Remus sat on his bed in the Hospital wing, sipping a glass of water on his bedside table.
Remus sighed softly and looked at the curtains around him. they were a light blue colour, and he could nearly see the silhouettes of the other people through them.
BANG
Remus squeaked at the sudden noise, and he frowned. three familiar scents wafting from behind the curtains to his nose.
"oh no..." he breathed, his eyes widening.
"what do you three think you're doing!" came the flustered shriek of Madam Pomfry.
"we came to see Remus Lupin"
Remus' heart stopped.
they knew he was here!
Remus immediately stepped off his bed and went to run for it, but before he could, a burning sensation in his shoulder made him freeze.
was it him who screamed? he didn't know. all he knew, is that his shoulder was on fire and he was overcome with bloodthirsty and chaotic thoughts.
Madam Pomfry, James, Sirius, Peter and all the other occupants of the hospital wing jumped and froze as they heard a blood curdling scream.
Pomfry ripped open the curtains and gasped at what she saw.
Remus was screaming and writhing on the floor in pain, ripping at his left shoulder with his hands, lying on the cold marble floor beside his bed.
Remus had long, talon-like claws on each finger. with each rip at his shoulder, he caused himself four or five long, deep slashes in his shoulder, blood going everywhere, his shirt left in bloody tatters.
"SOMEONE HELP ME!" roared Pompfy, pointing at Remus.
James and Sirius lunged at their friend. Sirius restricted Remus' legs, straddling them tightly. Sirius was amazed at how strong Remus was, even through he was rather thin. James grabbed Remus' hands, pulling them above his head.
"OW!" squeaked James, flinching as he felt one of Remus' claws dig into his wrist.
Sirius leant quickly over Remus' writhing body, his legs securely around his friend's, and he yanked the claw out of James' wrist, helping James get a better and less dangerous hold on Remus' hands.
"here!" squeaked Peter, taking out Sirius' wand for him, holding it out.
"NO." roared Sirius, grabbing the wand and stuffing it into his pocket. "we might hurt him." he growled.
Remus was still struggling, but he'd stopped screaming. Sirius stared at the pearly-white fangs what were bared in Remus' mouth.
Madam Pomfry had run off to get some potion, the other occupants of the Hospital wing had fled and/or hidden in pomfry's office.
leaving only Sirius, James, Peter and a struggling Remus.
Remus stopped moving after a while, knowing he can't get anywhere.
James glanced at Sirius. Sirius shook his head. they can't let him go yet. Pomfry wasn't back.
they watched Remus slowly open his mouth, his long fangs glittering in the light.
suddenly, a deafening roar-like growl erupted from Remus' throat that shook the entire castle, Sirius had to squint his eyes. his eardrums felt like they were going to break. he felt Remus' leg muscles squirm under him, as though changing position, density, length.
James squinted over at Pomfry, of whom was running flat out over to them, one hand clapped over an ear, the other hand holding a bottle of clear green liquid.
Pomfry quickly knelt beside the three of them and as Remus stopped roaring and took a breath, she quickly poured the whole bottle of potion down Remus' throat.
((TBC))
