the_debt_of_time

"Jamie!" Mia screamed and then quickly shifted into her Animagus form just as
Prongs leapt in front of her, separating her from the snarling werewolf. Moony was held
back by bleeding wounds and a fence of antlers blocking his path.
Moments later, the cracking sound of Apparition was heard, and they all turned to
see Sirius stumble out of thin air, hitting the ground with a thud. Prongs continued to hold
back Moony while Mia sped over to examine her wizard, checking for scratches or bites to
alert her to infection. Not smelling any wounds of his own, she curled her large tail around
his leg in relief the same way a cat would.
"I'm fine," Sirius promised.
Moony fought against his containment, bleeding out more as he thrashed violently
in an attempt to stand. His eyes were glued on Sirius, saliva flowing from his jaws. There
was no sign of Remus behind those eyes. Without the Wolfsbane Potion, their friend was
prisoner to the whims of the wolf.
To prevent Moony from further harming himself, Sirius shifted back into Padfoot
and slowly approached the wolf, who instantly began to calm down once the smell of
human had faded.
With Moony sufficiently calm and no longer moving, the pack surrounded him.
Padfoot and Prongs each took a side, and Mia crawled up beneath his chin, all doing what
they could to keep him warm against the morning chill as his wounds drained him of energy
and magic. He eventually fell into a soft slumber while the other three remained awake and
alert.
No sooner did the sun rise firmly over the horizon than they all turned their heads
to watch, with nervous anticipation, as Moony shifted into a screaming man—naked,
wounded, and soaked in blood.
Mia shifted into her human form and rushed forward to cradle his head in her
hands. "Remus, love, can you hear me?"
"M-Mia? It... h-hurts."
"Jamie, go and get Lily," Mia ordered her brother, who stood looking down at the
bleeding body of his friend, pale and horrified. "Then send a Patronus to Madam Pomfrey,
and tell her to get here now. Sirius, report to Moody and tell him what we saw, but
do not let anyone in the Order return with you. If Dumbledore or Moody show up in the