The sky above him was pitch black, Remus found himself laying down on a field, the grass tickled his naked body. Peace and calm reigned over his mind while his heartbeat lulled him into a sleepy state. It was then when he saw it, the moon was there, and suddenly, he wasn’t Remus anymore. It had occured without any pain or suffering, and somehow he wasn’t expecting it to hurt anymore. He had accepted the wolf, the wolf had accepted him and so, that night there wouldn’t form any scratches or bruises on his pale skin for him to be ashamed the next morning.

The wolf rolled around on the dirt and the dry leaves and eventually found his pack, they all bowed their heads to him and the beast proceeded to prance around them and nudge them playfully. He invited the others to run and play with him, and that’s what they did. The beast thought they obeyed him, but actually they were keeping him distracted so that he wouldn’t eat that dead squirrel he had found. The marauders knew Remus hated to wake up with his mouth tasting and smelling like death, literally.

Moony, the wolf, loved his pack, and would even go as far as to groom them or bite them playfully before running away or settling on the ground for a short nap. It was soft, comforting, lovely and that didn’t change when he turned back into a human as the sun started to shine. Again, the change didn’t hurt and when he finally opened his eyes Remus was laying down on that same field again. He wasn’t alone anymore though, three other naked boys were there giggling and talking about things he couldn’t understand just yet.

He didn’t know why or when the others went home but Padfood was the only one next to him. Home, they weren’t on Hogwarts anymore. Sirius smiled, his eyes were dark but they were shining and he looked happy. Remus wanted to ask why, he wanted to know what had made him happy.