A/N: I love using flashbacks. R/R, if you want.

Chapter 7: Revealed

Her smile illuminated him; he had always been attracted to her, he couldn't deny it; her beauty was absolutely captivating; the defined cheekbones on her face, her lithe full lips, the curves on her body, but nothing ever went farther than friend and trusted ally. Though, the feeling always remained within him. He remembered the first time he saw her. It was at a Quidditch match: Slytherin vs. Gryffindor. It was the match of a century; everyone always came to watch those games. These were the two most rivaled houses. He had gone to give support and cheer on James Potter, who was the Gryffindor seeker. The game was over, and this time, Gryffindor had won. As the stands were emptying, Remus walked down the stadium with Sirius to meet up with James. When he was descending the steps, he saw to his right that a couple of Slytherin girls coming down together from their section of the arena. Among them was a girl with straight brown hair that cascaded down to her back and dark chocolate eyes, and a look of dissatisfaction, but she was lovely nonetheless-even if she did don the insigne of a rival house known mostly for its dark wizards.

Remus squinted, due to the sunlight in his eyes, as he tried to get a better look. But he was quickly rushed out by a large group of Hufflepuffs and Gryffindor.

"C'mon, mate! We've got to see James!"

"Alright, Sirius, alright, I'm going... you don't have to tug me ..." he sped up to his friend.

They disappeared into the Gryffindor locker rooms.

The suns bright rays hit the room through the windows. Its burning brightness forced Rosina to squint as she awoke. A cool hand rubbed her face. The glimmer in his eyes stood out in the light. She wouldn't have wanted a better greeting.

"Morning." His soft voice whispered into her ear as he kissed her.

"Mmm" she hummed as she turned to face him, lying on her left shoulder. "Morning."

"You know, I've been thinking..." his eyes squinted as if questioning something.

"How did you really find out?"

She stared at him "What do you mean really?"

"I know Dumbledore telling you about me wasn't the first time you knew."

She smirked. "You're very clever, Remus." He raised his eyebrow... "so?"

Her smile faded. A part of her didn't want to say it. Bringing it up would mean reliving the incident... She hesitated, but as he glared into her eyes with such curiosity, she couldn't deny him an answer.

"Remus... I saw it happen.... Snape's accident...."

He took a short breath as if reliving a moment of pain. "You were there?"

The warm breaths he took near the nape of her neck made her tremble. She took his hand in hers and followed the creases with her fingertips. Her eyes closed....

"Ugh, I'm so hungry..." the rumbling in her stomach caused her to toss and turn incessantly during the night.

A murmur came from her neighbor's bed, and a blonde head emerged from the sheets, a heavy lidded eye, blinked. "Jeez, Rosina, just go to the kitchens and get something from the elves."

Drowsily, she climbed out of her four-post bed, slipped on her green fuzzy slippers and robe, and stepped out into the darkness of the halls. It was very cold that night, and the movement within the sleeping portraits gave her an eerie feeling. Something strange was happening. She shrugged the feeling off and headed towards the kitchens.

After getting her fill for the night, and some extra food she held in her hands, Rosina walked towards the Slytherin common room. By the time she got to the portrait guarding the rooms, her hands felt as frozen as ice. Sir Valence was already awake. "Silver slate" she said as she rubbed her arms while trying to maintain the sweets within her grasp.

(yawn)"I say, what's with everyone slipping out in the middle of the night? Disturbing an old man's slumber?" Sir Valence mumbled as he swung himself to let Rosina in.

She stopped in her tracks. "What? Who else left tonight?"

"It was Severus... ran out as if there was something urgent ... goodness..."

Not wanting to miss out on such an opportunity to see what Snape was up to she did an about face and sped out into the halls leaving Sir Valence sleeping with the Slytherin door ajar.

'What could he be doing at this time?'

The halls of Hogwarts had been searched and now she had no other option but to head out towards the grounds. Being careful not to be caught, she took the large knob of the great doors, opened them enough to let her fit through, and closed them once she was out. The night sky was as clear as ever. Magnificent glowing stars lit up the sky, in fact, the grounds were as lit as day by the illuminating full moon the hung in the darkness above. It was a captivating sight.

Doubts were soon filling her mind. 'What am I doing out here? Its so cold... its not worth it...'

But as soon as she began to climb up the stairs she heard a bloodcurdling scream. The mound of sweets fell from her clutch as she stood in fear. 'Could it have been Severus?' she thought as she stood in the darkness trying to conjure up some courage.

"AAAARRRGHHH!"

There it was again, another scream. Feeling cowardly and yet especially curious... as well as cautious, of course, she felt her feet speed up and head towards the far corners of the grounds of Hogwarts. The grass was cold and wet from the early rain that day, which didn't help her as she flopped her feet with her soggy slippers.

Without realizing it, Rosina came upon the great Whomping Willow. The trail of screams had led her here. But the tree was flailing its great limbs not allowing anyone to come within reach of it. She looked around desperately for any sign of Snape, she heard some strange snarling sounds... it was coming from what she could have sworn was the tree.

As if something struck it numb, the Whomping Willow suddenly and abruptly froze in place. Staring in amazement, Rosina stood there and saw something opening in the trunk. A whole was appearing, and something was coming out.

The only place to hide would be in the nearby trees near the Forbidden Forest. Not wanting to be caught in the middle of the night, she ran and hid herself behind the trunk of a tree and peered to see what could possibly be going on.

There it was; a large black dog was emerging from the spot on the trunk backwards. It seemed to be having some difficulty; it was trying to pull something out with it. With much force it tugged and tugged until finally, it pulled out a young boy...It was James Potter! 'What..? What's happening?' Rosina stood in place, not wanting to move....

James, being pulled by the dog, was also pulling on something himself, he was clutching the robes of another young boy... Snape! He was unconscious.

What happened next shocked her even more, the dog transformed into a young boy. As she squinted her eyes to get a better look, she recognized him as Sirius Black. He dusted himself off and headed towards the tree.

Meanwhile, James went to get a better look at Snape. Snape was unconscious but looked all right, there were some slashes on his robes; something had attacked him.

This just didn't make sense. There weren't that many Animagus, and they were all categorized in the Ministry. Everyone would know if Sirius was an Animagus; unless he was able to figure out the potion..., which is nearly impossible...

Sirius searched in the ground for something, then he took up a long stick and prodded a spot on the trunk, which made the whole they had emerged from close and the Willow come back to life. He then headed to Snape to see if he was okay. Rosina took a chance and got closer, hiding behind a large shrub. Now she could listen better to what they were saying.

"SIRIUS! How could you??!" James tried yelling at Sirius, but ended up whispering to him as loudly as possible. His arms were flailing up and down just as the tree had. "Do you know how dangerous this was? How stupid?!! Snivel... I mean Snape could have been killed!!".

Sirius' head hung low, but he still seemed a bit defiant and tried to defend himself. "I know, mate, but he was asking for it. He was snooping around, I thought why not let him see for himself....I'm sorry, mate..."

Rosina was thinking a thousand thoughts a second. 'What was so dangerous down in the Willow's trunk? What was down there?'

"Lets just hope, Snape didn't see anything." Just as James said that Snape stood up with a vicious look on his face. "You tried to kill me! I'll have you pay for this! You and your werewolf friend!" he stood up and limped his way towards the school. James and Sirius looked at each other for a moment, and then tried to catch up to Snape, in the hopes of changing his mind somehow.

It was quiet now, the Willow was swaying violently as usual. But Rosina sat there, clutching her knees. All this time, every month it happened, every month he was gone, he was missing, Remus... Remus was ...

"say it... a werewolf..." Remus sighed heavily. Rosina sat up and let him lay his head on her chest as she stroked his hair tenderly.

"...werewolf..." she whispered to herself.

A/N:Yeah its been a while... feels good bringing them back to life.