I finally got around to writing this chapter and it didn't take as long as I thought it would!!!! School is going back on the 31st so if I don't update for ages it's because school is too hectic. I'm going into my last year so I really need to be dedicated to get into Uni.

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Remus walked into the Great Hall with a slight spring in his step. He'd slept better last night than he had in years ever since Dyre had 'disappeared' he suspected. As he walked between the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw table she looked up from where she was talking with her friends and smiled shyly at him. It was hard not to grin like a 3rd year with a crush but he somehow managed it and nodded to her.

He took his seat next to Minerva and began to load up his plate, this was perhaps the first time that he considered any part of his lycanthropy to be a blessing as if he strained he could here the conversation between his mate and her friends.

His heart gave a pleasurable squirm...his mate! After all these years he'd finally ... her again. He was brought out his reverie when Dyre's voice rose above the others, "WOULD YOU SHUT UP WE DON'T CARE WHO YOU'RE DATING!!!! SO WHAT IF HE'S HEAD BOY? IN THIS DICTATORSHIP-" She went quiet but he could see her mouth still moving obviously someone had put a silencing charm.

"She's changed quite a bit since your 5th year." McGonagall said from next to him.

"Actually she was much this way towards James and Sirius." Remus said rather distractedly and she gave up all hope of engaging him in a conversation.

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"Oh my GOD! You have a thing for our new DADA teacher!" The red-head next to Dyre exclaimed watching her steal a glance at Remus from the corner of her eye.

"Anika, that's Remus!" Dyre said to her sister who was looking positively thrilled at this new development.

"Pardon?" Anika asked slightly baffled.

"Remus, you know fifth year Remus?"

"OH MY GOD YOU KISS-"

"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!" Dyre screamed clapping her hand over the red-head's mouth.

"Oh my god you kissed our DADA professor." She said quieter in almost a whisper.

"Anika what are you doing here at the Ravenclaw table?" Niel asked. "You're a Gryffindor."

"Guess what I have first up?" Anika said completely ignoring him.

"What?"

"DADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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"I hear you've met my sister." A voice said from the door of his office. He looked up at Dyre and nodded, "You poor thing." She sympathised.

"It really wasn't too bad."

"From the way she was talking at breakfast I was expecting it to be filled with double meanings." Dyre said sitting down on one of the tables.

"She knows?" He asked and then felt like hitting himself over the head, if Dyre wanted to talk it through the person she would go to around here would of course be her sister.

"She knows about what happened in 5th year but apart from that no."

"Well isn't this a cosy little scene." Snape drawled from the door.

"Hi Snape." Dyre greeted him.

"Professor Snape." He corrected her with a sneer.

"It's hard to think of someone as your Professor when you've seen them ass over feet." She said and Snape looked murderous.

"Headmaster sent me here to discuss our business but as I see you're busy I will return at a more appropriate time." He said ignoring her.

"There's no need for that Severus. Dyre already knows about my illness."

"I see that you've picked up right where you left off then."

"Not right where we left off." Dyre said and Snape if possible went even whiter. "I should get going anyway, only had one lesson and I already have homework... Thank you for that by the way Snape." She said as she pushed past him to get out of the room.

"You are most welcome." He said sarcastically.

"Could you be a bit more civil?" Remus asked a slight threat in his voice. "You're in your 30's a 17 year old should not be able to threaten you."

"You will get your Wolfsbane everyday for a week before the full moon!" He snapped before turning around and stalking out of the room his robes billowing behind him.

Once Snape had left Remus stood up it was the first day of school so he had little work to do. There was no marking and he'd already finished his lesson plans for the week. Dyre had said she had homework so he stood up and headed towards the library.

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Remus found Dyre sitting at a table nestled in the middle of the potions section of the library seeing that no one was around he sat down with her. She looked up and him and smiled. "What's your essay on?" He asked flicking through one of the books.

Her smile got even wider, "Aconitum napellus, its properties and the way it needs to be prepared."

"What's that?"

"It's Wolfsbane!" She laughed.

"He's trying to get me fired already!" Remus said in a furious whisper.

"No actually I think he's trying to get us to do all his research."

"I don't know which ones worse." He said under his breath.

"Can I ask you a favour?" Dyre asked looking at him hopefully.

"This isn't about your assignment is it?"

"No."

"Ok then what is it?"

"The ministry wants me to write a paper about the time-travel spell. I was wondering if you could help me. I mean you also crafted it to."

"Of course." He said and the wolf was mentally wagging his tail and inserting many thoughts about what better things they could be doing when alone 'working' on the paper.

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Aconitum napellus is actually the Scientific Term for Wolfsbane. I am entirely serious (So serious I'm even spelling serious properly.) I've had it in my Wicca folder for ages and I've trying to figure away to work it in as this should be common knowledge for all Remus fans! Oh and if you want to know the Gaelic Name for it is fuath mhadhaidh.