"What do you mean gone?" James asked after Sirius had calmed down

"I mean he's gone," Sirius snapped as he shook with fear and anger. James sighed and closed his eyes.

"We have to find him," James nodded in agreement at his friend.

"Let's not tell my Mum and dad or, or Remus's," James added as he looked at the door which he closed after he heard Sirius call for Remus.

"But what do we tell them when they get up here? I mean if I woke you then I might have woken everyone too," Sirius cut in looking at the door also. James hummed. "Let's just tell them that we all went for a walk because Remus wanted to clear his head. Here," Sirius sat down at the desk in the room and started to write.

"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Potter and Lupin's

James, Remus and I went for a walk because Remus wanted to clear his head. We will be back later

Signed James, Sirius, and Remus.

P.S don't come looking for us,"

Sirius put down the quill and nodded to James who nodded back. Slowly and quietly the two walked out of the room and down the states and into the dining room. Sirius put the note on the table and turned into Padfoot. He gave James a look when he had put a collar and leash on him. They then walked out the door.

Remus woke with a start and coughing for his throat hurt and he can't speak again. 'Wolfsbane.' He thought as he looked around. The place was covered in silver. This made the young werewolf cough and shiver. 'Where am I? Sirius, he might know what had happened. Oh, wait Sirius is a heavy sleeper. Nothing could wake him well, other than the smell of food.' He tried to laugh but his throat hurt, and the laugh never made it passed his sore throat.

"Ah, welcome werewolf," a voice stopped his thoughts. Remus closed his eyes and then opened them again to the hooded man from before, only this time his hood was down. "You don't recognize me do you?" Remus was unable to speak so he shook his head. The man laughed. "Well, I know Black's parents they hired me to take care of you and your friends, but I want them here. I knew that they were not happy when your friend came to me. I told him that you did not love him or care for him. They want Black dead and well you too. I don't like your kind or Wormtail's but it was either you or Wormtail, so I picked Wormtail,"

"But why Peter, no Wormtail?" Remus wanted to say but could not.

"I picked Wormtail because he came to me asking to be loved and cared for by you and the Blood-traders, and as I told you, I told him that you did not care for him or love him," he said asking his question

'We did love and care for him!' Remus wanted to scream but he could not. The man laughed at Remus who started to cough again.

"When the Blood-traders come here looking for you. I will kill them and you but I will kill you first so they can watch you die then I will kill them," he said before he left the room leaving Remus in tears.

"Do you have the trail?" James asked the dog who was on the leash looking annoyed by it. Padfoot made a noise and put his black muzzle to the ground. However, he barked and ran down the road dragging poor James behind him. "Whoa Padfoot slow down!" James called as he tried to run behind Sirius still holding on to the leash. Sirius stopped when he saw a rat on the curb asleep. James's eyes grew wide as he bent over to pick up the rat by its tail. The rat was making noises as it struggled around trying to get free. "Shut up Wormtail! No one cares about you!" James yelled to the little trailer. "What are we going to do with him Padfoot?" James asked the dog. Padfoot looked around before he turned back into Sirius. Sirius opened his mouth. "No, we are not going to kill him Padfoot," James said stopping Sirius from saying anything. Sirius sighed and said:

"Let's take him back to the house and ask him were Rem is, and if he does not talk,

"Ok Pads I get it. You want to kill him," Sirius rolled his eyes as he took the rat and held him tight so he does not run away.

"Why the collar?" Sirius asked later as they walked back to the manor. James laughed at the question but did not answer. Sirius rolled his eyes again as the two walked down the road.

Remus who had fallen asleep again was dreaming. "Hello my cub," a voice said.

"Oh, Merlin I hate this dream," he said out loud but no words came.

"Ready to go out for your first kill?" Remus sighed but did not say anything. The elder werewolf laughed. "Of course you are," he laughed as he grasped Remus by his arm. Remus tensed and closed his eyes hoping that he will wake up, but he did not. When he opened his eyes the dream changed to that night when his life changed forever. He was asleep in his bed when the window opened. Little Remus was going to call out but his fear took control. He did scream when the monster bit him. Remus's eyes snapped open as sweat went down his face. He wanted to scream but the wolfsbane is stuck in his throat and he lost his voice. The wolfsbane was also in his nose and it was hard for him to breathe. Remus let out an annoyed sigh as he tried to break free but the ropes were covered in silver. He winced in pain as his wrists burned. ' James and Sirius where are you? But wait we will die if you come. Please be careful.

James and Sirius quietly walked up to the front door opened it slowly so that no one heard them. Sirius was still holding Wormtail tightly as they entered the house. "Ok Wormtail, come out, turn back. Come out and play!" Sirius mocked in a quiet voice to the little traitor. The rat made a noise. Sirius and James smiled as Sirius let go of the rat. Wormtail turned back into Peter who was looking fearful. "Where's Remus?" Sirius demanded as he pulled out his wand and aimed it at Peter. He did not care if he was arrested for using magic outside of school all he cared about was some answers from where his best friend was. Peter did not say anything.

"Wheres Remus?" James jumped in with is wand also out.

"I-I don't know master did not tell me," Sirius let out a bark-like laugh and moved his wand closer to Peter's throat.

"Master, Master? Your master? He's not your friend he's using you and we are your friends, or at least we used to be. Now I'm going to ask again where is he?" Sirius yelled making James's father run in, but Sirius and James were too angry to notice. Wormtail did not say anything as his fearful look twisted into an evil look.

"You will never find out. Master will see to that. I don't care if he kills me, because if I go down then you and Remus will go down with me."

"Don't say his name!" Sirius and James yelled. Sirius was pushing his wand deeper into Peter's throat. James's father stepped in:

"Ok, that's enough. Sirius James lower your wands. Dear can you call the minister?" He called Sirius lowered his wand as did James.

"Sorry father," James muttered as pulled Petter's hands behind his back and pulled him into the living room with Sirius and James close behind.

The minister along with Dumbledore entered the living room a few minutes later. "What's going on?" The minister demanded. James and Sirius looked at each other.

"Sir," Sirius stated. "Peter, he, he shot one of our friends. With a muggle gun and tried to kill us. We think that he is working with my parents to try to kill us,"

"The bullets," James cut in "that he used to shoot with were silver and," James lowered his voice. "Our friend is a werewolf. Now we know how you feel about werewolf's but Remus is just a six-year I might add. Petter also called the man that he was working for master," James finished panting and shaking with nerves. The minister thought for a moment.

"So, he almost killed one of your friends?" James and Sirius both nodded.

"Yes, sir," they both said

"And is this boy your friend?" James and Sirius looked at Wormtail with an evil look.

"Not anymore," Sirius said looking at James with tears of betrayal in his eyes. James nodded in agreement. "Can I?"

"No Sirius you can't kill him and we know you want to kill him," James said as he put a hand on his shoulder. Sirius had tears in his eyes as he let out a shaky sigh. Then Sirius laughed a little but there was no humor behind it. James and everyone saw hate in his eyes. Without warning, Sirius jumped on Wormtail.

"Where is he!? Tell me you coward, tell me!" Sirius yelled as he slammed Wormtail to the ground. "Tell me!" Sirius yelled. James had to pull Sirius off Wormtail.

"Padfoot can we speak alone?" James whispered Sirius opened his mouth to argue but then sighed and nodded.

"What the hell Padfoot calm down. We will find him. Got it?" Sirius sighed again as he calmed down his anger turned into tears and he fell to the ground and started to cry.

"What if, What if he's dead. Prongs I can't live without him, we can't live without him," he cried as Mr. Potter and Mrs. Potter walked into the dining room.

"Padfoot, shh, it's going to be ok. They will find him," Sirius wrapped his arms around James and cried. James's heart broke.

"What if," Sirius was cut off by his sobs and tears that choked him.

After Sirius had calmed down Dumbledore walked in to talk with Sirius and James.

"Peter tells me that you two and he are animagus," James and Sirius sighed and nodded.

"Please don't tell anyone, we did it to help Moony," Sirius said wiping the tears that were still in his eyes. Sirius then started to ramble on about how he wants to kill him again. Dumbledore held up his hand to stop him.

"Calm my boy. This is safe with me," Sirius nodded as he stood and sighed.

"Thank you, sir, now can we try to find Remus now?" James stepped in looking over at Sirius who nodded in agreement.

"Yes, but I'm afraid that you two can not help,

"What?!" they both said together. Dumbledore held up his hand to stop them from saying anything else. Sirius sighed and nodded James did the same.

"It's not safe for you two to go find him. Whoever took him might be using the young werewolf as bait for you two," James and Sirius looked shocked by this but they both said nothing. The headmaster nodded. "Good, now you both need to get some rest," again they nodded and went up to bed. "Don't worry boys I have someone that is going to find him," James and Sirius looked at him and nodded again. Then they both went upstares but not to go to sleep, but to talk about what they had just witnessed.

Remus did not know how much he could take of this. The silver, the wolfsbane. It was all too much. The wolfsbane in his throat was starting to form a rash and Remus could not itch it because his hands were still tied behind his back. He sighed but that only made his throat hurt more. He could call out, yell for James or Sirius but he could not. He knew that if they did come then he will die but if they did not he will still die. 'This is not good.' He thought as he closed his eyes and tried to listen around him but he didn't hear a sound, nothing. He opened his eyes when he heard something.

"Sir, I would like to see what you have in the room that you are guarding." This was a new voice. He sounded nicer than the hooded man that took him.

"I assure you there is nothing in there that would help you. What are you looking for?" Remus knew that hooded man was slipping and was going to kill him if he made any noise but he had to try. But what would he do? He can't speak. He sighed and closed his eyes.

'I'm dead.' He thought before he started to cough, and he coughed loud so loud that the Auror behind the door heard him.

"What was that?" Remus heard him ask. Then Remus heard a laugh from the man and said:

"That's nothing. Do not go in there it's a mess," Remus half-smiled when the door opened but then he started to cough again as his eyes rolled to the back of his head as the Wolfsbane and silver took its hold. The young werewolf was out. The Auror ran in pushing past the hooded man who was now on the floor also knocked out.

"Kid, Son? Can you hear me, lad? Say something, No, no, no. Lad stay with me," the Auror yelled as Remus's eyes opened slowly. The Auror saw tears of pain in the young wizard's eyes or was it happiness? He was not sure. "Lad, what's your name?" he asked gently. However, Remus did not say anything nor did he try to. The Auror looked at him and sighed. "You can't speak, can you?" Remus shook his head and closed his eyes. "No, lad stay awake ok," Remus nodded as he felt the silver lift from his now burned skin. "Oh my, Merlin you're a," Remus slowly nodded as tears formed in his eyes.

'You can say it, sir. I'm a werewolf but please help me.' Remus wanted to say but the wolfsbane was interfering with his voice as well as his breathing.

"Ok, lad. I'm going to get you out of here and to the hospital," Remus nodded and hoped that James and Sirius were there when he heals. This was the last thought that went through his head before he passed out again.

Remus was rushed through the hospital's halls much like a few days before. Only this time Remus was really dying. This was all a blur for the young werewolf. It all felt like a dream to him. Was this happing? Was he really dying at age sixteen? 'No, I can't. I must not! I'm not going to die, not today,' This thought went through Remus's mind as the healers worked fast on the werewolf. Meanwhile, James, his parents, Sirius, and Remus's parents were all in the waiting room all looking worried and feeling tense. Hope was crying as was Lyall, which was rare for the young werewolf's father. Sirius was pacing and muttering to himself about Wormtail. James had his head in his hands with Mr. and Mrs, Potter by his side trying to calm him. It felt like hours before the healer working on Remus came out. He had a small smile on his face when he called: "Family of Remus Lupin," Just like a few days before Sirius ran up to him, first and started to ask a lot of rambling questions about his best friend. The healer held up his hand to stop him as everyone else came up to him looking worried.

"Is Remus ok?" James asked holding on to Sirius's arm to steady him. The healer sighed and nodded.

"Yes, however, we almost lost him," everyone tensed. "But worry not he is alive and will need a lot of rest. Who would like to see him?" James and Sirius looked at the adults. They all nodded as they danced around the room making everyone laugh.

"That really lighten the mood," James whispered to Sirius as they walked to Remus's room. Sirius laughed a little as they entered Remus's room. "He's alive, Padfoot he's alive. Thank Merlin," Sirius smiled and walked over to Remus's bed.

Weeks have passed and Remus was out of the hospital. He was glad of this news. He pretty much cheered when they had said that he can go home now. He has his voice back making his best friends and mom and dad happy. It was dinner time now at the Potter Manor. Remus will be coming over soon and Sirius and James were beyond excited, "James, son, Sirius slow down," Mr. Potter said looking at James and Sirus who were eating to fast. James laughed as did Sirius.

"Sorry, dad. Is Moony here yet?" He asked looking at the door then back to Sirius who looked a lot better since he came to his house after he had run away.

"He will be here soon James, calm down," Mr. Poter said as he gave his son the 'be patient look' James rolled his eyes and continued to eat Sirius did the same. A few minutes later someone knocked on the door. James with Sirius behind him ran to the door and oped in.

"Remus, how are you?" James asked as Remus walked into the house.

"Better now that well, you know is gone," Sirius nodded as the three all ran up the starts to start their sleepover.