"Snake at 12:00," Vic muttered and Teddy quickly shoved the Marauder's Map into his bag as Snape made another pass of the classroom.

"Will you leave the bloody thing alone? The whole point of an alert system is so that it'll alert you," Vic protested as Teddy stole a glance behind him and took out the Map again.

"Shh," Ted whispered and Vic rolled his eyes muttering slightly under his breath.

Teddy ignored him. Over the past few days the total lack of excitement had made Teddy a bit paranoid. Something big was coming and Teddy had a feeling the trespassers would make their move soon. Call it a sixth sense if you would.

"Snake," Vic whispered again and Teddy rolled his eyes in a huff of irritation before adding some ginger root to his potion in front of him.

As Snape went to sit at his desk Teddy counted to ten before taking out the Map again.

His eyes did another sweep of the Map, the third one this period. There really wasn't much to look at. All students should have been in class. There were a few roaming the hallways and studying in the library but other than that the grounds were empty. Elves were in the kitchen, most likely preparing lunch. The ghosts were busy doing whatever the heck they normally do before disappearing off the map entirely as they phased out of the existing plane. Still, the one thing bothering Ted was the lone figure in the Hospital Wing.

"Clarence Leonelli," the Map read and Teddy couldn't help but think he'd heard that name somewhere.

It'd taken a few more sweeps of the Map for Teddy to remember.

"That's TK's friend. The creepy one that talks to himself," Teddy muttered as he watched the dot labelled "Madam Pomfrey" make her way up and down the aisle.

As Pomfrey rounded the corner and disappeared into her office Teddy noticed a few more dots suddenly appear in the Wing.

"Ghosts," Ted thought as he watched them float around before they, a bit surprisingly, crowded around Clair.

"Teddy?"

"Shh," Teddy whispered, distracted as he watched the sudden mass of ghosts suddenly swarm into the hospital wing.

"Hey. Teddy?"

Perhaps ghosts liked to pick on the new kids. Funny because Teddy and his friends rarely even saw a ghost in their first year. Maybe they were the lucky ones since Clair definitely looked like he had his hands full.

"Teeeddyyyy."

Or maybe it was something else entirely like a secret pact or just a party or maybe-

"TED!"

Startled, Ted jumped up and in his haste to shove the Map out of sight, he tipped over his potion, sending its contents spilling towards him. Trying to get out the way, Teddy tripped over his own feet and fell into the middle of the aisle as his classmates stared at his heroics.

Still slightly stunned, Teddy made a quick glance at Patty Thompson who had been sitting in the seat behind. She gave him an apologetic glance before Teddy quickly turned his head to face the impending doom coming behind him.

"Lupin," Snape growled and Teddy plastered the most innocent expression on his face that he could manage as he stared up at the frowning Potion's Master.

"Inherited your mother's clumsiness as expected."

Teddy blushed slightly as several people giggled which only seemed to irritate the Potion's Master more.

"Class dismissed. You. Clean up the mess," Snape snapped before turning on his heel and going to sit at his desk.

Teddy quickly scrambled to his feet as the class gave out several hoots of delight before making for the door.

"Good luck Ted," Vic told him as he packed his bag, "But thanks for letting us out early," he added.

"I'll save some food for you. Don't be too late!" Vic called out behind him.

Teddy grinned as Roy dragged his brother out of the class.

His grin quickly disappeared when he heard the footsteps coming from behind him.

"Cleaning supplies are in the cupboard. I expect this place spotless by the time I get back," Snape said stiffly as he walked past Ted and out the door.

The door closed behind him with a rather definite slam and Teddy was left standing there alone in the classroom.

With a sigh, he got to work. He figured he was lucky that Snape didn't feel like sticking around. Either he trusted Ted enough not to destroy anything in his absence or he just couldn't bear to see his ugly mug without having the urge to punch it in. Either reason was fine with Teddy.

"Although I do prefer the first one," Teddy muttered, opening the cupboard door and taking out the cleaning supplies.

"I really need Dad to teach me how to do Scourgify," he added as he got to work.

The next half an hour or so passed by surprisingly fast, Teddy didn't really mind the dungeons when its usual tenant wasn't there and it was rare for him to find himself alone given Hogwarts' huge population. Teddy liked being allowed to do things at his own pace and even then cleaning up his own mess had taken a much shorter time than he'd expected. The next few minutes and Ted had finished practically everything. He'd even dumped out the other students' potions, put away all the cauldrons and even wiped the tables.

"That should do it," Teddy thought to himself a bit proudly.

As he put the supplies away Ted started humming a little tune he'd heard on the wireless.

But the noise promptly stopped when he turned from the cupboard and found none other than Clair Leonelli staring at him from the aisle.

"Why are you here?" Clair accused and Teddy, still in shock, simple stared at the smaller boy. His eyes were still covered by his fringe but Teddy knew they were still narrowed in hostility.

"I didn't even hear him come in!"

"Why are you here?" Clair demanded again after a few moments of uncomfortable silence.

"Now hold on," Teddy interrupted, getting angry, "I should be the one asking that question. Why are you here?"

There was silence on the other end before the other boy muttered.

"None of your business. Get out."

Teddy crossed his arms stubbornly, no way was this kid going to tell him what to do.

"I don't think so. Snape left me in charge of the classroom and you're not going anywhere."

Clair gritted his teeth; mouth curling into a near snarl and Teddy tried to refrain from laughing at him. It was just so ridiculous that this kid felt like he could waltz in here and start ordering people around.

There was a long pause as the two boys faced off against each other before Clair decided to give up. Seemingly ignoring Teddy, he took a few steps towards Snape's office before Teddy got there and blocked his path.

"Move please," Clair told him, obviously annoyed.

"Can't you just tell me what you're doing here?" Teddy asked, not really in the mood to start a fight but fearing Snape's wrath should he let Clair into his office.

"I have to get something for Madam Pomfrey," Clair gritted out after a pause and Teddy took a few minutes to process that information.

It made sense. He had seen Clair in the Hospital Wing all period. Perhaps Pomfrey was sending him down for some of Snape's potions.

But something told Ted that there was very little chance Pomfrey would bring her patient down to fetch his own medicine. Pomfrey had a big reputation for being overprotective and firm with her patients.

"I'll come with you."

"No!" Clair demanded and Teddy raised an eyebrow at him questioningly.

Clair seemed to notice and gave an irritated huff, "Just because your father's a teacher doesn't give you the right to act like one," he growled as he stalked off to Snape's office.

Teddy followed slowly behind Clair as they entered Snape's office. He supposed Clair had a point but he would be the one to get in trouble if Clair screwed something up and the last thing he needed was Severus Snape breathing down his neck.

"Look. I'm not trying to be an ass. It's just that I get in trouble if you screw something up," Teddy said pointedly, "And it doesn't matter who my dad is, he's got nothing to do with it."

Clair seemed to ignore Teddy for the most part, instead concentrating on Snape's desk, seemingly overflowing with various potions Teddy had never even seen before.

"I don't think you should-"

"SHUT. UP!" Clair shouted and Teddy bristled but Clair seemed to be coming into a rant "You should keep your big mouth shut if you're too stupid to figure things out for yourself. Didn't your father ever teach you to mind your own business?" the boy shouted, "I'm surprised he hasn't taken a gun at you and shot you dead by now. You're a disgrace to your family!"

And Teddy, who had never really been good with insults, refused to take this one lying down.

"Oi, just because your father's a nutcase-!"

"TAKE THAT BACK," Clair demanded, slamming a fist onto the desk and spilling over some potions.

"What? The nutcase part?" Teddy rebutted. Clair's anger was contagious and Teddy suddenly felt the urge to kick and scream at the little runt.

"Well he must be if he's the one responsible for raising you," Teddy accused, taking sick pride in seeing Clair's face redden as the smaller boy tried to contain his fury. Teddy could practically feel Clair's eyes boring holes into him behind his fringe.

"You think I'm a disgrace? What about you?" Teddy said, voice close to shouting, "I'm not the one riffling through a teacher's potions stash. Your father taught you about being a disgrace because you are one."

And Clair lunged. Really, Teddy was pretty surprised the boy managed to jump that far considering that there had been a desk between them.

As Snape's desk tipped over causing potions to go crashing to the floor, Teddy found the wind knocked out of him as Clair tackled him to the floor.

"Shut up!" Clair demanded, pinning Teddy to the floor as he reared back for a punch, "I'm not a disgrace!"

The first punch to his face had Teddy tasting blood already.

"I'll show you! I'll show all of you! Daddy loves me! He'd never leave me!" Clair shouted a bit hysterically as Ted felt his cheekbone being smashed in again.

Really, he was larger than Clair and should be able to easily throw the boy off but he found himself momentarily distracted by the look of pure insanity that had begun to spread over Clair's face.

From his angle on the floor, Ted could see Clair's face a lot better. Wide, bloodshot eyes bore into Teddy's own. His pale face was twisted with a maniacal grin and Teddy couldn't help but stare in mild fear of dangerously sharp canines barely visible past Clair's thin lips.

"Wait a minute-"

The third punch to his face had Teddy's thoughts momentarily distracted again and by the time Clair swung back to deliver another blow, Teddy figured he'd had enough.

He'd seen Vic and Roy fight thousands of times, even going as far as sparring before breakfast to stay active.

Teddy decided to take a page out of their books and grab Clair's fist as it was coming down. Wrenching the arm away caused Clair to lean a bit too far over Ted who managed to knee the boy in the stomach with a successful grunt.

With the wind knocked out of his opponent, Teddy grabbed Clair's shirt collar and rolled over, slamming Clair into the ground as he became the one pinned down.

"Get off!" Clair screamed at him in fury but Teddy held the other boy down.

"Psycho kid!" Ted shouted.

"Teacher's pet!"

"Nut case!"

"Half-breed!" Clair screamed back at him.

"Oh yeah like that one's new," Teddy said sarcastically, "At least I'm not a bloody loony!"

"I can destroy you," Clair growled threateningly and Teddy scoffed at him.

"And that doesn't make you a loony?"

"I'm not a loony!" Clair shouted, finally managing to squirm out of Teddy's grasp. A rather vicious uppercut had Teddy rearing back and both boys quickly stood up, facing each other with angry glares.

"Just you wait Theodore Lupin," Clair seethed at him, eyes one again hidden beneath his fringe. "You think all your bloody connections make you so big? I'll destroy every one of them until you're nothing but some stupid kid with stupid hair. Then we'll see who the loony is!"

"That loony comment really got you huh?" Teddy said with a snicker. He really couldn't help it. The nut job in front of him was just asking for it.

Clair on the other hand probably didn't like Teddy humouring him because his scowl deepened and Teddy found himself once again being slammed into the ground.

"Die!" Clair shouted but Teddy rolled over and kicked Clair in the gut.

"Screw you," Teddy mumbled as he tackled Clair to the ground again.

"I'm better than you!"

"Keep dreaming kid."

The two scuffled throughout the small office, not really caring if they crashed into something or knocked things over anymore.

"At least my father isn't a social outcast!" Clair finally shouted.

That seemed to hit a nerve somewhere with Ted.

"At least my father loves me!" Teddy shouted back, punctuating that sentence with a punch to Clair's face.

Clair let out a maniacal laugh.

"You don't even know the meaning of the word!"

Teddy growled, "And you do?"

"Oh course!" Clair declared triumphantly, "Because my father loves me!"

Teddy rolled his eyes as he was pinned to the floor by the other boy.

"That doesn't change the fact that you-"

And Teddy froze.

Because from his angle sprawled on the floor, with Clair sitting on his stomach and the coppery tang of blood in his mouth. Teddy could just make out the figure of Severus Snape standing by the doorway.

And judging by his almost casual lean against the doorframe, Teddy figured he'd been waiting for a while.

Clair seemed to have noticed too as he quickly turned his head to face the new intruder, freezing a bit as he saw the Potions Master.

Silence seemed to descend like a fog around the occupants of the room.

"Clair. Needed to get a potion," Teddy said after a long pause and Clair quickly got up.

There was another long silence.

"I see," Snape said at last, almost calmingly as Teddy scrambled to his feet.

"It was...a misunderstanding..." Teddy continued before an idea blossomed into my head.

"You can read my mind," he said, pointing to his head.

Snape stared at him and Teddy looked determinedly back. There was no way he was going to be blamed for Clair's actions without a fight. It was doubtful Snape would let him off scot-free but at least it might stop any future detentions with the boy standing next to him.

Really though, he had to stop letting Snape free access into his mind. He'd done it before last year and even though Teddy really didn't have anything important to hide, it was still a bit scary what could be unearthed.

"Out," Snape said, pointing to the door and Teddy was shaken out of his thoughts.

"Huh?" came Teddy's not so elegant reply.

"Lupin. Out," Snape repeated and Teddy blinked back at the adamant Potions Master before he shoved all questions aside and meekly shuffled out the door.

The door behind Teddy shut with a definite slam and Teddy stared at the door for a few second before heading back to grab his bag and rush out of the classroom.

Maybe Snape had been at the door for a lot longer than Teddy had thought...

Teddy gave a silent shiver at the thought as he ran up the stairs of the dungeons and headed for the Great Hall.

If he was lucky, he'd be able to catch up with Vic for a fast lunch.

"What the bloody hell happened to you?" Vic asked through a mouth full of pasta. It seemed he and Patty had managed to strike up a conversation at lunch and upon Teddy's arrival, both of them turned to stare at the boy.

"Don't ask," Teddy sighed.

He self consciously touched a bruise on his cheek, wincing slightly as he sat down.

"Your nose is bleeding," Patty said, handing Teddy her napkin from her seat beside Vic.

"Thanks."

"We don't have to drag you to Pomfrey do we?" Vic teased and Teddy instantly leapt to his feet.

"That's right!" Teddy exclaimed and Vic and Patty looked surprised at his outburst. "Clair what's his face. That creepy kid that hangs out with TK. Remember him? We met at the library," Teddy pressed and Vic nodded.

"Yeah. I remember. What about him?"

"He was at the Hospital Wing during class. I saw his name on the Map. Then after class he came down to the potions room and said he needed a potion from Snape. Only I was in there and I didn't want to get into trouble if he messed something up so I went with him."

"So you got owned by a first year?" Vic asked incredulously and Teddy gave a huff of irritation.

"Hey. He doesn't look too spiffy either. Plus I got off scot-free," Teddy said hurriedly and Vic shrugged.

"Dully noted."

Teddy nodded back before rushing on.

"Anyways. When I asked him, Clair that is, what he was doing he got all defensive and when we were fighting I got a closer look at his face. Remember how he looks really pale and skinny? Well. He's got these really sharp canines," Teddy said, pointing to his own teeth, "And his eyes are all blood shot and creepy. Like some psycho wild animal. And he's not really mentally sane either..."Teddy trailed off as he noticed his friends staring at him with dumbfounded expressions.

Ted stamped his foot impatiently on the ground "Don't you get it?" Teddy asked and he was greeted with equally bland looks.

"Get what?" Vic asked, raising and eyebrow and Teddy rolled his eyes before quickly sitting down and leaning forward.

"Being sick, looking for potions, being all secretive, looking all pale and skinny, pointy canines," Teddy whispered, ticking off each fact off his fingers.

"I think Clair is a werewolf!"

And down at the dungeons, Severus Snape sat at his desk with Clarence Leonelli standing before it. As Snape recited school rules, deducted House points and handed out detentions, he failed to catch Clair carefully lick blood off his knuckles before grinning manically.

"Delicious!"


OK. I know it's been ages. But what can I say? My summer SUCKED. Seriously. When you stick a kid into doing her two least favourite activities in the world (life guarding/swimming & piano). Plus math cram school every other day for 4 hours. It's not fun. Oh. And my dad (after like 2 years) found out I "waste my time writing shit on the Internet instead of studying." So what's he do? Chuck my laptop at the wall in a fit of rage successfully snapping off my USB key and leaving me with Nothing. Nadda. Zero. So yeah. I don't have many files from 2010/2011 including fanfic and all summer I was too busy to rewrite all the stuff I had written but didn't post.

On another note. I got mail. Which is weird I guess since no one reviews but you guys go through all the effort to message me when I haven't even logged in in 3 months :P Anyways. I got some questions. I can't remember who sent them now or what they originally said but here's some answers:

Q: Why are all your names taken from other shows?

A: Why not? :P At first it was because I was too lazy to think of names and it's not like this will ever be published text. Back then though, I never thought my fanfic would be +30 chapters and have a sequel! Now. It's fun. I think of a character. Then I go around and think of other characters I know/like with similar personalities or family situations. Sometimes they pair up pretty well. Sometimes not so much but t I can draw and edit where the similarities start and end which is fun. Just a little something that makes me more interested in my own writing.

Q: Why Bobo?

A: I really laughed when I read this. XD "Bobo" is a short form of a last name that no one can ever pronounce right the first time (or maybe even the 100th time after that). Inside joke. Nuff said. (Hi Bobo!).

Finally. I can't promise you I'll update as frequently as I did before but I will update. Everything's in my head. Has been for ages. I just need to have a good sit down and write it all out. Problem? I'm in my last year of high school so school is my main focus...

And just so you guys don't come after me with pitchforks again I'll try to keep epic cliffhangers to a minimum. Or at least update faster with the next chapter.

If you actually bothered to read this ridiculously long AN, review! :)