Sirius looked at Lupin in confusion. The two had been discussing
their problems. Trying to clear things up before they would all have to
leave Hogwarts forever. Sirius had thought that they were taking about what
they wanted to do with their lives but Lupin had slipped him a trick
question.
"Moony are you kidding me?" he asked almost laughing.
"No, actually I'm quite serious. I want to know what is going on between you and Lily Evans."
Sirius just shook his head and continued to eat his toast.
"You know I won't tell anyone else Sirius. I just want to know. I have to know." Sirius's face suddenly filled with an indescribable rage. "You think I did something to her. You don't trust me around anyone do you Remus!"
"I didn't say that. I only meant to."
"Shut up Remus, You don't know half of what my life is like."
"I beg your pardon but I happen to be a Werewolf!" Lupin hissed at him
"Oh and since you're a werewolf your automatically entitled to be empathetic then?" Sirius shot back.
"I didn't say that Sirius, I only wanted to know."
"Sure so you can side with James." Sirius pointed down the table to James.
"I'm taking sides Sirius!" Lupin cried
"Why don't you! Peter all ready did."
Lupin sighed as he looked down the table at Peter who was sitting right next to James and Lily.
" Peter's that way Sirius. I think you should just leave him out of this."
"Oh really now your taking two sides. Remus I thought you were my friend but apparently you think James is right to shun me? Isn't that right?"
"Would you stop being to ignorant Sirius, I didn't say anything about James in the whole conversation. I was merely asking a simple question which I expect to be answered!" Remus said standing up. "If you refuse to answer it then I guess I'll just have to ask James. Then maybe I will be on his side." With that Lupin started to walk towards James, Peter, and Lily.
"No wait." Sirius stood up himself. "Moony, I didn't mean any of that."
Lupin turned to him. "I know but if you expect me to help you have to help me first. I have to be filled in on the details you know."
"It's just a childish fight." Sirius said
"Over what though? That's my question." Lupin said sitting back down.
"I think I hurt James real bad Remus."
*******
That was all Lupin ever remembered. It was mostly a blur to him. Sirius had told him what had happened and he didn't know what to say. There was nothing he really could say. It was Sirius's problem and he was the one that had to live with the facts and tell James that it was his fault.
Remus sat up in the damp bed. A cloth slid off of his forehead as he did so. He blinked a few times and looked over to see Tonks. She was sound asleep in the chair beside him. She never could stay up. He grinned and tried to stand up. He couldn't really remember what had happen but it somehow had impaired his legs. He fell face first to the wooden floor. Once he was rubbing his nose, Molly Weasley ran into the room.
"What was that?" She looked straight ahead of herself then looked down at Lupin, who was sprawled out on the floor.
"Tonks!" she cried trying to help Lupin sit up.
Tonks bolted awake and looked down at the two. "Remus!"
"It's alright Molly, I think I can handle sitting up."
"I should hope so. You've been out cold for almost three weeks now, we thought you were in a coma."
"That would explain a lot." Lupin said looking down at his legs. "Where's Sirius?"
Molly looked puzzled at him then she looked up at Tonks.
"Remus, Sirius has been dead for almost a year now."
Lupin looked at her as if she had been lying but he knew that she was right. How could he have forgotten? It was like they were back in school and Sirius and him were just meeting for the first time.
******
Lupin looked up at the Professor. He was explaining that they were about to go into the sorting ceremony and that all the students were to behave themselves till he came back telling them that they were ready.
Lupin looked around at all the other kids they seemed to be quite excited, some on the brink of killing over any second. There was a girl with bright red hair and green eyes that seemed to shine over everyone else. She had even caught the attention of a few other boys. He only had time to look at one. The boy had messy brown hair and glasses and seemed not to care that Lupin's eyes were trained on him.
"Hullo."
Lupin turned to see another boy were black hair almost down to his shoulders, grinning back at him.
"Hello."
"I'm Sirius, and you are?"
"Remus Lupin."
"Well Remus, who you voting for?" Sirius asked
Lupin looked at the other boy confused "what do you mean voting for?"
"What I mean is the houses. What are you wanting to go into?"
"Oh." Lupin blushed at the thought of not understanding. "I'm not sure, Ravenclaw I guess or Slytherin. They seem like the best groups."
Sirius looked at him. "Well if you are going to go as a Slytherin, then I best be going. There an awful group of power hungry wizards."
"What did you want to be?"
Sirius shrugged at him. "I don't know, I just looked at you and thought. I think that boy is just like me somewhere deep down. I should ask him what house he wants to be in. So I came up here to ask you."
"Why did you care?" asked a confused Lupin
"Well I thought that if we got into the same house we were probably made to be friends. I have a feeling that's the way it's suppose to be."
"Oh, I see. Well then I hope we do get in the same house. You seem like an interesting person Sirius. Best of luck for Griffindor." Lupin said as Sirius walked away.
Sirius turned to him. "That's more like it. Griffindor it is!"
*****
Lupin looked up at Tonks and Molly. They were looking down at him again in great concern. He understood that they thought he had lost his memory but that wasn't the case. He was perfectly fine. In fact he was to fine, he was starting to remember things that he wanted to forget.
Tonks helped him to stand up.
"Are you all right Remus?" she asked
Lupin nodded. Besides that fact that he had just fallen he was quite all right.
"Well we should probably get some food in you." Molly suggested.
"Actually I am quite hungry." Lupin said
Molly smiled "Well I'll go see what's left from lunch."
Lupin with the help of Tonks followed her down stairs. As the three entered the kitchen they saw Ron and Hermione playing chess with a muggle board, and Harry and Ginny talking about going back to school and NEWTS. When Lupin entered the room everyone's face turned to him. Mr. Weasley who had been taking to Moody stood up and walked over to him.
"Glad to see your up and about Remus." He said taking Lupin from Tonks.
"Tonks has been taking care of you for awhile now, we thought she was going to be asleep." Moody said pulling out a chair for Arthur to set Lupin down in.
"She was." Molly said not bothering to turn to them, from the sink.
Harry stopped his conversation with Ginny and looked over towards Lupin. He seemed to still be tired but he was curious as to what it was like to be out of it for so long.
"It's like sleeping Harry." Lupin said without even turning to the boy.
"How did you know that's what I was going to ask?" Harry said looking at Ron
"Your just like your father, that's why," Lupin said, "He always needed to know what was going on."
"I thought he was the one always causing the trouble wasn't he."
The others nodded at Harry's reply, they too had also thought it was the other way around.
"Well you just didn't know your father as well as I did Harry," Lupin said sadly turning to the sixteen-year-old boy. "There are few who actually know the truth."
"Moony are you kidding me?" he asked almost laughing.
"No, actually I'm quite serious. I want to know what is going on between you and Lily Evans."
Sirius just shook his head and continued to eat his toast.
"You know I won't tell anyone else Sirius. I just want to know. I have to know." Sirius's face suddenly filled with an indescribable rage. "You think I did something to her. You don't trust me around anyone do you Remus!"
"I didn't say that. I only meant to."
"Shut up Remus, You don't know half of what my life is like."
"I beg your pardon but I happen to be a Werewolf!" Lupin hissed at him
"Oh and since you're a werewolf your automatically entitled to be empathetic then?" Sirius shot back.
"I didn't say that Sirius, I only wanted to know."
"Sure so you can side with James." Sirius pointed down the table to James.
"I'm taking sides Sirius!" Lupin cried
"Why don't you! Peter all ready did."
Lupin sighed as he looked down the table at Peter who was sitting right next to James and Lily.
" Peter's that way Sirius. I think you should just leave him out of this."
"Oh really now your taking two sides. Remus I thought you were my friend but apparently you think James is right to shun me? Isn't that right?"
"Would you stop being to ignorant Sirius, I didn't say anything about James in the whole conversation. I was merely asking a simple question which I expect to be answered!" Remus said standing up. "If you refuse to answer it then I guess I'll just have to ask James. Then maybe I will be on his side." With that Lupin started to walk towards James, Peter, and Lily.
"No wait." Sirius stood up himself. "Moony, I didn't mean any of that."
Lupin turned to him. "I know but if you expect me to help you have to help me first. I have to be filled in on the details you know."
"It's just a childish fight." Sirius said
"Over what though? That's my question." Lupin said sitting back down.
"I think I hurt James real bad Remus."
*******
That was all Lupin ever remembered. It was mostly a blur to him. Sirius had told him what had happened and he didn't know what to say. There was nothing he really could say. It was Sirius's problem and he was the one that had to live with the facts and tell James that it was his fault.
Remus sat up in the damp bed. A cloth slid off of his forehead as he did so. He blinked a few times and looked over to see Tonks. She was sound asleep in the chair beside him. She never could stay up. He grinned and tried to stand up. He couldn't really remember what had happen but it somehow had impaired his legs. He fell face first to the wooden floor. Once he was rubbing his nose, Molly Weasley ran into the room.
"What was that?" She looked straight ahead of herself then looked down at Lupin, who was sprawled out on the floor.
"Tonks!" she cried trying to help Lupin sit up.
Tonks bolted awake and looked down at the two. "Remus!"
"It's alright Molly, I think I can handle sitting up."
"I should hope so. You've been out cold for almost three weeks now, we thought you were in a coma."
"That would explain a lot." Lupin said looking down at his legs. "Where's Sirius?"
Molly looked puzzled at him then she looked up at Tonks.
"Remus, Sirius has been dead for almost a year now."
Lupin looked at her as if she had been lying but he knew that she was right. How could he have forgotten? It was like they were back in school and Sirius and him were just meeting for the first time.
******
Lupin looked up at the Professor. He was explaining that they were about to go into the sorting ceremony and that all the students were to behave themselves till he came back telling them that they were ready.
Lupin looked around at all the other kids they seemed to be quite excited, some on the brink of killing over any second. There was a girl with bright red hair and green eyes that seemed to shine over everyone else. She had even caught the attention of a few other boys. He only had time to look at one. The boy had messy brown hair and glasses and seemed not to care that Lupin's eyes were trained on him.
"Hullo."
Lupin turned to see another boy were black hair almost down to his shoulders, grinning back at him.
"Hello."
"I'm Sirius, and you are?"
"Remus Lupin."
"Well Remus, who you voting for?" Sirius asked
Lupin looked at the other boy confused "what do you mean voting for?"
"What I mean is the houses. What are you wanting to go into?"
"Oh." Lupin blushed at the thought of not understanding. "I'm not sure, Ravenclaw I guess or Slytherin. They seem like the best groups."
Sirius looked at him. "Well if you are going to go as a Slytherin, then I best be going. There an awful group of power hungry wizards."
"What did you want to be?"
Sirius shrugged at him. "I don't know, I just looked at you and thought. I think that boy is just like me somewhere deep down. I should ask him what house he wants to be in. So I came up here to ask you."
"Why did you care?" asked a confused Lupin
"Well I thought that if we got into the same house we were probably made to be friends. I have a feeling that's the way it's suppose to be."
"Oh, I see. Well then I hope we do get in the same house. You seem like an interesting person Sirius. Best of luck for Griffindor." Lupin said as Sirius walked away.
Sirius turned to him. "That's more like it. Griffindor it is!"
*****
Lupin looked up at Tonks and Molly. They were looking down at him again in great concern. He understood that they thought he had lost his memory but that wasn't the case. He was perfectly fine. In fact he was to fine, he was starting to remember things that he wanted to forget.
Tonks helped him to stand up.
"Are you all right Remus?" she asked
Lupin nodded. Besides that fact that he had just fallen he was quite all right.
"Well we should probably get some food in you." Molly suggested.
"Actually I am quite hungry." Lupin said
Molly smiled "Well I'll go see what's left from lunch."
Lupin with the help of Tonks followed her down stairs. As the three entered the kitchen they saw Ron and Hermione playing chess with a muggle board, and Harry and Ginny talking about going back to school and NEWTS. When Lupin entered the room everyone's face turned to him. Mr. Weasley who had been taking to Moody stood up and walked over to him.
"Glad to see your up and about Remus." He said taking Lupin from Tonks.
"Tonks has been taking care of you for awhile now, we thought she was going to be asleep." Moody said pulling out a chair for Arthur to set Lupin down in.
"She was." Molly said not bothering to turn to them, from the sink.
Harry stopped his conversation with Ginny and looked over towards Lupin. He seemed to still be tired but he was curious as to what it was like to be out of it for so long.
"It's like sleeping Harry." Lupin said without even turning to the boy.
"How did you know that's what I was going to ask?" Harry said looking at Ron
"Your just like your father, that's why," Lupin said, "He always needed to know what was going on."
"I thought he was the one always causing the trouble wasn't he."
The others nodded at Harry's reply, they too had also thought it was the other way around.
"Well you just didn't know your father as well as I did Harry," Lupin said sadly turning to the sixteen-year-old boy. "There are few who actually know the truth."