want to be friends with him because of it…"
"But that's just stupid! Why wouldn't we want to be friends with him because of something that he can't control?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't we?" Peter added, trying to sound convincing.
"Well, we have to make sure that he knows that," James said, he then sat down on his own bed.
"Yeah, so I suppose that means that we should confront him when he gets back from the Hospital Wing," Sirius said slowly, then added, "I mean there is no way that Madam Pomfrey is gonna let us back in there, after my little uh questions."
"Yeah, I suppose she forgot to draw the curtains 'round his bed…" James said, while thinking back to the scene in the Hospital Wing. "He looked really bad, I hope that isn't what he usually looks like!"
"I know, usually he just comes back with a few scratches or some bruises…" Sirius added, and then asked rather seriously, "How could we have ever missed this?"
"I dunno, I was thinking the same thing…" James said.
"Maybe it was just too hard to believe," Peter guessed, "I mean, it's not everyday you meet a werewolf…"
The conversation continued on through the night until they decided to get some rest.
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It was another two days before Remus finally got back from the Hospital Wing. James was once again pacing when Remus entered the room.
James stopped abruptly and they all looked at Remus. Remus automatically knew something was up.
"What?" he asked. "What happened?"
They all looked at each other, then back at him. Silence filled the room.
"What?" Remus asked again.
It took a while, but then James began to speak.
"Is there… is there anything that you want to tell us?" James asked softly.
Remus eyes widened in horror. 'What if they knew?!' he thought to himself, 'No! They can't possible know! If they did they wouldn't be standing in the same room with me! They would be avoiding me like a plague, just like all the others... but then what was going on?' He decided just to act like he wasn't hiding anything.
"No, why?" Remus asked shortly.
James sighed, he then looked at Sirius and Peter and they both nodded to him like they were confirming something.
"Well…Remus…we know you're lying…" James said slowly, then quickly added, "We saw you in the Hospital Wing, even though you said you were going to visit your mum again."
"Oh, that…" Remus said, trying to think of an excuse off the top of his head, "Uh… I was…sick…and unable to visit my mother…sorry if you got the wrong idea…I wasn't lying to you are anything like that…"
"If you were just sick then why did you look like you died five times?!" Sirius asked.
"Uh…I have no idea what you're talking about…maybe you didn't see me…maybe there is some kid who looks like me…I must have been in another bed…" Remus said, trying to get out of this very sticky situation.
"Remus, stop trying to deny it! We already know!" Sirius said.
"Know what?" Remus said now backing up heading for the door, "I have no idea what you all are talking about…"
Sirius dragged him back into the center of the room and took his wand while James put a locking charm on the door so that he couldn't leave.
"Remus, we do know…" Sirius said, trying to sound reassuring.
"Yeah," Peter said finally, he was still in the corner of the room, were he was the whole time listening to the conversation before him.
"What do you-" Remus said but was cut of by James.
"We know that you're a werewolf!"
The little color that had previously been in Remus' pale face, was now gone. He sat there wide eyed, shaking madly.
"But- but why are you still here? Why aren't you running away from me now that you know?" Remus asked in a low, shaky voice.
"What are you talking about?" Sirius asked. "We're your friends, nothing would change that! Right?"
"Right!" James shouted at once, then they all turned to Peter, who was still in the corner of the room, trying to be invisible. He paled as they all looked at him.
"Uh…right…" Peter said at last, but it was good enough for them.
"You mean you guys don't care?" Remus asked, not believing what he was hearing.
"Of course not! Though you shouldn't have lied to us!" James said.
"I'm sorry…it's just people don't usually…uh…take a liking to monsters like me…"
"What?!" James asked shocked, "You a monster? Remus, you are the farthest thing from a monster!"
Remus smiled at them, before he was afraid that his friends would desert him once they found out. He never pictured this happening! For the first time in his life he had friends, real friends, that would stick by him no matter what!
A/N: Okay sorry that chapter was so short but I thought that that was a good ending for the chapter…. Ok well on with the reviews!
Reviews:
Angul-gurl: Thanks for reviewing! Glad that you like it! Also I will not stop writing this fic; I still dunno where I said that….
Sarah Warder: Ok I am glad that got that whole thing taken care of. I won't lie to you and say that I know much about politics, cuz I don't. But it is true that I love my country, even though I hate the town I live in…. Ok well let's see I can understand about the slang, and if you haven't noticed I did change it. If I left some in my bio, sorry, let me know! Ok?
Now lets see, yes my undeniable passion does include writing, also reading. Hmmm I am glad that you think so highly of my feelings, and sorry you didn't like James's stroke of brilliants. I love James! And I really can't picture Sirius picking up so quickly, and Peter…well not even going to go there! Thanks for reviewing!
Misty Cherry: Sorry about that! I'm sure you're just being honest! But still if I really did have a really bad chapter, I'm sure I can trust you to not flame me! That's all I was getting at! And in that case wow! People actually love my story! I'm deeply touched! Candy for all! Yes, Bellatrix, I figured I had to but her in somewhere! I forgot Lestange's first name that's why I didn't put it…. I know one of them I just wasn't sure which one was her husband… Ok, well thanks for reviewing!!!
A/N: okay people, busy life these days, and in my last author not when I wrote: "Oh and also don't worry! I will continue to write this story as fast as I do now…I hope! That is if I write this story I am not positive if I will anymore…." I meant that I am not positive if I will write my EW story…I dunno…but I will continue to write this story!
Ok also when I said busy life I mean that my sisters b-day is tomorrow, I don't have a present for her, I have to practice guitar (which I have been slacking off in), I have to pack for my trip to Costa Rica (I will be gone for a week and I am leaving on the 6th), and many other hectic things. Ok, I said all that just to let you know that I will be pretty busy. On will the story!!
Chapter 17: Confronting the Monster Itself
James was pacing back and forth. The three Marauders were back in their dorms, trying to figure out how to face their problem.
"Well we have to tell him we know…" James said, more to himself than to his fellow Marauders.
"Yeah we do," Sirius said, while sitting on his bed. "How is a different story though, I mean we have to make sure that he knows we'll stick by him!"
"What?" Peter asked surprised.
"What do you mean what?" Sirius asked angrily, "You didn't actually think that we would ditch him?!"
"No…of- of course not…" Peter said half scared, half embarrassed.
Sirius just stared at him. He was about to say something that would probably not be very…nice when he was cut off by James.
"We should try to get him to tell us first…"
"He won't do that!" Sirius stated. "Do you think after lying to us for more than a year that he is just going to fess up?"
"I dunno, but I'm sure it'd be better than us just throwing it at him!" James said. He stopped pacing and looked at Sirius while he talked. "I mean, that's why he was lying, I'm sure he thinks that we won't want to be friends with him because of it…"
"But that's just stupid! Why wouldn't we want to be friends with him because of something that he can't control?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't we?" Peter added, trying to sound convincing.
"Well, we have to make sure that he knows that," James said, he then sat down on his own bed.
"Yeah, so I suppose that means that we should confront him when he gets back from the Hospital Wing," Sirius said slowly, then added, "I mean there is no way that Madam Pomfrey is gonna let us back in there, after my little uh questions."
"Yeah, I suppose she forgot to draw the curtains 'round his bed…" James said, while thinking back to the scene in the Hospital Wing. "He looked really bad, I hope that isn't what he usually looks like!"
"I know, usually he just comes back with a few scratches or some bruises…" Sirius added, and then asked rather seriously, "How could we have ever missed this?"
"I dunno, I was thinking the same thing…" James said.
"Maybe it was just too hard to believe," Peter guessed, "I mean, it's not everyday you meet a werewolf…"
The conversation continued on through the night until they decided to get some rest.
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It was another two days before Remus finally got back from the Hospital Wing. James was once again pacing when Remus entered the room.
James stopped abruptly and they all looked at Remus. Remus automatically knew something was up.
"What?" he asked. "What happened?"
They all looked at each other, then back at him. Silence filled the room.
"What?" Remus asked again.
It took a while, but then James began to speak.
"Is there… is there anything that you want to tell us?" James asked softly.
Remus eyes widened in horror. 'What if they knew?!' he thought to himself, 'No! They can't possible know! If they did they wouldn't be standing in the same room with me! They would be avoiding me like a plague, just like all the others... but then what was going on?' He decided just to act like he wasn't hiding anything.
"No, why?" Remus asked shortly.
James sighed, he then looked at Sirius and Peter and they both nodded to him like they were confirming something.
"Well…Remus…we know you're lying…" James said slowly, then quickly added, "We saw you in the Hospital Wing, even though you said you were going to visit your mum again."
"Oh, that…" Remus said, trying to think of an excuse off the top of his head, "Uh… I was…sick…and unable to visit my mother…sorry if you got the wrong idea…I wasn't lying to you are anything like that…"
"If you were just sick then why did you look like you died five times?!" Sirius asked.
"Uh…I have no idea what you're talking about…maybe you didn't see me…maybe there is some kid who looks like me…I must have been in another bed…" Remus said, trying to get out of this very sticky situation.
"Remus, stop trying to deny it! We already know!" Sirius said.
"Know what?" Remus said now backing up heading for the door, "I have no idea what you all are talking about…"
Sirius dragged him back into the center of the room and took his wand while James put a locking charm on the door so that he couldn't leave.
"Remus, we do know…" Sirius said, trying to sound reassuring.
"Yeah," Peter said finally, he was still in the corner of the room, were he was the whole time listening to the conversation before him.
"What do you-" Remus said but was cut of by James.
"We know that you're a werewolf!"
The little color that had previously been in Remus' pale face, was now gone. He sat there wide eyed, shaking madly.
"But- but why are you still here? Why aren't you running away from me now that you know?" Remus asked in a low, shaky voice.
"What are you talking about?" Sirius asked. "We're your friends, nothing would change that! Right?"
"Right!" James shouted at once, then they all turned to Peter, who was still in the corner of the room, trying to be invisible. He paled as they all looked at him.
"Uh…right…" Peter said at last, but it was good enough for them.
"You mean you guys don't care?" Remus asked, not believing what he was hearing.
"Of course not! Though you shouldn't have lied to us!" James said.
"I'm sorry…it's just people don't usually…uh…take a liking to monsters like me…"
"What?!" James asked shocked, "You a monster? Remus, you are the farthest thing from a monster!"
Remus smiled at them, before he was afraid that his friends would desert him once they found out. He never pictured this happening! For the first time in his life he had friends, real friends, that would stick by him no matter what!
A/N: Okay sorry that chapter was so short but I thought that that was a good ending for the chapter…. Ok well on with the reviews!
Reviews:
Angul-gurl: Thanks for reviewing! Glad that you like it! Also I will not stop writing this fic; I still dunno where I said that….
Sarah Warder: Ok I am glad that got that whole thing taken care of. I won't lie to you and say that I know much about politics, cuz I don't. But it is true that I love my country, even though I hate the town I live in…. Ok well let's see I can understand about the slang, and if you haven't noticed I did change it. If I left some in my bio, sorry, let me know! Ok?
Now lets see, yes my undeniable passion does include writing, also reading. Hmmm I am glad that you think so highly of my feelings, and sorry you didn't like James's stroke of brilliants. I love James! And I really can't picture Sirius picking up so quickly, and Peter…well not even going to go there! Thanks for reviewing!
Misty Cherry: Sorry about that! I'm sure you're just being honest! But still if I really did have a really bad chapter, I'm sure I can trust you to not flame me! That's all I was getting at! And in that case wow! People actually love my story! I'm deeply touched! Candy for all! Yes, Bellatrix, I figured I had to but her in somewhere! I forgot Lestange's first name that's why I didn't put it…. I know one of them I just wasn't sure which one was her husband… Ok, well thanks for reviewing!!!