'Crud,' I muttered, as Sirius continued banging on the door and Moony started growling. 'This is bad. This is really bad.'

'No it isn't,' Moony said. 'I can hunt!'

"James, if you won't open up, I'll open the bloody thing myself!" Sirius yelled irritably. James winced, and tried to stand on the trapdoor. The fact that Sirius could still talk, albeit with random barks and growls in between, showed that he couldn't fully transform- unless he was somehow a talking dog. "James, are you standing on the door?"

I stomped my foot in confirmation; Sirius obviously got it. "Can you move?"

I probably needed to, I mused, looking worriedly at Moony, who was quite anxious to get past me and to his 'prey'. But I couldn't let Sirius get in. Moony lunged at me knocking me off my feet. My side erupted in pain, and, although I couldn't twist my head around to see, I was pretty sure I was bleeding. I struggled to my feet, just as the trapdoor sprung open and Sirius the boy-dog bounded in.

'Sirius!" I exclaimed, hoping he'd understand. He did; he turned to look at me and grinned, which look really weird considering he was half-dog at the moment. Big mistake- Moony launched himself at Sirius the moment Sirius was distracted. I rushed forward, trying to use my antlers to pry Moony off of Sirius, who was yipping painfully. It worked too well, and Moony was tossed across the room, letting out a painful yelp as well. I winced; now we were all injured.

"Ow…" Sirius said, sitting up and holding his chest. I cringed at the blood. "Hey, Prongs, you're bleeding."

'So are you,' I pointed out. I looked over at Moony. I didn't know whether or not to count myself lucky- Moony had slammed against the wall, and although he would probably have a bad concussion in the morning, he couldn't attack us anymore. I morphed back into human form, as did Sirius.

"Er… sorry?" Sirius said, smiling apologetically.

"Sorry?" I hissed. "Sorry!? Sirius, you could've been killed! I told you not to come! Not only that, now all three of us are hurt! Are you happy now? Can't you just try to have some common sense!?"

Sirius flinched, staring sadly at his hands, looking very much like a scolded puppy. "I just wanted to help…"

"I know," I sighed, my expression softening. "But trust me when I say I have better sense when it comes to your health than you do."

"Are you okay? You're bleeding pretty bad," Sirius pointed out. I glanced down. A large gash stretched across my torso. I winced; that would hurt in the morning.

"So are you," I retorted, observing the multiple slashes across my friend's chest. "I think you're worse off."

"Nope, you are," Sirius declared stubbornly. "I have had worse than this, whereas you haven't.," Sirius paused. "Er… please tell me you haven't?"

"I'm not sure," I admitted. "We sometimes do get pretty beat up around the full moon. Still, we ought to see Madam Pomfrey-"

"No!" Sirius exclaimed, donning a horrified look. "Don't make me go back there!"

I gave him a bemused look. "Sirius, you're bleeding. I'm bleeding. Moony probably has a concussion. I can't heal any of that, though Lils might be able to help Moony."

"How long do you think she'll keep us?"

"Uh… if we go now, maybe overnight or tomorrow," I said. "If we wait until Moony wakes up, probably a bit longer. I dunno if it'd be smart to risk losing too much blood, so no matter what we'll at last have to try to bandage ourselves up."

"I'm good at that," Sirius declared pulling off his robe and ripping it into strips. "Come here, Prongs, I'll have you fixed up in no time."

"Forgive if I'm a bit unsure at letting you 'fix me up', but since you can't even keep yourself safe..." I said dryly, walking over to Sirius and letting him wrap strips of fabric around my torso. When he was done, he nodded his head in satisfaction, and started to use the remaining strips to stem the bleeding on his chest. "Need some help?"

"I got it," Sirius replied. "Check on Moony, will you?"

I narrowed my eyes, looking for any signs that Sirius was having trouble. Finding none, I sighed and trudged over to Moony, kneeling down beside him and checking for a pulse- Lily always said that was the most important thing to do when someone was unconscious. I smiled when I found one. "Moony should be good!"

"Great!" Sirius replied, and I noted that he'd finished wrapping himself up. "Let's stay here. We can always sneak out of the hospital wing."

"Another one of your stupid ideas?" I asked sarcastically. "Did you really think Moony wouldn't attack?"

"Well," Sirius said pensively. "I figured maybe I was animal enough that even if he did, I wouldn't be turned into a werewolf."

I froze. I hadn't even thought of that.

"Sirius," I said sharply. "Did you get bitten?"

"I don't think so," Sirius shrugged. "I'm sure I'd be fine, I mean, I was transformed and-"

"Sirius, the transformation wasn't complete!" I exclaimed, fresh worry flooding my mind. "Listen, take off your bandages and let me have a look to see if any of your wounds look like bite marks... Merlin, if you were bitten..."

Sirius looked slightly annoyed, obviously thinking there was no need, but removed his bandages and his ripped shirt. I inspected his wounds carefully, desperately hoping I wouldn't find bite marks.

"Am I good?" Sirius asked.

"Well," I said slowly. "I can't find any bite marks. But we'll see what Madam Pomfrey says," I gave Sirius and angry look. "It was stupid of you to come."

"I'm sorry," Sirius sighed, plopping down on the floor beside his bloody shirt and makeshift bandages. "I wasn't thinking- I mean, I was. But I thought it'd be fine."

"Promise me you won't put your life in danger like that again," I frowned.

Sirius gave me a long look. "Alright. I promise."

"He's waking up," Sirius declared.

"I noticed," I replied. Remus groaned, shivered, and sat up. I handed him his robe, which he took gratefully. "How are you feeling, Remus?"

"Like I ran face-first into the wall," Remus said dryly, before he glanced up at Sirius and I. "Sirius!? Bloody heck, you two are covered in blood!"

"It's fine," Sirius assured him. "I patched Jamie up; he made sure I wasn't bitten. We're fine."

Remus paled drastically. "How can you be sure!? I hurt you both! I knew this whole Animagus thing was a bad idea!"

"Actually, it was all fine 'till Padfoot showed up still half-human," I replied, sending Sirius a sharp glance. "It isn't your fault, Remus. We'll go to the hospital wing- both of us, even if I have to drag Sirius- and Madam Pomfrey will heal us up. It'll all be okay."

"Why couldn't you have been more reassuring to me?" Sirius grumbled.

"Because this is all your fault and you 'had it under control'," I answered sarcastically. "Since, if I remember correctly, I was the one freaking out and you were calm as ever."

"True, true," Sirius grinned. "What do you say we head on back to the castle before the rest of Hogwarts wakes up?"

"Right," Remus said, pulling himself to his feet, still looking at us worriedly. "Can you two make it?"

"Remus, if you don't remember, both of us have been under the Cruciatus," I pointed out. "I think we can handle a few scrapes and bruises."

Sirius snorted. "You better believe it."

Together, Remus, Sirius, and I walked back to the castle, not talking. Remus kept giving me and Sirius nervous looks. We made it to the hospital wing without incident. I was especially glad that Madam Pomfrey didn't ask questions; this incident would be rather hard to explain. She placed us all in adjacent beds, bustling about the room for potions and such.

"Whoever had the idea to bandage these wounds probably saved you a long stay here," Madam Pomfrey declared while removing the makeshift bandages. She inspected our wounds carefully. "I might ask where you got wounds from a werewolf, but I doubt you'd answer. Be thankful neither of you was bitten."

"Thank goodness," I sighed. "I was worried about Sirius."

"Well, you'll both be fine," said Madam Pomfrey. "Amazingly enough. Mr. Lupin, how in the world did you give yourself a concussion? Did you ram yourself headfirst into the wall?"

"More like someone rammed me headfirst into the wall," Remus sniggered, glancing at me with an amused smirk playing across his features. "I'm glad; I could have seriously hurt James or Sirius."

Sirius opened his mouth wide.

"Don't!" I exclaimed. "Can you ever resist the urge to say that dumb joke?"

"Comic relief, mate," Sirius grinned cheekily. "Siriusly."

Remus and I groaned, and Madam Pomfrey chuckled lightly, placing several potions on the each of our bedside tables. "I expect those all gone by the time I get back."

"Yes ma'am," Sirius replied, saluting her jokingly. Madam Pomfrey shook her head fondly, and left for her office. "Alright, next month I should be good to go, right?"

"Don't risk it if there's even a shadow of a doubt, and have James check your form," Remus ordered. "If things get too violent, leave immediately."

"Remus," Sirius whined. "That ruins all the fun!"

"You are going to get yourself killed one day with your 'fun'," I scowled. "So much for going out bravely."

"Hmm... I'd rather die bravely than stupidly," Sirius mused.

"That's a fine line," Remus pointed out. "Especially for you."

Sirius stuck his tongue out at Remus, who just smiled and downed a potion. "You lot might want to take your potions. Madam Pomfrey will be back soon."

I scrunched up my nose, and gulped down several vials of potions, before gagging. "Gross."

"I hate potions," Sirius declared, also drinking his potions. "Explain to me again why we have to be here?"

"Because you were an idiot," I replied. Sirius pouted. Just then, Madam Pomfrey walked in with several rolls of bandages, nodding approvingly at the empty bottles.

"Well," she said. "I didn't think you'd listen, but I suppose I was mistaken. Good job."

"What happened this time, you two?" Regulus asked nervously. It was the next morning, thankfully a weekend, and Lily, Peter, and Regulus had come to see us.

"Uh..." I said, glancing at Sirius. "We... uh..."

"They came with me last night," Remus declared. Sirius and I stared at him with wide eyes. "I guess I should tell you... I'm... I'm a werewolf."

Regulus's mouth dropped open and his eyes widened comically. "No kidding?"

"No kidding," Remus sighed, looking away. I was still staring at him; he'd actually told Regulus? "I understand if you don't want to be friends anymore-"

"Sirius and James like you," Regulus said, as if this explained everything. "And they know. My parents have been wrong before, and Sirius and Jamie wouldn't be friends with you if you were evil. I mean, I'd've never guessed. You're still human- er, most of the time."

Remus looked up, and smiled. "Thanks, Reg."

"Thanks for telling me," Regulus smiled. "I hate secrets, you know."

Sirius laughed. "Okay, so that saves us the trouble of trying to explain! I was stupid and decided to go join them- we're trying to become Animagi. James, obviously, can already fully transform; I, sadly, can't. But I still wanted to help Moony, so I went anyways, but Moony, of course, attacked. So, yeah, this whole mess is my fault."

"Animagi?" Regulus gasped. "Can I try too?"

Sirius paused. "Well... I suppose you could... ask James, he's the rational one."

"I think..." I said. "You can try. But you aren't going on any full moons until you can fully transform," I glanced at Peter and Sirius. "That goes for all of you."

"I never thought I'd see the day James was responsible," Lily mused. "Until... well, until that night. That's when he grew up."

"James," Sirius said seriously. "You weren't supposed to grow up."

I smiled half-heartedly at him. "Sometimes you just can't help it, Pads."

"Oh," Sirius frowned, giving me a sad look. "Well, do me a favour and be a kid for as long as you can."

"I will, Padfoot," I grinned. "I will."

A/N: Hullo! Another chapter! Now you see, Sirius was an idiot, and they're all fine. Remus isn't happy. But they're fine. Big thank you to N. E. Person, Theta-McBride, Guest, jeremiah123, Accalia Silvermoon, potterhead934 and sk8boards4ever for your reviews! This time, you get virtual Sirius the Boy-Dog plushies (it's up to your imagination what that would look like XD)! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter!

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