Remus Is A Drama Queen
“Shh, he’s sleeping” He said whispering, so James nodded and placed the food on his nightstand, since the two boys didn’t move from the bed. “how long were you up?” The dark blonde boy asked “not much, i saw Eli sleeping on the chair with a handkechief in his hand and a bowl of water next the bed, i didn’t want him to be uncomfy so i woke him up and told him to cuddle with me. He was so cute you have no idea. He looked like a puppy” he smiled, while caressing my sleeping face. “Hey Sirius?” “yes Jamie?” the brunette said, not moving his gaze from my face “are you going to tell him?” James said, worried “No, i don’t want to hurt him, i’ll just- I don’t know what i’ll do..”
We suddently got interrupted by Lily, James’ girlfriend, barging into the room “quick Madam Pomfrey needs you right now!” she said all winded and red in the face. I got up wincing “what? Who? Who died..?” I said yawning still holding Sirius’ hand. “Remus is in the infermery, Madam pomfrey needs you now..” James helped Lovely Lily sit down on my bed, trying to get her some air in her lungs. Sirius got up but he was still pretty unstable “I can’t feel my face” he said in a wheeze “sit down Sirius, you are in no condition to walk up until there” I said getting out of bed trying to tidy the wrinkly shirt and getting in my shoes simultaneously. The boy sat on his bed this time taking deep breaths “i’m coming, i have to.” “ok strong boy but we need to carry you ok?” he nodded and changed of clothes quickly and took his blanket with him because he was cold. “are you coming too James?” he looked over his girlfriend that was doing much better “No i’m coming with you, i think Lily is fine” “yeah” she imediatly said, then she gave him a quick peck on his lips and smiled, “don’t worry i’ll be here for you when you’re back” she said leaving the room.
The three of us were now trying to get to the infirmary as fast as we could, but Sirius wasn’t looking good, so i carried him backpack style. We arrived there all winded and tired and sweaty and the room was all serious because of the presence of McGonagall and Dumbledoor. McGonagall looked at us like a tired mom “i see you had time to get ready, didn’t you?” Dumbledoor tried to hide his smiling, so we probably looked ridiculous. “Is Remus doing ok?” Sirius fleebly said over my shoulder, I carefully got him down my back and helped him walk over the hospital bed Remus was sleeping in. He looked so lost, his hair was messy, he missed a flip flop and he was clutching his blanket like it was going to be the last thing he’d ever do. It was painful looking at him being in that much pain. Remus had all kind of scars on his body and face and there were bandages covering them, Sirius sobbed and i runned over and hugged him “it’s okay.. shh, you’re fine. He’s fine don’t worry..” I said while trying not to cry too. James just hugged both of us in silence. McGonagall was hurt too, i could hear it in her voice as she spoke “ We found Remus in these conditions in the forest this morning, did you know that your room mate is affected by Lycanthropia?” we were all in shock. Remus, a...werewolf? “we knew nothing Madam” i said, slightly surprised “it’s the first time we hear of this, but it does explain somethings” Dumbledoor nodded “well, it appears that this was his first known mutation in the school premeses and, he will keep the cycle of mutating during the full moon. During those nights We need to keep him in custody so he won’t harm himself or others. I hope you understand..” “can you please give us a moment?” James asked because Sirius wasn’t calming down “Madame pomfrey please, i need some Valery, some Sleeping Awake stems and Chamomile Petals, now please.” i said while getting Sirius on a bed. Madame Pomfrey was kinda surprised by my tone but she got me everything that i needed and a glass of water. “I also need some Moon Poison. Do you have any Madame Pomfrey?” “yes I do” she said and handed it to me. I was concentrated and I needed Sirius to calm down. I started mixing things together and dosaging the herbs into the water and in the blink of an eye i had redy a strong calming potion. I handed it to sirius and helped him drink the potion, then he calmed down slowly as i layed my hand on his knee feeling all the negtive emotions of the black haired boy, sucking them into my body little by little. I stopped when I saw Sirius doing better, then I removed my hand from his knee and quickly smiled at the two teacher and the nurse looking at me “I see that Mr. Azul here has some talent” McGonagall said smiling proudly. I shook my head “oh no, i did what came natural to me Madam, i’m just helping out my freind” “thank you El.. i owe you a lot” Sirius said, adjusting his hair, and I smiled. “So you need to sign these papers for Remus” Dumbledoor said handing us some papers. We signed them and as they were going away i had an idea “uhm excuse me?” they stopped “can.. can we take early courses for animagus transfiguration? I think Remus would feel less...alone if we were able to tranform too, you know..” McGonagall smiled “it’s a wonderful idea Mr. Azul, i’ll speak with the transfiguration teacher to give you extra courses” “thank you Madam” James said smiling from ear to ear.
Then the adults finally left and we were left alone with our sleeping friend “do you think that he’ll get better?” Sirius asked quietly “Well, he is a werewolf so he’ll be one forever, but I think that he’ll feel less alone with us, and i think that he will get along with his condition with the time passing by..” James said crossing his arms and leaning on the wall behind him. Sirius gently placed his head on James’ waist and sighed “we should wait until he wakes up” i said getting up but i felt extreamly nauseous and i lost my balance so i fell back down on the chair. James stood straight up again looking worried “Elias? What’s happening” he said with an alarmed tone “i-i’m fine, i need to..” I gagged. “oh dear..” James said rushing to me with a bucket “please get it in first try, i don’t want to clean up after..” he also said under his breath, Sirius was frozen, he didn’t know what to do. In the end i threw up three times, and it was some kind of black goo. James stumbled back slightly “Elias.. what is that?” he said. I grabbed a tissue from the box of tissues that was on the bed and i used it to clean my mouth “uhm.. it’s .. discharge” James looked more and more terrified “What kind of discharge? Elias you’re fucking scaring me, what’s wrong.” he said with anxiety in his voice Sirius was even more petrified “Elias..” he said in a whisper. I was feeling like shit, i should have told my friends earlier.. “it’s uhm, discharge from Sirius’ pain.. i uhm i took it in my body to alleviate him, i didn’t want you to suffer Sirius..” i said looking at him as i finished the sentence “you should have told me!” he said, i couldn’t stand looking at him, i was too ashamed of myself. “why did you do this! I don’t want you getting hurt because of me! Why are you making this so difficult Elias, why!” he lashed out “why do you think that it’s better to hurt yourself instead of me! Instead of any of us! Elias, you have to understand that as long as you are hurt, we are hurt. Because we care about you Elias! God! You can’t shoulder everything alone! Why are you so selfish!” he yelled at me James went over to him and told him to calm down because we were still in the infermery and Remus was still recovering. “I.. i just wanted to help..” i said, tears fighting to spill out of my tired eyes, “I just wanted to help i didn’t want to hurt you..” the sentence crawled out of my trembling lips, it wasn’t louder than a breeze. Sirius at that point stopped yelling and James turned and hugged me “we know Eli, but you have to tell us those things, because we don’t want you to get hurt too, and we get scared when you do get hurt..” i silently cried into his shoulder “I-i’m sorry.. i’m so sorry, i don’t know what to do.. i'm so tired...” i whispered again, sniffling. Sirius realized he took it too far “I’m sorry elias, i’m sorry i shouldn’t have yelled at you” he hugged me too and now we were all entangled with eachother.
Meanwhile Remus woke up an he was looking at us confused “What.. the hell.. happened here?” he said, voice raspy and tired. Sirius turned over and almost fell out of bed, he imediatly reached out to Remus and hugged him tightly “OUCH- Whatch your arms dipshit!” the skinny boy sighed in relief, “Remus, oh Remus, i was so worried for you!” “we all are” james smiled while hugging me and rubbing circles on my back “James, i feel like vomiting again..” I said holding my stomach “oh fuck, sure” he moved and i vomited other two times. “what’s wrong with eli?” Remus asked “he absorbed Sirius’ pain and now he’s vomiting the discharge..” James said “Wait.. i knew it. Elias, you’re a high level ground Empath..” Remus said, i nodded, while cleaning my mouth from the disgusting discharge “what?” Sirius said turning to me “i read of those in the book yesterday.. You can change, absorb and project feeling onto others, you’re like an emotional sponge” I turned towards him, still not looking him in the eye “Yeah, well, it’s more complicated than that but yeah. My parents are too, i have their gift” they were all silent. “Remus belive me, i’d help you alleviate your pain, but.. I’m still sick from Sirius, i’m sorry i can’t help you..” I say, looking at him with a guilty look, but to my surprise, Remus was… smiling “Elias...why would you take my pain from me if it hurts you more..” he said “i don’t want you in pain “ I said quietly. “well, see it from my perspective too Elias, i don’t want you hurt either..”.
At that point it hit me. I just realized that my friends, my best friends, love me. They really, really love me.. for once in my life i felt loved and accepted. I had friends! It was a big first for me, growing up in a farm, only child, homeschooled, with parents busy all the time. I felt loved by them because we were a happy family, and we shared beautiful moments, but.. I was alone most of the time so, having friends like them, it was.. new.. “I..don’t know what to say..” I somehow stummered “how about a hug instead? Can you walk over there?” James smiled “y-yeah!” I said happily and got up with my friend’s help and we all shared a group hug. I was feeling so warm and fuzzy, i felt really nice, a thing i didn’t feel in a really long while. “I love you all guys..” I said softly “we love you too” they said. “Remus, i think you have to know that, we are taking shapeshifting classes to be Animagus’, so we can transform with you!” I said, and Remus sobbed yet again. “you’re the best guys” “awh come on now, the salt statue is shedding tears!” James laughed and we all did “What kind of animals do you want to be? I want to be a dog” Sirius said “I want to be a deer, they are strong and stoic, like me” He said faking a superpower pose “and you?” Sirius asked me “I want to be… a magpipe” “uuuh, poetic, like always” James replied snickering “Yeah, because they fly and they are very clever and nice overall” “mhm, sure” Sirius nodded while giggling. “I would like to rest though, will you finally leave me alone now?” he said while rolling his eyes “Sure grumpy boy” Sirius said. We got off the bed and walked up to the door, saying bye to remus from there, then we got in our rooms and chilled there, all in one bed, like we used to do when we were younger. I was hugging Sirius and James was hugging me. The perfect cuddling combo. And that’s how our Friday went.