Chapter 12
Reviews nicey nice. Me likey reviews. Me wants lots for this one. I just realised that this is the longest lasting story out of all the stories I have...so far.
Not even a day later, the two favourite couples of Gryffindor (tee hee) were back to the way they were before the Snape incident.
"YES!! NO MORE O.W.LS!!" Sirius and James yelled as they jumped out of the school onto the grounds. Lilly and Sabrina followed, smiling. The guys grabbed their girlfriends round their waists and lifted them up before spinning them.
"Ok ok Sirius…getting dizzy." Sabrina said after a while. The guys put the girls down. "Thanks."
"So…what do we do now?" Lilly asked.
"Relax." James said, sitting down under a tree and pulling Lilly down with him. Sirius did the same but Sabrina didn't need to be pulled. She sat down between his legs as soon as Sirius sat down.
"You feeling any better?" Sirius asked, rubbing Sabrina's stomach a bit.
"Yeah…I think it was nervousness that made me sick." Sabrina said, leaning back against her boyfriend and closing her eyes.
"That's good." Lilly said. "When you're sick…it's just ridiculous." Sabrina tried to hit Lilly but couldn't reach so she settled with glaring at her.
"What are Lucius and Serverus up to?" James asked. Everyone looked where James was looking and saw Lucius and Serverus standing near the whomping willow but just out of reach of its branches.
"Maybe they know about…" Sirius started but Sabrina elbowed him and he stopped talking. They watched as Lucius shook his head and walked away.
"Full moon tonight." Sabrina whispered to Sirius. Sirius nodded.
"Watch it!" Peter whispered.
"Sorry." James said.
"Will you two shut up…I know people can't see us but they sure as hell can hear us." Sabrina hissed. James and Peter were under James' invisibility cloak and Sabrina and Sirius were under Sabrina's. It was night time and they were out to see Remus. This was Sabrina's second time…first time with the boys though. "Something doesn't seem right." Sirius looked at her and put his arm around her waist protectively. Sabrina felt slightly better.
When they got to the tree, the moon was covered by the clouds. As they neared the tree however they saw someone there that they all knew shouldn't be there.
"Snape." James muttered.
"Shit." Sabrina muttered. They watched as Snape picked up a stick and started to try and prod a knot at the base of the tree. Sabrina was the first and only one that noticed the eyes. Without thinking she ran out from under the cloak, ignoring the guys' yells and ran straight to Snape. When she got there, Remus was half way out of the hole and Snape suddenly saw him. Sabrina grabbed Snape and quickly threw him away from the tree just as Remus, in full werewolf mode now, came out of the tunnel and slowly advanced on Sabrina.
"Sabs!" Sirius yelled. "Get your ass out of there!!"
"Remus." Sabrina said, ignoring Sirius. "Fight it." Remus was right in front of her now. He snarled at her. "Remus it's me…Sabs…I'm your friend." Remus was still for a moment but then he tried hitting Sabrina. She ducked and turned into a leopard. Remus was heading towards Snape now. Sabrina growled and ran after him, jumping on his back and drawing his attention away from Snape.
"That would be so cool if that wasn't Sabs." James said. The guys pulled the cloaks off. James shoved them both in his bag. They all stood as if frozen and watched as Sabrina got Remus away from Snape. James ran forward and dragged a now unconscious Snape back over to Peter and Sirius.
Sabrina had Remus now almost back to the tunnel. She managed to get the tree frozen and was backing Remus to the base of the tree when things went bad. Remus snarled and jumped at Sabrina who wasn't expecting it and got knocked over. She was up again soon and grabbed Remus around the neck with her mouth. He did the same and soon they were scratching at each other. Sirius managed to get the feeling back in his legs and turned into the dog before running forward and getting Remus off Sabrina…a task which was harder then he thought.
James had to help Sirius out while Peter made sure Snape stayed unconscious. When they finally managed to get Remus off Sabrina and back down the tunnel Sabrina was pretty scratched up. She turned human before going unconscious. Most of her body was cut up…even her clothes were ripped. There were blood stains pretty much all over and there was a nasty looking cut above her eye.
"Broken wrist…cuts everywhere…sprained ankle!!" Madam Pomfrey nearly shouted but managed to whisper loudly. James, Sirius and Peter stood looking sheepish. "I highly doubt it that all that was from falling down the stairs…even the marble staircase wouldn't give that much damage."
"Poppy…that will do." Professor Dumbledore walked into the hospital wing at that moment. "These boys have just had one of their dearest friends greatly injured. There is no need to yell at them."
"Yeah there is." James muttered quietly so only Sirius and Peter heard him. "We could have stopped him."
"You three may return to your dormitory." Dumbledore said. "You may visit Miss Summers no earlier then 7 in the morning."
"We can't stay with her?" Sirius asked.
"No…I'm afraid not." Dumbledore said. Sirius, James and Peter all turned and left slowly.
"I'm gonna kill Remus." Sirius muttered.
"He didn't mean it Sirius." James said. "The wolf had taken control of him."
"Besides…if Sabs hadn't rushed over to save Snape…she never would have gotten hurt." Peter said.
"Yeah…I know." Sirius said, sighing. "God she can be so…I really wish she cared about herself as much as others."
"Don't we all." James said. They got to the fat lady's portrait only to find her not there. "Oh hell no…come on." They were about to turn around when the portrait swung open.
"Where have you guys been?" Lilly asked. The guys turned around and hurried into the common room.
"Long story." Sirius said. They told her the same story they told madam Pomfrey and Lilly didn't believe it anymore then she did so the guys just gave up and told her the whole truth.
"Oh you will be in so much trouble if someone finds out about you guys." Lilly said.
"You won't tell anyone will you?" Peter asked.
"Course not but still…be careful." Lilly said. "That certainly would explain how Sirius was at Sas' house over the holidays…him being her dog and all." They all went to bed shortly after.
The next morning they were the first ones up and were in the common room when Remus entered, looking as if he was a muggle and had just seen a ghost. The three guys and Lilly watched as he sat down and just stared straight ahead of him.
"Remus?" Sirius snapped his fingers in front of Remus' face and got his attention.
"I saw it…but I couldn't stop myself." Remus said. "Shit…is Sabs ok?"
"Broken wrist…sprained ankle and a lot of cuts…we were just gonna visit her." James said. "Doubt if she's awake yet but we can still see her…it's after 7."
"What's the time got to do with anything?" Remus asked as he stood up and they all left, heading towards the hospital wing.
"Dumbledore said he could visit only after 7 in the morning." Sirius said. "Don't worry…we feed Pomfrey a lie about how Sabs fell down some stairs."
"And she didn't believe it anymore then I did." Lilly said. "The guys told me everything last night so don't worry. I won't tell anyone."
"Yeah you won't…we can't be so sure about Snape." James said.
Sabrina didn't wake up until 2 in the afternoon…and that was too a cast on her hand and foot. Sirius and James filled her in on what happened and Remus apologized about a billion times. It was only after Sabrina smacked him really hard upside the head with her good hand did he stop.
"So how you feeling?" Lilly asked.
"Tired…weird huh? Been asleep since 11 last night." Sabrina said. Sirius was sitting on her right side and holding her hand (the left one is the broken one). He hadn't spoken since he and James told Sabrina the story they were going by. Although to Sabrina he didn't have to speak. Madam Pomfrey made them leave at dinner time so that Sabrina could rest more.
Dumbledore came to see her later on in the night. Sabrina looked at him then looked away quickly.
"Now…Miss Summers…" Dumbledore said. "Undoubtedly the stairs didn't do this to you…the look like werewolf scratches."
"Yes sir." Sabrina said. "I saw Severus Snape near the whomping willow then I saw a werewolf coming out from a hole in the ground near the willow…so I pulled Severus away."
"A very noble thing you did." Dumbledore said. "That werewolf…is someone you know very well…Remus Lupin…I have to ask you to keep this secret."
"Of course sir." Sabrina said. "Remus is like a brother to me…I would never tell anyone about something like that."
"So you must stick with the stairs theory Mr. Potter and Mr. Black have already spread around." Dumbledore said. Sabrina nodded. "Now…I have already talked to Mr. Snape about this situation." Sabrina's eyes widened…she suddenly remembered that Snape had seen her transform into the leopard. What if he told Dumbledore? "And he told me what you have just told me."
"What?" Sabrina stared at Dumbledore.
"He told me that he was intentionally trying to figure out where Mr. Lupin had gone to after disappearing through the hole." Dumbledore said. "He also said that just after he noticed the werewolf that you…very roughly…pushed him away from the tree…He told me that he went unconscious after that." Sabrina's jaw was wide open as were her eyes.
Dumbledore left soon after and Sirius and James came to visit her.
"He didn't tell." Sabrina told the guys.
"Who didn't?" Sirius asked, pushing some of Sabrina's hair away from her face.
"Snape…Dumbledore figured out the truth and he told me that Snape told him what happened but Snape said that he fainted after I pushed him away from the tree…he fainted after he had seen me turn into the leopard." Sabrina said. She looked at the guys. "He covered for me."
"He's up to something." Sirius said. "James…see if you can find Snape." James nodded and left.
"Dumbledore told me to keep Remus a secret…well…I kept him a secret before now and I sure as hell am gonna keep him a secret still." Sabrina said. Sirius smiled and kissed her. James returned with Snape in toe.
"What's the meaning of this?" Snape asked.
"Why did you tell Dumbledore that you passed out after I pushed you away from the tree?" Sabrina asked before the guys could say anything. "I know that you passed out after you saw me turn into a leopard."
"Blackmail uses." Snape said.
"Great…now I'm gonna get blackmailed by a greasy haired git." Sabrina said.
"Would you rather I told Dumbledore AND McGonagall about you being an unregistered Animaga?" Snape asked.
"I guess not." Sabrina said, sighing. Snape left and Sabrina sank back into the bed. "I'm gonna kill that greasy bastard."
"I'll help." Sirius said.
Sabrina was able to leave the hospital wing the next day. She was confronted by a lot of people and she told each and every one of them that she fell down the stairs. Pretty much all of them believed it. Some didn't but none questioned Sabrina.
Here's another chapter…I just really wanted to put that in there…no clue why but I did. Probably because I watched the third Harry Potter movie and just felt that a werewolf attack would be so cool. What do you people think of that??
