Seth sighed and walked through the door to his new home. Even though he felt extremely awkward around his new mate, he didn't want him to go. But he wasn't about to go out of his way to be near this stranger either. He was a bundle of conflicting feelings and anxiety. He decided that now was the best time to get to know his long last father.
"So…" Seth said awkwardly.
"Well, umm, this is my quarters. You and your sister may use your own rooms, of course, along with the sitting room, and the small kitchen. My room and that potions lab behind that door are off limits." Severus said, almost harshly. He couldn't be blamed for this though; everyone had had a long day.
"Do you teach potions? It's my best subject. Matildae is useless at it though…" Seth trailed off.
"I do teach potions. What, would you say is the hardest potion you have ever made? Just so I can get an estimate about where you are." Severus said curiously.
"Ummm…well, I made Veritaserum once. Did you know that you can substitute the Monnchoole fang with the skin of a Poison Dart frog? I figured that out while I was making it, but I had to take that huge risk of it not working. It all worked out though! I love when that happens." Seth said, slightly dreamily.
"How did you know that it might work, if you don't mind me asking?" Severus said, impressed with his son.
"Well, Monnchoole venom and Poison Dart frog poison are of the same class, you know? It really was all a hunch that turned out okay." Seth said modestly.
"I used to experiment with potions when I was your age, and still do when I get the time. I wish I had my old school book back, so I could give it to you. It had everything I had discovered in it."
"Maybe we could work together sometime. It would be great to have a teacher that could actually teach for once. The one back at the school I went to was completely incompetent." Seth said hopefully.
"I think I'd enjoy that." Severus said with the first real smile he had had in a while.
"Werewolf mate are among the most strongly bonded mating pairs in the world of magical creatures, if not the strongest. Once bonded with includes a bite from either parties to each other and sex, many skills and traits become unlocked to the pair.
The most well known trait of werewolf mates is the phenomenon of 'werewolf aging.' This causes the two of the pair to age until about their mid to late twenties. After they hit that point, they begin to age about one werewolf year to about ten human years. If the mates are found after one or both parties are past their mid to late twenties, they grow visibly more youthful, but will never regain the look they had before the twenties point.
Another well known thing that happens to mated werewolves is the increase of magical skill. Most often, the werewolves' magic will increase between twenty five and eighty percent. This is measured using the Mathaeu-Nicholes Majickal Powers Scale, circa 1862.
Other changes that may or may not take place when werewolves are mated include but are not limited to, personality changes, typically making a more rough individual kinder; and a small loss of social life of the mates, to make room in the individuals life for the immense amount of time and energy it takes to have a mate. All werewolves and most experts agree, it is time well spent and enjoyed."
Matildae looked up after reading the next chapter of a book she had found on werewolf mating. So far the rest of the book, along with the excerpt above, had told her mostly one thing. Seth's whole world was about to shift from what it was now; family, reading, and potions, to this Remus Lupin guy, who neither of them knew very well.
Matildae had made in perfectly clear to this Lupin character that if he even thought about hurting Seth he had another thing coming. But from what this book told her, and from what Lupin had said himself, he would never dream of hurting Seth, and in fact would protect him from anyone that did to the death.
The more she read, the more she was starting to think positively about it.
"Isn't it time that Seth should have something good going for him? He's always the helper, the doer, the surrogate mom. It's about time he gets something nice." Matilae thought with a small smile.
This…mateship? Matehood? Mate thingy wasn't so bad at all. Seth would get someone who really loved him for him, and someone to love back. And he wouldn't have to do full moons alone anymore. Hell, if this book was anything to go by, he might even start liking full moons.
Remus walked back down to the dungeons from the library and stopped when he saw the portrait of the Yellow Fairy.
"Chocolate frog," he muttered to the portrait, and stepped inside after it had swung open.
He examined his new quarters in detail. The front room was a sitting room with a large, comfy looking couch, and two huge armchairs. The color scheme was plain, but pleasant in beige with accents of dark blue. One wall was covered entirely in bookshelves with Remus's own collection of books, along with a few new titles that Dumbledore must have put there.
He stepped into a room to his left, which seemed to be a miniature library. He wondered to himself if his mate liked to read.
The room on his right was his new bedroom, and he noticed Dumbledore had swapped out his the full bed from his old room for a king size.
"Pervy old man." Remus thought with a small chuckle.
AUTHOR NOTE AND SUCH
Carmen Veiga- Thank you for all the lovely reviews, could I request some constructive criticism? It's what I really need. THANKS A BUNCH FOR BEING SUCH A LOVE!
And yes, I did make up the creature, Monnchoole. I just mashed keys and it made sense.
I think it's like a mix between a monkey and a snake. I CHALLAGE FAN ARTISTS TO DRAW THAT!