Potions in the Moonlight

For the first time in as long as he could remember, Remus felt happy as he made his way down the tunnel to the Shrieking Shack. Despite his Father's occasionally barbed words, his Mum practically had him and Severus married off.

Remus hoped that maybe Severus could feel more comfortable now. He'd met his boyfriends' parents and it had gone, all things considered, smoothly.

But it was what Severus said to him on the mound that really caught in his mind. About how Mooney acted when they were together. Maybe he could relax and enjoy this full moon. His friends were detained again, he was beginning to suspect Peter was enjoying setting them up to keep Remus and Severus alone...

Severus followed closely behind him. Normally Poppy would walk him there but Remus had insisted that he go alone this time. The entered the shack and began removing their clothes.

It was their little routine now. Remus kissed him softly and smiled,

"Do remember that I love you Severus..."

before putting a good deal of distance between the two of them.

Severus watched as he usually did as the moon light filtered through the spell reinforced window and Remus' transformation began.

The howls were terrible, Remus's last thought was how he wished he'd given himself more time. He hated the last thing going through his mind to be about Severus. Because then it hurt so much more when his mind was simplified into the massive feral beast.

Mooney cut the howling and breathed steadily, taking in the scent of the boy in the room. It was the usual cocktail of hormones and fear and young, supple skin.

Severus stood still knowing the transformation was tough on him and didn't want to make a wrong move that might entice the beast to attack.

In no mood for attacking, Mooney yapped happily. To anyone else it might have sounded aggressive, but what the beast really meant was 'Hey it's you! Hello.' Lolloping over to the boy, Mooney nudges him and sniffed at him with his great nose. Once he was satisfied that he had explored every inch of his mate, he went off to check on the rest of the house.

Severus raised and eyebrow and like the moon before that followed Mooney around the house. What a sight they must have made. Severus thought. Snape walking around the shack naked following a werewolf. He watched as the werewolf clawed at the walls for a few moments. He wanted out.

"Mooney." Severus called to him hoping to distract him from the moon's calls.

The wolf turned and yapped playfully. He liked the sound of the boy's voice. He bounded over wanting to play like they so often did.

Severus looked around and found a stick on the ground. He picked it up and slowly moved it back and forth enticing Mooney. Mooney moved his head side to side following the stick before Severus threw it. Mooney watched the stick fly before looking at Severus like he was joking.

Mooney padded forward and nudged the teenager with his snout as if to say 'you threw it, you get it.' However he pushed a little harder than he meant to sending the skinny boy reeling.

Severus, getting used to being knocked back, sat up and shoved Mooney lightly. "Careful." He said laughing.

The wolf curiously nuzzled him and lapped at his face. He never quite understood when he caused his mate annoyance or pain.

"Okay okay knock it off." Severus laughed. "You're drooling all over me!"

Hopping back to run into corridor, Mooney bayed into the night. The human was always so slow to pick up on the fun and games of the full moon.

Severus chased after him down the hall realizing that Mooney once again wanted to be chased. He tagged the werewolf and ran into another room and hid around the corner.

Another playful snap at the door and Mooney padded lazily into the room. Knowing exactly where to find him.

Severus watched Mooney walk into the room and stayed where he was.

Jumping on him again, Mooney snapped at the air above his face. Lovingly.

"Easy Mooney." Severus said warningly and shoved him off of him.

The beast whimpered and pawed the boy's leg. He didn't like the tone he had been reprimanded with.

Severus smirked at him and realized he was near the stick he had thrown. He picked it up and started waving it at Mooney again trying to entice him again.

The beast followed the stick, snapping at it, tearing it in two and yapping loudly. Pushing the boy against the wall he jumped up to nudge his shoulder.

Severus looked a little worried but trusted that he wouldn't hurt him. "Mooney..." he said annoyed at the wolf. "Down."

Letting out a low grumble, Mooney licked his face and wandered out into the corridor.

"Mooney don't be like that." Severus said moving after the wolf. "Come back."

The wolf growled and scraped at the wall curling up at the foot of the stairs.

"Come on Mooney you know I love you." he said sadly. He didn't mean to push him away.

Mooney shuffled up to his feet and clattered over to his mate, nuzzling his chest, still rumbling.

Severus petted his head. "I'm sorry." he said. "I'm just not used to this yet."

Knocking the boy to the floor, Mooney nudged his bare stomach and growled gently.

"What?" he asked suddenly slightly frightened.

It was hard for Mooney to be gentle, licking at the boy's skin, sensing his trepidation. The wolf wanted to hear that soft, human voice again; not afraid but relaxed and happy.

"Mooney." he whispered the wolf's tongue relaxing him. He pet his head a few moments before shoving him off of him playfully.

The beast yapped and bound off into a side room to smash a chair into pieces. He had all this excitement and energy but the human was so bad at tag.

Severus chased after and jabbed him in the shoulder. "Fine you wanna play let's play!" Severus said running away but not leaving the room. "You can't catch me anyway!"

With a howl, not of aggression or possession but exuberance, Mooney leaped across the floor in several bounds, aiming at taking out the boy and pinning him again.

Severus dodged out of the way and Mooney skittered across the floor as he tried to stop.

"Told you!" Severus laughed.

The wolf bayed loudly at being duped and rounded on the boy again, tackling him to the floor with a hunter's precision.

"Ow okay okay you caught me." Severus laughed. He said shoving at the werewolf who was licking his face over and over. He snapped once in front of his face as he yipped at him which startled him but he trusted him. "Come on Mooney let me up. Its no fun if I can't chase you." he laughed. Mooney panted over him and let him up before knocking him back down again. Severus shook his head and stayed on the floor.

"I believe the aim of the game is for you to chase me. Not keep knocking me down." he said scrambling out from under him. He shoved him lightly again before running away again. Mooney growled a moment and dove for him nipping at his face again.

Severus cried out causing Mooney to back off in shock. He stared at Severus as the boy slowly stood up. Severus was holding his hand against his right jaw and looking at Mooney. He brought his hand away and saw blood dripping down his fingers.

Cocking his head, not sure why the boy had reacted the way he had, Mooney whimpered and licked the blood that had dripped to his chest, resisting the desire to taste further as he sensed his Mate's pain.

Severus kept staring at his hand and gently pushed Mooney away from him. "Don't..." He said. Everything started blurring and he stumbled a bit.

Mooney whimpered again. Why was the boy suddenly so unhappy... just because of the blood, he had bled before. He took a heavy step towards the shaky child, waiting for him to fall.

Severus felt nauseous as his sight blurred even more. He stumbled a bit more before he hit the floor, his sight blanking out completely.

The last thing he heard, before the world went black, was the heart breaking howl of an adolescent werewolf.

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"Remus?" Remus heard the calls of his friends as he neared the entrance of the Whomping Willow. He scrambled out of it and saw James and Sirius.

"Oh thank Merlin!" Remus said. "Go get Dumbledore and Poppy! Now!" Remus said before making his way quickly back into the Whomping Willow with out even seeing if his friends had done as he had asked. James looked at Sirius who turned and ran back towards the school. James followed after Remus.

"Remus?" He asked again.

There was blood on the young werewolf's hands and tears on his face. When he spoke, it was almost like he was talking at James, not with him.

"Oh God, James what have I done?"

James stepped into the room and saw Snape, his white shirt covered in blood that was still dripping down from his jaw.

"Snape?!" James asked shocked. "What was he doing here? That idiot didn't he learn anything from the last time! He's lucky he's not dead!" He said pulling off his robe and pressing the cloth against the wound to stop the bleeding as much as possible.

Remus had tried... it was a magical wound; he couldn't patch it up, he couldn't stop the gentle drip drip drip of blood, he couldn't remove those horrible bite marks from his lover's jaw. He cradled the older boy's head, pushing the matted hair off his face.

"Come on Sev stay with us." He said wishing that they would arrive sooner. A few moments later Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey ran into the room, Sirius standing in the door way.

Seeing the concerned look on all of their faces, Remus burst into tears. His fingers still buried in Severus's hair. This was all wrong. Sev had promised him that nothing would go wrong. But it had. It had gone so wrong.

Dumbledore pulled Remus away from Severus and shooed James away giving Poppy the room to work.

For a moment Remus resisted. To be away from Serverus, after when he'd done... Remus clutched at the headmaster's arm, unable to speak, he knew he'd killed his love.

"We must get him back to Hogwarts." Poppy said. "I can't care for him here. I can't apparate him he's to weak." She said. Dumbledore nodded and pulled out his wand using a levitation spell on the young boy, careful not to jostle him to much.

All the way back to the Hospital Wing on this almost deserted winter afternoon, Remus would not let go of Severurs's hand, both so stained with blood as their were.

He was fully aware of James and Sirius watching him but neither of the boys said anything. "You must let go Remus." Dumbledore said. "We don't want to move him to much."

"Professor..." his voice cracking with the great waves of panic that flooded him. "This is all my fault. It's my fault!"

Dumbledore wanted to comfort the boy but his immediate concern was for Snape.

With streaming red eyes, the teenager kept his eyes glued to Madame Pomfrey. What if they couldn't save him? What if Severus dies...

The finally reached the hospital wing and they placed Severus down on one of the beds.

"You three must leave now." Dumbledore said. "We will call you when we know anything. But right now, Madam Pomfrey needs no distractions."

Hollowly, Remus rose to his feet and trudged to the door. This had all happened so
fast. He had come to on the floor of the Shack, across the room from Severus who's blood was still dripping onto his chest and the floor. It had been like some horrible nightmare, like being trapped in Severus's sketchbook again. Remus knew then that whatever happened he had utterly destroyed his lover's life.

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