Raven and Raya prepared for the night. They would be sneaking out of the Slytherin common room, and meeting up with the Marauders. Raya had gotten to know them over the last few days, and they we pretty at ease with one another. Raven on the other hand still held her own share of doubts about the next three evenings. Tonight the girls would be heading to the Shrieking Shack, the moon was soon to rise, full and bright, tonight Raya and Remus would both transform into werewolves.
With things set the two girls slipped from the dorm room and down the stairs. They were almost to the exit of the common room when a whispered voice caught their attention. "Raven." The sound plunged her soul into the very abyss, how was she going to explain this one. "Mind explaining where you are off to?"
Raven turned eyes pleading, "Severus." She indicated for Raya to wait as she made her way to the boy. "Please don't say anything to anyone. Or be upset with me. I have to go somewhere with my sister, it's very important." she bit her lip.
"You are going to bit a hole through that someday." Severus replied with a frown.
A small smile crept onto her lips. "You're probably right. Don't tell?" Raven asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm not a prefect, it's not my job to keep an eye on wayward children." he replied. "Just don't get caught." Raven could almost feel the desire to add 'be careful' to that list, and couldn't help the small smirk that tugged at the corner of her lips at the remark about it not being his job to keep and eye on wayward children. 'Perhaps not now, but it will be.' she thought.
Raven kissed his cheek quickly, a smile on her lips, mad bigger by the surprised look in the boys eyes. "Thank you Severus. I'll see you later, I promise." Then she turned and joined Raya, leaving the common room behind.
The girls meet up with the Marauders just outside the castle, and headed off twords the Whomping Willow. Raven and Raya trailed behind catching bits and pieces of the boys conversation. 'Uncle Remus, you look so rough tonight.' Raven thought, a bit of worry touching her, although she knew he would be okay, since he was still very much alive in her own time. Though what the girls picked up disheartened them, someone had jumped Remus earlier that day, they didn't seem to know who are why though.
Raven couldn't help but wish she had snuck into Slughorns office and nicked the ingredients for the Wolfsbane potion. 'It was really too late by the time I realized the moon was so close.' she thought bitterly 'And the lack of it's invention at this time, I'm sure they wouldn't have trusted me.' Remus was having a rough time, the attack prior to transformation bring up a memory that had been locked away. 'Better left locked away.' Raven thought overhearing the horror.
Raya had taken her sister's hand and was now squeezing it tightly. Raven knew she wanted to go and help the man she knew as her adopted father in the furture, but this was something she couldn't intrude apon. Plus, this would be Raya's first transformation without the aid of the Wolfsbane.
The moon rose, indicating for those present to change their forms as well. The werewolves were wracked with the first painful spasims of the changing, and the remaining four beings changed from humans, into their own animal forms. Raven's amber coyote eyes stared helplessly, watching as her werewolf sister, chewed at her own white fur, blood staining it. After a little bit of the assmebled 'animals/werewolves' getting use to each others presence they settled into an uneasy slumber.
Coyote/Raven dozed for a while, beside her sister, doing her best to be a ressuring comfort just by being there. Something then moved just out of muzzle reach, causing her to regain a degree of awakeness...it moved again, brushed against her nose. She tried to ignore it, but it did it again, she snapped, a squeal echoed through the room, and the rat scurried away frp, jer om tje direction of the big black dog that was now on all fours. 'Was that an attempt at trying to look menacing?' The big black dog stared down at her, she too got on all fours, narrowing her yellow eyes at him, then pointedly looked over to where her sister lay sleeping, looked back at him, and shook her head no. The big black dog looked over to where the rat was, and then back at her. If a smirk could register on a dogs face, she was sure there was one there, and he nodded. It was an uneasy truce...but a truce none-the-less. With that the animals settled back in to sleep the rest of the night.
The next morning the group walked back to the castle in the early hours. Raven whispered to Raya about the biting incident last night, causing the girl to laugh, happy that something got done, despite him living through it.
"You must admit Raven," Sirius began, "That was a bit more fun than being hold up in the castle with Sniv...er...Severus." he corrected himself at Raven's glare.
"Oh yeah, a pleasure." Raven quipped. "Between Peter squeaking in my ear, James hooves echoing through the room, werewolves in stereo." she reached up to scratch the back of her neck. "And I think you have me bloody fleas." Raven finished with a smirk.
"She...she bit me." Peter whined from the other side of the group.
"Keep that bloody tail to yourself, and you wouldn't get bit." Raven returned.
"Is it not possible for you to get along with all of us at once?" Remus returned.
"Nope." Raven flashed him a wicked grin. "Part of my amusing charm." He raised an eyebrow at her. "Now, if you will excuse me." she began, "Raya, I will see you later. I'm going to find Severus." With that she skipped ahead of the group.
"You're bloody hopeless you know." Sirius called after her.
"And you're still a bloody prat." Raven called back, but in a more pleasant tone that it had been the past week."