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Chapter Six
"And yet another spectacular move by Potter! He's just scored his fifth goal of the game, putting Gryffindor in the lead over Hufflepuff , 50 points to 20!" The commentator for the Quidditch matches yelled, trying to be heard over the tumult the Gryffindor fans were making. The Gryffindor crowd screamed its approval of James, as he performed a flip high above the stands.
"The team really looks great today, don't they?" Peter practically had to yell his question at Remus, in order to be heard over their housemates.
"Yeah, they do," Remus agreed, as he watched to game. "Of course, I'm pretty sure James is only doing so well because he wants to show off for Lily."
Peter laughed and nodded in agreement. "Think she'll ever come around?" He asked, before letting out a loud "WHOO!" of approval a bludger hit by Sirius caused one of the Hufflepuff Chasers to drop the quaffle.
"She might, eventually." Remus said, cheering as one of their Chasers recovered the quaffle and took off towards the Hufflepuff Keeper. However, seconds later, a loud cheer erupted from the Hufflepuff stands as their Keeper pulled off a spectacular save, and the quaffle was caught by one of their Chasers. Before the girl could shoot, however, Sirius hit another bludger her way. She dropped the quaffle, and James recovered it almost immediately.
Sirius turned to wave at Remus before flying off after him. Peter smirked at Remus as he waved back. "So I guess if James is just trying to show off for Lily, that must mean that Sirius is showing off for you, huh?" He said with an amused laugh.
Remus chuckled slightly before hitting Peter lightly on the arm. "Be quiet, Wormtail," he said before turning back to the game.
Romulus scowled as he watched Remus' interaction with his friend from the entrance to Gryffindor's Quidditch stands. Remus is too good for those idiots, he thought. He looked back at his friends, before nodding, indicating that now was a good time for them to put their little plan into action. They nodded back at him, before walking off to find a Gryffindor first year.
The plan was simple, really. All prefects had certain times that they were supposed to patrol the stands during the matches. It wasn't unusual for fellow prefects to switch times with each other, so Daniel was going to have a younger Gryffindor ask Remus to meet one of the other prefects outside the stands, so they could discuss switching times. Remus, being the nice guy that he was, would of course agree and go to meet them. However, upon exiting the stands, Remus would find himself alone. That was when Romulus planned to strike. He didn't see what could possibly go wrong. No one would notice Remus' absence, and if they did, Pettigrew would tell them that Remus was off patrolling. By the time the game was over, Romulus and his friends would have Remus hidden away in a secret place in the dungeons that, as far as they knew, no one knew about besides them.
Remus watched as both Seekers dived after the Snitch, cheering his team on from the stands. Unfortunately, seconds before the Gryffindor Seeker would have caught the Snitch, a bludger hit by one of the Hufflepuff beaters swerved across his path, causing him to change course and loose sight of the Snitch. However, the Hufflepuff Seeker crashed to the ground before she could get her hands on it, and the game continued.
Peter sighed in exasperation. As much as they both loved Quidditch, both Remus and Peter were extremely bored. The game had been going on for hours, and although Gryffindor was now in the lead by a good fifty points, both boys wished it would end soon. Before Remus could comment, he felt a small tug on his right arm. Looking around, he noticed a petite second year girl with blonde hair pulling on his arm, trying to get his attention.
"Is there something I can do for you?" He asked her kindly. The girl blushed shyly as he looked at her.
"Are you Remus Lupin?" She asked so quietly that he had to strain to hear what she was saying.
"Yes, I am? Do you want something?" He asked curiously.
"Not me," she said. "One of the Ravenclaw prefects was looking for you. I think he said something about switching patrol times or something."
Frowning, Remus asked her, "Do you know who he was?"
She shook her head. "No, but he wanted me to ask if you'd meet him outside the entrance to the stands. He said something about having homework, and not being able to patrol during his assigned time, I think."
Remus nodded. "All right, thanks a lot. I'll talk to him, then." The girl walked off with a small nod. Remus turned back to Peter, who was still watching the game with a rapt expression on his face. "Hey, Pete," he said to get his friend's attention. "One of the other prefects wants to talk to me outside the stands. If I'm not back in a few minutes, I'll probably be patrolling or something, alright?"
"You sure you want to do that?" Peter asked. "I mean, you know how Sirius is. He said he didn't want you to be alone at all today."
"I'll be fine, Peter," Remus said with a sigh. "It's probably Dave, the fifth year prefect, wanting to skive off prefect duty so he can go snog his girlfriend. I'll be back in a while."
"If you're sure," Peter said with a doubtful look on his face as he watched Remus leave the stands. However, his uneasiness was momentarily forgotten as another loud cheer erupted around him, and he turned back to the game just in time to see one of the Gryffindor Chasers score another goal.
A few minutes later, Remus frowned as he reached the entrance to the stands, only to find that he was alone. Taking a few steps out, he looked around, expecting to see Dave waiting for him. Something didn't feel right to Remus, and just as he was about to pull out his wand he sensed movement to his right.
Turning around, Remus went pale as he saw his brother and his two friends stepping out of the shadows of the stands. He knew immediately that Peter was right. This had been a trap. Not pausing to think, Remus made to return to the stands. He knew his brother wouldn't dare to mess with him in front of a crowd of people. Unfortunately, he never quite made it. Romulus cast a quick impediment curse, causing him to fall to the ground and drop his wand.
"Where do you think you're going, little brother?" Romulus asked with a slight sneer. Before Remus could respond, Romulus silenced him with a spell, and Michael conjured ropes, tying his hands and feet together so that he couldn't escape, while Daniel retrieved Remus' own dropped wand and placed it carefully inside his robes. Remus struggled, but it was useless. Suddenly, he felt himself being lifted off the ground by some invisible force, and knew that he was being levitated back to the castle.
Another loud cheer erupted from the stands they were leaving behind, and Remus heard the commentator saying, "And Gryffindor puts away yet another spectacular win! That last move by their Seeker was truly amazing!"
Romulus frowned. He'd hoped the game would last longer than that. They'd have to hurry, if they didn't want to be seen. He said as much to his friends, and they moved even faster. Minutes later, they entered the castle, and found the short cut to the room they were looking for.
As they reached the room, Remus was dropped onto the hard stone floor. The three Ravenclaws wasted no time in locking the door and placing silencing charms on all of the walls, insuring that no one would hear them. Suddenly, Remus felt an immense weight on his abdomen. He looked up to see his brother straddling him, much like he'd done that first time all those years ago.
Remus started to struggle once more, before the other two boys came over to hold him down while Romulus removed his clothes. Remus vaguely wondered how they were going to get his shirt off while his hands were tied, but he realized a second later that his brother was more than prepared to deal with that problem. Romulus simply pulled out his wand and muttered a vanishing spell, causing the shirt to disappear.
"There's no point in fighting this, brother," Romulus sneered at him as Remus tried to throw his brother off. "I don't understand why you keep pretending that you don't want this, Remus. Don't think I haven't seen the look in your eyes whenever you look at me, brother. I can tell that you me just as much as I want you, so why don't you just admit it?" Romulus questioned as he began taking off his own pants. The pressure on his arms disappeared, and Remus looked around to see that Michael and Daniel were both taking their pants off as well.
Remus felt tears begin to form in his eyes as he wriggled around, trying to loosen the ropes. But it was no use. He felt tears begin to form in his eyes, as his brother untied his legs, spreading them apart so that he could settle in between Remus' thighs. God, Remus prayed, please let someone come. Please don't let this happen again.
Sirius knew something was wrong the moment he landed back on the field, and saw Peter running towards them, grinning widely. Where was Remus? He frowned, ignoring all the fans coming over to congratulate the team on their win, and went over to where James and Peter where talking in animated voices about the last few minutes of the game.
"Hey, Pete!" He called as he reached them. "Where's Remus? Wasn't he with you earlier?"
"Yeah, but then some girl came looking for him. Said something about one of the other prefects wanting to switch patrol times for the game with him," Peter said, trying to remember what Remus had told him. "He said it was probably Dave Culbert, the fifth year Ravenclaw prefect, wanting to switch so he could have more time to snog his girlfriend or something. Then he went to meet whoever it was at the entrance to the stands."
Sirius frowned in worry. "If that's all it was, then why didn't he just come talk to Remus in the stands? Why send someone else to get him?"
"Don't know," Peter said with a shrug, as they walked back to the castle, surrounded by a chattering ground of students.
James was concerned as well. Remus should have known better than to walk off alone, especially with his brother after him. "Well, he should be back by now. Why don't we go look for him?"
Sirius nodded. "Yes, lets. But first, we need to get the map, so we won't have to go running all over the castle." The others agreed, and they all set off at a run, hurrying back to their dormitory to retrieve the map.
Remus' face contorted in pain, and he would have screamed if he hadn't been silenced, as he felt his brother enter him quickly, thrusting in as hard as he could. He began to cry even harder than ever, continuing his fruitless struggles against his captors. Romulus groaned loudly, as Remus inadvertently thrust upward. Suddenly, Daniel was straddling his chest, his own pants and boxers having been removed several minutes ago. He too was sporting a rather large erection.
Michael watched the entire scene, impatiently waiting for his turn, as Daniel forced Remus' mouth open. Placing his cock in the prone boy's mouth, the Ravenclaw ordered, "Suck, or we'll make this even harder for you." Daniel's moans soon joined Romulus' as Remus did what he was told. He began to silently sob even harder, tears poor out of his eyes in streams. Sirius, where are you? Please, find me, Remus pleaded mentally. Please, someone, find me. I need help!
Sirius growled in frustration as they frantically searched their trunks for the map. He'd hoped that Remus might have returned to their dorm after the game, although he knew that was unlikely. Sirius could feel that something was wrong with his boyfriend, though he wasn't truly sure how he knew. He just did.
Suddenly, James jumped up and yelled in triumph, "I found it!" Sirius and Peter rushed over to where James was standing beside his open trunk as he place the map on the bed. Tapping the battered piece of parchment with his wand, James muttered, "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good!" At these words, lines began to spread across the parchment, revealing the Marauder's Map.
As the map appeared, Sirius and the others began to search franticly for Remus' name. It was Peter who spotted it first. "There!" he said, pointing to a small space on the map. "It looks like he's in that room near the dungeons that we used to hide prank supplies in all last year."
"And he's not alone," Sirius growled in anger when he saw the names of Romulus and his friends in there with Remus. Grabbing the map, he leapt off the bed and raced out of the dormitory, running as fast as he could towards the dungeons. James and Peter followed him at a sprint.
Ignoring all the calls for them to slow down, the three boys pushed past students and teachers alike. Sirius finally slowed down a little, as he reached the short cut Romulus and his friends had used earlier. They franticly pushed against the bare stretch of wall that they knew hid a secret corridor, until a large stone door appeared. Without pausing, Sirius wrenched the door open, before hurtling down the dark corridor.
The corridor was long, and Sirius could hardly see a thing, but he didn't care. All that mattered to him was getting to Remus. He came to a sudden halt when he reached his destination, causing James and Peter to bump into him. Sirius tried opening the door; though he had a feeling there wasn't much point to it. He was proven right when the doorknob wouldn't turn. "Locked," he muttered.
"Well, what did you expect?" James asked quietly.
Sirius ignored him and pulled out his wand. He barely even noticed James and Peter doing the same, before all three of them blasted the door to pieces, shouting "Reducio!" (A/N: I don't know if that's how you spell it, but oh well.)
The three of them charged into the room as soon as the door was out of their way. The scene that met their eyes horrified them. Remus was lying, naked and tied up, on the floor as his brother thrust into him. The other two boys jumped away from Remus immediately, pulling out their wands. They didn't have the time to shout any curses before James and Peter stunned them. They rushed over to where the two Ravenclaws were laying and took their wands, binding them quickly with the ropes they'd used on Remus.
Sirius, on the other hand, stormed over to Romulus. The older boy pulled out of his brother with a satisfied groan, and looked at Sirius with an entirely unconcerned expression on his face. "What do you want, Black?" He asked lazily, as if nothing out of the ordinary was going on.
Sirius was livid. "What do I want!" He bellowed, grabbing the other boy roughly by the shoulders and pushing him back against the wall. "I find you in here, raping my boyfriend, and you have the nerve to ask that! I can't believe you, you- absolute bastard!" Sirius shouted, before pulling back and punching the other boy right in the face. He heard something crack, and knew he'd broken a bone in the boy's face. Good, Sirius thought. He was quite please to hear Romulus shout in pain as he continued hitting every bit of the boy he could get to.
However, as Sirius tried to land another punch to Romulus' already bruised and bloodied face, he felt a hand on his arm, restraining him. Furiously, Sirius turned to see James holding him back. "What the hell?" Sirius shouted. "Why'd you stop me! You saw what that son of a bitch was doing to Moony!"
"I know," James growled. He was surprised that he wasn't helping Sirius beat the ass hole up, but he knew there was someone more important to worry about. "But Remus needs you, Sirius. We've got to get him to the hospital wing. Then we can make sure Dumbledore knows what these things," he snarled, indicating the Ravenclaws who were all now lying unconscious on the floor, "were doing to Remus. He'll know what to do with them."
Realizing that James was right, Sirius relaxed and nodded. James released his hold on the other dark haired boy, and they both turned to where Peter was now untying Remus. Sirius hurried over to his boyfriend, grabbing the boy's clothes as he reached him. He helped Remus get his robes back on before pulling him into an intense embrace.
"Are you alright, love?" he asked quietly, pulling Remus as close to him as he could.
Remus was shaking somewhat as he nodded, "I'll be okay," he breathed. "I'm just glad you guys are here."
"We were worried," Sirius said, pulling back a little so that he could get a better look at Remus. "I'm taking you up to the hospital wing. James, Peter, will you go get Dumbledore? There's no point in all of us going to the hospital." The two boys nodded, and hurried out of the room and off to the Headmaster's office.
Sirius held Remus for a few more minutes, letting him calm down, before saying, "Do you think you're okay to walk? If not, I can carry you up there."
Remus nodded. "I think so. Just help me up."
Sirius wrapped his strong arms around Remus' waist and hoisted him to his feet. Just as they reached the door to the room, however, Remus said, "Wait. We need to get my wand. I think it's in Daniel's robes."
"Okay. Wait here for a second. I'll get it." Sirius said as he helped Remus lean against the doorway, before moving back into the room and pulling the wand out of the boy's robes. They made sure that the room was sealed before leaving, so that Remus' attackers wouldn't be able to escape before James and Peter got back with Professor Dumbledore.
A few days later, Remus was still in the hospital wing. Professor Dumbledore had been quite furious when he found out what was going on, and had called in the Aurors to come interrogate Remus' attackers. They were not only going to be expelled, but each of them was going to stand trial for rape. For Remus' sake, Professor Dumbledore had insisted that the entire thing be kept as secret as possible, in order to save the young Gryffindor any further pain or embarrassment. Therefore, none of the other students where aware of the details of his attack, they only knew that he was injured as a result of something Romulus and his friends had done. He now had loads of gifts from fellow students, telling him to get well.
James and Peter visited Remus frequently, whenever they had a free period. Sirius, however, had somehow managed to convince Professor Dumbledore to let him stay with Remus, rather than attending classes at all. That was why Sirius could be found at practically any given moment sharing the hospital bed with Remus, his arms wrapped protectively around his boyfriend. He'd had to be forced to return to the dormitories every night to sleep and shower, because he refused to let the werewolf out of his sight even for a few minutes.
It was nearly midnight now, and Sirius had just snuck back into the hospital wing. He and Remus hadn't been together long, but already Sirius was used to holding his boyfriend in his arms while they slept. He knew he'd never be able to sleep without Remus, and besides, what if his lover woke up alone in the middle of the night, and was afraid? Keeping this thought in mind, Sirius crept over to Remus' bed, and shook the boy lightly to wake him up. He didn't want to startle Remus by climbing into bed with him without his knowing it.
Remus woke with a start, and looked franticly around the darkened room, his chest heaving, until his eyes rested on his boyfriend. "Sirius," he breathed. "What are you doing here?" he asked before pulling back the covers and scooting over, indicating that he wanted the other boy to join him.
Sirius smiled as he slid into bed, and slipped his arms around Remus' slender form. "I couldn't sleep without you, and I wanted to make sure you were okay," he whispered, before pressing a light kiss to the top of Remus' sleep-tousled head of sandy-brown hair.
"Oh…" he breathed lightly. Remus smiled for what felt like the first time in days, as he relaxed in his boyfriend's comforting embrace. Watching as the other boy drifted off to sleep, Sirius kissed his hair again before whispering, "I love you, Remus, and I know I've said it before, but I'm going to say it again. I'll do anything to keep you safe, love."
A/N: Well, that's it! I hope you've enjoyed reading this. If you have, you might want to check out my other Remus/Sirius slash story, Our Little Ones. It's very different from this story, but I like it. Anyway, read and review as always!