It took Hermione more than one second to realize what just had happened. One moment Ron was kissing her, the other moment Ron was suddenly gone. When Hermione looked around to see what had happened, she saw Ron. Ron was against the wall, being held by his collar by Remus. And he looked not very pleased.
Ron was just as surprised as Hermione, but he didn't have the time to be surprised. He tried his best to push Remus away in vain.
'What are you doing? Get off me!' Ron yelled.
But Remus didn't let go. Instead, he grabbed Ron by his arm and threw him in an empty classroom.
'What was that for?' Ron asked, rubbing his sore arm.
'You tell me,' Remus growled. His eyes were yellow and they were flashing with anger.
'First you throw me out of class, then you smash me against a wall and now you have thrown me in an empty classroom without a reason! Are you mad?' Ron exclaimed.
'Don't you talk to me like that! I am still your teacher,' Remus said, he sounded a little bit scary, his eyes were furious, but his voice sounded dangerously calm.
'Then tell me, what the hell is wrong with you, professor?' Ron asked sarcastically.
Ron regretted his remark instantly. A fist hit him almost directly in the face.
'That was for kissing Hermione,' Remus growled.
'I can kiss my girlfriend whenever I feel like it! You've got nothing to do with that! It's none of your business!' Ron shouted, rubbing his jaw.
'Hermione is mine! Not yours! And you know that! You have no right to…' Remus shouted back, but he was interrupted by Ron.
'I have every right! You can't just claim her, if she loves me, then that is her own choice!'
'She doesn't love you. I know that. She can't. Do I have to remind you to what I am?' Remus asked, taking a step closer to the younger boy.
'I know what you are, I am not afraid of you!'
'You should be… If I see you ever again flirting with my Hermione, then you will regret it. You are lucky that I haven't killed you yet…' Remus said, taking another step closer. He heard Ron's heart beating faster.
'No, I am not going to take orders from you! I know that you can't let her go, so you should leave this castle! I have no idea why Dumbledore hired you in first place! You are a bloody animal!' Ron shouted, he sounded braver than he felt.
'If you value your life, you'd better run away very fast,' Remus growled with gritted teeth. When Ron didn't walk away, Remus grabbed his collar and threw him against the wall.
'Get off me!' Ron yelled.
'Swear to me that you leave her alone,' Remus said through clenched teeth.
'You know that I would never do that,' Ron snapped.
'You've got a lot of nerve, you know? I will get that out of you. You will learn not to anger me,' Remus said with a menacing tone of voice, close to Ron's ear, still having a firm grip on his collar.
'If you beat me up, then I'll tell everyone what you are,' Ron threatened.
'Are you blackmailing me, Weasley?' Remus said, but his grip loosened a little bit.
'Maybe I am, please try me,' Ron dared Remus.
'You are challenging me, that is not really clever. Do you even know what I am capable of? I don't know if I can hold my temper any longer. If I consider you as a threat, then I'll make sure that you won't be able to tell anything to anyone, you understand?' Remus' grip grew stronger once more.
'Beating me up won't hold me back from telling everyone the truth.'
'I wasn't talking about only beating you up,' Remus said threatening. Then Remus let go of Ron and Ron sank to the floor with a white face. He knew that he didn't stand a chance against a werewolf when that werewolf really wanted to kill him.
Ron wasn't sure whether Remus really had the intention to kill him or not, but the look on his face was murderous. For the first time, Ron was afraid of what was going to come.
Remus approached Ron slowly with clenched fists. He looked down at the boy and he felt the wolf in him taking over control. Why was he still there? Had he given up? He should run away while he still could. But Ron remained his place.
Ron couldn't fight back if it came to a fight, he was not strong enough compared to an angry werewolf. And Remus certainly looked like he wanted to put up a fight. He had been so stupid.
Hermione saw Remus throwing Ron in the classroom. She knew better than following them, she would only make things worse if she did. So she ran out the corridor, looking for Harry, maybe he knew what to do. He was probably on his way to the Gryffindor Tower, so Hermione raced up the stairs. There she saw Harry, almost on the sixth floor.
'Harry!' Hermione shouted out of breath and she grabbed Harry's arm to carry him away to the third floor where Ron and Remus were.
'Hermione! What's wrong?' Harry asked, not understanding why he had to run.
'It's Ron… he… And he was… Not doing… And then Remus…,' Hermione said, still out of breath.
'I don't understand a word of it. Please tell me what is going on, and now calmly,' Harry said and he made sure that Hermione remained her place so she couldn't run away again with him.
Hermione took a deep breath and then she told her story. She was absolutely not calm, but she managed to make whole sentences at least.
'After class, I was in the corridor with Ron, to make a long story short; Ron kissed me, Remus saw it, Remus was furious and now they are together in a classroom and I have no idea what is happening,' Hermione said hastily.
'Oh, no, this is bad, Hermione. Come on, what are we waiting for?' Harry yelled and the two ran quickly to the third floor.
When they finally reached the room where their friend and professor were, Harry hesitated.
'I think you should go alone, Hermione,' Harry said.
'What? Why?' Hermione asked.
'They both would never hurt you. I, on the other hand, am not so sure if they are happy with me being there,' Harry said.
Hermione hadn't thought about this, it was not so stupid what Harry said. Both of the men in that room loved her, that is why they were there in first place. All of this wouldn't have happened if Hermione wasn't the reason for their fight.
'You right, Harry, I will go on my own,' Hermione said.
'Please be careful,' Harry said.
Hermione nodded and approached the door. She listened carefully if she could hear something, but there was no sound. She grabbed the handle and opened the door a little bit, afraid of what she would see. She was relieved when she realized that it was not as bad as she thought it would be in first place, but it certainly didn't look good. There was Ron, on the floor and against the wall, with Remus standing in front of him with clenched fists.
'Remus!' Hermione yelled and she ran quickly towards the two.
'Stay out of this, Hermione, I am going to make this boy pay for trying to kiss you. Don't worry, love, he won't try it again,' Remus said, his eyes not leaving Ron.
'No, no, don't hurt him, please! This is not you! Please,' Hermione begged and she laid her hand on Remus' arm.
'Why are you protecting him?' Remus demanded.
'Because he is my friend,' Hermione almost whispered.
'Not anymore. I have to make it very clear that this won't be tolerated. And I have to make sure that he won't tell anyone about what I am,' Remus growled softly.
'Ron would never tell anyone about you! He wouldn't! I trust him!' Hermione exclaimed, now standing between Ron and Remus.
'Hermione, even friends can't be trusted! Now get out of my way, dear,' Remus said calmly, but his eyes were threatening.
'Ron can be trusted and I will not get out of your way!' Hermione said and she tried to push Remus away from Ron.
'No one touches my mate,' Remus said, raising his voice a little bit which made Hermione wince. She wasn't used to this Remus. 'I've told you that I would do anything to protect you, I love you.'
Hermione saw that he meant what he said, so she relaxed a little bit.
'If you love me, then please leave Ron alone. I will sort this out, please,' Hermione said. 'I love you too.'
The next instant, Remus grabbed her waist and pulled her close to him. Then he kissed her gently on her lips. The gentleness surprised Hermione, considering how angry he was just a few moments ago, but she kissed him back passionately. Eventually, Remus broke the kiss.
'I will leave him alone this time, please make sure it won't happen again. I'm only doing this for you,' Remus said softly and with a last glare to Ron, he left the classroom.
'Ron, we need to talk,' Hermione said strictly, looking down at the trembling Ron on the floor.