Sophie walked in to Remus' class with a confident smile.
She had no doubt Remus would make a good first impression.
He gave her the wide smile he reserved strictly for her and then addressed the class.
"Hello class. I'm Professor Lupin. Today I will be teaching you about Boggarts. So if you
would all please gather your belongings we are going to change locales," Remus said confidently
though Sophie could sense his nervousness.
The class gathered their belongings and walked out of the classroom.
Sophie fell into line with Remus saying, "You're doing great. Stop being so nervous!"
Remus laughed and said, "Easy for you to say! By the way I heard you had an eventful first
potions lesson."
Sophie frowned and cried in outrage, "He deserved it!"
"Regardless, if we want to fit in here we both need to behave. So, get any interesting letters?"
Sophie face fell into a frown as she said, "not a word."
Remus told her not to fret as he called the class to order in front of the closet.
Ron, Harry, and Hermione came to stand with her and she shot each of them a kind smile as
Remus began his lecture on Boggarts.
Hermione energetically answered all the questions Sophie knew the answers to.
Remus had taught her boggarts ages ago and to her they were child's play.
The class formed a line as Remus coaxed Neville into participating while Sophie laughed
inwardly at all the times he had used the same voice with her.
It was the "stop being so dramatic" and "don't make me ask twice voice" that were frequently
applied.
Remus always said to Sophie, "My Darling, I love you so very much, but you are just as
stubborn as Sirius!"
Sophie would laugh and insist on a marauder story.
Neville made the whole class squeal with delight as he transformed a greasy haired Snape into an
awfully dressed grandmother.
Sophie laughed out loud and then pondered what Remus would say when they further discussed
her Snape confrontation.
She pushed it from her mind as the line began to flow quickly from Pavarti and her fear of
clowns to Ron and his aversion to spiders.
All the third years pushed their way to the top of the line but not Sophie.
She had seen her fear enough and dealt with enough boggarts to sit this one out.
Harry and Hermione were approaching the front of the queue while Ron had come to sit beside
her.
She explained why she didn't want to go when he asked and laughed with him at all the
ridiculous shapes the once terrifying boggarts took.
Class flew by until Remus jumped in front of Harry and the full moon appeared for all to marvel at.
Sophie rose to her feet unable to contain her worry.
Remus disposed of it and called Neville forward to finish off the boggart.
He dismissed the class with a smile and a wave as Neville made the boggart explode.
Her three new friends turned to wait for her but Sophie said that she'd come to lunch after she
talked to Remus.
"Save me a seat" she said with her lopsided grin.
"Hello darling," Remus said with a smile, "what did you think of my first lesson?" "Excellent,
you know for third years," she responded.
"I know! I taught you this back when you were eleven!" he said with a laugh, "But how was your
first morning?"
Sophie averted her eyes. "I didn't mean to argue with Snape." She told him meekly.
Remus shook his head and responded with, "Of course you did. Not that I blame you. Sirius
would have done the same."
Sophie laughed but then became very serious. "No word then," she questioned.
"No. They won't find him unless he wants to be found," he said morosely.
"Come on," he said with a brave face, "Let's go eat."
Sophie and Remus strolled through the castle as they made their way to the Great Hall.
"You want to know a secret?" Remus questioned.
"Of course," she said in turn.
"I'm just as terrified as you are. I promised your mother when she placed you in my arms for the
very first time that I would be the very best godfather any child could have. I'm terrified that I'll
break that promise to her. What if he does something to blow our cover? You pretend being
here at Hogwarts isn't that import to you but it is! I just feel that I disappoint you all the time. I
don't wanna do it anymore." Remus cried breaking in hysteria.
Sophie didn't say anything at first.
She just grabbed Remus in one of her rough hugs and whispered into his ear, "Never. Never
once. Have you disappointed me."
She gave him a smile, grabbed his hand, and led the two of them onwards as they always took turns doing.