Golden | h.p

07| Werewolves

The school was under compete shut down. The students had to remain in the Great Hall overnight since it was too dangerous to have them in their dormitories now that Sirius Black was supposedly at Hogwarts. 

"I've searched the Astronomy Tower and the Owlery. There's nothing there" Filch told dumbledore. Snape came in and said "I've done the dungeons, nothing. No sign of Black, nor anywhere else in the castle".

Snape and Dumbledore kept talking about Sirius Black's return and how foolish it was to enter alone. But it then came up on how exactly Black had entered undetected. 

Diana noticed how it was a full moon this particular night. And from what she could tell Remus Lupin was nowhere to be seen.  

'How would Sirius Black manage to break in? He would have needed assistance from someone... and the same professor who feared the full moon also so happen to be gone on the same night as a full moon. It might not be adding up on how those two are connected but it's clear, at least to me, that Lupin is a werewolf'  Diana thought to herself.

"Not a single professor inside this castle would help Sirius Black enter it" Dumbledore told Snape. This snapped Diana out of her thoughts. 'Maybe there is one... but there has to be a reason on why' she thought as she drifted into sleep.

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The next day during Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Snape barged in with his black cape whooshing behind him. He made sure there was no light shining through the windows and he marched to the front of the class.

 "Turn to page 394" Snape said coldly.

All the students did as told and grabbed their textbooks and flipped to the page. "Excuse me, sit. Where's Professor Lupin?" Harry asked. Diana, who had been seated at the table behind him, also wanted to know the answer. 

"That's not really your concern, is it, Potter?" Snape said. "Suffice it to say your professor finds himself incapable of teaching... at the present time".

'Yeah Professor Werewolf is uncable of teaching right after a full moon. Where he either turned or had some way of fighting it and is now unable to teach' Diana thought as she rolled her eyes and flipped the pages in her text book. 

When Ron turned to the page he said "werewolves?!". "Sir, we just learned about red caps and hinkypunks. We're not meant to start that for weeks" Hermione said. 

Diana was surprised to see Hermione sitting next to Harry. 'Hermione Granger, what exactly are you capable of?' Diana thought.

"Quiet" Snape said simply. Ron turned and exchanged a look with Diana, who shook her head. "When did she come in? Did you see her come in?" Ron asked Diana. Diana shook her head to Ron's question and then brought her attention back to the textbook.

"Now, which one of you can tell me the difference... between an Animagus and a werewolf?" Snape asked. 

Hermione's hand shot up in the air but Snape ignored it. "No one?" Snape asked. Diana raised her hand up as well but Snape ignored her as well.

"I'm disappointed" Snape said.

Diana got tired of waiting and just spoke out. "An Animagus is a wizard who elects to turn into an animal. A werewolf has no choice. With each full moon, he no longer remembers who he is. He could kill an entire village without realizing it, it has no control over who it attacks. The werewolf only respond to the call of its own kind". Ron and Hermione's eyes shot up at Diana after her response. 

Malfoy imitated a werewolf howl after Diana finished her response. "Thank you, Mr Malfoy. This is the first time you've spoken out of turn, Miss Bennett. Are you incapable of restraining yourself?" Snape said.