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. I changed a little in this chapter so if you have already read it, read it again!

Chapter Four: Coming to terms.

Over the next week, Remus, Sirius and James stayed away from Sonya and her friends. While Lily and Janie seemed quite happy with the arrangement, Sonya couldn't understand why Remus hadn't tried to speak to her since it seemed that he knew she was an Animagus. His staying away from her lead Sonya to one conclusion…

…He was frightened by the fact that she knew he was a werewolf.

But since the last night of the full moon, Sonya had been terrorized every night by strange and frightening dreams. She would wake up every morning, drained of energy and exhausted to the bone. Her friends had trouble waking her up and she would go through the day in a daze, barely staying awake. And it was getting to the point where she was scared to go to sleep because the mysterious dreams would be waiting for her to close her eyes.

Only, she could never exactly remember what they were about after the first one she had had. When she tried to recall them to Lily, her mind would draw up a foggy blank and all she could remember was her fear and a man's powerful voice commanding her to join him.

On the morning of her sixteenth birthday, Lily made sure she woke her up a little earlier than usual and gave her a mug of warm coffee almost instantly. They had discovered that hot coffee worked wonders on her system when she had just been snapped out of her sleep.

"You've got to tell Professor McGonagall, Sonya. If you keep going on like this, you're going to end up killing yourself." Lily sat on the end of her bed and gazed at Sonya with her large green eyes.

Janie nodded, "Not to mention, your marks are going to go down because you're barely there when we're in class. Lily was talking to you the other day in Defense Against the Dark Arts and you were just staring into space. It was as if we weren't even there."

"We're beginning to worry about you Sonya. You have to tell the Professor. She might be able to do something about these dreams you've been having that you can't remember."

Sonya shook her head, trying to clear the cloudiness that was gathering around her mind. She just wanted to sleep in peace without anything or anyone bothering her. "If it gets any worse Lily, Janie, I will tell Professor McGonagall…. I don't know how much longer I can go without decent sleep."

Lily hugged her and handed her a present. "I couldn't think of anything to get you so I thought that this might be a good present."

Carefully unwrapping it, Sonya smiled at the sight of a beautifully worked necklace with matching earrings and a bracelet. They were silver with blue stones entwined in the design. "Oh Lily! They're gorgeous! Thank you." She hugged Lily back.

"I got you something to go with them. It's nothing special but I thought that you would like it anyway." Janie held a wrapped box out for Sonya.

Unwrapping Janie's gift just as carefully, the young woman was taken by the plain wooden box that had a carved design of hawks in flight along the edges. Opening it, she discovered that it was a velvet lined jewelry box. "Wow Janie, it's perfect. I love it. Thank you!"

Grinning, Janie and Lily exchanged looks before getting up. "Now you had better hurry up and get dressed. It's a Hogsmead day and we're all going. You need to relax for a day and it is your birthday after all." Lily instructed her.

Dressing in a pair of jeans and a warm shirt, Sonya quickly dragged a brush through her hair and pulled a pair of shoes on. Meeting Lily and Janie down in the common room, they went to the great hall for breakfast. When they got there, the group of boys was already eating… and they avoided Sonya's gaze, averting their eyes if she looked towards them.

Eating a slice of toast, Sonya stared into space, ignoring what was going on around her. Lily was grumbling about James Potter again while Janie added comments here and there about the rest of his friends. When the owls flew in with the morning post, several of them landed in front of Sonya, lining up for her to go through them.

Peter stared at them with his ratty eyes, "Hey look at Delcot, anyone would think it was her birthday!"

"That's because it is her birthday!" Lily snapped at him.

The first owl was from her uncle Marcus and aunt Hillary. It was a book that she had been wanting for ages but hadn't been able to get. The second owl was from Andrea and it was a Gypsy style shirt and skirt in the most incredible hue of blue that they had ever seen. The next one was from Andre and he sent a photo album of Muggle style photos from their time in Los Angels. There were more owls from her friends and family with a good collection of things that she liked.

"Nathan's forgotten me…." She murmured after she had seen to the other owls.

"Wait Sonya, there's one more owl coming towards you." Janie pointed.

It landed and she recognized it as Nathan's bird. Hopping towards her, it gave her a small box and ruffled it's feathers. She unwrapped the box and gasped, almost dropping the contents. Nathan had sent her a pendant in the shape of a wolf howling to the moon made from moonstone and other gemstones. There was a note folded up in the bottom of the box and she lifted it out to read while Janie and Lily cooed over the pendant and the twisted silver chain that went with it.

'Dearest Sonya, I hope you like your present because I tried my hardest to find something special for your sixteenth. Welcome to the world of adults. Andre and everyone else haven't been able to get over the fact that our Wolfie has been made to change schools and we all pray that Hogwarts is treating you well. It isn't the same without you Wolfie. EWNAM, Wolfie and you are our moon. Love you Wolfie, Nathan.'

Lily snatched the note from the table where it had fell from Sonya's hands and read it out loud to Janie. "Wait, what does EWNAM mean?"

"Every wolf needs a moon." She murmured, looking up to see Remus and Sirius staring at her.

"Oh." The red haired girl fell silent and looked at Janie. "Well, we'd better take all this back to the dorms and hurry up before it's to late to go to Hogsmead."

Sonya shook her head, "You guys go to Hogsmead, I'm not feeling to well. And no, you're not staying. You and Janie have been waiting for this trip so you go on without me. I'll be fine."

Lily blinked at her, "Are you sure Sonya? You don't want us to stay with you?"

"No, I don't. Besides, I've got quite a few letters to write. And I think I will probably relax easier here than if I went out with you two. Now go! Go and have fun for me." She shooed them, standing up to gather her birthday presents together to take back up to the dorms.

Lily and Janie smiled at her and hurried off, glancing back at her every now and again. When she made it to the doors leading out of the great hall, Sonya shrieked when a pair of hands lifted some of the presents from the top of the pile.

"It's just me Miss Delcot." Remus smiled at her. "I'm just trying to help."

"Why haven't you gone with your friends to Hogsmead?" She asked, following him through the castle to the Gryffindor tower.

"Sugar plum." The picture swung open and they went inside. "I wasn't feeling to well and I have heaps of homework to do. Why haven't you gone?"

She paused, "I'm not feeling very good either. Here, give me those so I can take them up to my bed."

He gave her back the presents and watched her trudge up the girls' staircase and disappear out of sight. Sonya came back down about ten minutes later, a beautiful necklace around her neck. Remus stared at the pendent for a moment before lifting his eyes to meet hers.

"Where did you get that?" He asked quietly.

"My friend Nathan had it made for my birthday today. He's quite a bit like you, Remus Lupin." Sonya smiled faintly at him.

There was no one in the common room because everyone who could, had gone to Hogsmead. Sitting down on a couch, Remus studied her thoughtfully as she perched on the couch's arm. He had to admit, Sirius had been right when he had declared that Sonya Delcot was rather pretty. She had an elegant set to her and her short blond hair framed her face, giving her the look of a bird of prey. There was a noble look to her and when she cocked her head to the side like she did when she was thinking, Remus could see the wolf that had appeared the week before on the last night of the full moon.

"I was wondering why you were in the Forbidden Forest last week. You could have been hurt." His voice was soft.

Sonya blinked at him thoughtfully in a bid to cover up how startled she was by how quickly he had revealed the fact that he knew she'd been there, "Every wolf needs a moon Remus Lupin and every eagle needs to feel the wind under her wings. Sometimes a good run can work wonders."

"But there are dangerous things in that forest! You could have been killed."

"No wolf will attack another wolf unless provoked. Were you provoked?"

Remus fell silent, not wanting to admit that he had been provoked… only, in a different way. After so many years of living under the werewolf curse, he still hadn't gotten used to it, to the change. "No, I wasn't provoked into attacking. But how did you know it was me?"

Her blue eyes were soft, "One of my closest friends is a werewolf. He is the one who sent me this pendant." Sonya's hand traced the outline of the wolf pendant. "Nathan is a very special person. Besides, at Saint Luthors, there are many werewolves… it is in the Balkans and Romania is werewolf capital. Well, Transylvania is actually but that's not the point. As for you, it took me a little while but all the clues were there for me to see. I just had to remember what I was looking for."

"So you know a few werewolves?"

"I know a few... many of which I am related to. Nathan likes to think that he was the reason why the wolf was added to my collection of animals but the truth is, the wolf was my first change. I'm a rare type of Animagus, Remus Lupin; I can change into any animal that I have had contact with… magical and non-magical. Most Animagi can only change into one animal and their power if acquired… like Sirius and his black dog I suppose." Sonya murmured, looking away as she spoke. She didn't like telling people that but she knew she needed to explain to him what she was exactly… for his sake if not hers.

Remus nodded and bowed his head, studying his hands in an attempt to avoid her gaze. "You knew Sirius was the black dog? How? Did you realize that Sirius and James weren't happy when you turned up? They didn't want to believe me when I said that you were you… well, when I said that the wolf was you. It was as if they refused to believe that there could possibly be another Animagus in Hogwarts besides them. And, I think they are scared that if I had another wolf to run with, I would leave them."

She snorted back laughter and hopped off the arm of the couch and walked over to a table, "I don't know why they would fear that! Some wolves don't always run with constant companions. Besides, I very rarely use the wolf though it is one of my favorite animals. As for knowing that Sirius was the dog? Well when he confronted me the next morning at Quidditch, I realized that he knew it was me… so I spent most of this week thinking about it and I came to the conclusion that he had to have been the dog. What I didn't realize was that James was the stag."

"They're going to kill me when they find out that I've told you this… but their feelings are understandable. How would you feel if you were in their position? They became Animagi because of me! And now they are scared that you might waltz in and steal my friendship away from them because you are this pretty girl who is a wolf Animagus and you understand what werewolves are like since you went to Saint Luthors." He muttered at her.

"What makes you so sure I understand what werewolves are like, Remus Lupin? And what reason would I have to steal your friendship away from your friends?" Her eyebrows were arched and there was a mischievous smile on her face.

The look on her face caused him to wonder what was going on in her head. He knew that behind her pretty face there was a cunning, intelligent young woman who could think on her feet – it was the only way she could have survived as long as she had without the truth about her being found out.

"You're planning something and I don't want any part of it." Remus shook his head at her, hoping to discourage any ideas she was coming up with.

Sonya chuckled softly, the glint in her eyes flickering out of sight for a moment. "I wasn't planning anything… well not really Remus. Actually, I'm in the mood for a good, long flight."

"Flight? You can fly?" He was astounded by the fact – she could change into a bird form as well.

Arching an eyebrow again, she shrugged and walked towards the door, "Yup. Want to see?"

"Come on." Getting up, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her along after him. "I know a way to get some where safe for you to change. No one will see it."

Following him through the castle, Sonya tried to remember all the passageways they took; tried to remember every little turn they made but her attempts just ended up with her being even more confused. Remus grinned at her when she commented, replying that it had taken him and his friends all their time at Hogwarts to memorize the passages and other ways through the castle that weren't used very often… and there were quite a number of them.

They came out of the castle near to the large whomping willow and Remus led her casually towards it, carefully keep his eye out for anyone. Before she could do anything, he had pulled her into a very well concealed tunnel. Holding a finger to her lips, Remus bid her be silent and led her down the tunnel towards the Shrieking Shack. When they entered the Shack, he guided her to the door and into the Forbidden Forest.

"How did you know about that?" She stared at him in shock.

He grinned casually, "Professor Dumbledore showed me when I first came. It's there because of me."

Holding out her arms to either side of her, Sonya laughed softly. "I hope you aren't going to worry about some scratches on your wrists Mr Lupin."

"Of course not. Why?"

She flashed a smile at him before changing into her eagle form. Remus stepped back as she flapped her wings and took off, heading up through the trees towards the sky. Running towards the edge of the forest so that he could see the bird flying, he grinned in appreciation of her gift. While her wolf form was lovely, she made an absolutely beautiful eagle – her wingspan was over a meter and a half and her coloring was a mix of fawn and brown… a similar coloring to her wolf form.

Remus shaded his eyes and watched her, startled when she stopped moving her wings and simply hovered in the air. Moments later, she was drifting along again, coming lower. "By Merlin, she's amazing…."

Folding her wings, Sonya dove down through the air. She was aiming for Remus and she hoped that he would know to hold his arm out for her. Luckily, he did and she was able to check her headlong descent to flutter tamely to his wrist. Staring at her, he lifted his other hand and stroked her gently, marveling at how soft her feathers were. Fluffing her feathers, Sonya started to preen, making a strange cooing-like noise as she did it.

"Do you know what would be really fun Sonya? I should go to Hogsmead with you on my wrist and find Sirius and James. They would love this." He caught a feather that she had dislodged and held it up.

Blinking at him with her large yellow eyes, the Sonya-eagle snapped her beak, hopping to the ground. Remus chuckled, amused by her behavior when she started to push leaves around as if she was looking for something. Hearing his laughter, her head was lifted up and she turned it to the side so that she could see him clearly, snapping her beak again. Hopping after him, she made a big show of attacking his shoes and flapping her wings around a bit.

"Sonya!" Remus tripped over, landing on his back as the bird landed on his chest.

The next moment, the eagle had returned to her human form, her knees to either side of his waist and her hands on his chest. Her blond hair was ruffled and her blue eyes were locked on his.

"You wouldn't be thinking about telling your friends what I am, are you?" She leant forward, her hair falling forward over her face.

Remus grinned, "Well, I was but now, I don't think that would be such a good idea. Sirius would be jealous of me and I don't want that."

Grinning in return, Sonya leant forward even more until her hair was just brushing against his face. "You're enjoying this aren't you Mr Lupin?"

"I won't deny that." He pushed her off him and stood up, offering a hand out to her. "Come on, we should go back now that you've had your fun and I've seen how incredible your gift is. No wonder your good at transfiguration."

"It's about the only subject I am good at. My abilities at all the others are only average and I always down right sucked at divination and charms. Potions I was all right at because there are some potions that can be used to control my… well, they can only be called urges. Sometimes I get an urge to change." She blushed and looked away, dropping his hand.

He studied her face, "Is that what happened last week? You got an urge to run like a wolf."

"Every wolf needs a moon Remus…. Every wolf."

Suedadieotan: My god! I didn't take offence at your first review. In fact, I positively loved it! One would just hope that I didn't offend you in return. Believe me, there was no sarcasm intended… at least, none that I noticed. Now thank you so very much for reviewing again, I'm positively delighted that my story has cut the grade and you're reading it. Hopefully I'll be able to finish this one soon enough so that I can write a sequel, which I've already started sketching out. Trust me, the end of this story is not going to be what you all probably expect since I hate it when stories end like that. You sort of get half way through and go "Oh this is another one that's going to end like…." and when you get to the end, SURPRISE! It's ended just as you thought it would. Well, this isn't one of those stories.

Nicky Black: I'm glad you like the story even though Sonya doesn't particularly like Sirius. As for what happened at the dinner party at Uncle Terrance's? That gets explained later on in the story – I've almost finished the chapter where it is explained. But, there is alight in the blackness, Sonya won't hate Sirius for too much longer but she won't love him either.

Read Latanya's "Wanted: Preferably Dead". It's a really great story.