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Chapter 10- Remus Lupin

Lily had followed them to the infirmary and saw a huge group of Gryffindors crowded around Harry who was laying unconscious in a hospital bed. Keeping her hood up, she stood on her toes to see if he was showing any signs of coming out of it. Her heart was still thumping madly as she glanced around the room at all the worried faces. Then she gasped, hoping she wasn't caching any attention as she hurried out to the hall. I can't believe I just walked in there without changing back! Lily mentally slapped herself. If I change back here anyone passing by could see me. She decided to find the nearest closet or bathroom quickly. As she walked down one of the hallways she heard a familiar voice behind her. "Lily," called the kind, soft voice of Remus Lupin. She stopped and hesitantly turned around. She wanted to speak with him but she also wanted to walk away, ignoring him as if he had mistaken her for someone else.

He walked up with that same friendly, but rather cheerless expression. She hadn't gotten a chance all year to get a good look at his face. Now, as she studied it after so many years, it seemed like nothing had changed, but if she looked deeper, she could tell that everything had. Wrinkles lined his forlorn eyes and specks of gray could be seen throughout his hair. His smile carried a more stressed, depressed appearance but it was well hidden.

"Long time," she said after awhile of simply standing in front of each other. "Yes." He merely said. After another few seconds of silence he sighed and said, "Would you like to come to my office?" She smiled from underneath her hood. "Alright."

Once in the safety of Remus's office, she removed her cover. He leaned against his desk in front of her. Come on, after so many years I have to be able to think of something to say. Luckily he spoke first. "I see you've taken to watching out for Harry," he said. "Yes…he reminds me so much of James," her voice trailed off. "I was quite surprised when I first saw him on the train." Remus said with a faint laugh. "Same hair, facial features, glasses, although James's were square. But his eyes are distinctly yours," Remus said.

They continued talking about Harry, and how things had been over the past 12 years. "I've been wanting to talk to you for so long, Lily. I really wanted to ask you about that night," he started cautiously. She just nodded. "How did you survive? I mean, I had no idea…" he said her in a rather hushed tone. Lily had thought about it before. She wasn't entirely sure but she had a good guess. "I think that the same spell that saved Harry saved me," she said. "When James told me to run with Harry and that he would hold Voldemort off, I knew what he was thinking. We both had talked about that spell. Though we didn't entirely agree on it, we waited to see if it would even be necessary." Her mind drifted off to the horrible memories that she hadn't let herself relive for so long. Lily just put a wall up in her thoughts if it ever came to mind. But now it was just to powerful and recollections of that warble of time flooded her brain. Closing her eyes she tried to relax and continue. "Harry is alright which is what we both wanted…even with that retched scar," Lily said.

Remus seemed tired as usual but he was very attentive to what Lily had to say. "If you ever had the chance, do you think you would tell Harry who you really are?" he asked. "No, not unless truly needed. I would love to talk to Harry but I can't imagine how he would feel knowing that his mother is one of his best friends pets!" Lily said. Remus gave that half smile. "There may come a time one day that he'll need you and you'll know you can be there for him." Remus said. Lily just nodded and said, "I know."

After a few more minuets Lily thought of something to ask Remus. Something she had been itching to know since she saw that poster in the Leaky Caldron. "Remus, I'm not sure if you would know about this but…what ever happened to Sirius? I've seen posters up everywhere and that's all that's on the cover of the Daily Prophet anymore is how he escaped Azkaban," Lily said. Remus sighed. Now it was his turn. "I really don't know who to believe with that, Lily," he said. "All I've heard is that twelve years ago, right after what happened with James, Harry, you, and Voldemort, Sirius got word of it and knew that Peter had ratted you three out. Well, you know Sirius as impulsive as he is, went after Peter and found him somewhere in a muggle town. After a while they got a bit of an audience as of course he was furious. It may shock you but Sirius was accused and convicted of killing Peter and 12 muggles standing near by with a single curse." Remus said. Lily was speechless. Sirius had done many rash things before but he had never taken it that far. "I knew something was strange," Lily managed to say. "I didn't even recognize him on those posters."

A swift knock on the door broke the awkwardness of the conversation. "Remus?" the sly voice of Severus Snape echoed throughout the hallway outside. "Just a minuet, Severus." Remus replied. "Lily, change back and I'll try let you by when I open the door," he whispered. "Alright." Remus started for the door as Lily changed back into Crookshanks. "Severus what can I do for you?" she heard him say as she scurried down the hallway. "I would like to know how that werewolf suppression potion is doing you any more good since I added wolfs bane," she heard Snape say. She couldn't hear anything else as Remus had already let him in and shut the door.