"I don't think she is happy with you." Said a voice from across the common room. I shrugged a bit, not looking over, keeping my eyes on the fire.
"Probably not. Only negative thing is that I'm sharing a dorm with her and she will probably kill me soon." I told them. They laughed a bit.
"Sucks to be you." He said. I rolled my eyes a bit and looked over. It was Sirius Black, the one that Remus is sharing a dorm with. He came across the common room, leaving James Potter and Peter Pettigrew for a couple of seconds. "I happen to be related to the insane person you share a room with." He told me.
"I think it sucks to be you a bit more then." I said. He was about to say more, but then Remus walked in and quickly ran over to me.
"Why did you say that to Capella Black?!" Remus said, ignoring the looks he was getting from other people.
"It kind of just fell out. If she continued I probably would've punched her, so I think it is good that I said that instead." I told him. He sighed and collapsed next to me on the couch.
"You are dead." He said. I laughed a bit.
"Whatever, I got a Dashia to kill her if she kills me." I told him. Sirius had walked back to James Potter and Peter Pettigrew. Remus laughed a bit and sat up.
"I guess." Remus said. I debated on asking why he had to speak with McGonagall. I decided not to, trying to respect his privacy, but Remus somehow realized I wanted to. "She wanted to speak about going home once a month. Thanks for not asking, though." Remus said nervously. I looked at him.
"I wasn't going to, you know?" I to him. He shrugged.
"You wanted to, though. Don't say you didn't." Remus said. I rolled my eyes a bit and he laughed.
"Oh shut up. I'm not going to my dorm until Lily and Dashia come. I'm pretty sure Black is plotting my death." I told him. He seemed relieved I didn't ask anymore questions about his talk with McGonagall. Soon, Dashia and Lily came into the common room. They had the exact same reaction to what I said as Remus. They asked Remus and he said the same thing he said to me. Over the next couple of weeks, Halloween was coming closer. Remus got the nickname Loony/Loopy Lupin due to Black and other Slytherins. Black had started becoming more of a jerk towards Dashia, Remus, Lily, and I. Dashia was close to killing her and I am bound to punch her one of these days. Somehow, she managed to get on Slytherin's good sides. Probably because of her sister, Bellatrix Black. Remus left once a month, and I couldn't help but notice that it was during the full moon single time. He looked dreadful a few days before, disappeared for two or three days, then came back looking dreadful for the next few days. I couldn't help but worry about him. One day, when he was leaving the common room, I couldn't resist stand-in up and following him out of the common room. "Remus." I said. He turned around.
"Hey Quinn, what is it?" Remus said. I tried to think of what to say. Why do you leave during the full moon? No. Not that. You look horrible. Definitely not that. Are you ok? Yeah, sounds good.
"Are you ok? You don't look well." I told him. He sighed a sigh of relief.
"I'm fine Quinn, I was actually just about to go to the Hospital Wing." Remus said. I nodded and turned back to the Fat Lady. "Thanks." He said quietly. I turned back around to say something, but he was already walking away. I told the Fat Lady the password and went to my dorm. I fell asleep and the next morning I quickly woke up and rushed to get ready. I was as quiet as possible, not wanting to wake Lily or Dashia(I didn't care if I woke up Black), since it was the weekend and they deserved sleep. However, I had started thinking about Remus last night. I just need to do a bit of reading to maybe prove my theory. I grabbed some quill and parchment from my trunk and went down to the common room. I wrote down a couple of notes and then went to the library. I grabbed the first book I saw related to the topic: All You Need to Know: Werewolves. I sat down at a table and started reading. The more I read, the more my theory seemed accurate. Is Remus a werewolf? I stayed in the library for hours reading different books I found. I read about Werewolf prejudice and that explained why Remus wouldn't tell anyone. This is probably what McGonagall wanted to talk to him about, where Remus would go for his transformations. I read more and soon came across how painful it is to transform. I suddenly felt worse for Remus. How does an eleven year old boy do this once a month? I sighed as I stood up. I went back to the common room and grabbed a book from my dorm. I went back down to the common room and started to read. I was able to for about five minutes, but then tons of people came into the common room. I sighed a but and stayed in the corner, trying to read. However, then I saw James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew, looking mischievously over the crowd of people. I stood up and left the common room, not wanting to be affected by whatever prank they were about to play on someone. I decided to sit outside and then continue reading. Suddenly, someone jumped to sit next to me.
"Why haven't I seen you all day?" The familiar voice of Dashia asked. I turned and saw Dashia sitting next to me, Lily standing behind her. I shrugged a bit.
"I've been in the library." I told them both, looking back down at my book. I continued to read, when Dashia snatched my book. "Hey!" I said. She laughed a bit and stood on her toes and held the book above her head. "Curse tall people…" I said. I tried jumping for it, but she would just jump with me.
"You will get your book back once you have eaten. You don't need to read anymore about magical creatures anyway." Dashia said. I sighed and fell on the ground. "I know, it is the end of the world. You can't read." She told me. I glared at her.
"I will be in the library then." I said. I stood up and started to walk away, but Lily grabbed my arm.
"Nope. Food time. Come on, it is almost time for dinner." Lily said, pulling me in the opposite direction. I sighed a bit, but allowed her to do so. I guess I was a bit hungry. We got to the Great Hall and it was time to eat. As soon as we were able to have food, Dashia dived in. I rolled my eyes a bit and grabbed some food. I ate the food and looked at Dashia.
"Can I have my book now?" I asked. She sighed and gave it to me. "Thank you." I told her. I then turned my attention back to my book. I continued reading. I read for a couple minutes, planning to read until Lily and Dashia were finished. Then something hit me in the back, knocking the air out of me. Once my breath came back, I turned to see Black smirking at me. I glared at her, then turned back to my book.
"Hey!" Dashia called after her. My head landed on the table.
"Leave it alone, Dashia." I mumbled. I heard Dashia stand up.
"That didn't work." I heard Lily mumble. I looked up and saw Dashia marching over to Black.
"She is going to get herself in detention." I said. I saw Lily nod. I stood up, but Lily pulled me back down.
"You will get in trouble instead or maybe both of you will." Lily told me.
"Rather it be me than her." I told Lily. She sighed and let go. I stood up and walked over to Dashia. I grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back a bit.
"Quinn." Dashia said. "Let go of my shoulder."
"Sorry, I don't want you to have detention. I told her. She threw my hand off and continued walking. I frowned a bit and ran after her. I jumped in front of her. "Dashia. Come on. Let's just eat, leave it be. She wants a reply, it gives her satisfaction knowing she is annoying you." I told Dashia. Dashia looked at me and then back Black, then to me. She sighed and went back to sit down. I smiled at her once we got to our seats. She smiled a bit at me and I grabbed my book and stood up. "I think I'm done for tonight, I'm going back to the dorm. Dashia, don't do anything rash, Lily, stop her from doing what she is going to try and do." I said. Dashia rolled her eyes and Lily laughed a bit. Lily nodded at me and I left. On my way back to the common room, I ran into Remus, who was heading in the same direction. "Hey Remus!" I said. He turned around and saw me. He did not look well. I debated on asking him. Now would be a good time, when no one else was around.
"Hey Quinn." Remus said. He slowed down a bit and let me catch up to him.
"Can we talk?" I asked. Remus nodded. I was about to say something, but he stopped me.
"Wait. Not here. I have this weird feeling someone else is here." Remus said. I nodded. We walked quietly back to the common room and a couple seconds after, Remus' suspicions became true. We told the Fat Lady the password, walked into the common room, and then I felt something against my back. Remus had his wand out almost as soon as it had happened and turned around quickly. I looked behind me and saw Capella Black. "Blacl." Remus said cautiously.
"What? Am I not allowed to be in my own common room? Go away now little freak." Black said. I started to move away, but she had my cloak gripped.
"Actually, Remus and I were just about to have a talk, so I would appreciate it if you let go of me and put your wand down." I said. She let go of me, but her wand did not lower. Since she let go, I quickly turned around and backed up next to Remus. I didn't do anything except grab hold of my wand, but I didn't have it raised like Remus and Black.
"Come on, Marley, hit me. I dare you. I know more spells than you both combined." Black said. Remus let out something that sounded similar to a growl.
"Want to bet?" Remus said angrily. Black smirked. That isn't a good sign. I raised my wand.
"Expelliarmus!" Sarah said. Remus' wand flew behind him. He quickly tried to grab it, Black stopped him. "Petrificus Totalus!" She exclaimed. Remus fell to the ground and I quickly went over to him.
"Are you serious?! You are going to get detention for attacking another student." I told at her. She just laughed.
"Silly, no one will know." Black said. I glared at her. Then I focused back on Remus. I tried to remember what the spell was. It was a counterspell to the spell. Then I remembered it. I pointed my wand at Remus' chest.
"Rennervate." I said quietly. Remus sat up almost immediately. "Are you ok?" I asked, helping him up. He nodded as I handed him his wand.
"Let's talk in my dorm, I'm sure we can get away with it." Remus said. I nodded. I looked back at Black, who looked surprised that I knew the charm.
"How'd you know that?" She asked. I shrugged.
"I read. You should probably learn how to." I told her. She glared at me, but lowered her wand. I followed Remus to his dorm. He sat on his bed and I sat against his bed.
"So what did you need?" Remus asked. I thought about how to phrase it, and then decided to start with smaller questions than 'Are you a werewolf?'
"I was just wondering if you knew about some dangerous magical creatures maybe. I am just interested." I asked, turning to face him. He looked suspicious.
"Tell me what you actually need." He said. I sighed.
"Do you know how to put a silencing charm on your dorm maybe?" I asked. He nodded. A couple seconds after both of us just looking at each other, he quickly grabbed his wand. He did what I asked, and turned back to me. "Do you know what a… um… werewolf is?" I asked. He stiffened. He nodded cautiously. "So they transform once a month during the full moon, right?" I said. He nodded again. "I think we can both agree that the prejudice against werewolves in the wizarding world is horrible, I'm sure not all of them are horrible. Some of them may just be small children and they still get in trouble for it. It isn't their fault, I would want them to know that. But stupid wizarding world prejudice, am I right?" I said. Remus nodded. I could see he was tense, but less tense than he was a couple seconds ago before I started talking about how I hate the hate against werewolves. "Just wondering, do you have any idea where I'm going with this?"
"I have somewhat of an idea, but I don't want to jump to conclusions." Remus said. I nodded.
"So can I just straight out ask the question?" I asked. He nodded. "Are you a werewolf, Remus? I won't hate you if you are, and I would never turn you into the ministry." I told him. He didn't answer for a couple minutes, just looked to his side. "I'm telling you Remus, I knew something was off since the second day you left. I noticed it was always near the full moon that you didn't look well and then you would leave the night of the full moon. You don't have to confirm my theories if you don't want to, but I couldn't just keep to myself and refused to tell anyone. Besides McGonagall, I assumed she already knew along with the rest of the staff." I told him. He looked up at me.
"So you won't hate me?" He asked. I nodded. He looked confused. "But why? I mean, I'm a monster. I could kill someone." He frowned and looked to the side. I stood up and walked to the side of the bed he was looking at.
"But you yourself, not a werewolf, wouldn't ever do that. Not on purpose, anyway." I said. He smiled a bit. He turned to me and leaned forward a bit. He hugged me and I hugged back. I laughed a bit after we separated. "Here you are, secret of being a werewolf, and then there is me with the stupidest secret in the world…" I said. Remus tilted his head in confusion.
"And what is that?" He asked. I looked towards the door. "No ones coming. I would either hear them or smell them. When my roommates are close, I will tell you." He said. I nodded. I reached to take off my wig. I took it off from the back, and when it came fully off, Remus looked slightly surprised. "So you are a metamorphmagus?" He said. I nodded my head.
"Yep. I can control the animal part. Hair on the other hand..." I said.
"Can I have a color key?" Remus asked. I laughed a bit and shook my head. "You should just let people see."
"I don't like people being able to read me too easily. My hair changes due to my emotion." I said. Remus was about to say something, but instead, waved his wand, pulled me into his bed, and shut the curtains around us. I opened my mouth to say something, but he moved a finger to his mouth. Two seconds later I heard the door of the dorm open.
"Seems like Loopy is already asleep." I head the familiar voice of Peter Pettigrew say. I saw a tint of red in my hair.
"Seems so. Probably needs it, to be honest." I heard James Potter say. I knew that hair was probably now a mix of red and purple.
"Hey, stop being loud. He is asleep. Also, don't be so rude. He is just like us, he just seems a bit… not normal." I heard Sirius Black say. I saw Remus smile a bit. I continued listening.
"Whatever. I have no idea why you are interested in him. It is getting creepy, mate." Potter said. I heard a sigh.
"I'm going to sleep. Goodnight." Pettigrew told them. They told him goodnight, but continued talking for a bit about future pranks. They had become the pranksters of the school over the past couple of weeks, but I had some ideas up my sleeve. Finally, after ten minutes, they went to bed. After another five minutes, Remus and I snuck out of the dorm. Once we were out, he handed me the wig. I smiled at him and left to my dorm. I opened the door slowly and quietly went in.
"Where have you been? Do you know how long past curfew it is?" Lily whispered. I shut the door, not answering.
"Shut up Evans." I heard Black say. My head turned quickly to her bed and I saw her sitting in it, reading with her wand lit so she could see.
"You aren't supposed to use magic, Black." I said. She didn't say anything back. I rolled my eyes and got in bed. I fell asleep without much trouble.