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Chapter 4: Gryffindor Tower and Lupin's chambers
Lily's Pov
The quietness of the corridor unnerved me. The portraits were staring at me. They were whispering excitedly. One or two of them would bow and say hello. I walked towards a large portrait. It was a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress. She was gossiping with Violet. They suddenly turned towards me. Violet spoke first.
"You look familiar. What's your name dear?"
"Lily Potter. I used to be a student here." The fat lady frowned.
"That's not possible. You are meant to be dead."
"I've got a job to do. That's why I'm alive. Have you seen my husband?" Violet and the fat lady shook their heads. I shrugged and was about to leave when a red haired boy strode towards me. There was a head boy badge on his Hogwarts robes.
"Have you forgotten the password. It's Fortuna Major." The fat lady swung open to let us in.
The common room hadn't changed since I was a student at Hogwarts. The head boy shook my hand and introduced himself as Percy Weasley. I smiled as I tried to come up with an explanation. All of a sudden two red haired boys surrounded us.
"Hey Percy, what are you doing in the common room alone with a girl student. I'm sure Penelope will not be happy with that."
"Yeah, she will think you're cheating on her. You are aren't you," the other red boy said accusingly. Percy had gone bright red. I had to defend him. After all he had just helped me.
"No, he was showing me around. I'm new see, and I didn't know the password."
"We didn't see you get sorted," the twins chorused.
"That's because I only just arrived and I was sorted in Dumbledore's office. Now say sorry to Percy." I glared at them until they apologised. They soon left us alone.
"What is your name?"
"It's Lily," I was thinking quickly of a surname I could use instead of my own, "Lily Lupin."
"Are you related to Professor Lupin," he asked his eyes lighting up curiously.
" Yeah, he is my third cousin, once removed." Lying was hard, but Percy believed my lame story. I turned to the girls dormitories climbed up the stairs to try to find an unused bed.
James' Pov
Lupin was leading me up three floors. I was panting as I reached his classroom. It was spacious and dark. The desks were lined up neatly and the chalk board at the front was clean. I was staring gob smacked. Lupin was leaning up against the desk at the front. He was rubbing his forehead as if he had a stubborn head ache. He was about to open his mouth when he heard a knocking on the door. A silky smooth voice was demanding that Lupin open the door. He walked towards the door and opened it. Snape entered the room. He glared at both me and Lupin.
"Here is your goblet of potion. Remember not to add sugar. I will bring you another goblet full tomorrow."
"Thank you Severus. Don't worry I won't add sugar to the potion." Severus left. Lupin was about to drink the potion in the smoking goblet, when I shouted at him to stop.
"Lupin, you must not drink that potion. Snape hates you and wants to poison you."
"No, James, Severus would not poison me without losing his job. Besides this potion is to help me with my transformation. It allows me to keep my mind at the full moon." He swallowed the potion with a shudder.
"Taste bad?" I asked a small smile lighting my face.
"Yes Prongs." I was shocked. Lupin called me by my nickname. "You don't recognise me do you?" His puzzled expression made me feel bad. This guy recognised me but I couldn't remember this guy's first name. He seemed so familiar. Hang on, he has tawny hair, a scared face and amber eyes. His surname was Lupin and wasn't he just talking about transformations and the full moon. I suddenly realised who the professor was.
"Remus, congratulations for becoming the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. I'm sorry I didn't recognise you, but I was too worried about Lily."
" Thank you so much Prongs." He started crying. I thought he was upset until I saw the smile on his face. He got up from the desk and climbed the staircase towards his room. I followed him.
The room was small but still comfortable. There was a bookshelf crammed with books. There were muggle books along side wizard books. A book was on the bed side table. I grabbed it. It was a textbook, "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them". A bookmark was placed in the section to do with Boggarts. I turned around to see Remus conjure a bed for me to sleep in. He then tapped his wand on his kettle. Steam was coming out of it. He grabbed two mugs and two tea bags. He soon passed me a steaming cup of tea. I drank it slowly as my eyes continued to wander around the room. Remus still had a gramophone. It was placed on the table, next to a pile of jazz records. The walls were gray and the floor was made of stone. His wardrobe was half empty. Remus excused himself as he went to the bathroom. Remus had never liked unchanging in the same room, yet he allowed us to be with him when he was naked after a transformation. He soon came out wearing only a T-shirt and boxers. He climbed into bed. I could tell he was exhausted. The shadows under his eyes were pronounced. As soon as his head hit the pillow , he fell asleep. I stripped to my boxers climbed into bed and slept wondering what would happen tomorrow and where Lily was. Little did I know, she was only a few floors up in an unusual bed wondering where I was.
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