Chapter 5

Before I say anything else, first I have something very important to tell you. I am sorry that I haven't updated sooner but I was busy and didn't have the time. On the bright side, I have managed to work out all of chapter six and the beginning of chapter seven and I plan to type that as soon as possible. I have made the decision to not have James immediately love Lily, but he will love her don't worry. In keeping with the timeline, it will either happen in fourth or third year. That's why James didn't start drooling over her in the previous chapter.

Disclaimer - The Harry Potter universe and all of its characters buildings and/or other things mentioned in the Harry Potter books is not mine. I do own Raven, Dorian and Professor Zwiggelaar.

On with the story, I Solemnly Swear that I am Up to No Good.

The person who answered the door was somebody who Remus thought it would be best to stay on the right side of. She looked very strict and she was very neatly dressed, in the same way as the people who were in the muggle army. Her hair was up in a bun and he could feel her glaring at his own long hair. The woman dismissed the tall man who she called Hagrid and told them that her name was Professor McGonagall. After that, she led them inside of the castle and told them to stay in the corridor. She walked through another pair of doors so that she could introduce them to the rest of the school. Then Remus worked out where he knew her name from his heart quickened. Professor McGonagall was the letter writer meaning that she knew about his condition. Remus was so absorbed in his thoughts about whether her glare had more to do with his condition than his hair, that he didn't notice the ghosts float through the wall. Until he heard Lily shriek as one of the ghosts tapped her on the shoulder, meaning the ghost's hand went through her shoulder. Some of the people from wizarding families laughed at Lily, but they stopped as soon as Raven glared at them.

When Lily regained her composure, she turned and asked the ghost as politely as she could what he wanted. The ghost replied, "I simply wish to know your family history, because you look like you could be related to Godric Gryffindor. Lily blushed the same colour as her hair and replied, "I am sorry but I can't be because I am a muggleborn". After she had said that, the ghost suddenly lost interest in her and floated away with the other ghosts. This behaviour was just another example of humans disrespect for anybody who was different. The least the ghost could have done was to apologise for wasting Lily's time. From the looks on the other three girl's faces, it was obvious that they thought the same thing.

Professor McGonagall came back into the corridor and led all of the students into the Great Hall. It was the most wonderful place that he had ever seen. Floating candles lighted the room and the ceiling looked like the night sky. There were five tables in the hall, four of the tables were parallel to each other and were for the four houses. The fifth table faced them and was where the professors sat. As he examined the Great Hall, he noticed that all of the students at the tables were staring at an old wizarding hat at the front of the hall on a stool. It looked very old and patched, frayed and dirty. Through a tear in the seam of the hat, it sang:

"Centuries before I sing to you now,

Around the table there sat four;

Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw

A sight that had never been seen before.

They talked in hushed tones about dreams they shared,

To teach, to inspire.

To show that they cared.

Before they could complete their noble task,

They had a problem,

And didn't know who to ask.

Who would sort the students when they were gone?

Keep the like minded together,

Stop them from going wrong?

Gryffindor would only take those with courage in their heart,

Those who were noble and brave.

Ravenclaw would take those who were smart,

Those who knew knowledge was what they would crave.

Slytherin wanted the ambitious, wily, and cunning,

Who wanted power no matter the cost.

Hufflepuff took the loyal and trusting,

They'd never give up on a friend who was lost.

It was Gryffindor who came up with the plan,

He did a spell so I can do the sorting,

Even though I am not a man.

Now I wish they had came up with nothing,

So that you could not be sorted,

And would share your learning.

By separating you, we are dooming us all,

Now I will do what I must,

And hope the power of good won't fall.

A round of applause met the end of the song, but many people looked confused by its message. Most of the first years were glaring at Sirius and James muttering about lies they were told on the train. Professor McGonagall brought out a long scroll and began reading out the names in alphabetical order. 'Adams, Michael' was the first to be sorted; he made his way over to the stool and was shaking while he walked. Professor McGonagall put the hat on his head and his face went completely out of view. It took a few minutes for the hat to make its decision before it shouted "Hufflepuff!" The table on the right applauded as Adams, Michael put the hat back onto the stool and sat down with his new housemates.

Dorian was next was next to be sorted and Remus gave him a reassuring glance before Dorian made his way over to the stool. Remus was concerned because he looked like he was going to pass out on top of the stool. Then the sorting hat was placed on his head and he too went out of view. It only took the hat a few moments to make its decision and yell "Ravenclaw". He clapped along with the Ravenclaws as Dorian walked over to his new table with a large smile on his face. A few more names were called out before 'Black, Sirius'. With a deliberate swagger, Sirius made his way over to the sorting hat and its stool. From the look on the student's at the tables' faces, it was clear to see where they thought he would go. Sirius' sorting took the longest so far, taking over five minutes before the hat shouted out "Gryffindor! "

A shocked silence met the sorting hat's announcement, Sirius and James seemed to be the only people besides Remus who knew that was going to happen. Remus supposed that because of Sirius' family they had assumed he would go into Slytherin. He could understand why people who had not ever talked to Sirius might have thought that but it still disgusted him. Remus knew from experience how different parent's could be from there children, and he felt sorry for Sirius because he'd have to face these accusations in public. Personally, Remus had no idea how anybody who had met Sirius were shocked that he was a Gryffindor. To Remus seemed obvious, Sirius was confident, proud, and a little bit arrogant, all of which were the traits of a Gryffindor. By the time Remus was finished thinking about Sirius, everybody from B - D had been sorted and it was Lily's turn. He looked back at the girls and saw that Raven was looking smug. Obviously, she thought that Remus was wrong about Lily being a Gryffindor. Two minutes later, that changed when the hat shouted "Gryffindor!" When Remus turned around to look at Raven's expression again, he saw that she was staring open mouthed at the sorting hat.

More names were called out, but none of them belonged to anybody he knew so he didn't really pay attention, and then it was Remus' turn. He walked slowly over to the sorting hat's stool and sat down. Then Professor McGonagall put the hat over his head and everything went dark. "Well, how interesting - a werewolf at Hogwarts. I never thought that I would have to sort a werewolf". Remus' heart rate quickened what if the rest of the people in the Great Hall had heard that. He started hyperventilating and worried that if he didn't get out of the Great Hall the students and teachers would form a mob. Before Remus could get out of his seat and run the hat's voice continued "Don't worry they didn't hear you, now where should you." The hat paused here as if expecting to hear something before it continued, "Finally a student who doesn't try to tell me how to do my job. You are not trusting enough to be a Hufflepuff, but not as willing to take power as a Slytherin. So it'll have to be…Gryffindor!" The final word was shouted across the Great Hall.

Remus carefully got up of the stool, feeling slightly puzzled. It wasn't that he didn't want to be a Gryffindor; he just didn't see himself as brave. When he sat down at the table, he noticed Sirius was staring at him as if he was an interesting science experiment. He tried to ignore Sirius' gaze and turned his attention back to the sorting hat, as it was Mary's turn. She looked over to where he was sitting next to Lily at the Gryffindor table, so he gave her what he hoped was a comforting look minus the smile. The simple fact was that Remus thought that fake smiles were creepy so he only smiled when he was happy. That usually meant that most people who met Remus thought he was depressed. Mary sat on the chair for a few moments before the sorting hat shouted "Gryffindor!", and she hurried over to their table. Alice was next and she looked like she was about to throw up. Alice had told Remus on the train that when she was nervous she became very clumsy, so it didn't surprise him when she tripped and fell. The whole of the Great Hall laughed at the blushing Alice, but Sirius was laughing the loudest. Remus glared at Sirius and he immediately stopped laughing. Then he turned his attention back to Alice who looked at him gratefully before the sorting hat was placed on her head and she went out of sight. She sat on the stool for ten minutes before the sorting hat cried "Gryffindor!"

Alice walked slowly over to the Gryffindor table, keeping her eyes on the ground as she walked. To most people it would have seemed like she was trying not to fall over again but Remus knew differently from the faint blush that was still present on her cheeks. She sat down next to Remus and for some weird reason Sirius broke into a wide grin. Remus chose to ignore him and turned his attention back to the sorting. James was the last new Gryffindor and a few more people were sorted into Hufflepuff and Slytherin, while seven more went into Ravenclaw. After Professor McGonagall rolled up the piece of parchment and carried it away along with the stool and hat, Professor Dumbledore gave his speech. "Welcome to Hogwarts for another magic and learning. Before your minds are blurred by thoughts of food, I have a few announcements to make. First of all the Forbidden Forest is of course forbidden and there is a list of banned items outside of our caretaker Argus Filches office. All students from first year up to fifth your curfew is ten o'clock and I advise you to not go out after then. We also have a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Zwiggelaar to our school." All of the students applauded the young professor as he stood up and acknowledged them with a nod of the head. He only stayed standing for a moment before returning to his seat.

With the introduction completed Dumbledore continued, "I only have one more thing to add before you eat. Professor Sprout has managed to obtain a Whomping Willow tree and it will hit anybody who goes near it. Naturally, it will not be tolerated if any of you are found near the tree. With that said, dig in!" once Dumbledore had finished talking food appeared on the tables, and the other pupils began to eat while Remus just looked at it all. Never before had he ever seen so much food, and he doubted if his cousins could afford it. Even though all of the food (minus the meat), looked delicious he couldn't bring himself to eat anything. Unfortunately for Remus, Sirius noticed this and said "Remus, why aren't you eating anything?" That comment brought Lily's attention over to him, and once she saw his empty plate she began piling food onto it. For the second time in the space of an hour, Remus glared at Sirius. Lily picked up one of the hot dogs and waved it in front of his face, thus demanding that he eat it. Before Lily could force it down his throat, he said, "Lils, I can't eat it", When he saw the furious look on Lily's face he continued, "I mean, I actually can't eat it, I'm a vegetarian".

Once she heard that Lily put the hotdog down, and smiled apologetically at Remus. Then she picked up the plate and began taking away the meat and replacing it with more meat free food. Remus groaned, why wouldn't she stop trying to get him to eat. He wasn't hungry, and besides that why would she care? It wasn't like he was anybody important and they had only met about a month ago. So why would she make the effort? The newly restocked plate was placed back in front of him and he shook himself out of his thoughts. Lily looked at him for a few moments before sighing and saying, "I'm sorry Remus but you have left me no choice". With that, she got out of her seat and walked around him so that she could speak to the other girls without him hearing. All of the girls go up and switched seats so that they were surrounding him. By this time both Sirius and James were watching them with unhidden curiosity clearly displayed on both of their faces. Raven (who was now sitting opposite of Remus), nodded at Alice and Lily. Before Remus had a chance to do anything Lily tipped his head up so that he was staring at the ceiling, and Alice pinched his nose. Remus held his breath for as long as he could, but eventually he had to open his mouth so that he could breath. Unfortunately for Remus, Mary and Raven were ready for him and forced a piece of pizza into his mouth.

After that, Remus ate slowly whenever the girls looked his way, as he did not want them to force-feed him again. When they looked away he would put some of the untouched food back onto the bowl, and the food he'd bitten went into a napkin, which he hid in the pocket of his robes. The strategy worked as he was not caught and he didn't have to eat a lot. For dessert he chose the smallest piece of chocolate cake and ate a small portion of it before putting the rest into another napkin. He decided that he would dispose of the napkins in his dorm, as soon as he reached it. Once dessert was finished, a prefect led them out of the Great Hall and up the moving staircases. Remus tried not to chuckle at Lily's attempt at covering up her surprise when some of the portraits began talking to her. Besides Alice nearly falling through a trick stair, their journey to the common room was uneventful. The prefect stopped in front of a picture of a woman who looked like she should be in an opera. The woman asked for the password and he replied "Alohamora", and her portrait swung open to let her in. inside the common room was very… homely. It was a round room filled with comfortable looking armchairs and on one side of the room was a roaring fireplace. All of the boys were instructed to go to the right, so he quickly said goodnight to the girls and made his way up to the dorm.

Remus immediately chose the bed closest to the bathroom and put his luggage in front of it. He heard James and Sirius come in to the room, but he was still surprised when he was pinned to the bed by both of them. They laughed at his expression and James asked, "Which one of the girls are you going out with?" Remus shook his head at this before replying "None of them, they are just my friends." Both of the boys ignored this and continued asking him similar questions but Remus refused to answer them. After a while the black haired boys got bored with his silence and went to claim their beds. As soon as he was free, Remus grabbed his pyjamas out of his trunk and went into the bathroom to get ready for bed. Before he had left his house, Remus had realised that he would have to get changed away from the other boys, so they wouldn't see his scars. Once he was ready, he left the bathroom and Sirius ran past him, and nearly knocked Remus over in haste to get into the bathroom. Remus could feel James' eyes on him as he made his way carefully over to the bin and dropped all of the food he hadn't eaten into it. He allowed himself a small smirk as he got into bed because James look of surprise had been priceless. If James and Sirius thought, they knew everything Remus was going to have to prove them wrong.

Well wasn't that chapter interesting. The sorting hat's song took me forever to write so I hope that you liked it. I have decided that one of the symptoms of the full moon is dizziness and lack of appetite so I hope that's okay with you. It would be much appreciated if you would click the little review button, because I would love your feedback. Keep reading if you want to find out, how the first lessons went, Hogwarts' reaction to Remus and the first Hogwarts full moon.

Until next time - Mischief Managed.