Chapter 26

                                    

                                          
And here it was again. Noon of The full moon. As if the pain wasn't enough, the full moon had to be on the day of the first Quidditch match of the year, and to make the matter more worse, between Gryffindors and Slytherins. Remus sighed and pulled out his dress clock, he was pale as a sheet. Or maybe more than that. He made his way down the staircase, glad that the other Marauders were gone early to the pitch. But Luck was not on his As if there was any, Ha! He thought.
                          
"Hello Remus, are you going to the pitch too?" Lily asked, she was standing in the deserted common room alone, she looked like she was heading to see the Quidditch match.
Looks like everyone is going to see the match except for me.
                          
She looked at his extremely pale face, the lines and veins were so prominent that he could have passed for a corpse Even his standing was painful. "Are you alright, you look very sick?" 
                          
"I am alright, just a bit tensed, I am going to see my mother, she is very sick!" He half-whispered. He could not bring himself to say out loud. He didn't have the Power to do it.
                          
"Wasn't your mom sick the last month too?" She said crossing her arms and tapping her feet.
                          
"Yeah... Well... Umm... She gets s-sick a lot"
                          
"Remus don't lie to me." Lily said, her voice definite.
                          
Oh dear Merlin she knows, no it can not be it, God, I will be expelled, worse than that, the ministry will execute me, You don't know for sure that she knows Rey, she might just be playing around, play it cool Remus.
                          
"I am not lying" Remus said and mentally patted himself for keeping his voice so calm.
                          
"Remus, I noticed the first month that before the full moon, you started getting stiff, I saw madam Pomfrey lead you to the Whomping Willow and you made down some sort of place underneath the tree alone, you were gone on the day of full moon, and came all bandaged up a few days later, Today again is the full moon and you are going again, you are stiff all over, and the scars, completed my doubt theory. I can put two and two together." She then embraced Remus in a tight hug.
                          
"I know Remus, the wizarding world is prejudiced against the werewolves, but it's okay I am not, you are still same kind person at heart, your Lycanthropy cannot change you. Promise me you won't let it change you." Lily said in soothing voice.
                          
A voice echoed inside Remus's head, the voice of his mother Hope Lupin. Whatever that monster Greyback did to you my little boy, doesn't changes anything, you are still the smartest, kindest and innocent kid at heart and you will always be. Your mom loves you and always will. Promise me Rey that you won't let it change you, won't let it overpower you. His own broken voice, the voice of a four year old child echoed in his mind. I Promise. 
                          
He held on tight to Lily and started sobbing "I p-promise." He said in a cracked voice. And let go of Lily.
                          
"You know that I am always here for you Remus, I am like your sister,  you can tell me no matter what happens, right?" Remus nodded.
                          
"Please don't tell anyone about it, not another soul please" He pleaded. And received an affirmative nod.
                          
"Would you please tell those stupid Gits that I am gone to check on my mother, and they are supposed to take notes" Lily laughed. "I'll let them know"
                          
"Okay then, I bid my Farewell, it's full moon and I cannot walk fast, so bye, and Thanks a Lot, Lily" Remus said and started walking towards the portrait hole.
                          
He was joined by Lily who swung his arm around her shoulders and let him lean on a bit on her. "There is no way, I am going to let you make the way by yourself, look at your condition!" Remus wanted to object but he didn't, he was in too much pain to object.
                          
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"Are you kidding me?!"Remus shrieked at the other three Marauders in the room. "I go for one and a half day, one and a half and you give me this?" Remus said, gripping tight on the parchment.
                          
It was true, he only had to stay one day at the hospital wing, there weren't much injuries, the encounter with Lily had someway calmed the wolf for that full moon. His wolf was a bit pleased and thus didn't kill himself, and it somewhat felt a bit more accommodated in it's new cage. 
                          
Arthur and Bilius were snickering at the Marauders, while Preston, Frank and Simon were trying not to burst from controlling their laughter.
                          
The parchments read...
Sirius                         |                      James
•The concentration 
is an important
aspect.       
                          
•If you do not
know what you
seek to make of 
the object you 
may never be
able to do it.
                          
•Sirius can you tell
me what was the
Spell?
                          
•Sirius!
                          
•SIRIUS!                                         •SIRIUS!
•You both Gits are    •You both Gits are
writing the same        writing the same
thing now!                    thing now!
•Are you Insane!       • Are you Insane!
•Oh Dear Merlin        • Oh Dear Merlin
KILL ME NOW!            KILL ME NOW!
•POTTER, BLACK       •POTTER, BLACK
DETENTION                  DETENTION
BOTH OF YOU!             BOTH OF YOU!
•10 POINTS FROM    •10 POINTS FROM
GRYFFINDORS!           GRYFFINDORS!
•CAN YOU EVEN        •CAN YOU EVEN
READ WHAT YOU     READ WHAT YOU
ARE WRITING?          ARE WRITING?
•I GIVE UP!                 • I GIVE UP!
                          
Remus crumbled the ball in his hand, pulled out his wand, and transfigured it into a beaters bat, and hit both of them.
                          
"YOU WERE WELL AWARE THAT SHE WAS SHOUTING AT THE LOT OF YOU TO CAPITALIZE THE WORDS, BUT COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS SAYING?" Remus yelled. Frank and Preston laughed and Remus shot them death glares that made them sober up immediately.
                          
"In my defense, I am Sirius Black and I can only focus on a single task at hand" Sirius said in a low voice. Peter let out a giggle.
                          
"And YOU PETER! Could you not TELL them?"
                          
"Umm... In my defense I was pretty busy laughing that I forgot" And so it led to Peter getting hit by the bat too. "Ouch!"
                          
"I GO and you get yourselves detentions, for nothing? And didn't even get me notes."
                          
As on the que, Lily came with some parchments. "Hello Remus, Well Potter and Sirius, could not take a few transfiguration notes and history of magic notes, so I made an extra pair for you!" She said handing him the notes and went away.
                          
"Just Because I got the notes, I am letting you go this time." Remus said examining the notes. Hmm... They are pretty detailed.
                          
The three Marauders let out a breath of relief and the others started wheezing off to laughter at the stupidity of James and Sirius.