A/N: Okay, so. This is very open to interpretation, so, um, if you think it's a shippy kind of fic or gen or whatever, that's your opinion. I honestly don't know what's actually going on here, so however you view it is 100 CORRECT.

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Jedeziah

Remus John Lupin.

Remus John Lupin missed—well, he missed a lot of things. He missed the way his life used to be. He missed having friends. He missed his best friend, Sirius Black.

He hadn't been Sirius's best friend, not ever that he could remember, especially not at the beginning. But he was one of Sirius's best friends, at least, and he did occasionally prefer Remus to James—and almost always to Peter.

But Sirius had always been his best friend.

Remus Lupin. Wow, Moony, how could your parents have been surprised when you were a werewolf?
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"Wait, how do you—?"

"Moony. Come on. It's not like I had so much to do that I never read at home."

"Oh. Right."
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But it was his middle name that Sirius had always disliked—no, hated. It didn't fit him, he said. Remus John Lupin, what were your parents on when they named you, Moony?
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"Sirius. My middle name is just fine."

"No, it's not, it's horrid, Moony!" he insists. He looks around thoughtfully. "I know!" he exclaims. "Jedeziah."

"What?" Remus asks, confused.

"From now on," Sirius declares, "your name is Remus Jedeziah Lupin."

"What?" Remus asks, this time incredulous and disbelieving. "What on earth are you thinking, Sirius? You can not just rename someone randomly!"

"Why not?" asks Sirius, genuinely puzzled.
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As Remus filled out the papers at the Muggle office, he wondered why he would do this. He wondered how he could do this. He wondered if this was real, or legal, or indeed, anything at all.

It wasn't until later when he was staring at the new card in his hand on which his new name had been written that he realized that nothing had ever been more real than his new name.

Remus Jedeziah Lupin.

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A/N: So, please review telling me what you think? Did you like it? Why/why not? Was it sweet, was it sickening, what? I must know!