Chapter 11

Werewolf Kills Curiosity

Harry had been snoring softly for the past half hour. After he finished telling Cho the story, they had fallen asleep. Unaware of the strange changes that were happening inside of the house.

It was now ten minutes after midnight. Harry had just woken up from the sound of growling and howling.

He knew it wasn't AJ. He had never heard his dog act like that before. Besides, the dog was asleep in Sirius's room. He enjoyed sleeping at the foot of Sirius's bed, mainly because it made Sirius mad and Harry laugh.

Curious of what kind of animal was inside of the house, Harry stepped out of the bed and put his small feet in his bunny slippers. He crept over to the door, careful not to wake up Cho, and opened it just enough to see the kitchen. No one was there.

Harry tip toed out of the room, careful not to make any noise. He peered down the hallway. Nothing was there. He walked down the hall and peered into the first storage room. The only thing that was in there was boxes of things that had no place in the house.

Harry continued down the hall, heading for the living room, but he stopped himself when he saw a large shadow heading his way.

No one in the house was that size. In fact, the only thing he seen that walked on all fours and was about that size was a mountain lion.

Harry went into the bathroom and hid behind the door. He heard the sound of walking, sniffing, then walking again.

Harry let out a sigh of relief. The lion had gone down the hall. It would probably sniff some boxes and chew some furniture, find out no one was home, then go home.

Then it dawned on Harry. He had left his bedroom door opened! It was only a matter of time that the lion find Cho and eat her. He had to do something.

Harry moved from behind the door and opened the bathroom door that led to Sirius's room. Harry was happy to see that AJ was woke, but was trapped in the room.

"Come here, AJ." Harry whispered. "Come here, boy."

The dog obediently jumped off the bed and made it's way to Harry. When the dog reached it's owner it gave him a lick and a tell wag.

Harry climbed onto the dog's back like it was a horse. He had to get to Cho. How long would she be able to hold off a lion? How long would she last if she was bitten? Harry knew that if she died he would kill himself.

"Okay, boy. To my room."

The dog obediently dashed out of the room and down the hall, to the kitchen, and to the open bedroom. Harry saw that the mountain lion wasn't a mountain lion. It had a wolfish body. It kind of looked like a man. A furry man. It was a man wolf, wolf man. A werewolf.

Sirius kept his eye on Mr. Jackson. No one in the living room made a sound nor any type of human movement. All of the residents' eyes were fixed on Sirius. They looked fearful.

Sirius was secretly pleased. This meant that everything was going to be okay. They weren't going to try anything funny. They were even to scared to move. But something else was bothering him. He had this feeling that something was happening to Harry. They needed to get back as soon as possible.

Sirius was brought back to reality by the sound of boxes and suitcases hitting the bottom of the stairs. Everyone jumped at the sound.

Rachel came into the room wearing blue jeans, a white shirt, some white name brand gym shoes, and a leather jacket.

"Okay." she said. "I have everything."

"If you leave out of this house with that man. I will-"

"You won't do anything." Sirius hissed. "You will not contact her. You may not look at her. Think about her. Mention her. If you do I will kill you five times before you hit the ground. Do I make myself clear?"

"Now see here-"

"Do I make myself clear?"

The Jacksons didn't say anything. They took one last glare at Rachel, and took one last fearful look at Sirius, then made they're way upstairs.

Sirius helped Rachel carry her things outside to the car. He loaded his trunk, while she sat silently in the car. When he had finished, Sirius went got into the car.

Rachel looked as if she was staring into space.

"You okay?" Sirius asked with concerned.

"Yeah." she answered quietly. "I was just thinking that this is a big change."

"Some times changes are a nice thing." he replied, pulling on his seatbelt. He was recalling from the way he acted before he got a job at Tipsy.

"Thanks for sticking up for me. I'm glad you're my friend."

Sirius silently started up the car. She had called him her friend. He hadn't had a friend since James and Lily died.

"Let's go home?"

The werewolf was advancing on a sleeping Cho. Harry could see the drool coming from the werewolf's mouth. He could see the sharp yellow teeth. The better to chew.

"Cho! Move!"

Cho woke up in an instant. She looked wearily around the room, until her eyes rested on the ugliest thing she ever seen. It looked like a giant man, covered in fur.

Cho let out a loud shrill. The werewolf moved back covering it's ears.

Taking advantage of the werewolf's distraction, AJ ran over to Cho. "Climb on!" When she did, AJ ran out of the room, and down the back door stairs.

Unfortunetly, the werewolf was fast, and had got back onto it's feet and was chasing them. They was running side by side. No matter what AJ did, the werewolf was just to fast.

The werewolf knocked the kids off the dog, who kept running. He was either stupid, or going to get help.

The werewolf walked over to the terrified children. They had gotten to their feet. Harry had stood defensively in front of Cho. If the werewolf wanted to hurt her, it'd have to go through him first.

The werewolf jumped. Harry and Cho closed their eyes. But they were never touched. They heard a whimper of pain. They opened their eyes. They saw the werewolf fighting another werewolf.

The second werewolf was a lighter shade of brown. It looked much younger.

"I thought that werewolves ate humans." Cho whispered.

"Let's get out of here."

Cho and Harry returned to the house unseen. They locked every door, every window, then locked themselves in Sirius's closet.

Sirius had pulled into his parking space when he heard Rachel gasp.

"Is that a werewolf?"

Sirius looked to where she was looking at. He saw two werewolves fighting outside. He didn't recognize the darker werewolf, but the lighter one looked familiar.

"Moony..."

"Stay here." he told Rachel, getting out of the car, pulling out his wand as he went.

The two werewolves froze. They turned around to see Sirius standing there. The lighter werewolf glanced at the wand, then at Sirius, and ran off.

"Wait." Sirius said chasing after the werewolf.

Sirius didn't mean any harm. He just wanted to talk to the werewolf. He hadn't seen it in three years and wanted to talk everything out. This werewolf was his friend Remus Lupin.

The werewolf stopped at the end of the alley and turned toward Sirius. It didn't look as if it was going to attack. It looked as if it's feelings were hurt.

Sirius stopped a few feet in front of the werewolf. They looked into each other eyes for a while, before Sirius spoke. "Hey," he said softly. "what're you doing here?"

The werewolf didn't answer. Not that it could talk. It looked in the direction of Sirius's apartment building. Sirius followed it's gaze.

"You wanted to see Harry?" it shook it's head. "You were looking for Peter?" it shook it's head again. "You were looking for. . .me?" A nod this time. "Wh-" but before he could answer the question, he heard a woman scream. He heard Rachel scream. He had left a werewolf with her.

Finally. Where have I been? I don't even know where I've been. Oh well. So Harry and Cho are safe from the werewolf, but Rachel's not. What happens if this incident gets out and Fudge founds out? Will Dumbledore be able to bell Sirius out of this? And why did Lupin want to talk to Sirius? And whatever happened to Peter? Til then.