The Bet // Remus Lupin Fanfiction

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Monday rolled by and I was standing in the headmaster's office along with Laura who was sitting and staring down at her laps. Slytherin and Hufflepuff head of houses were standing on the other side, near the door and across from me. Professor Dumbledore sat on his chair, his hands intertwined in front of him.

The door opened and in came Mulciber along with Madam Pomfrey.

The moment Mulciber entered, my eyes started shooting daggers at him and Laura's body tensed.

Professor Sprout came to stand behind her and placed a soothing hand on her shoulder. Her body relaxed.

"Are you sure he is fine enough to be here?", Professor Dumbledore asked the mediwitch.

"Yes headmaster. He is perfectly fine to be here", Madam Pomfrey answered. I couldn't see her expressions since I was busy staring at the brunette guy.

I heard the Slug scoff. "Fine enough? You kept Miss Rose for a week in the infirmary for that."

"The injuries of Mr. Mulciber weren't as bad as Miss Rose's Professor", she answered. I smirked. She left after that.

"Very well. Mr. Mulciber please have a seat."

Mulciber sat down on the chair beside Laura. He knew I was glaring at him and that was making him uncomfortable and I was happy with that.

"Miss Jones-"

"Professor", I interrupted the headmaster but my eyes didn't leave Mulciber's face.

"Yes Miss Rose."

"Sorry to interrupt but I have a suggestion", I said.

"Go ahead."

"Why don't we take their memories and see them in the pensieve? Saves us a lot of time and effort", I suggested. I saw Mulciber visibly squirm at my suggestion and I struggled to keep the smirk off my face since Professor Dumbledore was still looking at me.

"We can Ms. Rose but we can't force them to do so. If they don't have any problem, we don't mind going through that", Professor Dumbledore smiled.

Laura agreed but Mulciber refused.

Of course.

I rolled my eyes.

"Very well then. We'll take Miss Jones' memories and see them. We'll be questioning Mr. Mulciber after that", Professor Dumbledore declared and all of us nodded.

He put his wand on Laura's forehead.
"Think about the situation from the starting Ms. Jones", he instructed and started speaking some incantations under his breath. A silver fibre-like thing came out of her forehead and wrapped itself around the professor's wand. I was so intrigued by it that I forgot to glare at Mulciber for the time being.

Once completed, he pulled away his wand and the thread broke. He stood up and went towards the pensieve. He placed the tip of the wand into it and motioned the professors to come along.

"Does any of you want to join?", Professor Dumbledore asked. Laura and I shook our heads but Mulciber agreed, probably too scared to be left alone with us.

The four of them entered the pensieve and I went to stand beside Laura. She released a shook breath and I placed my hand on her shoulder bringing her to my side. She hugged me by the waist and placed her head on my chest.

"What do you think will happen now?"

I stroked her hair gently and answered,"He'll get expelled, if not sent to Azkaban that is."

"I hope so", she mumbled.

"I know so", I comforted her.

Around twenty minutes passed when they all finally returned. Professor Sprout was furious but at the same time, she looked like she could cry any moment. The slug looked hopeless and disappointed, knowing there is no chance he'll be able to get Mulciber out of this situation. Mulciber was pale in the face out of fear and Professor Dumbledore looked calm but the usual twinkle of his eyes was absent.