Disclaimer: I don't own Remus, or Sirius, or anything. J.K. Rowling the genius owns it all. LOL.
Chapter 3:
Sirius' POV
I was so anxious the next morning that I couldn't even eat breakfast. Poor Remus was somewhere out there, in pain, maybe dying and I didn't know where he was. It infuriated me. Moody, Kingsley and Tonks were over for a meeting. And, unfortunately, Snape was due for a visit that afternoon. That greasy git didn't deserve to be in the Order, but I had to hold my tongue or be reprimanded like a child.
"Where do you think he is?" Tonks said, sounding as though she had a bad head cold.
"I don't know." Said Moody. "He could be anywhere and we have no clues at all."
"You don't think Voldemort got him…" Kingsley said.
I stood up quickly. Everyone looked in my direction. "Sirius," Tonks began. "It's okay…"
"No! It's not! Don't you get it? Remus is out there alone. And you're not doing anything! You should be out in the streets, looking for him!"
"Why aren't you looking Black?" Moody said probably just to annoy me.
"I WOULD BE!" I burst out. "But the stupid Ministry has a price on my head and if I so much as put a toe outside this street, they'll snatch me up and I'll be Dementor food!"
They all stared at me, as though unable to believe it was me. I was not going to let them see me cry after that outburst. I stormed out of the room, kicking a chair down on my way out. I ran upstairs and went to the room I was keeping Buckbeak in. he wouldn't care if I cried. I broke down and sobbed.
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Remus' POV
I don't know how I did it, but I somehow managed to drag myself off the forest floor, find my wand and heal my wounds as much as possible. My only option was to go back to Grimmauld Place. But I was afraid Sirius wouldn't have me. He might still be mad. So I limped along the streets of London and found my way to Diagon Alley. Blundering along the streets, past shops and diners, I ran headlong into Minerva McGonagall. From my school days, I still had the urge to call her 'Professor'. But I remembered we were both adults and addressed her like one, "Hello Minerva."
"Remus!" she exclaimed. "What are you doing here? What happened to your cloak?"
I looked down, my cloak was ripped, pretty much to shreds and I had forgotten. I looked up at her.
"Full moon."
"Oh dear."
I sneezed. She rushed toward me and put a hand to my forehead. "Remus, you are burning up!"
"Oh, don't be silly," I said, trying to look stronger than I felt. Truth be told, I was feeling rather dizzy but I didn't want any more pity. From anyone. "I'll be just fine. Must be normal."
"Where will you stay? I can offer you a room at my place if you wanted…."
I put a hand up to stop her. "Minerva, please. No more sympathy. I am a grown man. I should begin to live like one. Please, don't even offer."
"Sirius is worried sick about you, you know." She said suddenly. "Nymphadora as well." I blanched, poor Tonks. But I could not go back, could I?
"Minerva, I…."
"You really should go back. If for nothing else, to stop that poor girl's worrying."
I sighed. I could not bear to have Tonks suffer on a count of me. "All right. I will go."
"Do you need a lift or…. something? Anything?"
"No, no, I will go on foot. I need the exercise anyway."
She looked me up and down. "You need food more than exercise."
I admit it, I was skin and bones. But I decided to make the journey.
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Well, it turned out I was as sick as Minerva had prescribed, if not sicker. My fever began to worsen and I developed a horrible cough. This was not normal moon sickness. I didn't understand. But I had my mind set to the task. I was going to get to Grimmauld Place if it killed me. And the way I was going, it might.
I reached Sirius' house after day and a half of walking. It hurt to breathe and I was seeing things that were most definitely not there. My dead parents, James and Lily. It was horrible. But I continued on and finally, I was on his street. I thought hard about what this place was, it took a while, as I couldn't really think straight, but after a while, the house appeared and I shuffled up the walk, up the stairs to the door. I gave the door a tap with the snake doorknocker and realized too late it was silver. Pure, sterling silver. Immediately my head began to fog. I could barely see but I could just make out Sirius coming to the door. He said something I couldn't hear, and then everything went black.
A/N: wow. What a writing frenzy I've had this week! Please review! Oh, and this chapter is dedicated to Lin, AKA Prongs because she wanted something to do on the Internet. So read this chapter Lin! LOL.