A/N – Here goes the next great adventure! I hope you all enjoy this!

The Cold Room

Part 2 – 14

The Halloween feast was in full procession by the time it happened; it wasn't an uncommon occurrence. The teachers could still remember when the Marauder's had gone full out in their Halloween pranks. This one however did not take the cake when it was compared to the Marauder's, but it was high up there on the list.

"Lupin! You know who did this!" Snape could be heard yelling at the Defense Professor.

"Dear me, I hadn't known that you're students croaked," Lupin could be heard replying with a hint of laughter in his voice. The great hall was filled with the croaking of the Slytherin students whose heads had been transfigured into warty toad heads. The only sound they could make was those of a frog, and the other houses took much pleasure in this prank.

"I know it was you!" Snape pointed a finger at Lupin. At this, Lupin glared and waved his wand, in no time at all, Snape's head was transfigured into a toad, and the only thing he could say was – "James Potter is a god!"

"Severus, next time you have suspicions, please keep them to yourself till you know otherwise," Lupin said before sitting back down to dinner. This made everyone (even the rest of the teachers) crack up, and Snape stalked out of the Great Hall.

"I told you that Lupin knows stuff," Harry laughed; besides him, Ron was laughing so much that he was crying. Hermione was red in the face and hid in a book but she couldn't stop the giggling fit that the prank had brought on.

"So," George and Fred Weasley stood behind the trio.

"You like?" Fred asked.

"That is brilliant! How long will it last?" Ron asked.

"Oh – a week--"

"—give or take a few days,"

"Oh, this is golden! We have to get pictures of this!" Harry snickered.

"The Creavy Brothers are on the job, we're paying them a couple sickles each," Fred replied.

"I'll have to put some in my photo album, this is the best Halloween I've ever had,"

"That was what we were going for," Fred and George said that the same time.

"Wait, you heard?" Hermione asked, she was smiling though.

"Oh yes, hard not too, but we figured that we would give Harry a good memory whenever he thinks of Halloween,"

"Thanks," Harry said.

"No problem, now, if you excuse us –"

"—There are a couple of HufflePuff girls who seem to be eyes us,"

The twins disappeared – Harry watched them go and try to woo the two sixth year girls, who just slapped them and then walked away, giggling even. The twins then shrugged at each other before going after the girls. Harry shook his head. Those two were impossible.

"Harry, do you want to play some wizard chess?" Ron asked his friend. The feast was almost over.

"Sure, that'll be fun," Harry agreed.

"I can't believe you did that!" Minerva glared at Lupin and Snape (who was now is normal, all glaring self). Lupin didn't seem to care much, he was busy marking papers, but Snape was sulking, he almost reminded Lupin of the many times he had seen Sirius Black sulk after a backfired prank.

"I do not appreciate being accused of something that I had no hand in; I am a Professor, it is ethically against my job to go around pranking anyone," Lupin said evenly.

"I know you had a hand in it!" Snape glared.

"Just because something similar happened when we were in fourth year, doesn't mean that the same people did it this time – I for one think it a total coincidence," Lupin replied, not bothering to look up from his papers.

"Exactly, Remus is right – I remember that prank, it was purple spotted chickens, not frogs," Minerva chuckled a bit.

"And they went around saying "All hail the Marauding Marauder's!" for weeks on end, they had a lot of make up work to do," Lupin put in.

"I still didn't find out who did that," Snape muttered.

"You weren't supposed too," Lupin replied with a smirk.

"You and you're friends did it!" Snape stood while he yelled. Lupin looked at him like he had lost any and all sense the man had ever possessed in his life.

"I think someone needs to be admitted," Lupin looked at Minerva.

"In deed, now – Severus, I understand that you do not appreciate such a prank to be played on you're house, when I find out who it was, I'll make sure to deal with them. Now, if that settles it, please leave Mr. Lupin to his marking," She stood and gave one last glare before leaving. Snape didn't even bother to glare at Lupin before he made his way to the dungeons.

Lupin watched them go, and once he was alone he broke down into hysterical laughter; It seemed that the Marauder's were not forgotten here at Hogwarts. And for that, he was glad.

"Look! Look!" James Potter practically yelled – Harry was standing on the edge of a rounded coffee table. His father had been playing with him when the small baby had pulled himself up in order to stand precariously on his own two feet.

Lily Evens Potter ran into the room, she stopped suddenly (for she had thought something bad had happened) and then she smiled when she saw Harry. He giggled at them and had a look in his eyes that said "this is wicked!"

Lily had seen that look in her husband's eyes many times and it made her happy to see it in her son as well. She the duo on the floor and hugged James from behind; James laughed one of his hands reached back to tickle Lily about the midsection, she laughed, which made Harry look at them in a weird way before he laughed too.

"Our Harry is so smart! By this time next week he'll be running!" James said.

"I still get to hold him, though, right?" Lily asked.

"Don't worry sweetheart, he'll always be our little baby,"

Emerald eyes came into existence one the sun had shone upon his face; Harry reached over to the bedside table in order to retrieve his glasses. The dream he had escaped him then, he couldn't remember exactly what it was about, but he remembered a man with glasses that looked like himself and a woman with red hair.

He wondered if he was remembering something that he shouldn't. A baby so young couldn't remember things like that. He then decided that it was his won mind making this stuff up before he got ready to face the day. It was Saturday, the first November.

At least – it had been one of the more pleasant dreams he had had in a long time.

"Do you know what Quidditch team Harry likes?" Remus asked Minerva that day at breakfast.

"I dare say that I don't, I don't even keep up with it," she said.

"Ph dear, I'll have to ask him then, I want to make sure that I pick up the posters before he settles in," Remus smiled.

"Have you given it to him yet?" Flitwick asked from the other side of Minerva.

"Not yet, it's taking longer than I had thought at first, but that's my fault, I made the charms up in school, it took us forever to charm our own," Remus replied.

"If you need any help, you know where to find me," Flitwick said.

"Thank you," Remus smiled at his fellow Professor. It still felt weird that he was here at the teachers table than with the student's; not that he minded, he had always been able to help his friends learn new things, and they hardly knew that they were. That was the point behind teaching, Remus thought, and he loved it!

"I think it'll be done by Christmas," he said.

"I hope so as well – are you planning on taking Harry to the cottage then? It's a two week break," Minerva said.

"Maybe, but I want him to be safe," Remus replied.

"I'm sure he will be – he can come back here during the moon," she replied.

"Only if you don't mind,"

"Of course not, I am going to be here after all," she waved away the concerns of the youngest Professor.

"Thank you, I still have to ask him – but Christmas isn't for a long time yet,"

"The sooner the better," Sprout smiled.

"You're right," Remus thanked her and got up. He wasn't intending on speaking to Harry, he just had lesson plans he needed to get done.

"I should have thanked you sooner," Harry said as the trio walked to their first defense class after Halloween.

"What for?" Hermione asked.

"For that sleeping potion, I have been having some weird dreams, I don't remember what they're about, but I do know that they're good," Harry replied.

"I'm glad it's working," Ron put in.

"Yeah, I can actually concentrate on things now," Harry smiled.

"Speaking on concentrating, I still can't find Scabbers," Ron sighed.

"That rat is highly skittish if you me," Hermione said.

"We've had him to twelve years and he's never disappeared like this before, if Scabbers were like Trevor than I wouldn't be worried," Ron said.

"I think we need to go out and look for him or something," Harry said.

"Maybe," Hermione agreed; they agreed to look for Scabbers that afternoon during their free period, however, they had to start paying attention to their defense lesson.

Professor Lupin had a pop quiz ready that day – but he said that he was sure that they would pass it fairly well. The rest of the class time was spent with open books and the mutterings of several students who were talking themselves through the lessons. Lupin liked Open Book quizzes and so encouraged the students to look things up if they needed too. Neither one of the Golden Trio needed to look anything up.

"I have got to tell you," Ron started once they were at lunch.

"That was the easiest test I have ever had," Harry finished.

"If we aren't careful we'll start sounding like the twins!"

"We wouldn't want that now would we?" Hermione smiled.

"I don't know about that…"

"It's fine, mate, say what did you see in you're crystal ball?" Ron asked.

"I saw…" here, Harry paused for effect "…the GRIM!"

Hermione whacked him in the arm while the boy's laughed; "It isn't anything to laugh about!"

"Sure it is! Trawleny is barmy!" Ron replied.

"She actually cried when I told her that," Harry agreed.

"What! You told her that? How could you?" Hermione looked scandalized.

"It's all right – everyone else knew I was joking," Harry rolled his eyes.

"If you don't be careful…"

"Hermione, it's fine," Harry reassured her.

"I just…don't want to lose one of my best friends!" she wailed and then she got up from the table and ran out of the great hall. Ron and Hermione looked at each other and then to the doors that Hermione disappeared through.

"GIRLS!" they sighed.

A/N – Had to do that! Hermione is a girl after all, maybe she's just worried! Er – ignore that part if it doesn't make any sense! Lol! Anyway – thank you to everyone who has reviewed. I am glad that you like it! I got to go and get ready for school now.

Ta,

Poppy