Authors Note: Cestrel, I am a Lupin fan as well.
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"No, I will not have a rock cake." Snape spat annoyed.
"Are ya' sure Harry?" Hagrid asked holding a tray of his newly cooked muffins.
"Of course I'm sure. I ate a couple of stones on my way down." Snape sneered than crossed his arms.
Hagrid removed himself from the kitchen and made his way over to Hermione.
"He's been like that all day. He didn't even go to his classes." Hermione explained in a hushed voice. "Ron says he's been acting really weird since this morning."
"Maybe 'e's just stressed. Muffin?" Hagrid asked holding out the tray.
"Urm…no thank you-" Hermione refused quickly.
It was Hermione's idea to invite Harry to Hagrid's house. After not showing up at meals, or classes, she thought perhaps he would open up once in a closed, friendly environment. However, Harry was just acting noticeably worse.
"Maybe Snape did something to his brain in detention." Ron suggested in a low tone.
"Ron, don't be ridiculous. Teachers aren't allowed to hurt students." Hermione huffed.
"Are we done socializing?" Snape yelled into the other room. "I have important homework to do. Like potions, Weasley. A subject I'm completely convinced you put absolutely no effort into."
Ron winced and gave Hermione a look of exasperation.
"Alright, alright. Maybe something did happen. But we're his friends and he'll tell us if he wants us to know." Hermione said biting her lip.
"Tha's a good friend." Hagrid said patting her hard on the back. "Muffin?" he offered Ron.
"Uh- no, sorry can't. Homework. See you later Hagrid." Ron said walking towards the door. "Come on Harry."
Snape said a hastened, impassionate good-bye and left. He wasn't planning on talking to Ron or Hermione for the rest of the night, but as soon as he left the house they flooded him with odd questions.
"Harry since when did you start calling me Weasley?" Ron asked.
"Oh- I apologize, Ronald." Snape said not really caring.
"Harry, I heard you pushed Professor McGonagall." Hermione scolded, "What has gotten into you?"
Snape stopped walking and gave both of them a serious glare.
"Listen. I am a spoiled, nasty child who does what he wants because I can get away with it. And right now I want to be left alone. Now don't you have a Potions essay that Snape assigned last Monday?"
Ron and Hermione just stared at him open-mouthed. They didn't try talking to him afterwards.
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Teaching classes was terrible. Harry didn't think he would get through with it. He thanked God he only had two classes that day. In his first class he was nervous, which didn't help. The students must have sensed his weakness because they kept interrupting his lesson and asking unnecessary annoying questions.
After the horribly taught lesson, Harry got over his nervousness and just acted pissed off. Which worked because the students thought the Potions Professor was being his normal self.
Harry was still clueless about how Snape was doing. He didn't see him at meals, and had found out Snape didn't bother going to any classes- which made him lightly uneasy. Was he trying to fail him on purpose? Harry frowned thinking he wouldn't put it past Snape to try starving and failing him at the same time.
Harry ran his thin hand through his curtain-like hair.
"Ugh, disgusting." Harry commented realizing what he had done. He looked down at his schedule and saw something highlighted in red.
Defense Against Dark Arts - Remus Lupin (substitute)
"Lupin's substituting?!" Harry shouted out loud. Harry hesitated. He knew Snape would kill him if people found out they had switched bodies, but if one person could keep a secret, it was Lupin. Not that he didn't trust Hermione and Ron…
Harry got up from the gloomy office and found himself jogging to the teachers lounge. Out of breath he opened the door.
Lupin was alone and sitting cross-legged on a cushiony, blue couch. Obviously he hadn't seen Harry come in, as he was reading the paper.
"Professor Lupin." Harry said relieved.
Lupin looked up abruptly at Harry, surprised for two reasons. First, Snape was calling him "Professor" and second, he hadn't said it in a malicious way.
"Er- Hullo Severus." Lupin said putting up his guard, but being perfectly friendly. "How are you today?"
"Terrible." Harry said sitting down next to him. "Listen, I have something to tell you but I don't want to say it here."
Lupin looked slightly alarmed.
"Are you in trouble? You-Know-Who hasn't- are you hurt?" Lupin asked in a spit-fire.
"No no nothing like that. Well, nothing about that." Harry said trying to calm Lupin down. It suddenly came to Harry that Snape probably only talked to Lupin about seriously alarming manners, in desperate situations- only when he had to.
"Is it about Harry?" Lupin asked relaxing slightly.
Before Harry could answer the door opened and McGonagall, Flitwick and Sprout filed in the room.
"I've got to go." Harry said not wanting to cause a scene. "When will you be alone?"
"Come to the DADA classroom at 1:00, that's when my class ends." Lupin said sipping some tea.
"Alright." Harry said then walked out.
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Snape was convinced being Harry Potter was the most annoying thing he was ever put through. Students would just randomly come up to him and talk to him. People would try to joke and touch him, and worst of all, some kid would try to take picture everywhere he went.
"Stop following me you stupid little brute." Snape scowled as the kid snapped another picture of him.
"But you promised that I could take your picture for the school paper! Remember?" The boy with blonde hair gave him a look of question.
Snape, under his last tidbit of patience, lied.
"I've joined an Indian cult. If you take my picture you'll steal my soul."
"That's not true!"
"I'm not willing to take the chance." Snape sneered. "I hope you aren't either."
Colin obviously got the hint and left him alone. Snape hid himself in the library, figuring not many students went there and he wouldn't have to listen to people talk to him.
"Harry what are you doing? We'll be late for Defense Against Dark Arts." Hermione said surprising him from behind. "And guess what?" Her face glowed, "Professor Lupin is substituting!" she said in an excited whisper.
"WHAT!?" Snape screamed. The librarian gave him a dark look.
"Um, we should leave Harry…" Hermione said ushering him out of the room as fast as possible.
"Well," thought Snape menacing, "I have a word or two to say about this."
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Authors Note: I am planning to update soon. It's just late and I'm tired now, so I'm ending the chapter here.