I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING BELONGING TO J. I ONLY OWN SKY AND CASSIDY.

Sky woke up to the sensation of something wet and cold pressed against his cheek. He ground and tried to move away from it, as he did not feel like getting up. He then noticed the weight against his chest. Sky was not alarmed, as Cassidy had woken him up on more than one occasion in her wolf form. Slowly, he opened his eyes, but instead of seeing a honey blond furry face, there was a dark colored furry face. Sky did not scream though, he didn't make a sound, for he knew the dog would attack him if it felt threatened. Sky gently placed his hand on the dogs head fearful of moving to quickly and getting bitten. Instead the dog encouraged him and made a happy sound and resting the head against Sky's shoulder.

A big honey blond wolf with orange eyes came into the room and sat on the bed next to Sky. Cassidy didn't seem to object the new person so surely this new dog was alright. Cassidy was known for attacking anything that could be a potential threat to her human friend so why would this be any different. The answer was that this was no different. Cassidy had attacked things more lethal then a huge black dog that could be descried as the grim. The grim was believed to be a big black dog that would show itself to someone about to die. The wizard version of the Grim Reaper.

Sky picked up his book that was on the nightstand and began to read about the animagi. An animaguswas a witch or wizard that could turn into a animal at any time they wanted. This transformation was not painful and would allow any one to be safe from bites of a werewolf at any time of the month. One can become an animagus but it is a difficult proses, and only the strongest of wizards can. The spell to revel it was simple enough but from there it was hard. Even if one did become an animagus, it was illegal to not be registered in Brittan. Sky put the book back down on his nightstand and studied the celling. Slowly he subconsciously stroked the big dog on top of him.

So, Sky could be an animagus. That meant he could be with Cassidyon full moons, and later on, his mates. Speaking of which, Sky had his suspicions that those two men yesterday were them but, he would not ask. Ignorance is bliss when it comes to things like this. That was why no one knew Sky could perform magic with out words or wands. While it is deadly it is also a magnificent thing that really did show that Sky was powerful enough to have mates. Yet the conversation in his head went about in circles, just because sky could never admit to himself that he was mated to a werewolf. If this guy was a full werewolf then there was a strong chance that Sky would not make it out of the States alive.

When Sky came out his thoughts, Cassidywas on her bed, in her human form, with her blond ringlets surrounding her face. It was probably seven thirty for Cassidy would straighten her hair at eight o'clock sharp. Sky genitally rolled the grim look alike off himself and went to sit next to Cassidy. He felt the need to share his thoughts withher. Maybe she could help him realize what might be up with himself. He never could do so himself.

"Hey Cas," Sky started.
"Yes," She replied
"I think those two men that were here yesterday were my mates. I think the dream was real."
"Is it really that horrible if it was."
"No but I've never had anyone. What if they lied about wanting me, or what if they get hurt when I'm protecting you?"
"Don't worry about it now. It doesn't matter. Your starting to sound like me when you found out about my two furry problems, but did that stop you from worming your way into my heart? Now lets go get breakfast. Then we can go to the bookstore so you can work and I can get a new book."

With that, Cassidy got up and left with Sky and the big black dog for breakfast. The kitchen was massive. Then again, when you're cooking or more than a hundred people, you need it to be. There were three fridges, but all of them were in bad condition. The counters were stained and beaten up, but were still stable. The three ovens were old and while it was obvious, they looked somewhat safe. The floor was a little moldy but wasn't too bad. The walls were tiled and a grayish but looked otherwise good. Over all, the kitchen looked used but not a dump like one might have thought

"Hey Cas, what's with the dog?"
"What dog, Sky?"
"The big black one."
"He's an animagus."

Sky's eyes widened a little The dog was an animagus. He could be Sirius, after all, in the dream he was an animagus. He certainly looked the part. The silver eyes were a dead give away and the dark fur did have a blue tinge to it. The dog seemed to have a intelligent light in his eyes that were not common in most dogs. The dog was bigger than most, so it was possible. He even sat out of the way as Cassidy got the ingredients out instead of tripping her up in excitement. Sky shook his head to clear his thoughts, as he helped Cassidy make pancakes. Cassidy was a good, if not, better cook than Sky, and that was saying something. Sky could cook many things and while he was good at it, Cassidy held the passion to cook.

After breakfast was eaten, Sky went back to the bedroom and into the bathroom he shared with Cassidy. It was small. It has one sink, a toilet and an extremely small shower. The floor tiles might have been white at one point, but at the moment it was a moldy green. The counter was so small it barely held the two tooth brushes and tube of toothpaste. The towel rack above the toilet was rusted and looked wobbly. The towels on it were the only things that looked clean. The shampoo bottle didn't look so bad, but Sky and Cassidy did pool their money together so that they could buy these things and other sundries.

After Sky's morning routien of taking a shower and brushing his teeth, he emerged from the bathroom in nothing but a towel. He slowly walked over to the dresser that was against the wall. Out of it he got some boxers and quickly put them on under his towel before taking the towel off. Sky quickly checked the room and then he saw th big black dog on his bed. Sky suddenly felt very insecure. The dog could see the scares on his body. There was a long one that went from his left shoulder to just under his ribcage on his right side that he got when his parents were hit by the drunken maniack in the car before he was sent to the orphanage. On his right shoulder, he bore a scare from Cassidy when he first found out she was a half werewolf. His blood seemed to calm her down making him seem like a miracle case.

The dog simply approached him slowly and licked Cassidy's mark, as if to say 'you have flaws, but they don't scare me'. Sky's eye's turned to liquid plumb as he looked the dog over before hugging him. Sky then turned on heel and dressed for work before leaving.