A/N: This is from Remus' point of view.
My head hurts. A groan escapes my lips before I can stop it. Yet a few seconds after something is being pressed to my lips and I'm being ordered to drink. My head hurts so much I can't think clearly so I allow the liquid into my mouth. It has a sweet taste and as soon as I've swallowed it my headache starts to wane. I've never read about anything that can do that before. In a few seconds my head no longer hurts at all and I open my eyes and lift my head to see one of the new Professors staring at me. He's standing behind the sofa and that's when I realise that I'm tied to a chair. Looking around I spot Sirius, James and Peter all awake and being looked over by the other twin. They're also tied to chairs in a row with mine being nearest the door.
"Untie him Fred." A female voice from behind me sounds and the twin across the room moves towards me. So the one who gave me the potion must have been George Granger. Flicking his wand at me the ropes are cut down the middle but I stay on the chair. If I get up they might tie me up again. But Fred points at the sofa he'd just been standing behind so I have no choice but to move there. As I start walking I hear Sirius and James start to threaten the Professors if they hurt any of us they'll make them pay. But a snort from Fred as he unties Peter and I sit down cuts them off.
"We have your wands. Unless you can do Wandless magic I doubt there's much you can do." Fred says whilst George stands from inspecting James. He seems to have spent longer looking at him then the rest of us. I can't help but wonder why. Hermione still hasn't moved from behind James and Sirius, she is simply studying me. It makes me a bit nervous, obviously Professor Dumbledore will have told them about me being a werewolf but what if they hate werewolves. What if they're werewolf hunters. I'm starting to panic and glance at the portrait, hoping someone will have noticed our absence by now and come to look for us. What if they don't come in time and the three of them kill us?
"Calm down Remus. We're not going to hurt you. We want to clear up some things before lunch. And no we don't have a problem with you being a werewolf." George says from beside me making me jump and then freeze. But a glance at him shows a hint of amusement in his eyes. It makes me feel a little bit better, it's the first true good emotion I've seen in any of them since we first saw them in the courtyard.
"Then what do you want?" Sirius demands from the chair he's still tied to. "And why have you only untied those two? Are you against Purebloods or something?" The comments end the amusement fleeing from George's eyes and Fred's posture to stiffen slightly. Hermione simply remains staring at me for a few more seconds.
"No Mr Black, we don't have any problems with Purebloods unless they believe themselves to be better than those with less magical lineage." As Hermione speaks she walks around the chairs and comes to perch on the sofa arm on the opposite side to us. "Fred untie Mr Potter." But when Fred just looks at her she snaps at him "Do it!"
Once James sits on next to Peter she starts speaking in her calm emotionless voice again. "The reason you are still tied up Mr Black, is because we cannot trust you not to try to fight us as soon as we let you go. And that could have some very messy results. Now, as to what we want. We would like to explain why our names changed. It's a very nifty map you have there I must be honest." At this she gestures to the table in between the four chairs where Sirius still is and the Sofa we're sitting on. In the middle lies the Marauders Map, open. We didn't get a chance to close it before they stunned us. "However my cousin's names seemed to keep changing. After having a quick look at it we discovered that there was a bit of a fault in it so we fixed it for you."
Throughout all of this she didn't look at any of us. But when Sirius asked her why they stunned us her eyes snapped up to fix on him.
"You're very observant. That will help you if you decide to become an Auror. But first, tell me did Dumbledore tell you why we're all teaching DADA?" At the four of us shaking our heads she leans back slightly with a frown on her face. "I thought he would have. Oh well. We are here because Death Eaters captured us and tried to make us follow Voldemort." I can't help but be amazed that she said He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named name but at the looks on our faces she looks a bit annoyed. "Oh for goodness sake! Don't be silly, he isn't going to kill you for saying his name! Anyway, when we refused they started... Well I think you can guess what they did. We managed to escape to Hogwarts and to earn our stay we've taken up the DADA position. As to why we stunned you, the question Mr Pettigrew asked us is quite similar to one they would use before... Anyway we acted on impulse and stunned Mr Lupin, Mr Potter and Mr Pettigrew and to stop you from alerting anyone of what we accidently did we stunned you to. We then tied you up to prevent you from running away before we could explain. Fred untie Mr Black please. Would any of you like a cup of coffee?"
Numbly we all nod our heads as Sirius sits down on James' other side. Hermione disappears into one of the side rooms and the twins sit on two of the chairs we just vacated. Vanishing one of them and making the other a bit comfier. There's an awkward silence and I can't help analysing the men in front of me. George seems to be the lighter of the two, striving to be funny and outgoing. It's as if he's trying to be someone he once was. However Fred is a lot more reserved, speaking only when Hermione won't and not showing much emotion. Yet compared to Hermione both of them might as well be the nicest people on the Earth.
Right at that moment Hermione come back in with a tray floating along behind her. After a couple of minutes of award silences and stilted conversation that Hermione took no part in we managed to escape back to our dorms. But through it all I couldn't help how Hermione would avoid looking at Peter and James whilst focusing on me mostly and occasionally glancing at Sirius. It was also weird how George and Fred would call us by our first names when Hermione had only called us by our last names. I think I might have to convince Sirius and James not to give the new Professors a Marauders welcome. I don't think they'll take it very well.