Remus had taken to watching the diary, night after night, waiting for her to come back again. Fleetingly he thought for a moment he had scared her off, but dismissed the thought.
His friends thought he was mad, of course, and that made him feel so damned stupid about it, but talking to her was like an addiction, it had to be fed.
"Moony, mate, you need to get out more! Its like we never see you any more!" James joked, and Remus rolled his eye, tearing them away from the diary for a moment. "You'll become a lazy bugger like old Padfoot over there, and we all know that's a bad, bad thing to happen."
"Wha? Hu'z callin me?" A muffled voice echoed from behind the curtains, and Sirius's head emerged from behind the curtains, looking like he had just been dragged through a bush backwards.
"I said," James began very slowly, making sure he kept Sirius's attention "You'll become a lazy bugger like old Padfoot over there, and we all know that's a bad, bad thing to happen." This only earned him a glare and then a quick curse which ended up making James walk around seeing things backwards for an hour, giving everyone a good laugh… until Lily.
"SIRIUS BLACK YOU TAKE THIS CHARM OFF RIGHT NOW!"
"Nah, I think I'll leave it on if that's ok with everyone." Sirius laughed, leaning against the common room wall.
"Sirius I'm warning you… if you don't remove that charm I'll tell all the girls in school you spend an hour in front of the mirror every day."
"You wouldn't.!" He said, looking horrified.
"Wouldn't I? ATTENTION ALL FEMALE STUDENTS!" She shouted, and they all turned to face her.
"SIRIUS BLACK SPENDS AN HOUR IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR EVERY MORNING PERFECTING HIS LOOKS!"
Sirius went bright, flaming red, as the girls began to giggle and the guys simply laughed out right. Remus grinned at Sirius, raising his eyebrows, and he grudgingly took off the charm.
"I'm sorry, padfoot, but I have to say, that was bloody amusing." James snickered, and purposely ruffled up Sirius's hair.
"Oh laugh it up Prongs, you'll be sorry Evans!" He shouted in mock anger at Lily before storming out of the common room. Remus shrugged, and wandered after Sirius, finding him in the dining hall.
"Padfoot, you ok?" He asked with a smile, getting himself some breakfast
"Stupid bloody mudblood…." Remus dropped his fork
"Sirius!" He was shocked beyond words, and … angry! He was never one to raise his voice to anything. "Take that back, right now, or I'm going to tell James. I won't tell Lily, but he will, and it won't be pretty." He threatened.
"She ruined my reputation!"
Remus stood, shaking. "DOES YOUR REPUTATION MATTER MORE THAN YOUR FRIENDS?"
"YEAH, MAYBE IT DOES." Sirius challenged.
"STOP TALKING OUT OF YOUR ARSE PADFOOT!"
"AH, GO HOWL AT THE MOON, HALF BREED! It was the last thing he said for two days.
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"Mr Lupin, this is a very serious offence. A fight in public. This is most disappointing, especially from a prefect and an upstanding student like yourself. I am excluding you for three days, and I have written a letter to your parents. You are lucky I have not taken your badge."
Remus nodded, his head hung low. He wasn't sorry; he just wanted to look like he was. The knockout curse would last for most of the time he was away, and so it would give Sirius a fair warning.
"Your things will remain in school, and I expect you outside my office at 7am the day you return." McGonagall said, lowering her voice. "I am very disappointed in you, Remus."
"He called Lily a mudblood and said that his reputation was more important than his friends, told me to go howl at the moon. What the hell did he expect he was going to get?" He mumbled.
"That may be and he will be dealt with, but you should not have picked a fight, Remus, you know that. Go and get the things you will need at home, and I will call for you when your parents arrive."
Remus nodded, brushing his hair out of his face, and he left to go find his friends.
"Arrogant son of a…" he continued to mumble as he sat in his dormitory, packing a small bad. He looked up as his diary started glowing. He almost smiled, and opened it up to see Athena's writing glowing on the page.
Hi, it's me again, sorry I haven't been around.
It's ok, I was just packing some things.
Oh, I'm sorry I interrupted. Why are you packing?
I'm excluded. He wrote glumly, falling back onto his bed.
What did you do? He could almost imagine an authoritative tone scolding him.
I hit my so called friend with a knock-out curse
Idiot. You deserve it.
Thanks. Hear the sarcasm, Athena, hear the sarcasm
None of that either, Michael. So how was your transformation?
Oh, the usual…. WHAT? How did you… I didn't… Remus panicked, thinking he was going to scare her.
Oh, it's alright, I figured it out myself. My old defence against the Dark arts teacher was a werewolf too. He's a good friend now.
Remus sighed thankfully. What was his name?
Remus Lupin.
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(A/N Should i stop here? Nah i'm not that mean! Keep reading now!)
Remus froze on the spot. This wasn't possible. No, this wasn't possible. She had met his future self – she was Friends with his future self!
Do you know him? He should be about your age now, I suppose. He was one of the Marauders.
In a manner of speaking
Really? Gosh. I bet he was handsome, he looks wonderful now.
Remus went bright red, to the tips of his hair.
Hey, Michael, would you send me a picture of yourself… you should be able to do it easily; it's just a matter of…
Remus was still frozen and very, very red. She thought he was handsome in the future… he wondered if he should tell her the truth.
I can't Athena, I'm sorry. I wish I could meet you, but it isn't even possible, is it?
Yes it is, of course it is! I'd like to meet you as well! You sound incredible. Hey, I can send you a photograph of me if you want!
Remus's heart was still beating twice as fast as usual. Yes, if you want.
Ok! Hang on…
A picture of a girl with long brown curls and a willowy figure was sat on the rug in front of the Gryffindor fireplace, reading a book, appeared in front of him. She looked up and waved at someone beyond the picture, then went back to her book.
Remus's mouth practically dropped. She was beautiful, with miles of leg stretching out from beneath her, curvaceous; with her hair fanning around her… that hair was incredible.
You're beautiful, like the goddess you were named after.
The image suddenly blushed, and he wondered if it was her at that moment. The image picked up a quill, writing.
Oh my gosh, you're embarrassing me!
I'm sorry. I'm an honest person, you know that.
Picture! Athena smiled, and wrote again.
The picture is charmed to follow my actions exactly, you may have noticed! See face? Face red. Face shouldn't be red.
Awwwww…poor Athena is all embarrassed!
Shut up! I want a picture of you now! See how you like it!
Tell me how you did it. Remus sighed; he knew he was going to be in for it when she saw him.
You just say picturesque and point your wand at the page. Easy.
Remus positioned himself against the wall of the room and brought his knees up to his chest, and pointed his wand at the page. "Picturesque" A bolt of blue shot the page, and he waited, his stomach knotting over and over, partial excitement and partial fear. Small, neat print appeared on the page, and he gulped.
Oh…
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DUN DUN DUUUUN! Lol well there yah go, another chapter! This is fun! Review!