𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 // 𝑺.𝑩.

-VII-

"So when-"

"-when the moon is full, you're-"

"-turning into one as well..."

~~

"I have to go now, Dumbledore wants to see me in his office. Don't wait for me in the common room." Remus said and disappeared.

The Marauders looked at eachother, it was one of his normal visits to the headmaster. Every month he used to go there and the next day he was nowhere to be found. Only after two days they would see him again but this time completely different than before. Much more pale and much more tired. They were coming up with different stories of what was he doing but all of them were cut off right after they saw him one day with a huge scar on his face. Even if they didn't want to make him feel bad they were worried about him and if it wasn't for Peter who was continuously telling them that it might upset Remus asking him they would have learned already what was happening every time once a month.

"He needs to know that no matter what we're his friends! And he can tell us everything that bothers him." James said loudly and stood up in his chair gesturing in the air.

"Mr. Potter be quiet!" The librarian said addressing directly to him since he was casually being loud all the time when he was in the library.

"You just made a new record James, 47 warnings in less than two months. Well done" Sirius said to his friends emphasizing the number.

"You too Mr. Black! And Mr. Pettigrew and Miss Star don't you ever think of laughing." She said making all of them lower their heads trying to hide their smiles. After that the rest of the kids who were around them turned their heads back to their studies and the four of five Marauders decided to go talk elsewhere since El had finished her assignments so she could just help the others with theirs later.

"What we know so far is that he doesn't go to Dumbledore's office. We know that he goes somewhere else. The problem is that we don't know where that somewhere is" Peter said as they were walking towards the portrait with the bowl of fruits. Around a month ago they had discovered the secret passage to the castle's kitchen. All they had to do was tickle the pear of the bowl and the portrait would move and show a passage to the kitchen.

"The question is, do we wait for him to tell us or do we follow him around and observe him in order to find out?" Sirius said with low voice since he didn't want to be heard all over the corridor.

"I don't believe that you just said that Sirius..." El rolled her eyes and was about to explain why she had just said that but was interrupted by James who wanted to joke around.

"Did you mean I don't believe that you just said that Sirius or I don't believe that you just said that serious?"

"Firstly, that was grammatically incorrect and secondly I'm being serious!" Electra said and immediately regretted having said that.

"Electra, not everyone can be me. I'm sorry to break it to you but you have to understand that."

"Okay guys stop, back to the point. He's our friend and we're definitely not going to spy on him. The only thing we can do is to let him know that we're there for him as James said in the library." Peter spoke and the other two boys stopped messing around and started paying attention to him. "I think that it would be for the best if we wait for him to come again and then tell him. We don't have to tell him that we're thinking of something specifically, but we should let him know that we have his back."

"Thank you Peter!" El said and turned to look at the other two giving them a glance "He's totally right and you should listen to him and stop making silly jokes with your name." 

All of them agreed on having an open heart conversation with Remus as soon as he would return. And then they reached the kitchen where thousands of house elves were running up and own trying to have everything ready for the dinner, which wasn't going to be served before four hours but they wanted to have everything ready. As soon as they walked in they moved towards Sirius and Peter who were really friendly with them. Sirius kept saying that if he could he would have taken five of them in his house even if they were too many. He just adored these little creatures who were feeding him with everything his heart wanted, in contrast to his family's house elf. And Peter was really kind to them, he had introduced himself to each one of them and he had learned all of their names. After they had eaten almost everything the house elves had given to the two boys they started leading towards their common room.

"You know El" Sirius said causing the girl turn around to face him "The joke isn't stupid; you're just mad that you fell for it."

"Well you know me... I have some self respect." 

~~

February 26th, 1972

"Remus! We want to talk to you!" James shouted as soon as he saw Remus entering the common room. Three days had passed since their conversation and now it was about time they would tell their decision to their friend. "I'm not good with speaking as you know since most of the times I end up talking about something else and using Evans, as an example she is beautiful today just like all the other days, you're handsome too Remus don't take that personally, any way my point is, that we want to talk to you but i'm not the one who will." he said and sat back on his seat nodding to Electra to take the stand before Sirius, because then they would mess this up. 

"Remus, we've been seeing you coming and go every month for half a year now. And when you return you seem exhausted and have scars sometimes on your face and hands. We don't know what is going on but whatever this is, we want you to know that we will always be on your side!" the girl said and then fell into silence not knowing what else to say, and due to that her hair changed a tone and their brown colour slightly faded.

The boy walked near them and sat on the floor next to Electra who had claimed right after the begining of winter the closest spot next to the fireplace, meaning the seat of course but Sirius had managed to twist her words . "It's nothing guys, as you see I'm fine! Not even a scratch" he said pointing to his face and hands, and the truth is that there was nothing there because all of them were on his back and chest.

"Look I wasn't supposed to speak but we don't think that this is nothing. Sometimes your injuries aren't visible but what if they're internal?" the long haired boy said. "And I'm not talking for physical injuries. Every month, after your three days disappearance you return tired and sad. And we can't see you like this. What's going on?"

He tried not to tear up at his friends concern and lowered his head after tears started dropping from his eyes. Peter moved closer and hugged him offering some chocolate that the elves were giving him on a daily basis. James smiled at his friend gesture and stormed to the hug as well with a joyful expresion which was definitaly not suitable for the occasion but none bothered. Electra and Sirius looked at eachother and hesitantly they joined as well. It was difficult for both of them seeing their friend breaking but if they were in his place both of them would prefer their space. Probably because that's how they had grew up.

After a while all of them pulled back and saw Remus smiling at them even though his eyes were wet "I never believed that by saving your asses the first day in potions" he said referring to James, Sirius and Electra "and by helping you with the Transfiguration assignment" he said looking towards Peter "I would have find another family. Thank you for everything." The four children smiled at him and nodded to continue if it was okay with him. "The reason why I am disappearing, as you very well said it each month, is because I'm a werewolf. I was bitten by one as a baby. So when-"

"-when the moon is full, you're-"

"-turning into one as well..."

Remus nodded as his friends continued his phrase. "It's fine. Really, as long as I'm not hurting anyone it's fine."

And out of nowhere James stood up on the common room's sofa and looked down at his friends "I'm about to say something that may sound stupid. But! Remus you won't be alone from now on. We'll be coming with you!"