• A Harry Potter fan story. This takes place in Marauders time.

    The lights in the dormitory were off, the students in bed. Night time had fallen and the 1st year students in Gryffindor were fast asleep in their four poster beds. The only other first year boys in Gryffindor was Remus’ best friends. James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew.
    I hope they don’t ever find out why I am gone once a month…I cannot lose such great friends such as these people. They must never find out that I am a werewolf.
    Remus was quiet as he slipped underneath the covers of his bed. He needed sleep, since tomorrow was the end of the year exams. The night before was a full moon, and Remus was just coming back from the hospital wing, feeling almost completely recovered. Before Remus could close his eyes, the lamp next to Sirius’ bed flickered on.
    “Hey Remus, about time you came back from visiting your ill mother.” Sirius said with a sense of sarcasm in his voice.
    Remus shuddered as he noticed that Sirius didn’t believe his story. “Yeah, she seems to have gotten better, so I didn’t have to stay there for a long time.” Remus said convincingly.
    James and Peter got out of bed and sat themselves at the end of Remus’ bed, Sirius sitting in a chair next to Remus’ bed.
    James was the first one to speak. “Remus, why do you lie to us, your friends? Why don’t you tell us why you really left?” James pleaded.
    “I told you, I had to visit my mother who had fallen ill.” Remus replied, feeling nervous. Had they found out the truth?
    “Remus that is a lie and you know it. We know why you are always gone, once every month.” Sirius said, his voice soft and quiet.
    “Y-you do?” Remus asked, shaking slightly from nervousness.
    James answered, “We do know. You seem to be always gone once a month. And when we looked at the days you have been gone, we noticed that you are always gone on a full moon.”
    James paused and Sirius picked up where James stopped speaking. “Then we started to read about creatures related to the full moon and their characteristics. We found some interesting things out about werewolves.” Sirius’ voice was still calm, as if he were merely talking about the weather.
    There was a moments silence as Remus thought about what he had heard. After a minute, Remus spoke, his voice slightly shaky. “Wh-what did you find out?” Remus stuttered, not wanting to hear the answer that he knew was coming.
    “We know that you are a werewolf, Remus.” Sirius whispered, his eyes full of sympathy.
    Remus threw the covers off him and stood up, facing the three of them. When he spoke, there was anger in his tone, a tone that the others had never heard before from Remus. “And so what if I am? If you don’t want to be my friends, then fine. I don’t care!” At this, Remus headed for the door, flinging it open and going to the common room. In truth, he did care if they stopped being friends. But he knew that they would never want to be friends with him. It has happened before. Before he went to Hogwarts, he had a friend. After two years of their friendship, Remus admitted to his so called 'friend' on what he was. Their friendship ended immediately.
    He heard people coming into the common room. Sirius, James, and Peter caught up with him. Remus made a run for the portrait hole, not wanting to face them. Before he could get near the door to get out, he was stopped, as Sirius and James held his arms, pulling him back. “Remus, wait, we need to talk to you.” James panted, as he held Remus back. Peter stood in front of the door, blocking it encase Remus escaped the other two’s grip.
    Remus relaxed a little, allowing James and Sirius to guide him back upstairs to their dormitory. They softly pushed Remus back down on his bed. As Remus sat there, he could feel tears quietly finding their way down his cheeks.
    “Remus, we would never stop being your friend, just because you are a werewolf.” Sirius said, sitting down next to him, rubbing his back.
    James sat down on the other side of Remus, taking a handkerchief and whipping away his tears. Peter sat on the ground in front of Remus.
    “Remus, do you really think that we care that you are a werewolf? It doesn’t change the person you are, the person we know.” Peter said.
    After a minute when Remus felt a bit better, he spoke. “Do you really mean that? Are you still interested in being a werewolf’s friend?” Remus asked, uncertain.
    “We aren’t interested in being a werewolf’s friend. But we are interested in being a friend to Remus Lupin. But... only on one condition.” Sirius responded.
    “What is that one condition?” Remus asked, curious and nervous for the answer.
    “Never keep a secret like that from us again.” Sirius pleaded.
    Remus smiled. “I promise I won’t keep secrets again…” Remus paused before speaking again. “Thanks you three. For being there for me. I am sorry I didn’t tell you guys this.”
    “It’s alright, we understand why you didn’t tell us. But did you seriously think we wouldn’t be your friends if we knew what you were?” James asked.
    “I did actually think that. It has happened to me before.” Remus said, blushing. How could he have thought that these great friends would abandon him if they knew? He should have known that they wouldn’t have left him.
    “Well then, shame on them. They lost a good friend.” Peter said, James and Sirius nodding their agreement.

    ((I don't like the character Peter, but I had to add in a few lines for him to make it seem more fair. Lol.))