The days after that chat had gone peacefully. The quadrat still had their nightly meetings and named their group as Zoe Sauveur, ZS in short and communicated telepathically during other times to avoid confusion and suspicion.
Everything was normal. The professor insulting himself, causing the Ennea Milites or EM as the group called themselves, courtesy James and Remus; to laugh their heads out, charms was charming and boring at the same time, transfiguration was interesting, potions was going on well for once and the other classes were just the same.
Until it was a week before the full moon. Every single one from the EM could see that Remus was not feeling well and could also discover changes in Harry and Teddy too. "Anything wrong Harry? Are you feeling alright Remus?" James asked.
"Nothing much James. Just a passing cold. It will get better soon." Remus said, not wanting to talk about the other side. The ZS decided that it was the time for them to act upon this and decided to confront Remus that day.
They soon got an opportunity when they found Remus alone in the library. James and Peter were in detention for pranking while Lily and Severus were meeting with Slughorn for the weekly Slug Club meeting.
"Remus" Sirius said, causing the boy to lookup at him. "We want to talk to you in somewhere private" he said and asked Remus to follow him to the ROR, where Harry, Teddy, Harmony and Ron were waiting there.
After the last two had settled own, Remus asked the question. "Why am I here?" "We know Remus." was all Harry said to put Remus on his guard. "You know what?" Remus asked cautiously, afraid that they would hate him now.
"No need to be afraid about that Remus. You are still the same Remus we know and love and do not hate you in any way. Fun Fact: Teddy's dad was a werewolf and seems like even I was bitten by one accidentally not during full moon though." Harry tried to explain.
"Teddy's dad was a werewolf?" Remus asked timidly and the ZS smiled sadly at the innocence he showed. "Remus. Look here. You being a werewolf doesn't mean that you are a monster automatically. There are a few that are good too." Ron said.
"Yes... and we also learnt in America that accepting the wolf helps you better during full moons rather than denying and struggling against it. You get hurt less and the transformations are less painful. You can even share your body with the wolf." Harmony said.
"Really? Will it lessen if I don't fight it?" Remus asked. "Yes it will. We can also help you in this. A secret we only tell you. I am a shape shifter while the other three are animagi. So we can accompany you for this" Harry said.
"But... aren't you too young to be animagi?" Remus asked, confused. "Well... we had accidentally discovered it Remus. We will help you in this but you can't tell this to anyone, especially Dumbledore." Sirius said.
"Why can't I inform anyone?" Remus asked. "Well... it seems Dumbledore was partially why these three were separated you know. I said I sneaked into their conversation right? That was when I heard this. We don't know how much we can trust him. So please don't tell him." Sirius pleaded and Remus agreed, feeling something strange inside him.
The wolf inside him meanwhile was doing a very happy dance, telling that his pack was telling the right thing and two of them smell like cubs and one smells mate. Remus tried to shush it down, not wanting to do anything stupid listening to the wolf right then.
"Alright then. I agree with your conditions. How will you follow me though? The place is literally tough to get through..." Remus asked. "We have our own ways Remmy. We will help you in this positively. Now we need to part. The trio seems to be wanting to talk about some family matters so... why don't we go to the library to wait for the others?" Sirius asked and led Remus away.
"Finally! We can accompany Remus now and he won't be left alone. Want to have a small chat with Molly on the updates of the secret Potter and Fred?" Harmony asked as she pulled out her mirror. "Show me Molly Weasley" Harmony said and a minute later, Molly's face appeared.
"Hello dears! How is school going on?" Molly asked. "Going great Molly. Got introduced to Fabian and Gideon. Just like Fred and George they are. And the classes are also going on well. To the main topic. Fred and Lavender? Any clues about Marlene?" Ron asked.
"Just rescued Fred and Lavender and admitted them into St. Mungos. Healers say that they are in temporary coma from all the torture. Regulus is declared alive now. Still in search of Marlene though. No clue and they say no lady Potter has come into inheritance apart from Harmony." Molly said.
"Some progress then. Others are at Mungos then? Hope the two recover soon though. Maybe they might be a little crazy or withdrawn... just support them and don't force them to say anything. About time for dinner now so we have to cut the connection. Keep in touch Molly!" Harry said and turned it off.
"Thank goodness Fred and Lavender are alive!" Harmony exclaimed. "Though they won't be the same for some time 'Mione. They will be mentally scarred and if they have creatures and have gone through what I think they went through then..." Harry shivered at the thoughts.
"You are talking as if you know what happens Harry... what happened?" Ron asked. "I would rather not say it guys. Not right now anyways. Almost time for dinner guys. We told we would meet up with the others soon." Harry said, changing the topic.
So did the week go by. Harry and Teddy were going a little cranky and could only calm down when they were with each other or Remus, but no one minded it or questioned when Teddy suddenly started to cry or when Harry suddenly snapped at others.
Finally the day arrived. Remus was not found the whole day, he had said that his mother was very sick and had to visit her, which everyone thought was a normal reason. When the sun started to set, the others quickly ate their dinner and said that they had received a message from Hagrid to meet him.
The others just continued with whatever they were doing while the ZS quickly went to the Shrieking Shack to help out Remus. They had been trying to give Remus some tips and lessons on how to communicate with his wolf to understand it better and it surprisingly went well.
The four of them quickly calmed down Remus and changed into their respective forms: Harry shifted between a wolf and a dog before settling on the wolf, Harmony was a chimpanzee and Ron was a horse while Sirius was well... Padfoot. Teddy on the other hand sprouted two wolf ears and a dog tail.
Remus soon started to shift. His bones cracked as they elongated, he started stretching very painfully and started to scream lightly, the pain was still there but it had lessened when he started to communicate with his wolf.
Soon, the screams turned into howls, causing Padfoot to bark and Harry joined the howling. This totally scared the people near Hogsmeade, who from then on named the Shack to be haunted.
Remus, now in his werewolf form, slowly looked around, sensing and each person in the room for threats and then started to nudged Padfoot playfully, causing him to whine. He then moved on to wrestle with Harry, who found it fun.
He was intrigued when he looked at Teddy though as he looked like a wolf, dog and human at the same time. He was examining him thoroughly and smelled him closely, causing the baby to giggle slightly at the ticklish sensations and touched the snout of the wolf, which immediately leaned into the touch
Remus, who was sharing his mind now, though Moony was still dominant felt some strange feelings from the bonds. The wolf was thinking Sirius as its Omega and Harry, Harmony, Ron and Teddy as its cubs. Remus found it strange, but didn't question it yet as he didn't understand it clearly yet.
Soon, Moony had grown accustomed to everyone and wanted to get out on a hunt or at least for a run. The others readily obliged and they went out into the woods together, roaming and exploring its wonders until they started to feel tired and exhausted.
They returned to the shack and dropped to sleep, Teddy who had been hanging onto Harry all through the run was now cuddling with Moony, his excitement had also tired him out and fell asleep immediately.
Moony was still slightly intrigued by the cub. He had a very familiar scent on him and so did Harry and the others but for now he passed it off as the scent coming from them spending a long time with him.
They all settled down to sleep, tired form the day's events. The next morning, Harry was the first one to wake with Ron and Harmony, having a feeling that someone will be coming there to check on Remus soon.
They quickly woke up Sirius and Teddy and took them to the Gryffindor tower quickly after leaving a coded letter to Remus. They managed to avoid everyone, thanks to the map and made it to the tower before anyone woke up.
They quickly showered and dressed up and then took advantage of the sleeping Gryffindors and cast a memory charm on them to slightly change their memories about what happened last night.
As they had suspected, Dumbledore had come to escort Remus to the hospital wing and he was surprised to see the boy with a smile on his face as he slept on without any scratches in the wake.
Just to be sure, he took him to the hospital wing after waking him up to check for any injuries, only to be confirmed by Poppy that he had non and he was released to continue his classes for the day.
Remus was a little sad that the four of them had left, not even waking him up, but after reading the letter, he laughed and chuckled at letter written and went to the dorms, only to be bombarded by questions on how he was feeling and so on.
So... this became a normal routine later on. Every month, they made up excuses or used memory charms to slightly to alter the memories but the group started suspecting Remus even if they don't suspect the EM for anything.
Life was peaceful with the regular discussions between the ZS, chatting with their friends and the updates they received from them (Fred and Lavender haven't broken out of the coma yet), discovering that Regulus had a slight memory loss, the constant peaceful yet funny pranks... you can imagine.
That was until Halloween though. It was then things started to change from good to worse. When had Harry ever had a peaceful year and how could he expect this to be different from the usual? After all, he is a living magnet for trouble with his trio!
A/N: There you go the 18th chapter of the book. Hope you all liked it! It is short compared to the other ones but... what can I do? Oops! Forgot about the quidditch! Will do it in the next chapter, I promise that one. All comments and criticism accepted and appreciated.
Thank you all for reading!
Rasi10 signing off
Published on 11 August 2018