(A/N): Hey Guys! So, at school again... science this time. I still have to write this in the document editer, but I found all that work I thought I deleted... thank merlin I thought to save it on my H drive as well... on the downside, all of my music is gone. -_-

Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognise.

Elaine

It was only about ten minutes until the end of breakfast that Remus and Leo arrived at the Gryffindor table.

To be honest, we were all a little surprised. Usually, Remus doesn't leave the Hospital wing until at least the afternoon on the day after the Full moon, and yet, here he was.

He still looked weak, almost unbearably so, but he had a smile on his face.

He looked exhausted, and I expected Leo to as well, seeing as he had been the one staying out all night with him, but he barely looked sleepy.

"Morning!" He chimed cheerfully, grinning at us, and Remus nudged him lightly in the arm as he reached for an apple, piercing the flesh of it with his teeth.

"Only just." Sirius said, sounding slightly amused, and Leo shrugged.

"Madam Pomfrey didn't seem to want to release her favorite patients." I saw Lily's eyebrows shoot up, and I asked the question before Lily had the chance to overreact.

"We all know why Remus was there, but why were you?" Leo waved a hand, like it wasn't important, but Remus had blanched, which I took as a better measure of the situation.

"A few cuts and scrapes from a night out." He told me with a wink, the sleeve of his button-down school shirt slipping up a little to flash a rather large cut on the back of his wrist.

"Fighting with the wolf man again?" A voice popped up behind us, one I recognised and that almost always managed to make my skin crawl, especially put with those words.

Spinning around, we all saw Severus Snape standing behind Leo and I, scowling at Remus, who had paled beyond comprehension.

"You know how much I like to fight, Severus." Leo said, the only one who had managed to keep their cool. His tone was nonchalant but had a sharp edge, and his eyes were hollow and dead, a warning, almost.

"I'm sure you were born for it." My eyes widened, and from the corner of my eyes I could see that Remus and James had experienced the same change.

"And you were born to be a greasy git, so we're even." He said it with a sort of simplicity, one that made us all blink in surprise, the look on his face was deceptively calm, a small smile curving his lips, but I could see the rage and fear in his eyes.

"Leo!" Lily snapped, standing to take the side of Severus. "Don't be so rude!" Leo's expression didn't change, and he didn't even spare Lily a glance before he stood and left the hall in a rush.

Remus and I shared a glance before following him, but we weren't the only ones.

(A/N): So, I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm working this out as I go along, so... don't kill me!

This chapter has had minor edits made to it on 30/12/22