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Elaine

My eyes widened as the word 'mother' reached my ears, and I raised my gaze to the woman a few yards away. After hearing what little I had about Cipicia Joannis, I grasped Remus's hand in terror, and he gripped mine in return.

Leo was even paler than usual, and as I flicked my gaze between them, I realised what Leo had meant when he said he had received his looks from his mother.

Her hair was pale blonde, shining like white gold in the midday sun, he skin pale, her eyes a pale blue, nowhere near as bright as her son's. Unlike his though, her lips were thin and these paired with the sharp look in her eyes truly made her look deadly.

Off in the distance, I saw professor McGonagall, and I knew I had to get her attention.

"Leo, dearest, how are you?" I blinked in surprise at the kind words that flew from her mouth like daggers.

"I'm well, mother." Her smile was feral, stalking forward until she was only a foot away from Leo, and two feet from Remus and I.

"I'm so glad." The dead look in her eye told us she wasn't, and she grabbed his face, her sharpened, elongated nails digging into his skin where the bruise marred it, but he refused to show the pain it was causing him. "And how is Mia?" She asked, her voice deathly quiet, and sweet like poison.

"I wouldn't know. I haven't spoken to her in years." Cipicia's eyes narrowed, but she nodded nonetheless, releasing his face and retreating a few feet.

Without warning, she raised her wand, and uttered a word that sent chills down my spine.

"Crucio!" Leo's knee's buckled, and he collapsed to the ground writhing in pain, and all I could think about was why he hadn't moved out of the way.

I dropped to my knees beside him, glancing between the mother and son, locking eyes with Cipicia.

"Don't hurt him!" I pleaded, and one of her eyebrow twitched upwards.

The spell cut off and she lowered her wand for a second, before she leveled it at my face.

"Cru-" I squeezed my eyes shut, preparing myself for the pain about to hit me, but it never came. Instead, I heard a loud crash.

As I opened my eyes, I saw Leo standing in front of me, his back to me, his mother on the ground a few meters away, smashed through a wooden fence, with blood seeping from a small cut on her forehead.

She stared at us, and her gaze shot up as I heard footsteps racing towards us.

I checked to see who it was, praying for a teacher and getting my wish. By the time McGonagall had reached us, Cipicia had taken off, and was long gone.

"What in the name of Merlin just happened?!" She cried, and Remus explained.

I reached a hand out, but just as it touched Leo's shoulder he jolted, spinning, and I saw a different face than what I was used to.

His normally bright blue eyes were darkened, his pupils wider, his already pale skin bleached of what little color it had, and as he panted in breath, his lips parted to reveal lengthened, razor sharp teeth.

His stance was low and defensive, a quiet growl escaping his throat before his face went slack, and in a blink, he had disappeared.

As I turned to see if Remus and McGonagall had caught it, I saw another stunned face.

Sirius's.

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This chapter has had minor edits made to it on 30/12/22 - Changed 'mom to 'mother' to match what I changed in the previous chapter.