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A/N - I hope you guys are enjoying this story. It's starting to wind up now, so I'm sure some of you are ready to kill me for not up dating sooner.

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Later that afternoon, Remus' growling stomach woke him from his not-so-peaceful sleep. He looked at his watch and grimaced. It was five o' clock. The sun would set in about half an hour. 'Well, there goes my night of peace and relaxasation.' he thought sarcastically. Pulling on a shirt, he left the dorm and headed for the hospital wing to see if Sable was feeling better.

When he got there, it was no surprise that there was someone there already. He stepped behind the same curtain he had hid behind yesterday and listened carefully

"...hadn't figured he would do it since he's so shy." came the guy's voice. He heard Sable laugh.

"Now, Dwayne," she said, "you know how she is. Kara's a good girl, but sometimes her taste in boyfriends is ..........well.......... questionable."

"I won't disagree with you there...." he answered. Remus recognized the boy now as Dwayne Kellar, a Hufflepuff seventh year. Kara Kellar was his twin sister in Ravenclaw.

"So, Sable." he asked, "who are you running around with these days. I heard that you and Sirius Black were together. Any truth in that?" Remus almost jumped out of his skin, but Sable's laugh told him it had been a rhetorical question.

"Sirius?" she laughed. "Maybe if I could separate him from Arabella for more than ten minutes. Give me a break. Who've you been listening to?"

"A little bird."

"Was that little bird named Kara Kellar?" she asked quickly.

"Maybe. Maybe not." he said evasively. "So, who's the lucky guy, Robbins?"

"Actually, no one at the moment." she said quietly. "I'm flying solo."

"You're kidding me."

"No, I'm not." she said evenly. "Is that hard to believe I can stand on my own two feet?"

"That's crazy." he teased, "I figured a pretty little thing like you would have sunk those claws into somebody by now."

"You make me sound like some rabid creature looking for a quick shag in a closet, Dwayne." she said exasperatingly.

"Well, are you?" he asked. Remus was beginning to loose his control with the other boy. He had no right to be asking her those questions.

"Why? Think you could fill the position?" she asked. Remus growled but, kept his temper in check.

"Well, they say older women make better lovers. And you're what, three months older than me?" he teased. "I'm willing to try. How about you?" Sable laughed.

"I don't think so Mr. Kellar." she said. "I don't think your girlfriend Michelle would like that too much, would she?"

"Probably not." he conceded with an overly dramatic sigh . "What if I dumped Michelle?"

"DWAYNE!!"

"Joking....I was joking." he said with a friendly grin.

"Good. I don't want to see her hurt. She's a good girl."

"Don't worry. She said if I ever hurt her, she'd personally kill me herself."

"Speaking of Michelle." Sable started. "Doesn't the Hufflepuff team have practice this evening?" There was a slight pause and a curst from Dwayne. Michelle was on the team, and he usually went to her practices.

"Damn, I forgot!" he said. "She's gonna kill me if I don't show up for the practice. I've gotta go, Sable. I'll see you later, okay?"

"Go ahead, Dwayne. Tell her I said hello."

"I will. Bye." The boy rushed out of the ward and shut the door behind him. Before it was shut, he heard Sable's voice.

"You can come out now, Remus. There's no one else here." she called. Remus smiled and went to the bed.

"How'd you know I was here?"

"The same way you heard my conversation with Dwayne." she answered, tapping her ears.

"Oh, right." he muttered.

"Just waking up?" she asked, pulling the sheets off of her. Pomfrey had allowed her to change into her own clothes earlier that day, and Lily had brought Sable some of her own clothes since she didn't want to dig in her own room. She had brought back a pair of her own shorts and what Sable had suspected to be one of James' shirts she had nicked from him.

"Yeah," he answered, "Didn't sleep too well last night. And tonight won't be any better."

"It might. You took the potion this morning, didn't you." He nodded. "Make sure and take it this evening. And everything should be alright. Do you feel any different?" Remus thought for a second, remembering the strong feeling of anger when Dwayne had been flirting with her earlier, even though he knew it meant nothing. 'Just territorial anger.' he thought.

"Not really." he fibbed.

"Good. You're not supposed to." she said. Remus looked over at her and grinned. Her violet eyes hadn't changed to the amber color like his own, which was odd.

"Why didn't your eyes change color?" he asked. "They're the same as usual."

"Oh. I used a spell to keep them their normal color in case Snape or Flint saw me. I know he thinks I'm lycanthropic after reading my journal. And I have a feeling he remembers the symptoms of a werewolf from Defense class. I didn't want to tip him off any more than normal."

"He was up here?" Remus asked angrily. "After we told him to leave you alone."

"Yes, he was up here earlier. Didn't say much though. He might have stayed for ten minutes." She said. "Here, if it makes you feel better, I'll change them back." She grabbed her wand from the table and muttered the counter curse to the spell. "Better?" she asked. Remus looked up and saw his own eyes staring back at her. Sable's eyes had turned to the to same amber as his own. She reminded him of a cat with the dark hair and amber eyes.

"That's better." he said with a grin. He started pacing the space in front of the bed, muttering about slimy, bastard Slytherins. Sable, having enough of the pointless muttering, got up and stood in front of him, blocking the path.

"Remus." she said quietly. "Calm down. They didn't do anything. Just came to see if I was unfortunately still alive and left."

"They shouldn't have been up here." he said simply. "Does Pomfrey know?"

"Yes, she knows." Sable said. "Now shut up before I'm forced to take drastic measures."

"You can't shut me up." he said skeptically. "You know that without your wand, it's impossible."

"Oh, really?" she asked. "I thought all I would need would be that dress that I wore the last time we were at The Three Broomsticks. You sure weren't saying much after that." she said smugly. Remus blushed and turned away, not wanting to remember what she looked like in that dress.

"That was shock." he said. "I thought Lily had exchanged you for someone else while she was in the store."

"Well, if that won't work. Maybe this will." Sable walked up to him and put her hand over his mouth with a grin. "Now. Hush about the Slytherins." Remus grinned and put his arms around her for a hug. Sable smiled and leaned into his embrace.

"I think it worked." he said against her hand, holding her.

"Good, now be quiet and hold me." she said. He smiled and pulled her close to him. She put her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Comfortable?" he asked quietly.

"Yep." she answered. Remus grinned and held her. He didn't know what had brought on the sudden mood swing between either one of them, but he was not about to stop it. He never got to hold onto her, unless something was very wrong. And it felt good to have her so near him. His own instincts began to rise as her scent filled his nose. She was his, and only his.

Not Snape's.

Not Flint's.

Not even Sirius'.

She belonged with him, and only him. His hands came to rest on the small of her back.

"I'm going to kill Flint when I get out of here." She muttered.

"We can do that after I thank him." Remus answered quietly, too absorbed with her to fight.. Sable pulled back and frowned.

"Thank him? For what?" she asked.

"Well, because of his arrogance, he put you in here. And because of that, I've got the best girl in Hogwart's in my arms. As far as I'm concerned, that's reason enough to thank him." Sable grinned and shook her head.

"Well, Mr. Lupin," she said with a fake southern belle accent, "Just any ol' time you feel like wrappin' them arms around somebody, come find me. I'll be glad to help."

"I'll keep that in mind, Ms. Robbins. I just might take you up on that offer."

"I hope you do." she murmured. He smiled and Sable snuggled into him. They stayed like that until someone cleared their throat loudly.

She felt safe with Remus, but this was starting to become a little more than just friendly, and she knew it. She didn't want to move, but she didn't want to hurt him either. It seemed like he needed some reassuring right now, and if she made him feel better, she'd stay here all night.

"Uh-hmm." came a somewhat amused voice. Sable jumped out of his embrace and Remus nearly felt like killing whoever it was when she stepped back and away from him. He turned around to see James, Sirius, and Peter standing at the foot of the bed, all with huge grins on their faces.

"Are we interrupting?" Sirius asked with a chuckle. "We can come back in a half hour or so, if you'd like." Sable rolled her eyes and Remus looked away.

"As tempting as that may sound, Sirius," she said sarcastically, looking out the window at the darkening sky. "I think you guys may need to leave now. The sun's setting in a few minutes." The boys standing at the foot of the bed nodded and turned to leave; Remus followed after giving her a small grin. Sable reached out and grabbed his hand.

"You have the potion?" she asked. He nodded and patted the pocket of his pants. He saw the worry that flickered in her and quickly hugged her again.

"It's okay, Sable." he said. "I trust you."

"I don't want to hurt you with my work, Remus. That's an unlicensed, unregistered, and probably illegal potion. It's not even tested. What if it kills you?" Remus just shook his head at her. Sable, mad with his response, drew up like an injured hinkypunk. "I sure hope you've accomplished what you want so far in life." she said sadly. Remus, filled with warmth at her words, acted on is emotions rather that logic. He grinned at her as she looked up at him.

"Well, there's one thing left I want to do, but now's not the time." he said with a grin. "Besides, you play a big part in it, and right now you probably wouldn't agree with it." Sable looked up at him with wide eyes and an open mouth, not quite sure as to what he had meant.

"Moony!!" came Sirius' voice. "Let's go. We're running out of time!" Remus looked over his shoulder and frowned, giving her enough time to compose herself again.

"Go." she said. "But be careful. I want you back here in one piece." Remus nodded an turned to leave, but before he was out of the ward, he heard her mutter, 'Merlin, bring him back in one piece and I'll do whatever the Hell he wants!!!"

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As the four boys made their way out the castle and to the Whomping Willow, there was no sound. Peter had already changed and was scurrying along in front of the other three boys who were covered by James' invisibility cloak. The rat that was Peter, climbed underneath the deadly branches of the plant and prodded the knot that froze the tree in place. The other three quickly joined him in the tunnel beneath the tree. When they were all together, Remus pulled the cloak off and Peter changed back. They followed the tunnel until it came out into the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade, saying very little. They all knew that tonight would either make or break Remus. Sable had worked so hard on the Wolfsbane Potion, hoping to find something to help him. Sirius pushed open the trapdoor that led into the Shack and pulled himself up.

The moon was starting to rise into the night sky, and Remus could feel the change fighting to occur. He held back, waiting until they were out of the tunnel to grimace with pain. He quickly pulled out the vile and gulped it down. His nerveless fingers dropped the glass to the floor, shattering it into a million shards. He doubled over in pain and clutched his stomach. As the change started, his mind filled with Sable's voice and what she had told him a million times before.

'Remus, don't fight the change. It doesn't do any good.'

'I don't want to become a monster.'

'You're no monster, Remus. Let go of that.'

'I don't want to hurt anybody.'

'No one's going to get hurt. We're all here for you. Remember that.'

'Sable, I...... I'm...'

' I know, Remus. Now, take the potion, baby. Everything will be fine.'

James, Sirius, and Peter quickly changed into their own forms and waited for the change to finish. They said nothing, waiting for the transformation to finish. They knew that he was suffering with out the pain numbing potion he had been on for so long, but it couldn't be mixed with the Wolfsbane Potion. It wasn't safe. Remus began to change in front of their eyes. His body sprouted course fur and his face elongated into the shape of a wolf's . He dropped down onto all four and screamed as the pain took over. Ever bone in his body was breaking and re-shaping itself to form the final shape. The fur had overtaken his body and he now looked like some cross between a human and a dog. Two minutes later, it was done. In front of the three illegal Animagi was the wolf form of their best friend.

When the pain subsided, the creature looked around and took in his surroundings. There were three other animals with him, a stag, a dog, and a rat. It got up from the floor and shook its fur out. There was a fleeting moment when it began to remember why it was there, but nothing came of it. It looked carefully at the three animals in front of it. The wolf knew they were familiar to him. Why else would they be here. It's thoughts drifted back to another time when it had been let loose. A human had been there. A female human not afraid of him. The wolf struggled to remember, wondering where all of the memories were coming from. He remembered seeing the girl with purple eyes and black, sable hair.

Sable. She was here. It thought. Then, who am I?

The wolf looked around again at the three other animals and it came crashing down on him. Peter. Sirius. James. If the wolf could have smiled, it would have. I know who they are. Sable's potion worked!!! I can think like normal!!!! Remus stood up and done the wolf equivalent to a nod to the other boys. With that, the dog, Sirius, jumped up and down, barking his head off. James, the stag, bowed and nodded. Peter just ran around and squeaked. 'Merlin, I love that girl!!!' he thought happily. He let out a long howl that could have been heard for miles around. As the sound warbled off into the night sky, Remus knew that the one person he wanted to hear it would.

James saw the difference in Remus' stature when he had stood up. The feral look that had so often been in the boy's eyes was gone. A human understanding was present now. He wondered exactly how well the potion had worked. 'If I changed back into a human, would he attack me?' James watched him carefully and decided not to tempt it tonight. 'Maybe next time.'

Back up in the castle, Severus Snape cringed as he made his way up to the hospital wing. It was dinnertime, and he did not expect to see anyone else in the corridors. He had left Flint in the Great Hall, saying that he wasn't hungry and that he was going to work on one of his homework assignments. He had went straight to the hospital wing to see if Sable was still there, and to confirm his suspicions as to whether she was indeed a werewolf like Lupin. As he opened the door to the ward, he was amazed to see Sable standing at the window on the opposite side of the room. He had figured she would be gone with Lupin. Everything in his being had told him that she was a werewolf, or more appropriately, a she-werewolf.

She seemed to be oblivious to his presence, and he was grateful for that. Earlier that day, when he had come up, she was in one Hell of a grouchy mood, but that could have been because Flint had been with him. She sat on the sill of the window and looked out across the Hogwart's grounds. He couldn't see her face, but it wasn't important. There was no one else in the ward, even Pomfrey had went to dinner. The light of the full moon swept into the dark room and illuminated the girl. A howl could be heard from somewhere in Hogsmeade and Sable stood up from the window and put her hands to the pane, almost like she was trying to get out there to whoever it was. 'Lupin.' he thought decisively. The girl stood up and walked back to her bed, but this time, she was facing him. He was surprised when she looked up and met his gaze.

"What are you doing here, Severus?" she asked, a deadly quiet seeping through her voice.

"I wanted to see if you needed someone to take the notes for you during class tomorrow." he said smoothly.

"Why would you care?" she asked icily. "Last time I checked, you only like to steal from me, not help me. When'd you change your mind?" Snape stopped dead in his tracks and looked at the girl. 'So, she knows.' he thought. She looked like she was on the verge of attacking him. But, being Snape, he wouldn't back down.

"What are you talking about, Robbins?" he said. "I haven't stole anything from you."

"Really?" she asked. "Then how do you explain my journal being in your dorm?" Snape stopped again. He had flipped out when he had found the journal gone. No one else had access to the Slytherin dorms except the Slytherins. He hadn't figured out who had been stupid enough to take it. But the next morning, when half of the Slytherin House had been pranked, he had figured out what had happened to the journal.

"I never had your journal, Robbins." he said. "What are you going on about?"

"I'm going on about you stealing something that had nothing to do with you?" she replied, standing from the bed.

"Okay, let's say I did have your stupid journal. How'd you get it back? It's against school rules to go into the other student's common rooms and dorms. How'd you find it?"

"I. Have. My. Ways." she said stonily. "So tell me, exactly how much did you read in that journal, hmm?" she asked. "I hope you found out all you wanted." By now, Snape was furious. He walked right up to her, all six foot two inches of him dwarfing her five foot frame.

"I found out some rather interesting facts, yes." he said. "Like how you know about Lupin's lycanthropy. And how your parents are both wolves. Can I draw a safe conclusion that you are also one of those filthy beasts?" Sable glared at the boy and shook her head.

"If I were a wolf, would I be standing here arguing with you right now?" she asked icily. Her palms were itching to wipe that ridiculous smirk off of his face. "No, I'd be ripping you to shreds, just like you so well deserve it."

"Or, maybe you would be holed up in that special room of your off of the Defense Against the Dark Arts corridor." he said. Sable flinched. He knew about her room. "Or did you use one of those passageways that leads from the Common Rooms to your own room."

"Maybe I didn't feel like being in there right now." she said smoothly. No point in denying it. She just wish she'd known how much she had written. She also realized that she would need to seal off the passageways from the other entrances in the Common Rooms.

"Yes, I can see the problem. Lupin couldn't get to you for a quick shag if you were all by yourself. Tell me, does he stay with you at night to keep you from getting lonely?" Snape pressed sarcastically.

"No, he doesn't as a matter of fact." she replied evenly. "Unlike some of the girls in your House, I can keep my pants up and my legs closed."

"Yes, Flint did seem rather annoyed at that revelation." Snape said, beginning to circle her like some type of predator. "He thought you'd be a rather pleasing conquest." Sable closed her eyes and tried to keep her temper in check. She could kill him with her bare hands right now, and she knew it.

"What do you want, Snape?" she finally said, opening her eyes. The boy was standing awful close to her.

"I want to know if you realize you are on the wrong side of this fight?" he growled. Sable gave him a wry grin and nodded.

"I know exactly where I stand, thank you." she said primly. Snape closed in on her and grabbed her shoulders. Sable, trying to tamp down her running animal instincts, growled at him.

"Feisty, aren't we, Robbins?" he teased. "The werewolf must like it."

"Wouldn't you like to know?" she retorted. Snape smiled and shook his head.

"I will know, soon." he said. "You've been promised to me, whether you know it or not." Sable looked at him carefully, trying to figure out what he was talking about.

"You don't want me." she said. "If you can't stand Lupin, you'd never stand me. We're too much alike, other than the lycanthropy part. You couldn't handle me."

"Oh, yes I could." he said, holding her tighter.

"Get away from me, Snape." she hissed.

"What are you going to do about it?" he said, sliding his hands down her shoulders, pining her arms to her.

"You don't want to know, I promise." she threatened. "Now let me go."

"No." he said. Sable looked up at him and frowned.

"Yes." she said. With that, she used her abnormal strength to pull out of his grasp and punch him in the face. He staggered backwards and his hand went to his nose. He pulled away when he felt something warm, wet, and sticky on his hand. His nose was bleeding

"You bitch!" he hissed. "What are you?"

"A very pissed off woman." she said evenly, the smell of blood was overwhelming and she didn't like it one bit. "We tend to get a little violent when men are stubborn. You'll see we do things like that for your own good." Snape looked murderous, but Sable's glare won out.

"You're not human, Robbins." he hissed.

"Prove it." she said icily. She began to walk closer to him, but he backed up. The gleam in her eyes was enough to scare the living daylights out of any man, even him. He doubted if even Dumbledore would have been able to withstand its intensity. As before, she looked ready to kill. He backed up and turned to go out the ward.

"Running, Snape?" she questioned with her silky voice. "Surely the Slytherin king isn't intimidated by the little Gryffindor." Snape turned back and glared at her.

"You're not human, Robbins. There's something different about you. You may not be a wolf, but you're not normal." he said stonily. "And I intend to find out what it is."

"Your getting in over your head, Severus Snape." she said. "You keep on and you're gonna get hurt."

"Is that a threat or a promise?." he growled.

"It's a guarantee." she replied evenly. Snape looked back at the girl and said nothing, just walked out of the ward. Sable watched him go. She was fighting to keep from tearing his throat out and throwing the corpse from the top of the Astronomy Tower. When she heard his footsteps end, she went back to the window. Another howl went up, accompanied by the howl and barking of a dog. Sable nodded, as though to accept the message. Everything was okay, minus the fact that she wanted to kill Severus Snape at the moment. She walked over to the lavatory and washed her face with some water. When she looked in the mirror she went week in the knees. She hadn't changed her eyes back to their normal violet color since Remus had left. 'Oh, shit.' was all she could think.

Down in the dungeons, Severus Snape sat at his desk and contemplated Sable's reactions and temperaments. The most astounding thing was the color of her eyes. Unlike normal, they had been the same color of amber Lupin's usually turned. 'But she's not a wolf.' He argued with himself. 'This doesn't make any sense. She exudes the temperamental disposition of a wolf, she has abnormal strength, and her eyes are different, but she didn't change during the full moon.' He rubbed his eyes and tried to calm down. Something just wasn't panning out here. 'Maybe I need sleep. That could be what's going on. I was hallucinating and the dark room caused her eyes to look a different color.' He went to bed, fighting with himself as to whether Sable Robbins was indeed a were-wolf, or just a pissed off woman who was P.M.Sing this week.

A/N - Okay. How was that chappy? Hope you liked it. Remember to leave me a review telling me what you thought about it. Later.