(A/N): Hey Guys! So, this chapter is rather short, but this is the second one I've written today, but if I wrote any more on this I wouldn't be able to stop until the end of the next chapter. So, I've returned to trying to write one chapter, and then writing another one before uploading the first. (Pfft, like that will last long!) So, likely enough, I wrote this chapter yesterday. Or, perhaps even earlier than that.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Elaine (who was a bitch in the last chapter, grrr), Nicholai and Shari.

Remus

It had been two months, to the day, since we had started the brewing of the Extaticus Confractus, and it was time to finally set it to use, that night. Unfortunately, we had a whole day of lessons to get through up until then, which meant avoiding Elaine like we had been since the incident.

I could tell Leo wasn't quite the same as he had been before that, and it was really starting to worry me. He was more distant, his face in an almost constant mask of emotionless boredom, and he was almost silently. If he made jokes, they were somewhat dull, and had a bitter edge. He was definitely being affected more harshly than me. After all, he had lost his best friend, and he couldn't talk to the other one, Lily, in fear of Elaine seeing them and telling Lily what Leo was. Or even of Lily unknowingly insulting him while stating her opinion- or, rather, Maloney's opinion- of the half-breeds of which Leo was one.

He obviously felt alone, but nothing McGonagall or I had done could make him come out of his shell. We were concerned about him, both of us.

"Can anyone tell me what the worst part about vampires are?" Maloney asked, a few minutes into our lesson with him, our last lesson with him, hopefully. His eyes scanned the classroom, and I was filled with dread as his eyes came to rest on Leo.

"Leonides, how about you?" Leo stared him down, before shrugging.

"I don't know sir." Maloney's eyes flashed, with anger or something else, I don't know.

"Come on now, you must have at least some idea." Leo glanced at the desk, where only I could see his fingers gripping the wood, before back up to Maloney.

"Perhaps it's the fact they drink blood. Or perhaps it's the fact that they hate discriminative pricks like you." I raised my eyebrows silently, wincing as I stared at the table we shared, knowing he was in trouble now as the rest of the class turned and glared at him. Including Lily and Elaine.

"Detention. Six-thirty, with me, tonight." Maloney said with an unnerving smirk, his pale blue eyes fixed on Leo.

As soon as lessons ended for the day, we made our way to the Room of Requirement where Professor McGonagall awaited us, a stern look on her face.

"What were you thinking?" She hissed, though her tone still somewhat soft compared to the one she would use on other students.

"I wasn't. I got mad, and I made a stupid move, but I think we can work this to our favour." McGonagall and I glanced at each other before returning to Leo.

"How so?" I asked, somewhat timidly, worried he had come up with a crazy scheme during his abnormal state.

"Well, our plan was to put some of the potion in the water and food for tonight's dinner, right?" We nodded in confirmation, still somewhat puzzled. "Well, the original potions effects would still be working for Maloney, so wouldn't it just be much more effective to just administer the potion directly to him?" We stared at him for a minute, blinking in surprise.

"That... actually made sense!" McGonagall exclaimed, and Leo frowned.

"Hey! I take offence to that." The look on his face told us that he didn't actually take offence to it, so we rolled our eyes at him.

"So, how do we get it to him?" I asked, before freezing and turning to Leo. "No."

"No way." Our Professor seconded, but Leo shook his head.

"It's our best bet. He won't be expecting it, and we need someone to check if the potion worked, therefore, they need to be around normal humans." We raised an eyebrow each, surprised at the cleverness of his plan. "So, it's settled then. I'll administer the potion to Maloney, and you two will stay in the Great Hall to check on the students." We both stared at him, still not completely sure, before he shook his head.

"Really, you two, there's no talking me out of it. Besides, Remus will look less conspicuous asking people's opinions of half-breeds than me, and if that gets out of hand, he'll need a teacher to watch his back, now won't he?" McGonagall and I glanced at each other before giving up.

"Alright, just...be careful." McGonagall emphasised, and I nodded in agreement with that statement.

"Yeah Leo, Maloney wanted you there, he must have an ulterior motive behind it, and I doubt it's anything good." McGonagall's eyes widened, and she shook her head, obviously regretting having already agreed while this part of the issue was being overlooked.

An hour and a half later, Leo left to make his way to Maloney's office, where the detention would be taking place, a sealed phial of the potion in his pocket, and Professor McGonagall made her way to the Great Hall with me in tow.

This was going to be interesting.

(A/N): Well, is it interesting?

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