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Harry, Seamus And The Master Plan

By Silver Wolf

Chapter Four ~ Moony In A Bad And Sneaky Mood

Harry sat at his usual desk, next to Seamus and behind Ron and Hermione. Defence Against the Dark Arts was supposed to have started five minutes ago, but Remus hadn't shown up yet.

A minute later the door opened, and their professor walked in looking rather annoyed. And rather pink. And rather furry.

Remus Lupin stood at the front of his classroom, covered from head to foot in long, pink fur that would have been better suited for a pink wolf.

Seamus raised his hand. "Excuse me sir, but did you plan on coming to class like that?"

Remus glared. "No. I would have thought that you had enough brains to work that out for yourself, Finnigan."

"Who did it Professor?" Hermione asked.

"Why don't you tell me?" he asked irritably.

"Professor Lupin, your sarcasm, nastiness and irritability levels just flew through the roof. To be honest, sir, you sound like Snape."

Remus slowly turned and looked at Harry. "Seriously?"

"No, Snape-ishly. But it's true. You should know that I wouldn't joke about something so serious."

As Remus's eyes narrowed at the last word, Harry realized his godfather was responsible for the werewolf's new fur.

Harry quickly restored their teacher to his normal appearance, and the class proceeded normally.

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Afterward, Harry stayed after class. No one thought this was unusual, because he'd been doing it ever since Remus had returned to teach the previous year.

"So Harry, anything in particular you wanted to talk about?" Remus asked as he began piling up essays from the third year class.

"Actually Moony, there is. It's very important."

Remus put the essays down and looked up at him. He could see the devious glint in his eyes. "Important how? Need help with a prank? Homework? Love life?" He grinned.

Harry rolled his eyes. "I need you to help me lock Ron and Hermione in this classroom after Defence tomorrow."

Remus raised an eyebrow. "Do I get more of the story behind that?"

"Seamus has decided that he's going to set me up with a date for the next Hogsmeade weekend. Ron and Hermione wouldn't let me go off without them normally, and I don't want them to know where I'm going."

"Which has what to do with locking them in my classroom?"

"Seamus and I decided to work even harder on the Master Plan."

"Which is?"

"Setting up Ron and Hermione as a couple. If they're together, I can just say I'm giving them some alone time and go off with Seamus, and then with this mystery guy that he wont well me who is."

"Let me see if I've got this. You and Seamus are setting up Ron and Hermione, so that you can go on a date with some mystery guy. What's Seamus getting out of all this?"

"He gets to fulfil his personal goal for Hogwarts; set me up with someone. He's been trying to for years."

"I see."

"So, are you in?"

"On one condition: I want you to do something for me in Potions........"

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I wonder what Remy wants Harry to do? *Smirks* Actually, I don't, but I'm sure you do!

Please review, I'll post the next chapter soon!

~SW