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Remus spent a good amount of time trying to get his legs to move, even just a little bit. It was no use. He had heard that Madam Pomfrey thought that paralyzes might be a side effect of the poison, but he had not been worried about it. There was a lot that was not known about the poison in his system so making an accurate prediction of what the symptoms may be would be difficult to say the least.

"Sadly, she was dead on about this," Remus thought to himself. "Now any freedom I had from the hospital wing is gone. I am now stuck in this bed. Great, just great."

Remus was pulled out of his depressing thought by the sound of wing's door opening and his friends coming in.

Despite everything that was happening Remus could not help but smile at them.

James, Sirius and Peter where carrying some much Honeydukes candy that he could barely see their faces. It looked like it was taking everything they had to keep from dropping anything. Remus was wondering how they even got the door open.

James got to the bed first and dropped is load down, quick followed by Sirius and Peter.

"We heard that you just woke up," Peter said with a smile, which showed that he had had some of the candy already, jurying by the chocolate between his teeth.

"So we thought we should bring you a little bit of a pick me up," James added.

"Translation, you decided it would be a good excuse to break school rules and sneak out past out the one-eye witch into Honeydukes," Remus said. "And of once I'm glad you did."

With that Remus took one of the chocolate frogs that was threaten to fall of the bed.

"James, Peter, quickly mark this date," Sirius said jumping up and down waving his arms. "Remus is actually okay with us breaking rules."

James rolled his eyes and than turned to Remus.

"Are you okay, Madam Pomfrey sounded really worried when she told us you were awake. Did something happen during the full moon?" he asked.

With this question Remus almost choked on his chocolate frog.

"W-what all were you told?"

"Not much," Sirius said sitting down on Remus' bed.

"Well, remember when we first found at I was poisoned and Madam Pomfrey said that paralyzes was a likely side effect," Remus said doing his best to keep his emotions from showing through his voice.

James, Sirius and Peter nodded.

Than it dawned on them. Shock could be seen on all three of their faces.

Peter was the first to recover.

"You mean you cannot walk?"

Remus nodded. "I can't even wiggle my toes."

"When they find a cure to the poison, you will be able to move them again?" Sirius asked.

"First, we don't know if they will even find a cure," Remus said.

"We will," Sirius said.

"Secondly, if they find the cure I may or may not. We don't know if the damage will be permanent," Remus continued as if Sirius had not even spoken.

"In all honest, a part of me is starting to believe that they will not find a cure."

At this Sirius took Remus by the shoulders and shook him.

"Don't you ever say anything like that again," Sirius said with his face only inches away from Remus. "They will find a cure and you will get better."

"Sirius, I want to believe you but things aren't looking good right now. They still don't even know how I got the poison in my system in the first place," Remus said.

At this Sirius had to bit his lip. He, James and Peter had decided before they went in to see Remus not to mention anything about Snape's involvement. They did not know how he would take it and with everything else he was going through they did not want to put that on him.

"So it doesn't look good," James said, "Neither did my potions essays last year. You all believed I was destined to fail, Sirius even made jokes about it. In the end I did so well on my exams, Slughorn didn't even know what to say. So same here, it isn't over yet."

"James, this is not the same. Last year you ignored your homework, wanting to get onto the house Quidditch team. You had studied for that exam because your dad threatened to forbid you from playing," Remus said. "I have no control here."

James just shrugged his shoulders.

"Remember it however you like. That doesn't change the fact that you will get better," James said.

Remus opened his mouth to reply when he was cut off.

"So will you still be going to classes?" Peter asked. He knew from experience that this conversation could go on forever, with nothing new being said. He so he tried to change the topic.

"I don't think so," Remus said, relieved for the change of topic, even if it was depressing. "It looks like my few chances to get out to get out of the Hospital Wing are gone."

"Well, you won't have to worry about company," Sirius said. "We will be here every opportunity we can."

"Yeah, Madam Pomfrey will have to kick us out and lock the doors to keep us away," James said. Sirius and Peter nodding at every word he says.

"And she will," Remus said with a smile.

After that the conversation went to less serious topics. From Peter's fail potion in class the other day, to James attempts to get Lily to go on a date with him. All of it helping Remus get his mind off of his legs and his imprisonment in the Hospital Wing. After awhile Madam Pomfrey came and made them leave.

After they left the Hospital Wing they headed down to the Great Hall for dinner. None of them able to think about anything other than their friend and the predicament he was in. They did not make it all the way to the Great Hall before the were stopped by the last person any of them wanted to see.

Snape had put himself at the end of the staircase heading to the Great Hall and was waiting for them.

"I was wondering how long it would take for you all to get here," Snape said.

James and Peter quick grabbed the back of Sirius' robes to keep him from attack Snape.

"Snape if you know what is good for you, you will not talk with us," James said, there was a venom in his voice that none of them have ever heard.

"Trust me, Potter I don't want to be talking with you either," Snape said with a sneer. "However, somehow Lily has found out about this unfortunate business with Lupin and the rumor that I was the one who had poisoned him."

James and Peter simply glared at Snape while Sirius tried to break their hold on him so he could break Snape's nose.

Noticing that they were not going to say anything Snape continued.

"Because of that Lily hates me and refuses to talk to me."

"I knew there was a reason I liked her," James said.

"I could care less if Lupin lives or dies, but I cannot live with Lily hating me. So I am willing to help you find a cure for him." Snape said.

"Do you think we will expect help from you," Sirius shouted. "It's your fault that Remus is even in this situation."

"You cannot prove that," Snape said calmly, "The only evidence you have is the word of a house elf."

"If you ask me," Sirius shouted back, "I'm glad that Lily is finally seeing you for what you are a worthless…"

James cut Sirius off. "How could you trust any help you give us?"

"Does it matter if you can trust me or not?" Snape said. "From my understanding Lupin doesn't have much of a chance as things are. How would you feel if he dies and you turned away possible help?"

"If Remus dies you will be the one with something to worry about," Sirius said in a lower voice glaring at Snape.

"Yes, I'm sure you will find some way to get back at me for all of this, but will it bring your friend back?" Snape replied.

At this Sirius resumed his attempts to get out of James and Peters grasps.

"How do you plan to help?" James asked. As much as he disliked accepting help from Snape, he could not bring himself to turn away help that could save Remus' life.

"As I have said, it was only a rumor that I was involved in Lupin being poisoned," Snape said ignoring the glares this comment gave him.

"However, I may have an idea were that poison came from and who brewed it. With that information you can get a sample of the original poison and likely find the cure."