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Water lapped at the shores of the lake, the grounds of Hogwarts were quiet save for the soft plop of stones being thrown into the lake.

"Hey Remus if you keep that up the squid will start fighting back."

"Who even said there was a squid in there, I've never seen it," Remus didn't even look up, but kept his head down as he grabbed another stone to throw in the lake.

"Don't say we didn't warn you," Sirius laughed as the three boys sat down around Remus.

"Have you been here all day Rem?" James asked.

Remus picked up a jagged rock and with a flick of his wrist sent it flying into the depths of the lake. The boys watched as it splashed and the water rippled.

"Just go away please, I'd like my last day of Hogwarts to be without confrontation."

"Huh? What do you mean by that," Peter looked confused.

"He means he doesn't want to fight idiot," Sirius shock his head at Peter. "But why do you think we want to fight Rem, you might have to fill us in on that."

"James knows and now you two know as well and you're all going to go to Dumbledore and tell him, and then I'll be expelled and I'll have to go home." Remus cast another stone into the lake, "can't you just let me enjoy my last moments?"

"Does Dumbledore not know? How did you get in if he didn't know?" Three boys stared as Peter in surprise.

"Of course Dumbledore knows, Dippet would never have let me in," Remus looked up at them with tears in his eyes. "He said he would never let a monster like me come to Hogwarts, but then Dumbledore became Headmaster and he arranged everything. He had the Whomping Willow planted and the passage to the Shrieking Shack made, he spread rumours around Hogsmeade that the shack was haunted, he's done so much for me and all he asked in return was that I keep it secret, that I not tell anyone that I'm a stupid half-breed monster, a vicious werewolf."

James, Sirius and Peter sat there, momentarily stunned as Remus finished and the small, brown haired boy glared at them, as if willing them to argue with him.

"Remus, first of, we're not going to go to Dumbledore."

"And we're not going to tell anyone else either."

"We don't think you're a half-breed monster."

"Or vicious."

"Or stupid, a bit dense maybe but not stupid," Sirius smiled at the boy.

"We're your friends."

"We want to help you."

"And we really appreciate that you told us yourself instead of letting us figure it out ourselves, Sirius would never have got there, just imagine," James laughed at the look on Remus' face.

"But you already knew."

"No, I didn't," Peter said.

"I didn't have a clue," Sirius grinned.

"See, you told us Rem, which means that you trust us and still want to be our friends,"

"But Pete said that," Remus looked between the three grinning faces in front of him. "I mean this morning in Defence..."

"Gosh that was a boring class," Sirius groaned, "what was it on again?"

Remus rose slowly and looked at the stone he still held in his hand, slowly he sent it skimming across the lake, "thank you."

"For what," Peter said looking curiously at Remus.

"Pete," James clapped him on the shoulder. "You do realise we don't always know you're not being serious."

"Too easy," Sirius laughed.

"Yeah, one Sirius is more than enough," Remus laughed as he joined his friends, "someone had to say it."

The surface of the lake rippled as the giant squid surfaced, only to see the rock thrower and three other humans were already making their way back to the castle.

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