Ok guys I know it is short but at least my updates are more regular than once a week like I thought they would be. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it despite the obvious shortness, I know I enjoyed writing it. :)
Remus POV
The first thing I thought upon waking up the next morning was how much pain I was in. Every square inch of my body hurt. But then I remembered the events that took place the night before. I had transformed in front of everyone. Had I hurt them? I fought against the mental barrier that held me back from knowing but nothing came to me.
I opened my eyes and looked up at the cloudy sky. There was a cool breeze in the air and birds were singing soft melodies to their mates. I sighed.
"I see somebody is awake." Said the weak voice of Megan who was sitting somewhere to my left. I moved a little so I could see her but the pain I was in only grew stronger. Scratches and bites littered my body; some had begun to scab over whereas others were still oozing blood out onto the forest floor.
I gritted my teeth together and forced myself into a sitting position and looked over to Megan. She too was covered in scratches and bite marks.
"What happened last night?" I asked her. She crawled over to me and sat to my left.
"You didn't hurt anyone." She said as a way of answering my question.
"How do you know?"
"I had taken to Wolfsbane potion," She said with a simple tone. "So I was aware of everything going on and I had control over my wolf form. I steered you away from everyone and kept you away."
"So that explains the..." I gestured to our wounds from the night before. She nodded.
"You aren't a very nice wolf." She said with a smile making its way across her face. "I prefer you in this form." I smiled back and touched my lips to hers.
Megan POV
To my greatest annoyance, our kiss (the first kiss we had shared since September last year when he left for Hogwarts) was interrupted by somebody clearing their throat. Remus broke it off and looked to see who was standing there.
"Good morning Professor Dumbledore, minister." He nodded to each of the two men and closed his eyes in mortification. I felt my cheeks flush red and lifted an arm to cover my chest area and adjusted my other hand.
"What brings you to the forest?" I asked sweetly while trying to ignore the fact that two of the most important men in the whole wizarding world had just seen me, naked, kissing Remus, who was also naked.
The minister who was still staring with a dropped jaw said nothing but thankfully Dumbledore did say something. "Well, we knew that Mr Lupin and you were out in the woods after the full moon and thought it would be less embarrassing for you if we were to find you and provide the two of you with clothing so that you wouldn't have to walk up to the school with bare skin."
'But this turned out to be the more embarrassing option.' I thought to myself before forcing a smile onto my face.
"Does that mean you have clothing on you because I would very much appreciate some right now?" I said it what I hoped was a calm tone. Dumbledore nodded and handed us some robes.
"The minster and I will be over here." He said kindly but I couldn't shake the feeling that he was laughing inside. He rested a hand on the Minister's shoulder and actually had to turn him around to make him stop looking at me. How humiliating.
As soon as neither of them was looking Remus and I stood up and pulled on the clothing, sharing a few looks of mutual embarrassment as we did so.
"So..." Remus said when we were done. "How did you know Megan was here at Hogwarts?" Dumbledore and the Minister turned back around to see us again.
"Severus informed us." The minister said now that he had nothing to stare at. "He also tells us that the two of you were helping Sirius Black into the castle." His tone was suddenly grave.
"Minister I can assure you that neither of these two would help an escaped convict." Said Dumbledore, although I wasn't sure if he honestly believed it or if he was simply coving up for us.
"And I would like to believe you Albus but Miss Roberts was involved in Sirius Black's trial ten years ago and she was convinced that he was innocent." The minister paused for breath and I cut in.
"That is correct." I said quickly. "I was at the time, but as I thought more about the situation..." I prepared myself to lie again. "I realised that my logic was... severely flawed and that he must have been... guilty." I crossed the fingers on my right hand behind my back in hope that the minister would believe me. He nodded once.
"So why are you hare at the school?" He asked slowly as if he thought I was too stupid to understand. I know he has prejudices against werewolves but this was taking things too far.
"I came here because I thought I could help with finding Black." I said as convincingly as I could. "But then I saw him drag the Weasley boy into the tree and decided to follow him to protect Harry. He is my godson after all." Even if you won't let me see him, I added in my head.
"Severus tells me otherwise." The minister pointed out in that same slow, patronising tone. I balled my hand into a fist in an attempt to control my anger.
"He wasn't there long enough to know what was really going on." Remus stepped in. I fought to hide the relief I was feeling. "Or rather, he wasn't conscious for long enough. Black knocked him out with a disarming spell you see." I noted Remus' slight bending of the truth to keep Harry's name clear and I thanked him mentally for it.
"I see." The minister mused. "And what were you doing there?" He turned his attention fully on Remus.
"I had seen Megan before she went in and we went in together. I thought, seeing as Sirius has killed many before, that she could use some help capturing him. I did not want to risk losing her." Remus gave me a look that told me that he was still angry for me lying to him but that we would talk about it later. I began to pick at my finger nails, pulling the dirt out from underneath them.
"I see." The minister said again and eventually, with Dumbledore's help, we managed to persuade him that we were innocent.
"So, did you catch Sirius Black" I asked as we began walking back towards the school. I was still in a lot of pain but that was the least of my concerns.
"We did." Dumbledore said and I had to work to stop my face from dropping. Pettigrew had escaped and Sirius had been captured, that meant the last ten months had all been for nothing. "However..." Dumbledore began.
"He managed to escape..." The Minister interjected. "Again." As soon as he said this a smile grew on my face and the Minister noticed. Fortunately he perceived it to have a different meaning than it actually did.
"You will not mock me." He said sharply before speeding up and walking ahead of us towards the castle. This only made me laugh more.
Right so that is the end of the Prisoner of Azkaban part of the story. Please don't hesitate to review if you think I am deserve it and I will see you at the next chapter in what I hope will be no more than three days.
