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Wolf's Bane
Chapter 11
Hanging Peter
The next morning at breakfast, Sable spotted her mom's owl flying in through the open windows. The brown eagle owl landed on Sable's shoulder and hooted happily. Sable reached up to pat the owl on the head and retrieve the letter tied to its leg. She took the letter and quickly scanned over it, her eyes widening in surprise. She pulled a quill and piece of parchment out of her bag and scribbled a quick note. Attaching the letter back to the waiting owl's leg, she looked directly at the creature.
"Now, Artemis," she said before releasing the bird, "Make sure you take this directly to mama. No one else." The bird hooted in understanding and flew off, leaving her mistress to finish her meal. when Sable turned back to her food, she found Peter giving her an odd look. "What?" she asked.
"You have athing for Greek mythology?" he asked.
"I'm not following you." she said, confused.
"Your owl. It's name is Artemis."
"Yeah, so."
"The other one is named Aphrodite, right?" Sable nodded, still not completely following where the conversation was going.
"Yeah, and my dad has one name Hera. What's your point?"
"You've got the Greek goddesses of love and beauty, wild animals, and the bitchiest one of all. Quite a combination, don't you think?"
"Well, someone was definitely paying attention in Muggle Studies." James teased.
"Hey, you leave Pete alone." Sable said in defense of the boy. "He knew something the rest of you probably didn't." Peter's face blushed at the comment, but continued on.
"Really, Sable." he continued. "Why'd you name all of your birds after goddesses?" Sable just shrugged and tried to eat.
"Because I like the unexpected, Peter." she said truthfully. "And what's more unexpected than the actions of the Greek deities. They would cause havoc on Earth, then sit back and watch the show play out before them. Free entertainment."
"But why Aphrodite and Artemis?" Lily asked. "I've met Hera before, and I can see where she got her name from. She's about the meanest creature I've every met. The other two seem like complete opposites of one another."
"Well, like I said, I like the unexpected. Artemis was the goddess of the hunt and innocent maidens. She was also keeper of the moon. I guess I could relate to her somewhat." she shrugged not knowing what exactly to say. "Aphrodite was actually my mom's choice for a name. Not mine." Sirius choose this time to put his two cents in.
"So you like wild animals, Sable?" The girl only nodded, not really paying all that much attention to Sirius. After she'd been around him for a while, she had learned how to block out some of his incessant babbling.
"Yeah, Sirius, I do." she said nonchalantly, glancing over a book she had propped up in front of her. "The wilder the better. They're more fun to handle that way."
"Must be why you like Moony so much, huh?" he asked nonchalantly.
"Um-hmm." she answered. "Yes, Sirius. They're the best kind. Whatever you say." She did not see the ridiculous grin on his face, but she did hear the sputtering coughs of Remus to her left. Glancing over to see what was wrong, she hit him on the back a few times to knock out whatever was lodged in his throat. "You alright, Remus?" she asked suddenly full of concern.
The brown headed boy only nodded, quickly drinking some juice to clear his throat. 'I can't believe she said that!' he thought. After looking over the table at the very amused Sirius, he realized that Sable had been set up to say that, without even realizing it. 'He is going to get it good the next time we pranks someone.' Sable looked back over to James and frowned.
"Besides, Mr. Head Boy, Lily tells me that you almost flunked History of Magic last year. Maybe you need to take some studying tips form Peter. Seems to me like he's done enough of it."
"Better be careful, Prongs." Sirius said. "The moon goddess over there might sic one of her fierce, wild beasts on you for not staying awake during class. Watch out." He made a horrified face and hid behind his book bag. Remus grinned at his friends tactics and turned to finish his breakfast before it was time to go to class. The clock rang a few minutes later and out the door the students went. The entire group herded themselves into the greenhouses outside with the Herbology teacher, Professor Tuft. Unfortunately, this was a class they had with the seventh year Slytherins.
After the morning pleasantries, Professor Tuft made them pair up and begin pruning back some albino constrictor vines that had went ramped over the summer break. Lily immediately latched a hold of Sable, give her the 'we got to talk look'. Sirius paired with Peter while Remus was with James. As the boys paired off, Lily pulled Sable to the other side of the greenhouses, insisting to James that she had some 'girl talk' to speak with Sable about. James cringed andcame flying back to the other side of the greenhouse. Over the chit-chat of the students, Sable could here Professor Tuft cautioning the students about the vines.
"Remember," the little woman called out over the shuffling. "the parent vines are very protective over the seedlings. You much be very careful or you may find yourself upside down."
Lily ushered her into a secluded corner and rounded on her.
"Alright, missy," she said excitedly, "what happened yesterday when you and Remus left? I know for a fact that you stayed outside for a whole twenty minutes and then left for the castle."
"Why do you want to know?" Sable said, baiting the older girl. Lily rolled her eyes and shrugged.
"Because I am an insufferable git who is the nosiest person in Hogwarts." she said slowly, as if explaining it to a two year old. "You should know that by now. With no other girls around in my year in Gryffindor, I revel in any and all gossip. Besides, Ms. 'the wilder the better' I watched when you and Remus came back into the castle."
"You really are nosey." Sable said with a grin. Lily almost looked proud.
"Tell me something I don't know. Now spill the beans!" she nearly shouted. So Sable told her about the run in with Snape and Flint, and the proceeding conversation that she'd had with Remus. They had finished pruning and were just standing there when she finished telling her everything.
"You told him to go talk to James about what HE was thinking about YOU?" Lily asked exasperatingly. "What wereyou thinking?"
"Hey, I'm not about to make up his mind for him." she said defensively. "I think maybe hearing it from another guy will make him realize what's going on."
"Yeah, Remus can be a little dense with matters of the heart, especially his own." Lily admitted sadly.
"I figured as much." Sable said. Since class was almost over with, the girls walked back to the front of the greenhouses and put up their equipment. Other people were finishing up when everyone heard a loud call for help. Turning to the back of the greenhouse, Sable gasped when she saw a very distraught Peter Pettigrew hanging upside down in mid-air. One large, white vine held him stationary in the air while another one coiled around his corpulent figure. Professor Tuft ran over to the offending plant and placed a freezing charm on it. The constricting vines of the plant let go of Peter and he fell to the ground with a thud. Professor Tuft knelt down to make sure that he was okay.
"Will someone please watch over Mr. Pettigrew until I get the nurse here?" she said quickly. Sable moved to the front of the sniggering Slytherins and horrified Gryffindors, andknelt down by Peter, pillowing his head on her lap. The Professor quickly ran out of the greenhouse to get the school nurse. As she left, snickers could be heard from the Slytherins.
"Really Pettigrew, can't you do anything right?" one of the Slytherins sneered. "Oh, I forgot, you're in Gryffindor. Therefore, a Gryffindor doing something right would be unheard of." The Slytherins laughed and Peter said nothing, just turned his head away in humiliation. Sable was mortified. Peter was hurt and embarrassed; and the other Marauders were worried, not a good combination.
"Well, obviously we Gryffindors are doing something right." she snapped back. "Or have you forgotten that BOTH of the Heads are from Gryffindor House this year." She looked up and quickly put on a sad grin. "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, you're in Slytherin. Therefore, a Slytherin remembering something that obvious would be unheard of. Forgive me." she said sarcastically. She looked down at Peter and noted the white color his face had turned. "You okay, Peter?" she asked.
"I think I broke something." he said quietly, wincing in pain when he tried to shift his weight.
"Stay still, Pete. The less you move the less it'll hurt. Madame Pomfrey will fix you right up." she said, wiping the dirt off of his face with the hem of her robe.
"Stupid Gryfindork," Krystal Nelife, another Slytherin, said. "Can't do anything right; not even trim a stupid plant."
"This coming form someone who spilled a whole tube of undiluted bobotuber pus them last year when a little, harmless spider crawled on your table in the middle of class." Sirius shot back. "It didn't even come that close to you, and you were screaming bloody murder. Pomfrey shouldn't have cleared all of the boils off of you. You looked better with the big, red whelps all over your face." This time, the Gryffindors smirked while the Slytherins fumed.
"That's enough everyone." James said authoritively, his Head Boy coming on full blast. "We don't need another incident in here today." Right then, Tuft came huffing back wit Pomfrey in tow. They quickly placed Peter on a conjured up stretcher and took him from the green houses. Sable, Lily and the other Marauders quickly followed behind, wanting to make sure that Peter would be alright.
They made it up to the hospital wing before the next class began. Pomfrey mended the sprained wrist and cracked ribs. However, Peter was still sore. So he was forced to stay in the hospital wing for the rest of the day. The others left to go to the next class, hoping that the say would get better as it went along. Luckily for them, fate seemed to be on their side that day.
The next few days passed by in a blur for Sable and the others. Peter was released from the hospital wing with a clean bill of health, and everyone else was immensely glad for Madame Pomfrey's genius when it came to healing Hogwart's rambunctious student body.
Between working in her classes during the day and working on her homework and potion research at night, Sable barely had time to eat and sleep. Any other free time she had, she used to help tutor some of the younger students in places where they were week. Her project for Professor Treble was coming along beautifully. Hell, everything was fine until Friday. The entire group sat down to eat dinner after classes that day when Dumbledore rose from his seat to make an announcement. When the hub-bub died down, the aged wizard gave them a genuine smile.
"Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please." he said. It became quiet as a winter night and the man continued on. "I would like to inform you that the Halloween Feast that is to be held next month will also intern a Ball for everyone fifth year and up. It is a masked ball and everyone who attends must have a mask. It will be held after the traditional feast. Your Head of House, Head Boy and Girl, and Prefects will be able to give you all of the details tonight when you arrive back in the Common Rooms. That is all."
As the headmaster sat back down, a variety of responses could be heard over the Hall. Many of the girls were oohing and aahing at the mention of a Ball. The majority of the guys were rolling their eyes in annoyance, meanwhile trying to figure out who they could ask. Sable only groaned in annoyance. 'Great,' she thought. ' The little time I have is already taken up. Now they decide to throw in a social event!' She shook her head and finished her dinner quickly. Gathering her bags, she got up to leave.
"Where you going, Sable?" Peter asked.
"To hell if I don't change my ways." she said glumly. Peter looked a little taken back by the tone of her voice and the sarcastic reply. She grinned at him in apology and pulled her robe tighter around her. "I'm sorry, Pete. I was only making a joke. I'm actually going to the library to work on an assignment for Treble."
"Homework? At this time of night?" Sirius asked dramatically. Sable grinned and nodded.
"Yes, Sirius." she said with a straight face. "For some of us, it's not as unheard of as you make it seem."
"I take offense to that." Sirius huffed.
"You were supposed to." Sable replied with a wink. The group laughed and Lily interjected quickly.
"Mind if I tag along?" she asked. Sable shrugged in indifference.
"Yeah, come on. I don't mind." she said.
"I need some help with the homework he gave us." Lily got up and left the Hall with Sable. James and the others watched them leave, and soon turned the discussion to the upcoming Ball.
"Who's idea was this, James?" Remus asked. "They've never had a Ball before, why start now?" James scratched his head and shrugged.
"It was Dumbledore's idea actually. He thought we needed some type of social event to help the Houses get better acquainted. Supposedly, it's going to help inter-House relationships." He grinned an evil grin and continued on. "But if you ask me, nothing short of Merlin coming back will ever help the Gryffindor/Slytherin relationship." The other boys nodded and grinned.
"Better acquainted?" Sirius said in disgust. "We've been in the same school with these people for seven years now. How much more 'acquainted' does he want us to get?" Peter and Remus sniggered and continued to eat.
"So, who are you guys asking to the Ball?" James said. A silence fell over the boys, and James hid a grin.
"Don't know, yet." Sirius said. "But the good thing is that Moony can join us in the festivities of All Hollow's Eve this year."
"That's right." James said. "So, who's the lucky girl, Remus? Who you going to ask? The full moon isn't until two days after Halloween, so that means you can come." He said the last part quietly so it wouldn't travel through the Hall. Remus shrugged and continued on eating. "How about our resident House Potions expert, Sable." The boy only shrugged again, but James caught the slight coloring on his face.
"She probably already has someone else in mind." he said quietly, not looking at anyone.
"Bloody Hell, she does!" Sirius bellowed out, causing more than a few people to turn and stare. "She just found out about it!"
"Quiet down, Sirius." Peter said.
"Quiet down, my arse!" he said. "Remus, didn't you hear anything James told you the other day when we were on this particular subject!"
"Yes, I did." he said. "Although I don't know how since you kept butting in every two minutes."
"Then what's the problem? You like her, she likes you. What's the big obstacle here? Will someone please tell me?" Sirius said.
"It's complicated." he said quickly, fingering the fork in his hand.
"I can't believe I'm saying this. But Sirius is right this time. The longer you wait, the more of a chance you risk of her going with someone else." James said.
"Yeah, they're right, Remus." Peter said through a mouth of potatoes. "If you're not careful, you're going to loose her to someone else, possibly even a Slytherin." Remus cut his eyes to the boy, not sure he had heard right.
"What?"
"Well, I don't know if you guys have noticed or not," he said, "but Snape has been awful friendly with her. He's even somewhat more polite to Lily now; it's scary."
"Wait a minute," James said quickly, getting angry. "Snape has been talking to Lily?"
"Yeah, every time they come out of the dungeons lately, after Potions, Snape's with them."
"How long has this been going on?" Sirius asked.
"Pretty much since we've come back." Peter answered.
"Remus, this is serious." James said. "You've got to tell her before one of those slime balls latch onto her!" The brown haired boy nodded, knowing that there was no way he was going to win this argument. Besides, the others did have a point.
"I'll go talk to her after we get back to the Common Room."
"You going to tell her everything we talked about?" James asked. Remus shook his head.
"I'm not sure yet." he admitted.
"Well, buddy, I'm here to tell you something that I think might make up your mind a little quicker." Sirius said. "I know of about ten other different blokes who would kill to have her on their own arm at the Ball. If you're going to do something, Moony, you better do it, and soon."
"I will." Remus answered. "Well, now that my dating problems are out in the open, who are you two going with?" He pointed to Sirius and Peter.
"Don't know, yet." Sirius said.
"Same here." Peter echoed his comment.
"Well, aren't you guys in a rut?" James said with a grin. "Looks like I'm the only one with a sure-fire date."
"Yeah, unless you piss Lily off between now and then." Remus said with a grin, knowing the red-head's fiery hair was matched only by her inferno of a temper.
"Oh, rub it in a little more." Peter said, rolling his eyes. They laughed, suddenly realizing that they still had a month and a half before the Feast ever got there.
Lily sighed in frustration as she moved between the rows and rows of books, trying to hold Sable's attention.
"Come on, Sable." Lily pleaded. "You've got to go."
"No, I don't, Lily." she said, pulling out a book off of the shelf nearby.
"Yes, you do!" the red-head insisted.
"Who am I going to go with, Lily? Because I am definitely not going to show up by myself." she replied.
"That's easy." Lily said, gaining some headway with the stubborn girl. "Remus."
"Remus?"
"Is there an echo in here?" she asked sarcastically. "Yes, Remus. You know, the brown-headed, blue eyed werewolf that starts tripping over half his words every time he's within a fifty meter radius of you." she said frantically, waving her hands to try to emphasize her point.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Lily." Sable said, mock exasperatingly. "I thought you were talking about someone else. My mistake."
"Sable, don't you…."
"Look, Lily." she said quietly, turning a thick leather bound book in her hands and staring at the cover. "I'll go to the dance if, and only if, I am asked. Otherwise, I'm spending Halloween night tucked away in my laboratory. I had a bad enough time with the dances at Salem, and I refuse to go through that misery again. End of story."
"Fine. You want to be stubborn?" Lily fumed. "I can be just as stubborn as you. But I'm telling you right now. Remus isn't going to be the only one to ask you to go. Just make sure you make the right choice." With that, Lily turned and stormed out of the library, leaving a very confused and hurt Sable in her wake.
"Damn it all to hell!" she said, plopping down in one of the comfy chairs that were scattered in the library. She tried to concentrate on her work, but eventually gave up. Going to her room, she began reading over the notes she had taken earlier that day. Still not able to get settled, she went into her bedroom and turned on her stereo system she had charmed to work in the wizarding world. She grabbed some parchment and decided to write her mom and dad a letter. Settling down on her bed, she began to write.
Dear Momma and Daddy,
How's work going? I hope you guys are safe. The attacks are picking up around here, but I feel safe while surrounded by the walls of the school. Guess what? There is going to be a masked Ball on Halloween night. Everyone who goes ahs to have a costume to wear. I don't think I am going to go, though. Other than that, everything is pretty much the same as always. Lily and James are still the golden couple. Sirius is still chasing everything and anything that wears a skirt. Peter is as clueless as ever. And Remus is just…well, Remus. What more can I say? Well, I've go to go do homework now. I'll write again soon.
Love,
Sable
P.S. I don't know if you can send me anything where you are. But send me something to know you are okay. Love you.
She reread the letter and stuffed it into an envelope. After sticking her head out of the little window and calling for Aphrodite, she waited until the owl appeared at the window. Tying the paper to the leg of the owl, she watched it fly out of sight to the northeast. She shut the window and went to change into her sleeping clothes, not intending to leave the room for the rest of the evening. Pulling on a tank top and a pair of shorts, she settle on onto her bed to read as a familiar song came across the room from the wizarding wireless. Using her wand, she turned the volume up and she lay the book to one side, concentrating on the music.
Remus paused in the corridor that led to Sable's room from the Gryffindor Common Room. When he and the other guys had gotten back after dinner, they told him to go find her and ask her to the Ball. Figuring she was in her lab, he headed that way. As he drew nearer to the portrait that led into her room, he heard the strains of music coming form the other side. Stopping, he listened carefully to the words of the unfamiliar song as Sable's voice filled his ears.
If you don't know me by now,
You will never, never, never, know me
If you don't know me by now
You will never, never, never know me.
All the things that we've been through
You should understand me, like I understand you.
Now baby I know the difference between right and wrong.
I ain't gonna do nothing to upset our happy home.
Don't get so excited when I come home a little late at night
Cause we only act like children when we argue, fuss, and fight.
"God, what's wrong with her?" he said quietly, " She never listens to stuff that depressing." he sat down in the corridor and listened to her.
We've all got our own funny moods
I've go mine, you've got your too.
Just trust in me, like I trust in you
As long as we've been together
That should be so easy to do
Just get yourself together, or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair if we can't see eye to eye?
As the chorus of the song repeated itself, Remus slipped his hand between the portrait and the wall, slowly pushing it forward. He stuck his head out of the corridor and glanced around the room. Sable was lying on her bed, seemingly staring at a blank canopy. He stepped out of the corridor and shut it quietly behind him. Sable turned around when she heard him step out, andjumped off her bed and straightened her clothes.
"What you doing?" she asked, not really feeling like dealing with him. Remus' eyes glazed over as he took a good look at her. 'It should be illegal to show that much skin.' he thought, staring at the shorts she had on.
"Um….there's something I needed to talk to you about. If you got time, that is." he said, gaining a little of his composure back.
"Yeah, I got plenty of time." she said, walking towards the door that led to her lab, oblivious of Remus staring at her legs. "What's wrong? Treble gave you guys extra homework, or something?" she said as she sat down at a table.
"No, it's nothomework."
"Has James and Sirius blown something up, again?"
"No."
"Peter gone missing?"
"Nope."
"Loose a bet?"
"No."
"Well, if everyone's okay, you don't need help with homework, and you didn't loose a bet, then why are you down here on a Friday night? Aren't you guys generally roaming around under James' invisibility cloak right about now; terrorizing people and playing pranks on the Slytherins." Remus only shook his head.
"Nah, ever since James took his oath as Head Boy, we've had to cut back on the amount of jokes we play against the other Houses." Sable smiled.
"Are you having pranking with-drawls yet?" she teased.
"Hey, I said we would cut back, not stop all together."
"So when's the next nightly venture taking place? Anytime soon?"
"We're holding off until next Friday. The Slytherins will have a nice surprise waiting for them the next morning in their Common Room." Sable laughed and Remus grinned.
"So what's on your mind, Remus?" she asked.
"Well, there's something I need to know."
"And that would be…….what?"
"I wanted to know if…….well, you see I ……this is… Will you…that is…"
"Remus, whatever you're trying to say, spit it out already." she said, shaking her head.
"SableIWantedToKnowIfYouWouldGoToTheBallWIthMe. Of course, if you don't want to, I'd completely understand." he said quickly. He looked up and quickly registered the surprise on her face. He felt a weight lift off his shoulders when she smiled at him.
"Of course, I'll go with you Remus." she said. "I'd be honored to."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Thank you." he said with a smile. 'You don't realize how hard that was for me.'
"Hey, no need for thanks." she said, punching him on the shoulder as she passed by him to stir a cauldron that had started simmering. "Actually, when the Headmaster announced it, I had already decided not to go. Now, I have a good reason to."
"You weren't going to go? Why?" he asked.
"Let's just say that I had a few very bad experiences at Balls when I was at Salem. It's not something I particularly want to live through again. Who are Sirius and Peter going with, by the way?" she asked.
"Well, you know how Padfoot is. He's got a list of candidates lined up two meters long. Now he just has to go through and weed out the ones he doesn't want."
"That's harsh, Remus."
"I know, and I don't agree with his tactics, but there's nothing I can do. James and I have tried talking to him. It doesn't do any good whatsoever. And you know how he is when he sees another pretty face. He's after her until he gets her. Look how he acted towards you when we saw you in Diagon Alley and on the train." Sable nodded and grinned. '
"What about Peter?"
"I don't know, but I think he' got his eyes on that sixth year Hufflepuff girl, Amanda Keiss."
"The one with the wavy red hair?" she asked. Remus nodded and she smiled. "Good, I wouldn't want to see him go alone. I know how that feels. By the way, how close is the full moon to Halloween this year?"
"Two days after." he said "Good timing, huh?"
"I would say so. Oh, by the way, I've got some good news. I think the potion may be ready by then."
"I thought the brewing time was two months."
"So did I, but the consistency and colors are changing in half the time it should take."
"That is good news."
"No kidding. So what are the specifics for the ball. Anyone told you yet?"
"James said that the only requirement is a mask. You can be anything, but you have to have a mask on." Remus said easily. Now that he had gotten the most important question out of the way, he could talk with her again like normal.
"Any suggestions for costumes?"
"Whatever we go as, it needs to be good." he said.
"Why?" she asked.
"They're having a contest to see who has the best costume. The winners get a prize that includes a free weekend in Hogsmeade, homework passes, Honeyduke's chocolate, and a bunch of other stuff."
"That's not a bad incentive."
"No kidding." Remus said with a grin. "So, any ideas?"
"Well, we'll need something different from everyone else. Not the normal hag, ogre, and troll routine." She walked over to her bookshelf and fingered some of the spines. A smile suddenly came to her face as an idea hit her. "How about we pick two characters form a Muggle fairytale? I doubt anyone else will think of that."
Remus nodded, liking the idea.
"Sounds good to me." he admitted. "Who are we going as?" Sable laughed and handed him a worn copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
"I'll tell you what," she said, "you take this book and read a few of the stories. When you find one you like, tell me and we can go as them. Now, I've got work to do, mister. So scram." she said with a smile.
"Are you trying to get rid of me?" he asked with a mocking tone.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am." she answered saucily. "You've got some reading to do, now go."
"And if I don't?" he asked playfully.
"I'll think up some horrible form of torture that you have to endure when I get my hands on you." she dead-panned.
"Okay, okay. I'm going." He went through he door and opened up the portrait hole. He tuned back and grinned. "Night, Sable."
"Goodnight, Remus." she said. "Now get lost." Remus laughed and shook his head.
"What if I get so lost, and I can't find my way back?" he asked, pouting like a baby.
"Remus." she said warningly. She tried to hide the smile that was coming, but didn't succeed. He could act like such a baby some times.
"Okay, I'm gone." he said, pulling the portrait closed behind him. As soon as they heard the click of the portrait catch latching, both Sable and Remus lid down to the floor, identical smiled plastered to their faces. 'Yes!'
Later on that night, Sable was awakened by a scraping noise in her room. Grabbing her wand, she jumped out of bed and checked her lab and bedroom.
Nothing.
Figuring it was her imagination, she lay back down, intent ongoing back to sleep when she saw a book lying on the foot of her bed. It was the book of fairytales she had given to Remus earlier that evening. She picked it up and a piece of parchment fell out. Picking it up form her comforter, she saw Remus' neat writing on it.
Turn to page 143. That's my answer. Seemed appropriate, don't you think?"
Sable flipped the book to the page. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. On the page was a picture of a beautiful girl and an ugly monster outside a large castle that looked eerily like Hogwarts.
"Beauty and the Beast" she whispered, running her finger down the page." You are a glutton for punishment, aren't you Remus? But, if that's what you want. That's what your gonna get." She shut the book and placed it back on her bed stand before going to sleep once again.
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