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A/N : Okay, I've come to the conclusion that there are people who actually like this story Huh, go figure.

Rumors and Truths

Severus Snape had spent the next few days gathering information on anything and everything he could about lycanthropy. He had a suspicious hunch that Sable knew about Lupin's lycanthropy, and was using her own work in Potions to help find something to make the transformations easier for him. As he delved deeper and deeper into the world of werewolves, he learned that the there was no possible cure for the disease. What he did find was enough to help him form a decent plan. He planned on sabotaging Sable's potion by putting a strong dose of poison in it. Once again, he had a hunch that Lupin was going to be the one to test the potion for her. 'At least I can get rid of Lupin in the process.' he thought. 'I put the poison in the cauldron, she gives it to him to test, and voila, Lupin's dead and Sable is guilty as Hell. Perfect.'

He snapped the book shut and put it back on the shelf. He rose from the couch he had been sitting on placed the book at the end of the shelf. The librarian, Madame Pince, was stringent with her books. She would kick anyone out who was breaking the rules. As he walked out of the library, the sight that beheld him was surprising. Pulled in the corner was Remus Lupin and Sedera Walsh, a sixth year Slytherin student. It looked like Sedera had cornered the boy and tried to snog him senseless. Lupin looked like he was about to jump out of his skin. Snape cleared is throat rather loudly and Sedera pulled back. Remus actually looked relieved. Sedera, however, looked annoyed.

"Severus," she said icily, "don't you have some place to be right now?"

"Actually, if I remember correctly, Sedera, the sixth years are at Arithmancy right now. What are you doing here, and snogging that piece of filth at that?" he sneered, jerking his head towards Lupin.

"I don't see as to where that is any of your business, Severus." she cooed. "Remus and I were perfectly fine until you got here." She put her hand on Remus shoulder and Severus could see the revulsion in his face.

"Well, Ms. Walsh, I suggest you and Mr. Lupin find another place to continue your amorous tryst, because I will not have a member of my house being caught in the middle of the hallways during a scheduled class period. The last thing we need is more points taken off." he growled. Sedera looked at him rather primly, and ignored him. Severus was not a person to be taken lightly. He never was one to worry about other people's personal relationships, but now he was grateful that his roommate was the biggest gossip in Slytherin House. "If you refuse to leave, Ms. Walsh, I will be forced to talk to Mr. Cunningham about this infraction. I'm sure you don't want that, do you?" William Cunningham was Sedera's boyfriend, a Slytherin Quidditch Beater, and a Slytherin Prefect. He would not like to hear about this at all. With the mention of her boyfriend's name, Sedera paled considerably and stooped to get her book bag. She turned to Remus and gave him a quick smile.

"We'll finish this later." she said quietly. Remus looked dubious and tried to straighten his rumpled clothes.

"Like Hell, we will!!" he said out loud. He glanced up at Snape and frowned. The boy had actually just gotten him out of a lot of trouble. He hadn't been trying to snog Sedera. She just kind of cornered him while he was coming towards the library to work on some History of Magic essays. He ignored the boy and took up his book bag. He was about to leave when Snape's voice stopped him.

"It's a pity you can't keep a hold on yourself, Lupin." he sneered. "I know of one very sweet, sensitive lady who isn't going to like hearing about your little run-in with Sedera Walsh."

Lupin glared at the boy as though he was stupid.

"What are you talking about, Snape?" he said. "I think you've finally lost what little sense you had left." Snape sneered and watched as he walked down the hallway.

"Yes," he called out, "Ms. Robbins will be most displeased with your infidelity." Remus stiffened as he heard Sable's name. He turned around and glared at Snape, wishing that looks could kill.

"Sable could care less about what I do." he answered firmly. "She's not my girlfriend, and she is most definitely not my mother." Snape smirked and shook his head.

"Really, well, that's not what I had heard." he said icily. "I was under the impression that you two were the golden couple of the Gryffindors, next to Potter and Lily of course. But then again, the Hogwart's rumor mill can always get a simple story wrong." Snape smirked and raised is head up. 'After word gets passed around and fabricated a little, you and Sedera will have went from a little snog in the hallway to shagging in the library. Won't Sable be happy about that?' he thought.

"Well, your impression was wrong." he stated firmly.

"I'm glad to hear that, Lupin." he said. "I know of one or two of my own house mates who will be very happy to hear that she is currently on the market, so to speak." He looked up at the flustered Gryffindor and gave a wry smile. "I'm even happy to hear it myself. Perhaps our classes together will be a little more interesting now." Remus walked up into the face of the Slytherin and growled.

"If any of you slimy, underhanded, son-of-a-bitches touch her, I'll personally rip you apart myself!!!!" he threatened. Snape seemed to find this funny. He snickered and met the Gryffindor's unspoken challenge.

"You're awful protective of her, Lupin. Are you sure you two aren't together?" he mocked. "Or maybe you are just leading the poor girl on. She does seem quite taken with you, Lupin. You may not have seen it, but the rest of the school has. Such a pity."

"I am not worthy to have her." he said fiercely. "And as far as I'm concerned, no man in this school is. Especially if they are in Slytherin House!!!" Snape backed off and shook his head.

"It's a pity, really." he said sadly. "She should not have been put in Gryffindor. She thinks too much like us Slytherins. I am afraid that when she finds out about you and Sedera's little rendevous, she won't see you in such a good light. Maybe someone else will be there to pick her up when she gets crushed. It's such a pity she's not a Slytherin. She would never be lonely."

"She's not lonely," Remus vented, "She has me and the rest of the House to keep her company." Snape only shook his head at the other boys misunderstanding.

"You don't understand, Lupin. You never did. Sable is the type of person that needs reassurance that she's worth something. From the beginning of the year, she has been looking for a way to get reassurance from the likes of you, Black, Potter, and Pettigrew."

"You're finally leaving Lily out of this?" he smirked.

"Yes, because once again, she has seen what was so plain to the rest of us."

"And what would that be?"

"Sable is insecure with herself. There is something different about that girl, and you know it. She has something that forces her to keep herself apart from others. She has something that no other female on this campus has, and it keeps her insecure. Lily noticed this, and reassures Sable of her worth. She's just looking for acceptance from the others. Her work with the younger children prove that point already. They accept her, because they know no better. They're trusting to the girl. She's like a motherly figure some of them never had. And she loves the attention, even if it is from eleven and twelve year olds. It makes her feel needed, wanted. But then again, you never know what will happen. I mean, really, if the likes of the mighty 'Marauders' can't keep her happy, then maybe she just might turn to someone who will." Snape nodded his head and turned to leave from the hallway.

Remus had to control the part of him that wanted to pound that slimy Slytherin into the ground. He was furious at the accusations that the boy held in front of him. Even though the majority of what he had said was true, Remus didn't want to face it. He turned and went into the library after standing there for another five minutes getting his temper in check. 'That slimy bastard is going to have hell to pay for that.' he thought.

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Later that evening Sable was sitting on the Quidditch Pitch with Lily, watching the boys practice for the upcoming game against Slytherin. They were sitting at the north end of the Pitch; the Slytherin team was sitting at the south end of the Pitch. It was an impromptu scrimmage game for both teams. Seems that one of the hot-headed Chasers for Slytherin had made James mad enough to challenge the entire team to an after schools scrimmage. The Slytherin team had accepted, and were currently getting their butts kicked.

Lily was trying to study for the next days History of Magic test, but her attention kept wavering when she would hear someone smack the iron Bludger. The twang of metal would have her scanning the sky for a sign of her boyfriend. As soon as she would spot him, she would sigh and try to begin her work again. It all worked until someone else hit the Bludger again, then the vicious cycle started all over again. Sable grinned as Lily looked up towards the sky yet again. Remus had caught onto the pattern earlier, and every time Lily looked up, he would laugh.

"I don't want to hear your snickering, Remus." she admonished. "You'd do the same thing if Sable were up there, and you know it." He grinned and shook his head.

"Yeah, I would." he admitted. "But she's not up there, is she?" Sable blushed and laughed as Lily and Remus began a bickering match that would probably last a while. Sable stood up and began to walk down the stairs when she met up with Peter.

"Where you heading, Sable?" he asked.

"Bathroom." she said. "Oh, Pete, would you do me a favor?" The blond boy nodded and Sable smiled. "If Lily wants to know where I went off to, tell her will you. She seems to be fully engrossed in a debate with Remus right now." Peter smiled and nodded.

"They're bickering again?" He asked. Sable nodded and began to descend the steps again. She went to the girl's lavatory and was out again in no time. As she walked out of the lavatory, she heard the voices of some girls coming from behind the building. She wasn't sure who it was, and she really didn't want to find out. But before she could get out of earshot, she heard something that made her stop in her tracks.

"Yeah, I heard that Sedera and Remus Lupin were getting it on hot and heavy after third period today." one girl said. Sable shook her head to make sure she was hearing them right.

"Oh, right. Michelle told me that Sarah told her that Severus came out of the library and caught them going at in the middle of the hallway. Can you believe them, in broad daylight." said a second.

"Why is Sedera snogging Lupin? He's a Gryffindork for Merlin's sake. And she's got Cunningham wrapped around her finger as it is. What's she doing, snogging Lupin and shagging Cunningham?" the third said.

"Well, you know how 'Dera can be," the first one said. "She wants every guy and any guy she can get her hands on. Personally, I think she's on a quest to bed every guy in Hogwart's before she graduates."

"Really though, Lupin?" the third one admonished. "She could have picked someone besides him. Black is better than that."

"Isn't he with that Robbins girl?" a fourth voice asked. "The one who Severus is always going on about."

"Who? Black?" she asked.

"No. Lupin." the third girl said.

"Oh, I don't know. I thought they were together, but Severus told me that Remus said something about her not being worthy of him, or something like that." the first said.

"Yeah, he told me about that too." the second one said. "He said Remus told him that Sable wasn't worthy of having them as friends, let alone anything else......." Sable leaned up against the wall and put her hand to her forehead. She was hurting so bad it was nearly impossible to bare. She slid down against the wall and stared at the ground for a few moments, trying to get herself under control. 'What the hell happened? Remus snogging some Slytherin sixth year? When did this happen? And since when am I not worthy enough to be around them? I can't believe he would say something like that! I can't believe it!' Her thoughts were running together, and she couldn't think straight. A million different questions were amassing in her mind, and she didn't have the answers to any of them. She felt as though someone had given her a sharp blow to the stomach, knocking the wind out of her. She felt the beginning of hot, salty tears forming in her eyes, but she fought them back. Her mind began to slow down, and she stood up from the wall, intent on finding out exactly what had happened.

She walked back over to the stands and found Remus and Lily still engrossed in the argument. She settled down next to Peter and began watching the scrimmage again.

"How's it looking so far, Pete?" she asked, forcing a smile and trying to make small talk.

"We're still up by fifty points." he said. "James found the Snitch a few minutes ago, but Cunningham knocked him off course before he could catch it." Sable nodded and watched the skyline. She suddenly saw a swoop of red and a glint of gold. James had caught the Snitch. The stands of Gryffindor supporters yelled out in happiness, and this brought Remus and Lily out of their debate. Sable watched as Lily looked out over the field again, searching for James. She found him and waved enthusiastically. She saw James grin back and wave. The Slytherin team was starting to disband and go to the locker rooms. Pete and Lily had already left the stands by the time she had gathered up her things. Remus was standing next to her, but she pointedly ignored him. He didn't seem to notice, so she left.

"Where you headed, Sable?" was the only thing she heard from him as she left.

"Why don't you ask Sedera? She can probably tell you!!" she yelled back. She ran down the remaining steps and towards the castle, pushing everyone out of her way. Remus had only caught a few words of what she had said, but he had head enough to know that she had found out about his little run-in with the Slytherin bitch. 'Oh, shit, I'm in for it now!!' he thought. He tried to run down the steps, but all of the Gryffindor supporters were blocking his way. When he finally got to the bottom of the stairs, he was crushed by Sirius and James. They were totally engrossed in their victory over Slytherin to pay anyone else any attention.

"PARTY IN GRYFFINDOR COMMON ROOM TONIGHT, PEOPLE!!!' Sirius yelled. 'LET'S SHOW THESE SNAKES HOW IT'S DONE!!!!' The entire crowd surrounded them in no time at all, and Remus was lost in the middle of it all.

A/N - Uh-oh, Remus is in the doghouse now!!! Hehehehe. Anyway, leave me a review and tell me what you think. It's really helpful. Later.