Four To The End (prev Shifting Lines) Book Three (Marauders Era)

Chapter Thirty-Seven - Regulus's Problem

Author's note: CW for broken bones and child abuse

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Norbert Leach (more commonly known as Nobby) was the Minister for Magic from 1962 to 1968. Nobby was the first Muggleborn Minister for Magic.

Remus frowned, not sure if he needed to go into the history of the Minister or not. Since the assignment wasn't due for a while, he could ask Professor Talkalot on Tuesday.

Nobby's destiny number is a four.

Remus paused again, furrowing his brow this time, ignoring his puffskein tickling at his arm. Sometimes he wondered, though, if this puffskein was weird... however Sirius and Peter's puffskein wasn't too afraid of him either. He wanted to ask someone about it, but wasn't sure who. Maybe it was their affinity for being rough handled, or perhaps they simply knew through their magic that Remus... that werewolves... weren't a danger to animals? A lot of magical beasts were like that.

Then his mind wandered back to the assignment at hand. Was he supposed to add up Norbert Leach or Nobby Leach? Or find out Mr. Leach's middle name too? For the kids their middle names were included, but when Talkalot did Jenkins he only added up Eugenia Jenkins, no middle name.

A destiny number of four indicates the person has a lot of patience, is a hard worker, and able to take on a lot of responsibility. As Mr. Leach was the first Muggleborn Minister, he needed to have a lot of patience, and also held a lot of responsibility that other Ministers may not have.

Remus stopped again, this time to rub his eyes. He was really tired due to the nightmares from the previous night. He had dreamt of himself falling out of the Divination trapdoor, falling down several floors until he landed at the feet of all his friends, who began pointing at him and calling him soulless. He had woken up crying, waking Sirius up too who had, as usual, come over to help soothe him. Neither boy mentioned sharing a bed, and they didn't, since Remus wasn't ready to deal with that.

Destiny number Fours are also known for holding on to traditional values.

He could still hear the echoes of 'soulless' in his head and it made him sick. Did it really have something to do with when he was bitten...?

To keep order and conventions, which was something Mr. Leach also needed to do to try to keep the Purists from

There was a loud crash followed by a thudding sound, an 'ouch!' and a 'whoops' right outside the dorm door. Soon he heard James and Peter arguing over who was supposed to be the one to open the door. Remus got up, opening the door for them. He saw James, Peter, and a huge bundle of cloth, which Sirius was holding.

I knew I should have gone to the library, Remus thought as he stepped aside to let his friends in. It was Saturday morning and they had been missing for ages. Figuring they had snuck into Hogsmeade, Remus decided to take the time to work on some assignments. Apparently they had not gone into Hogsmeade and instead raided...

"The laundry room?" he asked when Sirius dumped the pile of sheets on the floor.

"All clean," Sirius promised. "From the Hufflepuffs, too; no Slytherin sheets here."

Remus went over to the small linen closet in their room and opened the door, gesturing at the sheets there.

"Nah, we needed more than that," James said, adjusting his glasses. "Plus these will be ruined more'n likely."

"Which is why I thought we should take the Slytherin ones," said Peter.

"You want to touch someone a Slytherin's been sleeping on?" James demanded. "Or worse?"