"Anyone else up for a snack?" Lupin asked, coming into the room with
a tray of marmalade sandwiches. Harry, Hermione and the Weasly children sat
in front of the fireplace in the restored living room, watching Bill and
Charlie transfigure a huge stack of secret documents page by page. All were
keenly aware of Snape's presence as he sat in a diaplated armchair with a
pile of old parchments.
"Supper was only two hours ago!" said Hermione in surprise.
"Suit yourself," said Lupin, cramming a sandwich whole in his mouth.
"Skinny as he is, you'd think he ate less," Ron said to Harry.
"I always get hungry near the full moon," Lupin said.
"I'm bored," said Ginny. "I can't stand having to be quiet all the time. Haven't you figured out how to take down that horrid painting yet?"
"Nah, it's all right, really," said Ron. "Keeps her quiet, at least." Ginny stuck her tongue out at him.
"Professor Lupin," Hermione said, "didn't you say you would tell us some stories about Harry's dad sometime?"
Harry glared at her. "How about he doesn't?"
"All right," Lupin said thickly through a mouthful of sandwich. "That's it. Wait until you hear more about your dad before you go on like that, right?" He swallowed. "Now let's see. there was the time James and Sirius one-upped McGonagall- for the first and only time; and of course, when we made the map; oh, and when we all tried to find Peter a date for the Yule Ball and we had to end up transfiguring a flowerpot. There have got to be hundreds of great stories. Hogwarts was so much fun."
"For some, perhaps," Snape sneered. Everyone jumped as he stood up. "I must- gladly- take my leave of you now. I have no wish to hear more blathering about Harry's. wonderful. father."
"Oh come on," said Lupin. "After all, you're in. ah. well, you were there too." Snape glared daggers at him, but Lupin acted cheerfully oblivious. "What about the time we got stuck in that empty classroom for the whole night, eh?"
"Charming to you, I'm sure," said Snape. "You must excuse me. I have no wish to recall one of the most disgustingly horrible nights of seven miserable years of secondary school."
Everyone but Lupin sighed in relief as Snape left the room. Lupin frowned at them. "You know Severus Snape is on our side and should be treated with as much respect as any other member of the Order."
"He's still a slimy git," George said.
"Were you really trapped in a room with that for an entire night?" Ron asked. "If I were you I'd still be having nightmares!"
"Actually, I was," Lupin said. But it wasn't just the two of us. James, Sirius and Peter were there too." He paused to pick up another two sandwiches.
"Well don't leave us hanging," Hermione said impatiently. "Tell us what happened!"
Remus grinned at the seven pairs of eager eyes and at Harry, who was trying (and failing) not to looked interested. "Okay," he said.
"Well, one evening we were roaming around the castle, as usual, in James's invisibility cloak. This is back when we were still plotting out the Marauder's Map. Anyway, Sirius reckoned that he had found a secret passageway leading to the lake from one of the moving rooms.
"So it takes us ages, because the rooms are always moving around, you know, but we finally find the room. And it looks pretty good, too, because it's got pictures of aquatic plants and all pasted on the walls, and plenty of books on the like. Sirius goes over to look at a pile of notes in the corner. And it turns out this is Severus's private study room that he made for himself, because the notes are all in his hand, and a couple have his name in the corner. Sirius swore that they were covered in grease.
"Suddenly, the door opens, and it's Severus himself. Peter screams before we can throw the cloak back on. And Severus sees us then, but when he goes to open the door again, he finds the door's not there anymore."
A/N: Each new story will start at the end of a chapter and be told from Remus's point of view, but the majority of the story will be in 3rd person. Oh yeah, and I know this chapter isn't exactly funny. It's an introduction!
"Supper was only two hours ago!" said Hermione in surprise.
"Suit yourself," said Lupin, cramming a sandwich whole in his mouth.
"Skinny as he is, you'd think he ate less," Ron said to Harry.
"I always get hungry near the full moon," Lupin said.
"I'm bored," said Ginny. "I can't stand having to be quiet all the time. Haven't you figured out how to take down that horrid painting yet?"
"Nah, it's all right, really," said Ron. "Keeps her quiet, at least." Ginny stuck her tongue out at him.
"Professor Lupin," Hermione said, "didn't you say you would tell us some stories about Harry's dad sometime?"
Harry glared at her. "How about he doesn't?"
"All right," Lupin said thickly through a mouthful of sandwich. "That's it. Wait until you hear more about your dad before you go on like that, right?" He swallowed. "Now let's see. there was the time James and Sirius one-upped McGonagall- for the first and only time; and of course, when we made the map; oh, and when we all tried to find Peter a date for the Yule Ball and we had to end up transfiguring a flowerpot. There have got to be hundreds of great stories. Hogwarts was so much fun."
"For some, perhaps," Snape sneered. Everyone jumped as he stood up. "I must- gladly- take my leave of you now. I have no wish to hear more blathering about Harry's. wonderful. father."
"Oh come on," said Lupin. "After all, you're in. ah. well, you were there too." Snape glared daggers at him, but Lupin acted cheerfully oblivious. "What about the time we got stuck in that empty classroom for the whole night, eh?"
"Charming to you, I'm sure," said Snape. "You must excuse me. I have no wish to recall one of the most disgustingly horrible nights of seven miserable years of secondary school."
Everyone but Lupin sighed in relief as Snape left the room. Lupin frowned at them. "You know Severus Snape is on our side and should be treated with as much respect as any other member of the Order."
"He's still a slimy git," George said.
"Were you really trapped in a room with that for an entire night?" Ron asked. "If I were you I'd still be having nightmares!"
"Actually, I was," Lupin said. But it wasn't just the two of us. James, Sirius and Peter were there too." He paused to pick up another two sandwiches.
"Well don't leave us hanging," Hermione said impatiently. "Tell us what happened!"
Remus grinned at the seven pairs of eager eyes and at Harry, who was trying (and failing) not to looked interested. "Okay," he said.
"Well, one evening we were roaming around the castle, as usual, in James's invisibility cloak. This is back when we were still plotting out the Marauder's Map. Anyway, Sirius reckoned that he had found a secret passageway leading to the lake from one of the moving rooms.
"So it takes us ages, because the rooms are always moving around, you know, but we finally find the room. And it looks pretty good, too, because it's got pictures of aquatic plants and all pasted on the walls, and plenty of books on the like. Sirius goes over to look at a pile of notes in the corner. And it turns out this is Severus's private study room that he made for himself, because the notes are all in his hand, and a couple have his name in the corner. Sirius swore that they were covered in grease.
"Suddenly, the door opens, and it's Severus himself. Peter screams before we can throw the cloak back on. And Severus sees us then, but when he goes to open the door again, he finds the door's not there anymore."
A/N: Each new story will start at the end of a chapter and be told from Remus's point of view, but the majority of the story will be in 3rd person. Oh yeah, and I know this chapter isn't exactly funny. It's an introduction!
