Chapter X

"WHAT?" Hermione could feel her whole world crumbling before her, everything from her parent's death, her true nature coming into reality, getting suck into the past and now possible being mark to become Remus's mate forever.

Now she felt completely and totally screwed.

"Oh Merlin's beard, what am I going to do, what am I going to do? This can't be happening! This isn't good this is terrible! It's a catastrophe waiting to happen!" She started to pacing around the room, muttering to herself, "Why me, why me…"

Keller was not paying any attention to it as she had opened the book again, looking to see if there was anything to help with their little problem, well 'her' dilemma, "Now Mione come on, don't panic, let's be reasonable here and think this through. I'm sure we'll find a solution to this, there's no need to be thinking your life is gone down the drain before it started ok. So please do me a favor and stop this goddamn ranting of yours and chill! You're making it hard for me to concentrate."

"But how can I calm down when I'm going to be turn into Remus' mate and if we go back to our time, I'll still be his but he'll be twenty years older than me!" She threw her arms in the air and said sarcastically, "Well I can't wait to see the look on my former professor's face when we get back and I'm sure everyone is going to happy when they hear the great news. 'Hey everyone guess what, me and my cousin went back to the 70's where I met Harry's parents, his godfather, the traitor and our professor whose now my mate, so does anyone want me to brew some tea or does my hubby feel in the mood for a little rutting tonight.' Oh yeah I can pretty much imagine what everyone will think." She groaned as she said, "Well it's official, my future is going to be taking a very strange twist of event huh?"

Keller turn from her book and frowned at her cousin's negative attitude, "Look not everything is written in stone just because we're here doesn't mean we're not able to control our own destinies and not go screwing our own lives by shagging with future professors or whatever shit you can come up with. So don't get your knickers in a knot!"

She rubbed her temple and turned her attention back on the book again, "There's got to be a way to avoid this and I'm sure we can figure something in here if you sit down and be patient with me for just a few minutes before I find the answer to your predicament." She flipped through the pages again, skimming and going to the next chapter through while Hermione laid on the bed until Keller gave a shriek which made her sit straight up.

"Eureka!" She found one where she stop, pointing to it excitedly with her finger. "Here it is, listen to this."

She began reading out loud the paragraph, "On the night of when the moon is full and when a mate must mate, the male will follow after his intends' scent and never give up the hunt until he has caught and marked her before the passing of the full moon."

"So okay we had that much figured that out but what's that got to do with my situation, only basically explain what will possibly happen during the full moon." She said as Keller laid the book aside and turn to her, "Mione, you're missing the big picture. Don't you see we found an answer from that which points out to your issue?"

Hermione didn't really get it until she took the book out of Keller's hand and read the sentence to herself and then she was starting to see what she had been pointing out.

Of course it made sense! Why hadn't she realized it? She looked to Keller who confirmed her of it.

"Your scent, that's the big deal Mione, see Remus has marked you and will try to follow your scent as you and I will be in heat during the full moon but what if we were able to prevent that from happening. All we got to do is have him not sniff you out and wait for the moon to finish its cycle and then your problem will be over. The moon and basically your heat will be done until the next one starts all over again but at least one half of the dilemma is solved for you in not having to you know mate until we get the hell out of here. See no problem, simple as that!"

"Ok sure I hear what you are saying and that it could work, only one problem: how, how do we intend to disguise my scent and make sure Remus doesn't catch whiff of it? I can't be covered in perfume or whatever other fragrance because I can't even stand the smell in Trelawney's class and can you imagine me smelling like that junk, I think I'll die of perfume poisoning and rather take my chances with Remus. We can try to lose it if I'm in water like hounds do when losing the trail after fugitives in rivers but I can't stand in the lake or the bathroom in the tub all day you know. Staying in this room is out of the question as you and I have to Change and hunt every night, which also includes the full moon."

Keller nodded when she notched them off one by one herself and trying to figure what else was there for them to do, "You have a good point there Mione, none of those would work but…we might have one possibility if this does."

Keller pulled the vial out of the kit and held it to her. "Listen I think I have an idea of what we can do: we'll go on our hunt like always, at least after we wait in the Room of Requirement after dinner by nightfall, go out to the grounds and hunts, see if this serum really works afterwards then head back here or the Room of Requirement, whichever is fine and wait until the full moon is over."

Hermione seem to have taken all of these in consideration as she listen, thinking this might work. "Yes you might be on to something because Remus will be at the Shrieking Shack for his monthly transformation and he'll have to stay the whole night without leaving."

"Exactly, Dumbledore I have no doubt will not allow him to get out of there while under its' magic bonding and seals and the Whomping willow guarding the entrance right? No way for him to get out of there any time soon."

Hermione knew that much was true, Dumbledore had made certain that Remus was able to enter through the Whomping tree and headed to the Shrieking Shack for his monthly transformation since his first year in Hogwarts and couldn't get out unless help by the Marauders and they would keep an eye on him throughout the whole night so that he didn't head leave the safety of the guarded haven he had.

Thinking that nothing could possible go wrong with him trapped in the house and they in the forest, far from him, she agreed. "Great then it's settled. When the full moon comes, we go to the Forbidden forest, transform, feed, we give each other the serum then head back to the dorms and rest. Perfect, we'll have nothing to worry then Mione, so relax and make sure you're rest up for the big night cause it's going to be something you're never going to forget. Trust me on this, the full moon does bring out the beast of us but also makes us feel more alive than you have ever imagine."

"Yeah ok, I get that done before then." Hermione looked to the wristwatch she had and saw they had missed about five minutes worth of class, "We better start heading for Charms now. Flitwick might not be like McGonagall but he tends to be not very please when people come late for his lesson and tends to deduct points from those who are late and give trivial questions if you missed half his lectures." Keller nodded as they left the dorm and walked down the common room to the Fat Lady.

"So what do you think he'll be teaching us today? I know that he was making mention of something but…" Hermione hadn't been really listening as she touched her shoulder consciously and thought of Remus. She wondered what he might think of her now, he might try to put a distant between her and himself if she thought she knew why he done that and might freaked.

But I wouldn't want that, I still want to be by him. To avoid him wouldn't be fair but it would at least keep me out of the danger of what might happen between us…

She felt that somehow, even with the coming of the moon close at hand, a bad premonition was coming her way and she didn't really believe in all that Trelawney always predicted in Divination. Keller was thinking of what her cousin must've been contemplating and made to grab her hand and squeeze it, to let her know she was there and assuring her like she had did before.

Whatever happens, I'm going to keep a closer watch between her and Remus and make sure nothing happens as long as we're here until Dumbledore figures a way to get us back. You're all that I have left in this world cousin…

Hermione looked at her and saw her smiled and couldn't help but smiled back as they walked off to their class.

I promise you that I won't let anything bad happen to you, that I intend to keep my word to protect you, even at the stake of my own life Mione…

Sirius was glaring daggers at the back of Snivellus's head for the sixth time around since the start of class as he and Keller were working on the Draught of the Living Death together. He watched their every move, Keller following Snivellus's orders while he handed her the ingredients and recited the notes even thought she had her own textbook but still under his tutorage did she and Snape manage to get their concoction right.

Professor Slughorn was always impressed with their progress and teamwork and kept commenting that they had the 'right chemistry'. Sirius gagged and almost hurled his breakfast into his cauldron while thinking of how Snivellus and Keller could be together. That was so sick and wrong on so many levels in his book on that greasy haired git!

No way that would happened, nuh uh, nope, can't see that happening I mean come on it Snivellus and he can't get a girl unless he removed all that grease trap out of his hair or shrink his nose or something! He wouldn't even dig a girl like Keller from our house unless he was in a life or death situation and he would probably, most definitely chose death than go out with a Gryffindor.

But he was much curious as to why Keller and Snivellus were getting along so friendly, almost 'chummy' like and continued to watch the two to see if there were any clues or hint in the so-called relationship Slughorn thought.

Like there is anything, he doubted. He watched Snivellus again, throwing suspicious glances at him.

Snape had a itch running on the inside of his nose, almost ready to sneeze but stiffen it in his hand and Keller turn to him, asking if he was all right.

Snape nodded and went back to his book and going over what he had been saying to her from the notes.

He had the feeling someone was glaring at him and thinking very bad things to do on him and could only guess one out of two people he knew too well that would possible do that and had to bet his galleons that it was Black. He chose to ignore this as he finished telling her to put the valerian root in then to squeeze the juice out of the spophorous bean. When she was about to slice open the end and extract it into the cauldron, he stopped her.

"Don't, you'll only ruin the potion by making it curdle and all our hard work will be down the drain. Use the flat side of your knife like so." He put the book aside stood up beside her and show how it was done by placing his hand over hers and using the knife to crush the bean down with the side flat and pushing it into the cauldron.

Sirius, having seen Snivellus moved closer to Keller, like almost intimate drew the line for him and he was gripping his own knife in his hand and chop down on the end and squeeze the juice out into his own potion, watching it spurt and sizzle while he continue to angrily glare at him.

How he wanted to put the blade against Snivellus' neck and pull it across his slimy throat and—

"MR. BLACK!" Professor Slughorn was bellowing in his ear and almost jumped out of his seat as he look behind to see his portly professor standing by him, disrupting his thoughts.

"I have called your name six times already to tell you have stirred the potion incorrectly." He saw the professor staring down at their potions and shaking his head in disapproval, "You stirred it four times instead of seven and added the juice to it early and looked what happened!" Sirius did and saw that the potion, which was suppose to be a light shade of lilac but instead halfway the stage it wasn't and was green.

Putrid green, Slytherin color, Snivellus' colors!

The professor tsked him and told him to try again tomorrow for class then went to see everyone else's work. Remus and Hermione had their potion just about there, it was deep purple and Hermione adding the final ingredient turn lilac.

"Excellent, splendid!" He said and to Lily's table and then went to finally Snape's and Keller's.

"My word, good job all of you, I daresay these are the best Draught of the Living I ever seen. Now as for your assignment, I want you to read pages 104-110 and write a two page parchment on…"

But Sirius wasn't listening as he saw Snivellus edge closer to Keller and whispered in her ear about something which he couldn't hear but wish with all his canine animagus form he did as she turn to him and nodded, agreeing to whatever it was then turn back to write down the homework. For a second he saw Snivellus give a small smile towards her then went back to write his notes down himself.

That's the last straw! Sirius saw this had ultimately crossed the line between him and Snivellus. Time for some practical joking on Snivellus as he hadn't done any for a while and thought he was going to enjoy it.

When Potions was over and by the time everyone got out of the dungeon, everyone but Snape and Sirius who were the last to leave, was when the fight began in the hall. Sirius took out his wand from his robes and point it at Snape's back, "Stupefy! Incarcerous!"

Thick ropes came out of the tip of his wand and wrapped themselves around the stunned Snape who had for a millisecond turn to see Sirius shot the two spells and didn't have time to dodge the first or second one.

Snape would have struggle trying to get his wand but him stun and his body completely tied up laid helpless to him. But his voice wasn't thankfully as he glared hatefully and shouted at the top of his voice, "BLACK!"

"Ah what's the matter Snivellus, got yourself tangled up; maybe this will help!" He aimed his wand and said, "Wingardium Leviosa!" Causing Snape to levitate a few feet in the air and having him hung upside down, letting his robe reveal his graying pants.

"Hmm what should I do next Snivellus? Should I have you wear a dress with flower in your hair? Tap-dancing with only your underpants on? Singing the Beatles? What does everybody feel like me to do on Snivellus? I'm open for suggestion."

"I have one for you: you should put him down this instant!" Sirius turn, expecting it to be Lily who used to do that sort of thing, yelling at him and James to stop torturing Snivellus before starting to date his pal, leaving him to do all the dirty work.

He was about to rebut her to stay out of his business but saw it was Keller who was pushing her way through the crowd followed by Lily and Sonja who were not too far behind and seeing what was going on.

Keller narrowed her eyes at him and then pointed her wand at Snape and got him set right up and lowered him down before anyone could said anything and removed the bindings off him.

"Ennervate! You ok?" But he didn't answer her, his face turned red as the blood pouring in his head and from embarrassment, was too busy glaring angrily across the hall and pulled out his wand and pointed at Sirius, "Stupefy!"

"Protego!" Sirius cast as Snape moved to one side and cried, "Expelliarmus!" Everyone was gathering around them, watching the fight going on and egging and shouting for one side, mostly Sirius' and some unfortunately getting hit in the process with curses and jinxes but continue to watch the spectacle.

Sirius had his legs in a jelly-jinks and Snape's hair had turn blond and curly while doing the chicken dance. Just when it seem their fight was going to get out of hand, a firm voice spoke out, "Expelliarmus!"

Both of their wands were taking out of their hands and into McGonagall's who was standing there in the hall, scowling with a disapproving stare at the matter of what was going on after seeing half of their fight and the state in many of the students were in.

"Everyone get to your classes and those injured or jinxed head to Madame Promfrey. And as for you two, Mr. Black and Mr. Snape, come with me to the Headmaster's office at once this instant!" She placed their wands in her robe and grabbed both their ears, practically dragging them away to Dumbledore's office to discuss their irresponsible behavior, casting spells in the hall, hitting other students with jinxes and etc.

Sirius and Severus wouldn't see their other classes as they were to be domestically verbally abused by McGonagall and discussing punishment for them for the next few days.

Sirius had taken one last look behind to see everyone breaking away heading to their other classes and to see Keller glaring coldly in his direction and turned away and went to join Sonja and Lily, limping with one of her legs frozen solid encased in ice.

Sirius wince, knowing that one was his freezing spell and did hit her on the sideline and would want to apologize to her later if she didn't plan to kill him first.

Dumbledore had thirty points taken off them both and a week of detention, assigning them to Slughorn's dungeon that first night. They were to be alphabetizing ingredients from A to Z and then scrub the cauldrons the next detention and whatever else Slughorn planned for them.

A full week of detention in the dungeon with Snivellus, oh joy…Sirius thought gloomy as he and Snape made their way to the dungeon, not daring to speak in each other's presences.

Snape started off with the A's while Sirius went and did the Z's since there weren't many of them to begin with and quickly finished organizing them, fastening the top of the lids and moving on to the next set. The faster he could finish, the quicker he could get out of detention with Snape.

He went to the Y's before he turn and gave a cold mean glare to Snape whose back was turn to him. "This is all your fault Snivellus you know that don't you." And went glumly with storing the yew sap into the jar.

Snape paused for a moment as he placed the last armadillo bile in the jar before he sealed it and pick another and stuffing the asphodel, looking to Sirius with raised eyebrows. "My fault, how so?"

"For-for talking with a Gryffindor that's what!" He said lamely, though he didn't want to mention any names but Snape knew whom Sirius was talking about. There had been only one Gryffindor he had been having conversation with for the last few weeks and seeing how it irritated Sirius so much had to smirk while decided to play with hanging the bait in front of him.

"You mean Keller is that correct, why Black we're partners nothing more. But then again she does have quite an intriguing character if I must say so." Saying her name seem to make Sirius almost crushed the wormwood in his hand as he stuffed them in the jar and closed it and put it roughly on the shelf without breaking the glass as he slammed it down. Snape noticed and decided if he could get under his skin even further.

Payback time Black, he thought coldly.

"There are some things about her that are easy to meet on the eyes, even if she's a Gryffindor and has more than a certain charm and beauty along with an air of mystery like her cousin but I think she's more appealing in a dark way. Something that you don't seem to have no hold over." He sneered, watching how Sirius was taking his words while trying to pretend it didn't affect him in any way whatsoever.

"She's very different and doesn't seems to have no affection towards you whatsoever and I guess that your pride has taken quite a blow, feeling wound like that unlike with every other girl who worships the ground you walk on."

Sirius close one jar and move towards another, not caring which one that goes in with as long as he got the Hell out of here!

Don't listen to what Snivellus says, he's wrong; he's a stupid git whose head is greasy and slimy like his oily hair… But Snape continue with what he was saying, allowing Sirius to hear every word he taunt to his back.

"She doesn't look in your direction unless to give you cold glare and ignores you while practically every girl adores you but her, the exact opposite of any one you've met unless there's something more to it than what you would think."

Sirius didn't say anything but Snape continue to say in a sarcastic tone, "Ah typical, one-sided love how unlike yourself isn't it, finding a girl you practically fall for who doesn't give a damn about you. Or is it you are trying to play her with your charms and get her to snog somewhere the two of you can be alone together and whatnot but can't as she rather see Hell freeze over and I think she prefers more liable company like myself although I think I wouldn't mind having a go at—"

Snape never got to say what he had been about to as Sirius had moved from his spot and his hand around his throat, saying squaring to his face, his voice dripping in venom, "Say one more word, one more of that crude from your disgusting trap you call a mouth or so help me Merlin I will break your scrawny thin neck like a twig if you don't shut up!"

He pulled his hand away, allowing Snape to breath and rub his throat tenderly and glare at him as Sirius walked away and wipe his hand on his robes after touching Snivellus' throat and went to go to the jars again, his next jar entitled wolfsbane.

Wolfsbane…wolf. Like…No bad thought, very bad idea, the worse idea he should be thinking but he couldn't help but look over to Snivellus, watching him get back to organizing the last of the 'B's and moving onto the 'C's.

"Snivellus have you ever wanted to go find out where Remus goes?" He saw he caught Snivellus attention as he looked up with mild curiosity, wondering why the sudden interest.

True, he had been trying for years to figure out Remus's secret on where he went every month but never had the chance on finding out as he disappeared a lot before he had a chance to follow or spy on where he headed as the professor became secret about it and only Dumbledore, Madame Promfrey and the Marauders themselves knew where he goes.

"Well would you?" He asked knowing he was having him eat from the palm of his hand as he held the bait right in front of him and Snape fell for it and had to smile on the inside as he saw the line dragging the poor fool into his trap.

Hook, Line and Sinker…

Blue Kitsune: Ok so I know that the whole 'reveal Remus secret to Snape as a werewolf' happened around when they were in fifth or sixth year, not seventh, but work with me on this as it part of the whole plot and hope you like.