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Chapter 14

Sirius and James quickly went up to the dormitory to see their friend. They knew Remus had been harmless the night before, but that didn't mean the transformation hadn't taken a lot out of him. Even though they had managed an adventure, their friend had wanted to sleep for the day.

Sirius opened the door and saw Remus lying down on his bed. "Moony?" he asked. He wasn't going to wake his friend if he was so tired. Normally he would have just jumped on him, but he knew better than to do that after the full moon.

Remus moved slightly in the bed and pushed himself up. "Oh, hello," he muttered, rubbing sleep out of his eyes.

James plopped down on the bed and beamed in a non-too-comforting way. "Guess what we did to Snivellus," James said beaming.

Remus really wasn't in the mood for guessing games but he decided to humour his friend. "You turned him into a rodent."

Sirius made a face. "That would have been a good idea, but no."

"I don't know then, just tell me," he muttered. He could tell that James was happy with their prank, but he really didn't care at the moment.

"We wrote "I'm a greasy git" on the back of his robes!" Sirius explained.

"In purple! Along with matching shoes!" James laughed.

Remus laughed. "You two!" he continued laughing and just shook his head.

They stayed in their dormitory and continued to laugh and joke with one another.

Ron made his way down to detention after he had eaten dinner. He was ready to throw himself at James and Sirius, but he decided that since they were top in their class, it wouldn't be such a good idea.

He walked down into the dungeons and knocked on the potions classroom door.

"Get in here," Professor Snape snarled.

Ron took a deep breath and entered the room. As soon as he saw the horrible look on Snape's face he knew he was in trouble. "Good evening, Professor."

Professor Snape glared at Ron and threw something black at him. "Go on, pick it up!" he snapped when Ron dodged it.

Ron picked up the black material and found it to be the robe that Professor Snape had worn that day. He looked up, incredibly confused. "Sir?"

"Explain this!" he thundered, pointing to the "I'm a greasy git!" that was written on the back of his shirt.

"I-I don't know anything about that, Professor," he lied. Well, he told himself, it wasn't really a lie. He didn't know what spell Sirius and James had used to write that.

"Don't you lie to me," he hissed.

Ron shook his head. He had seen Professor Snape angry before, but not this angry.

"Go!" Snape spat. "I don't want to see you until Thursday at double potions."

Ron gaped at him. He looked down and noticed that Snape was still wearing his purple shoes. "I…I am off detention?"

"Yes, now go!" he yelled.

Ron knew better than to wait around, he took off and ran down the hall and out of the dungeons. He ran smack into Neville. "Oh, sorry, mate."

Neville picked himself up and looked at Ron. "Why were you running?" he asked.

"Snape is angry, I wouldn't go down there Neville," Ron warned.

Neville blinked. "I-I have detention though…" he began.

Ron shook his head. "Don't go down there, Neville. He's really angry."

Neville nodded and turned around. "Are you going back to the common room?"

Ron nodded. "Yeah, I'm not waiting around in the halls for Snape to change his mind."

Neville smiled and the two walked back to the Gryffindor common room.

Harry and Hermione had decided that since Ron had detention, they would visit with Hagrid.

"Who is it?" Hagrid asked when they knocked on the door.

"It's Harry and Hermione," Harry said through the door. He really needed to talk to Hagrid about something.

"Alrigh' hang on a minute and I'll let ya in." They could hear him bustling around inside, and they wondered what sort of creature he had now. The door flew open and Hagrid beamed down at them. "I thought you lot had forgotten about me."

"No, Hagrid. How could we do that?" Hermione smiled at him and walked into the hut.

Harry followed her and sat down on one of the chairs. He scratched Fang when the boarhound put his big head on Harry's lap. "I have to ask you something."

Hagrid sat down. "Yer wantin' to know somethin' about yer dad, aren't ya?" he asked grinning.

"Well, yes," Harry admitted.

"Yer dad and Sirius Black were two of the greatest people ever to come to Hogwarts. They were loyal and the best of friends," Hagrid told Harry.

"I know, I've heard that a lot," Harry told him. "But I have some questions."

Hermione looked at Harry. She knew he had a bunch of questions, she did too. "Hagrid, I know that James was head boy when he was in his seventh year. How is that possible?"

Hagrid smiled at her. "As much as James loved his pranks, he was a good person. He and Lily was head boy and head girl. There was a lot of debate about who should get the badge, but Dumbledore decided that it should go to those two. James is a responsible person, Hermione, even if he doesn't show it."

Harry and Hermione both nodded.

"Why does he act like such a fool around here, then?" Harry pried.

Hagrid shrugged his big shoulders. "Not a question for me, Harry. I think you'd do best to ask James or Sirius why they are acting like children. But, if you really want my opinion, I think it's 'cause their scared."

Hermione nodded her agreement. "I was thinking along the same lines. I know from people who knew them that they weren't complete idiots. No offense, Harry," she added.

Harry rolled his eyes. "Thanks, Hermione." He turned his attention back to Hagrid. "I remember before…Sirius died, he told me how much I'm like my dad, but I don't think I act too much like him," Harry declared.

Hagrid grinned. "Oh? Well I think you should get to know James and Sirius. I know you knew Sirius as an adult, but I think it'd be best if you knew him as a student. Azkaban changed him, but he still's the same person. Talk to Professor Lupin, he'll help ya."

Harry smiled at Hagrid. "Thanks, Hagrid."

"Not a problem." He looked outside. "You two'd better hurry back to the castle. You don't want to be late!"

Hermione looked outside and gasped. "We stayed too long! Come on, Harry!" She grabbed his arm and the two quickly left the hut. "Bye, Hagrid!"

"Bye, Hagrid!" Harry echoed and the two took off back to the castle.

Remus had left James and Sirius and had set out to find Professor Lupin. He had some questions about werewolves and needed them answered. The transformation hadn't been too painful the night before, and he wanted to know about the potion.

He walked towards the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom and paused outside of Professor Lupin's office. He rapped against the door quickly and jumped back when it opened on its own accord. "Professor?"

Professor Lupin stuck his head out from a cupboard and smiled when he saw Remus. "Er…hello." It was still odd to see his likeness.

"Professor, I have some questions about the potion you gave to me…" he began.

"Can I answer them tomorrow, Remus? I am sorry, but I don't have the time to spare right now." He looked extremely apologetic that Remus nodded.

"Of course, I'm sorry," he apologised.

Professor Lupin smiled slightly. "You ought to get to bed, Remus. I am tired, and I assume you are as well."

Remus nodded and headed back to the common room. It would feel nice to get in bed, he decided.

A/N Star here. I hope you have all enjoyed this little installment. I had fun writing it! I am on summer holiday now!! Woo hoo!! Poor Sploogal, she is still in school.

Sploogal here now. Star actually emailed this chapter to me a while back, so the not-posting-for-ages thing is entirely my fault. Sorry. Really, I am. I'm on holidays for the next two weeks, so hopefully I can write my chapter before I have to go back to… that place… shudders

Onto the responses now…

Thanks and cookies to everyone who reviewed. (I can't be bothered trying to come up with a million different ways to say thanks (I'm not imaginitive enough), and I don't like getting repetitive.)

I-want-to-fly: Yes, poor Ron…

weirdochelle: Glad you think so.

minnie-mae: Hmm… Well, if you like ones where Harry goes back and teaches, I suggest reading "Only Time" by Rynne Lupin. It hasn't been updated for ages, but it's still definitely worth reading.

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spottery: The only decent time travel fic that I can think of is "Only Time" by Rynne Lupin. If you know any others, could you please let me know?

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Katsumi-Leostar: I had a similar reaction to Sirius' death. I cried for hours, then refused to so much as look at the fifth book for a few months afterwards.

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