Harry grinned at Ron. It had only been a few days into their 5th year but already he and Ron had managed to prank Malfoy.
They had spent a long time planning it in the holidays, whilst at Ron's, and Hermione had definitely not agreed. Mind you, that wouldn't have stopped them anyway. It was one of their first pranks, and no one was going to ruin it for them.
Harry had never had so much fun. He had been away from the Dursleys's with his two best friends. Nothing could get much better then that.
To enhance his happiness Remus was teaching again, and Sirius had been amazingly cleared of his charges and been allowed to join positions in teaching with Remus. It was going to be a fun year. And Defence Against the Dark Arts was officially Harry's favourite lesson. Not that it hadn't been already.
He still couldn't get over the fact he had a real family now. Sirius and Remus. His guardians. His friends. His family.
His eyes saddened as he thought about his mum and dad. There wasn't a day that went by that he didn't wish they were here with him. He knew Remus and Sirius wished exactly the same…
"Harry, you all right mate?" asked Ron, poking him slightly in the ribs.
Harry pushed Ron back, an infectious grin on his young features.
"Of course I am!"
Ron shrugged.
"Sorry. You looked a little spaced out there for a second…" he said, then grinned as well, "It feels great to pull our first proper prank, doesn't it?"
"Yeh, sure does. Sirius will be jealous when he realises he wasn't here to see it."
Both of the friends chuckled at each other before casually walking down the corridor towards the Quidditch Pitch. Hermione soon bustled after them, appearing from the library.
"Theres a new boy in Gryffindor." She said, conversationally.
"Oh, yeh?" replied Ron, with little interest. Hermione frowned at him.
"Yes. His name's Corbin. He's a bit quiet though."
"Why's he only just come to Hogwarts now?" asked Harry.
"I think he's had pretty good home schooling for a while, but his parents wanted him to be a bit more…social. Or something like that. I guess Dumbledore offered him a place and he accepted."
Harry frowned in confusion.
"How did he get sorted...?"
"Oh. Well, Dumbledore keeps the sorting hat in his office, and it knows when it's needed, so when Corbin arrived he probably got sorted privately."
Harry nodded, but then smiled as the Quidditch Pitch came into view. There were hardly any people there, apart from the odd one or two people scattered across the stadiums, sitting peacefully.
Hermione motioned her head towards the Gryffindor stadium, where a boy was sat, reading a book by himself.
"There he is."
Ron carried on walking to where the brooms were stored, but Harry found himself looking.
The boy sat there was about the same height as Ron, or a little shorter. He had amber eyes, that reminded Harry of Remus, and hair that looked light from one direction, and dark from another. A blondish brownish colour. A person might say scrawny.
As if noticing he was being watched, the boy looked up and caught Harry's eye, before closing his book and standing up and moving away.
Harry watched the boy's retreating back before turning to look at Ron who was already on his broom and flying in lazy circles ahead.
Hermione turned to him.
"We have DADA next. Don't be late." She said, sighing at them.
Harry shrugged.
"I'll try not to be late for my two godfather's joint first lesson."
Hermione pursed her lips at the sarcasm, then walked away, carrying a rather large, overweight bag with her.
Corbin could see that a boy and girl was watching him, even from all the way over here.
He sighed inwardly.
No one ever left him alone. He wished he hadn't come here.
He closed his book and moved away, towards the library, the only place where he felt at home in this massive castle.
Once there, he sat down in a comfy looking chair and plucked out the History of Magic from a nearby shelf.
He buried himself in the book, and failed to notice two men enter the library.
"Remus, why don't we just improvise. Book work isn't exactly the best option for our first lesson." Said the black haired man.
Corbin looked up. He recognised this man from the papers. Sirius Black. He had spent 12 years in Azkaban, and was now a free man, cleared of all charges.
"Sirius," Remus sighed, "I've told you this before. We are not doing book work during the lesson. Its practical today. These are for the student's homework."
The light haired man motioned towards a table with a pile of books dumped on top of it.
Sirius shrugged in a half hearted kind of way then spotted Corbin, who quickly looked down into his book again.
Sirius hadn't seen this boy before. He turned to Remus.
"You seen him before?" he whispered.
Remus turned to see who Sirius was muttering about.
"Of course. He's new to this school."
"Oh."
Sirius couldn't help but feel reminded of a younger Remus when he looked at the boy.
"He looks a lot like you used to."
Remus turned to face Sirius.
"I'll take that as a compliment."
Sirius chuckled and patted Remus on the back.
"You do that. Now, go, get back to your books, while I go back to the classroom. You never know, I might see Snivellus on the-"
"Sirius! You won't do a thing. Now, go."
Sirius sighed and walked out of the library, leaving Remus and Corbin as the only two there.
Remus had now picked out all the books he needed, and he walked over to the table where Corbin sat.
He smiled at the boy.
"Hello. I'm professor Lupin. I guess you're new here."
He held out his hand, and Corbin stared at it before turning his gaze towards Remus's.
Remus felt shocked. The only person he had ever seen with amber eyes had always been himself.
The boy stared at him as well for a while, before quickly shaking Remus's hand.
"Corbin. Corbin Akren."
The boy let go almost immediately and gathered his belongings together.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go now."
With that, Corbin rushed out of the library, leaving a curious and surprised Remus behind him.
Remus watched Corbin leave in a hurry. What on earth had gotten the boy so nervous…and worked up?
He sighed. Well, at least he had tried to make conversation with Corbin.
He frowned, recognising the name. He walked over to the other table with the homework books and pulled out a folder from underneath some of them.
He quickly opened it and scanned down his class list, looking for the name, Akren.
Remus paused at Harry's name, smiling slightly. He was teaching Harry again. He carried on looking at the list and stopped at Corbin's name…
"He's in my class…" he whispered to himself.
"Huh?"
Remus looked up, startled. Sirius stood over him, peering over his shoulder to see what Remus was reading.
"What are you doing back already?" asked Remus.
Sirius grinned.
"Couldn't find anything interesting to do. And no Snivellus around either….Anyway, what were you talking about to yourself…? You sure you're not going loopy?"
Sirius laughed at himself, and Remus just stood there, frowning and looking a little annoyed.
"Oh, ha ha, Sirius. Real funny. I was just checking our class list to see if Corbin was on it."
"You mean that boy that was in here earlier...?"
Sirius peered around the room.
"Where is he anyways?" he asked, confused.
Remus quickly went over what had happened with Sirius who patted on the back.
"You're beginning to scare pupils now, Remus. Never expected it of you."
Sirius smiled at his friend, who just rolled his eyes and began to collect the books up.
"Nearly time for class."
Authors note: Heres hoping you like it! Please review! This chapter isnt the 'best' but they will progress as they go along. :)