Disclaimer: Don't own. 'Nuff said.

Author's Note: Sev and Kathy in theis chap & some DE activity.

The Tales of Werewolves
In The Hog's Head

For the rest of the school week Sirius insisted on staying in Dom's bed every night, his excuse was that he was making sure Dom was sleeping properly. Dom certainly wasn't complaining. Truth bee told he was sleeping a lot better with Sirius next to him. He reckoned it was Sirius' smell.

Remus spent most of his time helping Peter with his homework, which this week consisted mainly of writing as much as possible about the unforgivable curses, turning rocks into bad sandwiches, and naming the five most used medicinal or healing potions and their ingredients.

Dom had flown through it all, but had ended up producing twice as much on the unforgivables then anyone else.

They were at breakfast and Sirius wouldn't let Peter eat anything unless he had transfigured it out of the rocks James had brought back from his Quidditch training.

"Come on, Pete. You can do it. Just change it into a sandwich."

"I can't. Please let me eat."

Remus rolled his eyes. "Sirius just let him eat his damn breakfast."

"No. He needs to learn. This is the only way."

James tore his eyes away from a certain redhead. "Padfoot."

"Alright, alright." He turned to Peter "You don't have to eat your transfigured sandwich. But you're not allowed to eat anything until you can do it."

Dom sighed. 'Poor Peter. No wonder he went dark. If the Slytherins promised him protection from these guys,' He looked over to the group of huddled Slytherins, 'He couldn't refuse.'

"Sirius." Dom's voice had a sharp edge to it. "Let him eat."

Sirius looked into Dom's glasses for a long moment before slumping his shoulders. "Fine, but if he fails Transfiguration, don't blame me."

"I won't, you can be sure of that." Dom put his cutlery. "Now, if you don't mind, James. I'm going to go turn down Lily. Wait until "

Dom got up and walked along the table to where a group of girls sat chatting. "Lily?"

"Yes Dom, what is it?"

He put a hand on the back of his neck and bit his bottom lip slightly. "I can't go to Hogsmeade with you today. I'm sorry"

Lily lowered her gaze slightly. "Oh, well, if you can't go with me I have some homework to catch up on."

"Hey, no. Look." Dom sat amongst the group of chicks, all from different houses (excluding Slytherin). "Just because you can't go with me, doesn't mean you shouldn't go." He looked around. "How many of you other girls have dates?"

"I do." Purred he girl who had kissed Harry… Wendy, Dom thought her name was.

"So do I." Said Kath smiling.

"Really!" Exclaimed Wendy.

"Yeah."

One of the Hufflepuff girls smirked in a way worthy of Slytherin. "She's not telling anyone who he is though."

"Ladies." Dom held his hands up. "I didn't mean to start I fight, if you'd just wait until I'm gone before you all start talking girly, it'd be greatly appreciated."

"What were you going to say, Dom? I'm Alice, in case you didn't know."

"Nice to meet you. I was going to suggest you have a girls' day out. Shopping and all that. I don't want you, Lily, to be stuck by yourself because I have something else to do."

He got up and let the girls chat about which shops they were all going to go to and he made their way back to the boys.

"Well…" James was almost bouncing in his seat.

Dom sat and leaned over the table conspiringly. "I've got them going on a 'girls night out', so if she's reluctant to go with you when you ask her, the girls will all encourage her to go. There's no way she won't."

James beamed while Remus looked thoughtful. "You know," He started. "I can really see why your were in Slytherin."

Sirius could have sworn the air went a few degrees colder. "What makes you say that?" Dom asked. His tone may have been normal, but there was a undetectable element that made Remus think twice before he answered.

"I just think you're very cunning and sly. You've got Slytherin qualities, a Gryffindor attitude and you're down to earth like a Ravenclaw. It's strange."

"My father," he spat the word, "was a Slytherin, I was raised by a Gryffindor." Draco had been starting his heeler training while he was being raised. "and my mum was a Ravenclaw. It all fits together."

"Slytherin overpowers a bit don't cha think." Said Peter. "Your father must have been a huge Slytherin."

Dom gritted his teeth and refrained from yelling at Peter. Sirius seemed to notice. "Hey, Dom, since Jim here is going to be courting Lily-Flower over there, I would like the honour of escorting you into the Hogshead Pub. We don't go to the Three Broomsticks. It's not private enough."

Dom rolled his eyes, remembering what Harry had said about the privacy in the Hogshead, but didn't say anything. He just nodded.

Peter was off somewhere unknown while Dom's plan to get Lily and James together was working and Remus was in the Book Shop. So that left only Dom and Sirius.

The Hogshead stank of goats, grime, dirt and smoke. Dom couldn't tell one person from another with everything clouding his senses. He swayed, feeling light-headed and sick.

"Are you alright?"

"Can we get a private room? Away from all these smells, please?" Dom asked weakly.

"I've booked one. Moony gets the same thing and I thought you would too."

Dom marvelled at Sirius' automatic thoughtfulness.

"We have to use our nicknames here. " He continued as they climbed the stairs, "What's yours. I know you've got one, every lunarly challenged person does."

"Lunarly challenged?"

"It's Code."

"M'name's Mutt."

Sirius laughed. "Fitting." They went into a room that looked like a dining room, with a square table, four seats and five candles in the middle.

"Dark, damp. The air's very heavy and I still feel sick. Not because of too many smells, just… the smell."

"You must be more delicate then Moony then."

Dom couldn't see Sirius' face because of the hood, so he wasn't sure if offence was meant or not.

"Must be because I'm a mix."

They sat down opposite each other. "How many thingys are you?"

Dom sighed and put his head in his hands. "I'm not sure, but I know it's at least four."

"And they are…"

"Vampire, Werewolf, Dementor and Basilisk."

"… Wow… Bloody Hell."

He looked up "Do you still want to know me? Can you trust me now that you know I have the blood of four dark creatures flowing through my veins? Afraid I might turn on you?"

Sirius blinked. "Ease up. I'm sorry, ok? I knew it was a reasonably touchy subject, but not that touchy."

Dom put his head down again. "I'm the one that's sorry. I keep having dreams like the one I had on Monday, except not as intense. They've been getting to me. That's all."

"There's something else, but you're not going to tell me. Aren't you? Is it something you can't tell someone from my family, perhaps? You shouldn't judge people by their fami-"

"I know that!" Dom snapped suddenly. "More then you think I do."

"Really, How? You're mother's alright from what you've told me, even if she doesn't want to claim you as her son, and you said you've never met your dad, so how can you know that?"

Dom didn't answer. "What's up your arse?" He decided to say instead.

"Family trouble. The usual."

Dom cocked his head, calming down slightly. "Why don't you talk about your family?"

"They're bastards the lot of them. They wanted me to be a Slytherin, and when I wasn't…" He trailed off. Dom went to one of the other chairs closer to Sirius and dragged it closer again.

He put a hand on Sirius' shoulder, "I didn't mean to snap, and if you want to talk about it I'm here if you need me."

Sirius leaned over and rested his head on Dom's shoulder. "Thanks, man."

"… Am I interrupting something?" Remus stood in the doorway, leaning on the frame. Sirius straightened up.

"I didn't hear you coming."

"I did" Said Dom.

Sirius looked at him and he smirked.

"I can go if you were having a 'sensitive moment'." He smiled.

"No. No" Said Sirius hastily, "We weren't, come in. I assume Prongs isn't coming."

"Oh, no, he's coming. I told him he has to come, so he doesn't seem too desperate with Tiger."

"Who?" Dom asked, genuinely confused.

Sirius leaned over. "Tiger-Lily." He whispered.

"Ah."

"I also took the liberty of ordering drinks of Firebeer for us all."

Dom had never tried Firebeer before. It was apparently a weaker version of Firewhisky, and he'd had Firewhisky before, so he figured Firebeer wouldn't be to bad.

"So. Full moon Tuesday, Moony."

"Yep. Should we do Hogsmeade, Countryside, Caves or Forest?"

"Caves. The weather's too cold to be out. So after you go Wolf in the 'hideout', then we'll gather at the caves."

Dom assumed the 'hideout' was the shack, "Why can't you all stay in the 'hideout' if you're so worried about the cold?" He asked

"Prongs can't stay in there for long or he puts his neck out. His antlers get in the way, so he has to keep his head low. The caves are more roomy."

"Will you be transforming with me, Mutt?"

Dom saw the hopefulness in Remus' eyes that he might have company.

"Yeah, sure."

Four hairy legs appeared out from a hole on the bottom of the wall, to the left of a door, the body of a huge, black spider followed, and then, finally, the last four legs. It scurried down the hall, sticking to the wall.

The door nearest the staircase was the only door that had a gap between it and the floor. The spider slid through it and into the large meeting room, which had a thick layer of dust on the floor.

It sneezed, the six humans, who were in the room, didn't notice. Slowly the spider grew and the legs contracted into the body and it morphed into the thin shape of Severus Snape.

"Well," Demanded Bellatrix, "Did Peter's 'code', prove too be good?"

"Yes, but we lucked out on information. All they talked about was James and Lily. They've gone to Zonko's"

Rodolphus sighed heavily, put his hand in his pockets and looked up at the stained ceiling. "He is not going to be happy."

"Is he ever?" Narcissa asked.

Regulus and Rebastan stood in the back of the room on either side of Peter, they were a year younger then everyone else, and so they were usually in the back, and let the others do most of the work.

Peter seemed to be standing slightly more confidently then usual.

"Well, Pettigrew, You kept up your half of the deal, now it's out turn. Snape!" Rodolphus snapped. "Every time you see Sirius Black or James Potter doing anything that classes as 'picking on' Pettegrew, you are to enter their line of sight and draw attention to yourself."

Severus nodded. He hated being walked over by the other Slytherins, but if he refused, he would live in danger for the rest of his life.

It was impossible to be in Slytherin and not be dark. Come to that, it was impossible to be a member of the Snape family and not be dark. He had to be dark. It was self-preservation.

One of the many reasons why he liked Katherine was that she knew the pressure that parents put on kids to be dark, and she knew he had no choice.

Most girls would tell him he had to stick up for himself. Not Kathy. She was a realistic. She didn't try to change him. He had grown up 'knowing' that purebloods were better then everyone else, and she didn't question what he believed. It was his opinion, and she respected that.

…Speaking of Kathy.

"I have to go." Severus swept form the room and headed down the stairs before anyone could question or comment.

He walked along the path that lead to the Shrieking Shack and halfway he veered of into the trees. On the other side of them was a small drop before he got to the edge of a very large lake, which had the Forbidden Forest on it's other bank.

Kathy was sitting on a log with her cloak pulled tightly around her. Severus sat next to her.

"How'd it go?"

"They're sacrificing my protection for Peter's, even though his information gave them nothing. Lupin has a secret I should have told them, but I didn't."

"That was very risky." She looked at him for the first time. She had a blood-flavoured lollipop in her mouth. Severus had no idea why she liked them so much. "If they find out you've withheld information… Well, I don't think I need to tell you, do I?"

She shivered, from either the cold or the thought of Severus being tortured.

"Are you cold?"

"No."

"Lying doesn't suit you Katherine."

"First of all, it's Kathy, and secondly, it doesn't matter if I'm cold or not because we have to start heading back in five minutes anyway." She smiled sweetly at him.

He chuckled. "I think it matters, Kathy, because I don't want you come down with something." He took his cloak off and put it around her shoulders.

She smiled again. "Thanks. Do you want to head back now?"

"May as well."

They stood and started heading back. Severus was comfortable with the silence with Kathy's company.

"Are you sure you want to go through with it?" She asked after a while.

"Positive."

She stopped, and Severus took three steps before realizing she wasn't behind him, he turned and she took a few steps forward. She gently rubbed his upper arm.

"You know that I don't want you to do it alone. So, I'm going to as well."

Severus grabbed Kathy's shoulder and looked intensely into her eyes. "No. You've said it yourself; I'm good at spying. I don't want you to spy on the Dark Lord for Dumbledore you'll get hurt… I don't want you to get hurt… You're a bad liar anyway, you wouldn't be able to do it."

"I don't want you to get hurt, Sev… What if I don't spy for Dumbledore, but if I find out some information you don't know, I'll tell you, and you can tell Dumbledore and tell him you found it out."

Severus smiled. "That way you're not really working for Dumbledore, or against the Dark Side."

Kathy smiled and held Severus' hand as they continued to walk. "Just, promise me you won't get caught."

"I Promise." He brought both their hands up and hissed the back of hers.