Remus Lupin sat in his armchair, watching the fire before him in the fireplace blaze away, while waiting for his son to return from his Herbology class with Professor Longbottom. Remus's eyes flickered from the fire to his son, as he heard the door creak open and Remy's fair head popped in the room, followed by his thin and small body, lugging a few heavy books and throwing them on the small coffee table with a thump.
"You wanted to talk to me, Father?"
"Yes. Have a seat, Remy, and have a cup of tea." Remus said with a small sigh, gesturing towards the tea set he had laid out carefully, next to a small armchair of Remy's own. Remy moved to the armchair with uncertainity, stiffly pouring himself a cup of tea.
"Father... if it's about the blast-ended skrewt..."
"Not that...what?"
"Never mind, then." Remy said with a small smile as he leaned back in his chair, shaking his head at his son's mischievous deeds. "I.. I wanted to talk to you about when I fainted earlier this week."
"Oh.. that. Is your lycanth--"
"It's fine, Remy. I.. I lied." Remus said as he bit his lip. "You see.. I saw what you did with Samuel. It.. it shocked me, that's all. It's perfectly all right with me if you are in love with him." Remus said with a sigh, a wistful smile on his lips. "I was in love once with my best friend, also... Sirius Black. He died.. a few years ago." Remus said, stifling a small frown. "You see.. no one is angry or disgusted, we all support you if you choose to love Samuel."
"What? no, I don't love him like that.. we... we only botched a potion in Potions that day." Samuel said with a vehenemous shake of his head.
"What? what potion?"
"It was the Lovespell, but Samuel said to make girls stay away from us, we only had to add a strand of our own hair, but Samuel ended up dumping in several stransds of our own hair. It made us.. kiss each other." Remy said, leaving out the part of wanting to correct the kiss, he felt he shouldn't tell his own father that, even if he had been in love with his own best friend years ago.
"I see." Remus said, going pale. "I should talk to Severus and Hermione, they know more about potions than I do. After all, Severus does brew the Wolfsbane potion for me monthly." Remus said with a small, rueful smile on his lips as he sighed and let his son go with a small wave of his hand. Well, at least that bullet had been dodged, but... Lovespell? Remus leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes, racking his memory for any love potion called Lovespell. Slowly, a dim memory glowed, of Professor Rybov outlining the Lovespell potion in Class one Valentine's day in first year. It had something to do with true love, and he had mentioned a warning against putting your own hair into the potion.. but for what purpose, Remus opened his eyes and cracked open a potions textbook of Remy's, flipping the pages until he came to the Lovespell Potion on page two-ninety-four.
For the second time in a week, Remus Lupin fainted.
Holly Snape waved her arms, catching the attention of Ares and Artemis Potter, Erin Dumbledore, and Harlequinn Malfoy, with his younger brother, Etienne, at his side.
"Hey guys.. have you seen Samuel? my dad's looking for him." Holly said with a sigh as she hauled up her heavy book bag. "I need to go to the library, so if you see him, can you tell him to go to my dad's office? thanks." Holly said with a sigh as she smiled at Etienne, the blond boy smiling back, his grey eyes twinkling.
"I'll go with you, that book bag looks heavy." Etienne said as he reached over for Holly's book bag, hauling it over his own shoulder. "Er.. I needed some help with um, charms. Maybe you can give me some pointers?" Etienne asked, walking with Holly towards the library, leaving behind Ares, Artemis, Erin, and Harlequinn.
"Five knuts says that Etienne fancies Holly." Ares whispered to Harlequinn, who nodded, with Erin rummaging in her pocket for a spare piece of parchment to write down the bet.
"What are you doing, gambling? you know that's illegal. I'm telling Dad." Hale said as he emerged out of a corridor, Luciana Weasley at his side, her cheeks flushed.
"Do that, and I'll tell him you were snogging Luci between classes." Erin fired back rapidly as she continued taking down bets, leaning on the wall, her quill scratching against the stones.
"Fine, but I'm sure Mum won't like the fact you fancy a Malfoy."
"Shut up, Hale. I can fancy whomever I like." Erin shot back with a scowl as her eyes narrowed sharply, watching her brother with a challenge in her deep blue eyes, her lips drawn thin in a dark scowl. The two eyed each other, and then Hale moved away quietly, defeated. A small smile danced on Erin's lips, and she turned to Harlequinn, her eyebrow arched. "So, do you fancy me?"
Severus paced the legnth of his office, sneaking glances at Remus Lupin, who was lying on his couch, his eyes closed and hands tightly clutching a slab of chocolate from Honeyduke's.
"Where is that boy?" Severus muttered to himself, scowling as he heard laughter from outside his office door. Flinging it open, he scowled down at the Gryffindors he found lounging around his door. "Ten points from all of you, and ten points will be returned to whomever can bring me Samuel Snape first." Severus said as he scowled down at the guilty faces of Moira Weasley, Emma Hagrid, Francis Longbottom, Mary-Kate Wood, and the Weasley twins. A mad dash was made as all of the students dashed away, in search of Samuel Snape. Severus sighed, and headed back into his office, leaving the door open to catch any more potential rulebreakers. A few long moments passed, until the Weasley twins returned in a flurry, all smiles. Both girls bowed gracefully to Severus before leaving Samuel alone in the office, Remus Lupin finally sitting up at the appearance of Samuel, making room for him on the couch.
"Samuel, we want to ask you.. do you know what the Lovespell potion is?"
"Yeah.. it's a potion designed to find out who likes you." Samuel signed fluently, a frown on his lips as he watched his father lean against his desk, not liking the direction this conversation was heading.
"Yes. But do you know what happens if you add human hair to it, in particularly, yours and Remy's, from what Lupin has told me, you in fact, did?"
"Um.. it makes you.. want to kiss?" Samuel signed hesistantly, his hands moving in a halting motion, almost not wanting to answer his father's questions. Severus sighed, crossing his arms as Remus flung himself back down on the couch, it was apparent Samuel would prefer to remain standing in the middle of the office.
"No. Tell him, Sev." Remy said from his muffled posistion on the couch, mumbling his reply in the pillow, stretched out again on the couch, wanting to just roll over and sleep it away, forget the fact that his son and his best friend had brewed an illicit love potion.
"I am, Lupin! if you would quit your whinging for a minute, I'll tell him." Severus signed and spoke, his hands seemingly spitting out his words. Severus rolled his eyes and took a seat behind his desk in a swoop, glad that the desk was there for support, he felt slightly sick to his stomach, he didn't want to be the one to tell his son the news.
"Samuel, apparently.. you bound yourself to Remy. You and Remy are.. well, you'll be in love with each other forever. You see, when you add the hair to the lovespell potion, it turns into the Unum Amortis, which means Union Love, which .. um.." Severus sighed, shaking his head and arching an eyebrow. "Basically, it means that you and Remy are soulmates. Congratulations, you found your one true love."
"What! but.. I'm only eleven." Samuel signed out, as he slowly lowered himself on the couch, sitting on Remus's legs. Remus moaned, moving his legs out from under Samuel and sitting up, nodding as he gripped the pillow in his arms.
"Yeah, the two of you.. so young." Remus whispered, forgetting to sign for Samuel, his thoughts jumbled as he shook his head. He was glad he and Severus had given the same explaination to Remy a hour earlier, the boy had stumbled down to his rooms in a stupor upon the news, and Samuel seemed to be having the same reaction.
"Why don't you go have a cup of hot chocolate with Mum, Stephen, and Alice?" Severus asked, knowing chocolate would help ease the blow to the boy's mind. After all, he was young, and Hermione hadn't been that much older than Samuel when she had saved hogwarts, along with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
A/N: SORRY about the delay- urgh, found loads of viruses on my computer and had to get it "excorised" lol anyway, hoping you are liking the story. Drop me a line!!
"Ohh.. kkkk." Samuel whispered as he slowly made his way out, walking down the hall, ignoring all of the hogwarts students and staff who were inquiring after him. Samuel just shook his head, wondering what he and Remy had gotten themselves into this time.
A/N: sorry for the long delay.. as well as sorry for the way I made Remus, he just seemed to be a weak sort of fellow when it came to his son, and love. I suppose he just doesn't want to see the fact his baby is growing up? lol. As for Etienne, I think he plays a bigger role later....
"You wanted to talk to me, Father?"
"Yes. Have a seat, Remy, and have a cup of tea." Remus said with a small sigh, gesturing towards the tea set he had laid out carefully, next to a small armchair of Remy's own. Remy moved to the armchair with uncertainity, stiffly pouring himself a cup of tea.
"Father... if it's about the blast-ended skrewt..."
"Not that...what?"
"Never mind, then." Remy said with a small smile as he leaned back in his chair, shaking his head at his son's mischievous deeds. "I.. I wanted to talk to you about when I fainted earlier this week."
"Oh.. that. Is your lycanth--"
"It's fine, Remy. I.. I lied." Remus said as he bit his lip. "You see.. I saw what you did with Samuel. It.. it shocked me, that's all. It's perfectly all right with me if you are in love with him." Remus said with a sigh, a wistful smile on his lips. "I was in love once with my best friend, also... Sirius Black. He died.. a few years ago." Remus said, stifling a small frown. "You see.. no one is angry or disgusted, we all support you if you choose to love Samuel."
"What? no, I don't love him like that.. we... we only botched a potion in Potions that day." Samuel said with a vehenemous shake of his head.
"What? what potion?"
"It was the Lovespell, but Samuel said to make girls stay away from us, we only had to add a strand of our own hair, but Samuel ended up dumping in several stransds of our own hair. It made us.. kiss each other." Remy said, leaving out the part of wanting to correct the kiss, he felt he shouldn't tell his own father that, even if he had been in love with his own best friend years ago.
"I see." Remus said, going pale. "I should talk to Severus and Hermione, they know more about potions than I do. After all, Severus does brew the Wolfsbane potion for me monthly." Remus said with a small, rueful smile on his lips as he sighed and let his son go with a small wave of his hand. Well, at least that bullet had been dodged, but... Lovespell? Remus leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes, racking his memory for any love potion called Lovespell. Slowly, a dim memory glowed, of Professor Rybov outlining the Lovespell potion in Class one Valentine's day in first year. It had something to do with true love, and he had mentioned a warning against putting your own hair into the potion.. but for what purpose, Remus opened his eyes and cracked open a potions textbook of Remy's, flipping the pages until he came to the Lovespell Potion on page two-ninety-four.
For the second time in a week, Remus Lupin fainted.
Holly Snape waved her arms, catching the attention of Ares and Artemis Potter, Erin Dumbledore, and Harlequinn Malfoy, with his younger brother, Etienne, at his side.
"Hey guys.. have you seen Samuel? my dad's looking for him." Holly said with a sigh as she hauled up her heavy book bag. "I need to go to the library, so if you see him, can you tell him to go to my dad's office? thanks." Holly said with a sigh as she smiled at Etienne, the blond boy smiling back, his grey eyes twinkling.
"I'll go with you, that book bag looks heavy." Etienne said as he reached over for Holly's book bag, hauling it over his own shoulder. "Er.. I needed some help with um, charms. Maybe you can give me some pointers?" Etienne asked, walking with Holly towards the library, leaving behind Ares, Artemis, Erin, and Harlequinn.
"Five knuts says that Etienne fancies Holly." Ares whispered to Harlequinn, who nodded, with Erin rummaging in her pocket for a spare piece of parchment to write down the bet.
"What are you doing, gambling? you know that's illegal. I'm telling Dad." Hale said as he emerged out of a corridor, Luciana Weasley at his side, her cheeks flushed.
"Do that, and I'll tell him you were snogging Luci between classes." Erin fired back rapidly as she continued taking down bets, leaning on the wall, her quill scratching against the stones.
"Fine, but I'm sure Mum won't like the fact you fancy a Malfoy."
"Shut up, Hale. I can fancy whomever I like." Erin shot back with a scowl as her eyes narrowed sharply, watching her brother with a challenge in her deep blue eyes, her lips drawn thin in a dark scowl. The two eyed each other, and then Hale moved away quietly, defeated. A small smile danced on Erin's lips, and she turned to Harlequinn, her eyebrow arched. "So, do you fancy me?"
Severus paced the legnth of his office, sneaking glances at Remus Lupin, who was lying on his couch, his eyes closed and hands tightly clutching a slab of chocolate from Honeyduke's.
"Where is that boy?" Severus muttered to himself, scowling as he heard laughter from outside his office door. Flinging it open, he scowled down at the Gryffindors he found lounging around his door. "Ten points from all of you, and ten points will be returned to whomever can bring me Samuel Snape first." Severus said as he scowled down at the guilty faces of Moira Weasley, Emma Hagrid, Francis Longbottom, Mary-Kate Wood, and the Weasley twins. A mad dash was made as all of the students dashed away, in search of Samuel Snape. Severus sighed, and headed back into his office, leaving the door open to catch any more potential rulebreakers. A few long moments passed, until the Weasley twins returned in a flurry, all smiles. Both girls bowed gracefully to Severus before leaving Samuel alone in the office, Remus Lupin finally sitting up at the appearance of Samuel, making room for him on the couch.
"Samuel, we want to ask you.. do you know what the Lovespell potion is?"
"Yeah.. it's a potion designed to find out who likes you." Samuel signed fluently, a frown on his lips as he watched his father lean against his desk, not liking the direction this conversation was heading.
"Yes. But do you know what happens if you add human hair to it, in particularly, yours and Remy's, from what Lupin has told me, you in fact, did?"
"Um.. it makes you.. want to kiss?" Samuel signed hesistantly, his hands moving in a halting motion, almost not wanting to answer his father's questions. Severus sighed, crossing his arms as Remus flung himself back down on the couch, it was apparent Samuel would prefer to remain standing in the middle of the office.
"No. Tell him, Sev." Remy said from his muffled posistion on the couch, mumbling his reply in the pillow, stretched out again on the couch, wanting to just roll over and sleep it away, forget the fact that his son and his best friend had brewed an illicit love potion.
"I am, Lupin! if you would quit your whinging for a minute, I'll tell him." Severus signed and spoke, his hands seemingly spitting out his words. Severus rolled his eyes and took a seat behind his desk in a swoop, glad that the desk was there for support, he felt slightly sick to his stomach, he didn't want to be the one to tell his son the news.
"Samuel, apparently.. you bound yourself to Remy. You and Remy are.. well, you'll be in love with each other forever. You see, when you add the hair to the lovespell potion, it turns into the Unum Amortis, which means Union Love, which .. um.." Severus sighed, shaking his head and arching an eyebrow. "Basically, it means that you and Remy are soulmates. Congratulations, you found your one true love."
"What! but.. I'm only eleven." Samuel signed out, as he slowly lowered himself on the couch, sitting on Remus's legs. Remus moaned, moving his legs out from under Samuel and sitting up, nodding as he gripped the pillow in his arms.
"Yeah, the two of you.. so young." Remus whispered, forgetting to sign for Samuel, his thoughts jumbled as he shook his head. He was glad he and Severus had given the same explaination to Remy a hour earlier, the boy had stumbled down to his rooms in a stupor upon the news, and Samuel seemed to be having the same reaction.
"Why don't you go have a cup of hot chocolate with Mum, Stephen, and Alice?" Severus asked, knowing chocolate would help ease the blow to the boy's mind. After all, he was young, and Hermione hadn't been that much older than Samuel when she had saved hogwarts, along with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.
A/N: SORRY about the delay- urgh, found loads of viruses on my computer and had to get it "excorised" lol anyway, hoping you are liking the story. Drop me a line!!
"Ohh.. kkkk." Samuel whispered as he slowly made his way out, walking down the hall, ignoring all of the hogwarts students and staff who were inquiring after him. Samuel just shook his head, wondering what he and Remy had gotten themselves into this time.
A/N: sorry for the long delay.. as well as sorry for the way I made Remus, he just seemed to be a weak sort of fellow when it came to his son, and love. I suppose he just doesn't want to see the fact his baby is growing up? lol. As for Etienne, I think he plays a bigger role later....