Under the Sapphire Moon
By Rayven Darkheart

Author's Note: I apologize for the lack of updates. College has been kicking my ass and I've had way too much homework to even contemplate writing.

Chapter Six

The doors to the hospital ward slammed open and in popped three boys, one of them carrying something. The dark haired boy with glasses was the first to speak. "Madam Pomfrey, we have a problem!"

The woman came running and stopped to look over Remus. "He looks fine to me Mister Potter. I see no problem."

"No ma'am, it's not me. It's her." Remus pulled a cloak off of what he was carrying and revealed Ebony in his arms. "She's a werewolf too. We didn't know and she was…"

Sirius finished for him. "She was protecting Lily from Remus. James didn't know who was attacking who and gored her. She's pretty hurt." He clapped Remus on the shoulder, noticing that his friend's gaze was stuck on Ebony's smooth, bloody face.

Madam Pomfrey clucked her tongue as she looked at the girl's face. "She'll be fine. She's a lycanthrope and heals. Mister Lupin, please put her on that first bed there. Thank you." She watched Remus move quickly toward the bed and set the unconscious girl down. "Good, now, I'll give her this potion and she can leave as soon as you do Mister Lupin. I want one of you boys to make sure she takes another dose three hours after tomorrow's sunset as well."

Sirius nodded his head slowly, as if taking the responsibility solely on himself. James, on the other hand, had other things on his mind. "Madam, how is Lily Evans?"

Madam Pomfrey looked up from administering the potion to Ebony's still body and gave James the ghost of a smile. "Miss Evans was fine. She was not bitten or scratched, just shaken up by the experience. It seems she sees our Miss Masters as her savior."

Remus sat down on the bed right beside Ebony and stroked her onyx hair away from her pale skin. "She's going to be okay, right?"

"That's what I said Mister Lupin. Now lie down and get some rest. You both need it." Madam Pomfrey started bustling about, getting together the ingredients to reverse a rather nasty case of the bat bogey hex. James and Sirius, taking the hint, walked out of the hospital wing.

As the door closed, it was met with Sirius's fist. "We almost got those two girls killed. What were we thinking, letting Wormtail watch Moony? How can a rat stop a wolf on a rampage? How bloody stupid are we?" He slammed his other fist into the door and growled deep in his throat.

James cleared his throat softly. 'Actually, it was me who almost got Ebony killed. We can only share the blame for Lily.' "Well mate, at least they're both fine. We can only make sure this doesn't happen again. I'm sure we'll be able to keep the two of them safe now. Let's go find Evans and make sure she's okay."

As the two of them walked away, a figure stepped out of the shadows and laughed sadistically to himself. "Phase one complete. Next up, phase two."

Around three in the afternoon, cerulean eyes opened and stared at a stark white ceiling. 'How in the world did I get here?' She heard someone on the bed beside her shift and noticed that person's breathing quicken as they woke up from their slumber. Looking over, she saw Remus open his golden eyes and blushed despite herself.

Remus awoke slowly and immediately knew that the dark haired girl beside him was awake. He hesitated and then slowly opened his eyes, meeting hers. "Good afternoon, Miss Masters. It's nice… to see you."

Ebony nodded and turned her head. "Well, if you didn't know before, you know now, right? I fully expect the four of you to tell the school by this afternoon and I'll be out by this evening. Don't worry, I'm used to it."

"Ebony, what in the world are you talking about?" Ebony snapped her head around, surprised at Remus's tone on voice. "Why would I get you drummed out? I have the same problem you do. I can't believe you think my friends or I would sell you out."

She took a few moments to digest this new information. "You mean the wolf that I was protecting Lily from was…"

"Me." Remus looked at his hands, suddenly ashamed. "I don't know how you do it, but I don't have control of my mind under the influence of the moon."

Ebony started to say something else when the hospital wing's doors opened and Peter stepped in. His gray eyes widened at the sight of Ebony speaking to Remus but he gained his composure quickly. "Hey guys, what are you two doing?"

Cerulean orbs grew to practically the size of ping pong balls and Ebony whipped her head around to Peter. "Nothing, but I-uh, I have to go. See you two later." Ebony threw off the covers, thanking Merlin that Madam Pomfrey had sent one of her roommates back with some clothes and rushed out of the room.

Remus started to open his mouth to stop her, but his words froze in his throat. Peter shook his head clucking his tongue. "Girls, who can figure them out? What got into her?"

Remus shook his head slowly and settled back against his pillow, looking toward his friend and sighed. "I don't know, Peter. I really don't know."