Madam Pomfrey was shocked to see Harry's eyes roll back in his head as he passed out. She figured that he had some clue as to what was wrong with Ms. Granger but now it appeared as if he didn't know, at all. She frowns as she pushes passed Remus and over to Harry's bed side. She checks his pulse before shooting the former professor a look which held true to the old saying, if looks could kill.
Remus swallows hard at the look he was now receiving. "Don't look at me. It's not my fault that he fainted. I didn't just tell the boy that he was going to be a father." His voice holds a hint of amusement.
Poppy huffs as she moves away from the bed. "No. I suppose not but it was you who was bothering him. I told you that the only way you could stay was to follow my orders. Now, I suggest that you leave before you bother them further." She places her hands on her hips.
Lupin raises an eyebrow before standing up to his full height. "I will not leave their sides. They need someone here and that someone is going to be me. I am not a student nor a professor any longer so you can not order me to do anything." He says kinda childish.
"I give up. You, Remus Lupin, have not changed since your years as a student, here. I swear that you and that band of troublemakers that you ran around with were always in here." Poppy says with a tired sigh. "You may stay but if I hear a peep out of you . . . " She trails off and stomps back to her office.
Remus grins, wolfishly, as he turns back to Harry. He lets his eyes wonder over the boy before retaking his seat in between the two beds. "I think you have some explaining to do, Harry." He says in a whisper as he crosses his arms over his chest and glances around the hospital wing. He couldn't help but remember the good old days. The days before everything went so complicated and messed up. The days of the Marauders. Things were simple back then. Not a care in the world, besides the whole werewolf thing. His eyes stop on a bed in the far corner as a small smile tugs on his lips. His mind then fades back to graduation day. All four of the Marauders, Peter included, ended up in the hospital wing. Sirius and James had planned the perfect prank to say farewell to the Slytherins. But the prank didn't go as planned. All four of the boys had set their wands to emit a purple gas just as the Slytherin names were being called. But it backfired and instead of the entire Slytherin house being covered in very painful boils..the four friends got the full extent of it. They spent entire graduation moaning and groaning in pain. Madam Pomfrey wouldn't even give them anything for the pain. She had told them that they were getting their just dues and should enjoy the prank while it lasted. It took himself and James to hold Sirius back from cursing the old nurse. Remus shakes his head as the memory fades. That was the last happy memory he had of the four friends before everyone's lives were ruined.
Severus Snape strides into the hospital wing, full of confidence. After careful thought he finally decided to abide by the headmasters wishes and tell Potter about their relationship. He stops in his tracks seeing Remus sitting in between the two beds. A frown etches its way on his pale face. "What are you doing here, werewolf?" He sneers.
Lupin jerks his head towards the voice. "Why hello there, Severus. Wonderful day, isn't?" He says happily knowing that it would get Snape riled up.
Snape snorts and crosses his arms over his chest. "I have come on orders from Albus. I am to speak to Potter, alone."
"No one is allowed to speak with Harry. If Poppy hears us talking right now blood will be spilt." Remus hisses out in a harsh whisper.
Severus smirks. "I don't think she would touch something as foul as you, werewolf." He says with distaste. It was no secret that Severus hated the Marauders and everything they stood for.
Poppy was indeed listing to the two grown men, argue. But she had received word from Albus to leave them be. They needed to settle this feud before it destroyed both of them.
Lupin frowns then lets out a small sigh. "Your hatred of me or even of Harry is because you are jealous of what I had and what Harry has now. Friends and family." He states simply. It was bothering him that Severus could hold a grudge for so long. They were only boys back then and what happened couldn't be helped.
Snape's sneer seemed to be darker than usual. "Jealous of you and perfect Potter. I think not. I think it would interest you to hear this little tidbit of information. You and your friends followed Potter around like a bunch of blind dogs, which isn't far from the truth. But you never once questioned his reasoning. You knew that he hated the Slytherins, mostly me, but you never asked him why. Don't bother with giving the whole house feud nonsense because it won't work." He waves his hand in a lazy manner. "Perfect Potter wasn't very perfect. He was arrogant and self-centered. The very qualities of a Slytherin." His sneer grows. "James Potter was supposed to be placed in Slytherin as was I. But he refused to accept his fate so he argued with the sorting hat to place him in Gryffindor and the foolish thing complied with his request. I bet your wondering how I know all of this?"
Remus swallows and raises his chin in defiance. He would not believe a word the greasy bastard was saying. James was a good Gryffindor and wouldn't of done well in Slytherin, he hated them too much. But it was true that they never questioned his motives. They followed him blindly but he never led them astray. "Yes. I wonder why you know so much about your sworn enemy?"
Severus raises an eye brow. " I saw Potter every summer until graduation. You knew Potters parents, Henry and Emily Potter. Both came from pureblooded families and wished for James to keep up the tradition. But Henry knew that James would not carry on the tradition. A seer had told him that the pureblooded Potter line would end with the birth of his son. So before Emily could become pregnant, he met up with a woman. She was from a well know pureblooded Slytherin family and they hit it off. She became his mistress. But Henry's dear wife passed away before she could even bare him a child. He took the mistress as his wife and she bore him two sons, twins. Not identical. One looked exactly like Henry and other looked like Susanna, the new wife. These babies were born six months after the passing of Emily so that meant that if the public found out about them his affair would be brought into the light and he would be dishonored as a wizard. Henry came up with a plan. He would tell everyone that one son belonged to Emily, who died giving birth to him and the other would belong to Susanna from a previous marriage. It made it look like one of the sons was not biologically his but rather adopted." He stops to let the information sink in.
Lupin blinks and shakes his head. "Why are you telling me this? I knew James's father but his mother passed away when he was a baby. James never really told us much about her. I don't think he really knew anything about her. His father forbid everyone from even mentioning her name."
Snape sits, stiffly, on the edge of Harry's bed. He was going to finish this story if it killed him. "Are you dense, werewolf? Pot..James was the one passed off as Emily's son. He was really Susanna's oldest twin son. He didn't know about the rues until his eleventh birthday. His father sat him down and told him. James didn't take the news very well and became distant from his father. Vowing to never accept Susanna as his mother or that he had a twin brother. He also refused to accept any of the beliefs of his Slytherin side."
"How do you know all of this?" Remus asks the potion master. He wanted Snape to get to the point.
"I was there, werewolf. I am the other twin and coincidently Harry's uncle. The headmaster wished me to tell him about our relationship. I do not know why nor do I care. James hated me because we share the same blood. I am what he was destined to become. It almost killed him to hear that his wicked step-mother was his real mother. He hated our mother even before he knew about her relationship to him. She always favored me over him. She would punish him for things that I did but every summer we would be forced to come face to face once again. Never being civil towards each other. Never acting like brothers. We were raised in two completely different worlds. I saw more of mother and father than he did. He was never home if he could help it. Emily's parents took him in with open arms and treated him like royalty. I think towards the end our parents viewed him as Emily's son. Especially our mother. But I was favored by father since he figured that James was the one that the seer was speaking of. The name Snape was my mothers maiden name before she married and I just kept it after I moved on with my life. I went by it for most of my childhood so why change it even though my legal name is Severus Henry Potter." Snape finishes and quickly exits. He needed time alone, to think.
Before Lupin could ask any questions, he was watching Snape storms out of the hospital wing. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. James and Severus were twins. He shakes his head and leans back on the chair. Harry had to know but not right now. He would leave the boy in his bliss before his world was ripped away. He only hoped that Harry was strong enough to hear the truth because Hermione needed to have him strong for her and the baby. Remus stares down at his hands. Why couldn't the boy get a break for once? Was it to much to ask that he have a slightly normal life? "Merlin be with him" He mumbles before sleep over takes his own mind. His thoughts all jumbled up.