the_debt_of_time

his three friends and his witch were drinking coffee with their evening meal, and he was
sure he saw Sirius and James each take what smelled like Invigoration Draught.
He tried to put the thoughts from his mind as he made his way to the Whomping
Willow, but just when Professor Sprout left him alone, familiar scents assaulted him. He
turned and looked, wide-eyed, back at his friends and girlfriend who all stood facing him
and the recently frozen tree.
"What are you four doing here?" he asked, jumping away just in time as the
Whomping Willow unfroze and swung a low-hanging branch within a foot of him.
James grinned. "Thought we'd keep you company, Moony."
"What? Are you...? Wait.. ." He looked at Sirius, James, and Peter. "You mean
you're finished? You actually bloody did it?" he shouted out of both excitement and fear.
Sirius's suggestion that the three become Animagi to keep him company during the
full moon was based on a theory that they would not end up hurt in the end. Of course,
with the Wolfsbane Potion, there was a better chance, but he was still on edge about the
idea.
"We had a little help." Sirius rolled his eyes as Mia nudged him in the ribs.
Remus blinked at her. "Mia?"
They looked around to make sure no one was watching, and then they shifted into
their Animagus forms.
Remus's eyes went wide at the sight.
Prongs, the stag, stood tall and large with massive bone-like antlers jutting from the
top of his head and short brown fur covering his body. He toed the soft grass below with
a heavy hoof, and a small rodent took notice of the movement. Wormtail, the rat, crawled
up Prongs's leg and over his shoulder to perch on one side of the large stag's antlers, with
watery eyes staring ahead at Remus.
As calm and collected as Prongs and Wormtail were, the two other predators of the
group looked less so. It was evidently the official first meeting of Padfoot and Mia in her
Animagus form, and the two were not seeing eye to eye.
Padfoot, the large, bear-like dog was growling low and trying to pin down a smaller,
vibrantly coloured creature to the ground as a sign of dominance. Mia, in the form of a
fox, struggled against the massive black paw. When she had finally had enough of Padfoot's