Chapter - 3 : Werewolf Part - 3

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2 January 1994

Remus was once again on late night patrol. He enjoyed the quiet darkness of the Hogwarts halls. It reminded him so much of his time at Hogwarts with his friends. James was like the cool big brother that would help you through anything. Peter was quiet but always willing to volunteer to help out. The traitor was fun and the social driver of the group.

It had been James that recognized Remus's monthly absences for what they were in their First year. The traitor suggested a way to help Remus and stole a text on becoming an animagus from the Black family library. Peter was able to slip out and (with James's money) gather the ingredients and other materials needed to brew the animagus identification potion and then train themselves to make the transformation.

The Marauders had made a magical pact in Second year never to reveal Remus's condition or the animagus training of the other three to those not already in the know without the individual's permission. The pact should have been broken once the traitor betrayed James and Lily. Remus still couldn't tell anyone about the traitor's animagus form. Something must have been off in the wording of the pact. James had kept it in the Potter family vault so Remus couldn't verify it. When he had shown his memory of the encounter with Padfoot and the werewolf, the dog was replaced with the traitor's human form.

Remus moved on to thoughts of his own encounter with their mystery werewolf from October. The last full moon was six days past and the third full moon that the full Hogwarts staff had fruitlessly searched for any sign of a werewolf on the grounds. Between the dementors, the traitor, and the mystery werewolf, the staff was getting very nervous about their ability to protect their students. Well, except for Albus and Severus. Albus just proclaimed that everything would be taken care of and ask if you want a lemon drop. Severus just didn't seem to care.

To distract himself, Remus cast the spells the Marauders used to move unobserved through the school: a Disillusionment spell to cover the visible, a Silencing charm to cover the auditory, and an Oderless charm to cover his scent. Remus allowed himself to pretend he was 14 again and off on another Marauder prank adventure.

Remus had just entered the Entry Hall and stood at the base of the great stairway when he heard an odd rushing noise. A flash of blackness in the dim light of the hall passed overhead.

It was in complete disbelief that Remus watched the mystery werewolf leaping from landing to landing moving up the stairs to be lost in the gloom at the top of the stairs. To make matters worse, the werewolf had a school bag casually thrown over one shoulder. The Gryffindor and Ravenclaw towers were in that general direction. Was their mystery student in one of those Houses?

Remus dropped his spells as he quickly made his way to Dumbledore's office. This sighting confirmed the impossible: the student's transformations were not dependent on the full moon and might have been completely voluntary. How many times had the other Marauders used their animagus forms to sneak back to Gryffindor tower after a late night prank or rendezvous? Remus bet the student must have made a run at the Restricted Section. Maybe they could find some evidence of who it was by searching there.

Over the next five months, Remus would have four more sightings of his elusive werewolf. He never came close to capturing the beast and came to the conclusion the infected student was playing with him. No other professors ever so much as spotted the creature. If not for his memories, most of the staff would have suspected the old Marauder of playing a prank on them. Instead it seemed the prank was on him.

One incident in March confirmed the student was a prankster. Remus had been checking a bathroom for out of bounds students. He opened the door to find himself nose to muzzle with the werewolf. The professor let out a scream reminiscent of Gilderoy Lockhart and fell back on his arse. When he looked up again the wolf was gone.

Remus wondered if werewolves could laugh hysterically. He hoped the brat bit his tongue.

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