Beware the Ides of March
March 1st
Remus sat down at breakfast the next day and for whatever reason he was very happy. He was sitting alone and waiting for his friends to come down. They told him to go ahead without them. He found it suspicious, but didn't care. He was hungry and wanted to eat.
It was ten minutes later when James came into the Great Hall alone. He stopped in front of Remus with an expressionless face. He stood up straight with his arms snapped at his sides.
"Uh…..Morning James." Remus said, unsure and a little worried.
James kept staring at Remus with unblinking eyes. "Beware the ides of March."
"What?" Remus said, a little worried for himself now. His friend was acting strange and it scared him a little.
"Beware!" James exclaimed, before turning and walking out of the Great Hall.
Remus blinked and watched James leave. "Beware?"
After a few minutes, Remus relaxed and started eating again. He finished eating and left the Great Hall, wondering where his friends were. Only James made it to the Great Hall and he didn't even stay to eat. The others never made it the Great Hall and that made Remus worried.
Remus didn't see any of his friends until he made it to Charms class. He saw James sitting in the back of the classroom talking with Peter and looking completely normal as if nothing happened in the Great Hall.
"James?" Remus questioned slowly as he made his way over to James and Peter. He sat in the desk in front of them, next to Sirius. "What was with you in the Great Hall today? It was a little creepy."
James stopped his conversation with Peter to look at Remus. He smiled, but looked confused and a little worried. "What do you mean? I never went to the Great Hall today. Sirius, Peter, and I ate in the kitchen. Are you okay?"
Remus frowned. "Yes, you did. You came into the Great Hall and told me to beware."
"No, I didn't. Peter, did I ever leave you guys alone?" James asked, turning back to Peter.
Peter looked at Remus concerned. "No. Remus, I think you're imaginary things."
"No, I'm not! He was in the Great Hall." Remus said, annoyed.
Sirius put a hand on Remus's shoulder. "Mate, calm down. Maybe you just thought that. You're probably tired and started to daydream."
Remus frowned, but turned around, grumbling to himself. He missed the smirk that Sirius sent to James. "Good job." He mouthed to James.
After Charms, Remus left the classroom with Sirius and was talking to him. James was walking behind him with Peter. They were walking to Potions.
When they reached the dungeons, they entered the classroom and sat down. Remus sat next to Peter to work with him. Sirius and James sat in front of him as partners. Remus decided to listen to Sirius and think that maybe he was just daydreaming when he James told him to 'beware'.
"Peter, can you go get some boomslang skin?" Remus asked, as he cut up some ingredients and put them in the cauldron.
"Sure." Peter left the desk to go to the student cupboard.
James saw him leave and turned around to face Remus. He pointed at Remus and mouthed "ides" to him with a stoic expression.
Remus's eyes started twitching.
"Here you go, Remus." Peter came back and handed the boomslang skin to Remus before he saw his eye twitching. "Remus, are you okay?"
"J-James…i-ides." Remus said, pointing at James.
Peter sighed. "Honestly, Remus, calm down. I think the fumes from the potions is getting to you."
Remus nodded his head. "Yeah. Just the fumes."
"Honestly, what is wrong with you today?" Peter asked.
"I guess I didn't get enough sleep last night." Remus replied.
James smirked when he heard Remus's and Peter's conversation. "You were right, Sirius. This is amusing."
Sirius smiled. "I knew you would agree. I can't wait for my turn."
"How long do you think it will take before he goes completely crazy?" James asked.
"It shouldn't take more than a few days." Sirius replied, looking over his shoulder at Remus, who was working on his potion again. He looked like he forgot about James and the ides of March. "Do you think he knows that the next full moon is March fifteenth?"
"Don't know." James replied. "I hope he doesn't. It will make this more fun."
Sirius smirked and turned back to his potion. "Do you think the Marauders should join in on the fun of driving Mr. Lupin insane, Mr. Potter?"
"I believe they should, Mr. Black, but we should wait a few days so we can have a completely insane Mr. Lupin on our hands." James replied, smirking.
"This will teach Mr. Lupin not to lie to us again." Sirius said.
The rest of the day went normal for Remus, who was expecting it to get much worse. He kept looking at James as if expecting him to do something completely insane, but James acted normal for the rest of the day. Whenever he saw Remus looking at him, James smiled.
Remus climbed into his bed that night feeling much better than he did at the beginning of the day. Peter and Sirius were probably right. He just needed more sleep.
A/N: Please review!
Sorry for the short chapter. I need to get everything set up. I can't use all my ideas on the first day.