The group ended their day in the Three Broomsticks. Everyone had been trying to get Remus and Hermione to walk together or just hang out in general, but it seemed that every time one of them would make an excuse to have to go someplace else. Sirius waited until the last minute to see where Hermione would sit and then slid in beside her. He hung his arm over her shoulders and leaned back in the seat. Seeing Sirius with his arm around a girl was not unusual, well it was because he usually had his arm around two or more girls, never just one. Remus sat across from the pair. Peter sat beside Sirius while Lily and James sat beside Remus on the inside of the bench. Remus tried not to look at the people across from him. He was seething inside. He wanted nothing more than to reach across the table and slowly tear Sirius apart piece by piece. No one touched his woman. WOAH! Where did that thought come from? He needed to leave before he did something embarassing or even worse, something that he would regret.
"I need to get back to the castle; I have some homework I forgot to do. I'll see the rest of you there." Remus quickly left the Three Broomsticks before anyone could stop him.
The rest of the group headed back 30 minutes later and Hermione excused herself from the group. She met Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall and found out that Professor McGonagall would be watching over her from outside a locked, secure room. If anything were to happen, she would have help immediately.
"Sir, I think it would be best if I were locked up now!"
"Why don't you have dinner first and then come and see me?"
"NO! I'm sorry sir, but I am feeling very agitated and I think that it would be a grave mistake if I went around other people right now."
"My dear, I understand how you must feel, but we wouldn't want to inconvience Professor McGonagall of her free time."
"I'm sorry Professor, I didn't even think. You are giving up your free time to do this for me and here I am being selfish."
"Nonsense child! I would be happy to start your lock-in now."
"Thank you, Professor."
"It appears you two ladies have it all in hand, so I will leave you to it."
Hermione and Professor McGonagall made their way down to the dungeons and into a little room hidden behind a portrait. Hermione made herself as comfortable as possible and noticed there was a bookshelf full of books. She smiled at the room. Professor McGonagall sealed the door shut and put up wards just to be safe.
No one had seen Hermione for dinner and even after. Lily was getting worried and asked the guys if they had seen her. When none of them had, Lily really began to worry. She went up to the head table as soon as dinner was finished and asked Professor Dumbledore if he had seen Hermione.
"She had some things that needed to be attended to. I assure you, she is perfectly safe." This relaxed Lily somewhat and she relayed the message to the guys. Remus still couldn't help but thinking there was something more to it.
The next day went by swiftly and before they knew it, the 4 boys were heading for the Shrieking Shack yet again. In the meantime, Hermione was preparing herself for her first transformation. She had never felt so horny in all of her life. She spent most of the day trying to think of other things, but everytime she closed her eyes, she could see and smell Remus. It had become so bad that she no longer cared that Professor McGonagall was right outside the room and she reached into her pants and found the little nub that brought her so much pleasure. A few flicks across it had her exploding. She felt better, but a short time later could feel the tension building again. She thought to herself, if this was how Remus felt, one: it's a wonder he didn't walk around wanking himself 24/7 before the full moon and two: no wonder his future self went into hiding a week before his transformation! How was he doing it now? She decided to have one last nap before she would endure an excruciating night.
Hermione woke up and looked out the small window with silver bars across it. High in the sky was a full bright moon. She quickly looked down on herself and saw she was still in human form. She ran to the door and banged on it.
"Professor it's me, I didn't change!"
The door slowly opened and an astonished Professor McGonagall stood there. She grabbed the girls arm and ran up the stairs and towards Professor Dumbledore's office.
"Albus, Albus, come here! Look!"
Professor Dumbledore came around the corner in his stars and moons night shirt and looked beween the two ladies.
"This is certainly good news. This means you will not transform. I think it's safe to let you go back to your own bed tonight, your friends have been worried. I told them you had some things to take care of. You can tell them you had to take care of some legal matters concerning your parents deaths. Go and get some sleep." Albus and Minerva smiled at one another and watched the excited girl bounce down the stairs.
Hermione was making her way up to Gryffindor Tower when she felt an unexplainable pull to go outside. She was still feeling horny, well, randy was more like it. She remembered that Remus would have transformed already and quickly changed into her animagus form. She ran to the Forbidden Forest and played for a while. Some time later she caught a scent that seemed oddly familiar. Running into a clearing she saw two of the Marauders playing with each other in their animagus forms and Remus running as a werewolf.
All three caught the wolf's scent and turned to look at her. There, just inside the forest was one of the most beautiful silver wolves they had ever seen. James and Sirius knew they should approach this animal with great caution. James stayed back, the wolf could easily take him down in his form, he was after all one of the game she hunted and ate. Sirius approached cautiously. He was also a canine, but a wolf was much stronger and was wild. The wolf turned it's head and watched Sirius approach. Hermione growled deep in her throat. She felt threatened. Sirius could smell the wolf was in heat and he was extremely turned on. Wouldn't that be something for the record books, not only can he get any human female, but any canine female too! He didn't know if he should be proud or grossed out.
Remus came into the clearing and stared down the wolf. They all knew she was a female now. She stared right back at Remus and sat down. James and Sirius still had their human brain functions, but Remus was a werewolf and the only thing he could register was that there was a heathly canine in front of him and she was in heat. Remus ran towards her and jumped. Both James and Sirius were shocked when she turned and snapped at him. They circled around each other, both growling and snapping. Remus tried to jump again and the wolf bit into his flank. Remus yelped and backed off for a moment. Any one watching would be able to tell Remus was turned onSirius was also having some problems in that area and what was more, there weren't any pants to cover it. The wolf ran towards Remus and jumped over his back and ran into the forest. Remus was hot on her tail and James and Sirius followed as fast as they could. When they reached Remus, he was there but the wolf had completely disappeared. They lead Remus back to the Shrieking Shack and waited for morning. It was the most adventure any of them had had in a long time. Remus woke the next morning remembering everything that had happened the night before. Turning to his two best friends he gave an embarassed smile and shrugged his shoulders.
Both friends laughed and James said, "It's not everyday you meet a wolf in heat, she was kind of fiesty wasn't she? Even Sirius was affected by her!" James got two pillows in the face. All three made their way to breakfast before Remus went to his dorm and slept the day away.
Hermione couldn't believe what had almost happened. Sure she wanted Remus, but she wanted their first time to be together as man and woman, not wolf and werewolf. She hung out with Lily all day and went to classes, all the time worried about Remus and afraid one of the guys would recognize her as the wolf.
A week had passed and no one said anything, though Remus was acting very strange around her. The guys kept whispering to one another and whenever Lily and Hermione would come around they would stop talking. It was driving both girls insane, so Hermione decided to find out what they were talking about.
When the boys were sitting outside on the grass Friday afternoon after classes were done, she snuck into the forest and changed into her animagus. She came out by the guys and watched them.
"I think our friend is back!"
James and Remus looked towards the wolf and Remus' cheeks heated up. The wolf came towards them limping and all three grabbed for their wands. The silver wolf whimpered and layed down by the three.
"She's been hurt."
All three approached her cautiously and sat down beside her. The wolf didn't seem to protest. James healed the nasty cut on her paw; it had hurt like a bugger when Hermione gave herself the cut and now relief flooded through her. She laid her head down in Remus' lap and the boys once again fell into their conversation, Remus stroking the wolf's head.
"She really is a gorgeous looking wolf."
"Are we going have to tell Hermione that she has competition with a wolf?"
"NO! I was just making a comment, besides, no one could ever compare to Hermione!"
"AH HA, so you do have feelings for her!"
"Yeah, but she doesn't feel the same way."
"I wouldn't be so sure. She even turned Sirius down when he tried to sweet talk her."
"A female actually turned Sirius down?" Remus felt slightly proud.
"Shut up! We should head inside, it'll be dark soon."
"What do we do with her? I mean we can't leave her out here, she's injured."
"Ok, we'll sneak her into our dorm room and keep her there, but if I hear any strange noises coming from either of your beds, I am so out of there!" James laughed at his two friends.
"She can sleep on Peter's bed, he won't be back for a couple weeks."
"What happened to him, by the way?" Remus reached down and carefully picked up the wolf, while James covered it with his invisiblity cloak. They made their way into the castle.
"His great great grandmother is very sick and they don't expect her to last long. His parents wanted him to be there, so she could have her whole family with her when she passes away, then they will have the funeral."
"Oh, we should send him a card."
"I already did, from all of us."
"Always the smart one, Remus."
"Yes, I know, thank you."
"And so modest, too."
When they entered the common room the only one left was Lily. She could see Remus was carrying something. They took off the cloak and right before Lily was a beautiful silver wolf. Immediately recogonizing her friend in her animagus form she was caught off guard, but quickly recovered before any one could notice. Lily had guessed what Hermione's tattoo on her shoulder was for; she wasn't one of the top three students in the school for nothing!
"She's beautiful," Lily cooed.
"Yes, and she's injured. We are going to keep her in our room until she is healed."
"Do you think that's a good idea?"
"Sure, we have it all covered. Besides, if she gives us any trouble, we'll just have Remus straighten her out."
The guys laid the dog on Peter's bed and promised her some table scraps, if she stayed there and kept quiet. The wolf curled up on the bed and dozed off.
"I swear it looked like she was smiling and understanding every word we said."
"Remus, she's a wolf! You really are losing it. You need to get laid and quickly," Sirius responded, shaking his head.
James and Sirius walked ahead and Remus thought about what his friend had said. He did really need it, but there was only one girl he wanted to do that with; a substitute wouldn't do, not anymore. If he had to wait for her to be ready, he was more than willing to, but he hoped it wouldn't be too long because everytime he saw her, he wanted her more and more.