Wishing To Be a Werewolf

The Gryffindor common room was gorgeous and comfortable. A large fireplace had been ignited and students milled around the fire to seek warmth from the cool night. Plush chairs and couches littered the room and Lupin and Peter grabbed a couch and Sirius and James each pulled up a chair.

'So where should I start?' James asked and tapped his quill on his chin.

' I already told you I'm not helping with the writing, just with the facts' Lupin reminded him.

'The full moon appears and one of the wizard's most feared creatures comes alive' James said as his quill scratched at his parchment.

'Thanks' Lupin said sarcastically.

'Nothing against you, it's just a fact that your awfully feared' James said convincingly. Lupin shrugged it off. He did not choose to be a werewolf, Greyback; the most feared werewolf attacked him when he was a child. He knew that he was a nice person the rest of the time.

'Moony?' Sirius asked looking up from his paper.

'Mmm?' Lupin said his quill scratching furiously on the parchment.

'What if somebody gets attacked when it isn't a full moon? Still turn into a werewolf?'

'Possibly, depends on how close to the full moon. The bite would have to be deep I think' Sirius returned to his essay and started to write.

'Why would any werewolf attack somebody with their teeth if it was not a full moon?' James asked clearly disgusted.

'Greyback does it' Sirius told him. Lupin shuddered at the name and inhaled deeply and let it out slowly. The memory of the attack still remained fresh in his mind. 'He can't get enough of the taste of human flesh. He will savage on anybody at anytime, he always has the urge to sink his teeth into people's skin. It's an addiction now.' James sat there wide-eyed. Peter was shaking un-controllably, his teeth chattering loudly. They wrote in silence for a couple of minutes, fellow Gryffindors were filing out of the portrait hole to go to the Great Hall for dinner.

'Just another inch' James said not taking his eyes off the parchment, 'then we should go eat dinner. We can finish the rest afterwards.' Sirius nodded.

'Another inch and I'm done.' Lupin told them. All of them looked up and stared at Lupin.

'Your done!' James asked. Lupin shrugged. Sirius shook his head and went back to his paper,

'It's times like these that I wish I was a werewolf' Lupin laughed and put down his quill. The four headed down to the Great Hall where the feast had begun. Plates of chicken and vegetables and rolls sat on the four house tables. James looked down the table and sure enough Lily Evans was in her usual seat. She was eating quickly, James guessed so that she would have enough time to triple check her essay. Normally James would find this quality unattractive however for Lily it was apart of her charm. She was brilliant and worked so hard, her confidence in her work was admirable. She was muggle-born too, she had not grown up in the wizarding world but she was the smartest in their year. Most likely in the whole school, they were both in their sixth year at Hogwarts and James was unaware of a seventh year student smarter than Lily. James took his usual seat that was across from Lily and a few seats down. James could hear small pieces of Lily's conversation

'…terrifying creatures' she was saying.

'…it's good we're writing an essay on them, we get to learn all about them and ways to defend ourselves on them.' James laughed quietly. Werewolves were terrifying, the full moon takes full control over them and they will attack anybody in sight. Werewolves are completely unaware of who anybody is and would attack their own child or their best friend. Their speed is incredibly fast making it difficult to escape if you crossed ones path. Lupin was one of James's best friends so he, Sirius and Peter usually morphed into animals to be with Lupin during the full moon. Werewolves do not attack on animals as much as on humans. Wormtail was eating at a remarkable speed,

'Hey buddy take it easy' Sirius said as he grabbed a jug of pumpkin juice. James handed him his goblet for Sirius to fill, 'you'll have time to finish that essay don't sweat it.' Sirius was so laid back about his education, he could do miraculous things with a wand and was more interested on hands on magic rather than writing about it. If Sirius had to leave Hogwarts at that exact moment he would be fine in the wizarding world. James was a little anxious to get his essay done but he made sure that he still had his composure, he was cool.

The group worked their way back up the steps, their stomachs filled with delicious food. James, Sirius and Peter began to work on their essays, Lupin opened a book. The crowd in the common room started thinning while James scribbled his last few sentences completing his essay.

'Done' he stated. Sirius looked up,

'you serious?' he asked. James nodded and stretched his arms out wide and arched his back. Sirius looked down at his parchment, he guessed he had about another three inches to go.

'Werewolves are really bad' Sirius said as he wrote the words in big letters across the bottom of his page. James started laughing and Lupin even smiled as he looked up from his page. 'OK I'm done!' Sirius said as he rolled up his parchment and tucked his quill behind his ear. Wormtail sat there wide-eyed as Sirius got up and walked towards the stairway that led up to the boys dormitories. He turned around, 'Coming?' he asked.Wormtail realized that he was serious and started giggling. Lupin rolled his eyes and got up from his seat. The boys went up to the dormitories, classes started early the next morning.