"night of the full moon"

Disclaimer: I do not own Remus, or Sirius, or anything for that matter.

Chapter 2: let me show you how I feel

Sirius' POV

It was a long, cold, boring night with James on our secret mission. We sat in a trench, waiting for Voldemort and his supporters. It turned out that our contact was wrong and we wasted a night. I felt horrible; we could have been with Remus. I just hoped he was okay.

I arrived at James' house at about 8:00 AM. We had a nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage and kippers. I was getting edgy when the subject of Remus finally came up.

"Yeah, I visited him last night." Said Lily.

"How did he seem?" James inquired.

"He was all right, almost normal, until the sun began to set. Then he was in a lot of pain and I decided to leave."

"I just hope he did okay." James replied.

I was frozen, for some reason, I had a feeling he wasn't okay. I think Remus and I had a connection because we were such close friends. I could finish his sentences and he mine, it seemed as though we were thinking the same thoughts a lot of the time, we even had the same taste in women. I went out with Mary for a while but she ended up choosing Remus over me. But we didn't let that get between us. And right now, I could tell something was wrong.

"Guys, I'm gonna go check on Remus, okay?"

"All right," said James. "Call us if it's bad and you need help."

"I only hope I won't have to." Sirius muttered as he put his coat on and shut the door behind him.

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Remus' POV

I woke up and was only vaguely aware of where I was and what had happened. I was in a pain-induced daze. I saw a large hole in the wall and when I felt pain in my left leg, I realized I must have tried to kick through the wall. I also saw my wrist hanging at a weird angle. As I stared at it, trying to fathom what had happened through my foggy gaze, I heard someone apparate outside my door.

"Remus?" a voice called. "Remus ol' boy?"

It was Sirius, but I was too weak to answer. And I couldn't do anything to let him in. I just hoped the charm on the door had ended. It had. I heard Sirius burst in. Then I realized there had been a charm on my bedroom door as well.

He began pounding on the door. "Remus? Remus, are you in there? What did you do to the door??"

He sounded frantic. Just then I got a pain in my abdomen and let out a little scream of anguish.

"Remus? Remus, hold on!"

I doubled over and retched onto the floor. "Remus?? I'm coming!" he kicked his way through the hole I had begun, ran in and rubbed my back as my stomach heaved.

"It's okay Remmy, it's okay."

I calmed down and leaned into his chest, silent tears of pain running down my face.

"Oh Remus, don't cry. Then I'll cry!"

"I'm sorry Padfoot." I croaked.

"Don't talk. How long does the charm on the door last?"

"I don't know…I…."

"Don't tell me you don't know! We have to get you out!"

I cried harder and he apologized. "I'm sorry, I don't want you to die."

My vision began to go black. I thought it was the end. "Padfoot…."

"Remus, what?" he gasped. He had seen the pool of blood near my leg. "We have to get you to St. Mungo's."

"They won't take me."

"Why not?"

"I'm a monster." I heard him scoff. "They think I am."

"You are not a monster," he said, sounding as though he was coming down with a cold. My vision was going, and it sounded like his voice was coming through a badly tuned radio. I passed out.

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Sirius' POV

I couldn't believe the size of the pool of blood by Remus' leg. Suddenly, he passed out. I was taken by surprise. I groped around for his wrist, hoping against hope he was okay. I found it and it was hanging, unattached to the rest of his arm. I dropped it and grabbed the other one. There was a pulse. It was slow and faint though and I knew I had to get him to St. Mungo's. I was rather tired from our long night in a damp trench, but I clutched Remus tight and with all the strength I could muster, apparated with him.

We arrived at St. Mungo's in a matter of 2 seconds. It was utter chaos. There were people with frostbite and broken noses and injuries of all kinds. I made my way through the crowd carrying Remus and up to the front desk. It was hard to keep Remus' flopping head from hitting things along the way but I took extra care to keep him out of danger's way.

"Excuse me, could I get a doctor for this man? Quickly, please."

The woman looked at me skeptically. "Name?"

"Remus Lupin, that's him."

She put his name into a computer with her wand and her eyes widened when she saw whatever was on the screen.

"What? Can you take him?"

"I'm sorry, no."

"But, why?"

"Sir, this man is a werewolf."

"So?"

A/N: I am really proud of this chapter. I hope you liked it. Please review and keep reading!