Hopes Children

Chapter Nine: Peter's Views

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Sirius raised his right hand in a mock salute and said: "Marauder's honor, may I be

banned from all future pranking if I were to ever disclose a fellow marauder's secret." He lowered his hand and looked at James. "Now you say it."

James looked at him apprehensively. "Ah, marauder's honor, um, may I be, ah banned from all future, ah, pranking if I were to, ah, ever, um, disclose a fellow marauder's secret. There, are you happy Sirius, I said your ridiculous vow."

"Very," Sirius said cheerfully, as if James were not nearly as grumpy as he was. "Is that enough for you, Rem?"

Remus, who was laughing at the antics of his friends, stood up solemnly (though he was fighting a smile) and nodded before bursting out laughing again.

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"Now, about Peter."

"What about Peter?"

"Are you going to tell him?"

"I don't know Siri, how do you think he'll take it?"

"He's muggle born, if we tell him werewolves are good in the wizarding world he'll believe us."

"All right, but I don't want to tell him, I mean I should, but I don't want to." Remus looked at Sirius a little pleadingly. "Would you or James tell him?"

"Of course we will. No reason for you to feel uncomfortable."

"Thanks Siri."

"So we have to tell Peter for him?" James asked Sirius, later in the common room, after Remus had gone to bed.

"Yeah, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't do it for him, do you?"

"No, and here comes Peter now."

"Hey Peter. How was detention?"

"Very fun," he said sarcastically.

"Come over here for a sec."

"What?" Peter said, sitting next to Sirius on the couch.

"What do you know about werewolves?"

"Well, I always figured they weren't real, but I've discovered so many things in the last year and a half or so that I have no idea what's real and what's not."

"But what have you heard about werewolves?"

"That they are people who grow ears and hair and a tail on the full moon, and that if a werewolf bites you it turns you in to a werewolf yourself, and that they're evil, but I can't figure out why."

Sirius turned to James. "Looks like we have a good start."

"A good start on what?"

"Well, most of the stuff that you said about werewolves was right. First off, werewolves turn all the way into wolves on the full moon - there are a few small differences, we'll get in to those later - second off, only if a werewolf bites you on the full moon do you become a werewolf, but you're right about not being able to figure out why people say they're evil, that's only in muggle story books. Werewolves aren't evil, not at all."

"Just out of curiosity, do we have an assignment on werewolves coming up or something?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"Because you're grilling me on what I know about them?"

"Well, we just wanted to figure out what you thought of them."

"Yes, but why?"

"Well, you see Peter, werewolves, they deserve the same treatment as people who haven't been bitten, and you being a muggle-born we figured you needed to know," Sirius said.

"Yes, except what's it about?"

James shook his head. "What Sirius is trying to say is that if you ever met a werewolf, or rather if you found out one of you friends was a werewolf, or both really-"

"Just get to the point James."

"Well then you shouldn't feel any different about them, you should just remain friends with them and not be any different-"

"You're still avoiding the point."

"Yes, well."

"James, who's a werewolf?"

"Remus."

"Oh, ok then, where is Remus by the way?"

James was about to answer when Sirius interrupted him. "Why? What are you going to do to him?"

"Nothing, I need help with my Charms and last time you and James helped me I nearly failed the test we were studying for. I would rather not fail again, so I want Remus to help me because he can teach."

"Fine then, but can it wait 'til tomorrow? Remus is asleep."

"All right, then I'm going to sleep. Unless one of you wants to play chess?"

"No way," they said together.

"Now that's just freaky," Peter said, before going upstairs.

A/N Sorry its so short, I had to put Peter in, I forgot about him when I was writing the last chapter. The other reason is I'm watching the third movie, and its just as scabbers (Peter) is getting away, anyway I've been watching the movie the entire time I was watching this and I nearly wrote Professor Lupin in stead of Remus a couple of times, so any way Review on your way out. Sorry it's so short.

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