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Warning: Slash. RLSB. Get over it or get out. Rating for safety.

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Prologue

James woke with a start, sitting bolt upright in his bed. He wasn't sure what had woken him, but found himself listening hard, straining against the darkness for… there it was again. There was a muffled thumping noise coming from the shrubs just below his window and – was that a whimper?

He slid out of his bed, scarcely noticing the chill creeping across the wooden floorboards beneath his bare feet. He settled his glasses on his nose as he leaned in towards the window, trying to pierce the darkness that lay beyond the glass.

The sound came again. Definitely a whimper. But where?

Something moved just out of the light of the gibbous moon, a darker shadow moving in the lighter shadows of night.

James felt his eyes widen, and he hauled on the window, dragging it up far enough to lean out.

"Sirius?" he whispered loudly.

The shadow moved again, and James saw the dog in the bushes.

"Shit. Sirius, what are you doing here?"

The dog whimpered. Then stretched, shape shifting until it was a dog no longer, but a boy with disheveled black hair and a haunted face.

"I did it," Sirius whispered hoarsely. "I did it. I ran away." And then he collapsed, falling gracelessly in a heap under the shrubbery.

James screamed.

TBC

A/N: This our first fic together so, please, read and review and tell us what you think! KawaiiTenshi27 and DarkPurpleRain, joining forces to bring you the ultimate experience in slashy goodness! (also known as chocolate, by the Transitive Property of Yumminess) :)