Trouble A'Brewin'...
Sorry about having such a crappy title. The story makes
up for it though. Thanks very much to all my wonderful reviewers!
Mr Granger couldn't believe his eyes. His face merely conveyed the more sympathetic side of his feelings, and even that was bright red with a furious expression. Lupin had stood up and, realizing he was semi-naked, sat back down again. Hermione stood up confidently, but Mr Granger's eyes never left Lupin.
"The nerve of it..." He thought to himself, "The sheer bloody nerve of it."
*
Remus took a short moment to muse exactly what he was going to say whilst Mr Granger stared right at him. He had stood up and sat back down almost immediately. His ears twitched. He could hear someone moving around on the landing. Remus let out a small sigh, shook his head and stood up again.
"Yes?" He asked, his voice quivering slightly.
"Don't look guilty..." Remus told himself, "Guilty? You haven't even done anything. Yet. Stop it! Don't start thinking like that Remus or you're going to come across as guilty anyway!"
*
Mr Granger fumed. He closed the door quickly and moved across to Lupin's side, his eyes never leaving the stranger.
"DO YOU ENJOY AGGRAVATING PEOPLE MR. LUPIN?" He asked quietly, but with meaning.
"Not particularly, no." Came the reply.
"THEN PERHAPS YOU'D CARE TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION?" Mr Granger asked louder this time and with a definate force. "Nobody's corrupting my little girl..." He thought.
*
"Certainly..." Remus replied, sitting back down. He was starting to find the whole mistunderstanding rather amusing. "It's quite simple really. You see, we were planning - " But he didn't get any further.
"PLANNING WERE YOU INDEED?" Mr Granger burst out without a second thought. His face was a deepened red, as though all the blood in his body had rushed to his head.
Hermione reacted immediately to the situation. "Dad stop, calm down and step outside." She walked over to her father who had finally ended the wrath of his watchful eye on Remus and had averted his gaze. Hermione put her hand on her father's shoulder. "I'll explain..." She said, steering him out of the room.
Remus watched curiosly as Hermione gracefully led her father out of his bedroom.
*
"I don't like it Hermione, whatever's going on it must stop now." Mr Granger said no sooner had the door to Lupin's room closed.
"Dad, there is nothing what so ever going on." She said reassuringly.
Mr Granger leant on the shelf full of classics at his side. His ran his fingers along the silver candlestick holder at the end of the row of books.
"Remus was talking to himself, I was worried and - "
Evidently the wrong thing to say.
*
Remus had been sitting in silence until the door burst open once again. In the door frame stood Mr Granger, alone. He came in calmly and closed the door. he leaned against the wall with one hand behind his back. Remus remained seated on the bed.
"Where's - " Remus asked.
"Hermione?"
Remus nodded.
"Gone to bed. Assured her I wasn't angry or anything..." Mr Granger was smiling. And Remus didn't like it one bit.
"Hermione once told me she had a teacher at Hogwarts who was... well... disadvantaged. A werewolf in fact. As it happens I've done some reasearch..."
Without realising what had happened, Remus had been hit with a candlestick holder. It wasn't that that hurt though. It was the fact he'd been hit with a silver candlestick holder. He had turned just in time to have it hit him on the side of his head, right onto the top of his ear and his temple. The burn bled furiously and Remus felt weak. It burned like a branding iron and Remus let out a primal howl that could've woken the whole house.
In fact, it did.
*
Mr Granger had already moved around and picked up the candlestick holder again. He could see Lupin clutching at the side of his head.
"So it is you then, Lupin!" He exclaimed. "No wonder Hermione didn't tell us. Safe are we? Away from the full moon? Well you're still what you are Lupin... A monster!" Mr Granger threw the candlestick holder at him again.
*
The pain seered as it hit Remus's forearm and burned a deep crimson scar into his skin. The burn bled as the last had, cutting with every drop of dark red blood he lost. Remus tried to stand, but he couldn't muster enough strength to. He could hear a rumbling from outside the room.
*
Hermione burst through the door. She had heard the howl as she closed the door to her room. She could recognise the howl as Remus's. Remus was in pain. She felt the howl cut into her stomach. She was out of her room and back into his before she could collect her thoughts.
"Remus!" She cried, tears suddenly flooding from her eyes as she gazed upon the motionless figure before her. He was bleeding heavily from his head, ear and arm and towering above him was Henry Granger, brandishing the silver candlestick holder and shouting loudly.
Hermione's mother was at the door, screaming and wailing. Without a second thought as to where Harry might be, Hermione threw herself in front of her father and grabbed the monstrous object that had hurt Remus so badly. She looked back to the old fashioned fireplace behind her that was the trademark of a very old house indeed.
She reached into her pocket, threw the floo powder into the fireplace and in a flash of green flames they were gone.
*
Harry sat beneath the Invisibilty Cloak on the mantle above the fireplace. He had witnessed the entire event. He was furious. But not with mr Granger. With Hermione and Remus. They were about to kiss. He had seen it. It couldn't happen. He was almost forty, he was a werewolf, he was Remus. James and Sirius's best friend. One of the Marauders. In Harry's eyes he was never meant to have Hermione. Never.
*
Hermione looked out onto the splendour that was Lupin Lodge. The journey through the fireplace had awoken Remus. He pulled her toward him. And their lips finally met.
Well, it's taken me a while to get this chapter up but it's a good length and I've tried to make it as good as the one's before. Don't worry, the story isn't over! There's a lot more to come! I'm going to pull in some more well-known characters, the Grangers and Harry will feature a lot more in the story too!
Many thanks to my marvellous reviewers! Keep it comin' guys! Reviews keep me writing! :)
Mr Granger couldn't believe his eyes. His face merely conveyed the more sympathetic side of his feelings, and even that was bright red with a furious expression. Lupin had stood up and, realizing he was semi-naked, sat back down again. Hermione stood up confidently, but Mr Granger's eyes never left Lupin.
"The nerve of it..." He thought to himself, "The sheer bloody nerve of it."
*
Remus took a short moment to muse exactly what he was going to say whilst Mr Granger stared right at him. He had stood up and sat back down almost immediately. His ears twitched. He could hear someone moving around on the landing. Remus let out a small sigh, shook his head and stood up again.
"Yes?" He asked, his voice quivering slightly.
"Don't look guilty..." Remus told himself, "Guilty? You haven't even done anything. Yet. Stop it! Don't start thinking like that Remus or you're going to come across as guilty anyway!"
*
Mr Granger fumed. He closed the door quickly and moved across to Lupin's side, his eyes never leaving the stranger.
"DO YOU ENJOY AGGRAVATING PEOPLE MR. LUPIN?" He asked quietly, but with meaning.
"Not particularly, no." Came the reply.
"THEN PERHAPS YOU'D CARE TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION?" Mr Granger asked louder this time and with a definate force. "Nobody's corrupting my little girl..." He thought.
*
"Certainly..." Remus replied, sitting back down. He was starting to find the whole mistunderstanding rather amusing. "It's quite simple really. You see, we were planning - " But he didn't get any further.
"PLANNING WERE YOU INDEED?" Mr Granger burst out without a second thought. His face was a deepened red, as though all the blood in his body had rushed to his head.
Hermione reacted immediately to the situation. "Dad stop, calm down and step outside." She walked over to her father who had finally ended the wrath of his watchful eye on Remus and had averted his gaze. Hermione put her hand on her father's shoulder. "I'll explain..." She said, steering him out of the room.
Remus watched curiosly as Hermione gracefully led her father out of his bedroom.
*
"I don't like it Hermione, whatever's going on it must stop now." Mr Granger said no sooner had the door to Lupin's room closed.
"Dad, there is nothing what so ever going on." She said reassuringly.
Mr Granger leant on the shelf full of classics at his side. His ran his fingers along the silver candlestick holder at the end of the row of books.
"Remus was talking to himself, I was worried and - "
Evidently the wrong thing to say.
*
Remus had been sitting in silence until the door burst open once again. In the door frame stood Mr Granger, alone. He came in calmly and closed the door. he leaned against the wall with one hand behind his back. Remus remained seated on the bed.
"Where's - " Remus asked.
"Hermione?"
Remus nodded.
"Gone to bed. Assured her I wasn't angry or anything..." Mr Granger was smiling. And Remus didn't like it one bit.
"Hermione once told me she had a teacher at Hogwarts who was... well... disadvantaged. A werewolf in fact. As it happens I've done some reasearch..."
Without realising what had happened, Remus had been hit with a candlestick holder. It wasn't that that hurt though. It was the fact he'd been hit with a silver candlestick holder. He had turned just in time to have it hit him on the side of his head, right onto the top of his ear and his temple. The burn bled furiously and Remus felt weak. It burned like a branding iron and Remus let out a primal howl that could've woken the whole house.
In fact, it did.
*
Mr Granger had already moved around and picked up the candlestick holder again. He could see Lupin clutching at the side of his head.
"So it is you then, Lupin!" He exclaimed. "No wonder Hermione didn't tell us. Safe are we? Away from the full moon? Well you're still what you are Lupin... A monster!" Mr Granger threw the candlestick holder at him again.
*
The pain seered as it hit Remus's forearm and burned a deep crimson scar into his skin. The burn bled as the last had, cutting with every drop of dark red blood he lost. Remus tried to stand, but he couldn't muster enough strength to. He could hear a rumbling from outside the room.
*
Hermione burst through the door. She had heard the howl as she closed the door to her room. She could recognise the howl as Remus's. Remus was in pain. She felt the howl cut into her stomach. She was out of her room and back into his before she could collect her thoughts.
"Remus!" She cried, tears suddenly flooding from her eyes as she gazed upon the motionless figure before her. He was bleeding heavily from his head, ear and arm and towering above him was Henry Granger, brandishing the silver candlestick holder and shouting loudly.
Hermione's mother was at the door, screaming and wailing. Without a second thought as to where Harry might be, Hermione threw herself in front of her father and grabbed the monstrous object that had hurt Remus so badly. She looked back to the old fashioned fireplace behind her that was the trademark of a very old house indeed.
She reached into her pocket, threw the floo powder into the fireplace and in a flash of green flames they were gone.
*
Harry sat beneath the Invisibilty Cloak on the mantle above the fireplace. He had witnessed the entire event. He was furious. But not with mr Granger. With Hermione and Remus. They were about to kiss. He had seen it. It couldn't happen. He was almost forty, he was a werewolf, he was Remus. James and Sirius's best friend. One of the Marauders. In Harry's eyes he was never meant to have Hermione. Never.
*
Hermione looked out onto the splendour that was Lupin Lodge. The journey through the fireplace had awoken Remus. He pulled her toward him. And their lips finally met.
Well, it's taken me a while to get this chapter up but it's a good length and I've tried to make it as good as the one's before. Don't worry, the story isn't over! There's a lot more to come! I'm going to pull in some more well-known characters, the Grangers and Harry will feature a lot more in the story too!
Many thanks to my marvellous reviewers! Keep it comin' guys! Reviews keep me writing! :)