Sorry about the delay in updating I've been really busy these past few days. I definitely won't be able to update over the weekend and most likely not on Friday or Monday because I have some family coming down that I haven't seen in forever. Nina saves Moony at the end of the chapter. I need your guys' opinions. Should I send Nina into the labyrinth during the first part of the quest or when Rachel joins or not at all? The reason I'm asking is because Annabeth doesn't like her. Review and tell me what you think! Enjoy.
Chapter Forty Four: Siri's Innocent
When I got back to Hogwarts, Lav and Vati swarmed me. "I need some help, guys. I have some new pictures to put up on my headboard and I want to put the rest of my old ones back up."
"You mean the ones with Apollo?" asked Lav. "You two finally made up?"
I nodded, grinning, and dragged them up to our dorm. I pulled the old pictures out of my trunk and the new ones out of my knapsack. As we hung the pictures, I informed my two friends about the quest. Vati pulled the chunk of hair that was silver out of my ponytail. "It looks cool." I laughed and picked up a picture of Apollo and me in his garden on Olympus. We were lying down in the grass and pointing out all the constellations.
"Aw! How cute," Lavender squealed over my shoulder.
"You know, I met your mom on Olympus. You guys sound a lot like her."
"We're going to take that as a compliment," both girls said together.
I smiled at my friends. We grabbed our DADA books when we were finished and ran to Professor Lupin's class. WHen we got there, Professor Lupin smiled at us. "You're looking very happy, Christina."
"Something amazing happened over Christmas," I sighed as I sunk into my chair. I hadn't been able to stop grinning since the winter solstice. I was so happy, even if there was the Great Prophecy looming over me. Lavender and Parvati started giggling insanely. Professor Lupin raised an eyebrow, but continued on with the lesson. Everyone kept casting curious glances at me, but I kept my head in my book.
My next few months at Hogwarts flew by. Harry wouldn't shut up about the new Firebolt he had been sent anonymously. Ron wouldn't stop complaining about how Hermione had told Professor McGonagall about it. McGonagall had confiscated it to have it checked for curses. Hey, you never know. It may have been sent by a death eater. Ron was refusing to talk to Hermione as well because apparently her cat ate his rat. I wouldn't talk to Ron because he was being such an idiot.
Lav and Vati told me how they had visited Sirius during a Hogsmeade day during the holiday. He told them about Peter Pettigrew being an illegal rat animagus. Peter Pettigrew was in actuality Scabbers. I never liked that rat! How dare he frame my family for his crimes.I was glad Crookshanks ate him.
A few weeks later, there was a quidditch match. Harry had finally got his Firebolt back just in time. Thank the gods, he finally shut up about it. Ron was still refusing to talk to Hermione. I was getting sick of his attitude. He was really being obnoxious. Gryffindor won the match against Ravenclaw. At the end of the match, three dementors showed up on the field. I could tell something was wrong. I didn't feel the cold or the despair that I associated with dementors. Harry cast a charm and a silver stag erupted from his wand.
The stag cantered down to the dementors and knocked them over with its horns. It disappeared. Under the dementor robes, were human feet. McGonagall rushed down and pulled them up. It was Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle. Why those little...
After the match, we had party. I went down with Fred and George to the kitchens. We got a lot of candy and when Fred and George weren't looking, I summoned a lot of American party foods from my bracelet. When Angelina asked where we got the food, Fred shrugged and whispered something in Harry's ear. Harry started laughing. I wonder what he said.
The Gryffindor party went on until 1 in the morning. At that time, Professor McGonagall came in and yelled at us to go to bed. I went straight to bed along with Lav and Vati. Hermione was already in bed. I fell asleep almost instantly.
About an hour later, I was woken up by a scream. It had come from a little ways off. Lav, Vati, Hermione, and I jumped out of our beds and rushed to the common room where a crowd of people were already gathering. Dean and Harry led a shaking Ron down from the boys dormitories. They were followed by Seamus and Neville. I wonder what happened. Percy came running down telling us all to go back to bed. He took one look at Ron and he instantly shut up.
"Perce-Sirius Black! In our dormitory! Pulled a knife on me! Woke me up!"
"Nonsense! You had too much to eat, Ron-had a nightmare-"
"I'm telling you-"
"Now, really, enough is enough!" McGonagall had come back into the room. "I am delighted that Gryffindor won the match, but this is getting ridiculous! Percy, I expected better of you!"
"I certainly didn't authorize this, Professor! I was just telling them all to get back to bed! My brother Ron here has had a nightmare-"
"IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE! PROFESSOR, I WOKE UP, AND SIRIUS BLACK WAS STANDING OVER ME, HOLDING A KNIFE!"
"Don't be ridiculous, Weasley, how could Sirius Black possibly have gotten through the portrait hole?"
Ron was about to say something when I cut in. "Ron, what did the knife look like?"
"Why would you need to know that, Miss Jackson?"
"Because, it's important. The knife that is in the wall next to the portrait hole, well, if you tried to stab someone without any immortal blood in them with it, it would go right through them as if it were made of mist. It's celestial bronze. It is used by demigods because it is the only thing that can harm monsters from the ancient worlds."
"Are you suggesting Sirius Black is a demigod?"
"A son of Hermes to be exact."
Everyone stared at me like I had just sprouted wings. That would be so cool! "The knife was bronze. It looked like it was glowing," Ron answered.
"Yup, that was celestial bronze. Either Sirius Black thinks you're a son of some god or goddess, he got the wrong bed, or he wasn't trying to kill anyone." Lav and Vat nodded their agreement.
"And how, Miss Jackson, are you able to recognize celestial bronze without seeing it?" asked Professor McGonagall.
"Easy," I pulled Mov from the sheath on my hip. "There are a lot of old world monsters around where I live. Everyone has to carry celestial bronze weapons around or else we get killed." Everyone except Lav, Vati, Fred , and George backed away from me. Lav and Vati were used to it, and Fred and George seemed to think it was awesome.
McGonagall looked at me for a few more seconds before walking outside to ask Sir Cadogan if he had let Sirius Black in. "I certainly did, good lady!" cried the crazed knight.
"You-you did? But-but the password!"
"He had 'em! Had the whole week's, my lady! Read 'em off a little piece of paper!"
Professor McGonagall stormed back into the common room. Her face was whiter than Uncle Hades', and that was saying something. "Which person, which abysmally foolish person wrote down this weeks passwords and left them lying around?" Neville slowly raised his hand.
We stayed up all night waiting to hear if Siri had been caught. A few people had come up to me and asked about the monsters that lived in America to distract themselves. Fred had decided to take the knife and slid it across the palm of his hand. He started to bleed. I was curious about this so beckoned Hermione over. She held out her arm and allowed me to stab it. The blade passed right through her arm. People became interested and swarmed around us. They all took the knife and slid it across their palms. George was the only other person who bled. "Well, congratulations you two, you have the blood of immortals in you. I wonder why Ron and Percy didn't bleed," I said to the now slightly excited crowd.
Fred and George were about to heal their palms with magic when I grabbed their hands to stop them. "Don't, wounds made with celestial bronze react badly with magic. Trust me, I've seen a demigod try. Her whole arm caught on fire." I was referring to Vati. She had gotten a deep cut while training and just whipped out her wand instead of using ambrosia and nectar.
Vati handed some ambrosia to the twins. "Here, this will heal it and you won't catch fire. Although, it would be amusing." The whole common room laughed. They continued to distract themselves by asking me more questions about the different monsters. I smiled and leaned back against the couch. I began to tell them about the dracaena I ran into in a back alley in Manhattan. They were very amused by the snake legs.
It was dawn when McGonagall came back. She told us how Siri had escaped again. I did a mental happy dance. That night, I didn't get any more sleep and had told all my monster stories to all of Gryffindor House. I toned the gruesome parts down for the first years. I hadn't intended on telling anyone about that, but it was my only option.
Tighter security was around the school. The doors had been charmed by Flitwick to not allow Sirius into the school. Filch had boarded up all the cracks and mouse holes. Too bad Sirius knows all the secret passages. The Fat Lady was brought back up to the portrait hole, and she had trolls guarding her day in and day out. No one was allowed to tell Neville the password and he had to wait for someone to let him into the common room. I felt really bad for Neville. It's not like it's his fault that Sirius found the parchment. Speaking of finding the parchment, the teachers do realize he would have had to break into the school again to find the parchment so it is as much their fault as it is Neville's.
I had never seem Ron happier. There was officially more attention on him than Harry. Everyone was stopping to ask him about what happened. I rolled my eyes, his story got more and more unrealistic every time he told it. He kept making himself seem more heroic. It went from him screaming to him punching poor Siri in the nose. He made Sirius sound like a total wimp. Sirius could have taken Ron with his eyes closed and both hands tied behind his back. The six-year-old daughter of Ares could take Ron if she had done the same thing to herself.
The teachers were all baffled when McGonagall told them about Sirius having a celestial bronze knife instead of a normal one. They were all almost positive that Harry had no immortal blood in him and they were pretty sure Siri was out to get Harry. I knew the reason Siri had a celestial bronze knife was because it worked on animagi when they were in their animal form. He had been out for Pettigrew. Lupin confronted me after class a few days after the incident. "What do you know about Sirius Black, Nina. He's dangerous and I know you know something. He needs to be turned in and any information may help us capture him."
"I know he's a son of Hermes."
"Yes, yes, I knew that. I sensed it when I first met. That is probably helping him sneak into the castle."
"I know he didn't commit the crimes he was convicted of. I know he was never given a trial. I know that there was a witness willing to stand up for him in court who begged for a trial. I also know he's an illegal animagus."
"What do you mean he's innocent? So many people saw him murder 12 muggles and Peter Pettigrew."
"Chiron, the immortal-"
"I know who Chiron is. I've met him before when Black brought me to Camp."
"Well, Chiron was there that day and he swore on the Styx that Sirius didn't fire a single curse. Pettigrew blasted the street killing all those muggles. Pettigrew then cut off his finger, transformed into a rat, and scampered off to the sewers with the rest of the rats. Hermes visited Siri in his dreams and told him that Pettigrew was at Hogwarts along with Harry and me. Siri wanted to protect his godson and me because we're family. He transformed into a dog and snuck out through the bars in the cell."
Professor Lupin sunk into the sea behind his desk. He placed his head in his hands. "What about the Potter's? Sirius was their Secret Keeper."
"No, Pettigrew was. That's why Siri went after him. Dumbledore thought it was too obvious that Sirius was their Secret Keeper because he and James Potter were like brothers, although Mr. Potter never knew about Siri being a demigod."
"No, I was the only marauder who knew. Wait, Dumbledore knew they switched?" I nodded, scowling. The headmaster really got on my nerves. He was so manipulative. A deep growl emanated from Professor Lupin's throat. When he looked up, his eyes were no longer green. They were now an amber color. Anger flashed through his eyes. His wolf was surfacing.
"P-professor Lupin?" I asked cautiously. He blinked and when his eyes reopened, they were green again.
"Go to class, Nina." I nodded and ran from the room. I had not expected Professor Lupin to become so angry. I knew he went to school with Siri, but I didn't think they knew each other well. Obviously, I had been wrong. I would feel sorry for the headmaster if he hadn't left Sirius to rot in prison.
The next day, Harry gave me a letter that Hermione had been sent from Hagrid. There were dried tear tracks all over it. I read through it quickly. My own tears began to join the old ones. I am going to kill Malfoy. I knew Buckbeak was getting a trial because he had hurt Malfoy. Apparently, wild creatures aren't allowed to act naturally and defend themselves anymore. Malfoy's father had complained to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Buckbeak had lost his trial and would be put to death. I bet the only reason he lost is because Lucius Malfoy bribes the ministry. The British wizarding government is so corrupted. Hagrid had warned Malfoy not to antagonize Buckbeak and the spoiled monello had done just that. It was entirely Malfoy's fault.
The day they came to execute Buckbeak, I went down to Hagrid's with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. We were under Harry's invisibility cloak. When we got down to Hagrid's pumpkin patch, I saw Buckbeak tied up. I slipped out from under the cloak and went to say goodbye to him. The others went inside. I hugged Buckbeak around his thick neck and buried my face face in the feathers there. He nuzzled me with his beak. Goodbye, my lady.
Goodbye, Buckbeak. I am sorry this had to happen to you. I tried to help you, I really did.
I know, my lady. And for that I am truly grateful. I shall face this injustice bravely, though.
I let a few tears fall as I pulled away. I was so mad that people would hurt an innocent creature, especially one from my father's domain. I wanted to shoot the idiot minister and executioner. I waved to Buckbeak and walked into Hagrid's hut. Ron was holding something, Scabbers! That little rat. I remembered I had seen the minister starting his walk down. "Guys, we need to go, the minister, executioner, and Professor Dumbledore are on their way." I wiped the last of my tears away as I slipped back under the invisibility cloak with the others. We snuck out the back door as the three adults walked in the front. We carefully walked up the hill back to Hogwarts.
When we reached the top, we took off the invisibility cloak and turned around. The sun was beginning to set. I saw everyone who was in the hut walk outside and climb into the pumpkin patch. I saw the executioner raise his ax. I turned my head into Harry's chest. I couldn't watch them slay the innocent creature. Harry rubbed soothing circles into my back. When Hagrid howled, I knew the deed had been done. I started shaking as tears streamed from my eyes. I can't believe they actually did it. I looked up as Scabbers began to squirm in Ron's grasp.
The rat was just about to make an escape. It jumped onto me. I tried to rip him off, but he wouldn't let go. A giant black dog jumped over Harry and the human-turned-rat clung to me tighter, digging his little claws deep into my leg. The dog I recognized as Sirius sunk his teeth into my jacket and started pulling me. I fell to the ground and Siri dragged me along towards the whomping willow. He dragged me through a tunnel and into a very dusty room. When we got into the room, he let me go and nodded his head like he wanted me to follow him. He ran up some stairs and I bolted after him.
When we got into a room on the second floor, he transformed back into a human. "Hope you didn't like that jacket," he grinned sheepishly. I laughed and shook my head. I grabbed Scabbers from my leg and frowned. He had made me bleed. I summoned some nectar from my bracelet and put it on the wound. Who knows what kinds of germs that rat carries. We heard footsteps thundering up the stairs and Sirius hid behind the door incase it was a professor.
It wasn't. Harry, Ron, and Hermione burst into the room. They ran over to me to ensure that I was okay. Ron grabbed Scabbers and plopped down next to me. Sirius closed the door. The Golden trio jumped and looked at him. He was being so ominous. Harry pulled out his wand and pointed it at Sirius. "Expelliarmus!" I shouted. Harry's wand flew into my hand. I jumped between the trio and Sirius as Harry raised a fist to punch Siri. "No, don't hurt him!" Sirius tried to shove me out of the way but I refused to move an inch. "He's innocent. Please, just hear him out!"
"You traitor," snarled Ron. "I suppose it was you who helped him in. What, were Lavender and Parvati your little accomplices?"
"Nina, move! I don't want you to get hurt." Sirius tried to move me again but I refused.
"Sirius didn't need my help getting into the castle. And, if I betrayed you, Harry, I would have killed you already. I easily could have snuck up into the boys dorms to kill you, but I didn't. I'm on your side, but please! Just let Sirius talk!" Siri never got the chance to talk. A crash signaled someone entering the house.
"WE'RE UP HERE! WE'RE UP HERE-SIRIUS BLACK-QUICK!" Hermione shouted. I scowled at her. The footsteps were thundering towards us. The door burst open and Professor Lupin burst into the room.
"Expelliarmus!" he roared. Hermione's and Ron's wands flew from their hands. I smiled, someone who can help us. "Where is he, Sirius?" Siri pointed at Ron, who was clutching a struggling, traitorous rat. "But then, why hasn't he shown himself before now? No one knew you switched except Dumbledore."
"Professor, what's going on?" Harry interrupted loudly. I sighed and wrapped my arms around my cousin. This was going to be a while. Professor Lupin walked up to Siri and me and the two men embraced like brothers.
"I DON'T BELIEVE IT!" Hermione screeched. I covered my ears with my hands. Her voice hurt my ears. Sirius scowled at Hermione and she flinched. He pulled me behind him just in case something bad happened. "You-you-"
"Hermione-" Professor Lupin pleaded.
"-you and him!"
"Hermione, calm down-"
"I didn't tell anyone! I've been covering up for you-"
"Hermione, please I can explain-"
"I trusted you," Harry screamed at Lupin, "and all this time you've been his friend!"
"You're wrong. I haven't been Sirius' friend, but I am now-Let me explain..."
"NO!" screeched Hermione. Gods, she sounds like a banshee. "Harry, don't trust him, he's been helping Black get into the castle, he wants you dead too-he's a werewolf!" That was low, and I know low. I had grown up with Gabe, the lowest of the low.
"Not up to your usual standard, Hermione," Lupin said.. "Only one out of three, I'm afraid. I have not been helping Sirius into the castle and I most certainly do not want Harry dead...but I do not deny that I am a werewolf." Ron tried to stand, his leg had been broken by the whomping willow. He grimaced in pain and flopped back down on the bed. The professor made forward to help him.
"Get away from me werewolf!" Ron sneered in a way that would make Sev proud. Professor Lupin stopped in his tracks.
He turned to Hermione. "How long have you known?"
"Since I did Professor Snape's essay he gave us in the beginning of the year."
"He'll be delighted. He assigned that essay hoping someone would realize what my symptoms meant...Did you check the lunar chart and realize I always fell ill at the full moon? Or did you realize the boggart changed into the full moon when it saw me?"
"Both," Hermione muttered.
"You're one of the cleverest witches of your age I've ever met, Hermione."
"I'm not. If I had been a bit cleverer, I'd have told everyone what you are!"
"But they already know, at least the staff do."
"Dumbledore hired you knowing you were a werewolf?" Ron gaped. "Is he mad?"
"Some of the staff thought so. He had to work hard to convince certain teachers I was trustworthy-"
"AND HE WAS WRONG! YOU'VE BEEN HELPING HIM ALL THE TIME!" Harry was pointing at Sirius who crossed the room over to the bed and sat down. I followed closely behind my cousin and sat down with him. In the few short times I had met him, his personality had caused me to think of him as a brother. Crookshanks leapt up into Sirius' lap, purring.
"I have not been helping Sirius. If you'll give me a chance to explain, look-" Lupin handed the wands back to their owners. "There. Nina, give them your wand."
"But-" I tried to say, but Professor Lupin gave me a look and I tossed my wand to Harry. I hated being undefended and Mov wouldn't be any help if anyone from the Golden Trio tried to attack.
"There. You're all armed, we're not. Now will you listen?"
"If you haven't been helping him, how did you know he was here?"
"The map. The Marauder's map." The what? "I was in my office examining it-"
"You know how to work it?" Harry asked suspiciously.
"Of course I know how to work it. I helped write it. I'm Moony-that was my friends nickname for me in school."
"You wrote-"
"The important thing is, I was watching it carefully this evening because I had an idea that you, Ron, Nina, and Hermione would try to sneak down to see Hagrid before his hippogriff was executed. And I was right, wasn't I? You might have been wearing your father's old cloak, Harry-"
"How do you know about the cloak?" I was getting very bored of just sitting here. I could tell Sirius' ADHD was acting up as well. He started tapping his foot and drumming his fingers on his leg in the rhythm of My Grandmother Got Ran Over By a Cyclops.I jumped up and began to pace.
"The number of times I saw James disappearing under it...The point is, even if you're wearing the invisibility cloak, you still show up on the Marauder's Map. I watched you cross the grounds and enter Hagrid's hut. Twenty minutes later, you left Hagrid, and set off towards the castle. But, you were accompanied by someone else."
"Who? No we weren't!"
"Yes we were," I snapped. "Peter Pettigrew had joined us for the ride!"
"I couldn't believe my eyes. And then, I saw another dot, moving fast toward you, labed Sirius Black...I saw him collide with you; I watched as he pulled two of you into the Whomping Willow-"
"One of us!" Ron growled.
"No, two of you. Do you think I could have a look at the rat?" When Ron refused to hand over the rat, is when I finally got sick of waiting. My ADHD got the better of me and I grabbed the rat from Ron's hand. I threw the squealing traitor at my cousin. Sirius caught the rat and looked ready to rip its tiny head off. "Wait, we need to explain." Sirius growled and waved his hand to show Lupin that if he wanted to, he could explain but Sirius wasn't going to help.
When Lupin finally finished the story, Harry gave all of us our wands back. Finally! Sev had showed up in the middle of the story and Harry, Ron, and Hermione shot expelliarmus at him. Poor Sev. When Sirius heard he was teaching at Hogwarts, he started cracking up. I guess it was kinda funny with Sev being a grandson of Hades and all.
Finally, the Golden trio believed us. On the count of three, Lupin and Sirius shot a blue light from their wands. It hit the rat and he started to morph. It was the most disturbing thing I've ever seen, and I saw the Fields of Punishment ins the Underworld. The short fur shrunk back into the body of the rat. It began to grow and its skin stretched and bubbled. The head swelled as the ears flattened to its skull and became a part of the skin. After it was all done, a short, balding man stood in the rats place. "Well, hello, Peter," said Lupin, pleasantly. "Long time no see."
"S-Sirius...R-Remus...My friends...my old friends."
"We've been having a little chat, Peter, about what happened the night Prongs and Lily died."
"Remus, you don't believe him do you? He tried to kill me Remus! He killed Lily and James and now he's going to kill me too...You've got to help me, Remus..."
"Why have you been hiding these 12 years if you knew my cousin was locked in Azkaban?" I snarled. Pettigrew looked at me.
"I-I knew, Nina-"
"Don't speak her name, traitor!" Sirius growled.
"I-I knew he was going to break out."
"How? No one has ever done it before," Professor Lupin said calmly.
Pettigrew broke down. He collapsed at Ron's feet. "Ron...haven't I been a good friend...a good pet? You won't let them kill me, Ron, will you...you're on my side, aren't you?"
"I let you sleep in my bed!" I turned a light shade of green. That was gross!
"Kind boy...kind master...you won't let the do it...I was your rat...I was a good pet..."
"If you made a better rat than a human, Pettigrew, it's not much to boast about," sighed Sirius. I could tell the antics of the animagi were annoying him.
Pettigrew turned to grovel at Hermione's feet. "Sweet girl...clever girl...you-you won't let them...Help me..." Hermione sneered at him. Pettigrew turned to Harry. "Harry...Harry...you look just like your father...just like him..."
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO HARRY! HOW DARE YOU FACE HIM! HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT JAMES IN FRONT OF HIM!"
"Harry, James wouldn't have wanted me killed...James would have understood, Harry...he would have shown me mercy..."
"Get away from me, you filthy rat," Harry spat.
Pettigrew turned to me. I was backed up against the wall as he shuffled forward on his knees. He gripped the hem of my robes in his shaking hands. "Please, what have I ever done to you, Christina? Help me...Please!"
"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY COUSIN!" Sirius yelled as he pulled Pettigrew away from me. I decided to burn my robes after we got rid of Pettigrew. Or at least seriously disinfect them. "You sold Lily and James to Voldemort. Do you deny it?"
Pettigrew started to sob. He was disgusting. "Sirius, Sirius, what could I have done? The Dark Lord...you have no idea...he has weapons you can't imagine...I was scared, Sirius, I was never brave like you and Remus and James. I never meant it to happen...He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named forced me-"
This got Sirius even more mad. "DON'T LIE! YOU'D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO HIM SINCE WE WERE 17! YOU WERE HIS SPY!"
"He-he was taking over everywhere! Wh-what was there to be gained by refusing him?"
"Only innocent lives, Pettigrew!"
"You don't understand!" Pettigrew was bawling now. I had never seen something so disgusting.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED! DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" Sirius and Professor Lupin raised their wands and pointed them at the terrified coward on the floor. "Good bye, Peter." They were about to cast the curse that I'm assuming would have killed Pettigrew, when Harry jumped in front of their wands. He didn't want them to murder Pettigrew. He said we should take him to the castle. That way, we could prove that Sirius was an innocent man.
Everyone agreed and the rat was tied up. On arm was bound to Lupin and the other was bound to Ron. I didn't understand that seeing as Ron's leg was broken but didn't comment. There were two fully grown wizards here. I'm assuming they know what they're doing. Sirius floated Sev along in front of him using the same spell I had used to float around the castle. Sirius was talking to Harry about Harry moving in with him when he was free. I realized that once Sirius was free, he probably wouldn't come back to camp. This thought saddened me. I would probably never see my cousin again and just when I was starting to think of him as family. I walked behind everyone else, mulling over my thoughts. Hermione was behind Lupin, Pettigrew, and Ron but in front of Harry and Sirius.
When we got outside, the clouds shifted to reveal a full moon. Oh no, Sev said Professor Lupin didn't take his potion. Sirius realized that too and changed back into his animagus form. Lupin froze and began to twitch. I closed my eyes as he transformed. I couldn't watch the pain that my professor was going through. I opened them as a howl ripped through the night air. Sirius had tackled Lupin to the ground. Sev woke up and jumped in front of us. He pulled his wand out as Lupin kicked Sirius off him and into the forest. Lupin started loping towards us. Pettigrew transformed into a rat and scurried off.
There was a howl in the Forbidden Forest and Lupin ran off towards it. Ron was unconscious on the ground. Harry and Hermione ran off to where Sirius was limping in his animagus form. I felt the warm night begin to cool down. One by one the stars wer disappearing from the sky. A sense of despair fell down on me. Severus cursed in Greek and ran off after Harry and Hermione. Dementors were coming.
I looked around before running into the forest. I followed Lupin as he made his way through the forest. He stopped in a clearing and I hid in the shadows of the trees. I summoned nectar and ambrosia from my bracelet. Chiron once told me how he discovered that if you feed a mixture of nectar and ambrosia to a werewolf while they're transformed, they will shift back into a human and they will lose the ability to change into a werewolf. They still have all the other side effects of lycanthropy and get headaches on the full moon, but it's better than changing into a wolf. I summoned a bowl and mixed the food and drink of the gods together.
When I was done, I picked up the bowl and carefully walked into the clearing. Lupin began to sniff the air like he sensed me standing behind him. I placed the bowl down and carefully backed away. Lupin turned and started sniffing the ground. I froze and watched him. He was beautiful as a wolf. He had chocolate fur and amber eyes. I wanted to go up to him and pet him, but I knew he was a dangerous creature. He still hadn't noticed me. He walked up to the bowl and sniffed the mixture inside. He stuck the tip of his pink tongue out and tasted what I had made. He looked so cute and powerful at the same time. I didn't know that was possible. Lupin decided he liked it and began to drink it. Now, when the full moon sets, he will become a human again and never have to endure this again. He just has to wait till dawn.
Lupin finished the drink quickly. He looked up with those bright amber eyes and sniffed. His tongue poked out to wet his black nose. He was so much like a dog. He caught sight of me and growled. I wanted to run, but my feet felt like they were glued to the ground. Thunder cracked through the silent night air. Lupin sniffed the air again before starting towards me. He quickly broke into a run and pounced on top of me.
His front paws landed on my shoulders and pushed me to the ground. I screamed as I fell. When I landed, my head hit a rock. i looked up at the giant wolf above me with dazed eyes. There were still a few more hours until Lupin would change back.I tried to push myself out from underneath him, but he growled every time I moved. He put his head down and began sniffing my hair and neck. I flinched when I felt his cold, wet nose hit the sensitive skin under my jaw and he growled in warning. He continued his sniffing.
Lupin clambered off of me and gave me a warning bark when I tried to sit up. The pounding in my head just kept getting worse and worse. Lupin lay down next to me and curled up into my side. I was so confused. I had no idea what he was doing. The wolf rested his head on my shoulder and nuzzled my neck again. I didn't know what he was doing, but I felt relaxed by his actions. I lifted a hand and ran it through the fur of his back. His tail began to wag back and forth a little. The last thing I remember is the werewolf licking my cheek. Everything in the world went black.