Authoress complaint: well, this would have taken less time if I were more loved. I am not complaining about any of my reviewers that are currently reviewing or how many reviews I get but a certain review. I got an anonymous review by someone who called himself or herself apemantar. thier review corrected my spelling of were wolf (to werewolf) and then called me a dumbass. so sorry for the whining and all. However, that is why I took so long.

A/N: Ah more riddles and puzzles. I would like to point out before you read that this is post-war and Snape has gotten nicer, but not fully fuzzy. As well as that, Hermione and Snape have become friends.

Remus commented he had a few quick good-byes left to say.

As Lupin and Snape left the confines of the reservation, Lupin felt like crying.

"A few quick goodbyes?" Snape grumbled. "An hour and a Half is not quick by any means..."

"Sure it is Professor Severus" Hermione Smiled "in J.R.R. Tolkiens' book 'Lord Of The Rings' the Ents take hours just to greet each other. In addition, that is not making small-talk greetings I mean saying 'hello how are you."

"Well, I'm not a walking talking LOG. And I'm not speaking in Old Entish either and I doubt he is either." Snape pointed at Lupin

"You know, for being free, alive and with someone you love, you sure manage to stay pretty crabby." Hermione noted

"RawR." Snape said sarcastically, relaxing a bit.

They chattered a bit more as they turned the corner into the lobby. There to meet them was a crowd of people carrying signs. Horrible signs.

"Death to death eaters" one flashed under a picture of a bloody beaten Severus.

"Kill the beasts" and "don't allow them to poison us again" below pictures of Lupin. After that there was a picture of a transforming wolf above "you took my son" held by a skinny witch with bags under her eyes.

Remus Pulled back ripping his arm out of Severus' grip. Tears welling up in his eyes he scrambled out of the way when Moody tried to help him up muttering that they were only Idiots, nothing to worry over. He pulled back from the crowd, from everyone who was there in general pushing his back against the wall and then turning to curl against it. Sobbing. He could faintly hear Hermione yelling at them. He could barely feel Severus' hand on his shoulder, his whispered words of comfort.

He could hear their slanders though. Torrents of "Monster" and "go back to Hell" men, women and even children chanting to "kill the Beast"

"Let me go back." He whispered then he opened his eyes in surprise as Severus scooped him into warm loving arms.

"No. I love you and they can all go join Tom Riddle in Hell if they don't like it." He said very pointedly.

He turned towards the door, and the crowd. He turned his nose into the air and stalked towards the door. "Move!" he commanded. They parted like the red sea and were stunned into silence. It seemed like the classroom was not the only place where his billowing black robes intimidated people.

Hermione was stunned; she had never been able to get the crowds to shut up. Maybe she could convince Snape to come with her sometime? She and Moody followed Snape.

Snape tried to put Lupin on the couch but Remus clung to him so fiercely that Severus fell over onto the couch and on top of Remus, who was still clinging.

Remus Giggled through his snifflings. And Hermione, who didn't understand that Snape was trying to put him down, scoffed "you could wait until me and mad-eye have left Professor Severus."

"Caught off balance like that, really! However you avoided the Dark Lord's wrath eludes me," Moody was muttering at the same time.

"I didn't mean to do anything to him, Hermione! I fell." Snape complained

"Well!" Hermione sounded remarkably like Mrs. Weasley "Lets to business" she smiled as Severus pulled the clinging Remus into his lap and a sitting-up position.

"Yes." Moody pulled his bag over and checked the room for other people as he pulled out a clipboard. "Now. We mentioned that… Snape what is he doing?"

Remus felt cold and he couldn't hear what Snape was saying. Moody had sounded funny. Talking so slow. His thoughts were becoming more infrequent and random. He thought about Mandeville kissing Shelly when he wasn't looking. Then about the green powder in the reservation lunches. Unless lunch was soup. The soup tasted green. It smelled funny. Snape was funny. My head hurts. Remus' eyes fluttered closed and he let go of Snape's robe. He tried to look at them. My eyes feel heavy. It is lunchtime. I hope it is not soup. I hate green stupid squid... Remus fell asleep, or he thought he did. His eyes went all glassy.

"Floo for Mungos!" Snape ordered "now!" Remus started twitching all over and coughing blood up along with the foam in his mouth.

A/N: yeah it was short but I am following that post up quickly. At least more so than the last one. Moreover; AH! The Cliffhanger. Yay! Review!