(A/N): Hey Guys! I've only got like, fifteen mintues left before lunch, so I'll start this next chapter now...

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Remus

The full moon.

I had spent the whole day in the Hospital Wing, Leo having taken me there in the morning, I was so weak.

Of course, I was used to being weak, but it had still been an embarrassing shock when Leo had complained about me taking too long to walk there with him supporting me, and decided to just scoop me up in his arms and run there.

It had only been for a few seconds, but I was still cherry red when I had arrived, the rest of my face sallow and pale, dark grey smudges lining my sunken eyes, my lips cracked and my tongue dry.

It had been boring in the Hospital Wing after Leo had left for classes, but I spent most of my time sleeping.

At seven o'clock that evening, madam Pomfrey lead me down through the grounds to the Womping Willow tree, and guided me through the enclosed tunnel into the Shrieking Shack.

She made sure I was comfortable- or, well, as comfortable as I could be- before she left, scurrying through the exit in a tizzy, her footsteps fading fast.

And then, a few minutes later, the change started.

My whole body shook, my breath coming out in wild pants, before my skin tore, my nails growing too fast for my hands to catch up, bones shattering and reshaping themselves, everything moving, my clothes ripping away until I was nude, my knees popping out backwards, causing me to fall on to all fours.

My teeth grew inside my mouth, leaving me unable to close it as my ears moved up the side of my hear and grew, and then, the fur began to grow.

It was itchy, and it actually stung a little, pulling at the skin and ripping it slightly in some places as it grew too fast.

And then, the wolf mind came in.

Hunt.

Kill.

Eat.

I fought with it, grappling against it, but it was like trying to climb a smooth, wet wall.

'Remus...?' A familiar voice chimed, but I was too caught up in my fight to notice.

'Remus.' It was Leo, I saw, as the beast turned my head, in his cheetah animagus form.

Attack, the wolf inside me said, and launched me towards him- but I only crashed against the wall, Leo having moved already.

A throaty growl echoed through the room as I tried to gain control, the wolf charging at Leo again, and this time it didn't miss him, but he swiped out at me with his sharpened claws, not really having a choice in matter.

The wolf howled, before leveling him with an animalistic glare.

'Remus! Get control of yourself!' The voice rang clear in my head, like a bell, and the wolf slammed against my mind before moving to charge at him again but he got out the way again, ramming into my side, sending me sprawling to the ground before he pounced on top of me.

The wolf's legs were too long to scratch at his sides as he pinned it to the ground, halting its movement as his jaws met its throat.

The familiar yet alien mind receded, crawling into a corner to lick it's wounds, and my mind resurfaced.

'Leo...?'

He let me go, jumping up into the mostly shredded arm chair, curling into a ball of spotted fur, his bright blue eyes blinking in the darkness, appraising me.

'Took you long enough.'

I scowled, which really involved a low growl now that I was in wolf form.

'It's not like you have to deal with something like this!'

One of the cheetah's furry eyebrows raised, and I regretted speaking. Thinking...?

'It's with me all the time Moony, don't forget that.'

The mood was tense for a minute before a flash of animalistic rage coursed through my veins, and I struck out at the wall of the shack, sending chips of wood flying, but Leo didn't even flinch.

'What if this happens when Elaine completes the change Leo? What if I attack her?'

That made him flinch.

'And you heard the boys, what about them?'

Leo stared at the ground for a second before rising to his feet, jumping down from the chair to stand before me.

'I'll make sure nothing happens to them.'

It sounded vaguely like a threat, but I smiled, which was really just baring my teeth in a wolfish grin.

'But who's going to make sure nothing happens to you?'

(A/N): Sorry for the wait guys, I've been home for a few hours and I only just got around to finishing this...

This chapter has had minor edits made to it on 30/12/22