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Chapter 4

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Back in the house James and Sirius heard some music coming from upstairs. They kept listening a little bit, wondering what it was.

"Weird... I didn't know I had such a CD..." Sirius muttered, when suddenly the melody stopped. After some seconds it started again, a sad, song-like melody, which sometimes almost sounded if the instrument was crying, but after a time it changed, it sounded like if there had been a ray of light, a ray of hope.

"I don't think it's a CD... D' ya know, does Moony play the violin? Or is anybody else here?" James whispered to his friend, who was listening with his eyes closed.

"Wa-what? No, don't think so... At least he never told me..." he answered quietly.

"We could look, if it's him..."

"No, wait... I don't want him to stop yet, if it's him..."

Some time after both went upstairs as quiet as possible and entered the room. Remus was standing in the middle with his eyes closed, moving slightly with the music.

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When Remus woke up some time before he found himself alone in the room. He wondered, where his friends had gone, but maybe they just wanted to talk a little bit, and didn't want to wake him. So he took his violin and started playing. Soon his fingers got warm and again he played all of his feelings off him.

If the melody he played had been a song with lyrics, they would have been telling about physical and psychic pain, suffering, but also about hope, love, though it would be kind of one-sided love. But all in all not an all too happy song... He also played some of the music he brought with him. Still at home he started to practice a horribly difficult piece, one of the Partitas [1] by J.S. Bach, a Muggle composer, who lived about 300 years before. The young wizard liked his work, though he hardly knew anything by him. It was just the style he liked, and he kept playing the piece, and he noticed, it was always getting better.

He lost himself in the harmonies, gliding from already written music into improvisations, playing for very long time. Time lost its meaning, the only things that were important were his fingers touching the strings, his other hand moving the the bow. Moony was so deep in his play that didn't realize the other two boys entering the room and sitting down on the floor. Nobody of them could have telled, how long they have been there, when Remus stopped exhausted and suddenly he heard somebody applauding. He opened his eyes and saw Padfoot and Prongs sitting there with really admirating looks. Then he felt, that he blushed and he muttered something sounding like "Sorry... didn't hear you... ahm...ehh...yes..."

"Moony, it was wonderful! You don't have to be sorry, it was really... wow." The blue-green-eyed wizard said, stood up and went to the smaller boy in front of him.

"Why didn't you tell us, you played the violin?"

"I...I...dunno... I don't play so well and..."

"Not so well? Are you insane? You play incredible!" James said to the boy, who still was quite red in his face. "Who taught you that?"

"Umm... I... by myself. I found the violin one day... In the attic where I'm always locked up, when I'm at... home. I hadn't any other thing to do, was really bored, so I... played... But the instrument is... quite bad. I'd need to have it fixed up... or a new one would be even better. But... I... don't have any money. Before I think of a new instrument I have to think how to afford the things I need for school. I think I'll need a new trunk, cause... mine is at... my parents house, and I'm surely not going there..."

"Don't worry about the trunk. I'm sure we have one you can borrow, an old one of my sister or my brother." Sirius offered his friend, who was looking so lost and in need of care, that he barely could hold himself back from taking him in a tight embrace.

'Don't be stupid, Black! He's just your best friend! He doesn't like you in this way... Stop hoping this to come, it's pointless!'

"What would you two think of an excursion to London, when Wormtail's here? We could also stroll a bit through Muggle London, I'd need some clothes and it's always fun to look at all the muggles and their stuff..." James suggested grinning. It seemed, like it was also up to him to have ideas to distract the others a bit from depressive or other unpleasant thoughts.

"Another great idea, Prongs! And what would you think if we'd go now to have our hot chocolate?" Padfoot answered.

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Moony was again completely recovered when Wormtail arrived. They informed him almost immediatly about their plan of going to London. Now the only thing which was missing was the permission of Prongs' and Padfoot's parents.

Sirius was a little bit concerned about how to get it from his mom "I tell you, if I say to mommy, that we want to go to Muggle London, she'll explode like a fire-cracker, but not one of the "no heat" ones... We should tell her we're only going to Diagon Alley... Maybe we could convince her, that we stay one night in the Leaky Cauldron, but... I don't know. She's so fucking strict with these things. Otherwise she's the best mom you can have!"

"Then we also tell my mother that we're only going to Diagon Alley... I hope she lets us stay one night. Would be great... We could go to a bar, either wizard or muggle bar, maybe get a little bit drunk..." James chortled at this thought.

Remus was looking a little bit concerned, he had no idea how to pay for all this. He had some money to pay the stuff he needed for school, but then there would be only a little bit left, and it would be better if he saved it for the schoolyear. He really would like to go with them, but...

"Remmie..." Padfoot interrupted his thoughts "You are looking so... down. What's the matter? Oh... is it about the money?"

"No, no... yes..." he answered sighing.

"Hey, don't worry about it. We are going to make it somhow." Prongs tried to cheer him up.

'They are really nice, but... I don't want their charities.' The young werewolf kept thinking.

"I don't want any... You don't have to give me money!" he said to them, scowling.

"OK, and what would you think if I lended you some money, and you give it back to me as soon as you have it? You wouldn't have to hurry up with it, I really have enough, you know it." The bespectacled wizard proposed to the skinny boy.

"But..." He knew, that James really had enough, as his parents inherited a huge fortune some time ago, and he never had been stingy.

"No buts. OK? You are just supposed to have fun. Don't worry, kay?"

Remus jumped up and hugged all his friends together "You are so nice, all of you, you are the best friends I could ever get! I love you all..." he said to them.

"We also love you, Moony" Padfoot said tranquilly. 'If he could know how much I love him...' "And now lets go down to my mom and ask her if we can go."

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"But mom... Please!" Sirius said to his mother, looking at her with his irresistible doggy look.

"Don't look at me like that, Sirius Black... Well, what else can I do than to say yes?" She said with resignation, then her son threw himself to her and hugged her, as if he wanted to squash her.

"Hey hey, will you let me alive, please?!" she said, trying to stay serious. "But you know, no drinking, no drugs, and NO going to Muggle London!"

"No, no, we'll be good boys!" he said with feigned innocence, and they rushed out of the room.

The next two days are going to be great, everyone was looking forward to going.

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[1] & A/N: I wrote something illogical again. The Partitas for Violin solo by J.S.Bach are some of the most difficult pieces for violin, and well, I don't think, that an auto-didact could learn them so easily. But it's again that I just liked the idea, 'cause they are really great work. And also Bach is certainly one of my absolutely favorite composers, if not my favourite one.

I hope you like my story unto now, and I'm working hard on continuing, and still I didn't ran out of ideas, the only problem I often have is with the style, because, English is still a foreign language for me.

OK, I'll stop babbling, and continue writing.