Dwelling ON The Past
By: Sailoranime
Harry Potter does not belong to me. Happy, JK? *hides from lawsuit-happy writer*
Wow. Okay. This is the epilogue. The end. Like, Dwelling go bye-bye. Um. You know, this story has probably been my best. Except for my parody, maybe. I'm very attached to that. ^_^ But they're both the best in different categories. Well, I'll leave the big author notes till the end. And yes, I realize Lupin's behavior was... odd. But I have a reason, I assure you.
Moving on - Epilogue
Harry watched as Lupin walked out the door. The Penesieve was still standing there on the bedside table. Harry looked at his watch. It had been at least four hours since Lupin had come into his room and now the whole thing was over. He had an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach. He'd learned so much about his parents and Sirius in such a short period of time that he now felt their loss more deeply than ever. What a depressing birthday present.
But that wasn't right. He'd been happy while he'd been in the Penesieve. Was there some sort of rule against living in a Penesieve? The prospect was quite appealing, but it was probably impossible. With a sigh, Harry threw his book into his trunk and walked out of the room. He made his way down the stairs in an odd mood. He was halfway down when he began heard whispering. Everyone had been treating him like an invalid since he'd arrived, so he wasn't particularly looking forward to an encounter of any type, especially after what he'd seen. He could almost hear what they were saying.
" Done... coming down."
" George.... never... grow...!"
" Poor... how... take it?"
" ...Ready!... Almost... hear... here!"
The whispering stopped. Harry frowned and was about to turn back when Hermione appeared at the foot of the stairs.
" Harry. You feeling better?" Harry just nodded. She bit her lip slightly. " So... uh... Happy birthday." she tried to smile brightly, but he could see the hesitation in her eyes. He had no idea what he was supposed to say. In an attempt to reassure her he gave her a small smile.
" Thanks." The expression of relief on her face was amazing, and he suddenly felt guilty for wallowing in his sorrow for so long. But then again, he always felt guilty about something. She gave him a genuine smile and ran up the stairs to him. She took hold of his hand and practically dragged him down the stairs and into the kitchen.
" Surprise!" Harry whipped out his wand instantly went into battle mode. The lights in the kitchen went on. There was a moment of silence, and then everyone burst out laughing as the bewildered and slightly embarrassed Harry put his wand away. Moody gave a snort of what might have been laughter.
" And they think that I'm paranoid!" Everyone laughed. Molly Weasley enveloped Harry in a hug.
"Happy Birthday, Harry." Ron was right behind her. He shook Harry's hand and smiled at him.
" Lupin told us about the Penesieve. Mum threatened to have our heads if we went up there. Might want to be careful. Fred and George have been talking about cornering you later. Mum had to watch them the whole time to make sure they didn't run off and jump in there too."
" They almost pounced on Prof.... Lupin when he came downstairs to tell us. Mrs. Weasley stopped them when she saw the expression on Lupin's face. Did everything go okay? Both of you looked so sad." Hermione asked worriedly. Harry nodded.
" It's just hard to not dwell on the past. I have to go talk to him, you guys. And I really want to catch him before everyone starts eating."
Ron and Hermione nodded and Harry walked towards Lupin, who was talking to Mundgnus Fletcher. Fletcher's gaze went from Harry to Lupin and then back to Harry again and excused himself. Harry stood still for a second before speaking.
" Pro... er... sir... Re..." he shook his head in frustration. " I wanted to thank you. For the... you know. And I know it was probably hard, and I really appreciated it..." Harry remembered Sirius's letter. Should he? Did he dare? Throwing caution to the wind, he went on. " And it really meant a lot to me... Uncle Moony."
Harry almost smacked himself when he saw Lupin's reaction. He was deeply affected by that nickname, but Harry was unsure if it was in a good way or not. He finally recovered and nodded, giving Harry a small and somewhat shocked, smile.
"You're welcome. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go empty the Penesieve." Harry gave a small nod of understanding and Lupin disappeared.
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The party, though fun, had been exhausting. The Weasley twins had cornered him, and then Lupin. Harry felt sorry for Remus. In the end he'd retired to his room, but Harry wasn't sure if he'd succumbed to the twins. Harry also left the party early. He arrived at his room and noticed Lupin hadn't taken the Penesieve with him nor had he emptied it. It took Harry a second to realize what Lupin had done. Smiling in anticipation, he took his wand out and then prodded the silvery substance and without any hesitation, he entered it again.
To be continued....
AN: Am I really that mean? Nah!
The colors swriled and Harry found himself in a strange room, probably the house in Godric's Hollow. His younger self, about 11 months old, was sitting on the floor with James, Sirius, and Remus.
" So Peter's been spending a lot of time here, James. What's up with that?" Sirius asked in a forced nonchalant tone, but Harry saw him glance at Lupin out of the corner of his eyes in an almost suspicious manner. James shrugged.
" I don't know. Lily almost kicked him out yesterday because Harry was being fussy. He kept crying whenever Wormtail got near him, and it was driving us nuts. Lily made a few subtle suggestions that he leave, and he actually picked them up, for once. Now that we're on the subject of irregular behavior, where have you been, Moony? You don't come by much anymore."
Sirius looked Remus, waiting for the answer. Remus, however, seemed completely unaware of Sirius's odd behavior. Remus shrugged. " I've been a little busy."
James nodded in understanding. "You should see how great this kid is. He painted the house blue yesterday when Lily tried to put a pink outfit on him."
" It was light red, James!" Lily's voice was heard from somewhere. Sirius, James, and Remus laughed. James then stopped and gave Sirius a stern look.
" And I finally got him to stop calling you his dad." James said as Sirius grinned.
" Aw James, it took me forever to train him to do that!" James glared at him and took a cushion from the couch, smacking Sirius over the head with it.
" Well, don't do it again. We don't want to confuse the kid. Watch." James took baby Harry and stood him up in between the three of them. He grinned and turned the baby to face him.
" Okay, Harry. Who am I?" He grinned as Harry threw himself at him, screaming 'daddy' between a fit of giggles. James stood him back up.
" Okay. Who is he?" James asked, pointing at Lupin. Remus looked skeptical.
" He's only eleven mon-" before he could finish his comment, Harry threw himself at him.
" Aco Mooey!"
Sirius frowned. " Aco Mooey? What the hell does that mean?" Lupin smacked him.
" It's Uncle Moony. He can't pronounce it yet, you prat." Sirius raised an eyebrow, but did not comment on Lupin's over-protectiveness of his new nickname. James rolled his eyes and stood Harry up again.
" Okay, son. Who is that one?" he asked, pointing at Sirius. Harry cocked his head to the side in thought. Then after a few seconds his face lit up.
" Daddy!" Sirius laughed and caught Harry as the little boy threw himself at him to hug him. James looked very indignant. Sirius stood up, sensing trouble. He then handed baby Harry to Lupin, who was also standing by now. Little Harry's cry of " Aco Mooey!" was barely heard over James's yells of " Run if you value your life, Padfoot, run like hell."
And Harry smiled.
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Okay, now I'm done. Wow. Aren't I nice? A memory in the epilogue! Sorry about the whole 'Uncle Moony' thing. I had to squeeze it in because of what Sirius says in the letter. I know it was pretty corny, but what can you do? Maybe I should stick to comedy. Well, this story is officially done. Well, not really. Next week, hopefully, I'll be able to got through ALL my reviews and thank the people who reviewed and address any questions that weren't answered in the story. My Beta would like to say thank you to everyone who thanked her. She sent me a nice list of all the people, which I'll stick in here later when I go online. Hm. No quote of the chapter. Can I get away with that because this wasn't a chapter, but an epilogue? No? Damn.
Did anyone panic when I did that thing up there about cutting the story off right there? I almost felt like doing it, but then I figured people would ask me to put in that memory, and then I'd give in, and then this wouldn't be an epilogue. So I put in the memory. Why did this take so long? Well, I can't say I'm swamped with school work or anything. In fact, I'm not. Well, it happened something like this.
I wanted to have this out ASAP. So I gave myself the deadline of two days. This was to be posted the Wednesday after the last chapter. Did it happen? Well, I did finish by Wednesday. The next Wednesday, mind you. So that's the story there. Yep. No alien abductions, no accidents, and no writers' block. Just laziness. I did, however, work on the 4th chapter of 'From behind the Veil'. I had to rewrite it because I forgot a certain character was supposed to be dead and gave her a part in something that happened. So... I had to start over again. I have a lousy memory.
Back to the no 'quote of the chapter' thing... I don't have my books, and I can't think of anything, so I'm going to be lazy and just put in the best quotes from this story. Sound good?
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Quotes of the Epilogue!
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"Remus likes dogs, being with friends, walks by the beach, and cartoon episodes where someone destroys the moon. He keeps his firewhiskey under the sink where all the cleaning supplies are, but be sure not to take it for at least a week after the full moon. And make sure you replace it at least a week before it. And he will give in quickly when you're asking for something if you give him the puppy dog eyes and call him 'uncle Moony'."
-Sirius's letter, Chapter one.
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" Well, hello. I'm James. James Potter. Sirius, here, is a little nuts. Best way to see if he's lying is to check for that little malicious glint in his eye. See? Like the one he has now. He's just not right."
" I resent that!"
-Young Sirius and James, chapter one.
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As the prefect had been talking, Sirius had been mouthing the words with a comically stern expression on his face while James grinned at him and Peter gave a small clap. Little Lupin looked like he had half a mind to say something to put them in his place, but he was obviously amused.
" Shall we go up to our dormitories?" Sirius asked in a very exaggerated haughty voice. James looked at him gravely and answered in the same tone of voice.
" I suppose that is in order." They grinned at each other and began marching up the stairs.
-Young Sirius and James, chapter two.
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" We won't bother you," Little Lupin began, but James cut him off.
" Won't make a sound..."
"... Almost as if we weren't here!" Sirius added.
-Lupin, Sirius, and James, chapter 2
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" I suppose it's safe to assume you 4 had something to do with it?" he asked sternly. Sirius was the first one to stop laughing, so he answered the question himself.
" No... Professor... not really... you see, everyone gets what they deserve, usually. That boy... Snape? Isn't that what you called him... he deserved it... everything you do comes back to you... so it's not really our fault... karma was just using us as a way to punish him. Therefore, we are not responsible for our actions. Karma is."
The teacher raised an eyebrow.
" If you were just the medium karma used to get even with Snape, and you got caught, wouldn't you have gotten what you deserved by getting caught?" Remus nodded sagely.
" All right then. I'll accept that explanation, but you still get one detention each." he was about to turn around when James' hand shot up.
" I'm afraid that punishment is uncalled for," he began, his eye twinkling with mischief, " We were not responsible for our actions. We established that and you accepted it. And even if we had something coming to us, we already got caught doing something we were not responsible for, so we got whatever we deserved. Therefore, any additional punishment would be unfair." he grinned at the teacher who just stood there, obviously confused.
-Lupin, Sirius, James, and teacher, chapter 3
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" A werewolf! Imagine all the fun we could have had! We've wasted a year! A whole year!"
" Sirius," now it was little Lupin's turn to be exasperated, " I can't be around humans when I'm a werewolf!" Sirius's face fell.
" Oh, yeah. The biting thing." he frowned again.
-Sirius and Lupin, Chapter 3
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" Don't call me that." Lupin answered, a faint frown line appearing in his forehead.
" But I think it's cute..." Sirius said, giving him a malevolent look.
" Cute? I'll give you cute... next full moon I'll go look for you and bite you. Then we'll see how cute you think I am."
-Sirius and Lupin, Chapter 4
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" She's the one you accidentally hexed in DADA once, Sirius." Peter answered.
" Guess that makes me self absorbed too, I don't even remember apologizing to the poor girl."
" That's because you didn't. You made her robes burst into flames and complained because you got detention."
-Peter, Sirius, Remus, Chapter 5
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" Actually, now that I think about it," Sirius continued, " any kid you two have together deserves to be on a chocolate frog card."
" We're NOT having any kids together."
" Yeah, didn't she just tell you something like that a few minutes ago? Really, James, you're slow."
-Sirius and James, Chapter 5
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" Your swish is too much like your flick. I can't tell them apart." Sirius pointed out when a piece of parchment on the floor turned into a squirrel and bit an unfortunate Peter, who had been standing closest to it. Remus frowned.
" My aim was just a little off... There's nothing wrong with my swish." he responded icily.
-Sirius and Remus, Chapter 7
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Sirius looked around tensely for a minute before quietly getting up and attempting to leave without being noticed. Remus, obviously aware of what Sirius was attempting and still bitter about the slight on his wand movements, loudly asked where Sirius was going.
- Chapter 7
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" Remember what Evans said?" he asked Remus. Remus shook his head.
" Sorry, but I don't hang on to her every word like you." James glared at him, but he still had a preoccupied expression on his face.
" She said she had something to do.... That's the same thing Sirius said!" James looked around the common room. " Evans isn't here..." Remus's eyes widened slightly and he looked like he was going to laugh.
" Sirius and Evans? Come off it, Potter! Sirius would never go for a girl someone else was interes..." he trailed off, and Harry saw the doubts forming in his head. " I mean.... especially if it was a girl you were interested in.... Especially Lily..." but that was not very comforting to his father, owing to the fact that Remus now looked as doubtful as James.
-James and Lupin, chapter 7
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Okay, I'm tired. And that's enough quotes. Thank you for all the support. All the reviews, and all the nagging e-mails. ^_^ Well, here are my beta's comments!
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Hey everyone! This is Dee (the beta-person). Thanks for all of your kind responses. Sailoranime said that I could respond (thnx!) and I'm gonna do just that…
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Wow. Well, until I post my list of reviewers, goodbye.
By: Sailoranime
Harry Potter does not belong to me. Happy, JK? *hides from lawsuit-happy writer*
Wow. Okay. This is the epilogue. The end. Like, Dwelling go bye-bye. Um. You know, this story has probably been my best. Except for my parody, maybe. I'm very attached to that. ^_^ But they're both the best in different categories. Well, I'll leave the big author notes till the end. And yes, I realize Lupin's behavior was... odd. But I have a reason, I assure you.
Moving on - Epilogue
Harry watched as Lupin walked out the door. The Penesieve was still standing there on the bedside table. Harry looked at his watch. It had been at least four hours since Lupin had come into his room and now the whole thing was over. He had an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach. He'd learned so much about his parents and Sirius in such a short period of time that he now felt their loss more deeply than ever. What a depressing birthday present.
But that wasn't right. He'd been happy while he'd been in the Penesieve. Was there some sort of rule against living in a Penesieve? The prospect was quite appealing, but it was probably impossible. With a sigh, Harry threw his book into his trunk and walked out of the room. He made his way down the stairs in an odd mood. He was halfway down when he began heard whispering. Everyone had been treating him like an invalid since he'd arrived, so he wasn't particularly looking forward to an encounter of any type, especially after what he'd seen. He could almost hear what they were saying.
" Done... coming down."
" George.... never... grow...!"
" Poor... how... take it?"
" ...Ready!... Almost... hear... here!"
The whispering stopped. Harry frowned and was about to turn back when Hermione appeared at the foot of the stairs.
" Harry. You feeling better?" Harry just nodded. She bit her lip slightly. " So... uh... Happy birthday." she tried to smile brightly, but he could see the hesitation in her eyes. He had no idea what he was supposed to say. In an attempt to reassure her he gave her a small smile.
" Thanks." The expression of relief on her face was amazing, and he suddenly felt guilty for wallowing in his sorrow for so long. But then again, he always felt guilty about something. She gave him a genuine smile and ran up the stairs to him. She took hold of his hand and practically dragged him down the stairs and into the kitchen.
" Surprise!" Harry whipped out his wand instantly went into battle mode. The lights in the kitchen went on. There was a moment of silence, and then everyone burst out laughing as the bewildered and slightly embarrassed Harry put his wand away. Moody gave a snort of what might have been laughter.
" And they think that I'm paranoid!" Everyone laughed. Molly Weasley enveloped Harry in a hug.
"Happy Birthday, Harry." Ron was right behind her. He shook Harry's hand and smiled at him.
" Lupin told us about the Penesieve. Mum threatened to have our heads if we went up there. Might want to be careful. Fred and George have been talking about cornering you later. Mum had to watch them the whole time to make sure they didn't run off and jump in there too."
" They almost pounced on Prof.... Lupin when he came downstairs to tell us. Mrs. Weasley stopped them when she saw the expression on Lupin's face. Did everything go okay? Both of you looked so sad." Hermione asked worriedly. Harry nodded.
" It's just hard to not dwell on the past. I have to go talk to him, you guys. And I really want to catch him before everyone starts eating."
Ron and Hermione nodded and Harry walked towards Lupin, who was talking to Mundgnus Fletcher. Fletcher's gaze went from Harry to Lupin and then back to Harry again and excused himself. Harry stood still for a second before speaking.
" Pro... er... sir... Re..." he shook his head in frustration. " I wanted to thank you. For the... you know. And I know it was probably hard, and I really appreciated it..." Harry remembered Sirius's letter. Should he? Did he dare? Throwing caution to the wind, he went on. " And it really meant a lot to me... Uncle Moony."
Harry almost smacked himself when he saw Lupin's reaction. He was deeply affected by that nickname, but Harry was unsure if it was in a good way or not. He finally recovered and nodded, giving Harry a small and somewhat shocked, smile.
"You're welcome. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go empty the Penesieve." Harry gave a small nod of understanding and Lupin disappeared.
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The party, though fun, had been exhausting. The Weasley twins had cornered him, and then Lupin. Harry felt sorry for Remus. In the end he'd retired to his room, but Harry wasn't sure if he'd succumbed to the twins. Harry also left the party early. He arrived at his room and noticed Lupin hadn't taken the Penesieve with him nor had he emptied it. It took Harry a second to realize what Lupin had done. Smiling in anticipation, he took his wand out and then prodded the silvery substance and without any hesitation, he entered it again.
To be continued....
AN: Am I really that mean? Nah!
The colors swriled and Harry found himself in a strange room, probably the house in Godric's Hollow. His younger self, about 11 months old, was sitting on the floor with James, Sirius, and Remus.
" So Peter's been spending a lot of time here, James. What's up with that?" Sirius asked in a forced nonchalant tone, but Harry saw him glance at Lupin out of the corner of his eyes in an almost suspicious manner. James shrugged.
" I don't know. Lily almost kicked him out yesterday because Harry was being fussy. He kept crying whenever Wormtail got near him, and it was driving us nuts. Lily made a few subtle suggestions that he leave, and he actually picked them up, for once. Now that we're on the subject of irregular behavior, where have you been, Moony? You don't come by much anymore."
Sirius looked Remus, waiting for the answer. Remus, however, seemed completely unaware of Sirius's odd behavior. Remus shrugged. " I've been a little busy."
James nodded in understanding. "You should see how great this kid is. He painted the house blue yesterday when Lily tried to put a pink outfit on him."
" It was light red, James!" Lily's voice was heard from somewhere. Sirius, James, and Remus laughed. James then stopped and gave Sirius a stern look.
" And I finally got him to stop calling you his dad." James said as Sirius grinned.
" Aw James, it took me forever to train him to do that!" James glared at him and took a cushion from the couch, smacking Sirius over the head with it.
" Well, don't do it again. We don't want to confuse the kid. Watch." James took baby Harry and stood him up in between the three of them. He grinned and turned the baby to face him.
" Okay, Harry. Who am I?" He grinned as Harry threw himself at him, screaming 'daddy' between a fit of giggles. James stood him back up.
" Okay. Who is he?" James asked, pointing at Lupin. Remus looked skeptical.
" He's only eleven mon-" before he could finish his comment, Harry threw himself at him.
" Aco Mooey!"
Sirius frowned. " Aco Mooey? What the hell does that mean?" Lupin smacked him.
" It's Uncle Moony. He can't pronounce it yet, you prat." Sirius raised an eyebrow, but did not comment on Lupin's over-protectiveness of his new nickname. James rolled his eyes and stood Harry up again.
" Okay, son. Who is that one?" he asked, pointing at Sirius. Harry cocked his head to the side in thought. Then after a few seconds his face lit up.
" Daddy!" Sirius laughed and caught Harry as the little boy threw himself at him to hug him. James looked very indignant. Sirius stood up, sensing trouble. He then handed baby Harry to Lupin, who was also standing by now. Little Harry's cry of " Aco Mooey!" was barely heard over James's yells of " Run if you value your life, Padfoot, run like hell."
And Harry smiled.
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Okay, now I'm done. Wow. Aren't I nice? A memory in the epilogue! Sorry about the whole 'Uncle Moony' thing. I had to squeeze it in because of what Sirius says in the letter. I know it was pretty corny, but what can you do? Maybe I should stick to comedy. Well, this story is officially done. Well, not really. Next week, hopefully, I'll be able to got through ALL my reviews and thank the people who reviewed and address any questions that weren't answered in the story. My Beta would like to say thank you to everyone who thanked her. She sent me a nice list of all the people, which I'll stick in here later when I go online. Hm. No quote of the chapter. Can I get away with that because this wasn't a chapter, but an epilogue? No? Damn.
Did anyone panic when I did that thing up there about cutting the story off right there? I almost felt like doing it, but then I figured people would ask me to put in that memory, and then I'd give in, and then this wouldn't be an epilogue. So I put in the memory. Why did this take so long? Well, I can't say I'm swamped with school work or anything. In fact, I'm not. Well, it happened something like this.
I wanted to have this out ASAP. So I gave myself the deadline of two days. This was to be posted the Wednesday after the last chapter. Did it happen? Well, I did finish by Wednesday. The next Wednesday, mind you. So that's the story there. Yep. No alien abductions, no accidents, and no writers' block. Just laziness. I did, however, work on the 4th chapter of 'From behind the Veil'. I had to rewrite it because I forgot a certain character was supposed to be dead and gave her a part in something that happened. So... I had to start over again. I have a lousy memory.
Back to the no 'quote of the chapter' thing... I don't have my books, and I can't think of anything, so I'm going to be lazy and just put in the best quotes from this story. Sound good?
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Quotes of the Epilogue!
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"Remus likes dogs, being with friends, walks by the beach, and cartoon episodes where someone destroys the moon. He keeps his firewhiskey under the sink where all the cleaning supplies are, but be sure not to take it for at least a week after the full moon. And make sure you replace it at least a week before it. And he will give in quickly when you're asking for something if you give him the puppy dog eyes and call him 'uncle Moony'."
-Sirius's letter, Chapter one.
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" Well, hello. I'm James. James Potter. Sirius, here, is a little nuts. Best way to see if he's lying is to check for that little malicious glint in his eye. See? Like the one he has now. He's just not right."
" I resent that!"
-Young Sirius and James, chapter one.
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As the prefect had been talking, Sirius had been mouthing the words with a comically stern expression on his face while James grinned at him and Peter gave a small clap. Little Lupin looked like he had half a mind to say something to put them in his place, but he was obviously amused.
" Shall we go up to our dormitories?" Sirius asked in a very exaggerated haughty voice. James looked at him gravely and answered in the same tone of voice.
" I suppose that is in order." They grinned at each other and began marching up the stairs.
-Young Sirius and James, chapter two.
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" We won't bother you," Little Lupin began, but James cut him off.
" Won't make a sound..."
"... Almost as if we weren't here!" Sirius added.
-Lupin, Sirius, and James, chapter 2
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" I suppose it's safe to assume you 4 had something to do with it?" he asked sternly. Sirius was the first one to stop laughing, so he answered the question himself.
" No... Professor... not really... you see, everyone gets what they deserve, usually. That boy... Snape? Isn't that what you called him... he deserved it... everything you do comes back to you... so it's not really our fault... karma was just using us as a way to punish him. Therefore, we are not responsible for our actions. Karma is."
The teacher raised an eyebrow.
" If you were just the medium karma used to get even with Snape, and you got caught, wouldn't you have gotten what you deserved by getting caught?" Remus nodded sagely.
" All right then. I'll accept that explanation, but you still get one detention each." he was about to turn around when James' hand shot up.
" I'm afraid that punishment is uncalled for," he began, his eye twinkling with mischief, " We were not responsible for our actions. We established that and you accepted it. And even if we had something coming to us, we already got caught doing something we were not responsible for, so we got whatever we deserved. Therefore, any additional punishment would be unfair." he grinned at the teacher who just stood there, obviously confused.
-Lupin, Sirius, James, and teacher, chapter 3
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" A werewolf! Imagine all the fun we could have had! We've wasted a year! A whole year!"
" Sirius," now it was little Lupin's turn to be exasperated, " I can't be around humans when I'm a werewolf!" Sirius's face fell.
" Oh, yeah. The biting thing." he frowned again.
-Sirius and Lupin, Chapter 3
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" Don't call me that." Lupin answered, a faint frown line appearing in his forehead.
" But I think it's cute..." Sirius said, giving him a malevolent look.
" Cute? I'll give you cute... next full moon I'll go look for you and bite you. Then we'll see how cute you think I am."
-Sirius and Lupin, Chapter 4
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" She's the one you accidentally hexed in DADA once, Sirius." Peter answered.
" Guess that makes me self absorbed too, I don't even remember apologizing to the poor girl."
" That's because you didn't. You made her robes burst into flames and complained because you got detention."
-Peter, Sirius, Remus, Chapter 5
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" Actually, now that I think about it," Sirius continued, " any kid you two have together deserves to be on a chocolate frog card."
" We're NOT having any kids together."
" Yeah, didn't she just tell you something like that a few minutes ago? Really, James, you're slow."
-Sirius and James, Chapter 5
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" Your swish is too much like your flick. I can't tell them apart." Sirius pointed out when a piece of parchment on the floor turned into a squirrel and bit an unfortunate Peter, who had been standing closest to it. Remus frowned.
" My aim was just a little off... There's nothing wrong with my swish." he responded icily.
-Sirius and Remus, Chapter 7
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Sirius looked around tensely for a minute before quietly getting up and attempting to leave without being noticed. Remus, obviously aware of what Sirius was attempting and still bitter about the slight on his wand movements, loudly asked where Sirius was going.
- Chapter 7
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" Remember what Evans said?" he asked Remus. Remus shook his head.
" Sorry, but I don't hang on to her every word like you." James glared at him, but he still had a preoccupied expression on his face.
" She said she had something to do.... That's the same thing Sirius said!" James looked around the common room. " Evans isn't here..." Remus's eyes widened slightly and he looked like he was going to laugh.
" Sirius and Evans? Come off it, Potter! Sirius would never go for a girl someone else was interes..." he trailed off, and Harry saw the doubts forming in his head. " I mean.... especially if it was a girl you were interested in.... Especially Lily..." but that was not very comforting to his father, owing to the fact that Remus now looked as doubtful as James.
-James and Lupin, chapter 7
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Okay, I'm tired. And that's enough quotes. Thank you for all the support. All the reviews, and all the nagging e-mails. ^_^ Well, here are my beta's comments!
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Hey everyone! This is Dee (the beta-person). Thanks for all of your kind responses. Sailoranime said that I could respond (thnx!) and I'm gonna do just that…
jo0609
violet-angel07
Star19 - Thanks, that's really sweet of you! ^_^
SB for Me – no problem!
Athelas aka Pammy – she is exactly like Mrs. Smith…she's nice, but has a somewhat…um…well evil temper…I guess…o yea…glad you liked it
Rathien1 - Here's your epilogue!
oneiros lykos - No problem
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Wow. Well, until I post my list of reviewers, goodbye.