I Dreamt Of You (Wolfstar)

Chapter 26

Sirius enjoyed the next couple weeks of peace, no matter if it wasn't really a relaxing sort of calm, the break was still very much appreciated. He focused mostly on his classwork, with the other lessons in the evenings, and spent lots of time becoming better friends with the Gryffindors. He also popped down to the forest every now and then to visit the thestrals, who were quickly becoming spoiled according to the complaints of Death one evening, and had a blast at the movie night with the reapers. Sirius had gotten to know Marlene McKinnon better after remembering they were some sort of cousins, and Marlene seemed to enjoy spending time with him, even promising to introduce him to her younger friend Dorcas sometime.

Monroe had his day in court and was found guilty, receiving a lengthy Azkaban sentence. The court had been horrified when under truth serum, Monroe revealed that he had been planning to use blood quills on all the muggleborn and halfblood students due to his extreme belief that only purebloods were worthy of magic. This disturbing conviction of his was only made more dumbfounding when it was found that Monroe was in fact a halfblood himself, with a muggle parent. No one could rationalise how the man could possibly reason that sanely.

In another week, the Lupins plan to destroy Dumbledore's reputation was well underway. With the help of a certain reporter, Lynal had uncovered quite a few skeletons in the man's closet. The Lupin Lord had been spending much of his free time planning out how to go about releasing this information. Dumbledore had been suspiciously silent recently, but from what Vanadi had seen while sneaking around the castle, he seemed to be plotting and hadn't actually done anything yet.

The puppy had been exploring the castle at the beginning of term, but had decided to remain close to Sirius as the weather started getting cooler and fall arrived. He could usually be found curled in Sirius' robes or draped over his feet  like a fluffy rug, but sometimes wrapped himself around Remus instead. Apparently the werewolf had a slightly warmer natural temperature than most wizards and creatures, so the boy was relegated to being the wolf's personal heater. Remus complained about it constantly, but Sirius could tell he didn't really mind.

Currently, Vanadi was curled up on Sirius' lap, drowsy from the heat of the fireplace next to Sirius' chair. The elf was engrossed in an old book Darya had lent him which was a journal written by one of her ancestors. It was fascinating reading about what life was like so long ago, there were many similar things but just as many completely different. One thing that stood out was that back in the time of Elwin, the writer of the journal, it was extremely rare for creatures to have mates from a different species and they never were mates with wixen. Sirius assumed it was because there used to be a lot more creatures back then and now there was a dangerously low amount that magic would give them mates that were a different species or just wixen.

Remus appeared at the entrance of the Gryffindor Common room, flushed and carrying his running and quidditch gear. The house teams had been practising hard recently as their upcoming game against Ravenclaw was sure to be a tough one and with Remus being a runner and quidditch referee he was busy. Vanadi perked up,  putting he's nose up scenting the air, and slid down from Sirius lap to the rug, tail waving in farewell to sirius as he skipped over to Remus, nudging the scared boy's leg with his snout until Remus gave in and offered his arms for the spoiled pup to climb into.

Sirius smiled at the two before returning to his book, however he struggled to concentrate as a nagging feeling that he'd forgotten about something important bounced around his head. Frowning, Sirius exhaled in annoyance and looked randomly around the common room, attempting to find something that might remind him of what it was that he needed to remember. His eyes landed on the shelf of awards and in particular one given to Charles Potter for achieving all Outstanding on his OWLs. Potter... that was it! Sirius had been so focused on school and Dumbledore that he'd completely forgotten about Euphemia and Fleamont! Unfortunately, Sirius was uncertain whether they could be trusted.

Remus poked Sirius' shoulder, causing him to jump a bit, startled. "Want me to write a letter for you to mum and dad? I'm sure they can figure out something." Remus offered, squeezing into the armchair beside Sirius.

"Yes, thanks." Sirius nodded, moving so he could cuddle with Remus. Vanadi let out an annoyed huff, moving so that he wouldn't be squished. "Oops, sorry." Sirius apologised, smiling sheepishly at his familiar. He leaned his head against Remus' shoulder, tucking the book into his school bag for later. Remus leaned in and left a soft kiss on the tip of Sirius' ear, something he did a lot. He really loved kissing the points of Sirius' ears for some reason. After a little while, his eyes drooped shut and he fell asleep, safe in the arms of his mate.