Chapter 2 – the monthly moon makes and appearance

After several hours Sirius and Lupin had finally managed to clean out one of the bedrooms and made it suitable enough for human habitation, removing many cursed items including a particularly nasty dictionary that gave you paper cuts if you just looked at its dusty cover.

Sirius stood looking pleased with his work and a fine layer of sweat was misted over his mildly defined muscles. However Lupin had to spoil his good mood and pointed out that it was not yet suitable for werewolf habitation.

"Ah, yes that er.. had slipped my mind" Sirius scratched his head absent-mindedly "So the standard charms then?"

Lupin nodded his head in agreement and took out his wand and started casting basic security spells over the room so that if anything happened he would not be able to leave the room, a mere precaution since he had started drinking the wolfs bane potions.

When he was finished Lupin dropped on to the bed.

"Comfy enough" he said with a small smile which quickly disappeared to be replaced with a frown.

"What's wrong?" Sirius inquired joining him on the bed.

"How can you forget?"

"I'm sorry?" Sirius turned to his friend of 25 years with a frown on his face

"How do you always manage to forget the biggest part of my life? My curse" Remus turned away and faced the door, but was quickly pulled out of his stupor by a bark of laughter.

"Remus I don't forget it just doesn't bother me, for as long as I've known you, Moony has always been a part of you so it's how I've always known you. As far as I'm concerned Remus and Moony are a package deal, so I never see it as something separate, now come on I am in need of some food"

Sirius slapped Remus on the shoulder as an indication to follow, just as they started down the stairs the door opened and Snape walked in.

"Snape, what the hell are you doing here, aren't you suppose to be snooping somewhere else"

"Black, aren't you suppose to be... oh wait remind me, what is it you do?"

Remus held Sirus' arm out to prevent him from charging down the stairs and attacking Snape, the frustration of being cooped up in his childhood home was already unbearable to Sirius and Snape was not helping.

"He's here to drop of my potion Padfoot, I'll meet you in the kitchen"

Sirius untensed his muscles and continued down the stairs and into the kitchen, shutting the door on Kreacher's face who was in the process of 'rescuing' the silverware.

"Thank you Serverus" Remus said taking the potion and downing it.

"I shall return the same time next moon" Snape said bluntly before storming out the door.

Later that afternoon Remus retired to his room and prepared for the moon to rise.

"Hello Remus," Moony whispered in Remus' mind "Time for me to take charge again" a low grumble of a laugh followed then the pain started. It swept though Remus' body like fire, his bones shrank and grew and his muscles rippled under his skin that was growing fur. After 2 excruciating minutes the pain stopped and Moony was in charge.

"Something's not right" Remus thought as he tried to control Moony's mind and keep him calm

"No, your grip is loose this moon Remus, I am not going to be your pup this time, you are distracted"

"I don't understand?"

"You're worried Remus, when was the last time you transformed in the same building as someone else, with such pitiful security? Normally you can stop me but it's your worry that you can't that's letting me take control" With that Moony swept Remus' consciousness aside and took control, he howled and began to let out his frustration at his small space on the furniture. Then he smelt it, a divine scent wafting from under the door, the smell of a human. Moony leapt at the door and forced his way through the weak charms into the corridor, staring down the the source of the intoxicating scent. Then he leapt. Shock and fear quickly swept over Sirius' face before it changed to concentration. A black dog leapt back at Moony and forced him back into the room and into the wall.

Before Moony had a chance to shake it off his body froze and a voice roared through his system "NO!" Remus yelled and stilled his movements and quietened the wolf. Remus then forced him to lay on the floor and put his head down to try to make the wolf sleep.

The black dog trotted next to the wolf and lay next to him, so the wolf was now trapped between the wall and him.

The following morning Remus woke laying on the floor of a wreaked room, naked with an equally naked Sirius lying next to him Panic swept through him as he saw several shallow cuts down Sirius' side, and hoped that no other wounds were inflicted on his friend.