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Chapter 3

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Whomping Willow

September 1st, 2001

"Paddy Paddy!" Teddy yelled as he ran down the castle halls. He had broken free of Hermione's grasp as soon as he spotted the Animagus that morning by the whomping willow.

"Teddy! Don't run, that tree will harm you if you are not careful!" he heard Hermione call in the distance.

Sirius embraced the toddler tightly as Remus watched Hermione make her way down the pathway. She wore long green robes and her hair was knotted tightly on the crown of her head. She looked beautiful in every way to me, confidence radiated off her as she finally reunited with the toddler and Sirius.

"Do you have everything prepared for tonight?" he heard her ask

Sirius sighed and sat the toddler dawn, "as much as I can, he hasn't taken wolfsbane."

He watched as Hermione's face contorted with worry, "I'll begin brewing it for the time being, Severus, will need to take over for me for a small period while I am unavailable on the 30th in November."

Hermione looked over to where Teddy was currently speaking wildly to Hagrid while the half-giant laughed softly at the toddler's antics.

"You're lining up with the full moon this month."

She brought her attention back to Sirius, "It's my constant punishment, four times a year, the moon reminds me that I am never really in control."

"It's not your fault Mia, you'll get the potion right and the curse will go away." He gestured to the tattoo on the back on her neck, "then that will no longer constantly remind you of upcoming moon, it'll just be beautiful."

"It's always beautiful, all of my additions are. This one though is perfect."

"For more than one reason." Sirius smirked

Hermione pursed her lips, "Anyways, it's just like the lycanthropy solution, always almost there, but never solved."

"Neither of them are curses Hermione."

"I'm aware." She paused, "Remus's condition is not his fault, but this," she says gesturing her hands around herself, "is mine."

Sirius put his hands on her shoulders, "You and Snape will fix it, that bastard will roll in his grave when you are awake and aware for the first time in three years."

"Always so disgustingly positive Black." Severus said interrupting their conversation.

"Snape, love the washed hair look, you should do it more often." Sirius smirked

"Sirius." Hermione sternly said.

Snape glared at the Animagus, "The students are arriving, lets go say hello to the first years, Headmistress"

"Of course. Hagrid! will you watch Teddy until we can get into the Great Hall for me please?"

"Sure Hermione!" Hagrid yelled, "Won't even notice him gone!"

Remus watched as Hermione walked away with Snape, her arm wrapped around his so that he may guide her to the front of the school where the new coming first years will see Hogwarts for the very first time.

"You can come out now yah pansy." He heard the smirk in Sirius's voice.

"Where the hell is she going in November?" he growled

"Oh, you heard that?"

"Of course I heard it! she wasn't exactly hiding what she was saying."

"She doesn't need too."

"Tell me, what she was talking about."

"She has amazing senses, she knew you were here, you should ask her yourself."

"Amazing senses?" Remus's brow furrowed, "is she…?"

"Oh no! not at all, we all wish she was, less heartbreaking that way, we would've known what to do when it first happened. Hell, wolfsbane is completely useless, only heavily sedating her works."

"I'm not certain I understand."

"After the moon, we'll sneak into her office and ill take you into the pensive, that's where I keep the memory, id rather it not be in the back of my mind, I prefer the blurriness of that night."

Remus growled lowly

"And that's another reason why we are waiting! Can't have you freaking out the day before the full moon." He clapped a hand on his back, "I don't really want to deal with an angry moony yet."

"Hmmph."

"Enough of that, C'mon, I have first years to ruin!"

"She's going to kill you."

"She always wants to kill me, that's normal."

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom

September 2nd, 2001

"Good morning class!" Sirius said as he made his way into the classroom of third years, "For these first couple weeks of class I want to focus on the well-known boggart."

He heard murmurs throughout the classroom, "Now who can tell me what a boggart is?"

"Valerie Bell is it?"

"Yes sir. A boggart is an amortal shape-shifting non-being that takes on the form of the viewer's worst fear"

"Wonderful, now today we are going to go through the spell to face a boggart, now repeat after me, without your wands please, Riddikulus!"

"Riddikulus!" They all said in unison

"Again! Riddikulus!"

"Riddikulus!"

"Fantastic! Now who would like to go first?"

He could've laughed at the look on all their faces. "You all know who Ron Weasley is yes?"

All the students nodded furiously, "His boggart is a large spider, made it fall all over the floor on roller skates in his third year, it isn't that bad."

He clapped his hands, "Now as I said! Who wants to go first?"

The students in the classroom began to line up as Sirius continued to show them the proper way to use the spell he provided for them. Remus sat on the side of the room charmed to not be seen or scented as snakes, trolls, and even quills lacking the ink they needed come out of the closet that the boggart sat in as each student went and conquered their fears one by one. He saw as Hermione stepped quietly into the room and sent a smirk Sirius's way as he shot her one of his gleaming smiles.

A few students went until a small quiet child stepped into the front of the room and a dementor stepped out of the closet and everyone in the classroom including Sirius froze. He couldn't bring himself to move as Hermione strode across the room and pushed Sirius and the small boy out of the way and ignored as they both fell to the floor. Remus couldn't take his eyes off what he saw.

Plain as day, the boggart morphed into a large red tinted moon surrounded by clouds and stars in the sky, after a moment of silence he heard her mutter a small Riddikulus and the moon glowed and began to take the form of a disco ball, not a moment after she casted the boggart back into the closet and turned to Sirius.

"I think that is quite enough for today."

"Class dismissed." He heard Sirius say quietly.

All the students scrambled quietly around the room gathering their things and leaving to what he assumed was the great hall to begin their early lunch.

"Sorry I wasn't expecting a dementor." Sirius said as he laughed lowly

"I noticed." Hermione said and began to laugh a small bit, "Good start to the year, you've scared them."

"Looks like I need to go over the patronus sooner than planned."

"The patronus was always my favorite, you know, I was so excited when I conjured it for the first time, it was an otter then." Hermione laughed at the memory, "It's quite odd though."

"What's odd?"

"My patronus is not the same as my Animagus form, it never has been."

Hermione is an Animagus?

"Wait so your patronus is an otter and your Animagus is a fox?"

"It would make more since if my patronus was still an otter." Hermione sighed

"Is it not?" Sirius asked with a curious expression on his face

"Harry told me that one day, after the war people would start to question it, but no matter what I do, or what memory I think of, the animal never changes. I've tried to conjure the otter again, many times, but every time I have failed. He told me that I should be thankful for it, that every time I send one, it's because of my happiest memory. The only memory I can ever think of."

"Hermione, I love you." He smiled down at her like she was the only women on the planet that could make him utter those words with such ease. Any hesitation she may have had their relationship was now forgotten and she smiled into another one of his heart stopping kisses.

"I love you too Remus."

They heard the noises of a gurgling baby next to them in his swing as the month-old baby looked up at them and began giggling as Hermione scooped him up and snuggled him close to her.

"And I also love you Teddy so very much."

Hermione raised her wand and waved it around and said clearly, "Expecto Patronum"

Remus watched as the blue light emerged from her wand and a large wolf emerged and danced around the length of the room running through desks not wasting a moment before it disappeared through the large window on the edge of the room.

Sirius followed the wolf around the room and out the window, "Remus."

Hermione looked as though she was unsure about what to do in this situation.

"After all this time?"

"Always."

Remus let go of a breath he didn't know he was holding.

Headmistresses Office

Hermione's POV

"I'm going crazy Harry!" Hermione said pacing the room

Harry interrupted the start of her rant "Are you sure that its really him?"

"I am 100% sure, that's why I am freaking out!"

"Does Teddy know?"

"No! I told him he had to reemerge himself and tell other people before I tell Teddy."

"Well then in the next couple of days he should tell people, I can take him to the Weasleys since I know you can only leave on the weekends basically."

"You'd do that?"

"I did offer to do it, so yes."

"You need to stop hanging out with Sirius."

"What?"

"The sass."

"I never have sass."

"Mhmm."

"What I don't."

"I'm ignoring you and the denial that you're facing." She turned to face the door to her private quarters, "Teddy are you ready yet? Harry's ready to go."

"Coming Mia!"

"He gets hurt again, I will come to your house and tell your pregnant wife where you keep the chocolate frogs."

"You wouldn't!"

"Don't tempt me Potter."

"OKAY! Teddy let's go see Auntie Ginny!" he motioned to go through the fire place, "I'll see you this weekend Mia, Bring Remus!"

Hermione sighed and sat down at her desk before she needed to meet Severus and Draco to start making the wolfbane potion and continuing to develop her personal cure. She wasn't a werewolf that was certain, but something Dolohov did that night was for sure dark magic. It left a nasty scar that went down her left eye and stopped at the top of her lip, turned her brown eye to a bright blue and heightened her senses to a mortifying height. All of this she could deal with, losing her mind four times a year was something none of them were expecting, nothing could control it. Apparently, her eyes turned a bright yellow and she attacked anything that moved, she was disgusted with herself. Severus found out that the only way to control this was to strongly sedate her for the night, keeping her in a field of spells was doing to much damage to continue to use it.

Getting up from her desk she signaled the phoenix off to her right, to do whatever it pleases tonight, she knew it would be a while before she could return to her bed, she still had a few hours of daylight and didn't want to waste it, pitying herself and with that she exited her office and headed to the potions masters room.

Remus's POV

He watched as Hermione exited her office, swiftly walking down toward the Slytherin dungeons. Him and Sirius were currently speaking into her office once again, so Remus could see what he was talking about.

"C'mon she's gone." Sirius said walking towards her office.

They walked around the large phoenix and made their way towards the pensive.

"This is not for the faint of heart Remus, people got hurt that night."

"Who?"

Sirius swallowed and lowered his head, "you'll just have to see."

And with that he pulled Remus's head into the pensive. People really needed to stop yanking him so forcefully. He is capable.