The mist was thick and the snow was falling delicately, for miles around all that was visible was white, Hogwarts had turned into a snowy paradise. Remus turned over on to his side. His head was aching he could feel his brain thumping as though it was rattling around in his skull. The floor wasn't particularly comfortable and the weather conditions didn't help the situation, over the last few nights it had grew colder he was feeling more and more tired but he had responsibilities to the pupils he had to get up. He placed one arm on the ground and pushed with what seemed all his might, he got up on to his knees then finally his feet. He realised that he did not have his wand and spent the next 20 minutes attempting to find it. Floor boards came up and down, cupboards were opened and closed, curtains were pulled back and forth until finally he found it, stuffed in a cage full of Cornish pixies. How it got in there was a mystery but he could have found it in better places as he had received several nasty bites in his quest to retrieve it. There was a knock at the door, who the hell could be at six in the morning. Slowly he staggered towards the door wand in hand for after all it could be Snape pissing him off as usual. The door creaked as it opened, (he made a mental note of this he would have to buy some oil.) What do you know it was Snape "morning Remus I must say you look rather rough" said Snape in his usual low miserable voice "shut it, what do you want" Remus snapped "oh not much just to make sure my furry little friend was okay" snape replied. There was a loud crack and Snape was on his backside against the wall. "piss off" were Remus' final words before he shut the door, walked over to his desk and put his head in a book. Why did he feel the need were the words going through Remus' head, Why oh why did he have to be so much of a swine, why couldn't he just leave him alone and deal with his own life? Remus decided that he was getting himself worked up for nothing and dropped the subject, for in a few hours he was taking a lesson that, Merlin's beard he hadn't even planned. He folded the corner of his page and grabbed a piece of paper along with a text book and began to draw a mind map of the lesson. What route to go down he could always just rant on about deadly beasts or maybe even teach them a spell or talk about ... oh what's the use his mind couldn't think his head was sore, he was pissed off at Severus, and he was so tired he could collapse any moment. He could always get someone to cover his first lesson, Snape crossed his mind but he decided against it. The decision was made he would recap their last lesson on boggarts.
Remus heard the dreaded bell ring to signal the beginning of class students piled up outside the class. He took a deep breath and then he opened the door to his class room. It took him a moment to realise there was still a bottle of fire whiskey, a cloak, a pair of trousers and a tie on the floor, he quickly scooped them up and threw them in a corner. The curtains were all closed his desk was a mess and he really just wasn't prepared at all. He started to rant on about how boggarts were shape shifters and took the shape of whatever a person feared the most and so on, he then brought out a boggart to let the children practise repelling it. He was tapped on the shoulder by Harry the son of his best friend. "are you all right sir you look a bit, well dying" said Harry "well what can you expect from a late night with Sirius and about twelve bottles of fire whiskey" Remus replied "you have a point, but anyway why on earth are we studying boggarts we done this on Friday?" Harry asked "I think we both know the answer to that don't we son" Remus said in a jolly tone. Harry laughed "you really should learn to control yourself when you're out with Sirius he's a bad influence" It was Remus' turn to laugh "it's not as easy as you think" harry strolled away and Remus went over to assist Draco and Crabbe. "Go away I don't need your help" Draco whined "stop being such an idiot and let me help you" Lupin argued Draco's fist collided with Remus' face he fell back in agony. Harry burst out from his group and shot a spell at Draco "pertrificus totalus" Draco froze stiff he couldn't move a muscle Remus grabbed Harry an threw him back "are you off your nut!" he yelled "I can see your trying to protect me but temporarily paralyzing people is not the answer." Harry took a deep breath and walked over to Ron, Neville and Hermione. Lupin picked up Draco and walked out of the room.
