Every wolf needs a moon
By Talia-Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Harry Potter so don't sue me. This story is set during the Marauders time at Hogwarts. And Sonya is a Mary Sue? All right, I can't say I'm very fussed about it since I believe that it no matter what, someone is going to view a character as a Mary Sue even if the next person doesn't. As for the idea, having been done before? Let's just see where the story goes… you'd be surprised of what I have hiding up my sleeves.
Chapter Three: Old enemies and strange dreams.
The first day of classes was hell when Sonya found out that she would be in nearly all of the same classes as Sirius, James and Remus. However, the upside to that was that Lily and Janie were in the same classes as well.
But their first class was a double potions with Slytherin and Sonya really wasn't looking forward to seeing Lucius Malfoy again after what she had done last time. When he saw her, his face paled and he blanched, staring at her for a moment before spinning about and rushing into the classroom like the tails of his robes were on fire – a reaction that Sirius saw and found reason to burst out laughing.
"Scared that Sonya's little wolfie might run you down again Malfoy?" He sneered at the Slytherin boy, nudging James in the ribs.
Again, the mention of wolf made Remus pale and he shot a look at Sonya before going into the classroom. James pointed at Lucius and called to Sonya, "Hey Delcot, you've got an admirer. But he's worried that your wolf might bight him if he gets to close."
Lily didn't make a move to defend Lucius – something that caught the boys' attention, diverting it away from Lucius to her. "Some day Sonya, your going to have to tell me about this wolf incident with Lucius Malfoy."
"You're not defending him Evans?" Sirius barked softly, his eyes meeting Sonya's for a moment. "Well I suppose even you wouldn't want to defend a pathetic boy like Lucius Malfoy."
"Oh shut up Black." She snapped, pushing her way into the classroom with Janie and Sonya following her.
"Yes Black, do shut up." The potions professor – a tall woman with long black hair that she wore pulled back in a tight ponytail – spoke from the front of the classroom as they all went in. "I had enough of you last year and frankly, I'm flabbergasted that you made it this far."
"Hey Sirius, she uses big words like your girlfriend does." James whispered, rolling his eyes towards Sonya.
"She's not his girlfriend yet, James." Peter spoke, his voice sounding weasel - like and Sonya could have sworn that he was sniveling.
Turning her head so that she could see them, Sonya wanted desperately to place a curse or a hex on Sirius and James. They were starting to get on her nerves and she hated it when people were like that. Lily was right, they weren't worth the trouble… but Remus Lupin was. She didn't know why she was drawn to the pale, silent boy but Sonya suspected that it was because he reminded her of Nathan and of several of her other friends from Saint Luthors.
The class was otherwise like every potions class should be and Sonya was stunned by the fact that Professor Michalski was almost kind… for a potions teacher. She didn't seem to favor any class but she did favor one boy who sat down the front and answered to the name Severus Snape. And from what Lily and Janie told her, he was the favorite target for James and Sirius' pranks.
Their next class was transfiguration and Sonya made sure that she sat as far away from the boys as she could though Lily and Janie protested about sitting right at the front.
Professor McGonagall stopped in front of her while they were reading a chapter from the book and smiled. "I saw your transfiguration marks from last year. You passed your OWLs with better marks in this subject than anyone I have ever seen before."
She returned the smile, wondering if the headmaster and her teachers knew about her gift. "Well Professor, you could say that I have a gift for transfiguration. It has always been my favorite subject and no doubt, it always will be."
"Yes, you do seem to have a gift for the subject. Well it remains to be seen if you will do as well in my class as you did in Professor Arrow's class at Saint Luthors." She walked on to check on the rest of the glass.
Watching her walk off, Sonya realized that the transfiguration professor probably had some idea that her talent for transfiguration was not normal. 'Well it's to be expected. Most people who attend Saint Luthors have some kind of gift. I'm surprised though, that Remus Lupin wasn't sent there considering his gift.'
Even as she thought of Remus, she looked up and back at him, realizing that he was watching her thoughtfully. Lily nudged her and giggled, bringing Sonya back to her thoughts and back to what she should be doing.
"You've got to stop looking back at them Sonya otherwise they'll think you're interested in Sirius." She muttered.
"Sorry Lily, I didn't actually intend to turn around and look at Remus." Sonya muttered back, sure that she was blushing.
Janie blinked at her, "My god, you're not actually interested in Remus Lupin? But he's such a weird boy! I mean, he gets sick so often and he hardly ever talks much."
She gave Janie a filthy look and sniffled indignantly, "I am not interested in Remus Lupin in that way. No, he just reminds me of my friend Nathan and I can't help but turn around to look at him whenever I think about Nathan."
"Miss Delcot, Miss Brown, do stop talking!" Professor McGonagall came to stand in front of them again and glared with eyes narrowed at Sonya. "The other thing I've been told about you Miss Delcot, is that you can be quite the trouble maker and that with your friends, you would often pull pranks on the other students."
Sonya sunk into the seat, wishing that the professor hadn't said that as loud as she had. "Sorry Professor McGonagall but I was just answering Janie's question."
The professor raised an eyebrow, "Oh and what was that?"
"I wanted to know how many Animagi she knew at Saint Luthors and if it was true that there were several werewolves there." Janie quickly replied.
"And did you know many Animagi, Miss Delcot? Please, do inform the class since transfiguration is normally the best subject of an Animagus." McGonagall met Sonya's eyes and she knew that the professor knew.
She nodded, "At Saint Luthors, everyone was either a Animagus, a werewolf, a Vampire, a part-giant or something along those lines."
"And what are you out of those categories Miss Delcot?"
"I was one of the rare few who was normal." Sonya replied quickly, refusing to meet the professor's eyes again.
Nodding, Professor McGonagall allowed them to return to their reading while she patrolled the class again. When it was over, she called for Sonya to stay a moment.
"Professor Dumbledore told me about your gift Sonya and I wanted to tell you that you should not be ashamed of it. You are a very lucky young woman and you should learn to embrace that side of your powers." She gazed at Sonya over the top of her glasses. "When I was your age, I always wished I had that kind of power."
Sonya lifted her head and nodded, "It's more of a curse sometimes Professor McGonagall. When it comes for changing back, I find it really hard to let go of the freedom."
"If you ever need someone to talk to about it, you know where to find me. Now remember, you must try not to let anyone find out the full extent of your power." That was an instruction that she had heard many times before and knew that she would hear many more times in the future.
"Trust me Professor, I try not to let anyone find out about it in general." She headed out of the classroom and towards her next class.
Thankfully, Lily was waiting for her so that she wouldn't get lost. "What did McGonagall want to talk to you about?"
"She wanted to ask me about Saint Luthors."
Lily was smart enough not to ask any more questions... something that relieved Sonya greatly.
The first few months of school weren't easy for Sonya. After five years of one kind of school, it was hard to adjust to a new kind. Hogwarts was very different to Saint Luthors and the student body was even more different. But when the Quidditch tryouts rolled around, Janie and Lily who thought that someone needed to show Sirius and James that they weren't really the best ever Quidditch players dragged Sonya into trying out for the free position of chaser.
She had, strangely enough, gotten the spot. Now she was condemned to spend more time with James Potter and Sirius Black though Lily and Janie tried to come to practice as often as they could manage.
But other than that, Sonya was settling into Hogwarts fairly easily and after her first conversation with Professor McGonagall about her gift, she hadn't had to mention it to anyone. It was as if they were all afraid to ask her about it… even Remus, the one person she would have welcomed asking questions.
However, after several months of controlling her self in regards to her gift by only allowing herself brief moments of change to stop the cravings, Sonya was starting to itch. She needed to get out for a good long run and one night, she waited until everyone was asleep before slipping out of the Gryffindor tower and sneaking to the nearest open window. Looking around, she took a deep breath and let herself drift into the change.
Her Animagus power had been one of the main reasons why she had been sent to Saint Luthors in the first place, her father realizing that she was powerful in the area… even more powerful than most had expected. Normally, an Animagus only had one animal form that they could change and it was a matter of choice but Sonya had been born with the talent and she hadn't been able to control it at first. But now she could and there was a range of animals that she could change into – her favorites being an eagle and a wolf.
But for the moment, her eagle form was needed to get out of the castle and into the Forbidden Forest so that she could go for a run. Taking off from the windowsill, she circled the castle once before drifting down towards forest. If it had been daylight, she would have remained an eagle but for now, she figured she would be better off as a wolf.
Upon landing on the forest floor, she changed back into her human form before changing into her wolf form. The first thing she did as a wolf was drop down and roll in the leaves, getting the itch that had been annoying her all day. When she had finished with that, she took off at a fast run, weaving her way through the forest while her nose kept a sharp "eye" out for anything interesting.
The first interesting thing that caught her eye was a lake in the middle of a clearing and slowly picking her way down towards it, the Sonya-wolf dove into the water and swum towards the other side of the lake. Leaping out of it, she found another nice patch of leaves and rolled again before taking off at a somewhat slower lope than before.
It was when she heard another wolf howl that she changed the direction she was going in to direct herself towards where the sound had come from. She was normally careful about things and the wolf howl she had heard did not sound like a normal wolf howl. As soon as she could see the sky, she lifted her head and looked for the moon, finding her in her full glory in the sky above. Luckily, it was the last night of the full moon much to Sonya's delight.
Suddenly a wolf-like creature burst out of the undergrowth and stopped at the sight of her. Behind him came a black dog and a large stag. Sonya stared at the werewolf with her large eyes and lifted her head before turning about and bounding back the way she came. She knew that the werewolf was Remus; she had put that much together. But who the dog and stag were, she did not know. They were probably just two of the strange creatures that inhabited the forest.
She knew that the werewolf was following her trail with speed and slowing down a little, Sonya allowed Remus to catch up with her. Her years at Saint Luthors had taught her that no werewolf would ever harm another wolf unless attacked. Stopping completely, she cocked her head to gaze at Remus in his werewolf form.
He reached out his nose to her, growling softly. Nipping out at him, she sat down to watch him pace back towards where the stag and black dog were. Remus growled again at them before turning back to her, his eyes suddenly filled with understanding. Sonya knew that inside the werewolf, the part that was Remus knew who she was.
Lifting her nose to the air, she let out a mournful howl, unsurprised when the werewolf joined in. The stag looked startled while the black dog paced towards her with an intense look to him. However, before he could reach her, Remus had leapt between them and was growling at the dog, the fur along his back bristling.
Giving them all a last look, Sonya raced off through the forest, knowing that they would not follow and at the first lake she found, she took another swim. When she was sure that she hadn't been followed and that no one was watching, she changed back into her human form before returning to her eagle form to fly back to the castle.
Slipping back into her bed, Sonya was glad that she had gotten her need for a run out of her system and drifted off to sleep… only to be plagued by strange dreams of Andre, Nathan and Remus. Lily shaking her in the morning, reminding her that it was Saturday and she had Quidditch practice was the only thing that waked her from the strange dreams that had plagued her since she returned from her run.
"Come on Sonya! You have to go to practice now." Lily raised her wand and caused the glass of water that Sonya kept beside her to spill onto her face. "Wake up Sonya!"
Spluttering, Sonya sat up and blinked at Lily, "Have you totally lost your mind? Are you going crazy? I've barely slept and you wake me up with cold water!"
Throwing her Quidditch robes at her, Lily shrugged, "Now that's not my problem. Hurry up otherwise you'll be in heaps of trouble with the Captain of the team and you know what Potter and Black will be like."
Dressing quickly, Sonya stole a glance at a calendar and realized that her birthday was the next Saturday. "Shit!"
"Did you just realize how late you're running?" Lily asked as they bounded down the stairs to the Gryffindor common room.
"No, I realized that my birthday is next Saturday. I turn sixteen next weekend and I forgot about it totally." She pinched a slice of toast from Janie as she rushed past, "Thanks Janie!"
Eating the toast as she hurried to the Quidditch pitch, Sonya remembered what had happened the night before. She wondered if Remus had really worked out that it was her and if he had, would he try to talk to her about it. But she didn't have the time to think about that because she had Quidditch to worry about.
"About time Delcot, we were beginning to wonder if you had forgotten about Quidditch." Sirius Black greeted her, handing her broom over.
"I had a late night and over slept. Lily had to wake me up." She replied, looking around to see if Remus was about.
The dark haired boy seemed to know what she was looking for, "Remus is probably sleeping. He had a really late night as well… but I'm sure you know why."
She looked up and met his eyes. 'He knows! He knows that I'm an Animagus!' Taking a deep breath, Sonya shrugged and followed him out to the pitch. "Why would you say that Black?"
"Let's just say a pretty wolfie told me… a very fast wolf at that."
'I'm so stupid. I should have known that he would work it out. He would have recognized the wolf from when I chased Malfoy at uncle Terrance's dinner party.'
Oh yeah, he definitely knew.
'Crap. Stupid. Crap.'
This is where I respond to reviewers' right? Yep, it would seem that way. I just hope that next chapter I will be able to reply to more reviews than this time. Holds hands out with fingers crossed Please?
Diet Cigarette: Wow, my grammar and spelling is correct? Thanks for that compliment. I'm glad that you like the plot of this story and plan to read more of it.
Suedadieotan: Sorry about Sonya being a Mary Sue but when you're writing, you don't always notice that your characters are developing those kinds of traits. If there was any way that I could stop her from becoming more of one, I can positively assure you that I will do everything that I can. And as for the plot having been used before? There's not much I can do about that except wish that I was the first one to use it. But then, how many people have written about a transfer student in Harry's time who falls madly in love with either Harry or Ron the moment that she (or he…) sets eyes on him? Thank goodness that I prefer Sirius and Remus to Harry and Ron!
As for my grasp of the English language? Having been born in Plymouth and raised by a very proper English family, one would hope that the fact that I have been attending school in Australia these last five years hasn't affected me too much. I'll have you know (with all modesty thank you very much) that I'm a straight A student in English In fact, it was one of my teachers who put me on to this site after I wrote an essay that was surprisingly good, even for me. But besides this short moment, I'm normally very modest about my marks. I'm just still gloating over my last report card... all A's except for math.
A problem with my comma's? Please explain more, I don't quite understand I'm afraid. Do you mean that I use them too often or not enough or do I place them incorrectly? And I'm also glad that you think my story is interesting and that I have a nice style of writing. This is my first fan fic after all.
Nirien: I think it's an awfully wonderful compliment for me if I've managed to get you to read a story which broaches on a topic that you normally wouldn't read. But even more, I'm just overwhelmingly glad that you think this story is great.