*Lupin's Loony Love*
I don't own any of the actual Harry Potter characters (boo).
"Ahh, Lupin. Just the man I was looking for." Sirius Black cornered Remus Lupin from where he was sitting, eating dinner. "I was just wondering old friend, if you had seen a particular item that I seem to be missing?"
"Dear Sirius, I have not the slightest clue as to which item you are talking about." Remus said with no trace of a smile on his face.
"Don't think you can fool me with that innocent nonsense. I know what you are up to." Sirius said growling at Remus while he remained calm as ever.
"Stop pestering him, Sirius," Tonks said turning around the corner as her multicolored hair began to flash neon yellow.
"Are you in on this too?" Sirius said approaching Tonks with a threatening smile on his face.
"Don't bother blaming me, I don't know where your stupid hex book is anyways," Tonks said glancing at her red nails.
"Ah-ha! I didn't tell you it was a hex book, did I Remus?" Sirius said smiling in triumph.
"I haven't the slightest clue Sirius," Remus said stuffing a fork full of magically mashed potatoes in his mouth. Tonks was trying to inch away from Sirius slowly when her foot caught on a non-existent item, and she fell over backwards. Scrambling up, she made her way quickly to the stairs as Sirius followed in pursuit.
It had been a long summer in the Order of the Phoenix quarters. Practical jokes became a must amongst the fairly ill-tempered residents. It was natural to be walking up the stairs when the steps magically disappeared, and while you were grasping the railing for dear life the instigator was cackling madly at your misfortune. Dumbledore refused to enter the building without a signed document that no horseplay would befall him. Sirius however had spent the summer wandering the streets in his dog form, watching people and their unexplainable behaviors. Sirius then thought that it would be fun to match people together. Many lives had been ruined, although the vast majority of his 'victims' survived the relationships. Seeing how badly he could make the matches progress had seemed somewhat humorous to him, therefore he had made a job out of it. 'Sirius's mismatches' he decided to call it. Tonks had found it disturbing at first, but after he matched her up with the 'right' wizard, she was perfectly content to ignore Sirius' habit. Remus however had repeatedly told Sirius that it wasn't right to be messing with others lives, and the rest of the Order of the Phoenix had stood behind Lupin and thereafter, Sirius was forbidden to mess with others lives. Ever since, he had been content with reading books and going on short daily walks.
"Remus," a voice called the eating Lupin, "are you ready for the departure to Hogwarts tomorrow?"
"Of course, Moody. I just hope that I may have an impact on the students." Lupin said sulky knowing that once the word was out the 'werewolf' was back, parents would be sending howlers to Dumbledore by the second.
"Don't fret about that. Dumbledore is more trusted than ever since his encounter with You-Know-Who last year. Besides I hear that students proclaim that you were the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Moody said with his eye rolling around the room, and finally it rested it's sights upon Lupin's potatoes.
"A little hungry I see?" Lupin said chuckling at the rush Moody, with his wooden leg clunking the whole way, made for the rest of the mashed potatoes.
"You're not the only one that requires food around here you know, although nothing substantial has happened around here we still receive the hunger pains. By the way I would be carful around that vase above the stairs, I saw Tonks doing something to it earlier." Lupin stood up at these words, and decided to take a different root to his bedroom to get some sleep.
"Shh, he'll hear you," Tonks said bickering at the motionless Sirius who was following in tow.
"I'm more worried that you'll trip on his imaginary carpet," Sirius said as Tonks glared at him. The duo was preparing to hex Lupin's bed curtains so they wouldn't open.
"You two wouldn't be planning something would you," Mrs. Weasly appeared out of nowhere with her motherly look upon her face.
"No, no, we were just checking the lock. I saw Ron over here earlier I thought for sure..."
"Don't you DARE be blaming my children, however even if he did it would be under your influence," Mrs. Weasly said hands on her hips rage flashing in her eyes. "I won't be surprised if the lot of them turn out to be hooligans, that would of course have to be placed upon your conscience, for you have been showing them enough dirty tricks. Why if Fred and George were here, they would be asking you questions about the hexes with pens flying on notepads."
"Don't worry, they've only been here a couple days." Sirius said scratching his head as he began to move away, "I know for a fact that Harry wouldn't do anything like this, however your children are rather mischievous..." Sirius and Tonks took off towards their rooms before they had to face the unbearable rampage of Mrs. Weasly. Sirius entered his room, after he left Tonks at her room, and met the eyes of his godson.
"Is something going on?" Harry said glaring at Sirius knowing that he had something to do with it.
"Nope, just trying to lighten up Remus a little. Well Professor Lupin to you..." Sirius stopped dead in the sentence seeing the excited eyes of Harry, and mentally slapping himself for letting the secret out.
"Professor Lupin? Is he going to be the DADA teacher this year?" Harry said smirking at his godfather knowing he had let something slip.
"Yes, as a matter of fact. However students such as you shouldn't know this information, and I don't have the slightest clue what kind of person would tell you." Sirius said walking over to sit on the edge of the bed. "What are you doing here anyways? You should be sleeping, getting rested up for the early train ride."
Harry smiled widely saying, "Well, Sirius, we don't talk enough and I've gone this whole summer without mentioning something to you." Harry held up a parchment of paper. On the sheet it said:
Dear Mr. Harry Potter,
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is pleased to announce the annual OWLS scores were calculated, and the Hogwarts's scores surpassed expectations. We would like to congratulate all the students that were required to take the tests, in their extreme patience, and amazing capabilities. Therefore it is my pleasure to show your scores Mr. Harry Potter.
Sincerely,
Professor M. McGonagall.
Mr. Harry Potter, the following are your scores for the annual OWL exams:
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Superb
Herbology: Superb
Potions: Excellent
Care of Magical Creatures: Excellent
Transfiguration: Superb
Divination: Excellent
Astronomy: Excellent
We have reviewed your scores and discussed the possibilities with the head of Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall, and she shall speak with you. Have a wonderful summer, Mr. Potter and good luck in your sixth year at Hogwarts.
Sincerely,
Cornelius Fudge
"Harry! That's wonderful. You probably got the highest scores of the class," Sirius said smiling with pride.
"Not actually, Hermione did Superb in all of her subjects, whereas Ron...well were not going to discuss that right now," Harry still smiled faintly, while Sirius chuckled knowing why Mrs. Weasly had been so angry.
"Well, you better be going to bed, you've got a busy year ahead of you," Sirius said smiling deeply with pride. "I'd go with you to the airport, but Dumbledore doesn't want that big of a risk, so be sure to write when you get there and tell me all about life as the smartest student."
Harry smiled and then took the paper Sirius was holding out towards him. "Goodbye," Harry said waving as he exited out the door. Sirius sighed and wondered what he was going to do while the kid was gone. It was always entertaining to show your latest tricks to.
Lupin awoke in the morning at the crack of dawn, and looked out the rain-splattered window at the groggy atmosphere, and pitied the first years with their unfortunate luck. Walking over to his closet, he put on his worn cloak, and knew that this would be the year to buy a new one if he could find the money. Whistling, he picked up his trunk and moved to open the door, trying to turn the knob. He found however it had been cursed and smiled slightly at the sick humor that had been going on around the house. Muttering a counter-curse, the door opened on it's squeaky hinges and showed a screen of dismay. Mrs. Weasly was running around banging on doors sharing the news that the children would be late if they kept up this pace, Tonks was falling over repeatedly having backfired on a curse(she did this quite often), and Sirius was in the corner trying to dodge a cackling vase that was emitting not the most pleasant of phrases. Hurrying to Sirius's aide first, he managed to stop the vase from encircling the victim, however it still sat on it's pedestal shouting curses at a high frequency. Tonks's problem was somewhat un-curable, and she would have to with stain the condition until it wore off. Mrs. Weasly needed no assistance, for she stormed into the rooms shouting at the top of her lungs. Lupin wearily walked back to his trunk, and flew it down the stairs with the help of his wand. Sirius watched him and frowned as he watched Lupin do the task without happiness. Lupin hadn't been himself lately, he just didn't enjoy things as he used to, he was lonely and that was the only explanation.
"Come on, get into the cab." Mrs. Weasly hurried the children into the car stepping in after them, Lupin followed glad to get out of the pouring rain. Sirius, and Moody stood behind the open door, and waved as the door of the car slammed shut and sped off. Tonks reached the door right after the car had left and clicked her tongue with distaste at her misfortune. She then waddled off, still tripping just a little bit.
"You think Remus will have an easy year?" Sirius asked feeling sorry for his old friend.
"After the complaints stop coming in, he should be fine. However some of the students may be less than pleased." Moody said closing the door trying not to alert any noise-making traps.
"Is it just me or does he seem a little bit lonely?" Sirius said sitting next to Tonks as Moody followed.
"Well, I would like to say it's just you, but I think Remus is a little lonely for someone a little like himself. I mean, us around here aren't much like him and were not here half the time. However when we are, persecuting others seems to be enjoyable." Moody said giving warning glances to both Tonks and Sirius.
"He needs a woman," Tonks said as Sirius stared at her mouth open wide. "Well he does." Tonks then proceeded to change her eyes.
"I suppose that's what he needs," Moody said without thought as he gazed the Muggle newspaper. Tonks became entranced in her mean at once, but Sirius began to think. Slowly a smile spread across his face, and he had the perfect idea. Remus needed a woman, so why not find a perfect match for him, it couldn't be that hard could it?
Hehe this is going to get pretty funny next chapter, so if you want me to continue, review. If you have any suggestions, I'm open ears (that brings a funny picture to mind) lol Thanks for reading!