MWPP: Through Moony's Eyes
Meeting Again
The summer, for Remus, was very uneventful. Sure, there were his occasional letters from James, Sirius, Peter, and Lily, but aside from those, nothing happened. His dad took him to the muggle library once a week, since Remus had already read every book in the Lupin house. Usually Remus was stuck at home reading, unless he was locked up in a shed, but that was only three times.
After a long 3 months, it was time to go back to Hogwarts. Remus was very excited, he knew he would miss his parents, but the thought of seeing all his friends again made him forget that.
Remus ran through the barrier that led to the platform 9 3/4 and was immediately pounced on by James, Sirius, and Peter.
"Nice...ugh...to...see...er...you...to," Remus said, his voice was muffled from being under James, Sirius, and Peter.
"Hi Remus!" all three of them chorused.
"Oh hey you guys should meet my folks," Remus said after he wiggled himself out of the big pile. He dragged the three of them to his parents, who were having fun watching Remus get pummeled by his friends.
"Mum, Dad, this is Sirius, James, and Peter," Remus said, pointing at each of the boys as he said their names.
"Hello boys," said Mrs. Lupin with a huge grin on her face.
"Nice to meet you Mr. And Mrs. Lupin," the three boys said.
"Remus, we better get on the train before there are no more compartments left and we're stuck with Slytherins," James said, and the four of them left to get on the train.
"Those are good friends. They make Remus happy," Mrs. Lupin observed.
"You reckon they know?" Mr. Lupin asked.
"I'm not sure, but if they don't then hopefully they won't abandon him when they find out,"
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"Were we that small last year?" Sirius asked as the four made their way through a group of first years. Sirius, James, and Remus all grew about two inches over the summer.
"I dunno, we probably were," James said. The four of them made their way down the aisles. As they passed by one compartment they girls inside started giggling. They stopped and Sirius winked, James ruffled up his hair, and Remus gave them his famous smile. All the girls started to giggle some more. All the girls in Hogwarts had to agree that these three were the best looking guys in school, even if they were only in second year.
"Hello ladies," Sirius greeted.
"We'll be in the back of the train if you need us," James said with a smile.
"Good bye ladies," Sirius said, and the four of them continued down the aisle. A snort sounded behind them.
"You two are pathetic!"
"Hello Evans," Sirius and James said without turning around.
"Why the whole girl population in Hogwarts like you two I'll never understand. At least Remus has brains," Lily said angrily, standing a few feet behind the four boys.
"Hey WE got brains too, we got top marks as well in our classes," James said defending himself and Sirius.
"Yes, but you two don't have any COMMON SENSE!" Lily shouted, her emerald eyes filled with absolute loathing.
"Well, SO WHAT?" Sirius said. "All the girls like us because we have unbeatable charm and amazing good looks."
"Oh PUH-LEEZ! You two are no more than a bunch of noisy gits."
"But we happen to be HANDSOME noisy gits," James said with a smile.
"Whatever, I'll talk to you later Remus," then she turned around and walked the opposite way.
"I still don't get why she likes you Remus," James said.
"There's an understanding between us," Remus said remembering their talk at the end of last year. James rolled his eyes and Remus's statement and opened an empty compartment door.
"Guys I've been thinking," Sirius started.
"Wow, you, think?" James commented, smirking.
"YES, I was thinking."
"You didn't hurt yourself did you?" Remus asked sarcastically.
"No..." Sirius said angrily, "And like I was saying before I was so RUDELY INTERRUPTED, how about we charm Snape's wardrobe so that it's all red and gold?"
"That's genius Sirius!" James exclaimed.
"Woah, wait, what has Snape ever done to you? Remember what I taught you two about pranking people who didn't deserve it?" Remus said, a touch of a snap in his voice.
"That's right Remus! You weren't there when it happened. You were off visiting your grandma or something. Well one day Sirius and I were walking down to lunch when we heard these screams coming from a broom closet. So, of course, we investigated. Turns out that our little pal Peter here was getting hexed into oblivion by this Slytherin named Snape. Disgusting thing he is too, slimy and greasy. Anyways, we decided to give Snape a piece of our mind. After we did so, he got mad, told Filch, and landed us in detention for sticking up for our friend," James said, looking quiet pleased and angry at the same time.
"So that's why you weren't in the common room when I got back," Remus remembered.
"Precisely," Sirius said.
"Ok then I guess he does deserve to have a wardrobe color change," Remus agreed.
"Look, we're almost to school. You can see the Whomping Willow," Peter observed. Remus felt a twinge of guilt. He promised Lily that he would tell them about his condition. He had a year to think of a good way to break it tothem. But, he knew that the year would go by fast.
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The four second years collapsed onto the Gryffindor common room armchairs. After eating a whole bunch of food, jinxing the Slytherin flags to say GRYFFINDOR RULES , and running away from a gang of Slytherins, they were pretty tired. They trudged up to their dormitories ready for a good nights sleep. Remus especially, because tomorrow was the full moon and we would be getting no sleep at all.
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Hey Remus," someone whispered while tapping on his shoulder. "Reeeeeeeemuuuuuus."
"Uh huh, what?" Remus said groggily. He could see through his half closed eyes, a figure that looked very much like, "aw Sirius, please don't" Remus knew what was coming.
"WAKE UP!" Sirius bellowed in a sing song voice, and started prancing around the common room.
"Sirius," Remus groaned. Remus dragged himself out of his bed and got dressed, while James and Sirius were busy discussing something about dungbombs and fireworks...not a good combination. Peter was still asleep, he could sleep through anything.
After Peter finally woke up, the four made their way down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Before they made it there, however. Lily stopped them.
"Remus, can I talk to you?" Lily asked.
"Why don't you go off with your own friends?" James asked. Lily scowled.
"No guys, it's ok. I'll meet you in the Great Hall in a minute," Remus said, something in Lily's eyes said that this was important. James, Sirius, and Peter continued walking, leaving Lily and Remus alone in the corridor.
"Remus I checked the lunar chart and it said that today's a," Lily gulped.
"A full moon," Remus finished grimly for her.
"Yeah, so that means that..."
"I'll be leaving tonight."
"Can I visit you tomorrow?" Lily asked.
"Lily you better not."
"Why not?" Lily said angrily.
"My transformations are very painful, it's not just growing hair and a snout. No, it's very bad. And since I can't bite humans, I bite and scratch myself. I can barely get up to the castle the next morning. By the time I usually get to the entrance I collapse and Madame Pomfry has to take me up to the hospital wing. Then I get put into a room that only the staff and I know about. Then Madame Pomfrey gives me potions and chocolate...lots of chocolate. Then usually I sleep until the next day and then I'm released," Remus finished. He knew that Lily couldn't understand unless she saw him right after a transformation, but he knew that it would be too much for her.
"You mean you pass out...every..every," Lily couldn't finish.
"Transformation, yeah I do," Remus said as he looked into Lily's sad eyes. He had never opened up to someone like this before. "Oh and Lily, can I borrow your notes from class? Copying James's and Sirius's aren't very effective, considering that they don't take any,"
"Yeah sure," Lily was trying to still take in everything that Remus had said.
"Ok then I'll see you in class today," Remus said. He flashed her a grin that supposedly made the Ravenclaw girls fall for him, to liven up the mood. Lily smiled back but the sadness was still there.
Remus headed back down the corridor, when he was stopped by a mob of Slytherins.
"Where do you think your going?" said a hooked nosed, greasy boy, in his year.
"Well usually, people come down this way to get some breakfast. And if you don't mind, I'm hungry and would like some food," Remus said smoothly.
"Actually, we do mind. I've seen you hanging around with Potter and Black," the same boy said.
"Ah, so you must be Snape. I'm Remus Lupin. You're the one who would bully Peter and then get hexed by James and Sirius, aren't you?" Remus replied, and obviously he struck a nerve because Snape's mouth formed a thin line and his face went white. Snape reached for his wand, but Remus was quicker.
"Pertificus Totalus," Remus muttered and Snape tightened up and fell to the floor. Remus stepped over him and walked through the rest of the Slytherin group who all had their mouths hanging open, and continued down the corridor. Usually Remus wouldn't be that harsh, but the full moon was tomorrow and he needed food now. After all, almost all he'll eat tomorrow will be chocolate.
"What took you so long Remus?" James asked when Remus arrived at the table.
"Let's just say I ran into one of your old friends," Remus replied.
"Snape?" Peter asked with a worried look.
"Yeah but now he is on the floor in the Great Hall corridor," James and Sirius grinned.