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Early November~Day of the Full Moon
7:00 am
Great Hall
"Hey Remus?" The young werewolf bristled at the noise that was suddenly in his ear so early in the morning. "Did you get what the last of the four uses of melatonian serum?"
"It was on the page with all the other uses!" Remus barked before continuing to moodily stab his eggs.
"Oh um sorry." Messalina picked up her piece of parchment before she removed herself from the seat beside Remus. James and Sirius watched as she walked right back to the two laughing Prewetts.
The two Marauders exchanged odd looks before continuing to eat, glancing at the brooding werewolf every few minutes. Usually his monthly happenings didn't affect his normal drooling over the brunette, and it was lucky that way, as far as they were concerned she had no idea about his 'furry little problem'.
8:30 am
Ancient Runes Classroom
Remus Lupin sank down into the wooden chair beside Messalina. She didn't even glance at him, instead choosing to stab the desk with her quill angrily. The professor wrote down the pages to complete and without a word Messalina opened her book and began to read, taking notes in her horrible handwriting. Usually she would joke about how terrible it was or about how much she couldn't wait to be out of school and in Egypt, a place she had always wanted to go.
"Lina, what's wrong?"
"Hm? Nothing," She murmured offhandedly before returning to her notes, her eyes never leaving the page.
"So what are you doing this weekend?" Remus attempted at small talk, enough for the girl to smile at him.
"Nothing all that special the twins are going to play a prank on the Astronomy Tower since its the full moon. You know how they all go up there to look at it? Well they're going to have it get really hot in there. Did I tell you that Molly's pregnant again?"
"No I don't think you told me. Tell her I said congrats." Messalina nodded and continued on with her writing.
"I will, they want a girl, but something tells me that it'll be a while before they do. Molls is the first one in the Prewett family in generations and it's been thirty years since the Weasley's have had a girl. Dunno why anyone would want a girl, we're all annoying."
"So you would rather be a boy?" Remus asked slowly giving her an odd look.
"Oh Merlin no, I'd be an absolutely hideous guy. So what are you doing this weekend?"
"My mum's sick, I'm going to visit her tonight."
"Oh Merlin I'm sorry, I'm talking about how ugly of a man I would be and your mum's sick. What's wrong with her?"
"Oh she's got some bad strain of the flu, she'll probably be better soon. She just wants me to be home, my dad's off in the tropics looking for a lethifold that's killed many people."
"Sounds...fun."
"Dad's kind of obsessed with his job." Lina laughed and continued on with her notes half heartedly.
"What's he do?"
"He's an expert on Non-Human Spirituous Apparitions."
"Am I supposed to know what that means?"
"Mr. Lupin, Ms. Lucien do you have something to say to the class?" The plump Professor Dartum called from the front of the room.
"What does an expert on Non-Human Spirituous Apparitions do Professor?" Lina called out and all the Gryffindors in the class laughed and most of the Ravenclaws grumbled about 'stupid Gryffindors'.
"Ms. Lucien unless you want detention tonight, please return to your work." Messalina smirked at the grinning Remus and ducked her head into her book to refrain from laughing.
"Y-yes Professor." The room returned to the quiet it had been before the pair had began talking.
For the rest of the class Remus felt his muscles clenching and unclenching in preparation for that evening and Messalina was too caught up in wondering why Remus, the calm and kind Marauder, had snapped earlier and was perfectly fine now. She didn't cling around him too much did she? She didn't think so but she wasn't 100% sure that she didn't. Maybe she was annoying, maybe he had never liked her and was just sick of her.
But of all the inner turmoil going on, she couldn't figure out why she cared so much. They were just friends, he had never given her any other signals and she had never intentionally acted as though she wanted to be more than friends. Her head ached by the end of the lesson and she had never been so happy to leave.
9:30 pm
Gryffindor Common Room
Confident that the three Marauders could get out of the common room without anyone noticing their departure, they crept down the stairs. Most people had gone up to bed but there were little pockets of people still sitting up talking to one another. Seeing as the Prewett twins had gone up to their room about ten minutes before, the animagi figured there would be no Messalina Lucien to worry about.
About halfway across the common room, a voice piped up from one of the plush armchairs. "Where are you lot off to?"
"Oh hey Lucien, didn't um see you there. How are you?" James asked while Sirius and Peter glanced at each other worriedly.
"Coming down with a cold I think. The twins don't want to be around me in fear of contamination or something."
"Oh sounds interesting." Sirius gave James an annoyed look for making conversation and tried to pull him away.
"Now I'm actually curious." She stated closing her book and standing up, stretching her back. "Where's Lupin?"
"Funny that you'd bring him up, we're going to visit him." Sirius stated with a knowing smirk. "Why Lucien? Wanna become Mrs. Lupin?"
"Ew no! I thought he was going to visit his mother." She gave him a pointed look and walked forward turning her eyes to the petrified Peter Pettigrew.
"He...hasn't left yet!" Peter squeaked.
"I literally watched him leave." She gave them all odd looks before sitting back down and opening her book. "Well go on. I don't want to know what kind of weird kinky stuff the three of you are into. Go on."
The Marauders exchanged relieved looks for a second before shaking their heads and exiting the common room.
8:30 am
Hospital Wing
Messalina yawned as she entered the very pristine hospital wing. It was way to early to be awake on a Saturday and her cold had kept her up the entire night with her coughs and sneezes. She had dreaded even looking in the mirror, her eyes had black circles under them and her hair was an absolute mess. She had hardly even been able to get dressed in a matching outfit, surprisingly her navy blue sweatpants and grey v-neck had been in a pile on the floor and she had merely gotten dressed and hacked her way out the door. The twins were asleep and would be until at least noon when they got too hungry to sleep any longer.
"Madame Pomfrey?" Lina called in her newly nasally voice.
"Ms. Lucien! What can I help you with?" The new nurse bustled out from a bed in the back with curtains around it.
"I have a cold."
"I'll grab you a Pepper-Up Potion, one moment dear." Messalina sat down on a bed as the woman bustled into her office. Not a moment after the door to the office closed the door to the hospital wing opened and she could hear footsteps but saw no one.
"Ow Merlin Peter step on my foot again why don't ya? Why does this happen every time we come to visit Moony?" The unmistakable voice of Sirius Black barked out.
"Sirius?" The footsteps stopped and it grew quiet. "I can hear you by the way."
There was the sound of footsteps once again and the door to the wing closed as Madame Pomfrey's door opened.
"Did you say something Ms. Lucien?"
"No Madame, just singing. Who is behind there?" Lina pointed at the curtained bed.
"A very sick student Ms. Lucien. Now take your potion and get to class."
"Today is Saturday."
"Then back to your common room!" Messalina took the potion and after enduring the painful ear popping left the wing. Once in the corridor she could hear hushed voices but saw no one. Walking towards the voices the brunette reached out and got a handful of material, the whispers stopping. She pulled whatever it was off and was mysteriously shown three fifth years.
"Hello?" Peter whimpered and ducked down below Sirius and James.
"Peter, dear, would you like to tell me what you were doing in the hospital wing?" Messalina fixed him with a glare that would've scared even Remus and Peter squeaked. "Peter, do I have to ask you again?"
"Um what hospital wing?" Messalina's gaze pivoted and she looked down at the material in her hands.
"If you won't tell me I'll go look myself!" She draped the material over herself and just as she went to take a step James pulled it off of her.
"You can't."
"Why not? What could be behind there?"
"Listen, when Remus gets back-" Sirius began but James clasped a hand over his mouth.
"What does Remus have to do with this?" She asked slowly, glancing back at the wing.
"When he gets back you can ask him!" Sirius licked James' hand and James looked at it in disgust.
"What does this have to do with him?' She yelled and there was the sound of someone walking towards them and the door opened revealing an enraged Madame Pomfrey.
"I have a very sick student in here! Do be quiet!" When she returned to the wing Lina turned to them terrified her mind whirling.
The twins are going to play a prank on the Astronomy Tower since it's the full moon.
"My mum's sick, I'm going to visit her tonight."
"A very sick student Ms. Lucien. Now take your potion and get to class."
"Funny that you'd bring him up, we're going to visit him."
"Why does this happen every time we come to visit Moony?"
"Hey Moony wait up!"
"No."
"Listen Lucien-" Sirius began taking a step towards her.
"How long?" Somehow she had managed to keep her voice was shaking and it renewed her confidence.
"What?"
"How long have you known?"
"About what?" James asked cautiously.
"I don't know how I've never seen it before! Moony for Merlin's sakes, he's always sick when its the full moon! How stupid could I have been?"
"Lucien, you can't tell a soul. Not even the twins, do you have any idea of what would happen if this got out?" Sirius barked, James glancing around to make sure no one else had heard their conversation.
"I know what it's like to be alienated Black, don't forget that." Messalina took a step backwards and walked away wiping the tears out of her eyes. Remus Lupin, who was slowly becoming one of best friends, was a werewolf.
Two Days Later
7:00 am
Great Hall
Messalina's head ached. She had kept the secret and her anger bottled up for nearly three days and there was no end in sight. The Marauders had told her nothing of when Remus would return, and from what she remembered it could be days or weeks until he got back from the hospital wing.
The Prewetts hadn't even noticed that anything was wrong, they had, like always received a month's worth of detentions after heating up the Astronomy Tower and had barely even seen the brunette. Any questions they had she brushed off, between the Prewett's detentions and their Quidditch practices they would've been too tired to notice if her gossipy roommate Madeline Shatter was standing naked in the middle of the common room. Well they might've noticed that but they hardly noticed anything.
Lina was halfway through eating her piece of toast when the door opened and the ragged Remus Lupin entered. She watched as he sat down with all his friends and she quickly excused herself from the table and walked calmly over to him sitting down beside him.
"Not here Lucien!" Sirius hissed and the girl turned to the black-haired teenager.
"Do you think I'm too stupid to know that?" She snapped and put her mouth next to Remus' ear. "It's okay, I won't tell anyone." She murmured before getting back up and returning to her seat farther down the table.