Chapter 20: Lupin's Visit
A couple days later some of the Order had come to visit Hogwarts, including Remus Lupin. Lupin was well greeted by most students with waves and applause when he went into the Great Hall that day for lunch. Everyone loved Lupin even if he was a werewolf. Dumbledore noticed right away that one of the staff members had taken to Lupin, and was just smitten about him. He loved when he got to play cupid.
" Remus checking out the Dark Arts class room I see. Different isn't it, I remember when you were here I found it very interesting to go in and see what new creatures you had in class. I must say that Professor Rosenburg has a different nack for decorating." Dumbledore said while looking around the classroom. He was right to Willow had put up stuff that reminded her of Sunnydale and on a small portion of the wall by the chalk board were some of the students papers. Ones that she thought others might enjoy looking at.
" I loved teaching. I can't help but visit this classroom as it was once a very nice home." Lupin said while walking towards the door. Once they were outside Dumbledore noticed Fred.
" Ms. Burkle have you met our old Professor, Remus Lupin?" Dumbledore looked at her and noticed she was starting to blush a little.
" No, we haven't met. Hi I'm Winnifred Burkle, you can just call me Fred though. It's nice meeting you Professor." Fred didn't want to sound rude in front of Dumbledore.
" It's a pleasure meeting you also, but please call me Remus. Professor makes me sound old." Remus held back a laugh at the look on Dumbledore's face.
" Ms. Burkle here teaches our Arthimacy class. She's a lovely young lady, and a great friend to everyone at this school." Dumbledore stared at Lupin who looked like he was starting to get a fever.
" Lupin here use to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. He was also a former student and one of the best pranksters at Hogwarts." Dumbledore told Fred. " Well I must depart Hogwarts business to get to."
" Bye Professor Dumbledore." Fred said quietly.
" So where are you off to?" Lupin asked Fred.
" Oh I'm working on a project. See Spike and Angel's friend Doyle is a ghost, and Spike sort of con'd me into coporalizing Doyle like I had done to him when he was a ghost. So I have to make a new machine from scratch because the old one was destroyed. It's almost complete though." Fred started walking up the main staircase towards the hidden classroom.
" That sounds a little complicated. Do you need any help?" Lupin offered.
" Well I always need help, right now this guy named Padfoot is helping me out." Fred didn't want to say Sirius' name just in case Lupin didn't know who he was and tried to turn him in.
" Ahh, Padfoot I know him. He's one of my best friends and school buddies. He was such a pranster when he went to school. How is he getting around though?" Lupin couldn't think of Sirius walking around the school as a dog not being suspicious.
" Dumbledore made him a Polyjuice potion so he could turn into Wesley Whydam-Pryce since Wes doesn't come to the school very often." Fred turned a corner and lead Lupin into a classroom. Lupin ended up face to face with Wesley.
" Moody what are you doing here?" Sirius asked shocked.
" Well Padfoot I came to help Fred here with her coporializer, and to check up on things." Lupin said with a smile.
" Well all I need to do is to find the cleansing gem we used at Wolfram and Hart, and to find something that's silver, and big enough to fit this hole and then I think it should work." Fred said picking up the machine.
Lupin and Sirius looked at the hole that needed to be covered, it looked exactly the same size as a sickle would. However neither Lupin nor Sirius had one on them. " Fred you wouldn't happen to be carrying any money around would you?" Lupin asked.
" Not wizarding money, no why?" Fred was checking to make sure that's all they had to do to complete the machine.
" Because it looks to me that the size of a sickle would fit that hole and that all we would have to get was the cleansing gem." Lupin rushed out of the room and came back moments later with a sickle. " Professor Sprout says that when we're done she would like that back."
" That's fine. Now all we need is the cleansing gem." Out of no where Fawkes appeared with a package and note from Dumbledore.
" Heard you might be needing this, I had your department send it over."
"Well that was certainly nice of him." Fred said putting the gem into the holder. " Now all we need is Doyle."
" Did I hear someone call my name?" Doyle floated in through the door followed by Spike who opened the door and went through it.
" You need to stop doing that when we're racing, that's cheating!" Spike complained.
" Well I think it's complete. Stand right there. If you three would get behind me just in case it bounces off of something it doesn't hit you." Fred picked up the gun and pointed it at Doyle.
" This isn't going to hurt is it?" Doyle didn't do to well with pain.
" No now stop being a wus and do as the girl said!" Spike yelled at Doyle.
" Ok one the count of three.....One.........Two...........Three." Fred yelled and pulled the trigger a burst of white light hit Doyle.
" Hey I'm still a ghost what's going on! It didn't work!" Doyle complained.
" I said I think it might work I might have to make a few adjustments." Fred said in such a quiet voice everyone had to strain to hear her again.
Doyle was upset, he thought it would work instantly. He slammed his fist on the table but instead of going through it, the table shook lightly and made a sound.
" What was that?" Fred asked with her back turned to everyone.
" Umm...Fred. You might wanna turn around." Sirius and Lupin said at the same time.
Doyle was slowly starting to coporialize unforunatley his clothes weren't.
" Oh my gosh!" Fred turned back around real quick. Lupin Magic'd up some clothing for Doyle and threw it at him. Once Doyle was dressed Fred turned around to face him. He definitly looked better as a person than he did as a ghost.
" You did it! I'm human again!" Doyle said hugging Fred. " Your one smart person how did you figure out how to do it all?"
" Well it was a simple equation substituting x for the strength of the graviational pull on one person and Y for the unknown variables that were around you and then intercepting Z - " Everyone in the room was starting to look confused " I'm sorry I tend to ramble on when I'm nervous or extremely happy I should just say that It was a very simple math problem with many different variables. Doyle gave Fred another hug.
Once Doyle was done hugging everyone in the room at least twice he headed towards Dumbledore's office with Spike behind him. Sirius left after that still disguised as Wesley, leaving Lupin and Fred alone.
" I was wondering if you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend, see the kids are going and I've never been there and seeming that you know your way around and everything I was wondering if you would like to go with me." Fred asked Lupin. She had been attracted to him since she saw him.
" I would love to acompany you to Hogsmeade this weekend. It would be my pleasure. However right now I have to get to a meeting with the other members of the Order and talk about well Order stuff. I'm sorry for having to cut this visit so short." Lupin said heading towards the door. Fred was such a beautiful, intellegent girl and there had been this instant connection between them, or at least he thought so.
" Ok well I'll see you this weekend then." Fred watched Lupin walk out the door.
Doyle started running down the corridors he never felt so happy to be alive and able to touch things again. He decided that after meeting with Dumbledore that he would head down to the Great Hall and grab some food, he was all of a sudden so hungry that he could eat a Hippogriff and then some.
"Hey wait up I'm comin' with you!" Spike yelled from down the corridor, and he thought that some of the demons he fought had been fast. Doyle ran down those corridors like his life depended on it.
" Ok, I'll stop but you better hurry up I can't wait to show everyone that I'm not a ghost anymore. Do you know how lonely that is? Well I guess you do seeming you were one at one time or another." Doyle said stopping infront of a picture of a witch with Purple robes on.
Once Spike caught up they walked the rest of the way. They had finally reached the phoenix that guarded Dumbeldore's office Spike had to stop Doyle from walking into the wall. " You need a password to get the phoenix to move." Spike reminded him.
" Um, you wouldn't happen to know that password would ya?" Doyle looked over at Spike. He forgot that they needed a password to get in, he wasn't use to not being able to float through walls yet.
"Yeah, just give me a minute. I think it's ear wax." Spike said and the phoenix started moving at once. When they finally made it to the top the door was already open like Dumbledore knew they were coming. Spike and Doyle walked in and found seats infront of Dumbledore's desk.
" Ah, I see that Ms. Burkle's coporializer worked then Mr. Doyle. Welcome to Hogwarts. I think we have an extra room and job if you would like to stay. If you don't want to that's fine too I know how much you've been wanting to get back to Los Angeles to help your friend Angel help the hopeless I believe it is." Dumbledore came out from behind a huge globe in his office.
" You can call me Doyle. Actaully staying here wouldn't be that bad. I think I would enjoy it. I could help Professor Trewlaney with Divinations seeming that I'm half demon and still get those visions from the Powers That Be." Doyle turned to see Dumbledore.
" Yes, I do remember Sir Nicholas telling me that you had visions. Here take this I had a feeling that Ms. Burkle would get that machine working and had Madame Pomfrey and Professor Snape make you a potion so you wouldn't feel pain when you got those visions. Unlike your friend Ms. Chase you won't be having any side effects. Mr. Spike if you would take this vial and drink it it will allow you to travel around Hogwarts grounds with out turning you into a pile of dust. I suggest that you go explore the grounds outside it's said to be a wonderful day out. About the position of assistant Divinations teacher it's yours as long as you do one thing. Ms. Trewlaney has a way of coming up with some, to put it nicely, out of the ordinary predictions for her students. If you could pull those students aside secretively after class and remind them that no harm will come to them that would be great. As for your living conditions I believe we have a room left in the North tower its hidden behind the picture of the Hogwarts crest. I must advise you to make up a password as student tend to pop up in there with out warning." Dumbledore said down behind his desk.
"Thanks, for everything you've done. You're a great person Professor Dumbeldore sir, and I'll have to remember to create a password I don't want students showing up unexpectantly." Doyle shook his hand.
" Yeah thanks, I can't wait to explore the grounds. You always seem to know what's going on at Hogwarts. One day I'll figure it out and beat you to it." Spike said with a laugh.
" Please call me Albus, Doyle. As for you Spike knowing what's going on in this school is my job. If I didn't know who could guess what the students would get themselves into. Which reminds me I was on my way to see Fred and George Weasley they're about to set off fireworks, as I do enjoy a show I don't want to miss what they have in store. I suggest that you be around the Great Hall in 10 minutes it's going to be one of their best pranks since they arrived, which is saying something." Dumbledore got up and turned to leave.
" He's must have a soft spot for those twins. I've never seen him yell at them and when they do get into serious trouble he's always there to bail them out, just like he is for that Harry Potter kid." Spike got up and started to walk towards the door, Doyle followed.
"So where are you off to now?" Doyle asked.
" Well I'm going to see the grounds I've heard there's a big squid in the lake. I always wondered what he looked like. What about you?"
" I'm going to eat, I'm starved!" With that both Spike and Doyle went their seperate ways.
A couple days later some of the Order had come to visit Hogwarts, including Remus Lupin. Lupin was well greeted by most students with waves and applause when he went into the Great Hall that day for lunch. Everyone loved Lupin even if he was a werewolf. Dumbledore noticed right away that one of the staff members had taken to Lupin, and was just smitten about him. He loved when he got to play cupid.
" Remus checking out the Dark Arts class room I see. Different isn't it, I remember when you were here I found it very interesting to go in and see what new creatures you had in class. I must say that Professor Rosenburg has a different nack for decorating." Dumbledore said while looking around the classroom. He was right to Willow had put up stuff that reminded her of Sunnydale and on a small portion of the wall by the chalk board were some of the students papers. Ones that she thought others might enjoy looking at.
" I loved teaching. I can't help but visit this classroom as it was once a very nice home." Lupin said while walking towards the door. Once they were outside Dumbledore noticed Fred.
" Ms. Burkle have you met our old Professor, Remus Lupin?" Dumbledore looked at her and noticed she was starting to blush a little.
" No, we haven't met. Hi I'm Winnifred Burkle, you can just call me Fred though. It's nice meeting you Professor." Fred didn't want to sound rude in front of Dumbledore.
" It's a pleasure meeting you also, but please call me Remus. Professor makes me sound old." Remus held back a laugh at the look on Dumbledore's face.
" Ms. Burkle here teaches our Arthimacy class. She's a lovely young lady, and a great friend to everyone at this school." Dumbledore stared at Lupin who looked like he was starting to get a fever.
" Lupin here use to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. He was also a former student and one of the best pranksters at Hogwarts." Dumbledore told Fred. " Well I must depart Hogwarts business to get to."
" Bye Professor Dumbledore." Fred said quietly.
" So where are you off to?" Lupin asked Fred.
" Oh I'm working on a project. See Spike and Angel's friend Doyle is a ghost, and Spike sort of con'd me into coporalizing Doyle like I had done to him when he was a ghost. So I have to make a new machine from scratch because the old one was destroyed. It's almost complete though." Fred started walking up the main staircase towards the hidden classroom.
" That sounds a little complicated. Do you need any help?" Lupin offered.
" Well I always need help, right now this guy named Padfoot is helping me out." Fred didn't want to say Sirius' name just in case Lupin didn't know who he was and tried to turn him in.
" Ahh, Padfoot I know him. He's one of my best friends and school buddies. He was such a pranster when he went to school. How is he getting around though?" Lupin couldn't think of Sirius walking around the school as a dog not being suspicious.
" Dumbledore made him a Polyjuice potion so he could turn into Wesley Whydam-Pryce since Wes doesn't come to the school very often." Fred turned a corner and lead Lupin into a classroom. Lupin ended up face to face with Wesley.
" Moody what are you doing here?" Sirius asked shocked.
" Well Padfoot I came to help Fred here with her coporializer, and to check up on things." Lupin said with a smile.
" Well all I need to do is to find the cleansing gem we used at Wolfram and Hart, and to find something that's silver, and big enough to fit this hole and then I think it should work." Fred said picking up the machine.
Lupin and Sirius looked at the hole that needed to be covered, it looked exactly the same size as a sickle would. However neither Lupin nor Sirius had one on them. " Fred you wouldn't happen to be carrying any money around would you?" Lupin asked.
" Not wizarding money, no why?" Fred was checking to make sure that's all they had to do to complete the machine.
" Because it looks to me that the size of a sickle would fit that hole and that all we would have to get was the cleansing gem." Lupin rushed out of the room and came back moments later with a sickle. " Professor Sprout says that when we're done she would like that back."
" That's fine. Now all we need is the cleansing gem." Out of no where Fawkes appeared with a package and note from Dumbledore.
" Heard you might be needing this, I had your department send it over."
"Well that was certainly nice of him." Fred said putting the gem into the holder. " Now all we need is Doyle."
" Did I hear someone call my name?" Doyle floated in through the door followed by Spike who opened the door and went through it.
" You need to stop doing that when we're racing, that's cheating!" Spike complained.
" Well I think it's complete. Stand right there. If you three would get behind me just in case it bounces off of something it doesn't hit you." Fred picked up the gun and pointed it at Doyle.
" This isn't going to hurt is it?" Doyle didn't do to well with pain.
" No now stop being a wus and do as the girl said!" Spike yelled at Doyle.
" Ok one the count of three.....One.........Two...........Three." Fred yelled and pulled the trigger a burst of white light hit Doyle.
" Hey I'm still a ghost what's going on! It didn't work!" Doyle complained.
" I said I think it might work I might have to make a few adjustments." Fred said in such a quiet voice everyone had to strain to hear her again.
Doyle was upset, he thought it would work instantly. He slammed his fist on the table but instead of going through it, the table shook lightly and made a sound.
" What was that?" Fred asked with her back turned to everyone.
" Umm...Fred. You might wanna turn around." Sirius and Lupin said at the same time.
Doyle was slowly starting to coporialize unforunatley his clothes weren't.
" Oh my gosh!" Fred turned back around real quick. Lupin Magic'd up some clothing for Doyle and threw it at him. Once Doyle was dressed Fred turned around to face him. He definitly looked better as a person than he did as a ghost.
" You did it! I'm human again!" Doyle said hugging Fred. " Your one smart person how did you figure out how to do it all?"
" Well it was a simple equation substituting x for the strength of the graviational pull on one person and Y for the unknown variables that were around you and then intercepting Z - " Everyone in the room was starting to look confused " I'm sorry I tend to ramble on when I'm nervous or extremely happy I should just say that It was a very simple math problem with many different variables. Doyle gave Fred another hug.
Once Doyle was done hugging everyone in the room at least twice he headed towards Dumbledore's office with Spike behind him. Sirius left after that still disguised as Wesley, leaving Lupin and Fred alone.
" I was wondering if you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend, see the kids are going and I've never been there and seeming that you know your way around and everything I was wondering if you would like to go with me." Fred asked Lupin. She had been attracted to him since she saw him.
" I would love to acompany you to Hogsmeade this weekend. It would be my pleasure. However right now I have to get to a meeting with the other members of the Order and talk about well Order stuff. I'm sorry for having to cut this visit so short." Lupin said heading towards the door. Fred was such a beautiful, intellegent girl and there had been this instant connection between them, or at least he thought so.
" Ok well I'll see you this weekend then." Fred watched Lupin walk out the door.
Doyle started running down the corridors he never felt so happy to be alive and able to touch things again. He decided that after meeting with Dumbledore that he would head down to the Great Hall and grab some food, he was all of a sudden so hungry that he could eat a Hippogriff and then some.
"Hey wait up I'm comin' with you!" Spike yelled from down the corridor, and he thought that some of the demons he fought had been fast. Doyle ran down those corridors like his life depended on it.
" Ok, I'll stop but you better hurry up I can't wait to show everyone that I'm not a ghost anymore. Do you know how lonely that is? Well I guess you do seeming you were one at one time or another." Doyle said stopping infront of a picture of a witch with Purple robes on.
Once Spike caught up they walked the rest of the way. They had finally reached the phoenix that guarded Dumbeldore's office Spike had to stop Doyle from walking into the wall. " You need a password to get the phoenix to move." Spike reminded him.
" Um, you wouldn't happen to know that password would ya?" Doyle looked over at Spike. He forgot that they needed a password to get in, he wasn't use to not being able to float through walls yet.
"Yeah, just give me a minute. I think it's ear wax." Spike said and the phoenix started moving at once. When they finally made it to the top the door was already open like Dumbledore knew they were coming. Spike and Doyle walked in and found seats infront of Dumbledore's desk.
" Ah, I see that Ms. Burkle's coporializer worked then Mr. Doyle. Welcome to Hogwarts. I think we have an extra room and job if you would like to stay. If you don't want to that's fine too I know how much you've been wanting to get back to Los Angeles to help your friend Angel help the hopeless I believe it is." Dumbledore came out from behind a huge globe in his office.
" You can call me Doyle. Actaully staying here wouldn't be that bad. I think I would enjoy it. I could help Professor Trewlaney with Divinations seeming that I'm half demon and still get those visions from the Powers That Be." Doyle turned to see Dumbledore.
" Yes, I do remember Sir Nicholas telling me that you had visions. Here take this I had a feeling that Ms. Burkle would get that machine working and had Madame Pomfrey and Professor Snape make you a potion so you wouldn't feel pain when you got those visions. Unlike your friend Ms. Chase you won't be having any side effects. Mr. Spike if you would take this vial and drink it it will allow you to travel around Hogwarts grounds with out turning you into a pile of dust. I suggest that you go explore the grounds outside it's said to be a wonderful day out. About the position of assistant Divinations teacher it's yours as long as you do one thing. Ms. Trewlaney has a way of coming up with some, to put it nicely, out of the ordinary predictions for her students. If you could pull those students aside secretively after class and remind them that no harm will come to them that would be great. As for your living conditions I believe we have a room left in the North tower its hidden behind the picture of the Hogwarts crest. I must advise you to make up a password as student tend to pop up in there with out warning." Dumbledore said down behind his desk.
"Thanks, for everything you've done. You're a great person Professor Dumbeldore sir, and I'll have to remember to create a password I don't want students showing up unexpectantly." Doyle shook his hand.
" Yeah thanks, I can't wait to explore the grounds. You always seem to know what's going on at Hogwarts. One day I'll figure it out and beat you to it." Spike said with a laugh.
" Please call me Albus, Doyle. As for you Spike knowing what's going on in this school is my job. If I didn't know who could guess what the students would get themselves into. Which reminds me I was on my way to see Fred and George Weasley they're about to set off fireworks, as I do enjoy a show I don't want to miss what they have in store. I suggest that you be around the Great Hall in 10 minutes it's going to be one of their best pranks since they arrived, which is saying something." Dumbledore got up and turned to leave.
" He's must have a soft spot for those twins. I've never seen him yell at them and when they do get into serious trouble he's always there to bail them out, just like he is for that Harry Potter kid." Spike got up and started to walk towards the door, Doyle followed.
"So where are you off to now?" Doyle asked.
" Well I'm going to see the grounds I've heard there's a big squid in the lake. I always wondered what he looked like. What about you?"
" I'm going to eat, I'm starved!" With that both Spike and Doyle went their seperate ways.