A full moon was approaching soon, Charlotte could feel it. The urge for chocolate, her senses pricking up madly, wanting to stay in bed the whole day and avoid everyone.
Even with everything was happening, with Evan, Charlotte tried to put a brave face on, but failed miserably.
She cried more and wanted the ridiculous pain that she felt to be over.
Little did she know that a certain Gryffindor was feeling the same thing in the opposing dorm.
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Today was the full moon. No one had seen Charlotte and no one noticed. Except the Marauders. They all went hunting until they found her buried under her duvet in her dorm.
Sirius alohamora'd the door open before yelling downstairs. "She's in here!" And the rest came rushing upstairs to jump onto her bed.
"Hey." Is all she said.
"We won't leave until you tell us what's up with you." Peter replied sharply.
"It's nothing!" Charlotte denied.
"Okayy, then." James said before they all pretended to walk away and then jumped back onto the bed, trapping her in a hug.
"Hey!" Lycan laughed as they forced her to lie down with them for a while.
If only it could stay like this.
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The group slept, as time ticked on; all except one. She was petrified that they would notice her disappearing off into the forest. She slipped on a coat and converse before cautiously slid out of the room, lighting closing the heavy door to the best of her abilities.
She grabbed a bobble off of her wrist and tied her hair into a low bun before she ran down the corridor and out the the Forbidden Forest.
Little did Charlotte know the others were just leaving as well.
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Peter woke up first and looked through the undrawn curtains as the moon was starting to rise.
"Oi. You lot." He whispered to the marauders. He noticed Charlotte had gone, but didn't think anything of it, yet. "Get up! Code white!"
James had now woken. "What is it Wormy.. oh shit!" He jumped on top of Sirius and started shaking the boy.
"Oi! What do you want?" Sirius sleepily mumbled.
"You idiot!" James hissed. "Remember tonight?"
"Oh shit. Is Moony up?" Sirius asked worriedly while sitting up.
"Yes now come on!" James reminded him before running out of the door, the rest quickly following after him.
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"Hey Moony, have you taken your potion?" Peter asked worriedly as they headed towards the Shrieking Shack.
"Yeah Wormtail, I have!" Remus replied hurriedly.
The moon was halfway upwards now- they didn't have long.
Sirius, James and Peter had already changed into their animagi and were making their way inside.
Charlotte was in the woods transforming and Moony was doing the same in the Shrieking Shack.
The trio of animagi were confused when they heard a scream come from the forest, multiple screams actually, all sounding like a female scream.
They were confused to say the least, and would soon head out after their Moony had settled.
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Meanwhile, Charlotte's transition was painful so she couldn't help but let out screams. She could feel the agony of every bone rearranging places and how she had to squeeze her eyes shut so she couldn't see her ugly form. She screamed again accidentally.
If only someone else understood the pain.
Much to Charlotte's dismay, she had no access to Wolfsbane and no one else at Hogwarts knew, not even Sirius.
The only person who knew was her Mother and Father who after finding out, tortured her until she was close to insanity.
If only someone else knew.
If only.
If only.
———
Moony's transformation was far less painful this month. After taking Wolfsbane repeatedly for as long as he needed before tonight, he let out no massive screams; not like Lottie's.
The animagi stayed with him until he fell asleep before they let Sirius stay and Peter stay with him before James set out to find the screams from the forest.
The stag carried on through the enchanted woods before he heard growling- growling he recognised. Before the stag, stood a werewolf- most unlike herself- baring her teeth and ready to pounce.
But James spotter something in its eye. A look similar to his best friend's twin. A look of the person he though of as his sister.
Charlotte.
———
Lottie prowled through the woods in no regular state of mind, not as herself. Her mind was somewhere far away and she would return back when the moon sets and the sun starts to rise.
Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a stag trotting through so she stealthily creeped up in front of it but stopped.
He wolf saw something in the stag's eyes. The look of her twin's best friend. The look as someone who she also considered as her brother.
James.
The wolf stopped. She couldn't bring herself to hurt the stag as she saw the look of James- one of her dearest friends. Instead, she walked up to the weary Deer, and rubbed her scarred fur along the side of it.
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James stood there in his animagus form and waited for the next move. To his surprise, the wolf carefully trotted over and rubbed their fur along the side of him.
He knew it was Charlotte.
His Charlotte.
He sat down and invited her to stay next to him as they fell asleep together in the Forbidden Forest.
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Awww, James and Charlotte are so platonic <33
EDITED 19/11/23
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Fantasy"𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓂 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔." Where Charlotte 'Lottie' Black and Remus Lupin aren't as different as they thought they were. Disclaimer! I own no rights to the Harry Potter Franchise...
