(Day 9)

John had managed to help get Sarah everything that she would need and as he was doing so she was surprised to learn that Doc was a Werewolf too. She listened intently as he retold the story of how he was bitten and then subsequently exiled, something Sarah understood quite well. All of a sudden Sarah was an abomination, a monster. Her parents no longer wanted her (and Sarah had begun to suspect by that point that her parents never really liked her anyway) and she found herself locked in her room for days on end. It was like all of a sudden she didn't exist anymore. When it came time for her to go to Hogwarts her mother and father had all but thrown her at Dumbledore. The good Headmaster had explained to her that there was a fund for students at Hogwarts who could not afford to buy their own school supplies. Sarah had gladly accepted, seeing as her parents had cut her off from everything including any money that might come to her.

The staff at Hogwarts had already been informed of Sarah's situation and preparations were made. None of the students knew that there was a Lycan roaming their halls and whenever it came time for a full moon Madame Pomfrey would kindly, secretly escort Sarah away from the school via a passage right over where the Whomping Willow was planted. For the next few days she would spend her time curled up in her wolf form in the corner of the floor of the Shrieking Shack, which was in fact NOT haunted. Sarah would learn at a later date that those stories actually stemmed from one Remus Lupin, but that story is probably best saved for a later time. On the off chance that someone noticed Sarah's monthly disappearances, she was to tell them that her mother was ill and that she had special permission from the Headmaster to go and visit her once a month.

Professor Snape being the Potions Master was the one responsible for making sure that the Wolfsbane Potion, which kept Sarah from being dangerous to her own self and others, was made properly. Very quickly Sarah found that Potions was a favorite subject of hers. It was something that she could do by herself, something that she could do with her hands which kept her focused. It was also a challenge. She would never forget the look on Snape's face this one time when her cauldron exploded because she did not perform a task right. She ended up landing herself in detention having to scrub cauldrons until well past midnight. After that Sarah began studying extra hard and she had the distinct feeling that Professor Snape thought she was cheating. He would often ask her the most difficult questions, probably hoping to surprise her into slipping and giving a wrong answer. He began asking her to meet him late in the evenings after class without telling the other students where he would then set her to doing numerous, extremely difficult tasks including having her learn how to brew Wolfsbane herself. Their meetings came to end when the Death Eaters took over the castle during her 6th year and upon learning of his death during the Battle of Hogwarts, along with all of the others, the grief was too much.

Sarah made her purchases and left the shop after thanking both John and Doc for their help. Both men gave her the means to contact them with should she ever need anything else and she left the shop. She had some serious brewing to do when she got home after all.

(Day 10)

How Sarah managed to conceal everything from her muggle roomie she would never know, but somehow she managed to. When it came time, she informed Jenny that a client had contacted her and that she would be gone for the next couple of days, as so often happens in their line of work. In truth, she had contacted Doc and he had informed her of a special place that he often used for his own transformations. He met her in a little alley just down the street from where she lived and the two of them apperated there.

"Th' Forbidden Forest," Doc announced solemnly as soon as they got to their destination.

"This is where you come to?" Sarah asked, shocked. "I was a student up at Hogwarts and I would often come in here myself. You know, I even saved Harry Potter's life once right by that huge Whomping Willow once."

"Ye an' potter? Noo that's a story worth hearin', but Ah woods raither bide until efter we've gart th' transformation. If ye ken th' forest half as guid as Ah dae, 'en ye ken whit micht be lurkin' (You and Potter? Now that's a story worth hearing, but I would rather wait until after we've made the transformation. If you know the forest half as good as I do, then you know what might be lurking)."

As Werewolves the two companions could communicate with each other, although if an outsider came upon them all they would probably be able to hear would be nothing but a bunch of yips and barks. As they walked along Sarah told Doc the story about the night she witnessed what occurred the night Sirius Black escaped and how she witnessed Lupin's transformation into a Werewolf. She recognized by the way he was acting that he had not taken his Wolfsbane, and if she had not been able to attract him with her howling, Harry and his friends might not have been able to get away.

"We became very close after that. I think we even grew to love one another but he decided he wanted a different path," she finished. He was still fond enough of me though to make me the godmother to his kid, but I'm afraid I have never been much of one.

Ah heard ben th' grapevine 'at Remus Lupin hud died in th' battle up at th' castle. It was huir uv a sad (I had heard through the grapevine that Remus Lupin had died in the battle up at the castle. It was very sad).

"I just know because I saw it happen. I participated in the final battle and got an Order of Merlin, Third Class for my troubles. The only reason it was given to me was because the Ministry was scrambling to make them look good and they thought that if they gave something to the Werewolf it would wipe some of the tarnish off of their image. I traveled to far and wide and took part in too many dangerous tasks only to come home just so I could receive some piece of junk that wasn't worth anything."

"Ye ken, Ah hud heard whisperings 'at thaur was a werewolf it thaur fa hud bin sort ay ghostin' ben th' different packs an' tryin' tae gie them tae come tae th' side ay th' lecht. Stark white they said she was an' sae fest 'at they barely saw 'er when she ran. Iceblink, they called 'er. (You know, I had heard whisperings that there was a Werewolf out there ghosting among the different packs and trying to get them to come to the side of the light. Stark white they said she was, and so fast that when she ran they barely saw her. Iceblink, they called her)."