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The Wolf

By the end of the week, Lupin’s mood could match Snape’s, and even students started to avoid him. Fits of anger replaced on occasion with uncontrollable outbursts of unfamiliar feeling that ended up with some of not so funny pranks. As the moon grew larger, his outburst became more violent, and finally, Albus gave him a week off from classes.
On the night of the full moon, Remus had an easy change, easier than all of them before, not painless but less violent. Much to his surprise, Snape turned in the cage room with a book. Placed a blanket on the floor next to bars and seat down. Remus felt more like himself. Still, this time Snape did not make adjustments in wards or pushed his hand.
“I thought you would like this one” he waved a book ”It is a Muggle book, the novel as they call them.”
Wolf raised his eyes, silently asking
“It is Crime and Punishment by Muggle named Fyodor Dostoevsky. ”Remus placed his head next to wards as Snape begun to read. He did like the story.
~ SS ~ RL ~ SS ~ RL ~
It was the week after the last full moon. Remus regained much of control, even some of his old behaviour in a first two days. Life somehow settled in, at least by appearance, to an old pattern. However, that was not long lasting. Snape was in the foul mood. He held a raw piece of meat pressed to his right eye. Tossed one uneasy look with his good eye to stupefied Remus.
He took a glass and bring it to the lips, tried to take a sip but the cracked lip tinged, he hurled a glass into a roaring fireplace. With a deep sigh, he reflected on the past seven days. Lupin was highly aggressive which culminated tonight during the game of chess. He did not want to think how he accustomed to playing chess at evening with Lupin, accompanied with a conversation about changing Lupin’s mind will undergo.
Tonight, however, Lupin did not take, defeat or Snape’s words, in a good way. He launched himself over the chess table with a wild expression on his face and started to pound Snape with his fists. Strength, agility and glare in eyes that had the colour of liquid gold scared Snape. He tried to reason with Lupin, he tried to push him away. Finally, he used his wand to stupefy him. By close examination, Snape deduced that he has a broken rib, decent amount of bruises on his upper body. His face was full of swollen blotches. Levitating Lupin to the bed and casting a binding spell just in case, managed to drag himself to the laboratory and drink the right potions. Of course, Poppy would do much better job, but Snape did not want to answer questions. Finally, he summoned elf to bring him raw meat, knowing that his bruises will at least lessen the swell a bit.
Disgruntled he took the bottle, raised it half way true and changed his mind, then hurled bottle to the fire as well. Crazy old man, he put me in a yet another trouble and disappear. Contemplating on the fact what to next nearly jumped when he heard a gruff voice. The voice that sounded like Lupin’ but not quite…
“ Good drink, too bad.” Snape looked at Lupin he was bound. However, WHAT was on the bed was not Lupin, even if it looked like him.
“Lupin?” he whispered, wand in his hand
“No, not the boy, me” grumbled creature
“Who are you?”
“No wand, no hurt, you hurt me - hurt the boy too. Boy calls me a wolf.” voice was calm but body twitched to release itself. Snape was in awe the second personality, I had never even suspected that! Measuring how strong holds are on the creature, not really knowing what abilities it possesses.
“So you are the aggressive one?”
“No, and yes. Need to talk.” grumbled ‘wolf’
“Then talk. I’m not releasing you from the binds.”
“Not gonna hurt again.” Sighed ”Needed boy unconcise.”
“Not that I do not trust you, and I do not. However, mangling me once is all I care to experience. Talk or be gone.”
“Hmh, sit?” Snape pulled magically Lupin to sitting position. ”Talk now?”
“I am listening.”
“You, boy’s friend.” this was statement
“No, I am not …boys….friend. I do not care or want to be his friend. My task is to help ‘the boy’, and get rid of him. ”Snape was baffled but still pointing his wand at Lupin, he sat down finally.
“Boy think you are a friend.”
“Does …boy…think at all?” scoffed Snape
“Boy think you are a friend. You lie boy is a friend.” repeated wolf ”You fix boy.”
“Yes, yes, I have the joy of fixing the boy, as you put so eloquently.”
“Boy is scared, scared of me.” Snape nodded, he could understand that ”You help boy talk to me.”
“He doesn't want to? He should learn how to do that long ago.”
“No host talk to a wolf, the boy is first.” Snape gasped ”You help, I help.”
“Let me see if I understand, a werewolf cannot talk to its other personality. Moreover, you want to help me to convince Lupin, erm…the boy…to do so.”
“Yes. Boy trust his friend.”
“I am not his friend. Albus is.”
“The grey wise one? Not a friend.”
“Albus is not a friend?”
“No, not to you, not to the boy.” wolf was calm
“This is getting better and better. So what are you suggest to do with Albus?”
“Nothing. Gray wise one, not a friend. He gets the job done.” Snape grinned; he started to like a wolf. Crude but seemed intelligent enough.
“You know. It is not easy to have two personalities, by our, by boys standards that are not normal.”
“I know. I just whisper. I help. Help boy is happy, be alive.” nodded wolf again ”We agree?”
“We do. Can I ask?” Snape waited for the nod and continued ”Will, the boy, stay this aggressive?”
“No, he stops fighting, he grows up, and he doesn't hurt anymore.”
“You want to tell me this was Lupin…the boy?”
“No, that be me. Needed boy unconcise. Sorry.” Snape nodded
“If I want to talk to you, how can I …. summon you?”
“Hurt the boy, hit the boy not hard, I come”
“I think I’m going to like this.” grinned Snape
“When boy talks to me, we talk easily.” wolf frowned ”Boy wake up soon, I go. Teach the boy or I come.”
Lupin’ head fell down like head of the ragged doll. Snape put him down and released his bonds. Picking up steak and pressing it again on his now fully closed eye, feeling sorry he doesn't have more Firewhiskey.
~ SS ~ RL ~ SS ~ RL ~
Remus slowly regained conciseness, familiar tingle in limbs and throbbing of head told him what happened. He groaned and mumbled, eyes still closed.
“Did you have to use the spell?”
“You tell me.” Snape’s voice was growl
He opened his eyes and turned his head then jumped from the bed, eyes wide in disbelief
“Did... Did I do that?”
“Nooooooooo, Albus did.” hissed Snape ”He popped up just to mangle me and went on his merry way. Do not dare approach me.” Snape pointed his wand at Remus when he tried to get close to him.
“I…I’m sorry Severus, I never desired…”
“You did, otherwise you would not do it.” Snape sighed ”Why you did not tell me?”
“Tell you what?” Remus sat down on his bed, looking at Snape. Hold of spell begun to fade away and he felt rage and fear mixing, shortening his breath.
“Second personality. The wolf. Why you did not tell me about that.” Remus’ hands start to shake, he felt as fear pressing his lungs
“I…I….”
“So, the ‘brave’ Gryffindor was afraid. Of what, Remus? Did I not told you to tell me all the changes no matter how insignificant you think they are?”
“I did not want…” Remus flinched as Snape rose from his seat, wand still pointed at him. The sudden jerk of Snape’s body told him that injuries did not end with his face. Bloody idiot, what did I do to him? With firm determination, he stood up and started to approach Snape who stretched his arm with the wand.
“Do not come near me.”
“Then you will have to hex me again. Now, stop being so stubborn and let me help you.”
“You helped enough. I can take care of myself.” Snape tried to back off but his shoulders hunched. He nearly jumped to get a hold of Snape. Snape’s breathing was irregular, sounding like hissing. Muscles flinched at the touch. ”What potions do you need?”
“I drank all potions I needed.”
“Pain numbing potion too.”
“No, not that one. I do not need it.”
“The hell you don’t.” growled Remus and pushed Snape to the bed ”Sit there and wait, I’ll bring you a potion and healing salve. You can ask whatever you want and I’ll answer, but I will help you.”
When he returned to the room, Snape was sitting on the bed, angry glaring at him. He gave a phial to Snape, who drank half of it.
“Take off your shirt.”
“Did you lost your mind completely?” Snape raised his wand up with shaking hand. Suppressing need to punch Snape once again he snatched his wand and toss it.
“Take that bloody shirt off, and let me help you. Or I’ll rip it off.” his voice had a sharpness so unfamiliar to him, taking a deep breath he tried to reason his demand, ”I think that you are hurt more than just your face.”
“Do not think that I did not check that myself. I know how to hurt I am. ”Snape was still arguing” I have broken ribs and few more bruises. Nothing I cannot handle.”
“Did you put a bond on those ribs?”
“Are you a medi-witch now?”
“Do not argue with me, do not force me…” wolf inside his head was nudging him to use force, and he fisted his hands. ”Well, did you?”
“No.” sighed Snape ”How on earth do you expect me to? You cannot use magic for bandages.”
“Severus, just let me help you.” Snape looking at him for a long moment, the wall in his eyes made out of steel. He inhaled deeply and grinned, a vile grin. One that Remus did not see for a long time
“What Lupin? You want me out of my shirt. Out of my trousers too?”
“Do not play with my patience, Snape. I have a hard time controlling anger as it is. Just take the bloody shirt off and let me put bandages on those ribs.”
“You have a problem controlling your anger and I should let you near me? I fail to see the reason or logic in your words.”
“Just do it.” Do it before I lose my temper again. ”I promise I won’t bother you anymore if you let me help you.”
“I hold you to your word Lupin.” it is a small victory. He watches as Snape unbuttons his shirt. Snape removed his shirt from one shoulder, with a soft hiss, but left it hanging on his left shoulder not even attempting to remove it further.
One look at Snape’s torso, he felt his eyesight blurring. Snape looked like a herd of centaurs stomped over him. They should lock me and throw away the key. At the lower right side of Snape’s rib cage, there is a ghastly bruised, swollen and deep purple.
“Poppy should look at this.”
“Is it before or after I land you to Azkaban, werewolf?” growled Snape. He flinched. ”Just, be over with and be gone.”
He took a roll of bandage cloth, put as gently as he could salve around the bruise and started to roll bandage around Snape's chest. Snape was silent, not letting a sound even if his muscles contracted on touch.
“Is it too tight?” Snape just waved his head, wordlessly. ”It’s done. Now, try to sleep.” Snape just nodded again and climbed to his bed, placing pillows high. He sat on pillows, almost in sitting position and closed his eyes. ”I won’t bother you but wake me up if you need anything.”
“I am not too keen on another round of beating up Lupin, be sure I will not call you at all.” hissed Snape and fell asleep.
~ SS ~ RL ~ SS ~ RL ~
Remus felt as blind rage is building up again, choking him. He runs to the other room, into the cage, closing the cage door behind and raising a sound ward. Then he started to scream, he screamed until his throat and lungs were on fire, and he had no more voice.
Tired, he slid next to the wall in silent sobs. He could feel the wolf shifting beneath his skin
“Damn you.”
“He’ll live” whispers a voice in his head
“You hurt him.”
“He’ll live” repeats the voice
“I will fight you.”
“You’ll lose. Listen to your friend. A friend is smart. Friend helps the boy.” voice is stern and detached
“I won’t let you hurt him again, anyone. Not if it costs me my life.”
“Friend won’t allow that.” whispered voice matter-of-factly” You lucky. Friend knows. Friend teach you.”
“You destroyed everything. He hates me again.”
“No.”
“What do you know?”
“I know. I see. I smell. Friend protects.”
Remus closed his eyes. The wolf was right, Snape was protecting him, and he did not go to Poppy because of him. He gritted his teeth.
“You see, now you know. Listen to friend.” voice was gone, leaving him alone with that realization. He clenched his eyes tight and suppress the scream. I am a danger, danger to Snape, to students, to all around me. All I wanted is to be his friend…
~ SS ~ RL ~ SS ~ RL ~
Snape woke up slowly, every intake of breath burning as if he is breathing fire. He reached for the phial and drank the other half of potion. Concentrating for a while, battling the pain. Finally, his mind overpowered his body. At least he can breathe and move more freely now.
He gets up carefully, glancing around the room. Lupin’s bed was empty. That flea-riddled mutt, where is he? His ears picked up a faint sound in other room. As much as his condition allowed him, he rushed into the other room. Remus was crumbled in one corner of the cage, face pressed to the wall.
“Lupin. Remus!” called him softly but other man did not react. He approached him carefully ”Lupin, are you alright?”
Lupin just shrank more. He tried to pick him up, but the pain was too intense. Lupin still did not show any desire to move. With a sigh, he used his wand to levitate limp body to the small bed in the other room. As soon as he was in bed, Lupin tucked his head under the pillow. He tried to get near him but Lupin just whimpered and retracted more to the wall, head still stuck under the pillow.
With a sigh, he approached the fireplace and called tossing a floo powder in it:
“Albus, I do not care what you do, just come as soon as you can. Your pet werewolf is broken.” he didn’t have to wait long, Albus showed up in a swirl of green light.
“What happened to Lupin? Severus! What did you do to him?”
“Thank you for your vote of confidence Albus,” sneered Snape” It really warms my heart.”
“What happened?”
“We made a progress. Then he regressed,” grumbled Snape pointing at the whimpering body on the bed. Albus looked at Lupin than at Snape
“He attacked you?”
“I provoked. And no,…Lupin did not attack me. However, the wolf did.”
“It is still far from the moon….” gasped Albus
“No Albus, he did not transform. If he did, I would look much better now. The wolf is, well to put it simply, another personality. One that, I wager, Lupin suppressing most of his life. Potion and my provocation drew it out on the surface.”
“Really? Is it…”
“Really.” retort Snape snarling, he did not call Albus for a chit-chat ”I can tell you later about my observations, that is not why I called you. He is out of his mind, he does not let me approach him and he does not talk to me. Continuation of things is impossible, and impractical if he continues like this. Talk to him, I will be in my laboratory.”
Turning on a heel he walked away. He did not want to be present for the conversation. Neither for whatever else Albus was planning to do. Leaning heavily on the table, he pinched root of his nose. Closed his eyes and concentrated to fight physical weakness. After some time, Dumbledore walked in.
“Are you alright Severus?” his voice was worried
“Yes. Did you managed to talk some sense in the stupid mutt?”
“Severus.” sighed Albus ”I did what I could. Some things he has to work out on his own.”
“I appreciate your assistance.”
“How are you, Severus?”
“I have been worse on occasions. Nothing I cannot handle. However, I will use some potions in the next few days.”
“How serious are your injuries?”
“Nothing to concern yourself with it.”
“Not even about that bandage around your ribs?” he winced, noticing only now that he did not button up his shirt, he slept in it and wanted to change it before he was distracted.
“They are broken and they will heal in time.”
“Why didn’t you look for Poppy?”
“And how do you suggest I explain my condition? Albus, I look like a full herd of angry Centaurs stomped over me.”
“You are protecting Lupin now.”
“No, not Lupin. My discovery. I had a nice talk to the second personality last night after I knocked out Lupin.”No host talk to wolf, boy is first.”, crude, limited verbal skills, but the wolf can communicate. He wants me to force Lupin to cooperate. Imagine Albus, I am the first to unlock a new chapter about werewolf traits. However, I need Lupin willing to continue, to cooperate.”
“It looks like there is, at least, a part of Remus Lupin that you approve.”
“Albus imagine the possibilities!”
“Severus…”Albus lowered his voice
“I have to if you want me to help Lupin. As I recall our conversation from the beginning of this year, you told me that you do not have much use from the feral wolf.”
“If you are sure that you can…but Severus, if you estimate that you are in too much danger…-
“More than I was before, Albus?” he purred ironically
“All right, I trust your judgement.” sighed Albus” Call me if you need more assistance.”
“You will be the first to know.” he watched as Albus left. Then he took few potions from one shelf, and few from the other. Walking down the corridor to a room, he tossed a look at Lupin. He was lying on the bed, his back turned so he can face the wall. At least he would not suffocate himself.
“I am going to take a bath Lupin, and then I am going to teach. Something you have to do as well. I will not fill in for you this time. When I get out of the bathroom you better let me know so I can notify Minerva to find you a fill in.”
Snape was in pain and had no desire to play leaning shoulder. If there were, something he could not stand that would be self-pity.
~ SS ~ RL ~ SS ~ RL ~
Remus waited until he heard the water running, jumped out of bed, dressed in less wrinkled clothes and found a piece of parchment. Scribbled a note and darted out of the room. He did not want to face…what I can’t face? Severus or bruises? He could not decide.
Stopping in the first-floor student’s toilet to wash his face. Looking at the mirror and his hair, still changing colours, he smacked at the mirror hard, breaking it.
-That is seven years of bad luck. Kekekekekeke….” sang thin voice
“Not in a mood Myrtle.” growled
“You never are anymore.” sniffled Myrtle” What are we going to do today?”
“Nothing….wait. Can you go to the professor's bathrooms?”
“I can go wherever I want.”
“Fine, flood all bathrooms of professors. Can you do that?”
“If I try very hard.” sang Myrtle giggling and disappeared. Remus looked at his reflection in the broken mirror and grinned. Half an hour later, he was sitting in staff room drinking tea. Minerva marched in, her hair dripping, still wet; she huffed greeting and slumped in a chair with a cup of strong tea. Next was Madam Hooch, Flitwick, Charity,... However, when Sybil crept in room, murmuring shy greeting and sat, with a cup of tea Lupin started to giggle openly.
Minerva gave him one stern look then, rose from the chair.
“Remus Lupin! I should have known! If you were, still my student you would be earning a month of detention.”
“I’m sorry Minerva, I just couldn’t ….”
“I do not know what got into you! This hair! Your improper behaviour. Pranks! On the staff!!! I swear, it’s like you are a student all over again.”
“Minerva….”
“And look at your hand, to the infirmary, right now. I’ll inform Dumbledore.” with a stern look she sent him to Poppy. Poppy was not so gentle either, grumbling about ”signature work” and ”didn’t miss that type of pranks”. For the rest of the day, most of his colleagues avoided him or glared at him.
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