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—Year I: Part VII: The Month of Love and Suspicion—
As the Marauders walked into the DADA classroom early one morning, they found it unsupervised with less than half the class already there. They headed towards the back, where they usually sat, and took their seats at an elongated bench.
Sirius let the strap of his posh dark knapsack—which was once pristine but was now well-worn and ragged—slip from the tips of his fingers, a loud 'thunk' sounding as it landed on the floor, before he fell back into his seat. He slid a little, body stretching as he lounged lowly, covering his mouth to hide a wide yawn. Peering at his friends through heavily lidded eyes, he let out a small moan. "Y'know, half a year it's been, and you'd think we'd learn more than just one measly spell in Defense Against the Dark Arts, right?"
Kagome opened her mouth to answer, but paused, eyes flickering behind her friend. Her mouth shut with a click and she quickly looked away, the others whirling in their own seats to face the front as well. Sirius blinked, about to ask them what was wrong.
He didn't need to in the end.
"There's a reason why you learn the theories before you try the practicals, Black," a cold voice interrupted from behind. A chill weaved through the skin of the children, and a universal wince passed through the room.
Black cringed, and slowly, he straightened and twisted around to see the dark gaze of his DADA professor staring down at him five feet away by the doorway. Beside him, his friends grimaced with pity. "Only an ignorant fool throws spells left and right without knowing the when, where, why, and how in a given situation," Professor McGreggor continued in a drawling voice.
"But," the Professor drawled, shutting the door behind him, a soft click echoing in the suddenly silent room. Pulling out his wand, he strolled down the aisle towards his desk. "It seems you shall have your wish today. Take out your wands, class, you will be learning how to cast the impediment jinx—Impedimenta."
Noisy shuffling and excited, hushed chattering filled the room as the students moved.
"Wicked," James whispered, all but bouncing on his seat. "Finally, something fu-ack! Ow!" the Potter whined, whirling on the curly-haired boy beside him. "Oi! What was that for!" he whispered-exclaimed, rubbing the spot on his head where Sirius' wand had smacked him.
Sirius sniffed, turning his nose up and away from him. "That's what you deserve—some friend you are. Didn't even give me a warning, did you? No~o. You just left me hanging!"
Kagome sniggered—until a sharp pain lanced through her bicep. She let out squeak, swatting the offending fingers that darted away from her reach. "Hey!" She pouted, rubbing her stinging arm gently.
"You too," Sirius hissed out all sulky, and let out a huff, eyes flickering over to Remus and Peter. "All of you are mean and traitors to boot."
"Heh." Kagome felt her lips twitch. "You know we love you Sirius," she told him, throwing an arm around his shoulders. "This is just how we show it."
Sirius only grumbled at her teasing.
"Potter! Black! Stop acting all cozy and pay attention!"
The pair let out an 'eep' and straightened to see their Professor glaring at them.
"Now," Professor McGreggor began, sending the pair a disgruntled look, "As you should remember, it says in your texts that, 'Swift use of this jinx can freeze an attacker for a few moments, or stop a magical beasts in its tracks.' It is a vital part of any duelist's arsenal. Let me demonstrate for you."
Snatching a clock from his desk, McGreggor threw it in the air and quickly pointed his wand to the falling object, calmly pronouncing the incantation. "Impedimenta." The class bustled at the sight of the object as they stared at it frozen in mid-fall.
"Now," McGreggor announced as he turned to his students. "It's your turn. Grab an object—no, Mister Potter, not your textbook, something light that won't cause injury to you or anyone near you, you'll knock someone out. There, grab your quill for Merlin's sake—and toss the object of your choice into the air once you're ready," he instructed them with weary frustration. "Point your wand and clearly and properly enunciate the incantation, Impedimenta. Understood? Good, you may start."
Ten minutes later…
"Heh," Sirius laughed, snatching his frozen rolled up parchment out from the air for the fourth time already. "Got it."'
Lips twitching, Kagome flicked her quill in the air, muttering a quick, "Impedimenta." Lowering her wand, she turned to him with a cheeky grin. "You aren't the only one."
Sirius returned her grin, eyes flashing with an idea. "Oh, I bet I could do it with this now!" he boasted as he grabbed something off his desk.
Kagome's grin faltered and she edged away with a grimace. "I don't know if that's such a great idea, Sirius…" she trailed off, fidgeting slightly at the sight of her friend lightly tossing his DADA text up in the air.
Sirius scoffed. "What? I have the spell down, didn't you see? This will be a cinch now." He tossed the heavy tome in the air, pointing his wand and successfully casting the spell.
At first, Kagome watched him with a sharp gaze, ready to jump out of harm's way should the book come anywhere near hitting her. But it didn't. It seemed that Sirius had gotten quite the hang of the spell, and she decided to step it up herself—though she used a notebook instead of a heavy tome like Sirius.
But Sirius had yet to flawlessly master the spell, and Kagome personally learned that herself the moment she turned her back on him.
"Ow!"
"Bloody—Sirius!"James shouted, jumping from his seat.
"Oh, crap, I'm so sorry!"
A frustrated hiss passed through the lips of one exasperated and irritated Professor. "Black! Ten points from Gryffindor!" he snapped wearily. "I had already told Potter to use something light! Now put your wand away and take Miss Potter to the nurse—she looks like she's about to pass out."
Sirius practically flailed as James quietly and quickly swept his sister's things into her bag. The sight of tears—which was more of a reflexive reaction from the sting of the pain itself than because it hurt—building up in her eyes sent him in even more of a tizzy. "Oh, please don't cry, please don't cry, I'm sorry Kagome!" Sirius begged, and a bit pathetically at that.
The winded girl swatted at him in response, missing him and swiping through what turned out to be his hazy double. She tried again, and hit the mark. "Shh—you're making my headache feel worse!" she groaned, trying and failing to get up.
Remus and Sirius snagged an arm when she swayed and almost fell into their bench seats. With Sirius carrying both their bags, he wrapped an arm around his friend's waist, holding her close and molding her side to his. Kagome fidgeted to get comfortable, and wrapped an arm around his torso as well, leaning heavily on his right.
Sorry, Sirius mouthed once more to James, who was stoically watching the scene in an unusual display of calm as they hobbled out of the room, most of Kagome's weight leaning heavily on Sirius out of no choice of her own.
When they had left, Remus and Peter turned to James, eyeing him warily. They all knew James was pretty protective of his twin—to a great and unnecessary extent at that most of the time.
"Uhm, James…" Peter began hesitantly, peering at Remus as he fiddled with his tie.
"Are you…mad at Sirius?" Remus finished in a slow tone.
They were both surprised when James turned to them and snorted in amusement. "What? Me? Mad? At Sirius?" he scoffed, grinning.
The pair blinked owlishly.
"Oh, no~! Kagome's way tougher than that—heck, she's had her head hit harder when we were younger, playing Quidditch and roughing around. She has a hard head anyways," James told them, waving a dismissive hand at them as he snickered. "Nah, if anything, I feel bad for the bloke. He ought to be more worried about her. As soon as she can see straight, she'll be plotting some way to get him back. You know how she's like—it'll be humiliating and sneaky to boot."
Peter winced, while Remus bit his lip, unsure whether he felt amused on Kagome's part, or pity for Sirius' sake. "Then, why did you act all weird?" Peter ventured, confused.
James chuckled, an wicked smirk on his face. "Well, the bloke did hurt my sister. Laughing would only give him some warning."
On their way to Madam Pomfrey, Sirius had alternated between apologizing to Kagome profusely and checking up on her, asking if she was alright each time. It got so annoying paired with the throbbing of her head that she ended up hissing at him that he was only making it worse by talking, and would he please hush up, thank you very much.
After that, he spent his time nibbling on his bottom lip to keep himself from talking. It got to the point that Kagome thought she could hear him, so she decided to take pity on him before he chewed his lip off.
"Look, I really am fine Sirius," she whispered, calmer now that the pounding receded. "Honestly—the pain's mostly gone."
"Really?" he asked, making them pause so he could study her.
Kagome refrained from smiling and rolling her eyes. "Really. I probably don't even have to go to Madam Pomfrey. Honestly, I think her scolding would only make it worse. Let's just head over to the tower until lunch, all right?"
Sirius fidgeted, sending a torn look in the direction of the nurse's wing. "I'm not sure…"
Kagome sighed and nudged at him. "I'll take one of those minor healing drafts we have stashed in the rooms, and I'll be good as new." It had taken a couple of tries, going by the recipe in the grimoire her mother gifted to her for Christmas, but forcing the nasty potion down her throat—she really needed to devise a way to make it taste like something other than shit—was better than seeing the nurse, since neither she nor James wanted to go back to a hospital or anything like them after spending so much time visiting them in the winter.
When Sirius looked as if he was about to give in, Kagome flashed him a small, wounded pout and blinked wide, round eyes just in case. "It's the least you could do, y'know, for trying to knock me out and all."
Guilt washed over Sirius' face, and Kagome felt a little bad for doing that. "Okay, fine, if you're sure," he murmured, maneuvering them around to go in the opposite direction towards the tower.
But then her head gave a particularly sharp throb, and Kagome felt a little more vicious than shamefaced.
At least, until she caught onto his searching, flickering glances of concern and decided to cut him a little slack. Besides, it would make him less suspecting when she eventually did get him back for getting hit smacked in the head with a heavy tome. "Hey, guess what."
Sirius blinked at her small grin.
"At least we got out of class early," she told him, coaxing out a small smile of obvious relief. Sirius tightened his arm around her in a bashful one-armed hug. Because of that, and since he seemed to be so worried, Kagome decided his punishment wouldn't be so bad…
Just only slightly humiliating this time around.
At Hogwarts, Valentines could be sent in two ways: via owls during the morning and night meal times, or through a personal handoff. Owls were the most common choice for a variety of reasons. It was a great way if one were shy. It was easier.
It was also showier.
Personally, Kagome would prefer something less...dramatic than a squawking owl soaring through the hall, with eyes boring holes into it until it stopped to drop its package, which then all eyes would be on the recipient, waiting and watching until they'd open it and say who it was from or something.
It was just much more romantic and personal in her opinion, of course. Sweeter too.
Besides, Kagome felt pity for the poor birds—with all the students in the school, surely they'd be run ragged. In any case, since it was only her first year, she'd figure she wouldn't have to worry about valentines—at least not until third year maybe.
"What? What are they? What did you get?!"
But apparently, that wasn't the case…
Before her was a small sized pile of valentines. There was less than ten: a few were small, folded cards, some with a small chocolate taped on it; bigger ones in envelopes, and a small package wrapped in paper—brown paper with hearts scribbled on it. A rose was even tied to it.
Kagome blinked owlishly. "They're… I think they're valentines…" she murmured faintly at James incessant prodding. Thin dark eyebrows furrowed in obvious amusement as she picked one out of the pile and opened a small card. A small smile broke out on her face. "Oh, this is from Zach, how sweet."
Zach, a Hufflepuff, was one of her friends who she'd helped out with a Potions essay. He even sent it saying, "Thanks for all your help!" It was a relief though; another look through and from those that had names scribbled on them, they were most from her female friends. It wouldn't be the first time she had received a valentine from a purely platonic male friend.
Although… Kagome reached over to pluck up the small package with the rose tied haphazardly with a pink ribbon, and took the heart shaped card from it. "Hmm, this one is anonymous though…" she murmured, reading the scrawl atop the front of the envelope. Awh, how adorable. A secret admirer?
"Boys?" the Sirius and James both squeaked in abject horror. "W-why are other boys sending you Valentines!" James squawked, snatching the little heart-shaped card from her grasp.
Kagome gaped at the rudeness. "Hey!"
The three other males crowded around her twin as he folded open the card. They reared back in shock as it exploded in a flurry of heart shaped sparkles. The boys erupted in cacophony of sputtered coughs as they hurriedly swiped at the offending flecks in an attempt to get them off.
Kagome snickered at the sight of the four sparkling. "Could I have my card back?" she prompted, shaking her head.
She rolled her eyes when James just ignored her and read it out loud, keeping the card at arm's length just in case it exploded yet again. "'I like you'?" the boy muttered faintly, hazel eyes scanning the card in a flurry. "'You have…pretty eyes!" James breathed out hoarsely. "Will you be my valentine!?"
If Kagome didn't know better, James looked as if he was about to have a stroke.
Remus' lips twitched, and he chuckled under his breath as he peered at the card over the boy's shoulder. "From, your Secret Admirer!?" he teased, an eyebrow raised at the recipient of said card.
Sirius slammed a palm on the table. "How dare he!" he hissed in a low whisper, eyes narrowed and scowling rather fiercely for some reason unknown to Kagome. "Now there's no way we can track him down."
Kagome let out a short, incredulous laugh. Was he being serious?
Remus had to hold back a snigger. "Y'know, with how fancy this all is, I bet he's an older student," he cajoled with a knowing nod, unable to help himself. "Maybe even a third year."
Kagome shot him a glare, because he so wasn't helping by fanning the freaking flames. That someone as old as that sending her a valentine was ridiculous, and they both knew it. But with James and Sirius' flare for the dramatics that bordered insane and obnoxious, they were more than gullible enough to believe Remus.
James flailed as Sirius snatched another valentine—another anonymous one. Kagome wanted to groan. "Damn it," he groused, ripping it open and tossing the chocolate to Remus without a thought, who caught it with ease and popped it in his mouth as soon as the wrapper was off. "Can't track this one either."
Kagome let out an outraged squeak. "Hey! That's mine!"
Remus blinked at her innocently. "But, if you accept the chocolate from an admirer, it only sends the wrong message that you also accept their feelings. They could be watching right now." His lips twitched. "Or, unless you want to send that message…" he trailed off deviously.
James let out a dramatic gasp. "Of course she doesn't!" he said with the intent to defend his sister's honor.
Just then, Kagome realized something she should have long ago. Remus was evil. Truly evil.
Especially when it came to chocolate.
James turned wide eyes on his sister. "Does Dad know about this?!" he demanded hotly.
"What?"A strangled sound of amused disbelief escaped her throat. "About what? That people send other people valentines on Valentine's Day?!" She stared at her brother as if he'd gone insane. "You guys got some too!" she said, gesturing their own piles of chocolates and valentine—Sirius' pile was even larger than hers. "What's the big deal?"
Peter shot the girl a look of pity, patting her on the shoulder in an apologetic and soothing gesture. Just accept it, his expression said. You're never going to win.
Sirius snorted, sending her a flat look. "We're guys. Girls always send out Valentines," he said as if it was obvious, prompting a "They do?" from James and Peter. He nodded. "My uncle Alfred told me so! He also said that girls give valentines to their friends too, so it's not that big of a deal. But it's totally different from when guys send one to a girl!"
And with that, they were set in their mission.
Kagome shook her head to herself as she watched with them with wide eyes as they tore through her gifts. They had generously left her the valentines from her female friends, sans chocolate of course, and stole the ones that were from her perfectly platonic male friends and the anonymous senders.
In the end, she decided to just let them be and return to her breakfast. It would be too much work to argue with them, it was too early in the morning to bother, and it was no reason to starve herself over. If anyone asked, she'd just blame it on them.
However, when breakfast was over and it was time to leave, as soon as she turned her back the four boys shared a look of somewhat mutual agreement—they would 'protect' Kagome.
Peter wasn't hard to convince. After telling him some horror story of how horrible boys like the ones that sent her those gifts are, and how they would take Kagome away once she was ensnared by their nefarious wiles, and that they would never see her again because all of her time would be spent on or with some boy and she would be reduced to some giggling girl who would be no use to their pranking ways, Peter jumped on the wagon pretty quick.
Never mind the fact that they were boys themselves, because they were all friends/family and nothing like those boys.
Remus needed no convincing. He was in it for the amusement value and the free chocolate.
So, that day, the boys played interference with Kagome and the valentines. If a girl wanted to personally approach the girl, it was fine.
But when they saw a boy, eyes locked on Kagome like some cootie bearing monster intent on infecting their precious sister/friend, well, it was on.
Between the four of them, it wasn't hard to deter their fellow first years. Especially with a discreet wand wave and a creative use for the impediment jinx, but that was just for a last resort for the persistent buggers. Mostly, at Remus insistence, one of them would leave off and intercept them before they could reach Kagome, while another shuffled her along.
The best part was that Kagome didn't seem notice a thing. James, Remus, and Sirius knew Kagome had a bit of a sweet spot for Peter (she almost never abused, teased, or yelled at him like she did them—if anything, she all but mothered him with disappointing glances and scolding words). The same went for Remus in a way, but she was just nicer in a gentler sort of way with Pete.
It kind of confused and irked them, but right now, it would work to their advantage, because why would she expect shy little Pete to dupe her? So, he was given distraction duty.
Remus was used as the first assault. He would intercept, and try to talk and distract the oncoming offender with polite small talk. It usually worked.
James and Sirius were the heavy assault and brought out the big guns for those annoyingly insistent ones. Usually with a joke trick or a covert levitation charm to spirit away whatever valentine that was meant for Kagome. It was fun watching the offenders give chase, wondering what in the bloody hell was going on.
It was hard work though, keeping on guard, but they kept it up throughout the day. Kagome only received a small number of valentines from the rest of her female friends, and passed out some as well.
Not one addressed to her from a boy made it through, though there were a couple of close calls. At least, not until dinner came anyways…
Before the feast ended, the final waves of owls flew through the hall, invading the space and taking the attention of most of the students. There was noticeably less owls than there was this morning, likely because these were the last minutes ones—and probably ones from boyfriends trying to make up to their girlfriends who either forgot or didn't think to get them something.
James and Sirius both spied the owl before Kagome, and they shared a quick look.
"Hey! Hey, Kagome!" Sirius suddenly said rather loudly, and he jumped up and scrambled to sit next to her. Rummaging through his bag like a madman, he yanked out a piece of parchment that had some scribbling on it. "Hey, could you do me a favor and look over my essay for Slughorn? Please?"
Kagome paused in her mid-bite of her chocolate fudge dessert—which had come in the form of a heart-shaped cake as a tribute to the holiday—and blinked in confusion as she regarded him. "You want me to check over your homework?" she said slowly, puzzled. "But… you've never asked me before… you never even let me when I offered…" she trailed off, staring at him. "Are you ill?"
"I—uh, well," Sirius stammered, rubbing the back of his head. His eyes flickered to behind Kagome, where James had just leapt up to snatch the package before it could land in front of his sister. Gulping lightly, he kept stammering until James finally ripped open the package, stuffing the valentine card into his bag while tossing the chocolate across the table to Remus, who opened it up and popped it into his mouth with smug ease.
Rubbing the back of his neck, he reached for an excuse. "This assignment… it's really got me confused, y'know?" he told her with a nervous laugh. "And usually I don't bother cause, y'know, I get it. But this time I don't and I just want to double check… And it's due tomorrow morning, so…"
Blinking once again, Kagome tilted her head to consider her, making Sirius fidget nervously, before she smiled brilliantly. "Of course I would love to help you out, Sirius!" she told him happily. "You know, I'm really glad to hear you're actually taking your studies seriously!"
Sirius had to try his absolute hardest not to grimace, and he let out an uneasy chuckle. "Yeah…"
"You know, I think we should set up a study session in the library. If you're having trouble, then it will be best to get it down soon since Slughorn tends to quiz us at the end of every month. We only have a couple of weeks left," Kagome was saying as she pulled out her own bag and started digging into it to get her datebook.
Sirius paled.
"We could revise this weekend, and then do it again next week as well, so we keep it fresh. How does a couple of hours in the library sound?"
Sirius swallowed his panicked yell, but he couldn't contain the desperate look he shot over Kagome's shoulder to James, who was gaping in horror. Across from them, Peter and Remus were cradling their stomachs, snickering silently.
"It—uh—uhhm…"
"And then!" Kagome exclaimed, her eyes wide and blazing. "I can whip up a mock quiz for you!"
"A quiz?" Sirius asked, feeling a bit faint. Dear Merlin, he created a monster…
Kagome nodded seriously, and she continued on in the same maniacal tone she had taken on. "And then, next time you'll think twice about trying to distract me so James can get rid of my mail, as if I'd be so blind and deaf to miss the big hooting owl with the package coming straight for me."
Sirius froze, and any remaining color drained from his face. The same went for James. "Ah…"
"Because faking wanting my help on homework of all things is a really weak tactic when you want to give James time to hide, and in Remus' case, eat, all of the evidence."
"They made me do it!" Remus' suddenly blurted out, eyes wide with panic.
Kagome scoffed in incredulity and whirled on him. "Oh, as if they had to put much effort in forcing you to eat the chocolate."
Peter snorted, and then forgot about all pretenses of hiding and went full out laughing.
February's full moon came sooner than Kagome expected. When Remus had walked up to them, a little pale, tired, and on edge, saying he was going to visit his mother for a few days ("She's been getting better, but lately she hasn't been feeling very well. Father wants me over, to cheer her up a bit. I'll be back in a few days…") Kagome had to hold in the urge to careen around and peer through the window of the Common Room to look at the moon.
Because that wasn't an obvious indication to the boy that his secret was found it or anything…
"We'll see you in a couple of days, then," Kagome replied, her tone soft and gentle, "I hope your mother gets well," she told him, the boys offering similar tidings.
A bit flustered, and a little guilty, Remus ducked his head and gave them his thanks before shouldering his bag and shuffling out of the room. Kagome wondered the others had yet to notice something off with Remus.
"Hey," Sirius murmured, watching as Remus climbed out of the portrait door. The remaining three Marauders turned to him, eyes alight with curiosity. The expression on his face was a mixture of hesitance, uncertainty, and indecision, which never bade well. "Has… Has anyone else noticed how Remus always leaves every month? And always just for a few days?" he asked them in a low voice, biting his lip.
Kagome stiffened, surprised; James and Peter both peered at him. "What are you going on about, Sirius?" the former of the males prompted impatiently. "His mother's pretty ill."
But the boy only frowned instead of getting heated, fidgeting uneasily, not quite sure he ought to be voicing out his thoughts because this was Remus, their friend. "Every other month, he goes off to visit his mother, yeah. But then, in between those months, he gets ill. Almost like clockwork, innit?"
Peter sat back in his seat, blinking owlishly, realization just dawning on him. "y'know, he also gets kind of edgy every time he leaves too…" Peter mumbled under his breath, eyes flicking to Sirius, a bit uneasy.
"Yeah!" Sirius exclaimed, scooting to the edge of his seat as he gestured wildly to Peter. "As if he's hiding something, right?" he urged, and Peter nodded, albeit hesitantly. "I'm not the only one who's noticed!"
James rolled his eyes, crossing his arms. "Stop being paranoid. So what?" he said, not liking the idea of one of their friends hiding something from him, and liking the idea of accusing him of such even less. "Just because he gets sick, and he goes off to visit his mum, it doesn't mean he's hiding something. Maybe it runs in the family." James straightened suddenly, frowning. "Hey, maybe he's catching what his mom has."
Peter firmly shook his head. "Nah, Remus already told us whatever his mom has isn't contagious," he reminded James.
"Right! And, what about when he gets back?" Sirius prodded, his eyes narrowing. "He's always so… tired. Groggy."
Peter snorted. "And easily annoyed," he added dryly as he loosened his red and gold tie.
But James just shook his head, leaning back into the couch as he stared at the pair with a skeptic gaze. "Come on, when he gets back, he's either just recovered from being sick, or from visiting his sick Mum. Sounds normal to me—I'd be feeling knackered as well."
Sirius scoffed. "Five knuts said that next month, he'll get sick," he bet, his gaze daring James to take him up on it.
James just waved a dismissive hand at his best friend, still looked unconvinced. He turned to look over at Kagome, who, he just realized, had been remaining unusually silent for the whole discussion. James blinked, his eyebrows furrowing this time. "Kagome? What do you think?"
The girl froze, obviously caught red-handed from being lost in her thoughts. "Err," she stalled, scratching the side of her head. "Well, I mean, I guess it's a little weird that he gets ill every month he's not visiting his mum…" she said hesitantly, trying to choose her words wisely. "But," she added hastily, seeing Sirius and Peter's victorious looks. "I don't want to just accuse Remus of hiding anything. It's not like we have any proof, and he could just have a bad immune system. Maybe that runs in the family for all we know. Assuming anything could just end up with us hurting Remus and pissing him off."
Sirius frowned at her. "Then," he murmured under his breath, in the tone that usually meant plotting. "Then, we need to get proof."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, resisting the urge to palm her face. "How exactly?" she drawled, "Remus almost always knows when we're planning something. And we can't exactly follow him around next time he goes off."
But Sirius was not deterred. Instead, at her words, a smirk spread out across his lips. "Why not?" he asked, an eyebrow cocked in her direction. "We do have an invisibility cloak on hand, don't we?"
The other three froze for a moment, before they reacted. Peter grinned, a bit excited. James looked torn between uneasy and interested. Kagome, however, bit her lip.
Following Remus on the night of the full moon, when he transformed into a mindless werewolf, did not sound like such a great plan…
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So? What do you think? The boys are finally catching onto Remus. I meant this to be longer, I meant to include two months in this chapter, but I guess things don't happen like I want it, eh? Lol. I had to split the chapter when it got too long, sooo, at least the next chapter will be within a month, eh?
Also, important news! I've a couple of other announcements as well. I've made a tumblr, if any of you are interested. I've been thinking about posting extras for this story, as well as my others, there—cut scenes, maybe future scenes, omakes. Also updates and statuses and whatnot. Also started up a forum, for anyone who likes/writes crossovers. More info on both on my profile.
I'll be doing review replies for the last chapter when I get a chance, I'm really sorry for waiting so long! Thank you to all of you for your patience.
A few shout-outs of gratitude for the people whose ideas inspired the scenes of the chapter:
As always to ArmyWife22079, for her general amazingness and constant support. To sweetlessly once again for helping me getting off my ass and writing the chapter, as well as for the idea of a valentine's scene, where the boys go all crazy and protective and Remus eats all the chocolates(honestly was going to skip that for this year, but I saw the word crack and the idea of Remus stealing the chocolate and the boys being overdramatic just got stuck in my mind and wouldn't leave me alone). And to fan of fic and Venas for a DADA class scene.
Hopefully, I got them all lol. If not, my apologies and my thanks to all that I failed to mention! Till laters!
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