Lupin walked in behind me and shut the door. “I'm sorry if I interrupted your study, I wasn’t sure if you’d gotten the note.” He explained smiling and sitting opposite me.
“It’s okay. I’ve read it all anyway, the study was more for Hermione than myself.” I clarified and he lifted an eyebrow.
“You’ve read through just Ancient Runes; or read through everything?”
“Almost everything, Ancient Runes was easy because I enjoyed it so much.” I responded, it sounded as if I was showing off and I felt uncomfortable.
“I really should be giving you more homework then shouldn’t I?” Professor Lupin asked and smiled, I wasn’t sure what to say to that, I would like more homework but at the same time I wasn’t sure how that would make me appear to my fellow students so I just shrugged.
He narrowed his eyes and leant forward.
“What’s on your mind?” He asked.
“Nothing,” I responded quickly, he caught something because his left eyebrow lifted gently.
“If you're sure,” he returned hoarsely, I merely frowned. I wasn’t quite sure how much I could tell anyone, especially a teacher- even if that teacher was a werewolf.
“We should talk about the full moon.” He suggested and I nodded in agreement.
“Professor Dumbledore thinks it may be a good idea for us-”
“Us?” I interrupted suddenly and he smiled.
“You didn’t think that Professor Dumbledore would just let a young werewolf run around the grounds-”
“But you said that the potion keeps me- well; me.” I said mildly.
“It does,” he assured me calmly, “But what would you think if you were another student and saw a werewolf running around the grounds?”
“I understand that; but how does my age affect…” I left the sentence open for him to explain himself.
“As a younger person you are more likely to make a mistake, that’s all I meant.” He clarified quietly, I didn’t agree with him but I didn’t have an option; the subject seemed firmly closed.
“As I was saying,” one side of his mouth curled up and he leant his elbows on the table, “the headmaster thinks it would be a good idea for us to go to a secluded space during the full moon.” My ears listened but I wasn’t paying too close attention to Professor Lupin, I was busy concentrating on something outside the door, namely Sthyss, who was still in my bag on the landing, I wanted to say sorry- I couldn’t have cared less about the full moon.
“Imogene?” Professor Lupin asked and I pulled my attention back, he was looking disapprovingly at me over the instrument strewn desk and scrutinised me as I sank back further into the chair.
“I'm sorry Professor, I just…” I tried for a lie but I couldn’t, it seemed I was having an early life crisis, I floundered visibly for a few moments then sighed, he was still pensively watching me, waiting for me to explain myself.
“Sthyss and I had a fight.” I began, and he frowned. “It’s not often that we argue about anything and well this is kind of important.”
“So there was something on your mind.” He offered and I agreed with a nod.
“Sthyss has always told me everything and now there’s something I want…. Something I need to know.”
“And this thing,” He probed softly, “Does anyone else know.”
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An Heir
FanfictionBook One of the Heritage Series Imogene is thirteen, and for the past six years her life has been the most comfortable it has ever been, she doesnt live in a house as such, but rather in the remains of one, surrounded by the closest things she has t...
