A/N: I know I never let it be known before, but Remus is actually my favorite character. We've been having an affair for some time now, and we'll be married as soon as I turn eighteen. Yeah, he'll wait around for another two years. So don't any of you guys try to take him, he's mine. Yeah...anyway. This chapter is pretty much just full on Remus action, cuz he just rocks that much.

Disclaimer: Don't own it. Don't you guys know it by now?

"Remus? Oy! Remy-boy!" Sirius exclaimed, startling Remus out of his silent reverie. It was the next night and they were in the common room again, sitting in the same seats, doing the same things, thinking the same thoughts.

"Yeah?"

"Help Cass here with her homework," Sirius demanded. He just smiled when Remus looked at him. "Come on, it'll be a snap for you."

Remus sighed, but switched seats with Peter so he could help Cassandra. He looked down at her work, then back up at Sirius. "You could just as easily help her."

"Remus, I already know," Cassandra said softly. "Lily, Sol and I followed you guys one time. Christmas, actually. We just never brought it up to you."

Remus sighed again. Sirius had probably asked him to help Cassandra because he thought it was time to let her know how it all had happened. This was definitely not the time he wanted to talk about how he became a werewolf. He leaned his head back on the couch and closed his eyes. He hated talking about this.

"Can you please tell me how it happened?" she asked innocently, not realizing that amount of pain it would bring Remus.

"I was young, I just had turned seven," Remus began, his voice quiet but strong. "My parents took me to a carnival and I got separated. I wandered around for awhile before I found myself far from the main carnival and in front of a caravan."

He could still see it vividly in his mind. The caravan was painted deep purple with "Madam Zarbo – Fortunes Told And Wonders Revealed" painted a grotesque yellow on it's side. Moons and stars were scattered over the chipping purple and he remembered wondering why this Madame Zarbo didn't just put a charm on the damn thing so it didn't chip.

"I went inside and the room was dark. Someone from the back of the room told me to go ahead and take a seat. I sat down in one of the chairs and in a few moments she came out. Madame Zarbo herself." Remus's gaze slid over to James in time to see him nod. "I didn't find out until the first time I went over James's house that Madame Zarbo was none other than Mrs. Karen Potter. But I'm getting off topic."

Remus sighed again and looked around the common room. It must have been very late, they were the only people left. They only person he could look at was James. He knew what it was like to go through torment, thought it wasn't the same. He still knew.

"Madame Zarbo sat down and looked at me. As a little kid, I felt like I could keep looking into the cool blue of her eyes and never see anything. She just looked back at me and told me –"He would never forget what she said. Every word of it was permanently etched into his mind.

"She said 'Beware of the forest. Hidden wonders dwell in this place, forever howling, and you will become one. The boy with hazel pools of laughter can help you, but no one can save you. Beware of the forest.' I was so frightened by her voice." Hoarse and quiet. "I just ran away. I ran as fast as I could from Madame Zarbo's caravan. I didn't notice the full moon rising as I ran heedlessly into the forest.

"I realized soon that I was too deep in the forest to get out on my own. The darkness surrounded me and I sat down at the base of the tree." Scared, shaking, sobbing. "That's when I heard it. The howling." The terrible piercing howl that ran shivers down the spine. The type of howl that chills a person to the very marrow.

Everyone else in the room ceased to exist to Remus as he recounted his tale. To him he was simply lost in the memories, in the terror of them.

"I heard him coming, I saw him coming. But I was frozen, I couldn't do anything about it. I was so scared. The werewolf came towards me and –" Remus sighed and closed his eyes tight. This was always the most painful part of retelling this particular part in his life. "He walked around the tree that I was sitting at. He was stalking me, hunting me, seeing how good I'd taste. Finally he came at me and bit into my leg." Remus leaned down and rubbed the spot where he had been bitten when he was seven. There still was a scar, and he knew it would never go away. "My father came by then and hit the werewolf with a spell, but it was too late. I had already been infected."

He finally looked at the group around him to see Cassandra's hand over her mouth and her eyes filled with tears. Remus had to look away from her, he knew that her eyes would be ripe with sympathy and he hated that. He didn't want pity from anyone he wanted friendship and acceptance. And for them not to run away in fright.

"So now you know my story. Now, every full moon, I sneak out to the Shrieking Shack and become a monster. I become a werewolf."

"Oh, Remus..." Cassandra started, but stopped when Remus stood up abruptly.

"I think I'll go to bed. I'm feeling quite tired, actually," he said in a strained voice and headed up to the dormitory. Peter took this moment to sneak out of the common room while everyone's eyes were focused on Remus. He had a meeting he had to attend.

"I'm sorry, Master," Peter whimpered, but he knew it would not matter. The Dark Lord had no time to listen to people that didn't obey him with perfection.

"My dear Wormtail," Voldemort hissed in his cold voice, "you know that apologies are useless to me. Now – tell me what you know."

Peter sighed in relief and stood from the damp floor of the Forbidden Forest. This was the only place he could meet with his Master and not be seen. Thanks to Remus, the students heard the cries of werewolves and wouldn't go near it. Here he could speak with the Dark Lord and not have to worry about being overheard by his friends, the people he betrayed weekly. "Lily is in love with James Potter, Master. So much, that when he told her that they couldn't be together, she tried to kill herself," Peter said in his small voice. "She's still in a coma and it's not know when she'll wake up. Everyone is distraught, especially James and Remus Lupin."

"Yes, Potter I understand. He fancies himself in love with the Mudblood," Voldemort sneered and looked up at the stars. "But Lupin...?"

"Master, he's in love with Lily also. James and him fought over Lily earlier in the year." Peter looked down at the ground. He knew that the Dark Lord would use this information, as miniscule as it was, to somehow destroy James Potter and get Lily Evans for himself. He glanced up to see his Master smiling, a cruel twisted smile that made his face appear even more grotesque than usual.

And he knew that he may as well have given him James on a platter.

"I believe I know what to do now, Wormtail. Don't worry, my little servant, you will know in due time. Soon, Lily Evans will be mine." With a sharp laugh and a swish of his cloak Lord Voldemort, the essence of all things evil and the bearer of a sure death, disappeared into the awaiting night.

Peter finally allowed himself to fall to the forest floor, his shoulders heaving in sobs. He felt like the scum of the earth. His best friends would pay for him being a spineless coward. How, he didn't know. But they would pay.

"I can't believe that, I feel so bad for him," Cassandra said to Sirius as they sat in the common room with James. It had only been ten minutes since Remus had went up to bed and this was the first thing she had said.

"Don't. That's the last thing he wants," Sirius replied in a soft voice. James nodded in agreement. "He just wants people to like him for who he is and to not be afraid of him."

"It's stupid to be afraid of Remus," Cassandra said, her mouth tilting up in a small smile. "He's the sweetest person I know. Him being a werewolf isn't going to change my opinion of him."

"That's what we thought." James looked at her, his eyes showing a little shame. "But we weren't sure. We just wanted to make sure you had the whole story."

"Does Sol know all of it?"

Sirius looked down at his that were settled in his lap. "Well, apparently Remus found out that she started cheating on him not long after Christmas. She just couldn't take the idea that her boyfriend was a werewolf. Then she broke up with him when she met Scott."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute..." Cassandra interrupted. "She wasn't cheating on Remus with Scott but someone else?!" James and Sirius both nodded at the same time. "What a bitch..." They nodded again. "Man, why'd you have to tell me that?!" She hit both Sirius and James upside the head.

"Hey?! What in bloody hell was that for?!" Sirius exclaimed and rubbed his head.

"For being a stupid git! Cos now I have to feel sorry for Remus because Sol is such a fucking bitch! Now every time I see him I'm going to get that stupid 'I-pity-you-so-I'm-gonna-give-you-my-sad-puppy-dog-eyes' look!" She jumped up and stomped out of the room up to the dormitories.

"Uhh..." James said, unsure of what to do. "Well that was unexpected."

"Damn," Sirius replied, still rubbing the back of his head, "and she was saying that Sol is a bitch. She should look in the mirror some time!"

"Remember, Sirius. She's your girlfriend. And you're in love with her." Sirius grumbled that he was going to up to bed, too before he left James alone in the common room, smirking at his receding back.

There was nothing like picking on his best mate Sirius to pick him up.

Woo hoo! Another chapter out! I know the ending's kinda awkward, but it was too short and then it just kept going on and on and on. Yeah... What did you guys think? Review please! I'm going to leave, not before giving a nice thanks to my reviewers, so I can watch "A Wrinkle In Time" on TV. Shibby! Much thanks to:

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