(A/N): Hey Guys! So, usually I write my chapters in Word before uploading them to here... unfortunately, on my school laptop, it won't let me open word, so I have to just write it straight into the Document thing. I've also accidentally just deleted all my work done in the past five weeks... -_-

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Trigger Warning: Brief mentions of self harm.

Leo

Remus, Elaine and I were sitting, chatting absently in the Room of Requirement, when the door burst open.

I had made sure to sit slightly further away from the other two then I normally did, due to my small (major) slip up the previous night with Brooke, and I was so preoccupied that I hadn't even heard them coming.

Remus and Elaine jumped as the others- minus Lily- entered, used to having me warn them, and three more chairs appeared out of thin air courtesy of James.

"It has come to our attention," He began, and I rolled my eyes.

"Does no one say, 'hey, how are you?' any more?" Sirius grinned, reaching out to ruffle my hair but I flinched away, leaving James, Elaine and Remus to stare at me worriedly.

"As I was saying," James said, tearing his eyes away from me to move them to Elaine and Remus as well. "It has come to our attention that you three are studying animagi. And due to a massive amount of deducing, we have figured out that it's because of Moonys' furry little problem." Elaine snorted quietly, shaking her head.

"Took you long enough..." Sirius faux-glared at her.

"And we want in." We stared at them before Elaine scoffed.

"Leo's only just barely letting me do it, what makes you think we'll let you three attempt it?" Remus nodded furiously, and I just smirked slightly.

"Well, we're Moonys' friends too! Besides, you three will need all the help you can get! It's not like it's easy to become an animagus." I chuckled quietly, and they turned their gaze to me.

"And what are you smirking at, sir-smirk's-a-lot?" Sirius asked somewhat bitterly, and I just stared at him while activating that small trigger like switch inside my brain that made me change.

I could feel my features changing, quicker than last time- it wasn't painful, but it was definitely very strange. Within a few seconds, I hopped up on to the table, in my cheetah-form, I saw the boys gaping at me with wide eyes as I watched them with my animalistic blue ones.

"You-" James stuttered.

"You've already done it." Peter breathed in awe, and I admired his courage for a brief second before pouncing at him. Or, more precisely, just over his head.

He squeaked and dove for the floor, and I laughed, a quiet, growling noise erupting from my throat, like a harsh purr.

"Was that a laugh?" Elaine asked, an amused grin on her lips, and I made the change back, straightening back up into a sitting position, leg's crossed.

"I don't know, was it?" It was almost like the room breathed collective sigh of relief.

"Thank god, you were acting a little weird this morning." I raised an eyebrow at Remus's exultation.

"I was?" I asked, perplexed, and James scowled at me.

"So you've already done it." I turned my gaze to him, a little surprised at the sudden change of attitude. "Will you help us with it?" I shook my head quickly.

"I'll tell you the same thing I told Damsel. If you want to do it, I won't stop you, but I'm not exactly going to hold your hand and guide you through it." I remarked dryly, and Sirius raised an eyebrow at Elaine.

"He's feisty today, isn't he?" Elaine shrugged, grinning, before there was a quiet knock on the door.

Everyone turned their gaze to me, even those who didn't know I was a vampire, and I rolled my eyes before honing my hearing slightly to find out who it was.

I swallowed thickly before standing up.

"It's Brooke." The others looked confused, but I moved quickly towards the door, pulling it open and slipping through the small gap before closing it after me.

"Leo." She greeted, looking slightly surprised, but I grabbed her arm lightly, pulling her through hallway after hallway until we were far enough so I was sure the others couldn't eavesdrop.

"Brooke..." I started, biting my lip and glancing around, looking anywhere but at her. "I'm sorry about last night." I told her quietly, and she chuckled quietly.

"Leo, it was my fault not yours. I shouldn't have pushed you. Besides..." She glanced down at her wrist, where the injury had faded to a scar. "I did this to myself." I stared at her for a full minute before taking a quick step back. She looked offended, but I shook my head.

"Not that. You stink." She raised her eyebrows, looking even more offended, and shocked, and I rolled my eyes. "You smell like blood." Her eyes widened slightly in understanding, and she took a step back as well, probably remembering last night. "You know, you're pretty strong." She looked confused, but then she realised, and gave me a shrug.

"Veela genes I guess." I glanced back towards where the Room of Requirement was, before back to her.

"Brooke- Elaine and Remus know that I'm part Veela." She stared at me, urging me silently to continue. "And I wanted to tell them maybe that I wasn't the only one in the school..." She bit her lip, wringing her hands together, and I noticed the minuscule cuts on the side of her neck, caused by me. The blood had been cleaned away, but the small cuts, created my razor-sharp teeth hadn't faded in the slightest.

"Would you tell them... would you tell them who it is?" She asked nervously, and I shrugged.

"Not if you didn't want me to." She looked kind of relieved, and nodded.

"You can tell them then. I just... I don't think I'm ready for the world to know, you know?" I nodded.

I knew exactly what she meant.

(A/N): So, what did you think? The power has gone out twice in the past half hour... I'm in maths at the moment, and I got to recess in four minutes, so I probably won't get another chapter done until at least this afternoon.

This chapter has had minor edits made to it on 30/12/22 - Added the trigger warning.