Chapter 5
AN: This is the fifth chapter, as you should know. I am sorry if I take a while to update but I have exams T.T... T-T… and other stories to update and a new story in progress so I am a very busy girl. And I really wanted to say thank you to all my wonderful reviewers and to all the people who placed me on their favorite stories list and Favorite Author list. Thank you again you guys are the BEST .xXx. .xXx.
Recap
After the Girls were at a safe distance from the common room Lily began to speak again to the Marauders.
" I know you want answers, so do I but you have to understand this is really hard for them. You should hear them at night, barely sleeping, they are always having nightmares, both of them."
" Sorry lily we didn't know." James said softly.
" And have you guys noticed that Hermione looks really sickly and I mean worse than before."
" Yes she hasn't been eating much lately and she looks a lot like Remus does at the full moon." Said Lily, but clamped a hand over her mouth after realizing what she just said.
" Lily what do you mean." Sirius asked cautiously.
" Well I kinda figured out Remus was a werewolf in my second year." Lily viably flinched when she saw the boy's shocked reactions.
.xXx. Day Before the full moon .xXx.
Hermione woke up at six in the morning with a sudden burst of pain coursing through her body, her bones were aching and her skin felt as if it was being stretched and as quickly as it came it stopped. Slightly shaken Hermione sat up in bed with her head in her hands.
A noise on the other side of the room alerted Hermione to someone's presence, it was Lily.
Lily got out of bed and made her way over to Hermione's, sitting at the edge staring at Hermione concern evident in her emerald eyes.
" Hermione, are you ok." Lily asked groggily.
" Yeah Lily, just had a nightmare. Its nothing to worry about, really." Hermione said.
" Wait here I want to talk with you, ill have a shower then we'll have breakfast and go talk out by the lake."
Hermione looked confused but agreed, Lily walked past Hermione and into the bathroom while Hermione Gathered her clothes and got dressed.
An hour later lily and Hermione were both ready and dressed, when they got to the dinning hall there was nobody up, only Lily and Hermione.
Since it was a Saturday, nobody was up everyone was sound asleep in their warm beds, having pleasant dreams, without a care in the world or a care in what evil could be gaining power outside the castle walls.
They finished their Breakfast and made their way outside in silence, Hermione had barely spoken since she had awoken earlier that morning Lily noticed, but said nothing until they were sitting under a tall oak tree near the forbidden forest.
As they sat down Hermione started looking around her all noise gone, the only sound was her hearth pounding, as the memories of the night her and Ginny got here swam to the front of her memory.
Hermione had replayed that memory over and over in her mind since she had gotten here, it haunted her throughout the day and in her dreams, she could see their dead bodies float through her mind, gruesome events during the battle haunted Hermione every minute of they day.
Lily turned to Hermione and shook her slightly to gain her attention, when Hermione didn't answer Lily shook her harder and started to call her name as she was getting worried that there was no response from her friend.
Finally, she got Hermione's attention and took a deep breath before talking.
" Hermione I am so sorry, I cant believe I was so slow, all the signs were there." Lily was staring at Hermione apologetically
" Lily what are you talking about?" Hermione looked back at the girl confused.
" All the signs were there, your getting so sick like Remus and well I know about him but I cant believe I never realized. You should know I will be here for you ok."
" Lily take a deep breath and tell me what you're talking about, because I honestly have no clue."
" You're a werewolf aren't you."
Hermione sat there shocked she knew Lily would figure out, but didn't think she would make such a big deal out of it. After a minute or so Hermione just nodded her, head dumbly at Lily and then Lily jumped onto her feat and tackled Hermione with a huge hug.
Hermione looked taken aback but hugged the other girl with as much enthusiasm, grateful for the other girls support.
' At least I have one friend her who knows.' She thought as she hugged lily.
" Thank you, so much Lily you don't know how much this means to me."
" Its ok really, its not your fault you change into a furry beast with a taste for very raw meat once a month." Lily laughed.
" Yeah the only people here who know are you and of course Ginny, Oh and grandfather knows."
" Doesn't your family know, like your parents."
" My parents were killed by Death Eaters, that's why I was sent to stay with grandfather."
' Oh that must been the Family Problem Dumbledore was talking about.' Lily thought.
" I know werewolf senses are stronger than mine but can you sense other werewolves."
" Yes we can, why ?" Hermione knew she was referring to Remus but decided to play it dumb while she could.
" Well then why haven't you told Remus, you obviously like him and I think he likes you too."
Hermione blushed a deep red and turned her head away from lily before replying.
" I cant, its just to complicated."
" You cant what."
" I cant like him, it will change everything."
" Change what Hermione, you can tell me."
" No I cant, Lily I want to tell you and the guys so much. I just cant." Hermione said through her tears.
Hermione had her head in her hands; her shoulders were shaking as each strangled cry escapes her mouth. Lily picked Hermione up and placed one of her arms around Lily's shoulder to support some of her weight.
When they slowly made their way back to the castle talking about ways to maybe tell the guys when the time came.
In the Entrance Hall Lily and Hermione ran into a hysterical Ginny with a group of worried Marauders trailing behind her.
When Ginny seen the girls her eyes first landed on hoe they were positioned with Lily supporting Hermione. Then she realized that Hermione had been crying.
While ignoring Hermione's state, Ginny began glaring at the two girls.
" Where have you been, I have been worried sick. I woke up this morning beds empty no note.
What were you two thinking I have been going out of my mind with worry," Ginny was now attracting a lot of attention from the surrounding students who had heard her ranting.
" Ginny can we talk back in the common room please!, there is a lot of people gathering."
" No we are going to talk about this now I don't care if anyone is listening they can go to h…"
Ginny was cut of by Sirius grabbing her arm and pulling her towards him, when they were close enough he whispered something in her which made her blush and quiet down.
Everybody was now staring at the group as if expecting Ginny to continue or something else to happen, but when nothing did, everyone began to disperse.
The rest of the day passed Quickly, a little to quickly for Hermione's liking tomorrow was to be her first transformation from Human to beast.
The day was spent in the common room, with Ginny sitting in Sirius' lap flirting with him and the occasional snogging session. (AN: can somebody please tell me why the British call kissing snogging cause I really don't know.)
Hermione and Lily sat in a far corner with their heads together talking about Hermione's 'Furry Little Problem' and how to tell Remus.
AN: just incase you guys are wondering this is the first full moon in September at start of the year…Incase the time line is getting confusing.
And remember Starfire is Hermione and Vixy is Ginny…..
.xXx. Night of the Full Moon .xXx.
Sunday night had come sooner than Hermione and Remus thought, Madame Pomfrey escorted Remus down to the shrieking shack alone.
James and Sirius had promised Remus they would be down to him the moment the moon had risen in the sky, which was exactly midnight.
Remus lay in a small chair in the Shrieking shack; the cold draft leaking in from the outside world hit his body like a bucket of ice water.
The Pain of the transformation was undoubtedly unbearable but with the help of Remus' friends, he always made it through the night.
Remus was thinking of Hermione, he was thinking of how her Animagus form was a wolf and how they would fit perfectly together if he were not a werewolf.
Back in the Hospital wing, Hermione and Ginny were awaiting Madame Pomfrey's return from the shrieking shack.
Ginny had asked Hermione to go over what was to happen tonight before the school matron came to escort Hermione to the shack for her first transformation.
" Ginny I will be downstairs in the shack, make sure you are in form before you come into the passage for the shack ok." Hermione stressed the last part.
" Hermione I know, and are you sure Remus will not know we are there and try to attack us." Ginny questioned
" Ok I want you in the shack just before midnight that gives you a half hour before I transform, I want you there for the transformation."
" Hermione I already told you I would…..be here waiting for you when you come back in the morning."
Ginny began stumbling over her words, and began stuttering a cover up for herself as she watched Madame Pomfrey approaching them, eyeing them curiously.
Hermione looked curiously at Ginny and slightly confused but her gaze softened to one of understanding as the matron reached Hermione asking her if she was ready to leave.
Outside the castle Hermione looked up into the night sky, the stars were shinning above her and the treacherous moon was slowly making its appearance into the night sky.
With a tingling sensation coursing through her skin, Hermione made a run for the shack realizing her transformation insisted on starting earlier rather than later.
As her skin tightened over her, bone's she became more uncomfortable in her own skin and after a sad smile from Madame Pomfrey Hermione made her way into the shack.
Minutes later Hermione was on the dusty ground of the dilapidated shack, Her skin was burning and she was desperately pulling at her flesh as if trying to pry it from her very being to release the beast raging within her.
After a tremendous amount of pain as Hermione's body began braking and bending to fit her new form, hair had sprouted all over, her body and her tail dangled lamely behind her.
Most first time werewolves would usually have trouble becoming accustomed to four legs, but not Hermione. No, she had gained a lot of practice on four legs using her Animagus form.
A last resounding Howl escaped Hermione's body, it was a howl full of pain, understanding and hearth ache.
Another loud howl was heard from the upper levels of the building, Hermione knew it was Remus.
She couldn't let him see her not like this; she dragged her beaten body painfully behind some of the moth eaten furniture while letting a soft whimper escape her body.
Moments later Ginny entered the shack looking for Hermione; she slowly crept through the forgotten rooms in search of her 'sister'.
After finding her curled up asleep behind a large couch, Ginny nudged the large wolf with her muzzle, wiling her to wake.
Before Ginny could awake Hermione, there was noises coming from the shack entrance, Ginny crouched down beside the wolf and watched carefully as two figures emerged from the tunnel.
A large Brown stag and shaggy black dog entered the Shack, as they were about to head upstairs to their friend the dog stopped in his tracks and began sniffing the air.
The stag nudged the dog slightly and motioned for it to follow him upstairs much to Ginny's relief.
Upstairs lay a Large Grey wolf; it had tints of brown running through its coat and was considerably larger than Hermione..
The wolf awoke with a start as the stag and Dog made their entrance, the wolf slowly got to his feat and made his way to his friends whining as they headed for the door.
The wolf caught the scent of two other presence' in the shack and one was without a doubt another werewolf. Feamle.
Moony darted past his friends and began sniffing the air around him, without notice he let out a loud howl, a calling to others of his kind.
He was answered with a soft howl coming from downstairs, the stag and dog looked questionably at the werewolf before following it down stairs.
Hermione had been awoken by Ginny in her form, they were slowly and quietly making their may outside when Starfire heard his call and had the overwhelming urge to reply.
The realization of what she had just done hit her full force, she had called Moony to her when she was trying to avoid him as much as possible.
When Starfire and Vixy had finally made it out of the confines of the shrieking shack they ran for the cover of the dark forest.
The hunt was on, Moony could smell the presence of another Werewolf and he was determined to find her by the end of the night, he needed to mark her as his own before any other.
Without waiting for his friends he exited the shack and followed her scent to the forbidden forest, his friends trying desperately to get him to come back inside in case any student had decided to take a midnight stroll.
Starfire was now lying in a small clearing with Vixy beside a lake, the same lake Sirius was found at in her third year.
She was trying to catch her breath before moving on, so Moony would not find her. She heard a low growl from behind her accompanied by the distant sound of paws and Hooves approaching.
Turning around, she was faced with a pair of glowing amber eyes, much like her own, she was staring into the wolf's eyes and realized it was Moony, he had found her.
The wolf was slowly creeping towards Starfire and Vixy began circling the pair, seeing Vixy as a threat he lunged at the fox now cowering behind Starfire.
Moony looked confused as Starfire jumped in front of the fox baring her teeth at him, why was she trying to protect the little beast.
Starfire moved towards Moony her fangs bared and ears low on her head in a defensive position, she would attack him if he dared touch her friend.
Moony did the same and the werewolves began circling each other, both with different aims in this fight, Moony was fighting for Dominance and the right to be her mate and Starfire was fighting to protect her sister.
Padfoot and Prongs entered the clearing to see Moony and another werewolf circling each other waiting for the other to attack. Moony made to lunge at the fox again but Starfire blocked him, she was not letting him lay a paw on her sister even if it was Remus.
Seeing what was going on Padfoot and Prongs tried to coax Moony away from the other werewolf and the fox, but it wasn't working he would not budge.
Moony and Starfire were staring at each other when Moony finally realized he was not getting near the fox he turned his sight towards the other werewolf.
Emitting a low growl, he moved stealthily moved towards Starfire backing her into one of the near by trees.
Prongs moved forward with Padfoot and walked over to the fox and motioned for it to follow them out of the clearing into safety, Vixy gave a low growl and ran past the stag and dog towards the two wolves.
Moony now had Starfire pressed against the ground as he lay on top of her pinning her to the ground, he let out a teasing growl as if daring her to try to move.
Starfire took this as a challenge and moved around trying to free herself, this only earned her a bite from Moony on the shoulder and with a loud yelp, and she began fighting more vigorously against the stronger male.
Starfire started feigning hurt and began whimpering pitifully, Moony momentarily looked confused. He didn't think he had hurt her too much. Moony tried to regained his composure, but that was all Starfire needed was a second.
Starfire bit Moony's leg and kicked him backwards with her hind legs, disorientating him long enough for her and Vixy to dash further into the woods and away from the odd trio.
The night had gone quickly and Starfire had to get back to the shack quickly before she transformed, she had long forgotten the pain in her shoulder caused by Moony.
Her shoulder had stemmed blood flow and was already beginning to heal from her werewolf blood, though she knew she would scar werewolf bites never healed fully, a lifetime reminder of the curse she was forced to carry.
Back in the shack, Hermione and Remus had both begun their transformations back to their human forms.
If it was possible, the transformation back was even more painful as her bones were forced to become smaller and the thick fur that covered her body began to recede to the dept's of her pours.
After she had transformed she blacked out. Hours later she was awoken by Ginny who had a set of robes in her hands for Hermione, She quickly got dressed and in her haste to leave never noticed the figure standing in the exit.
Remus slowly awoke form his transformation his body sore and weak from the nights activity's, he distinctly remembered the shewolf in the forest last night and could not wait until the next full moon to find her.
Hearing strange noises coming from below he quietly made his way downstairs leaving James and Sirius to sleep.
Standing at the entrance to the lower levels of the house, shock overwhelmed his body and he lost all control of his voice, he stared at the girl of his imagination dressing quickly with her sister holding out a cloak for her, he let his eyes roam down her body before his voice came back to him.
" Hermione, Ginny." Hearing Remus' husky voice both girls whirled round to face him.
Hermione and Ginny stood staring at Remus eyes wide and jaws hanging open in disbelief.
Movement was heard from upstairs and was soon accompanied by another voice.
" Remus were are you, you're not leaving without us." Came James' whining voice.
" Yeah moony and I thought you loved us." Sirius feigned hurt.
" There you are mate. What are you looking at?"
Remus never answered them just stood there staring at the two motionless girls in front of him, James stuck his head around the corner along with Sirius.
Seeing the girls, all the boys could do was stare at the Girls gaping in a similar way they were gaping at Remus.
Sirius and Ginny finally built up the courage and decided to break the silence.
" What are you guys doing here?" They said in unison.
" Hermione, Ginny what are you doing here?" questioned James.
" We could ask the same question." snapped Ginny.
" Yes well we asked first." James snapped back.
" Well actually we asked at the same time." Sirius said timidly trying to avoid a fight.
" Well." Said Remus.
Hermione sat down quietly on one of the moth eaten chairs, every eye in the room trained on her body.
She let silent tears flow from her eyes and she just barely recognized Ginny approaching her.
The Marauders stared at her questionably, though Remus' eyes now held a look of understanding as he stared into her chocolate brown orbs.
" You're a werewolf aren't you?" said Remus it was more of a statement than a question.
Remus' faced paled as he realized she was the werewolf from last night. He had bitten her. He had purposely hurt her.
Remus could think of nothing to do other than lash out at her.
Hermione merely nodded her answer and Ginny wrapped her up in her arms and told her everything would be ok.
" Why did you lie to us, I thought you could trust us to tell us anything." Remus said.
" Remus I couldn't tell you, you of all people should understand why." Shouted Hermione.
" Atleast I have trusted my Friends, apparently we do not mean enough to you to be treated as friends." Remus shouted back.
With the shouting match over Remus stormed out of the shack, James following close behind while Sirius stayed behind with the girls.
" You know you really could have told us." said Sirius.
" Meet us in the room of requirement today after lunch and we'll explain everything." said Ginny.
" Why not later, after dinner maybe. We can talk in the common room then, everyone will be in bed."
" We cant." Spat Hermione.
" And why not, you have explaining to do." Sirius retorted becoming angry
" The full Moon." said Hermione quietly.
Sirius looking towards Hermione and Comprehension dawned on his face; nodding slowly, he helped Ginny support Hermione Back to the castle and into the hospital wing.
AN: So what do you think, I feel bad having Hermione and Remus fight, but everyone knows the best thing about fighting. The making up afterwards. HEHE so yeah I hope you liked it and don't forget to R & R……..
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Mrs.T.Felton