Book Two

Book Two covers Remus Lupin's second year at Hogwarts. The book was first published March 3rd, 2020, and was completed May 5th, 2021. It can be read on Archive of Our Own, FanFiction.net, Wordpress, and Wattpad.

## Chapter 1: October 21st, 1964

**Remus gets bitten.**

Remus is sung to by his mother and then put to sleep, as he is about to fall asleep he hears his parents arguing about the werewolf he offended, calling him 'it'. Remus went to his bed and saw a man standing in his room who carried him out to a werewolf (the one his parents offended) who then bit him. The man and the werewolf disapparated after taunting Lyall about his "soulless son". Lyall freaks out about how Remus was bitten, yelling at Hope not to call the Ministry because they'd kill him. Hope pushes him aside and tries to bandage Remus up, singing the last line of the song that she was singing to him.

## Chapter 2: Letters and Lies

**Remus gets letters from his friends.**

Remus wakes up early on 7th July 1972 to a letter from Sirius, telling him about his cousin, Andromeda. When he goes down to breakfast, he thinks about how the Blacks are crazy and Sirius' broken arm. He sees the newspaper his father is reading and finds out that James' grandfather died. Then Arthur comes back from Lily's and Hope questions him about it, then gets angry when he cracks a werewolf joke. Remus carries on lying about his letters.

## Chapter 3: Urges

**Remus gets The Talk from his father.**

Remus gets a terrible haircut, his mother thinks he looks like Christopher Robin, he thinks he looks like a girl. They have an argument about that and Hope says that he's not going back to Hogwarts and gets angry at him for his attitude. When he gets home, his dad also thinks he looks like a girl and tells him that if he can stick it out for the rest of the summer, he can get it fixed at Hogwarts. He then sends a letter to Peter about his mountain climbing/camping trip, to Sirius about his cousin getting married, gets a letter *from* James about his grandfather and then gets a letter from Sirius telling him he looks ten.

Lyall talks to Remus about his friends (he says he's made none), his attitude and 'urges' (basically gives him a werewolf version of The Talk) and Remus runs away from his problems once he starts talking about masturbation.

## Chapter 4: You Are Cordially Invited...

**Remus gets a letter from James about a party.**

Remus tries to avoid his father, for fear of The Talk and tries to not be sassy towards his mother, which he isn't doing a good job at. Remus and Hope go to the beach where someone thinks he's a girl, after they go home, Remus receives a letter from James, inviting him to a party because he needs friends, the nightmares won't stop. Sirius sends a letter to Remus, telling him about how much he wants to go but can't, because of family dinners. He also mentions that Dumbledore is trying to get a ministry worker to be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.

Hope comes up into his room, furious, holding a letter from James about the party. Remus said that James just thinks everyone's his friend so that's why he was invited to the party. Luckily, Hope believes him. Remus sends a letter to James, saying he can't come because his mother is sick, Lily also asks if he wants to join her on a trip to a magical creature reserve but he says that he can't because he's sick.

(I've almost finished Chapter 4, all that's left is his moon, James' other letter and him contemplating why he has friends)

## Chapter 5: Contain The Savageness

Remus and Hope are gardening when Remus gets bitten by one of the plants, a volantes mordices. He tells her that he'll heal but she tells him not to talk about himself like that and says they'll take care of it when Lyall gets home. Unfortunately, when he gets home he informs them that the Ministry will come to destroy all of those plants and erase muggle memories of it, if there's a large enough incident of it. The Ministry does come but it's just the people dealing with the plants and nothing to do with Remus.

Remus gets a letter from Ms. Fawley, complementing him on the shawl that he made for her and telling him about some proposition for branding werewolves. He asks his mother if he'll be going back to Hogwarts (he will) and his father goes to buy his books.

He gets a letter from Lily about the new teacher, going to Diagon Alley and how Petunia is still being mean. He also gets a letter from James, which hurts his heart, about the party, which only Peter was able to go to. Then he gets a letter from Sirius about how much he misses school and how he's putting off homework till the last minute. He can't comprehend why someone would be that dismissive of their education. He gets a letter from Fawley telling him that the proposition was shot down and wonders why, since the Ministry hates werewolves.

## Chapter 6: The Marauders' Reunion

Remus gets all his books for class and is very bored with the summer holidays. He gets a letter from Peter, complaining about how his grandfather is taking him on an even longer hike, from Sirius about how bored and miserable he is and from James who's extremely excited to get on the Gryffindor team. He continues to mope around the house and gets in an argument with his mother for swearing. Later, in the moon he apologized to his mother and resolved to stop being sarcastic and rude.

He tries to eat slowly and manages to time it right so there isn't enough time for one of his friends to come up to him and say that they're friends. He goes onto the train and sits with Lily and Snape, the later tells him to get out and find his friends. So he does and finds them, with a new person, Regulus Black, who seems to get annoyed when Sirius says bad things about the Black family, he says he's excited to be in Slytherin, which makes Sirius angry at him. They go outside, have a fight where Sirius hurts him and asks him if he wants to be like the rest of of his family, hating everyone who's different. Then he walks inside, makes a joke about brothers and pretends that everything's fine.

## Chapter 7: Bad Luck With Beans

This chapter starts off where the previous chapter ends. The Marauders talk about their holidays, After a while, the other Marauders leave and Lily comes in to talk about who the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor might be. Lily theorises that it might be a worker at the Ministry of Magic and Remus worries that it could be an auror. The Marauders come back while Lily and Remus are hugging, which makes Lily go red and storm out of the compartment. Remus talks to the others about who the new professor might be, but they have no information. They do, however, think it's strange that Dumbledore got the new professor from the Ministry of Magic, since he turned down the position twice. They mention Dumbledore was blamed for Leach taking office, and that Leach got mysteriously sick and had to retire. Remus wonders if Leach contracted lycanthropy. When they go to the carriages after their train ride, Remus notices "horse-dragon-skeleton things" that no one else appears to see, pulling the carriages and is confused, believing that he can see them because he isn't fully human.

## Chapter 103: The Hufflepuff Plot

After Herbology Bones, with Rivers tailing him, approaches the Marauders. He asks to talk with them in private but won't tell the reason. The six boys go a decent ways away from the main path, and to the Marauders' surprise, Bones asks them to do a prank. Turns out Catterick and his friends have been bullying Rivers. Bones thinks that the Marauders are mastermind pranksters and whatever they come up with will be far better than anything he and Rivers could have done. James agrees to do the prank. Peter and Sirius aren't sure if they trust the Hufflepuffs, and Remus is unsure too. They agree to do it anyway.

They meet up again after lunch in an unused classroom. Remus observes Rivers and starts to think they are being honest. They eat snacks, negotiate the terms, the Hufflepuffs give the Marauders information about Catterick and his friends.

After Defense Inkwood comes up to Remus and apologizes about messing around when they were studying. She explains she had been afraid of being the third wheel with how close Remus and Sirius are. She asks for a fairer division of work, which Remus refuses. Remus does however accept her apology. Inkwood kisses him on the cheek and rushes off.

Remus meets the other Marauders in the Pits Passage, where they start planning the prank. Remus comes up with the idea of throwing a "party", and everyone starts adding into it.

Aegis and Remus chat during Potions. Mulciber, Avery, and the Marauders have a small conflict as the lesson ends. The Marauders leave and talk with each other and Sirius is told that James and Remus were behind the Bubble Belch prank, though Remus lies about how he avoided being spotted by saying he was under the cloak.

The Marauders once again discuss going to see the Shrieking Shack, and it is finally confessed the screams of the damned are actually the screams of the Remus. James says he'll have to show them the house sometime.

## Chapter 104: It's The Pits

The Marauders find out about the little cellar room Remus spends full moons in at home. Remus doesn't understand why they are so upset about it.

The next day Remus goes to the pits passage with Aegis. Turns out the plan to get over the pits involves using LiftAways, which are slightly banned due to earlier Marauder shenanigans. The boys have a lot of fun floating and pushing each other around. Eventually they get down to business and the pits and Remus shows Aegis the tunnel in one of them. In the side corridor with the painting of the sleeping dragon Aegis notices a seam in the wall. Remus thinks there might be a hidden room. Remus accidentally clips Aegis with his elbow and makes him bleed, but Aegis heals himself with potion he carries around because of bullies.

Remus hurries back to the Marauders, and they sneak into Hogsmeade. They go see the Shrieking Shack before going to Dervish and Banges to buy things for OAP. Next they had to an ingredients shop, then Zonko's. Second to last stop is Honeydukes, which Remus doesn't enter because he doesn't want all the sweets tempting him. Last they go to the Three Broomsticks, where Remus notices the others think Madam Rosmerta is gorgeous though he doesn't feel any way about her.

## Chapter 132: Over the Balcony

**Detentions, Occlumency, studying, a fight**

Remus has lots of detention over the chapter with many different teachers. The detention he was going to have with Flitwick gets moved to Saturday so it doesn't overlap with Occlumency.

Remus tells Fawley he gets to take all the electives. He also sasses her and she tells him she is very proud of him and how far he has come. Fawley suggests she can help with the expenses that come with all the electives. Remus worries about his height.

Remus studies with Lily and Aegis. They talk about Remus's detentions, how annoying the Marauders are, and the electives. After Aegis leaves, Lily and Remus discuss the reason the other Slytherins don't like Aegis.

James and Sirius cast a permanent sticking charm on a door handle and a Slytherin gets stuck in it. The boyfriend of that Slytherin later attacks the Marauders with his friends, all fourth or fifth years. They have a battle, during which James starts bleeding from his arm and Remus once again sets someone on fire. Sirius gets chucked off a balcony and almost falls into his death, but Remus saves him just in time, hanging onto Sirius with one arm. Remus manages to pull him back up, though his own shoulder gets dislocated. Sirius is baffled by Remus's strength. The battle is won, and the Marauders are various states of injured, upset and bewildered. They go to the Hospital Wing, and once they're healed, into a secret passage.

## Chapter 133: Re'emus

**Explaining werewolf abilities to the Marauders, awkwardness, Defense class**

Remus worries the Slytherins saw his feat of strength. He also has to explain the strength thing to the Marauders and why he didn't tell them sooner. The others assure him they're fine with it. Remus goes to bed, then realizes they left the Slytherins paralyzed on the floor. The Marauders go back, but the Slytherins are already gone. They go to bed again. Remus wakes up to Sirius having Awkward Cis Teen Boy Problems.

The next day the Marauders go to the Pits Passage. Remus shows off his strength some more and reveals he can also hear really well as well as see in the dark better than most people. Remus hears something weird from one of the pits.

The Marauders are a little late for Defense. They are covering re'ems. Sirius starts passing notes about that being Remus's new nickname. Remus is distracted by some very awkward thoughts about Prewett. Sirius brings up the joke again after the class has ended, and Lily comes to help Remus but ends up laughing at Re'emus too.

## Chapter 134: Go Fish!

**Potions, letter from Hope, the Flying Fish prank**

Remus wakes up having bad sensory issues. When the smells at Potions get too much, Peter purposely gets his hands sticky so he can have Remus help him get to the nearest bathroom to wash his hands. Peter says he disagrees with Slughorn's stance on the smell blocking spell and reveals that he, James and Sirius have talked about getting revenge but haven't come up with anything good.

Arthur brings a letter from Hope. She worries for the next stretch of moons, says they might not have the money for all the subjects Remus wants to take especially with how much they've already spent on him with the room, and reminds Remus that he doesn't have to return to Hogwarts for the third year if he doesn't want to.

The next day is Saturday. The Marauders plan the Flying Fish prank over breakfast. Remus goes to his last detention, in which he helps Professor Prewett clean and reorganize a Defense Against the Dark Arts storeroom. After the detention Remus joins the other Marauders to execute the prank, which goes swimmingly.

## Chapter 135: "I Have Something Too"

**Herbology project with Rivers, full moon**

Prank aftermath. Lily accuses the Marauders of doing the prank. Aegis asks Remus about it too but Remus lies to him.

The study group discusses the full moon and Remus worries that people will realize he's always gone in classes where the full moon is on the sky. Peter comforts him by saying no one has said anything. Sirius convinces Remus to tell people he's sick so they can visit him.

In Herbology, Sprout assigns the class a partnered project and chooses the pairs at random. Remus is paired with Rivers and worries because he'll be gone most of the time they're working on the assignment. Remus tells Rivers he doesn't feel good, and they make a plan for how to do the work if Remus is sick for long.

The first night of the full moon isn't too bad. The Marauders visit Remus the following day. Inkwood has been displeased because Sirius spent five hours with Tanaka working on the Herbology assignment. After the Marauders leave, Rivers comes in. He's clearly shaken up by Remus's afflicted appearance. He has Remus pick the plant they'll be working on (puffapods). He also mentions that the other Marauders were near the Whomping Willow before curfew the previous night. Rivers asks Remus if he gets bullied for his illness and reveals he has a condition of his own, which is the reason he was bullied.

## Chapter 136: "Sometimes Its Hard To Tell"

**Post-moon, Notes, Music, Aegis, and Puffapods**