It was finally Friday and I have to admit, I was incredibly nervous about the night ahead. The Shrieking Shack wasn't that big, but Sirius insisted Lily and I would be able to fit in with the others.

The upcoming evening was all I could think about and I had gone through so many scenarios in my head. Most of them went very wrong, and ending up with me or Lily being eaten or killed. I knew deep down that Remus would never hurt Lily or me on purpose and he looked even more anxious than usual all day.

Finally classes were over and we all headed over to the Shrieking Shack. Everyone except Remus morphed into his or her Animagus form, and we all walked in silence while Remus nervously watched the moon over head. Peter climbed onto James' back so he could keep up sat chewing on a piece of fruit he had brought with him. Lily walked next to James, and I had to admit, they looked really cute together. I was about three quarters of the size of Sirius, who was a massive black dog. I walked next to him, quite eagerly as well. I could hear Lily talking quietly to James, and Remus' thoughts about the upcoming night.

'Stay with me okay?' I heard Sirius' voice in my head and I tilted my head to one side and poked him with my slender grey nose. He barged sideways into me and crouched down low, baring his teeth at me and growling. Flattening my ears backwards, I crouched low to the ground and leapt at Sirius. We fell to the ground and Sirius yelped before grabbing the tip of my ear between his teeth and throwing me into James, who seemed to almost roll his eyes at our immatureness. Yelping, I growled loudly at Sirius but was silenced by Remus who was sweating and I quickly shut up, while Peter bounced off James' back and ran towards the root of the Whomping Willow, and in a few minutes the tree was frozen. James and Lily went in first, and then Remus crawled through the hole, shaking like a leaf. Sirius pushed me in first, and suddenly I felt very claustrophobic. We came out into the main room of the Shack, the room with the ripped sofa and clawed walls. Remus lay on the sofa, while James and Lily stood near the door, blocking the way so Remus couldn't get out. Peter was under the sofa, looking quite nervous. Sirius and I were curled up on the rug, waiting for Remus to transform.

Suddenly a howl cut through the air, and I pricked my ears, backing away from Remus slowly as his spine bent and he yelped in pain. Sirius whimpered quietly to me and I placed my head between my fluffy black paws and flattened my ears back as we watched the painful process Remus went through each month.

Finally, the process was done and Remus looked curiously around the room and his cold gaze settled on Lily and I. He bared his huge yellow teeth at me, narrowing his eyes at the stranger. I lay down close to the ground with my head resting on my paws; my ears back in a submissive manner, letting him know I wasn't a threat. The creature growled deeply at me and instinctively leapt towards me, trying to lock its jaw around my throat. I squealed loudly, and I could feel his grip tightening around my throat, so much that I was getting to the point where I couldn't breathe anymore. Sirius growled menacingly at Remus, and instantly pushed him off my throat. Thrown to the ground, I yelped in pain and Lily rushed over to me, nudging my side with her dainty nose, and calling Sirius over. James shoved Remus into the corner, where he whimpered and seemed to realise what he had done. My throat was sore, and I wasn't sure if it was bleeding or not. The room seemed to spin, and I whimpered in agony, Lily's huge eyes were filled with worry, Sirius lay down next to me and suddenly, after my eyes flickered open, the room went black.

I opened my eyes slowly and saw a large dog, a stag, a doe and Remus stood over me. When I tried to open my mouth to speak, nothing came out and I could hear everyone's voice in my head again. Looking down, I saw I was still a shadow grey wolf, with black fluffy paws and a black tipped tail and ears. My throat was still sore, but it felt better, even though my head still felt groggy. Sirius, James and Lily morphed back into their human form, and Peter was nowhere to be seen, coward. Remus looked scared, and I knew he had realised it was him that hurt me, and he felt really bad about it, you could tell from his face expression.

'Are you okay?' Sirius asked anxiously and Lily looked even more terrified. I tried to desperately morph back into my human form, but as much as I tried, I couldn't. It just wasn't working. Sirius' eyes filled with worry and he scanned my face, wondering why I hadn't changed back in to the human form. All my thoughts turned to frantically trying to almost tell Sirius and the others why I couldn't turn back, and luckily, I think they got the message, because Lily's eyes widened, and Remus looked terrified.

'You can't change back can you?' James muttered, and I nodded my slim face, before getting carefully to my feet and taking a few steps forward. Cautiously, I nudged Lily and sat beside her, while she stroked my head awkwardly.

'We have to get her to The Hospital Wing, or go to Dumbledore!'

'And say what exactly?' Sirius snapped at Lily 'That we're all illegal Animagi?' Remus gulped and sat with his legs stretched out in front of him on the grass, looking tired and weak. I walked towards a surprised Remus, and curled up in his lap, nudging his face and trying my best to smile at him. I tried to tell them that if we asked Dumbledore not to tell anyone, then he might agree, it was better than me being stuck like this. Sirius looked sheepishly at the floor, and agreed quietly.

I followed Lily back to the castle, but before we could go in, I had to stand behind a bush while Lily went to get a shoulder bag, so no one would see us. Being stuffed in a shoulder bag was very claustrophobic, and I had a small gap where I had to stick my nose out and take some breathes. I was a huge wolf, not like a fox, and Lily had to run in front so she could get me out as quickly as possible.

Sirius knew the password to Dumbledore's office weirdly enough, and we all piled into the small staircase, where I was finally allowed out of the bag, and immediately stretched my fluffy legs out in front of me. Trotting up the stairs behind Remus, he suddenly turned and stopped. I ran straight into him, and suddenly heard him apologise for doing this to me.

'It wasn't your fault, your not responsible for this, it was my fault.' I said to Remus, well I thought to Remus, considering I couldn't actually say anything. We entered Dumbledore's Office in silence and Dumbledore, who looked at us curiously when I emerged last from the staircase, greeted us.

'And, I am guessing this is Miss Rustley?' We all stared at him in awe, and he chuckled at our expressions.

'How did you?…' James asked, and I sat next to Sirius's feet.

'Well, considering you are never seen without each other, and I know that Peter's Animagus is a rat, I am guessing that is Miss Rustley?' We all seemed to simultaneously gulp and Sirius asked once again:

'But wait, how did you know we were Animagi?' Dumbledore chuckled again.

'I see much more than you think Mr Black. I have seen your monthly visits to the Whomping Willow, and tonight I saw there was two more with you, and I also saw Miss Rustley being dragged out of the Willow, and I guessed you would come here'

'Please tell me she won't be stuck like that forever' Sirius asked nervously and I nudged him in the knee eagerly.

'She will not be stuck like that forever, but I have to say, it will be at least a week before she can fully morph back into her human form. Until then, I will have to tell the teachers that Sirius' auntie Andromeda has had to visit Ted's family and Sirius has been put in charge of her wolf, Storme. Which will be your new name now Miss Rustley.' I nodded and Dumbledore dismissed us, so we all made our way to the Gryffindor Common Room. He had told us before we left, that a few days before I can fully morph that I would be able to talk in my Animagus form, which will be quite scary.

'So… Storme' Sirius said with a wink 'Will you be all right for a few weeks? You know, being a wolf' He grinned at me, and I growled at him, leaping up on my back legs and pushing him over. My head came up to Sirius' waist, I was a pretty big wolf, and so I was easily able to push him over.

Of course I'll be all right, ill just wonder round for two weeks, I thought, and Lily laughed, probably imagining the things ill get up to. Everyone could hear me, Lily, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter as well. Dumbledore had told me that they were able to block out what I was saying if they didn't want to listen though. It wasn't going to be difficult, because now everything I thought could be heard by everyone, but anyone could say something to me telepathically, which made things better, because then I could talk to Lily and Sirius when they were in lessons.

Now, how am I going to prank The Marauders?…

I heard that Rusty!

Damn you Sirius Black.

Aww, you know you love me really… Sirius winked at me and I let a low growl escape me.

Definitely not. Looks like since im stuck like this ill just have to annoy through all your lessons! I trotted in front of Sirius, before turning and stopping dead in front of Sirius, who consequently fell flat on his face. I jumped neatly onto his back, then his head, then neatly on the floor.

In your face Padfoot! Literally! Mwhahaaa, revenge.

You are a very mean person Rusty. But im going to forgive you since you are stuck as a wolf, and that must be very annoying.

It is, especially considering the fact that I might not even get up to the girls dormitory since the stairs might not recognize me as a girl! Sirius snorted at this and I glared at him, well tried to, you can't really glare at someone when you're a wolf.

Oh don't worry about that, you can sleep in the boys' dormitory!

Yay, that makes it a whole lot better, stuck in a boy's dorm where Merlin knows what happens.

Calm down, you can just sleep on the floor, or at the end of my bed, don't worry.

Says the one that's perfectly normal and still in a human body!

I'm going to take that as a yes then! Hey, Prongs, Moony! We have a guest staying tonight!

Honestly Sirius, if you have another girl over, we really don't want to know!

I completely agree with Moony! Eughh, we better not have to put another silencing charm up! It was my turn to snort now, well trying to snort, as I watched Sirius glare at James and Remus.

No, shh. Rusty is staying in our dorm, she can't get to the girls dorm because she's not recognised as a girl.

Really? That's quite funny actually! No funny business though Padfoot.

Prongs, use your common sense, she's a wolf. How can there be funny business when she's a wolf?

Oh yeah… Well you never know.

I am here you know!

So am I, Eughh James, you're disgusting.

I agree with Lily!

My dearest apologises Lily Flower.

Rusty! We can have our first sleepover! I was going to say we should have our first drinking game, but you're a wolf, so that doesn't really work, and I don't think its very healthy…

Definitely not James, can you imagine?

Drunken wolf, scary.

We should so try that!

No James!

I agree with Rusty on this one…

Well you would Padfoot!

What's that suppose to mean James?

Oh please, like you cant tell the chemistry between you guys!

Do you realise how girly that sounded?

Are you sure your not gay Prongs?

Agreeing with Moony! Now, im going to bed, good night!

Night Av's, see you in the morning.

SLEEPOVER TIMEEE!

Lily, save me.

A/N So hey guys!

Basically, Avalon woke up late in the morning, and they spent most of the day in Dumbledore's office and at the hospital wing.

I really loved writing this chapter, Sirius makes me laugh:3

So yeah this is a clue thing to everyone's thoughts:

Avalon Sirius Remus James Lily

Peter (Coming Soon!)

So yeah, that's just so you guys can tell the difference!

Did you guys like what happened?

What do you think the sleepovers will be like in the boy's dorm?

Sneak Preview: When she morphs back human, they will celebrate with a drinking game, what do you think will happen?

So this story is going to be much longer than I thought, maybe twenty chapters? Instead of 16 like I thought?

SNEAK PREVIEW: THERE WILL BE A THREE-PART EPILOGUE! What do you think will happen?

Thanks! And please review!

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