Remus had absolutely no idea where he was going. Even though the Marauder's Map was almost finished, he didn't have a clue as to where he should start looking for Blue. He went to the hall and then to up to the common room. She wasn't in either of those places. Because it was only the first day of school, Remus reckoned it was very easy for her to get lost, so he decided the only place left to search, would be outside. He took one of the long, secret corridors that Sirius had found early in their second year, which led all the way out to the grounds below the castle. In the distance he could see Hagrid's cabin and the Forbidden Forest beyond that. Finally, after about twenty minutes of searching through endless bushes and squishy puddles Remus gave up. He made his way to the lake and sat down on the bank beside it. There was no point in going up to Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall would get hold of him one way or another.
Suddenly he heard a rustling noise in the bushes behind him and he was on his feet looking around.
"Anyone there?" he said out aloud and to his relief Blue came strolling out from behind a tree. She looked a terrible. Her eyes were completely red, her hair was a little ruffled and her face was colourless. Remus couldn't tell what she was thinking because her face was expressionless. She looked up at him and began crying all over again. Remus walked up to her and she flung her arms around his neck. Remus hugged her tightly around the waist as she sobbed into his shoulder.
"I-I didn't m-mean to," she stammered, looking up at Remus.
"You don't have to say anything," he said quietly, smoothing her hair.
"But M-Malfoy was right," she sniffed. "Everything he said w-w-was true." Remus looked kindly at her and wiped the tears off her face.
"It doesn't matter. None of us think differently about you," he assured her and Remus was almost sure that he saw a sparkle flicker in her eye.
"I wanted to tell you but I thought you'd-"
"Shhh," Remus said putting a finger to her lips. "You're our friend Blue and nothing anyone says will change that." She hugged him again and then looked up at him and said,
"I think we should get back so I can set the record straight." Remus nodded and they walked hand-in-hand back to the common room. The rest of the day past peacefully enough, but there wasn't another lesson where they were all together. So Remus told everyone to meet in the library before dinner.
When they had all arrived and were seated Blue stood up and took a deep breath.
"Thank you for coming. You've all been such good friends to me and I don't think I've been that honest with you. Half of what Malfoy said is true, the other half, well, you can decided from what I tell you." She stopped for a moment; just to make sure she had everyone's attention, then continued.
"I was 'gifted' as people called it, with the power to control certain people minds. Certain people being Muggles and Half Muggles. I call it a curse. My parents sent me to a special school where I learnt to develop my powers. But, as Malfoy so brilliantly pointed out, I was expelled because I killed one of my friends." She paused and looked down.
"She said something about my mother and I lost it. All that was left was dust. My parents didn't want me after that so they replied to the letter Dumbledore sent them. Now I'm living here with my aunt." Remus who was sitting next to her found her hand and held it tightly under the table.
"Blue, we would've never ignored you because of that," Lily said warmly.
"Yeah, I mean mind controlling, wow! Imagine what you could make Professor Baldwin do- ow!!" Sirius said as Arabella kicked him. Blue smiled and squeezed Remus' hand.
"I just needed to tell you, so that you wouldn't get the wrong idea-"
"Don't worry honey, none of us is EVER going to believe Malfoy over you," Arabella added. James nodded and said,
"Peter knew didn't he? That's why he kept running away from you."
"Yeah he did. I don't know how though," Blue shrugged. She felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted off her shoulders by telling all of them.
"I'm in the mood for some pumpkin juice, what do you say James?" Sirius said as he hit James on the back.
"School food, what a legend!" James said and they laughed.
"It that like his trademark?" Blue asked as the entered the hall.
"You have no idea," Lily laughed.
*Authors Notes* Okay so this chapter was a little bit mushy, but hey, can you blame me! Thanx to everybody who reviewed, you guys are fab!!! :) As usual, J.K. owns everything, except for Blue. I'll go and start on the next chapter now!