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Chapter 4

Dangerous Intentions

The day was getting darker, and Sirius got more anxious. Tonight his plan would be put into action. The young man had to admit that it was dangerous, but Snape definitely deserved what was coming to him. He hadn't told anyone of his plan except for James. James said he had detention that night so he wouldn't be able to make it to tonight's excursion.

A few days earlier, when Sirius first started his revenge on Snape, he sent a note to him saying casually that if Snape wanted to see what Remus did once a month, to go to the Whomping Willow and some added direction. Snape had always been curious about Remus' absences each month. He was just so nosy. And Snape thought that he was so smart.

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It was pitch black now. The full moon was rising. Two figures moved quietly across the land before Hogwarts. They were headed for the Whomping Willow, a tree that hit anything that moved if it came its way. One of the figures stopped.

"Severus, are you sure this is such a good idea? The Whomping Willow is dangerous," Ami said. When Snape had mentioned to her what he was up to, several red flags went up in her mind. She hadn't thought of Snape as reckless, but he seemed so keen on exploring whatever secrets the Whomping Willow held. Dissuading Snape still hadn't worked so Ami decided to come with him. There was no sense in letting him go alone.

"If you didn't want to come, you can go back, Ami. Besides, it may be better for you to do so. This kind of thing doesn't concern you anyway," Snape told her, his voice cool. Ami sighed. She didn't even know what Snape was doing. He was so vague about it, Ami couldn't help but worry. What if it was some kind of trick? Ami shook her head.

"Sorry, never mind. Just forget I said anything," Ami murmured. Snape rolled his eyes and continued on with Ami right behind him. As they approached even closer to the Whomping Willow, Snape stopped. His eyes scanned for the knot in the tree's trunk. He pointed his wand at it and muttered something. Instantly, the Whomping Willow stopped waving around its wild branches that had swayed only slightly in the night wind. Ami watched it with surprise. How did Snape know how to do that? Before she could ask, Snape had grabbed her hand and together they climbed into the tunnel that had opened.

The tunnel seemed a like a small cave. It was dark, damp, and cold.

"Lumos," the two whispered. Light flickered onto their wands as they walked on. They could hear moans and growling. It got even louder when they came closer to the end of the tunnel.

"It sounds like someone in pain," Ami thought fearfully, "Is there someone down here?"

She unconsciously moved ahead of Snape, curious about the sounds. They really did sound like someone was in pain.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" came a loud scream echoed, pain obviously evident in its voice. Ami's heart quickened. She started to break into a run.

"Severus, what if someone's hurt over there!" Ami asked him desperately. She ran ahead of him. Snape followed after Ami, also quickening his pace. He saw Ami go through the end.

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"Sirius, you idiot," James muttered. He was in the tunnel going after Snape. When Sirius had told him of his plan for Snape, James didn't know how to react. Sure, he hated Snape with a passion, but having the prospect of the greasy-haired teenager finding out Remus' secret of being a werewolf or getting killed were not very good options to him. He lied to Sirius about having detention. He waited until Peter and Sirius left for the Whomping Willow, then took out the Marauders Map to search for Snape. Snape had just gotten outside, and James' eyes widened when he noticed a name right next to Snape's. It was Ami's. Her life was in danger as well. James started after them immediately.

He was getting closer and saw a figure at the end of the tunnel's. It was Snape. He was going to go through the end of the tunnel. That's where Remus was. Mind racing, James ran faster. His arms reached up and grabbed Snape from behind. The door to the tunnel's end closed as James dragged the struggling Snape up to the surface.

"Potter, let go of me," Snape snarled. James held onto tighter. They were almost there.

"Shut up!" James yelled. He was so shaken up by everything going on so fast that he forgot that Ami was still in the tunnel.

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Ami had entered the tunnel's end. She had turned up in what looked like a room in a house.

"Where am I?" she wondered. And the first sight she saw was a half-transforming Remus.

"R-Remus?" Ami whispered. It was him doing all the moaning and groaning. Remus was in pain. Ami could feel Snape behind him, but she wasn't paying attention anymore. Remus was a werewolf. She started to take a few steps toward him. She didn't even hear the door close behind her.

"S-Stay b-back," Remus groaned out agonizingly. Ami did so. She watched as Remus transformed into a werewolf. Ami's heart clenched in fear. The back of her hands felt for the opening in the tunnel. Her hands met the door. Her mind raced as she remembered what she had read and learned about werewolves. In werewolf form, that person was no longer of their own mind. Instead, their mind was of a werewolf, wild and bestial. Very dangerous to humans.

Ami watched as Remus' werewolf form growled a little from the transformation. It shook it off and snorted. Ami was frozen on the spot. She was scared. The werewolf suddenly picked up a scent that was foreign to it. He turned its head and stared directly at Ami. He sniffed a bit more and growled. He knew it was a human smell. That meant fresh meat. Remus bared his sharp teeth at Ami.

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Sirius could hear Peter squeak frantically and it was really annoying him. Both teens were in their animagus form. In their animal forms, the two could stay with Remus in his werewolf form. Sirius was a dog, Peter a rat, and James a stag. Since James wasn't with them tonight, Sirius boredly found himself staying in the corner of the room, his face to the wall. He was waiting for Snape to show up. He wanted to see his face when he showed up. But of course since no one knew that the Marauders were animagi, it would be good if Snape didn't see any of the others.

Sirius barked back a reply. Was Snape already here? Peter's squeaking told otherwise. He was squeaking about somebody else. Confused, Sirius turned his attention to Remus and the victim. Sirius was horrified to see that it was Ami. She looked terrified and was shaking. Her back was to the door that led to the tunnel. Remus growled at her and bared his teeth.

"This isn't what I wanted," Sirius thought. He hadn't put into account that Snape would bring Ami with him. Remus lunged at Ami. She screamed as moved out of the way. She hadn't moved fast enough for Remus' claws had ripped through the shoulder of her robes. Blood gushed out. Sirius barked and got in front of Ami. He growled at Remus and revealed his teeth as well. Peter climbed onto Remus' face to distract him. Remus threw the rat off and lunged for Ami again. This time Sirius was ready and jumped forward. The two raged in a fight of biting and scratching. Ami took a few deep breaths. Her mind still felt cloudy and shaken. That black dog had saved her. The dog whined as the werewolf bit into his neck. Without thinking and her wand forgotten, Ami took out her Senshi transformation pen.

"Mercury Star Power!" she exclaimed. In an instant, she had transformed into Sailor Mercury. How long had it been since she was in this uniform?

"Mercury Bubble Freeze!"

Remus had let go of Sirius' neck as a blast of ice hit him square on the chest. It froze him securely to the floorboards. At least for the time being. The black dog limped over to Ami. She petted it gently before looking at Remus.

"I'm sorry, Remus," Ami whispered, "Mercury Bubble Blast!"

Bubbles covered every square inch of the room. Only Ami could see through. She urged the dog to come with her as she felt her way to the door. When she found it, Ami quickly opened it and went through it. She closed right after and detransformed. She and the dog walked a little ways to reach the surface. But Ami took the time to catch her breath. She fell to her knees tiredly. Pain seared through her shoulder instantly. Ami winced. The dog looked at her and whined. It licked at her injured shoulder. Ami smiled a little as she petted him.

"You saved me. Thank you. But you have injuries as well, don't you?" she asked. She looked over the dog. It had bite marks all over, but the worst one was on his neck. Ami took out her wand and started to nurse Sirius' wounds while ignoring her own.

"Ami!" two voices called. Ami looked up. Sirius took the time to leave.

"Severus," Ami murmured. Once James brought Snape up, it was then that they were without Ami. Ami got up and looked around for the dog. But it was no where to be seen.

"Where did it go?"

Ami reached the top of the tunnel where she met James and Snape. She hugged Snape. James urged them to go back into the Hogwarts castle, shaking slightly.

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"You realize that what you two have done must be kept quiet," Dumbledore told them gravely. Ami and Snape stood before him in his office. Ami's shoulder had been bandaged by Madam Pomfrey, and then they had to go to Dumbledore since he probably already knew.

"Yes sir," they answered in unison.

"It's good that you were only left with minor injuries, Miss Mizuno for since Remus was in his complete werewolf form, he could have done far more worse,"

"Yes sir. I know," Ami replied quietly.

"As punishment for this, I'm giving you both two weeks worth of detention."

"Yes Professor,"

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The first thing James did when he saw Sirius come into their dorm was punch him square in the face. Sirius groaned as he fell back on his bed. Just what he needed to all the other injuries.

"You idiot!" James yelled, "Do you realize what you've done!"

Sirius glared at James, blood dripping from his nose. He wiped it away carelessly with his sleeve.

"I do. Leave me alone, James,"

"No! You put two lives in danger of getting attacked by a fully grown werewolf! Ami was almost-,"

"Ami is fine! She only got a scratch on her shoulder!" Sirius argued. James groaned angrily as he paced their room. He kicked someone's trunk(probably Sirius') hard.

"Ami could have come out much worse than that wound on her shoulder. Do you even know how much danger you put Remus in? You know in his other form that he can't control himself. And yet you still sent out for Snape! Think a little more, Sirius!"

"Look, I know what I did was wrong! And I'm sorry!"

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to,"

"Fine!" Sirius yelled. He opened the door to the dorm and slammed it closed. James sighed as he sunk into his bed. Peter had fallen right to sleep.

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After their talk with Dumbledore, Ami and Snape made their separate ways. Ami made a decision to visit Remus. She wondered if Madam Pomfrey would let her see him.

"I hope he's all right," she thought.

When she entered, nobody else was in there except for one bed covered by curtains. Ami headed to that one. She was kind of scared to open the curtain for the reason that it might not be Remus or that he may not want to see visitors.

"Um, Remus?" Ami said quietly. She heard a slight groan.

"A-Ami?" came a quivering voice. It belonged to Remus. He sounded so scared like a little boy. Ami opened one of the curtains and went in. Remus looked so sickly and pale. He lay on the bed with bandages on his arms, his face, etc. Ami took a seat next to his bed. She touched his hand, and he quickly recoiled.

"H-How can you bear to be near me?" he asked in a small voice. Tears started to fill his eyes. "I could have killed you or turned you into a werewolf,"

Gently, Ami took his arm into both of her hands.

"What I did was stupid. I shouldn't have been where I was last night, but I don't hate you, Remus. How could I?"

"Didn't you see me, Ami? I'm a werewolf. In the wizarding world, werewolves are treated like they're monsters. And they're right. I am a monster," Remus replied quietly. Ami stood up and looked him in the eye.

"No, you're not," she said firmly, "You're not ruled by being a werewolf, Remus. You're Remus Lupin first before anything else, "she started in a calmer tone, "You were one of the first friends I made when I came here. You're a beautiful person, Remus. And I love you for that. If you think I would reject you for being a werewolf, then, you're wrong. I love you just the way you are," Ami smiled. Tears of her own started to trickle down her cheeks. Remus made a grab for her and hugged Ami tightly. He was sobbing now.

"Thank you, Ami. Thank you so much," Remus whispered, "I'm sorry," Ami winced slightly at her shoulder, but smiled. She didn't know why Remus needed to apologize to her for anything, but she kept quiet and patted Remus' back soothingly.

When the two let go, the two smiled at one another. Remus gently placed a bandaged hand over hers.

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It was midnight when Sirius came to visit Remus. He had taken James' invisibility to visit his sickly friend. For the rest of the day, he had been brooding under the tree, slept a little, stared at the lake. He had circles under his eyes when Remus saw him.

"Sirius, what in world?" Remus whispered as he yawned.

"Look Remus, I've thought about it good and hard. I was stupid to have Snape find out your secret-,"

"It's okay, Padfoot. James came to see me and told me about it,"

"Are you angry, too?"

"I should be. But I'm not. But you're right about being stupid,"

Sirius nodded.

"I deserved that,"

"Ami came to see me," Remus smiled at him. Sirius looked surprised. Ami knew, too. But Remus didn't look so upset.

"And?"

"She didn't reject me," Remus whispered. He sounded as if he was still trying to believe it himself. He sounded so giddy. Sirius saw how happy his friend was and smiled slightly.

"Ami is a nice girl," Sirius nodded.

"Yeah, she is,"

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(Present Day)

It was noon and Sunny still hadn't come out of her room. Sirius stood in front of the door for what seemed like the longest time. He couldn't help but listen to his daughter's sobs. She was in pain just like him. He really had gone too far. And he was being an idiot for not realizing it soon. It took Sunny to help him see.

"I'm sorry, Sunny," he whispered. He knew she couldn't hear him, but he really was. He knew now that he had to shape up for his kids. His kids. He didn't just have Sunny. Sirius also now had Brayden, Jason, Daniel, and Fletcher, the little boys Ami adopted the year he escaped from Azkaban. Sirius remembered the boys to be rambunctious and loud like loads of kids their age, but after Ami's death, they had changed. They were more withdrawn and quiet. They usually kept their heads down. They were in pain, too.

Sirius came down stairs and went into the living room. The couch and floor were still cluttered with Ami's letters. Remus had left for a little while, promising to be back with food and his kids. Sirius carefully picked each letter up and when they were all neatly collected, he set them down on the table. One letter caught his eye. The envelope was different than the rest. It was also addressed as "My dearest Sirius."

Settling into the couch, Sirius snatched up the envelope and took out the letter. He unfolded the parchment and read from Ami's neat handwriting.

To my dearest Sirius

I can't bring myself to speak for fear that I may cry. It hurts me to not be able to hold you in my arms. I feel so helpless that I can't do anything for you. You're Azkaban imprisonment was such a big surprise, but I still don't believe. I know you, Sirius. You would never want to kill Lily, James, Harry, or Peter. You loved them. And I won't believe differently until I hear you say differently. I still love you and I won't stop. Sunny knows that something is wrong, too. She cries for her father to come and console her and hold her.

I hope to see you soon although my mind says differently. I will always think about you and miss you every second and every minute of my life. Lastly, you will always have my love. Forever.

Yours forever,

Ami Black

November 1, 1981

Tears streamed down Sirius' cheeks. He sobbed uncontrollably. Sirius clutched onto the letter as if his life depended on it.

"Oh Ami," he whispered, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry,"

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After she was done crying, Sunny had fallen asleep. When she awoke, everything that had happened in the last few hours came flooding back to her. She sighed. She wondered now how her father was doing. She didn't feel any anger or resentment toward him at all. But she did feel abandoned and empty. When she and the boys needed a father, Sirius wasn't there. Remus, the Weasleys, Tonks, whoever else had consoled her and her brothers, they were there.

But how much pain was her father in? How much did Sirius really love her mother?

Maybe she had been selfish, too. She too had been consumed with grief and sadness. Her mother was wonderful. And she missed her each and every day. If Sirius still loved Ami, then it must have been hard for him in Azkaban. To be locked up as a criminal, never getting to see the love of your life was a horrible ordeal. Sunny realized that Sirius' pain was just as painful as her own. He hadn't seen Ami for twelve years and hardly saw her in the years of his hiding out.

While Sunny got to spend practically everyday with her mother, Sirius was locked up in a cold cell lingering only to the memories in his mind. It had hurt him more.

"I still don't understand," Sunny murmured to herself. She knew close to nothing about Ami and Sirius' relationship. Sunny knew that the reason her mother never spoke about Sirius was because, she didn't want her daughter to feel empty without a father. Ami might have been too quiet about it, though. And Sunny never had a long enough time to talk to her father about the relationship.

But now she did.

End of Chapter 4! Hope you all enjoyed it. Thank you to you wonderful reviewers! I love your questions because they help give me more ideas on this story! So if you have any questions, ask away! Thanks again!