Out of habit the three of them eventually went to sleep in their
dorms although Harry would have been quite content to collapse on the floor
just so long as he could get some rest.
The boys woke then next morning and joined Hermione in the common room.
"Do you think we should go to breakfast or should we stay here?"
"I say we chance it. It isn't as though Voldemort has been camping beneath the Fat Lady and was politely waiting for me to get rested before I get killed."
"Harry's right, let's go get breakfast."
Hermione nodded and shrugged. They passed through the portrait hole and were stopped by Snape.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?"
"BREAKFAST!" Harry yelled back, this had the effect of startling Snape but only momentarily.
"There are rules Potter. Precautions, perhaps you think you can ignore the-"
"Look," Harry said, "These rules and precautions aren't clear to me, the only thing that is clear is that I want breakfast. I can't go about saving the world on an empty stomach. Now if you'll excuse us."
"Breakfast will be brought to you Potter." Snape said silkily, "And I will not be spoken to-"
"Thank you," Harry said curtly, "for informing us, we'll be returning to the common room now."
They pushed past Snape and went back into the common room.
Ron and Hermione looked at Harry like he was mad.
"What? It isn't like he can give me detention or take away house points. If there actually was danger I would be dead by now. He spends so much time lecturing me."
"But still-Harry-" Hermione didn't get time to finish because an argument broke out outside the common room and the three of them edged testily towards it, trying to catch what hey were saying.
"-Really Severus, you can't keep lecturing the boy---not like he has any idea what's going on."
"Even so, I refuse to spoken to in such a manner Remus. I demand something be done."
"Severus, the kids been through enough. Let him be."
"I will do no such thing."
"Yes! You will, you will let him be because as his guardian I demand it." In softer tones, "now if you'll excuse me I need to speak to him."
Lupin stepped through the portrait hole and sat down. "Had a bit of a clash with Snape Harry?"
"Sorry."
"Ah, he needs it every once and a while, just the same, try to live in harmony."
"I thought Sirius was my guardian, what happened to that?"
"Shared duties." Lupin said, grabbing a croissant of one of the trays he had conjured.
"Do we have to stay in Gryffindor tower the entire summer or what?" Ron asked, slathering a piece of toast with marmalade.
"No, not exactly, we've made some boundaries. You can go to the library, the great hall, and, well the library and the great hall is about it. And the prefects bathroom."
"We're prefects?" Hermione gasped, her eyes growing wide.
"You and Harry." He looked at Ron apologetically but instead of being faced with misery Ron was jumping up and down. He glanced at Harry and Hermione. Harry shrugged and Hermione rolled her eyes. "Well, that's the boundaries I guess, sorry you guys."
"How come Snape wouldn't let us go past if we're allowed out?" Harry asked, preventing Hermione from asking one of her millions of questions about prefectdom. Harry figured she had probably read everything she needed to know about prefects in Hogwarts :A History anyway.
"He's been in a rather foul temper since I got the DADA job again."
"That's great! But what about, you know-"
"My lycanthropy?"
"Er-yes."
"They put it to a vote, it seemed that parents would rather have someone they know, despite the fact that I transform into a werewolf. It appears they weren't all too impressed with Crouch Jr. as professor." He laughed.
"Can we go to the owlery?"
"Hermione and Ron can, Harry we'd prefer if you gave them your letters to send. And Dumbledore wants the invisibility cloak."
"What? He can't-I won't-no way!"
"I have one of my own I'll give him, but Harry, if you use that cloak to go outside of the school or anywhere outside the boundaries besides the kitchens, I'll let you find out what happens."
Harry nodded. "But professor, won't you get in trouble?" Hermione asked.
"Not if you guys follow my rules. And I trust that you will." He looked at them carefully.
"Of course we will, I don't fancy dying anymore then the next guy." Harry said. "I don't know why everybody always tells me to be careful, it isn't as though I walk around sticking my head in bear traps and inviting Voldemort in for tea."
Lupin smiled. "Alright, I believe you." He got up to leave. "And try not to rub Severus the wrong way. You know how he gets."
Harry smiled.
A/N* Hey people! Sorry for the short chapter! For those of you who have accustomed yourselves to the fact that I update daily- Sorry! I'm going on vacation. You'll have to wait a bit to see if I kill Harry off. Sara
The boys woke then next morning and joined Hermione in the common room.
"Do you think we should go to breakfast or should we stay here?"
"I say we chance it. It isn't as though Voldemort has been camping beneath the Fat Lady and was politely waiting for me to get rested before I get killed."
"Harry's right, let's go get breakfast."
Hermione nodded and shrugged. They passed through the portrait hole and were stopped by Snape.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?"
"BREAKFAST!" Harry yelled back, this had the effect of startling Snape but only momentarily.
"There are rules Potter. Precautions, perhaps you think you can ignore the-"
"Look," Harry said, "These rules and precautions aren't clear to me, the only thing that is clear is that I want breakfast. I can't go about saving the world on an empty stomach. Now if you'll excuse us."
"Breakfast will be brought to you Potter." Snape said silkily, "And I will not be spoken to-"
"Thank you," Harry said curtly, "for informing us, we'll be returning to the common room now."
They pushed past Snape and went back into the common room.
Ron and Hermione looked at Harry like he was mad.
"What? It isn't like he can give me detention or take away house points. If there actually was danger I would be dead by now. He spends so much time lecturing me."
"But still-Harry-" Hermione didn't get time to finish because an argument broke out outside the common room and the three of them edged testily towards it, trying to catch what hey were saying.
"-Really Severus, you can't keep lecturing the boy---not like he has any idea what's going on."
"Even so, I refuse to spoken to in such a manner Remus. I demand something be done."
"Severus, the kids been through enough. Let him be."
"I will do no such thing."
"Yes! You will, you will let him be because as his guardian I demand it." In softer tones, "now if you'll excuse me I need to speak to him."
Lupin stepped through the portrait hole and sat down. "Had a bit of a clash with Snape Harry?"
"Sorry."
"Ah, he needs it every once and a while, just the same, try to live in harmony."
"I thought Sirius was my guardian, what happened to that?"
"Shared duties." Lupin said, grabbing a croissant of one of the trays he had conjured.
"Do we have to stay in Gryffindor tower the entire summer or what?" Ron asked, slathering a piece of toast with marmalade.
"No, not exactly, we've made some boundaries. You can go to the library, the great hall, and, well the library and the great hall is about it. And the prefects bathroom."
"We're prefects?" Hermione gasped, her eyes growing wide.
"You and Harry." He looked at Ron apologetically but instead of being faced with misery Ron was jumping up and down. He glanced at Harry and Hermione. Harry shrugged and Hermione rolled her eyes. "Well, that's the boundaries I guess, sorry you guys."
"How come Snape wouldn't let us go past if we're allowed out?" Harry asked, preventing Hermione from asking one of her millions of questions about prefectdom. Harry figured she had probably read everything she needed to know about prefects in Hogwarts :A History anyway.
"He's been in a rather foul temper since I got the DADA job again."
"That's great! But what about, you know-"
"My lycanthropy?"
"Er-yes."
"They put it to a vote, it seemed that parents would rather have someone they know, despite the fact that I transform into a werewolf. It appears they weren't all too impressed with Crouch Jr. as professor." He laughed.
"Can we go to the owlery?"
"Hermione and Ron can, Harry we'd prefer if you gave them your letters to send. And Dumbledore wants the invisibility cloak."
"What? He can't-I won't-no way!"
"I have one of my own I'll give him, but Harry, if you use that cloak to go outside of the school or anywhere outside the boundaries besides the kitchens, I'll let you find out what happens."
Harry nodded. "But professor, won't you get in trouble?" Hermione asked.
"Not if you guys follow my rules. And I trust that you will." He looked at them carefully.
"Of course we will, I don't fancy dying anymore then the next guy." Harry said. "I don't know why everybody always tells me to be careful, it isn't as though I walk around sticking my head in bear traps and inviting Voldemort in for tea."
Lupin smiled. "Alright, I believe you." He got up to leave. "And try not to rub Severus the wrong way. You know how he gets."
Harry smiled.
A/N* Hey people! Sorry for the short chapter! For those of you who have accustomed yourselves to the fact that I update daily- Sorry! I'm going on vacation. You'll have to wait a bit to see if I kill Harry off. Sara