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Warnings: This story contains yoai, Mpreg, mild lemons, violence, language and some rather adult themes. Giving this a rating of R, I'll only say this once. If You Don't Like Any Of The Above… DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!!!!! This is your last chance to hit the back button. Here we go.
Thanks to my lovely beta MommaDar - This chapter has been revised.
{…} = Thought […] = Parseltounge (…) = Telepathy
Moons, Potions & Talismans
Ignorance Has its Consequences
The sight that met Remus's eyes in Lucius's compartment was one he and Sev along with all the other Slytherins, had been waiting to see for a good time now. Luc was snogging the living daylights out Narcissa Black, a young Slytherin girl whom was Sirius Black's cousin and Lucius's biggest crush since first year. Remus stood there a while longer, taking in the sight of what everyone in the Slytherin house had been waiting for, then cleared his throat causing them to jump apart, which made Remus laugh bit.
"Hey guys, it's about bloody time you two just gave up the act and snogged!"
Lucius looked up at their honorary Slytherin and smiled at the well-meant comment. Narcissa also smiled, she - like the others in Slytherin - have come to know the difference between sincerity and sarcasm from the young werewolf. Suddenly Luc's expression became worried as he asked the one question Remus wanted to avoid.
"You're here early... didn't things with the Marauders go alright?"
"Yeah Rem, we were expecting to not see you 'til we got to Hogwarts!" 'Cissa stated.
"Lets just say the Marauders are down to three... and none of them is me..." Remus answered them, while wiping a few tears away with his sleeve. Narcissa seen this and went to the bench seat across from Lucius and opened her arms in order to give him a comforting hug, in which Remus went to quickly, and told them what happened when he went to say to the people he thought were his friends.
When he was finished, he just sat there with tears going down his face, at this 'Cissa pulled into a strong hug as he started to cry. If Remus had looked up he would have seen the angry look passed from Narcissa and Lucius and then her mouthing for him to go get Severus, and then Lucius nodding and storming out of the compartment. All he knew were the soothing words being whispered to him by a close friend.
"Siri... Siri... SIRI" James had been trying to get him to talk to him since they had been outright cruel to their friend. James was really getting worried. All Sirius had done since Remus had left the compartment was to sit and rock back and forth muttering "I hit him... Merlin I hit him!" over and over. He really was not surprised at this reaction from Sirius, as he had become Remus's shadow before they knew the truth about Rem's 'Grandmother' visits. Soon after they had found out the truth Siri became like Remus's twin. When he looked to Peter all he could see was the back of his other friend's head as Pete was crying and didn't want them to see it. Tears were rolling down his own cheeks as he remembered what had happened after Lily had stormed in after hearing everything they had said as well as Remus telling them who he was.
He could still hear her words clearly, telling him that for what he and his 'sidekicks' had done, that he could kiss their relationship goodbye along with whatever friendship they had. She then had taken it a step farther with a threat to have herself re-sorted if Remus was. She had then stormed out of the compartment after wards, most likely headed after Remus, which meant she was heading towards the Slytherin section of the train… thankfully everyone knew she was a friend of Siri's cousin so no one messed with her. Of course that and she had a good uppercut, as Sirius had learned first hand before she left the compartment.
He finally gave up on getting Sirius to talk to him and sat back thinking about just how much they fucked up with the insecure boy they went through so much trouble to convince that they were not going to betray him. And that was exactly what they had done.
To say Lucius Malfoy was pissed would be an understatement of the year. He stormed towards the back of the train where the Slytherin Qudditch meeting was being held, he was unaware that quiet a few of the lower year Slytherins were diving to the side so not to be on receiving end of his wrath. Because they didn't know that he was only furiuos at three certain Gryffindors, they stood back and let the enraged teenager stalk past and wondered what had happened to make the normally cool-tempered Malfoy heir pissed enough to nearly glide down the hallways as the Slytherin Head of House was known to do on a normal basis. But the most shocking was when a red headed girl in Gryffindor house colors stopped Malfoy dead in his tracks. Everyone dove back into his or her compartments so not to see what was to come of the overly brave girl............
"Luc... Where's Remus? I need to find him." A distraught Lily Evans asked the still fuming blonde boy in front of her.
"Just whom the... Oh! Lils, you are looking for Rem, right?" Lucius replied.
Lily nodded quickly and said, "I wanted to see if he was ok... Sirius hit him pretty hard. I could hear it from where I was standing listing to everything"
"What could you hear from where Lils?" came a slightly worried voice from around the corner and up behind Lucius, whom in which turned to face him with a worried expression on his face as he prepared to answer and in turn enrage his closest friend. But Lily cut him off quite thankfully as she decided she'd be best to answer, as she wanted to see Remus anyways.
"Severus... you see, Remus went to tell Potter and the others of his change and it didn't go to well..."
"Explain Lily, I need to know what happened." Sev replied trying to stay calm as a thousand scenarios played through his mind and none of them were pretty.
"Well... this is what happened..." With that Lily began to tell her friends what she knew of what happened when Remus went to drop in on his friends, stopping her tale only when she cringed at the fury on the Severus's face after she had described Sirius's reaction to Remus calling him by his name. After that she told how Potter had asked his name and the silence following the discovery that the kid in the doorway was their friend and Remus's tears during the whole ordeal. She stood back as Severus paced back and forth muttering rather colorfully under his breath before he stalked towards the compartment where he knew Remmie would still be in.
As he left Lily decided to gather her courage again to ask something, grabbing Lucius's arm as we started to follow his friend, she started before she had a chance to change her mind. "Would you and the others stand for me if I was to get a re-sorting Luc?"
"I know that Severus, Cissa, me and most likely Remmie will stand with you. I do not know what the others reactions will be." Lucius said and then continued, " What about your Gryffindor boyfriend?"
"What of him? After what he and his little sidekicks did to Rem, I told him he could kiss it all good-bye. I do not want to be with someone that rotten." Lily said resolutely.
Lucius nodded and waved Lily ahead of him as they walked to the compartment talking of things from their summers to what to do with their current situation. When they got to the compartment Lily stopped, Lucius turned to look at her and opened to door, inviting her in. "We won't mind Lils... You and Rem are the only Gryffs we can stand for any period of time."
"Alright, I just thought you wouldn't want to let me in on this one... seeing as Rem is a honorary Slytherin and I'm a plain Gryffindor..." She trailed off hoping Lucius understood what she was saying.
"You are a good friend to a Slytherin, and we do not forget our friends nor do we keep them in the dark on anything. And as far as Rem being an honorary Slytherin, that's because his dad is Severus's Godfather."
"Oh! That's something I was never told, nor was Potter, seeing as he's a blabbermouth and would have told me."
"Well, that and we all think that Rem would have done better in the house his Dad was in. And don't give me that look... Everyone knows Quatre Lupin was a true Slytherin!"
"I know, 'Cissa told me about him. Is it true that it took the Sorting Hat an hour and a half to sort him?"
"Yes it did, longest sorting ever. Shall we?" Lucius said as he opened the compartment for them to enter.
"Yes." And with that they went in, and nearly laughed at the sight of Severus Snape propped up in a corner of the left hand bench by the window, with Remus leaned into his chest for all the world of him... sleeping.
When Severus entered the compartment, he quite suddenly found himself with an armful of Remus Lupin. Not that he was complaining mind you, but the matter was rather pressing and he needed to find out how badly Black had damaged Remus's cheekbone. He gently loosened Remus's grip upon him and tilted his head up to see the severity of the injury. He hissed under his breath as he saw the rapidly developing bruise which would be swollen by morning, not to mention the dried blood by both his nose and lip on that side. {I'll kill Black for this… No one hurts my Remmie and gets far.} Severus then moved to the bench seat on the left side of the room and leaned into the corner before reopening his arms to hug his friend.
Remus took the invitation quickly, launching into the story of what happened in the Marauder's compartment, and a good deal of apologies about their actions towards Severus and the other Slytherins. "I'm… sorry! I didn't… think there… was much harm… done. But now… I know… how cruel they… are now. Sorry… Forgive me!" This speech came out rather funny as Remus was still sobbing as Severus's embrace tightened some while rubbing circles on his back to soothe the breaking werewolf.
"You have nothing to apologize for Rem, we all knew you were sort of blind to them in order to keep their friendship. None of us holds any hard feelings for you, now as for the other 'Golden Gryffindors'… I can't say right now, that all depends on later on this year. But you need to sleep Remmie; godfather said you'd need as much sleep as possible this week to keep from going comatose from the strain on your body from the change. {Not to mention I'd go insane with grief if he were to do so. Especially if he was comatose well past his deadline to get his mate!}
Remus nodded, snuggling into Severus as a pillow as it was getting hard for him to stay awake. The gentle whispering of conversation between Sev and 'Cissa lulled him to sleep so quickly that he didn't notice Sev summoning a blanket for them or Lily and Lucius's laughter at the sight of Severus Snape… reduced to a pillow by little Remus Lupin.
Incase you haven't noticed I've been going for a different version of Remus. You will see the changes through the next few chapters. I've kind of gotten tired of he general portrayal of Remus so I'm changing it.
Next Time: Arrivals, Mental Confessions, Decisions and more.
Remmie Selici Lupin
