Year 1: The Legend Begins
Chapter Eight: Disaster at the Slug Club
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Remus sat up weakly, the sun beating down on him. He couldn't remember anything about the night before, but knew the transformation had been worse than usual.
There were scratches all over his body, and as he looked around, he saw that he had scratched and bitten nearly all of the furniture. Remus looked at the watch on his wrist and saw that it was 7:45, about 15 minutes until Madam Branche was going to come and collect him.
He walked down the stairs and into the room where the trapdoor was located. He sat down on the sofa and waited until Madam Branche came. At 8:03, Remus heard someone walking up the stairs, and saw Madam Branche pop her head through the trapdoor moments later.
"How are you feeling Remus?" Madam Branche asked kindly.
"Not so great," Remus answered, getting to his feet.
"Oh, you poor thing," Madam Branche said, "Come on, I'll see if I can do anything for you." Remus followed Madam Branche through the trapdoor and they walked along the long tunnel yet again. Once they got to the opening of the tunnel, Madam Branche cast the Disillusionment charm on him.
They walked along the deserted corridors, while everyone else was at breakfast. When they finally reached the infirmary, Remus felt like he was going to faint.
"Poor thing. I'm sure I can do something for those injuries. I'll be right back," Madam Branche said as Remus lay down on the bed. She hurried out of the room, and came back moments later carrying potion bottles and a wand.
The first thing she did was give him a potion for his headache and nausea. She then healed his major injuries. She regrettably told him that there was no healing charm for bruises, so that was all she could do.
Remus slept the rest of the day. He woke up at around 6 o'clock, and found that most of this strength had returned. Madam Branche got him a quick dinner, and, after much begging by Remus, sent him back to his dorm for the night.
While the rest of the school ate their dinner, Remus walked the halls back to the Gryffindor common room. He began to wonder what the guys would ask him, and how he should respond. Before he could dwell on it for too long, he reached the portrait hole and entered.
The common room appeared empty, much to his relief. Remus headed right to his dormitory when he walked in. He was stopped however, just before ascending the stairs.
"Evening wolf-boy," said a voice from near the fireplace. Remus spun around so quickly, he almost fell over. Seated in a chair by the fireplace was Alice. (A/N: Alice is his cousin people, so she does know about Remus)
"Will you shut it!? What if someone hears you?" Remus said, walking over to sit by her. His heart was still pounding from being startled like that.
"No one is here," Alice said, but then became serious, "Really though, how are you?"
"Not that bad anymore. But last night was horrible. Probably because I had never transformed there, there was no scent or anything," Remus said. As he sat down, Alice cringed, seeing the numerous bruises and scrapes still decorating his body.
"Oh," Alice said simply. She was suddenly feeling very sympathetic towards Remus.
"Yeah. But hey, did I miss anything big?" Remus asked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Not really. Oh, but Sirius did fall off his chair, braking his arm, and getting a concussion," Alice said, almost as an afterthought. Remus laughed.
"Yeah, I saw him when I was in the hospital wing," Remus replied. Just then, the portrait hole opened, and in walked students coming back from dinner. When James, Sirius, and Peter walked in, they were shocked to see Remus was already back. The boys walked over to him.
"Hey Remus! You are home early!" Sirius asked.
"Yeah I got back during dinner," Remus replied with a shrug.
"Oh, well I hope your mother is well. Oh yeah, guess what Sirius did on Tuesday," James said. Sirius rolled his eyes and Remus held back a laugh.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe, fell off of a chair, got a concussion, and broke his arm," Remus replied. The others stared, thinking he had really guessed that. Alice laughed at their shocked faces.
"I told him about that you guys," Alice said. The others nodded in understanding.
"Hey, wait," James suddenly said, "You guys are cousins, aren't you?" They both nodded, unsure of where this was going, "Then why didn't you visit Remus's mother when she was sick Alice?" Remus paled, but Alice handled it smoothly.
"I wanted to, but Dumbledore wouldn't let me. Some crap about 'immediately family only'," Alice said.
"Well, I think I am going to go get my bag and catch up on some homework," Remus said. He went to stand up, but stumbled and fell. His right leg was throbbing, and he suddenly remembered that Madam Branche had said he had dislocated his knee. Even though she had fixed it, she said it would be rather sore for a few days.
"Woah! Are you okay Remus?" James asked, helping him to his feet. It was then that James noticed the bruises and scrapes all over Remus's arms, legs, and face.
"Oh my God, what happened?!" James asked, shocked. Remus shrugged.
"I fell out of a tree. Kind of stupid, I know," Remus said, just fast enough to be thought of as suspicious.
"You should go to the hospital wing," Peter said. Remus shook his head, and said he had already gone, and she just said there was nothing that could be done about it.
Remus then went up to bed, eager to get out of the attention. Soon everyone followed suit, eager to rest up before the next day, the day of the Slug Club meeting.
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Lily woke up Friday morning at 6:45 by some loud bang outside her window. She rushed over to it to see a bird flying slowly around, seemingly dazed. Lily rolled her eyes. She would be willing to guess what bird had just flown into her window. She sighed and tried to fall back asleep, but as she would have to get up in 15 minutes anyway, she didn't really get much more sleep.
If the rude awakening was anything, it was a sign to show how the rest of her day would go. At breakfast she spilled pumpkin juice all over her robes, and in transfiguration, Marlene screwed up her spell– making the needle she was trying to turn to hay start poking Lily.
By the time the day was over, Lily wanted nothing more than to simply go upstairs and sleep, but remembered with dread that she had to go to the Slug Club meeting that night. From what some of the older students had told her, it would be a rather boring event.
When Lily walked out of her dorm into the common room at about ten minutes to six, she saw a number of people leaving, including James and Sirius. Lily figured that they were all going to the Slug Club as well.
She walked out and heard a voice call her name from behind her. She looked around and saw Brighid Potter walking toward her, waving. Lily waved back as Brighid caught up to her.
"Hey! Are you going to Slughorn's party?" Lily aksed.
"You mean the Slug Club? Sure am," Brighid answered. They walked the rest of the way there together, chatting casually.
When they arrived, Brighid went off to see some of her friends, and Lily looked around for someone she knew. She turned around and before she knew what happened she had collided with someone, and ended up lying on the ground with James on top of her.
"Geez, Evans, watch where you are going!" James hissed into her ear.
"What? You are the one on top of me, Potter!" Lily said, squirming under his weight. James smirked.
"Depends on how you look at it. It actually feels like you are on top of me," James said. Lily looked at him for a second, blinking, before screaming at him to get off of her.
James got up, smirking. Lily stood up too and glared at him. Just then Professor Slughorn walked over to them.
"Is there a problem here?" he asked as if genuinely surprised.
"No, we are fine. I just fell," Lily said aware that everyone was looking at her. She quickly walked toward Emmeline Vance, who was laughing insanely on the other side of the room.
Lily kept a low profile the rest of the night, and by the time she crawled into bed, she was ready to die. At least 10 different people talked to her about James falling on top of her. She was certainly ready for her horrendous day to be over, and was glad that the next day was Saturday.
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