Disclaimer: All of the characters in here (except for Anna, Janelle and Mary) belong to the FABULOUS J.K Rowling.

Chapter One

"Anna? Aren't you interested in why Remus is away so often?" Lily curiously asked her friend.

" He goes to visit his sick Grandma," Anna replied not even looking up from her book. They were in the library doing their Transfiguration homework. Professor McGonagall had kindly given them a 3 page report on 'How to transfigurerate a sloth into a cushion', thanks to James and Sirius joking around. "Would those two ever grow up' Anna wondered.

"But his Grandma has been sick for five years!," Lily exclaimed.

"No, she hasn't," Anna said pointedly, closing her book. "In first Year it was his Great-Aunty. In second it was his Mother. In third it was his Grandfather and last year it was his other Grandma," she said ticking of the years on her fingers.

"You seem to remember things about Remus quite well," Lily teased. Anna shrugged. "Well, anyway..... Anna, don't you wonder why he is always supposedly 'going to visit a sick relative'. That can't be where he always goes."

"Not particularly. Now let's go find Janelle and Mary. They're bound to need help with this assignment," Anna quickly changed the subject. Lily got the impression that her friend knew more than she was letting on.

"Yeah. If they only studied harder, they could beat James and Sirius," Lily sighed.

The two girls left the library unaware that Severus Snape had been listening to every word they had been saying.