Remus' eyes had turned back to normal when he tuned to James "James I apologise for the way I'm acting right now but I'm a little emotional right now and I'm sorry, but I left because for a moment I wanted to throttle you, so could you please just leave me alone for a while. I'm not mad right now but I need to talk to Melinda." He paused before adding "Alone." Then followed Melinda's scent to the compartment she was standing in the door way of "Melinda I need to talk to you."
James nodded and left back to the other compartment where he got his luggage and hauled it to another compartment.
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Liam looked at his cousin and actually managed a smile "Hey. So how are you Sirius?"
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Melinda sighed and hated the fact she was getting slightly annoyed at Remus mainly because she was doing this for him and he wouldn't leave her alone. Smiling at the electric blue haired girl she turned to Remus "Didn't we just talk, well I talked but I thought I got the point across Remus." Her eyes got a hint of black in them because she was getting annoyed just not at Remus more at herself.
"I mean..." putting all her stuff in one hand somehow she dragged back to the compartment they where originally in then placed her stuff down "Look I have Slytherin traits and I bloody know it, I mean my wand practically screams Slytherin well maybe not. But..." a growl escaped her throat well close to one "Bloody hell Remus I know why I am perfect for Slytherin and its the one thing that is keeping me from being a Gryffindor and I can't bloody tell you what it is because..." Biting her bottom lip she tried to calm herself down but couldn't "because..." dropping her eyes to the floor for a second she decided to play somewhat her 'Slytherin' traits.
In a second a cold expression came on her face her eyes held no emotions and her body was straight as a board much like how she use to be before she got her Hogwarts letter.
"I can't tell you because you are more than likely going to end up in Gryffindor and you know what I hope you do. The way I am acting now is the way acted since I was born until the moment that I got that Hogwarts letter and met you.'
Clenching her fists she carried on "You know what I did the night I got home from Diagon Alley I read nearly all my books. You know what spells I seemed to be most interested in... hexes."
Laughing she decided to tell Remus a little story even if it was slightly fake "I've been making potions since I could really and you know what I experimented them on insects and mice. I can't tell you how many died because a lot did and I don't care.... I don't care one bit." The only truth was having made potions since she could, since she only experimented the potions on herself.
She realised what she was doing she was trying to push him away like she always did when people started getting to close to her, because she didn't want to get hurt.
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Remus was smiling while she was talking and calmly waited until she was done before saying "I don't care if that is true or not and I don't care if your in Slytherin or not I need to tell you something and..... I'm just gonna say it ok." He took a large breath and let it out slowly before talking as fast as he could and still have it legible to human ears "I'mawerewolf." he closed his eyes hoping that she wouldn't just leave.
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Melinda froze thinking He didn't say what I thought he did. Did he? Fear started bubling in her but she wouldn't let it grow out of control.
"You're a half breed." Melinda stepped back "You're lucky I have the decency not to tell anyone." She couldn't help the spiteful tone. Then again could anyone blame her he only just told her. Did he expect for her to hug him and say it's alright.
Grabbing her bags her voice strained from her trying not to show her fear "I think this friendship needs to end."
Then she went and found the same comparment she was in before put her things in it away then sat across from the electric blue haired girl "I'm going to be quiet so don't worry about me being in here."
A
werewolf. It all adds up the mood swings, the flash of gold in
his eyes. The full moon is in the next four days on Sunday. I
was mean, too mean to him. All he has shown me is
kindness.
This was the perfect chance for your escape and you took it.
Again the little voice in her head that we all have was talking to her.
I liked him.
Yes but everyone that gets close to you hurts you.
Doesn't mean I had the right to be mean to him.
He's a werewolf.
I know and that scares me a lot.
You have to act like a Slytherin when you become one and that means act disgusted around muggle borns and half breeds.
I won't act like that but before I talk to him or even look at him again I have to get it into my head he is a nice guy. Once a month he becomes a monster and that isn't controllable by him at all.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Melinda sighed shaking slightly looking out of the window now only waiting for the train to get going.
"September 2nd 1971 a Thursday and now officially the beginning of a change in my life." Remembering another person was in the compartment she said "Sorry I spoke my thoughts aloud."
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Remus sighed and collapsed on the floor of the compartment "I knew she would do that I'm so stupid." He didn't even try to control the tears and pounding of the floor, he just hoped that fate would finally give him a brake and just leave him alone in his misery. After the girl that his wolf side seemed to think was his mate just completely rejected him without a thought or even saying sorry, but he had to let her make her own decisions prospective mate or not.
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Rebecca sighed getting bored really quickly walking around with her stuff she came to the one her sister was supposed to be in with Remus and heard someone pounding the floor.
This would be the time Rebecca's kind heart would show as she rarely showed when in close proximity to her sister. She did like her sister somewhere deep down since she wouldn't feel whole without her.
Opening the door quietly she stopped seeing Remus crying and pounding the floor. Her eyes softened.
He must have liked her and she did what she always does pushes them away. Like she did with me when she had that accident on her broom.
Opening the door further she stepped inside and knelt next to Remus and gently placed a hand on his shoulder "Look whatever my sister said I'm sure she'll regret it. You see she pushes everyone away not wanting to get hurt." Sighing she carried on "She's a nice girl who needs someone to push their way in because if you let her push you away you'll never get back to her."
"Look I know I wasn't very nice earlier but she makes me do that sometimes and I care about her I do, it's just she can act so stupid sometimes and this is one of those times." Getting a tissue she held it out to him "Just give her until after the sorting then go and make her see some sense."
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Remus stopped immediately after he heard the door open, he just knew some one would find him, why can't anyone ever just let him be. He sighed and sat up to pull his knees to his chest and hold them there then nodded at the girl acknowledging that he heard her and did in fact know she was there, but he did nothing else.
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Rebecca sighed putting the tissue into Remus's hand "You know she never use to be all Slytherin like she is now until her accident I mean she use to be more Gryffindor than me."
Sitting against the opposite side of Remus she carried on "She loves Quidditch more than anything in the world and until she met you she never smiled unless she was playing Quidditch or talking about it."
Getting a box out of her bag she took a album out of it, opening it she placed it in his hands and pointed at the pictures on the first page "That's Melinda and me when we were five." In the picture they were hugging each other smiling like you would expect five year olds too smile. "We were inseparable then. We never went anywhere without the other."
The next picture she pointed to she smiled even more seeing it move "That was when we were six." In this picture the twins were both smiling at where the camera would be and their hair changed many different colours. "She had so much more control over it than me, she still does."
Turning it she pointed to the third picture "That's her on her first Quidditch Team." In the picture it showed Melinda smiling holding a moving snitch and a quaffle under her other arm "She loves being a seeker or a chaser."
The fourth picture was when Rebecca's face fell pointing at it she said "That's the first day she stopped smiling at the camera." Melinda was glaring at the camera but in her eyes you could see tears "She's seven there and that's when we started drifting apart she never gave me a reason why."
Turning the page it showed a four pictures of a party "These are of our eighth birthday." She pointed to a corner in each on where Melinda was stood leaning against a wall glaring at anyone who came near her "She glared at everyone even her friends but most of all a lad that she was friends with."
Leaning back she looked out the window "Melinda was never the same after the accident and even today I don't know what really happened that day. Everyone told me what happened except Melinda. Melinda glared at everyone who told me and glared at me when I hugged her." A tear fell down her face then "Its like she hated me for believing them, but if she didn't tell me what really happened how was I supposed to not believe it."
Looking at Remus she added "Do you want to know what the accident was? or at least what people told me happened?"
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Remus was holding the pictures as if they were the most valuable treasures in the world and nodded to her question.
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Seeing the way he was holding them she smiled for a second before remembering what she was supposed to tell him "It was after a Quidditch practice her and her friends supposedly had a game after it with no adults there."
Looking at her hands she carried on "A bludger hit her causing her to fall to the ground, its lucky she wasn't too high up or at least that's what my parents told me. Her broom hit the ground first and splintered, she landed right on it. When the bludger hit it broke a few of her ribs but when she hit the ground the splintered broom broke her skin causing her to bleed a lot."
Rebecca looked at Remus "That's what I was told what happened but I don't think that is what happened. She was sent to St. Mungos and came out two days after going in."
Sighing she added "But all that they told me doesn't explain why aurors came and talked to her, questioned her." Thinking for a second she added "I tried to hear what they were asking her and heard something that still confuses me today. They asked her if she knew who did it to her. But if it was a Quidditch accident then why ask her that and why ask her to try and describe what the person looked like."
Clenching her fists "To me it sounded like someone hurt her and if that was the case I would find them and make them get the dementors kiss." Sighing for what seemed the thousandth time she asked "What do you think Remus? was it an accident or did someone hurt my sister when she was seven?"
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Remus didn't even try to control the low and dangerous growl that erupted from him like lava, his voice seemed to be scratchy but he was looking down so she couldn't see that his eyes were glowing a luminescent golden colour "I say if I ever find who hurt her they'd better hope its far away from the full moon."
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Rebecca raised an eyebrow figuring it out rather quick "You're a werewolf." Then another realization dawned on her "You told her and she freaked. Remus she'll come around and maybe one day you will be able to get the truth about what really happened to her that day."
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His eyes widened in shock, he hadn't meant to tell her or even say that but - she- just- ........... he didn't really know what to say other than "Your not angry or shocked or afraid. . . .?" the expression on Remus' face was just him being utterly bewildered.
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Rebecca smiled "No I am not afraid because one of my child hood friends was a werewolf. Her name was Mary one day we were talking about it quietly but someone overheard and told his friends. They began throwing stones at her so I stood in front of her to make sure she didn't get hurt."
Her hand unconsciously rubbed her back where she still had a scar from one of the stones that hit her "She was a nice girl it wasn't her fault that once a month she became a werewolf and it's not yours either."
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After Liam had asked if Sirius was alright James Potter entered the compartment and smiled seeing three people he knew "You don't mind if I sit in here do you?" Without waiting for an answer he sat down next to the girl.
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Liam smiled at James "I don't mind if you sit in here as long as you don't annoy me."
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James shrugged "Sounds fair." Turning to Peter he smiled "So how are you Peter? Manage to get everything you needed from Diagon Alley?"
Turning to Sirius he asked "Sirius right?" Liam nodded "How are you?"
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Liam smiled "I asked him the same question but he seems to be in his own world right now."
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Sirius jerked and snorted, having fallen asleep with his eyes open. "Huh?" he blinked. "Who are you?" he asked James.
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Remus looked at Rebecca in shock "If I felt the same protectiveness over you as I do your sister, I would swear you're my mate but the simple fact that I growled at you earlier and let you leave says even without my rampant wolf thoughts that your definitely not."
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Liam laughed for the first time that day and it felt good but he ended up clutching his ribs in pain and gasping for air for a second. He hoped Sirius didn't notice but he probably had "That's James Potter we met him when he stuck up for us when a teacher asked us about the brooms." Nudging him he smirked "Remember?"
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James nodded showing Sirius that was indeed the time they met.
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Rebecca blushed "My sisters your mate." Thoughts began running a mile a second through her mind "You're eleven!" Calming down she carried on in a less high voice "I know being a werewolf kind of makes it make sense at any age really but Melinda's eleven she may get crushes now but anything beyond that may be too soon." Sighing she added "If you think she is your mate though don't let her get away too easily although you should give her space when she needs it because whose to say she doesn't end up dating someone else before you."
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Remus' eyes kept getting bigger and bigger as she continued talking "Oh no, you don't understand other than my wolf being so over protective it scares me. I have no hormones to back anything up and my wolf and me would never do anything that would not make her happy, so she felt like crying believe me if I was the one to make her unhappy I'm pretty sure my wolf would want to kill itself and then go into a very deep depression and at this point because we're both so young my wolf would actually want her to try and date other people. He would be very over protective over her, that usually would end up with my wolf wanting kill him if he hurt her but . . . " he had to take a deep calming breath to stop himself from panicking.
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Ann nodded, slightly surprised that anyone was talking to her. "Sure! Take a seat."
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Melinda smiled at the girl deciding talking to someone else may make her forget the pain she felt in being mean to Remus, brushing her green and silver side fringe back she introduced herself "I'm Melinda Collins and you are?" She held her hand out trying to be polite.
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Rebecca blushed but couldn't help the small "Aww." That escaped her lips.
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Evan smiled when he transformed back into himself always loving a flight in the morning especially when it was going to Hogwarts to teach another year of Muggle Studies.
He then entered the train and upon seeing Sirius he opened the compartment door and to the lad "I hope you remembered the bag Mister Black." With that he left and found a relatively empty compartment which had two girls sat in one with electric blue hair the other brown hair with a green and silver side fringe.
Opening the door he asked "May I sit in here girls?" He gave them a charming smile.
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Melinda looked up and blushed upon thinking the older man was rather handsome and rather tall at 6" she looked to the girl to tell her it was her decision if the man could sit with them.
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Gwen entered the train in her black cloak and black clothes, she looked to see if she could see anyone she knew and smile at them such as Lucius but she could not see him so she carried on noticing Evan talking to Sirius Black and Liam Peterson.
She carried on past them and heard talking within a compartment and decided she would sit in there opening the door her eyes fell upon the two eleven year olds sat on the floor instead of the seats.
Then she noticed that the lad had been crying but she also noticed the way his body posture was and how he was holding himself, kneeling in front of the lad she asked "Are you alright?" But she recognised him instantly as the lad who was worried over Liam Peterson when he fainted in Ollivanders and cursed her luck.
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Ann took the hand and shook it strongly, smiling brightly. "My name is Annika Caren, but you can call me Ann."
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"Noooooooo......" Sirius drawled, slouching in the seat, the complete opposite of his cousin, who was acting off today. He glanced over at Liam under hooded eyes "You expect me to remember at this time in the morning?" He yawned, then stuck out his hand, "As I cannot remember meeting you before, lets do this again. Im Sirius-the-all-mighty-sexy-beast-Black. You?"
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Remus looked up at the girl who just walked in "Oh hello, yes I'm fine. I'm fine." Remus got up and sat in the seat he was originally seated in.
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Charlette notices that Severus keeps walking and realizes he didn't hear her, she sighs and sits back down with Jon and says "Sorry about that you were saying?"
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Jon smiled "I was saying that I think I'll end up in Hufflepuff from what I've heard."
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Melinda smiled at Ann and turned to the older guy "You can sit in here if you want."
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Evan smiled and sat down near the door and near Melinda "Thanks." Looking at them both he smiled "I'm Evander Amon-Ra the Muggle Studies Teacher at Hogwarts but you can call me Evan." He winked at them then asked "and you two are?"
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Melinda blushed "Melinda Collins."
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James laughed taking Sirius's hand and shook it "I'm James Potter the god of all things Quidditch." Playing along with them only now meeting her said "Nice to meet you Sirius, if you don't mind me saying you're not like your family at all."
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Gwen smiled realising the lad didn't recognise and watched both him and the girl sit on the seats "That's good, I'm the new healer at Hogwarts so if you feel any pain please do tell me." Smiling she sat next to the girl and introduced herself "Gwendolyn Harmony Rowan but you can call me Gwen."
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Rebecca smiled at the healer "I'm Rebecca Collins and this is Remus Lupin."
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"Nice to meet you both do you mind me sitting in here?" She asked mainly Remus while she was trying to figure out why Rebecca seemed so familiar.
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Remus' eyes got wide "Hh you're the new healer?" Remus made sure the door was closed "You've been told that you would have a were-wolf patient right?"
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"Oh right." Charlette thought for a moment "Did I already say that?" She paused thinking but still answered anyway "I'd probably be in Ravenclaw."
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Gwen smiled nodding "I've been told there would be two patients that have lycanthropy one girl and you Mr Lupin." Smiling now showing her healer side to her personality which is a big contrast to her Slytherin personality "I've dealt with werewolves before not just in training but in some woods near my home."
She looked at the girl next to her then at Remus then she looked at Rebecca again "You look very familiar."
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Rebecca frowned "You must have met my sister Melinda."
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"Does she have blue hair?" Gwen was referring to when Melinda's hair had gone platinum blonde in Flourish and Blotts just before she met Remus.
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Rebecca frowned "She has brown hair but we're both a metamorphagus."
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Gwen nodded "It may have been her then?"
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Jon smiled nodding "Yeah you did but I think seeing that lad distracted you." Thinking of something to say he decided to go with "Is there a house you think I should avoid at all?"
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"Annika Caren." Ann said, smiling briefly before reaching above her head to retrieve her bag, digging around in it for something. "You a teacher?" No matter how hard she tried, she couldnt curb the slang around other people, which annoyed her parents to no end.
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Evan laughed nodding "Yes I'm the muggle studies teacher at Hogwarts I just got the job this year, it wasn't long ago that I was a student myself."
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Melinda smiled at Evan and asked "How long ago was that?"
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Evan laughed again "Well I'm twenty two so why don't you work it out." He looked at them both waiting to see which one of them would answer. The answer is four years ago that he was in his seventh year.
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Liam smiled at James "I'm glad someone notices that me and Sirius are nothing like our family." Turning to Sirius he nudged him "What do say to that?"
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Ann made a gagging noise. "Math!!! Ugh! I despise the subject." she looked over to Melinda, "You?"
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"I would rather dance around in a tutu than be told that Im like Regulus." Sirius stated then glanced at James, "You're a Potter? That must be nice..."
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James frowned "It is good being a Potter thank you very much and it must be so nice being a Black." Calming himself down he shook his head "You going to follow in your families footsteps?" He said looking straight at Sirius.
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Melinda blushed her hair turning once again to a red colour "Four years I think."
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"Yeah four years ago." Pointing to her hair she blushed again turning it quickly back to brown with a green and silver side fringe "First I would say you are a Metamorphagus and Secondly I would say you're expecting to be put into Slytherin."
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Melinda nodded "There's nothing wrong with being put into Slytherin."
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Evan held his hands up "I was one myself so believe me I know." Something in his voice made it seem like there was more to the story than just being in Slytherin. Turning to Ann he asked "So what house do you think you will end up in?"
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Melinda looked to Ann wanting to know the answer as well.
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Sirius proceeded to laugh hard enough to make his belly hurt, "You have got to be kidding me!" Sirius turned to Liam and elbowed him in the ribs, "'It's good to be a Black'." he snickered. He turned back to James, "No, my family can go rot in a corner for all I care." a satisfiked smiled plastered itself on his face.
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Ann grinned. "What? Cant guess me too?"
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Liam held his ribs and hissed in pain seriously wishing that Sirius wouldn't do that again "Yeah its really good to be a Black or be from the House of Black." His voice showed his pain, he remembered the last time the curse was used on him and it hadn't hurt this much. Then again it didn't help that Sirius just elbowed him in the ribs "We like muggle clothing doesn't that say everything?"
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James nodded frowning at Liam "You okay?" He looked at Sirius "You didn't elbow him that hard did you?"
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Liam froze paling considerably and just wished James hadn't noticed anything.
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Evan smiled already getting an idea "Gryffindor you have their spirit and there's nothing wrong with that just because I was a Slytherin didn't mean I hated Gryffindor's." Laughing he added "In fact I was the Quidditch Captain for a few years and played every game fair, I think that's what made the Gryffindor's not hate me so much."
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Sirius, knowing his cousins dislike for attention, covered it up quickly with a shrug. "The guy's a wimp. Hey," Sirius jumped up and grabbed somthing from the top shelf, shoving it in James hands. "Check it out, the latest of the Quidditch team rosters!!" He hopped over to James' side, opening the magazine in front of James face, pointing out certain players.
'Jeez, I bet Liam's even happier than I to be out of that hole called a house.' Sirius thought, his face betraying none of his serious thoughts.
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Ann restrained a snicker from escaping. It was so much fun to twist peoples thoughts to her desire. "Ahhh.... you were the the Slytherin spokesperson. You sure you didn't cheat just a tiny," she stressed the 'tiny', "bit?"
'This guy is too easy to get talking...' she grinned, 'All the better for me. Too bad he's the Muggle Studies teacher.'
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Remus looked very relieved at the healer's answer then sat down and listened calmly to their conversation.
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Charlette looked a little sheepish when he mentioned Severus then perked up at being able to answer a question "Some people would tell u to stay away from Slytherin as they can be kind of mean, especially if you get on their bad side. So as a warning you never want to cross them but most of them are very nice if their approached with an unbiased view.
I like most of the ones I've come in contact with and if you're talking to a Slytherin they would probably tell to stay away from Gryffindor as their way too easy to manipulate. All you really have to do is act like your in trouble and give the puppy dog face its kinda fun to watch and Hufflepuffs can sometimes be annoying in my own personal opinion, because they never know when to stop what they are saying and just keep going on.
When you ask them something they don't know they look like fishes out of water but they're good friends and you can usually count on them for most things and even Ravenclaws have their faults they can get too obsessed with one thing like a book or finding an answer. Then they go kinda over board but we're usually the ones to go to if you want something done or answered so all the houses have their faults.
But I don't think their is one that you should really stay away from." Charlette spoke all of this as if it were fact and then looked sheepish again "Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to babble, I do that sometimes when I get on a good topic." she smiled sheepishly.
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James instantly forgot all about Liam and concentrated on the magazine in front of him then looked at Sirius then Peter with a massive grin on his face "You know the Nimbus 1001 I managed to sneak one in up to now. Not telling if I can get it inside Hogwarts itself though."
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Liam got some colour into his face and looked at Sirius mouthing 'thanks' then spoke "You know someone bought out the whole stock not too long after you left."
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James eyes widened "Seriously?" He looked at Sirius to get the answer.
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Evan smirked "I didn't cheat once I just made my team get up at six a.m on weekends and trained them every day of the week for at least an hour. Weekends it was five hours." Laughing he added "Since you seem to want me to talk so much why not just ask something you really want to know about?"
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Melinda looked at him more closely "Aren't you the guy who turned into an eagle in Diagon Alley?"
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Evan turned to Melinda and smiled which only got bigger when she blushed "Yes that was me, I'm an animagus." Looking between them both he said "Now Dumbledore has agreed that if any student wants to become an animagus that I can help teach them become one."
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Jon nodded taking all the information in "Don't worry I'm use to people babbling. Now do you know if anyone has any problems with Muggle Borns?"
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Rebecca nodded "It may have been when she went back into Flourish and Blotts to buy herself some more books." Thinking for a second she smiled "It was because I remember her coming out of the shop telling me she had made a new friend." Turning to Remus she asked "Was the new friend you?"
