(A/N): Hey Guys! So, I'm writing this chapter in PLP (don't worry, I already finished my work), but I still have to type it into the Document editer thing-y, so forgive me for any spelling mistakes, spell check doesn't cooperate very well.

Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognise.

Leo

By the time I returned to the Room of Requirement, James, Sirius, and Peter had gone, and Remus and Elaine looked up as I reentered. "What was all that about?" Elaine asked, a strange sort of look on her face, and I shrugged as I sunk back into my seat.

"Stuff," I told her, in a tone that meant 'drop it'.

Of course, Elaine being Elaine, didn't like being told to drop it. "What kind of stuff?" She asked, narrowing her eyes at me, and with a glance at Remus I realised he was doing a poor imitation of the same expression.

"Stuff with Brooke stuff," I said weakly, not really sure how else to explain it without it automatically leading to something bad.

"Anything you need to tell us?" Remus asked, his simple question clearly laced with double meaning, and I shrugged again.

"Probably. Did you know I'm not the only veela hybrid at the school?"

Their eyebrows shot up, though Remus's expression was less extreme. "I guess it makes sense... I mean, if there's going to be two abnormal, paranormal people, there's probably going to be more, right?" I nodded, and Elaine's forehead creased.

"Who?" I shook my head furiously.

"I can't tell you that."

She glared at me, but Remus placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I'm just going to take a shot in the dark here and say that you made a promise," He guessed, and I nodded, smiling slightly.

"And I don't break my promises, especially to someone with so much blackmail on me." Elaine cocked an eyebrow.

"Who has more blackmail on you, than us?"

I shrugged, doing my best to look innocent as I bit my lip. "The other veela hybrid." Remus nodded slowly, thoughtfully.

"So there's only one other veela hybrid?" He asked, and I thought about it for a second, trying to remember if I had heard, or smelt anything to indicate otherwise.

"That I know of, yeah." Elaine nodded, looking a little hurt.

"It's Brooke, isn't it."

It was more of a statement than a question, and I forced myself to look incredulous. "Brooke?! God no!" I pretended to look a little offended, and they both seemed surprised.

"I have to admit, that's what I was leaning towards..." Remus muttered, looking sheepish with wide eyes.

"I was not expecting that," Elaine said, sounding a little antsy to be honest.

"Besides, that wasn't an invitation to guess who it is you guys!"

Remus shrugged, and Elaine smiled slightly. "Fine, fine, we'll stop..." She leaned over, moving to rest a hand on my shoulder, only to falter as I flinched away. "Why do you keep doing that?" I looked her dead in the eye and shrugged- a bold move, if I do say so myself.

"Now that, that was partially Brooke."

I went to stand up but Remus surged forward, grabbing me by the shoulders and pushing me back into the chair. "Only three days till the full moon," He reminded me. Three days before the full moon was when he was at his strongest, physically. Tomorrow, he'd be weak- the next day even weaker. The day after that? So weak he could barely stand. I went to stand up again and he tried to push me down, so I rivaled his strength exactly, measuring just how strong he was. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and I smiled before simply pushing him out of the way, pleased that I was still quite a bit stronger than him, even at his peak.

"Yeah, well, if the macho-man fight is over, can we get back to business here?" Elaine asked dryly, one eyebrow raised at the two of us as Remus lay on his back on the cold ground, staring up at me.

"You weren't as strong as that last year," He pointed out, and I shrugged, sticking a hand out to help him up.

"And I wasn't that strong the year before, either. I'm still growing Remmy." His eyes widened, and I knew he knew what I meant- I would only get stronger and stronger, and I could already beat him in a fight, wolf-form or no. "Besides," I said, grin blooming. "I train with vampires, remember?"

(A/N): So, what did you think?

I may get another chapter in before lunch, maybe.

This chapter has had edits made to it on 22/2/24 - formatting, and reconfiguring of sentences so they make more sense. I also added Leo saying that him looking Elaine dead in the eye and shrugging (effectively outright blowing her off) was a bold move, because that is absolutely something Leo would say/think later in the story, and it just fit so well there.