Adopted Moonfoot(discontinued) :(

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Cathy pov  

Today dad was teaching harry the patroness charm.

They were in dad's classroom.

And of course he wasn't using an actual dementor.

He was just using a bogart instead.

And since Harry's bogart was conveniently a dementor that worked out great.

Wonder what he'd done if it was something else.

Probably would have taught him without it.

Anyway.

I'm currently running through the forbidden forest in my wolf form.

With permission of course.

I would never go in the forest without asking.

Ayla had taken over and was exerting all her pent up energy.

She hadn't run in two days which really wasn't my fault, she could have multiple times but no she didn't want to.

Plus we had eaten more candy and sweets since it had been Halloween and Christmas.

She was always energetic this time of the years it's probably my fault.

When we were still in school we had befriended the wolf pack here, so we were allowed to enter their territory.

Ayla entered their territory and played with the young ones, while the parents presumably watched.

As we played with them one of the older wolves came to us.

We stopped playing and went over to him.

'We have seen a dog here,' he says

'When?'

'They came not long after you came back,' he said.

I was thinking that it might be Sirius because dogs are unable to enter Hogwarts grounds come here.

'What did he smell like?' I asked.

'Layka said he smelled funny, like a human but not quiet human.'

'Like me?'

'Yes and no,' said another from the other side of me.

'He smelled of you, but only near a new moon cycle,' he continued.

(like two days before the new moon cycle, the day it starts and 2 days after that, with moon cycle I mean a full moon.

'Those five days when I smell like a changeling?' they called animingi changelings

'Yes,' he said.

'Do you know where he would be?'

'Follow me,' he said walking away.

I followed him and eventually he stopped, turning towards me.

'He was spotted the most here,' he said.

I thanked him and he left.

I started smelling around and eventually caught the scent they were talking about.

As I followed it I let Ayla take over, her being better at this then me.

Once she stopped I almost didn't see the make shift shelter, that blended in with the back ground.

Slowly and silently I went inside.

It was indeed Sirius.

He was asleep on the bed and it looked like he was having a nightmare.

I walked towards him and changed back.

Pointing my wand at him I whispered legilimens.

Shouting was the first thing that I heard.

"It's your fault!"

"We never should have listened to you!"

"I can't believe you were that stupid!" someone said with a laugh.

"Your mother was right!"

"You are a disappointment!"

I covered my ears looking up searching for the source.

It was aunt lily, uncle prongs, uncle wormy and dad.

Uncle wormy was smiling, while the rest looked angry.

I turned around to see who they were shouting at.

It was Padfoot.

My father.

'Why are they shouting at him?' I thought confused.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," he mumbled repeatedly.

"Sorry won't do anything," said Lily.

"Sorry won't bring us back," said James.

"I can't believe you trusted me enough to switch," said peter shaking his head looking down.

"I wish we'd never met!" said James.

"I wish you weren't my brother!" came Regulars his voice suddenly.

"I wish you weren't my father!" came my voice.

"I wish I'd never married you, I hate you!" said Remus

After that the shouting got louder and louder causing me to retract from his mind.

I stumbled and fell to the floor bruising my elbows and breathing heavily, I looked at his shifting.

I could sense he was about to wake up any moment now, so I quickly turned back and got out, seconds before he woke up with a gasp.

I stayed by the entrance hidden and listened to him carefully.

I heard his shaky breath as he mumbled, 'I'm sorry,' over and over again in his hoarse voice.

Then I turned around and ran towards the castle, not caring if he heard me or not.

That night I lay in my bed thinking about his nightmare.

They would never shout at him like that.

But why was uncle wormy laughing?

What did he mean, 'switch'?

Does it have something to do with what I heard those nights when I was a child?

Why does he regret it?

He betrayed them, right?

He wants to kill harry, right?

All these questions swirled in my mind as I fell asleep, not peaceful at all.

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