BAD MOONLIGHT ~ REMUS LUPIN STORY

Name: Lizzie Jones

Looks: 5 feet tall, curly black hair, gray eyes, porcelain skin

Age: 16

CHAPTER 1

I hurried towards Potions, not wishing to get a detention for being late. I barely made it into my seat before the bell rang. It was the first day of my sixth year and I was eager to start out good, but had managed to oversleep. Slughorn started assigning Potion partners. I glanced around the room, for the first time taking in who was in my class with me.

I was in Gryffindor and my class contained Gryffindors and Ravenclaws. I was surprised that Lily Evans, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin were all in the class with me. I had never been in a class with all of them before. I guess normally the teachers were to smart to mix the Marauders in one class room. Lily wasn't considered a Marauder and never hung out with one, but I'd very rarely had classes with the smart red head.

"Ms. Jones, you will be paired with Mr. Lupin." Slughorn said. I glanced up before walking over to where Remus Lupin was sitting. I saw that Sirius was paired with a Ravenclaw, James was paired with another Gryffindor that I didn't know by name, and Peter was with Lily. I recognized all the Gryffindors but didn't know their names.

We sat in silence until everyone else was paired and he gave us instructions on what page to find our potion for the day. It was a simple potion since it was the first day and Remus went to get the ingredients while I built the fire. When he came back, we followed the instructions in the book in silence. True, we were in the same house and I knew his name, but we'd been within ten feet of each other, much less spoken to one another.

Once the bell rang, I went to Transfiguration. It passed by quickly, being my favorite class of all. McGonagall and I had always gotten along very well since she had known my grandparents, and I had a special knack for Transfiguration. Mom and Dad always insisted it was in my blood, but I had my doubts at times.

During lunch, I sat with my two best friends. One was a hyper girl named Claire Bates and the other was an easy going gay boy named Chris Seeley. The three of us were basically inseparable except for when we had to be separated.

"So how has your day gone so far?" Chris asked as soon as I sat down.

"Alright I guess. Got paired up with Remus Lupin for Potions, and you know Transfiguration is always easy for me." I replied, digging into the food. "How about yours?"

"One, don't talk with your mouth full. Two, pretty good. Care of Magical Creatures has always been my favorite class and Charms is fairly easy." Chris replied.

"I love Care of Magical Creatures this year and History of Magic SUCKS!" Claire was whining by the end of the sentence. Chris and I both agreed that History of Magic sucked.

"So, either of you have any hotties in your classes yet?" Chris asked. Being the gay guy he was, he acted ALMOST like a girl would.

"Nope." Claire whined.

"I didn't really look." I replied. Chris nodded. It should have been a given that I wouldn't look at guys in class since guys never gave me the time of day and I normally just stayed with my small group instead of going out on dates. Claire was constantly switching boys. She was medium height, blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Chris had dates here and there, but never made the first move. He had blonde hair that flopped into his face and brown eyes.

After lunch, I had Care Of Magical Creatures. Of course, on the first day it was basics again. Then I headed to Charms. I was happy that the day had been filled with classes I was good at. I was awful at Herbology, History of Magic, Divination, and Muggle Studies.

The next morning, I actually got up in time to go to breakfast. I was glad that the school robes were no longer in effect. Dumbledore had decided as long as there was some indication of what house we were in, we could dress as we pleased. Almost everyone had decided to just use the house pins, which couldn't really be seen from a long distance, but everyone was smart enough to be in the right places so not to wind up in robes again.

I was wearing a pair of dark colored jeans, boots, and a gray shirt. Just to make this clear, I'm not emo or gothic.

"You know, I'm actually kind of looking forward to first period." I said once I sat across from Chris and Claire.

"Why?" Claire asked.

"Because I wanna sleep more, and my first is History of Magic." I replied laughing.

"Unless he assigns you a seat like he did our class yesterday." Chris said. I raised my eyebrow.

"Pairing the sleepers up with the workers." Claire explained. I groaned.

"Oh how wonderful." I said. I ate and wandered around until it was time for class. Professor Binns started assigning seats the moment that everyone got in there.

To my surprise, I was seated with Remus. Again. What was up with me having to sit with him in two classes? Or actually, what was he even doing in my classes? I rarely had classes with him and I had everyone so far.

I figured he probably wouldn't do anything if I fell asleep so I drifted. All to soon, I felt someone nudging me. I opened my eyes and realized it was Remus. He caught my gaze and pointedly looked at the aisle. Binns was heading our way. To my relief, he hadn't seen me sleeping.

"Thanks." I muttered.

"Welcome. Just don't make a habit of falling asleep because I'm not always going to wake you up in time no matter how hard I try." Remus replied. I was shocked that he had talked. First time he'd ever spoken to me, and it was twenty six words.

I stayed alert the rest of class. Once the bell rang I hurried to the next class. Divination. Once again, Remus was in my class. I groaned silently. I mean, if there had to be someone in all my classes, why couldn't it be Claire or Chris? Why did it have to be someone I hadn't spoken to at all until that day?

He was also in Muggle Studies and Herbology after lunch. Professor Sprout had paired Remus and I up for Herbology. I hated the feeling that I couldn't really get away from him. True, we had only spoken to each other once, but I always hated whenever someone other than my friends were in all my classes.

Claire, Chris, and I went to the kitchen and got something to snack on before heading to the lake for supper.

"Remus Lupin is in ALL of my classes." I whined.

"What's wrong with that? He's kind of cute." Chris asked.

"Because if someone had to be in every single one of my classes why couldn't it have been one of you? And I have to sit with him in Potions, History of Magic, and Herbology."

"Just be glad it's a fellow Gryffindor. And he's one of the smartest in our year so if you have trouble you could always ask him for help." Claire pointed out. I groaned. Of course they were just going to see the bright sides of it. And since I was single majority of the time, they were probably going to end up trying to get me and him together.