The werewolf let out a low growl as it was knocked aside, falling heavily to the broken floorboards as the dog tried to distract him from his disturbing feast. For a moment, as the wolf turned it’s head to meet the dog’s, it’s eyes shining eerily bright, mostly beast but something also undeniably human lying beneath the destruction.·
Just as soon as it had appeared, however, that light faded as the wolf struggled to stand, favoring one side over the other as thick droplets of blood painted the floor red. The dog had challenged him. Baring white teeth, Moony scraped his claws threateningly against the old floorboards, moving forwards slowly and sizing up the other dog like a challenge.·
Beneath it all, Remus was stirring, lingering just beneath the madness where the lines had begun to blur.
The wolf’s eyes narrowed as the dog’s growl softened, unable to see the other animal’s desperation to help him past his own desperation to hunt. For a moment, the wolf leaned in to the soft nudge of a nose, although the large beast froze as soon as the dog turned to his fresh wound. Flinching, the wolf turned it’s head towards the dog, snapping threateningly with wild jaws as it stalked away, eyes glimmering with the last remaining energy of the falling moon. He moved as though filled with electricity, a tug deep within his abdomen signaling that the change was here.·
Furious, the wolf bit down into it’s flank once again, letting out a sound partway between a growling bark and a cry. After a beat, this movement changed, and the monster pulled away, shaking his head wildly as though to shake an unwelcome thought from his head. His legs had begun to shake now, nails digging deeper into the floor to remain still as the werewolf began to desperately tear into his side again.
The wolf collapsed after a tremorous shake, a loud crack resonating through the room as the change began once more. The sharp outline of bones in the back of the wolf appeared to dance in the black night, the wolf letting out a noise through bared teeth that quickly faded into a whimper. It always seemed to go on for too long, this second transformation, the seconds ticking by gruelingly slow.
A pale hand finally gripped at the rough edge of a broken floorboard, knuckles white with the effort of the motion. Remus’ back was arched, chest heaving with the effort of breathing through new lungs as he came to grips with consciousness once more. He bit down with human teeth into the fragile skin on his bottom lip to stop himself from crying out as his muscles finally finished shifting, his scarred body visibly shaking from the effort. There was a thick haze clouding his mind, but beneath it all Remus was acutely aware of the dog in the room.
Sirius.·Mind still stuck somewhere between wolf and boy, Remus looked up with wide, darkened eyes, unaware of the blood that stained his lips. Of course, he would curse that later, but right now, the wizard had little interest in that.
A dark nightmare of snapping teeth nipping at black fur stood out in the front of his mind, and Remus’ heart was tight and heavy as his eyes finally shifted, dark hues returning to a soft and gentle green at last.
“Sir-” Remus whispered, the words cutting off as a choking cough took over, spattering his arm with bright red droplets. The movement pulled at the open wound at his side and the werewolf curled in on himself like a broken doll, shaking his head in a manner not unlike the wolf just minutes ago. Raised his eyes again, he tried to start once more, his voice heavy with fear as he imagined the worse, this part of the boy so different from the careless beast that had stood here just minutes ago. “-Did I?” He struggled to find the right words. “Are you okay?”
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