Author: WhiteWolfCub
Genre: Drama/Romance
Category: Harry Potter
Warnings: Slash between Sirius/Remus, maybe sex, and swearing.
Summary: Someone is trying to claim Remus in his sleep, to make him theirs forever. He finally tells his best friend, Sirius Black, but doesn't expect the answer he receives, "then lets mate." What will poor Remus do?

Notes: Okay some of you are all worried about me not continuing. Oh man, you guys are such worry warts of course I will! If I don't reach my goal then I will still continue, I am not leaving it forever! All questions I received will be answered soon, do not worry. To SeriousSiriusFan: Yes I have read all of Dragon Mistress' work, she is the best, and I truly idolize her. My favorite is The Haunted, because Remus gets kidnapped by Nigel.

On with the story!

---Chapter Five---

"So let me get this strait," Lily said, Sirius and James sitting in front of her at a little table in the back of the café the two were at earlier when they first started the search, "you need my help to find Remus, who has gone missing and is in possible danger?" Sirius looked at her questioningly; they had been searching for a week now, how could she forget? Articles had been printed out in the daily prophet about the missing teens, a new one just gone missing -ahem, Lily.

"Way more danger than you think," Sirius said quietly, "no one will help us out so we came to ask you, like I said before, I mean, you figured out he was a werewolf earlier this year." Lily nodded apologetically. Apparently she had been noticing Remus was missing every month and coming back looking like a tornado blew over him. Like Sirius and James, she had decided to mark down on her calendar what days he would go "home".

Lily eventually told Remus that she knew, though the boy was about to pass out from that shocking news. She didn't care that he was a werewolf, so they became closer than the other Marauders -much to James' disappointment.

Looking at Sirius, she knew that he was worried sick about Remus; after all, she could plainly see that he liked the young werewolf, though he didn't realize it yet. James looked just as worried, but not as much as Sirius, he was more looking at her than anything.

"I need to know the story before I can be of any help," Lily said, having only heard about Remus going missing and James and Sirius trying to find him. Sirius looked up at her, sighing slightly, not even James knew everything, and he wasn't sure he should tell. If it was to help Remus though, he had too, even though he didn't like it.

"Remus had been having this nightmare; a man would try and get him to mark him while...raping him. He told me that the dream started out in a forest by a stream, under the light of the moon, and the dream was turning out to be peaceful. Remus started to feel a presence, unable to get that feeling off like he was being watched, he got up and started toget away from the area of the potential threat," Sirius paused, trying to remember it all, "Remus told me that he was walking away, trying to escape that feeling. He was starting to pick up his speed, until he was running, but right when he was about to get out of the forest, something pulled him back. When he opened his eyes, a man was above him, holding his hands above his head, to keep him down.

"The man was starting to…do stuff to him, if you know what I mean, Remus wasn't able to see his full face in the dream, but was able to see that he had nearly strait teeth and a tattoo on his right thigh. I woke him up before he was able to mark the man." Sirius breathed stiffly, finally finishing. James was gaping, stupidly in Sirius' opinion, Lily had her hand covering her mouth in horror, and Sirius was upset that he told after promising to Remus that he wouldn't.

James scooted a little closer to Lily, finally gaining control over himself. Lily hugged James softly -friendly hug- trying to cheer herself up more than anything. She finally let go -much to James' displeasure- and looked at Sirius.

"So, that forest -which was the forbidden forest-must have meant something," Lily said, "maybe we should check there, that had to have been a major clue in all this." James nodded, a smile of satisfaction pulling at his lips. Sirius gasped, never realizing that before.

"Thank god for you Lily!" He cried, getting up from his seat and running out the door.

"Sirius! Wait!" Lily called chasing after him. James looked from the door to the table, quickly paying the bill; he followed them out the door.

"Sirius you big prat, get back here!" He called, chasing the other two down the streets, ignoring the looks of wonder from passerbies.

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Remus was miserable. That was the first word off the top of his head, but many more could cover what he was feeling right now. His head hurt from the constant thinking and drugs Roy keeps giving him, he was tired of the looks and long talks the horrible man gave him. Remus didn't need to talk, he just wanted to be alone, but that never happened, Roy just wouldn't do it. It was like he needed to be with him or something!

He vaguely wondered if Sirius was coming after him. No he thought he's better off without me. One thing Remus noticed was that he was starting to believe in things that probably weren't true…or were they. Sirius wasn't coming after him, Sirius was dead, or Sirius didn't care about a filthy beast like him. He was beginning to believe in the things Roy put in his head.

The drugs weren't helping either. Every night he got a dose of the strange material, it was entered into his body through a shot -he hated those now. Somehow, it would make him think about Sirius, about how the boy hates the young werewolf. Then, it made him fall asleep, and wake up to another horrible day.

Then again, Remus always had horrible days, from the very start; his life was over before he was even born. It wasn't bad enough that his father hated him and his mother just stood back and watched the beatings occur. The only good thing was going to Hogwarts, where he met Sirius, James, and Peter. Now, he was thrown into this mess, more than once he thought about just giving up.

He never did before though, so why start now, Sirius and James always acknowledged his bravery. They were always amazed at how Remus could be thrown into something bad, yet never give up. Those thoughts of them being amazed were replaced by ones of those two hating him in every way possible. Remus felt he couldn't take it anymore.

His thoughts were cut off abruptly when he heard the soft sound of a tray being set onto a table. So he was back…again. When would Roy ever learn to leave him alone? Of course, the answer to that would be never.

"Here is your food my little cub," the soft voice said, "you're probably hungry." Remus had to admit, he was starving, but he would never admit to that, nor would he eat that food. It would only make him happy. Roy frowned slightly when no response came from him, only a slight turn of the head away from him. Something was troubling him, but what?

"Eat now dammit!" Roy hissed pulling the boys soup in front of his face, forcing the boy to have it. Remus sputtered and coughed, the noodles from the soup choking him slightly -how was he able to accomplish that (O.o). Roy forced more down until it was all gone, Remus coughed and wheezed, tears prickling at his eyelids.

Roy sat on the soft bed, making it bounce slightly; he forcefully pulled Remus into his lap, still slightly amazed at how light the young boy was. Roy fingered through the boys hair soothingly, although the smaller werewolf was trembling. The man was starting to think that Remus didn't like him -uh, yeah-, but he had to, it was part of the ceremony on the full moon.

"Why are you doing this?" A weak whisper said from below his chin, to where Remus was sitting.

"It is necessary," Roy said, "on the full moon we mate; therefore the bond will be there forever. Without another werewolf to help me I will die soon, so I needed one as youthful as you. A ceremony will take place, we will not transform that night because we will be in the ceremony ring. We need to mark one another, and then the sacrifice will begin."

"Sacrifice?" Remus whispered, trembling.

"Yes," Roy said, "this isn't just any mating bond where we just mark one another; we have to become one. In ancient studies, werewolves a long time ago became one when they mated, able to use the power of both halves. If a ceremony fails though, one of the werewolves will die, that one is chosen by fate. The blood of two males and a female are necessary, but they have to have magical abilities, and need to be a full blood.

"When the two werewolves become one, they are said to have a power, like no one has ever seen. A young werewolf is needed if they were to become one, because the young one has the strength to carry the bond, unlike theone who has been a werewolf a long time, they have more power. I plan to have that power, but the sacrifices must be made."

Remus froze completely; he didn't want to become one with him! He didn't want anyone to die because him! He didn't want any of this! Remus kicked Roy as hard as he could, tumbled off the bed and onto the floor with a thud. He tried to run but the chain held him back. His heart was beating to fast, he felt as if he was going to pass out.

"You will be the one to help me Remus," a sadistic voice rang from above him, Remus looked up at him with frightened eyes, "and you will like it!" Remus fell to the ground, finally falling into the dark.

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James slowly traced the marks on the ground, trying to figure out what they meant. Sirius, James, and Lily were in the clearing that was in the dream. Except the dream didn't have these symbols and rings carved around it. They had gotten there with the help of Sirius; he was able to smell out a powerful magic coming from that one area in his animangus form -shocking their female companion. Lily had informed them -after her shock- that she heard a stream nearby, and Sirius remembered that Remus said that was where the dreams started.

Sirius was examining three poles, each a foot away from one another. He had seen these kinds of poles in muggle movies and stuff like that when he went to visit James -which was everyday, every summer. If his memories served him correctly, he had seen them in some western movie, or so James said, it was where they tied up the prisoner to the pole and thatperson had to go days without food or water. Sirius had a feeling that these poles were used for something else; after all, there was blood on them.

Lily had been examining the large ceremonial circle around the perimeter of the clearing. It was giving off a strange red light, and she could feel her magic building inside of her, getting locked away deep within. At the same time it made her sick, like an evil force. As much as she wanted to ignore it, she couldn't help but feel eyes on her. The redhead turned around sharply, expecting to see some creature with fangs ready to eat her. Nothing was there, the breeze gently made the leaves dance and little or no light came through. She turned back to the task at hand; the circle. She had seen these types of circles in an anime show called Full Metal Alchemist -couldn't resist. This circle didn't seem to be used for helping though.

Sirius sniffed the area, now in his animangus form; the smell of the Shrieking Shack was in here too, though he didn't know why. He had tried to sniff out Remus but something was blocking it, like some sort of force. Suddenly Sirius didn't feel all too comfortable, like something was watching him. He perked up his ears and turned around. His tongue lolled out slightly as he cocked his head to the side. If it was one thing he hated about having a dog for his animangus form, it was the over sensitivity. He was now starting to imagine things.

James made his way over to where Lily, who was shivering slightly; he noticed the eerie light coming from the circle too. It didn't look pleasant at all. He wanted to get Lily away; he didn't trust that power inside him when he got close to the circle.

"Lily, why don't we go somewhere..." He paused when he saw a pair of amber eyes looking at him in the bushes not to far off. They blinked once and then disappeared. James stared, wide eyed and suddenly felt fear; he went over to Lily and dragged her over to where Sirius -human form- was standing.

"Sirius, I saw, I was looking and…" James was shushed by the taller teen, who was not getting a word of what James was saying.

"Whoa James, calm down, start from the beginning," he said, worried over his friend's behavior. James' pale face meant he saw something, or something saw him. The messy haired teen pushed up his glasses and nodded a little to fast.

"I was going to get Lily away from the circle around the perimeter because I thought it wasn't safe. I was saying something to her when I looked up and saw these amber eyes, just staring at me. They blinked and disappeared," James said, more calmly that time but still slightly unnerved by the sight. Lily clung to James, now afraid. She wasn't just imagining that someone was watching her. Sirius was thinking along the same lines as Lily.

"I think we should go," Lily said, nervously glancing around her. Sirius nodded.

"James, take Lily on your back in your animangus form, we can get out of here faster," Sirius said. Lily looked curious, she had never seen James' other form before.

James transformed into the gorgeous stag, quickly bending down so Lily could get on. The redhead gasped at the beautiful sight but something caught her eye. It was amber; those same amber eyes were watching them. She screamed, backing up into James' hoof and falling over with a thud. She scrambled into James' -transformed back- arms.

Sirius jumped in front of them, getting his wand ready -when they got Lily they retrieved their wands- and stepped in front of them. A scaly paw came out of the bush, followed closely by a monstrous body, how it was able to fit in the bushes without being seenwas beyond Sirius. James stopped breathing, Lily cried in fear, and Sirius gaped.

The beast was half wolf, half dragon. It was furry, the face resembling that of a wolf -a big one too-, but the body was all dragon, except for the fur, its scaly tail crashing to the ground in anger. Deep, amber eyes stared back at them, flames blowing out of its nostrils.

"Oh my god! What is that?" James yelled, finally having his breath back, Lily burst into tears of fright and clung to James. If it weren't such a bad situation, the messy haired teen would have loved that. Sirius took an unconscious step back. The beast, seeing James, swung his paw around and connected it with the body. With a strangled cry, the young teen went crashing into a tree, slumping into an unconscious heap. Lily screamed when she saw James collide painfully with the thick tree. James had shielded her when the paw came descending down upon the two.

"JAMES!" Sirius yelled, looking toward the monster again with fearful blue eyes. His heart was pumping to fast for his own comfort. Lily ran over to where James was laying on his side, a gash all across his stomach, stretching to his neck.

We are in deep shit Sirius thought, swallowing the lump of fear in his throat.

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Roy stood far off, impressed with the trio in front of him. The beast did not scare him, because he summoned that monster. He chuckled, softly turning to leave, he wouldn't kill them, oh no, not yet anyway. They were going to be the next pair ofsacrifices he had used in his lifetime.

"Not only that," he whispered to himself, "but they are close with Remus." One more glance over his shoulder he watched one in particular. That Sirius boy had a close relation with his wolf, but not to worry, that much love for the victim would come in handy when the ceremony were to take place. He just needed his beast to weaken them all, and then capture them!

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We are getting to the mysteries now. Next chapter will come soon. Next goal: 50.

-WhiteWolfCub

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