The Legend lives on
By
LupinsLoons
Chapter Two
Confrontations
DISCLAIMER – None of the characters belong to us!AUTHOR NOTE – Here's part two and things get explained slightly better in this chapter, you learn what people are thinking so enjoy!
Professor Lupin looked round the class; a small amount of surprise showing in his amber eyes, other than that his face was calm. They all without exception looked horrified at his news. Dean's and Seamus's mouths were wide open, Lavender and Parvati were wide eyed and the trio.
He turned his gaze on them and almost groaned out loud at what he saw. Hermione was staring at him blankly, her mouth moving as if she was trying to make sounds that wouldn't come out; her brown eyes were tearful, when she saw he was looking at he she adverted her gaze, staring out the window in a determination she normally only showed lessons. He looked down at the register in front of him, she had done so much for him, including keeping his secret in the third year when it must have been hard, he didn't like seeing any of his students upset any more than he liked being the cause of it.
He brought his eyes up and focused on Ron. Ron had whitened under his freckles, he was meeting his teachers gaze full on, millions of questions swirling in the blue eyes, which looked suspiciously glittery in the dim light. He watched as Ron broke his gaze and instead turned to Hermione, his face softening as he placed a hand of comfort on her arm.
Leaving them to it, Remus finally turned to Harry and hid a flinch. To say Harry looked angry was an understatement, he looked furious. He was pale but his green eyes looked livid with an expression of betrayal in them. The class they shared with; the Hufflepuffs, merely looked disappointed at the news.
"Why Sir?" Remus jumped and turned to the speaker, Dean. His voice was missing its usual cheeky quality. Remus took a deep breath and looked calm as he opened his mouth to try and explain.
"Due to recent circumstances" he paused, a flash of hurt appearing on his face though it went calm again, a second later "I have decided that instead of teaching like I originally thought I'd do, I'm instead committing my time to the better cause, ridding the magical world of Lord Voldemort once and for all" a shudder went through the class at the mention of the name, and a few people looked nervously around them. Remus once again looked at the trio, though only Ron looked at him, his gaze looking doubtful and worried. Harry and Hermione were looking at each other with similar expressions to Ron "We've wasted enough time now class, turn your attention this way please" he said pleasantly as if what he had just said never happened.
The class preceded well after that though it was quiet and Hermione didn't answer any questions leaving it mainly to the Hufflepuffs who jumped at the chance to gain points for their house. At the end Remus sat in his chair and began looking over some notes, waiting patiently for the class to leave. The Hufflepuffs hurried out but the Gryffindors waited around to see if Lupin would say anymore, when he didn't they left with sighs, though he did hear Dean whispering to Seamus as they went for the door
"At least he said goodbye this time" Seamus nodded. Lupin closed his eyes briefly, he could feel a headache coming and he was feeling tired, far too tired to deal with this. He reopened his eyes to find a pair of green eyes burning into his.
"Hello Harry" he said wearily, Harry ignored the greeting.
"How can you do this?" he demanded, his hand forming a fist at his side. Lupin noticed that Hermione and Ron were gone, probably giving Harry the chance to have it out with him by himself.
"Harry I'm not doing this to hurt you, that's the last thing I would do" he stated quietly. Harry's laugh was bitter
"Really" he replied scornfully "Well if you didn't want to hurt me then you failed miserably" he carried on "You want to give up don't you Lupin? You want to go and join them, my dad and… and Sirius" Harry's voice broke slightly as he uttered the last name and Remus heart softened slightly before he began to get angry at Harry's accusations.
"Harry" he said in a strange, restrained voice; Harry had never heard him speak that way before as if he was struggling to remain calm. "How can you stand there and say that? What do you know?" he demanded. Harry's eyes flared up again with emotion.
"How can I say that?" he shouted back "You're leaving me to fight Voldemort knowing full well that I'm the only one who can kill him. What if he gets you?" Harry demanded back, his voice shaking slightly "He's going to be after you, he knows you're one of the only things I have left. He'll use you to get to me and you're a werewolf making you vulnerable once a month, he'll get you and kill you like he did with Sirius" Harry stopped mainly because he was out of breath. Lupin came to his feet in a flash, his eyes looking angry now, When he spoke Harry was sure that he thought he was talking to James, he spoke to him as if he was arguing with a friend.
"What do you want me to do? Well? Am I meant to hide in Hogwarts in safety while others die? Others who deserve to live as much as I do. I'm not going to do nothing, I'll fight and I'll avenge Sirius, I'm not after Voldemort, I'm after Bellatrix" Harry looked shocked at Lupin's confession. Lupin came to his sense at that look and shook his head composing himself
"That's what he wants Remmie" Harry said in a quiet desperate voice "He knows you're all I have left, my last link to my past, I can't lose another person, please Remmie don't go" Lupin's face went pale at the mention of the name
"Remmie" he repeated slowly, laughing slightly "That's what James and Sirius used to call me" he stared at Harry, a strange look present in his eyes. Harry looked back, feeling guilty; he didn't want to remind Lupin of his friends to remind him that he was alone again.
Lupin looked away from James's boy; his best friends son, James and Lily would have been so proud of him, if he could he would have taken all the boys pain away and let him live his life as a normal boy but he couldn't. He could protect the boy though, he had promised Sirius before he died that if anything happened to him that Remus would take care of him, become the father that Harry needed. He had a promise to fulfil now as well as revenge to take care of and nothing anyone could say to him was going to sway him from that course. Not even Harry. He turned to his with expressionless eyes
"You should go, we both have things we need to do" Harry looked at him, with shoulders dropping and nodded his head. A look of failure present in his eyes. What were they going to do now?
There you for, finished, well this chapter anyway hope, you enjoy it.