Marauders' Sixth Year (Wolfstar, Marauders)

Animagi

Remus stared at the animals -his friends- in front of his bed, his mouth open in shock as he looked at the stag, the rat and the dog which were all eyeing him closely.

He shook his head over and over again, completly overhelmed by what had just happened.

The dog -Sirius- walked up to him, jumping onto his bed and pushing his head against Remus' arm carefully, thinking of the wounds.

Remus lifted his hand, stroking the dogs' head.
"There, there..." He murmered absentmindedly, his head racing with thoughts.

The other two transformed back into their normal selfes, sitting down on Remus bed and looking at him.

Sirius did as well, looking at Remus who had barely noticed that he was still stroking his head.

He didn't really mind, it was very comforting.

Remus was the one to speak up, removing his hand from Sirius' head.
His voice was unsure and kind of shaky.
"Why..."

They all smiled kindly.

"We can come with you...
You once told us that you're less likely to attack animals when you're a werewolf..."
Peter said in a reassuring voice.

Remus shook his head, his breathing hitched.
"YOU CAN'T JUST BECOME ANIMAGI TO COME WITH ME DURING A FULL MOON!"

He didn't sound really angry, he sounded scared and shocked, worried.

James placed a hand on his shoulder, stroking it gently.
"Too late now, Remus...
We're friends, right?
We're here for you...
Always."

Remus took a shaky breath, shaking his head slightly.
"You're insane..."

Sirius grinned slightly.
"We're gonna be moon buddies~"

Remus sighed, thinking to himself.
'yeah, for one more time before I die.'

James grinned, his eyes shining.
"You're Moony, our brilliant mind.
Peter's wormtail, our kind one.
I'll be Prongs, our leader.
And Sirius will be Snuffles, our bad boy."

Sirius leaned forwards to face James.
"I will not be called Snuffles."

„C'mon, Snuffl-" He started in a cheerful voice but Sirius glared at him.

„No, Potter."
James sighed, disappointed.
He had been very serious about the name Snuffles.
„Any other ideas?"

Remus had been quiet so far, but pointed out the first thing which came to his mind as he heard them discussing, his voice still shaky.
"Padfoot..."

James nodded eagerly , his eyes shimmering.
"Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs~"

Peter gave a happy grin as he looked at his friends.
"We're gonna be Marauders~"

After Remus had calmed down slowly, he looked at them.
"You do realise that there's still a chance I'll attack you, right...?"

James, being James as always just gave a smirk.
"You don't really think I'm scared of someone who lays out their socks in pairs for the next day in advance, right?"

He grinned, intentionally duplicating the end of Remus' question, keeping his voice in a similiar tone as the other boys' had been.

Remus couldn't help but grin, shaking his head.
"You're such an idiot, James Potter..."

The other three boys all grinned at Remus who looked at them thankfully.

James looked at him directly, then at the others.
"Well, I'm your guys' idiot, ain't I?"