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Chapter 11
Remus was already eating by the time Sirius had finished his song. When Sirius noticed this, he assumed an expression of deep offence.
"Am I to take it, Moony, that you did not listen to one word of my recital?" he demanded.
Remus looked at him, apologised quickly, and continued eating at a rapid pace.
"What's gotten into him?" Hermione asked James.
"Dunno." James replied. "Hey Moony, what's up with you?"
Remus drew a circle in the air with his free hand and pointed towards the sky. Sirius frowned.
"But that was last week." he protested. "It can't be happening again so soon!"
Remus glared. "I think I can be trusted to know these things." He lowered his voice so that those sitting near him wouldn't hear. "Remember we're in a different time now."
"Oh."
Remus finished eating and rushed out of the hall.
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A few hours later, Harry was sitting in the common room with Ron and Hermione. They had an essay on the formation of the Department of the Reversal of Silly Prank Magic in the Ministry of Magic due the next morning that only Hermione had finished. She was reading their work over their shoulders and making frequent corrections to it.
"No, Ron! Honestly what were you thinking? The Silly Prank Reversal Squad was created because the Accidental Use of Magic Squad couldn't cope with everything, not because students repeatedly shrivelled Godric Gryffindor's ears! The SPR Squad didn't even exist back in those times!"
"Ok, ok!" Ron all but yelled in exasperation. "I honestly don't know why you're making such a big deal of it, Hermione! It's only History of Magic, after all. Nothing life-altering there!"
Hermione looked about to start on a rant about the importance of history, but Harry cut her off by drawing her attention to the fact that James and Sirius were packing up their things.
"Where are you going?" she demanded. "You can't expect us to believe that you're finished all your homework already."
James and Sirius exchanged glances.
"We thought we'd go for a bit of a stroll." James replied innocently. "Can we borrow your cloak, Harry?"
Harry frowned. "It's not curfew yet. You don't need it."
"Usually," said Sirius, "We go for a long walk. We might not be back here by curfew. We don't want Gryffindor to lose points, right Jack?"
James nodded agreement.
Hermione looked as though something had just clicked. "Of course!" she exclaimed. "It's the full moon."
James and Sirius stared at her for a second.
"So?"
"Professor Lupin told us that you guys used to keep him company in your animagus forms while he was a werewolf." Hermione said in a near whisper. "Harry, you'd better give them your cloak."
James and Sirius, still looking shocked, followed Harry to his dorm to fetch the cloak. James carefully folded it and stuffed it up the front of his shirt, then pulled his robes over it to cover the slight lump.
"How come you didn't tell us you know about Remus being a werewolf?" Sirius asked Harry.
"Didn't seem important, I guess." Harry replied slowly.
"Not important?" James repeated.
Harry shrugged. "We know he's a great guy, so it doesn't matter to us if he's a werewolf. Everyone here knows about Professor Lupin."
Sirius stared. "And they don't mind?"
"Some people do." Harry said darkly.
He would have said more, but James looked out the window and nudged Sirius.
"We better hurry." He said. "The moon's already risen and without Peter here to press the knot, it's going to be tricky getting into the tunnel.
Sirius nodded and the two of them bounded down the stairs to join their friend in the Shrieking Shack.
A/N (Sploogal speaking) Sorry for taking so long with this and for it being so short. I started year 11 this week and have been bogged down with homework since Monday. *sheepishly* Sorry.
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