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Chapter 16

When Remus awoke, he found himself in the Hospital Ward in Hogwarts. He closed his eyes, it was just another day after a transformation, James and Sirius would be along to see him soon…then Remus remembered. He had run away. He wasn't supposed to be here! He was supposed to be in the Forest, where nobody would get hurt! Why was he back in Hogwarts? He sat up quickly, and experienced a headache like no other he had ever experienced.

"Careful." Madam Pomfrey chided as she walked in the door. "You're still quite dehydrated, and you're going to have a massive headache until you are properly hydrated again." Remus nodded, wincing slightly at the pain, and slid down into his bed and sleep.

When he awoke, he was greeted by the sight of Dumbledore sitting in an armchair at the end of his bed.

"Nice to see you back with us, mister Lupin," he said. Remus swallowed.

"Sir, I can explain, you see-" he started, but Dumbledore cut him off.

"Now, now, none of that master Lupin. I think your little note explained that well enough. However, I know there are a few people who would like to speak to you." At this, Dumbledore motioned to the door. Remus looked over and saw a worried Sirius, a happy James and, surprisingly, an awkward looking Peter. Remus smiled sheepishly, and the three boys ran over to see him.

"Hi Remus," Sirius said. "Are you OK? Why did you run away? What was it like? Why did you think we would hate you? Pete and James helped look for you, and you were all sick and now you're better, right?" this all came out in a huge rush. He finished and looked at Remus, eyes wide and expecting answers.

"Errrr…" Remus said, not remembering half the questions, and still very groggy.

"Sirius!" James cut in. "He just woke up! Don't overload him already. There will be time for that later." That was James, sensible to the end. But what was Peter doing there?

"Hello Sirius, James, Peter. Why are you here?" Remus asked. Why weren't they back in the dormitory where they belonged? Why were they, instead, here, with a dehydrated werewolf in the Hospital Wing on a Sunday morning?

"To see you stupid." Peter put in. He smiled awkwardly and looked to Sirius and James for his next cue.

"Thanks." Remus attempted a laugh, but it was too much for his head and he stopped.

"Well, I think I'll leave you three alone for a while, to sort things out." Dumbledore said bemusedly. He glided over to the door and left, smirking a strange smirk. The boys nodded good bye at him and the moment he left, pounced on poor Remus.

"Why did you run away Remus! We don't mind that you are a werewolf!" Sirius cried. "If you were worried, why didn't you talk to us about it? Pete here is ok with you too!" He didn't seem to understand why on Earth Remus would run away, that it should have been obvious that people were ok with his 'disease'.

"I don't know." Remus says miserably. He did know, but he felt it would be callous to mention that their families had put werewolves to death for less than living in a fully inhabited school.

"Yes you do," James puts in. "Did it have anything to do with our families?" Remus bit his lip, James was good. "Ahs"

"What about your families?" asked Peter, the Muggle-born.

"They're pureblood, and purebloods have been…less than kind to werewolves in the past." James said, trying to be diplomatic. "We aren't like that now though Remus, and we don't mind." he asserted. Sirius and Peter nodded fervently, anxious to assure Remus that that was so, that they dud not care what he was, but rather who he was. Remus swallowed, happier than he had been in a long time.

"Thanks guys." he smiled, and, to his horror, started crying. The other three, while stunned and a little uncomfortable at first, gave him a big hug.

When Dumbledore returned to check on them, all three were chatting about some Quidditch team, friends again.

He closed the door

THE END

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