Aurora Lupin-Black

Chapter 5: Defence Against The Dark Arts ✔✔

"Does it hurt terribly Draco?" I heard a squeaky, annoying voice ask from the Slytherin table.

"It comes and it goes, still, I consider myself lucky. If it weren't for Madame Pomfrey, another minute or two and I er, I could have lost my arm." Draco replied, playing on the injured arm, looking for sympathy.

"Listen to the idiot, he's really laying it on thick isn't he." Ron scoffed, turning his gaze from the blonde idiot from the other table.

"Yeah, but at least Hagrid didn't get fired." Harry shrugged, looking down at his breakfast.

"Yes well, I hear Malfoy's Daddy is pissed." I huffed taking a bite of my toast.

"We haven't heard the end of this." Hermione added.

"I hate to admit it...but he gets the dramatic tendencies from our side of the family." I huffed.

"He's been sighted, he's been sighted!" Seamus suddenly called as he ran over to the table and throwing a paper down in front of us.

"Who?" I asked, taking a sip of my pumpkin juice.

"Sirius Black!" He answered, making me choke on my drink as Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at me.

"You OK Lupin?" Dean laughed and I nodded quickly.

"Dufftown? That's not far from hear." Hermione spoke, looking down at the paper.

"Wait, you don't think he'd come to Hogwarts do you?" Neville asked, fear making his voice tremble little.

"With dementors at every entrance, don't be daft." A boy, I didn't know spoke up from close by.

"Dementors? He's already slipped past them once, who's to say he won't do it again." Seamus rallied, a look of...I'm not sure what on his face.

"That's right, Black could be anywhere. It's like trying to catch smoke." Another boy said, looking at everybody. "Like trying to catch smoke with your bear hands."

I decided then that I had had enough, so I dropped my food and very quickly ran off, to a place I knew I would find someone who could help feel better.

"Moony!?" I called hurriedly as I stepped into his classroom, looking for my godfather.

I found him playing with a cupboard or wardrobe of some kind.

"That Professor Moony to you Little Pup..." Remus spoke as he turn to face me, his smile dropping as he layed eyes on my glum face. "Pup? What's wrong?"

"He's been spotted in Dufftown...he's coming here, isn't he?" I asked, tears filling my eyes as I stepped into my guardians chest, feeling his arms wrap around me.

"I...I hope not Rory, I really hope he's not stupid enough to come here." Remus sighed, resting his head on the top of my head.

"Is...do...do you think he really want's to hurt Harry? After everything he did, after everything he went through with you and James...do you really think my father would come here, to kill Harry Potter?" I whispered, wishing I could block my thoughts and tell them to stop. Wishing with all I had that this was all just a big misunderstanding and that my dad was actually innocent.

"There was a time I would have said 'No, Sirius Black wouldn't hurt anybody that didn't deserve it.' But now... I really don't know." My Godfather sighed as he spoke about the one subject we tend to leave alone, because it always hurt us both to talk about.

"I'm sorry Remmy, I know how much you hate talking about my dad, I just...I want him to be innocent, I want him to be the man in the stories, but the more I hear, the harder it is to believe that." I sighed, taking a seat in Remus' chair behind his desk, leaning my head against the back.