The Blood Clan and the Marauders

Chapter 3: What fight?

Lily began to run in the direction the boys had taken and Lizzie followed her.

"How do we know where to find them?" the girl asked her friend.

The red head shook her head.

"I know exactly where Remus is going."

Lizzie nodded. There was no need to ask where that place was since that's where they were going.

*~*~*~*~*~*

Remus entered the empty classroom he and his friends had claimed their own that year and sat down on the ground. He really liked this place. It was quiet and no one would come here. Just as he thought about the other Marauders, he heard some noises and foot steps.

"Where are you, Moony?" James called.

He didn't answer right away and has he was about to, another voice was heard.

"Come on. What a time to play hide and seek." It was Sirius.

Remus could hear the others laugh softly and he couldn't resist smiling.

"Over here!" he replied loud enough.

James, Sirius and Peter were soon in the same room. They all sat on the ground near their friend.

"You don't have to feel bad because her father was killed by a werewolf," Sirius told him.

"Or that she has issues," James added with a grin.

Remus smiled weakly.

"I know...I... what she said...it's not really the problem," the teenager replied.
"What is it, then?" Peter wondered.

"It's the way she seemed to hate me for what I am."

Sirius snorted. "Who cares about what she thinks of you. We know you're not evil," he said.

"Yeah. Isn't it what counts?" James continued.

"Sure...but it seemed like she could be such a great girl before...before we talked about what I am," Remus said, shrugging.

James got up and dusted his clothes.

"What you are? You're a seventeen year old wizard that is slightly different from most of the other ones," James replied.

"And it's just once per month. Girls too are not human once per month," Sirius joked.

"Yeah...just look at Lily," James added.

"I'll remember this very sentence, Mr. Potter," Lily said, entering the room.

Lizzie came discreetly behind her but wasn't really noticed by the boys since it was dark, and she had the ability to hide in shadows like vampires.

"Err...Hi, Lily!" James greeted his girlfriend, his face getting a little red.

"You're ok, Remus?" Lily asked, ignoring him.

Remus nodded and got up.

"Great. Then you'll listen to me. Lizzy..." she began to explain.

"What's going to force us to listen to you?" Peter asked.

"I could tell a teacher you came here for no good reason," the girl replied.

The boy nodded and didn't say one more word.

"As I was saying..." she went on, giving Sirius a "shut up and listen" look. "Lizzie didn't mean to hurt anyone. Yeah, she has issues with werewolves. I can understand her in a way. Her father..."

Lizzie stepped out of the shadows and the boys finally saw her.
"Don't defend me, Lily. What I did was wrong. I'm sorry Remus," the half- vampire said.

"You brought her here!?" Sirius asked angrily.

"Yes. She's sorry and I wanted you guys to know that," Lily answered him on a defensive manner.

"Fine. Say what you have to say, Elizabeth," James said in a rather cold voice.

"Even before my father was killed, I was brought up to hate werewolves. My family is in a war, you may say, with them. They have been for...a long time. After my dad died, I just..." Lizzie paused, trying to find her words.

"Couldn't help but see them the way they showed them to her," Lily finished for her.

"Well, I'm really sorry for your father, but that's no excuse," James told Lizzie.

"JAMES!" Lily yelled, not believing her hears. "How can you say that?"

"She already knew that Remus wasn't evil, we told her," Sirius answered for his best friend.

Lily shot him an evil glare.

"What? It's true. You told us so yourself, damn it!"

"Yeah. She doesn't care that he isn't evil...she's just like all the others," Peter declared, giving Lizzie a cold glare.

"Yeah. We liked you, Elizabeth, but we just realized that your no better than a damn Slyth," James told the half-vampire.

For some reason Lizzie couldn't make out, that really pissed her off. She felt like jumping on him and ripping his throat out.

"I know what you are...you're a..." Peter never got to finish his sentence. Lizzie had grabbed him by the collar and held him so close to her face that he could feel her breath on his own.

"SHUT UP!" she screamed.

"Let him go!" James spat out, taking a menacing step towards her.

Remus slowly got up but remained where he was. He usually was the one who watched the fights while Peter hid behind him and he felt too sick to do anything.

Lizzie pushed Peter away from her and James caught the small teenager so he wouldn't fall on the ground.

"I don't want to fight with you, guys? Please!" she pleaded the boys.

"It's a little late for that, I think," Sirius replied.

"What in the world is going on here?" they heard someone say.

They turned around and saw the Muggle Studies teacher standing just outside the classroom.

"Darn," Sirius and Lizzie muttered at once.

The teacher stepped inside the room and looked at the young wizards and witches.

"Was this a fight?" he asked.

"No!" Lily replied before anybody else could say anything.

"We were...err..." Remus began to say, but couldn't find anything to say.

"We were just having a little argument, sir," Lizzie said.

"Yeah...we disagreed on something and we got carried away," James added.

"You weren't going to fight?" the teacher asked, obviously suspicious.

"Sir, we're all Gryffindors. Does our house have a reputation for fighting among itself? We're not Slytherins," Sirius said with a smile slightly too wide to be natural.

"No, but I think we'll go to your Head of House anyhow, just to be sure. You'll explain everything to her.

"I didn't do anything!" Peter argued.

The boys, Lily and Lizzie glared at him and he shut up.

"Follow me," the teacher told them.

"Great. That's all your fault," Peter told the girls.

"Shut up," Lily told him.

Peter opened his mouth to reply to her, but a glare from James kept him from doing so.

As they followed the teacher, Lizzie got closer to Remus. At first, he looked at her angrily, but he couldn't help but softened up when he saw her sincerely sorry look.

"Go ahead. Say what you have to say," he whispered to her, giving up to his conscience.

"I shouldn't have said that, I know, but can you just understand that I was brought up to hate those of your ra- werewolves. If I told you I was a vampire, how would you react?" she told him.

"I wouldn't believe you, but we'll pretend I would," the teenage wizard replied.

She gave him a "please-be-serious" look and he looked away than back at her.

"I would think you were evil," he admitted.

He smiled slightly at her and sighed. The others got closer tot he two, wondering what was going on.

"What's up? What are you two talking about?" James asked.

"We shouldn't have reacted like we did," Remus said.

"Uh? Did I miss something here?" Sirius said, shaking his head.

Lily laughed even though she had no idea what was going on. The look on James, Sirius and Peter's faces was just hilarious.

"Tell them what you told me," Remus said to Lizzie, who suddenly looked very nervous.

"I...err..." she stammered, not really sure it had been such a good idea.

Remus gave her an encouraging look and she understood he wouldn't say it fro her. She wondered why he wouldn't. They'd listen to him, but not necessarily to her. She sighed and tried to calm herself.

"So?" Peter asked, impatient.

"If I told you I was a vampire..." she began to say.

"Yeah, right," Sirius laughed.

Lily gave him a nudge with her elbow and glared at him. He stopped and gestured for her to go on.

"If I could prove it....would you think I was evil?" Lizzie asked.

The boys looked at each other, obviously looking for an answer. James was the first to answer.

"I'd think you were evil and would denounce you," he said, kind of regretful.

Lizzie nodded, gaining some confidence, and Lily smiled at her boyfriend and mouthed a "I love you" to him. The half-vampire turned to Sirius.

"What about you?"

"Same....but I'd ask you to drink Snape's blood before," he said, smiling apologetically.

A smile started to appear on Lizzie's face. She looked at Peter, for his answer.

"Well, I'd...do the same thing." he said.

"You'd run away," Sirius teased him.

"Or you'd come and hide behind us," James added.

"No, I wouldn't!"

"Of course not," Sirius said patting him on the shoulder.

"It's true!" Peter argued.

"I don't want to blow your bubble, guys..."Lily interrupted them. "But we're still going to have to come up with something to tell McGonagall."

"Uh oh," coming from Peter, was the only answer she got.

*~*~*In McGonagall's Office*~*~*

"We weren't going to fight, professor," James said as son as the Muggle Studies teacher had left.

"Yeah, we were just talking," Sirius declared.

"It seems yelling would be a more appropriate term, Mr. Black," the Gryffindor's Head of House replied.

"We were talking very vividly," offered Remus.

"Is that so, Mr. Lupin?" the witch replied very seriously, even though she found the excuse somewhat amusing.

"What's vividly?" Peter whispered to Lily.

Lily gave him a weird look and shook her head. Peter looked very confused, but decided not to insist.

"Is anybody going to tell me was really going on?" McGonagall asked.

"There's nothing to tell, professor," Lily said.

McGonagall looked at the girl and almost couldn't help but smile. Lily, even though she often didn't take part in the pranks the boys did, always defended them. The Muggle-born Head Girl smiled at her and so did her friends.

"Alright. You can go, but next time I hear about a fight within my house I won't be so generous."

"What fight?" Sirius asked innocently as he walked out of the room.

*~*~*Later that day*~*~*

Kevin, Miranda and William were sitting in an empty classroom. They had snuck out of their common room without anybody noticing it. They were silent, not wanting to be found before it was time. Kevin and Miranda were kissing and taunting each other. The anticipation of the hunt making their lust even more than usually.

"So, you think you'll still have good marks like the other years?" they heard a woman's voice ask.

They froze, ready to hide if necessary.

"I hope so," a boy's voice replied not very enthusiastic.

"Lupin," Kevin whispered.

He and his two friends grinned and carefully stepped into the hallway. They saw Remus and the nurse turning a corner.

"A new playmate!" Miranda whispered, saying what the three of them thought,

*~*~*~*~*~*

Remus sat down on the ground, inside the Whomping Willow (Don't remember the English name for the old house). He was waiting for his painful transformation. Suddenly, he heard a faint noise. He got up and nervously looked around. If somebody had somehow got in. He took a deep breath, telling himself that was impossible.

"Hello?" he nervously called.

He was starting to get dizzy, which meant he was about to start changing. He tried to step towards the noise, but a sharp pain appeared in his guts. As he fell on his knees, he heard a crash somewhere in the house. Then, he lied down completely as the pain grew and stretched to his whole body. Fur was appearing on his body, his muscles were becoming bigger and his bones were re-arranging themselves. He could hear the cracking sound his own bones made, but the werewolf's mind soon dominated his.

*~*~*~*~*~*

Outside, near the Whopping Willow, a large black dog, a stag and a rat were waiting. Of course, it was Padfoot, Prongs and Wormtail. Prongs looked up at the Moon and the others did the same. They had to wait a little longer. Over time, they had learned more or less how long it took for Remus' transformation. The boy preferred to be alone for that part, and they had decided to respect that.

Wormtail climbed up on Prongs head, but the stag, annoyed, lowered his head and the rodent fell on the ground. The rat let out a scared noise. The two others looked at him with what seemed to be amusement.

*~*~*~*~*~*

The werewolf stood up, his transformation finished. He sniffed the air, smelling something he had never smelled before...other werewolves! Three of them came in the room he was in. There were looking very much like himself: huge wolves with enormous teeth, gigantic claws...very scary beasts who could rip a human being in pieces if they wanted to.

They new comers sniffed "Remus" and he sniffed them. They growled at each other a little, but the biggest werewolf showed his authority by hitting "Remus" on the head with moderate strength. The "leader" had accepted a new werewolf in his pack.

The leader started walking towards the exit tunnel and the others followed him.

*~*~*~*~*~*

At a castle, far away from Hogwarts, a woman was standing in front of a window. She had long red hair and green eyes. Her blood red gothic gown was showing much of her milky skin. She was holding a cup filled with a blood.

"Romanus," she called.

"Yes, lady Marisa?" a man asked.

He was sitting on a couch not that far away from Marisa.

"There are rumors that speak of werewolves looking for the same thing as us, dear Romanus. Find more about those," she ordered calmly and coldly.

She turned around and took a sip of blood. "As for myself, I will pay a visit to our little bastard child," she added.