Chapter 10: Remus Lupin!
"Peter Pettigrew!" Sarah said turning back into a human. Sarah had just seen Peter turn into a rat. The rat tried to scurry between Sarah's feet but she slammed her foot down on its tail. A very shaken and tired looking Remus turned away from the window and looked at Sarah. His face became more white than it already was, if that's even possible.
"Sarah" Remus said quietly.
"Why, no wonder you're so scared of cats you little rodent." Sarah said coldly ,holding Peter's tail between her thumb and index finger.Loud footsteps thundered up the stairs outside the room and Sirius and James came in panting.
"What are you doing here!" James said shocked looking at Sarah.
"What are you all doing here!" Sarah asked shocked. Moonlight filled the room and Remus let out a loud scream. Sarah turned around and was transfixed by what she saw, Remus was turning into a werewolf. His hair was becoming long and dark and covering his body. His eyes turned a sickly yellow and he grew considerably large. Sarah stared in horror as an ill tempered werewolf stood in front of her. The werewolf lunged for Sarah but a large black dog stopped it from attacking her. Sarah quickly turned into a cat and left the room.Sarah sat on the stairs outside the room contemplating what she had just seen.
'Remus a werewolf? It didn't seem to fit...but then it answered a lot of questions. Why he was always so tired looking and sickly.'
Sarah put her head in her hands. The door slowly creaked open. James's head peaked out into the hallway. He held a finger to his lips and motioned for Sarah to come in. Sarah gingerly walked inside the room and took note of the sleeping werewolf in the corner.
The big black dog that had saved her earlier limped towards her and turned into Sirius.
"You!" She said pointing. Sirius gave a weak smile and examined his injured wrist.
"You're an animigus!" She said shocked.
"We all are." James said quietly sitting down. Sarah opened and closed her mouth.
"Please don't tell anyone. Especially Lily. She hates me enough as is and you know I like her and I don't want to ruin my chances." James said examining Sirius's wrist. Sarah chuckled. She doubted James would ever have a chance with Lily.
"Or Faith." Sirius said softly. Sarah was shocked to hear that.
'Sirius like Faith? It didn't seem possible' but then Sarah thought about it. They did both have family issues. They also found a lot of the same things funny and loved to talk and laugh.
"How long has he-?" Sarah said quietly.
"A few years." Sirius said wrapping a bandage around his wrist until he could go to the hospital wing. Sarah nodded.
"Have you seen Sarah?" Faith asked asshe and Lilysettled into bed at 2 am.
"No I wonder where she is." Lily said sitting up in bed.
"Alice? Alice? Have you seen Sarah?" Faith whispered loudly to the bed across from hers.
"I saw her leave yawn the common room earlier." Alice said groggily and then fell back asleep.
"Maybe she met up with Remus." Faith said teasingly and winking at Lily.
"Maybe." Lily said biting her lip and laying down.
Remus woke up to the sun shining on his face. He stumbled into an upright position and took a look at his surroundings. James, Sirius, and Sarah were all sleeping in the corner.
Remus's head ached as he remembered last night. Sarah had come in, as a cat and saw Peter turn into a rat. Then she saw him turn into a werewolf. Remus felt a pang in his chest as he remembered her face when she saw him change.
Sarah stirred and looked up at Remus. Remus gave a small wave and motioned for her to follow him.
"I didn't attack you did I?" Remus said as they walked out and down the stairs.
"No. You tried to though." Sarah said softly.
"You cant tell anyone. I know how people react when they find out. People hate anything that's different then they are. I know you wont look at me the same way ever again and I don't blame you either." Remus said stopping and turning towards Sarah. Sarah looked up at into his eyes.
"I would never tell anyone. And I would never treat you any differently because you are a werewolf." Sarah said holding his gaze.
"Sarah...h-how can you treat me the same after knowing that I'm a..." Remus said looking down.
"You have a heart Remus and I can see that just by looking into your eyes. It doesn't matter if you change every time the full moon comes around. You're still Remus Lupin and you always will be." She said softly.
"There you two are." Sirius said walking towards them.
"We didn't know where you had gone off to." James said.
"We need to get back to Hogwarts. I bet Lily and Faith are fretting over where you are right now." Sirius said nudging Sarah.
"Where were you last night?" Lily asked as Sarah walked into the Library. Faith looked up from her Transfiguration essay.
"Seriously. Alice said she saw you leaving the common room last night. Where on Earth did you go?" Faith said throwing her essay in her bag.
"I just went for a walk." Sarah lied.
"Sarah Ann Deluna. You are the worst liar ever. Now tell us." Faith said as Lily stood up and put their books away.
"Well if you must know. I went out for a walk and bumped into Remus. We talked and I fell asleep outside." Sarah said sighing. Lily and Faith gave her quizzical looks.
"Honestly you guys I'm serious." Sarah said as they walked out of the library.
"If you say so." Lily said.
"Why does everyone seem so cheerful?" Sarah asked looking around as several people walked around with constant smiles.
"Hello! Where have you been? Today's Halloween." Faith said knocking on Sarah's head. She smacked her forehead. Of course how could she forget?
"I'm sorry I'm kinda out of it." Sarah said.
"Yeah obviously. Its cause your American ya know." Faith said jokingly in a mimicking American accent and nudged her. Sarah laughed and walked with her friends.
Severus had been in the library also working on his Transfiguration essay. He had heard Faith talking and diverted his eyes away from his essay. He watched as she packed up her essay and walked out of the library with Lily and Sarah.
Severus wondered why a pureblood like Faith would want to hang out with a mudblood like Lily.
Serverus got his things together and headed for the Slytherian common room. He walked to the staircases and could hear Faith's booming voice on the stairs above him. He looked up to see if he could catch a glimpse of her. Severus felt a hard slap hit the back of his head.
"Hello grease head." Sirius said.
"Ugh my hands all slippery now." Sirius said wiping his hand on James. Severus pulled out his wand and whizzed around. Sirius, James and Remus all looked dead tired but still able to torture him. Severus backed up nervously as Sirius got an evil smile on his face. Suddenly, the staircase Severus had backed up onto started to move. Sererus smirked at Sirius as he moved farther away from him.
Sirius pulled out his wand and said something Severus couldn't hear. Severus's shoes sprung off him and began to run away.He ran after his shoes in shock as they ran up stairs.
Sirius, James, and Remus laughed wildly as they entered the Gryffindor Common room.