Chapter 17

Young Mr. Lupin saw two of his friends at his doorstep, and they were in a state of embarrassment. He dragged his luggage behind him, his clothes were soaked with snow, and his face was blue from the cold.

"Hi, Remus." Sirius greeted him handsomely as if they had just stumbled upon each other on the street, and immediately let out a series of shocking sneezes.

"O Merlin! Are you really here?! Young Mr. Lupin immediately drew his two friends into a warm room, sat them down in front of the fireplace, and wrapped them in hot milk and a thick blanket.

When he tossed like this on the first floor, his parents woke up on the second floor. His mother came downstairs with her dressing gown: "Remus? What are you doing? ”

Mrs. Lupin was startled.

"Mommy......" Remus didn't have time to ask him why his friends were here in the middle of the night.

"Madame Lupin, it's an honor to meet you." Sirius and James immediately put down the milk and got up, and the blanket slid to the ground.

Mrs. Lupin was a good, sane Ravenclaw. She quickly discovered that the two children had most likely found the place on foot.

"You'll need a hot shower, and then I'll get some medicine for you."

Madame Lupin immediately prepared the bathroom, and asked Remus to send his friends to soak in hot water, and then she went to prepare typhoid potions for the two children. Since Remus was bitten by a werewolf when she was a child, she had to prepare her own medicine for her children for many years, which of course saved money compared to going out to buy finished medicine. They certainly did not waste their freedom.

Remus took his two friends to the bathroom, stripped them naked, and sat them in a hot tub.

"Oh, I'm finally alive." The moment Sirius soaked in the hot water, he realized that he was actually frozen, and he picked up the hot water and washed his face: "You're so far away, Remus. "Fortunately, they knew Remus's full name, otherwise after getting off the knight's bus, they would not be able to find Remus's house even if they died.

They walked for six hours.

Remus happily watched his friends come here, and he explained, "Because of my problem, my family is always far away from the village. "His mom spent the whole day every time she went shopping.

James carefully observed his friend's expression, not letting go of a hint of change: "Hey, Remus, are you okay?" ”

Remus was stunned for a moment, which was enough to make the bathroom full of steam and hot water cold all at once. From the moment they entered the door, the joyful atmosphere that the two deliberately created was gone.

Remus immediately said, "I'm fine. ”

This is very unconvincing. So until Madame Lupin called them out outside, the three men in the bathroom did not speak.

They drank potions, ate late dinner, and were herded into Remus's bedroom by Madame Lupin, and the three of them slept together on the enchanted bed.

"Tomorrow, how much time do you have to talk, and now sleep." Madame Lupin was not one to disobey, and from the moment they met, the two Gryffindors were aware of it, so of course they behaved very well-behaved. But when Mrs. Lupin turned off the lights and closed the door and went out, they immediately grabbed Remus to the left and the right and whispered.

"Old friend, I miss you so much." Sirius sighed, and the three of them huddled together.

Accustomed to the darkness, James looked at the seemingly empty bedroom, with no furniture or knick-knacks other than a bed, a table, a chair, and a bookcase, and the boy's room was always a pile of all sorts of rubbish, and even Mrs. Potter wouldn't go in to clean it, 'It's a garbage dump!' That's how Mrs. Potter once described it, and he lived a very unbridled life in the garbage he made.

Remus's room was apparently devoid of any individual's character—if it was empty, even his sheets and quilt were white.

Sensing that James's gaze stayed in the room, Remus looked a little embarrassed, he knew that his room was not so 'cool', maybe he could put some little mischief toys in the room next time.

Sirius kicked James hard when Remus wasn't looking, but after all, he was kicking him over Remus, and unless Remus was thicker than a troll, he couldn't have known it.

James also realized that he had embarrassed his friend, and if it was Sirius, he would immediately start laughing at him, but since it was Remus and now Remus, he suddenly became considerate.

He cleared his throat and began to review the way old Mr. Porter had taught him aristocratic compliments: "Your room, it's good. ”

Sirius rolled his eyes hopelessly.

Of course, James knew that he had done it, which made his troll cheeky skin grow red, and he looked at Remus firmly and said, "I'm serious, if my room can be as tidy as yours, my mother will faint with excitement." "It's true, he would never have such a pure white sheet on his bed, and Mrs. Potter would only give him a flower dark sheet, pure white? Unless he's not home.

Remus laughed, the first time he'd laughed since he was brought home.

"Thanks, James."

Hearing this, the two Gryffindors felt uncomfortable.

"Ahem, no, Remus, we should have said sorry to you." Sirius said in frustration.

"Brother, it's all our fault." James said, "You see, we thought it was a prank, the same as we've been doing since school. We didn't expect it to turn out like this. ”

Sirius glared at the non-talkable James again, telling him to shut up, and then he said to Remus, "I'm sorry. Remus, we have no excuse to shirk our responsibilities. It's us who keep you from going to school, but don't worry! We'll definitely do our best to bring you back to Hogwarts! ”

Sirius wanted Remus to believe him, and he wanted his friend not to give up hope. It's a pity that even he didn't have the self-confidence, and all their efforts failed. Remus couldn't go back to school.

"Yes! Remus! We'll be sure to get you back to Hogwarts! James assured his friend the same. Even if he were to bring Hogwarts to Remus's doorstep, he would do it!

But Remus was not as happy as his two friends had hoped, and he couldn't wait to return to the castle. He calmly said, "No." James, Sirius, I'm not going back to Hogwarts. ”

This answer caused both James and Sirius to jump out of bed! They shouted, "Why?!" ”

Didn't they think Remus didn't want to go back to Hogwarts?

Remus hurriedly grabbed the two of them and put his finger to his mouth: "Shhhhhh Don't scream. ”

He reassured his two friends, but was reluctant to explain.

"It's late, let's go to bed. Tomorrow I'll take you to play in the woods, and sometimes you can see foxes and rabbits! Remus pretended to be interested. This is the advantage of his family living in such a remote place, not far from Lupin's house there is a wood, because there are no people around, it looks quite gloomy. Mr. Lupin thought it would be good that those Muggles wouldn't come here and no one would touch Remus. Even if his son is a werewolf, he doesn't want to lock him up in the house, the vast wilderness outside can let him run away with his child's love.

The two Gryffindors weren't happy with their friend's perfunctory attitude, but it was late, and they were tired, so the three of them fell asleep.

But not long after they fell asleep, suddenly a scream of fear rang out in the room. Before Sirius and James woke up, they felt Remus jump out like a frightened rabbit in the middle of the two of them, and then ran out of the room barefoot.

"What happened to Remus?" James scratched his hair and said in a daze. He hadn't fully woken up yet.

Sirius slept lightly than he did, and the Lupins should have done their best to make their son comfortable, but it still couldn't compare to the Blakes, and he had never slept with anyone else, which made him very unaccustomed. So when the screams rang out, he woke up very much, and when he heard James's words, he didn't bother to say more, put on his coat and got out of bed.

"Let's take a look." He said.

The two of them put on their coats and walked into the drawing-room, where they found Madame Lupin holding Remus in her arms, while their friend looked completely devastated. He cried and screamed.

"Remus, Remus, don't be afraid, nothing happens, your home is very safe." Madame Lupin skillfully coaxed her child and picked him up with her not very strong arms.

"Carry him in." Mr. Lupin appeared, and it seemed that neither of them had slept.

Mrs. Lupin carried Remus to their bedroom, and Mr. Lupin said to James and Sirius in a friendly manner, "Did you wake you up?" Don't worry, Remus is just having a nightmare, and he'll be fine tomorrow. ”

He sent the two of them back to the bedroom, and Sirius asked before leaving, "Sir, is Remus alright?" What happened to him? ”

Mr. Lupin, who seemed as silent and gentle as Remus, thought for a moment before saying, "Oh, nothing. Remus just wasn't used to sleeping with other people, he had been sleeping alone since he was a child. ”

When he went out, James and Sirius sat on the bed, completely sleepless.

James said, "It can't be, when we were at Hogwarts, the four of us lived in the same dormitory, and Remus never had nightmares. ”

Sirius didn't speak, in fact, he was just as curious as James. If it had been before, he would have suggested that the two of them eavesdrop on the Lupins and find out the real cause of Remus's nightmares. But now he wouldn't do that, and one thing he'd learned was that it seemed like a trivial matter, and maybe their actions would cause unimaginable harm to others.

The two of them tossed and turned for the rest of the day, and did not fall asleep until dawn.

In the morning, Mrs. Lupin prepared a very hearty breakfast for them. After eating, it seemed that there was no problem at all, and Remus took them to the woods outside.

Christmas is two days away, and the snow is going to drown people. They had snowball fights in the snow, looking for foxes and rabbit holes, and had a great time.

Now James has gone into hiding somewhere else, and Remus and Sirius are looking for him together. Sirius, however, held Remus at bay.

Remus waited for a moment, holding him Sirius, who obviously wanted to say something, but his mouth seemed to be gagged. He smiled and asked his friend, "What's wrong?" Sirius, what do you want to tell me? ”

Sirius looked at him as if he were seeing Remus for the first time, and he said abruptly, "Did you have nightmares last night because we slept next to you?" ”

Remus's face suddenly turned whiter than snow, and he smiled stiffly: "...... Well, I'm not used to having people sleep with me. Even in school, we have one bed per person. ”

Sirius's face looked like he had been beaten hard, and he struggled to squeeze the words out of his throat: "...... Are we scaring you? ”

Remus shook his hand away, and the poor friend tried to smile at him: "How so? Sirius, we've lived in the dorm together for four years, and you're as familiar as myself, so how could I be scared by you? Just a nightmare, I dreamed that I was drowning in a pumpkin juice cup. He took a few steps and hurriedly said, "Let's go find James." ”

He took two steps, didn't hear Sirius, and when he looked back, his friend was crouching on the ground with his face covered, and he immediately went back to find him crying.

"I'm sorry...... Remus ...... I'm sorry......" Sirius muttered and repeated, he wanted to give himself an Arvada!

"No!" Remus hugged his friend, "It's none of your business!" Sirius! ”

Obviously, even Remus didn't know what else he could say. His lies pale in the pale.

James hid behind a tree, his whole body stiffened, like a sculpture.

At lunchtime, the three of them returned to Lupin's house. It was discovered that Professor Riddle Jr. had found them. After thanking Madame Lupin for her hospitality, the professor took them back to Hogwarts.

Surprisingly, neither of them offered to take Remus back to school with them this time.

As his friends departed, Mr. Lupin put his arm around his son's shoulders and asked, "Is that good?" Remus, if you'd like to go back to school with your friends, I think we could go and ask Headmaster Dumbledore. ”

"Nope." Remus said firmly.

- He didn't want to hurt his friends. It was already scary to see Sirius or James being bitten to death by himself in daily nightmares, and he didn't want the nightmare to come true one day.

That night, when he was half-asleep, he ran into a friend next to him, and the nightmare and reality suddenly linked. He was already frightened to death when he saw Sirius and James with his eyes closed next to him in the dim light. Although he ran out immediately, he did not dare to fall asleep for the rest of the time, afraid of dreaming again.

Since returning home, he has always dreamed of half of his friends being swallowed by himself. Sometimes he woke up in an empty place with a headless corpse beside him, and he had no memory. Then he remembered that yesterday was the full moon and he killed someone! Then he found the body wearing a Hogwarts uniform! That corpse is Sirius!

Sometimes, it's just dawn, like every morning before he's ready to go to class. He found that he woke up very early, and there was no sound in the dormitory. Sunlight poured in through the window.

He went to wake up his sleeping friend in bed, and when he lifted the curtain, James seemed to be asleep, and he grinned and lifted his quilt, and found that his legs were gone, and his mouth smelled bloody, and his teeth hadn't even fully withdrawn.

- He's a dangerous werewolf.

Although he hated this. But that's his responsibility. He had discovered that for the sake of his friends, and for the sake of the nightmare, he had to take his responsibility. Until he can prove that he is harmless and can control, he will not go to the crowd that cannot protect himself. It's like mom and dad live here for him.

- He's a brave Gryffindor. We will not shirk our responsibilities. He is also a wizard, and he will be like a real wizard and will not be defeated by werewolves.

Hogwarts, Sirius, and James were quickly taken home by the Blacks and the Potters for Christmas, and Headmaster Dumbledore said that since the accident happened after the holidays, of course, there would be no points deduction and confinement.

As the Christmas holidays passed, Sirius and James were so depressed at home that their parents were so worried that Mrs. Black even made cherry pudding for her two sons, who God knows they hadn't eaten since they were five years old.

On the train back to Hogwarts, the two of them sat in the same compartment as a matter of course. Compared to the bustling carriage next door, this place is as quiet as a tomb.

In silence, James spoke first.

"What do you think...... Is that it? He said.

Sirius looked at the car

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Flying view from the window. "Hmm. I think that's why. ”

Remus screamed that they heard it very clearly, that it was not a nightmare scream. He woke up and fled almost like the two of them were devil's grass.

Remus was afraid that it was the two of them.

The reason is not hard to guess at all. They're good at finding castles or professors who don't want them to know. Remus and they were friends in the same school for four years, and they had been friends until they broke into the secret room. What could make Remus scared of the two of them?

"He almost bit us, he's scared of this." It even became a Remus nightmare. Maybe he did too much during the summer vacation.

Sirius looked out the window evasively, and his friends didn't look at him, he had been interested in the floor since he entered the carriage.

"James," Sirius said, "I felt like a jerk for the first time. ”

James looked at the floor: "...... Well. ”

- We ruined Remus's life. It's simply because he made two jerk friends.