Disclaimer: Time for another disclaimer I see. Well, to my disappointment, I was told today that I do not own any of the Harry Potter books. Which may explain why I live in West Virginia and I'm writing fan fics for fun. Hmm..
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Chapter 19: Suspicions
Remus watched her closely, Hermione knew. She did not know why though. He kept an annoyingly close watch on her. She treaded carefully and made sure she did not do anything that would make him question her. She knew he would see past her lies if he questioned her about her past. She had to be very careful around him. He was the cleverest of the Marauder's after all.
She thought back on all her actions. What could make him distrust her? What did she do to make him watch her so? She didn't think she did anything suspicious.
Wait. Now that she thought about it, maybe she did. She tried to recall the conversations. It was three weeks into school. She was sitting with Lupin alone in the library when he said something about her old friends.
FLASHBACK
"So," Lupin smiled, "tell me about your old friends."
"Sure, what would you like to know about them?" Hermione asked cheerfully.
"Well, anything. Everything."
"They're wonderful, really. They always manage to get into trouble, but they also almost always manage to get out of it. They're like James and Sirius really. They do the stupidest of things too. Harry is always in danger. I don't know how many times he has landed himself in the Forbidden Forest…"
END OF FLASHBACK
So that was it. She slipped up and mentioned the Forbidden Forest. Why didn't she realize it before now? Now that she knew what she had done, she had to be careful not to slip up again. He already knew to much.
Remus sat with the other Marauders and thought of Hermione. Who was she really? He knew she did not come from Beauxbaton. He wrote one of his friends there and enquired about her. His suspicious were confirmed, she did not come from there. But should he tell the others of her lie?
No, he thought looking at Sirius' face, he would not tell them- yet. Sirius was the happiest anyone had ever seen him. Truth be told, they almost all lost hope in Sirius ever settling down. Before Hermione, Sirius had went through almost every single girl at Hogwarts, and some that had boyfriends too. He never stayed with any of them for longer than two weeks. Then Hermione came and everything changed. He paid attention to her, cared for her, and even saved her. But most of all, he saved himself.
James' voice broke though his thoughts. "So Moony, want some company tonight?"
It was the time for the full moon and Remus didn't want to be alone. "Sure, if you guys want."
Sirius smiled. "I knew you couldn't turn us down. So what are we going to do tonight?"
"Hmm," James thought, scratching his head. "How about exploring the caves above Hogsmeade?"
"Sure, we can even add them on the map…" Remus stopped.
Why hadn't he thought of that earlier? The map never told lies. He left a staring Sirius and James and ran up to the dorm. Searching through James' trunk, he found the map.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good," Remus said tapping the map with his wand. Hogwarts slowly spread across the parchment. His eyes searched the map eagerly.
His eyes widened in shock when he found his target, 'Hermione Granger.' So, she had lied, but why? Why did she change her last name? He couldn't think of any logical reason but knew he could not mention his findings yet. He decided to see what else happened first.
"Mischief managed," he whispered as he tucked the map back up and replaced it in James' trunk. Then, he headed back down to his friends.
A/N WOW! I have never gotten this many reviews. Thank you guys! Happy Easter to you guys! I'll try to keep updating every day and if I keep it up, I should be done pretty soon with this one. Thanks for reading and please review!
