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Sirius, Ron and Hermione spent the next hour waiting for Remus to arrive. Sirius flew around the ceiling while Ron and Hermione sat down on the couch watching him as he panicked.
"What do you thing he is going to say? Will he be afraid of me because I'm a ghost? Will he find it weird to talk to me?"
Sirius didn't know how his friend would react to seeing him as a ghost.
"Calm down Sirius," said Hermione, "It's going to be alright."
"Yeah," assured Ron, "I'm sure your friendship wont be any different."
"I hope so," said Sirius.
"God Sirius!" exclaimed Hermione, "You're acting like he's your boyfriend and you just got a zit. It's funny though."
"What do you think I'm gay now?"
"You're certainly acting like it."
Ron doubling over the floor in laughter interrupted them. They each gave him a dirty look, causing him to laugh even harder.
"SHUT UP!" They both yelled.
Ron jumped up, his face still red. He got back onto the couch, snickering slightly.
"Sorry, it's just so funny."
Suddenly the door to the dormitory burst open. Remus walked in, looking around the room, slightly confused. His brown hair had more grey than last year, his robes were even shabbier.
"Why did you guys call me?" he asked, "Is something-Sirius?"
Sirius smiled down at his friend.
"Hey Moony."
Remus was in a slight shock.
"Padfoot, is it really you?"
"Yup! Sirius Black at your service."
Remus found himself battling a wall of emotional forces and threw himself at Sirius, trying to hug him. He went through his friend, landing on the floor headfirst.
"I can't believe it's you," Remus stuttered, "I thought I would never see you again."
"James and Lily helped me get back; I wanted to take care of Harry."
"I'm so happy that you're here."
Sirius snickered as Remus rubbed his head in pain.
"Are you okay there Moony, you like you're in pain. I remember when James took a similar dive of his broom and hit his head. Got a concussion and couldn't play Quidditch for a week. The team needed to find a replacement Chaser for him." (A/N: James is a CHASER! J.K. Rowling said it herself at and interview that they got the movies wrong. I still think of James as more of a Seeker person but I'm gonna go by J.K.)
"I don't think I have a concussion; it doesn't hurt to much. Is that why you asked me to come, to see Sirius?"
"No," said Sirius, 'It's about Harry."
"What's wrong with Harry?"
"He's changed. He hangs out with Slytherins, he insults people, he refuses to talk to Ron and Hermione and he beats people up. I don't know what the hell is wrong with him, I thought that knowing that I was here would make him feel better but it's just making it worse. You have to help us Remus."
"I'll try. I've never dealed with something like this but I'll still try. I just hope he doesn't try to beat me up."
"You'll get it when you least expect it so be careful. He beat the crap out of Ron earlier today. None of us expected that."
"He beat up Ron?"
"Yeah. I thought that that would never happen but it did."
"I'll talk to him now."
"Good luck."
"Um…where is he?"
Sirius laughed.
"I'm not sure. Maybe he's with Draco Malfoy again or something."
"I'll go look for him." Remus slightly hollered.
"Shh!" said Sirius.
"What?"
Sirius pointed at Ron and Hermione who were sleeping soundly on the couch. Hermione's head was resting on Ron's shoulder while he had his arm rapped around her. Remus smiled gently.
"Well, isn't that cute?"
"I wonder if they'll ever get together."
"They probably will some day."
"I hope so. Now go find Harry!"
Remus began walking to the door.
"Sorry, almost forgot."
He ran out of the dormitory and out of the common to the hallway leading to the staircases. When he saw that Harry was nowhere in that hallway he took one of the moving staircases to the library. Harry was sitting at a table with Draco and Pansy. Remus was slightly surprised to see that Draco wasn't hanging around with his two cronies. He guessed that Harry was a little more fun than two fat boys that could barely speak or move.
Harry looked completely different from the last time Remus had seen him. His hair was spiked up and it was obvious that it was longer than the last time he had seen him, which had been almost a year ago at the Department of Mysteries. Harry had replaced his glasses with contacts and it was easier to see that his eyes had paled. Not because of the contacts but because of the way he felt. Remus was able to notice these sorts of thing because of his lycanthropy.
He slowly approached the table, hoping that Harry would act the way he had been with Sirius, Ron and Hermione.
"Hello Harry"
Harry turned to look at him, a slightly annoyed look on his face.
"What do you want Lupin?" he asked coldly.
Remus was shocked. A student had never spoken to a teacher like that before while he was teaching there; not even when he was a student. If he expected anyone to snap at a teacher it wouldn't be Harry. Harry used to be the gentlest, kindest person in the world. He was too nice to ever talk back to a teacher, especially a teacher as close to him as he was. He was always close to Harry before today.
"Harry would you please come with me?"
"But I don't want to."
"Come with me NOW!" Remus almost yelled.
Harry rolled his eyes and got up from his seat. He gave looks to each of his friends and went to follow Remus. Once out of the library, Remus grabbed Harry's arm and led him back to the Gryffindor boys' dormitory. Harry huffed when he saw his godfather is the room.
"Oh, it's you again," he said.
Sirius glared at him.
"Don't speak to me that way."
"I can speak to you however I want."
"I'm your godfather and you will listen to me."
"No."
Remus grabbed Harry's hand.
"Come with me."
Harry sighed as Remus led him into the bathroom at the end of the dormitory.
Remus sat on the edge of the bathtub and looked up at Harry. He patted the place beside him.
"Wanna sit?" he asked.
"No"
Remus sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought it would.
"Harry why have you been acting this way?"
"I ac like this because I like to. It's me and you can't change that."
"It is not you. You're only acting like this because you're sad. you used to be such a nice kid, always helping people and just being the nice person you were. But look at you now. You hang out with Slytherins, you insult people, you treat your friends like crap-"
"Ron and Hermione are not my friends!"
"They are your friends. Harry, this isn't you."
"IT IS TOO!"
Harry stomped his foot on the floor.
"Why the fuck is everyone doing this to me? So I've changed, why do you care, it's my choice! Just fuck off and leave me alone!"
Harry stormed out of the bathroom, not noticing Ron and Hermione waking up as he ran by them. He jumped onto his bed and closed the hangings around him, placing a locking charm on them so that no one could enter. Remus ran over to his bed and tried to open the hangings with no success.
"Harry, I'm sorry. Please come out."
The sound of Harry crying into his pillow was heard. Sirius flew up to Remus and looked him in the eyes.
"Should I go in there?"
"No, just leave him alone for now. It'll only make things worse if you piss him off even more. He'll fall asleep soon, just leave him."
Sirius nodded and went back to the couch where Ron and Hermione were sitting. Remus turned back to Harry's bed.
"Please Harry," he whispered, "I want you back."
