Beauty and the Beast (Remus Lupin)

5.

Gryffindor was playing against Hufflepuff in their first match. Originally it was supposed to be Gryffindor and Slytherin but they insisted on postponing it due to Draco's "hurt" arm.

Either way, it wouldn't had made a difference. It was pouring rain.

"How can he see?" Rose asked huddling close to Hermione to keep from getting soaked.

"He can't, that's the problem. Oh, poor Harry." Hermione said.

Harry was the only one with glasses on the team....thinking about it now, probably the whole school as well.

"Hermione, you need to try that one spell you saw the other day!" Rose suggested.

"When Wood calls a timeout. It'll be perfect, he'll be able to see." Hermione smiled.

And eventually after a few painful minutes of Harry not being able to see a single thing, Wood called a timeout but Hermione was already running down.

"What's she doing?" Ron asked.

"She saw this thing the other day to repel water, she's going to try it on Harry's glasses so he can see." Rose said.

"Brilliant!" Ron smiled.

They then saw Hermione quickly running onto the field but it was raining too hard so they were unable to see anything else.

Next thing they knew, Hermione was running back up and the game had started again. All Harry needed was the snitch, and now being able to see, they've got a sure chance of winning.

"Hermione...Is that what I think that is?" Rose squinted up in the sky.

"A dementor...?" Hermione wondered.

"It can't be, they're not allowed on school grounds." Ron reasoned.

"Look! Cedric and Harry!" Rose pointed to the two high in the sky going after the snitch.

However, it didn't last long as within a blink of the eye, Harry was now falling down.

The whole stadium went silent as they saw him falling down with his broom.

~

Rose made her way over to the hospital wing to see if Harry had woken up yet. Dumbledore acted fast and was able to protect Harry but his broom was a different story.

Dumbledore was so furious with the dementors that he sent them away from the castle.

While Rose was walking to visit Harry she walked past Lupins class. She stopped in front debating if she should go and talk to him about being a werewolf but was it the time? Well, if he's a werewolf is it ever the time?

People have been noticing how stress Rose has been, whenever she's nervous or off with herself then she's more clumsy than usual.

So the teasing about falling in love from Pansy has only gone on.

Yet here Rose was, walking up towards his office. Stopping at the door she hesitated to bombard his day and suggest something drastic. What if he didn't want anyone to know? How would she even ask him about it?

Rose knocked on the door. After a few seconds she walked in.

Lupin looked up from his desk, "yes, Miss Belle?"

She walked over and sat down on the chair in front, "um...I just wanted to thank you for the book..." She lied.

"Of course, no problem."

She nodded and looked around. The room was still clean yet she was still so anxious it didn't distract her.

"What else?" He stopped what he was doing.

She realized she never closed the door, she got up and did so then suddenly she wasn't able to sit down anymore.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

She played with her hands nervously, "P-Professor Lupin...I-I-I saw, well I read...I thought..." She realized how embarrassing she sounded and he took notice too.

"Ok, take a moment...Find your words..." Lupin said.

And she did, took about a minute and then sat back down, "are you a werewolf...?"

He stayed silent looking at her in complete shock.

"Snape had us looking them up...All the signs were there. Then your boggart was a full moon, it's something more practical. And then Harry told us about Snape giving you a potion, figured it was Wolfsbane..." she said but took notice in his worried expression, "I won't tell. Actually, I haven't told anyone..."

"How long have you known...?"

"Since the day you missed."

He slowly nodded his head trying to find the right words to say, "well um...I'm-I...You've left me speechless..." he let out a nervous chuckle.

"I know it probably wasn't right to come up here and throw this on you but...I had to know for certain. Mind you, I don't mind at all. Actually I think it's quite great that a werewolf is teaching us, who would've thought?" She let out a nervous chuckle to defuse the tension.

He smiled, "well..."

Being that he was still speechless Rose took notice, "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have said anything." She threw her hands up to her head, "it was unnecessary."

"No, no. It wasn't. In fact I'm more impressed than anything. You're the first to know let alone come tell me about it." He quickly said.

"It still doesn't feel right. It's obvious you don't want anyone to know..."

He shook his head, "even if it was true, you still found out. You're really one of the brightest witches."

"Well, I should be off. I have to see Harry..." Rose stood up and quickly left. She hurried down the steps and hitting her head from embarrassment with her hands, "stupid, stupid, stupid!" she said.

"Are you alright?" A man asked behind her.

She turned around, it was Cedric. "Yes, just...Nervous about Harry." She lied.

"I was just heading over to see him. Though, thinking about it now isn't the best idea. I tried talking to Hooch to try and get a rematch but she said I caught the snitch. So I won fair and square." Cedric shrugged.

"Personally, I don't think Harry would've mind. But Fred and George are there, I highly doubt you're the person the want to see right now."

"Good point. Well, I'll see you around then." He smiled before walking back the way he had came from.

"Harry's awake!" George called out form the end of the hall as he poked his head out from the door.

Rose decided it would be best not to run so she quickly walked inside, "I see you've told him about the broom..." She saw Ron holding the broken pieces.

Ron nodded.

"And how your boyfriend lost us the match." Fred crossed his arms.

"He didn't want to win." Hermione said.

"Please, that's what they always said." George walked back over to the bed.

"How are you feeling?" Rose asked Harry to take away from the disagreement.

"Tired...I just need some rest." Harry said, Rose could sense he was upset about the broom and losing the match. It was the first match he lost and one that he shouldn't have lost.

"Yes, rest he needs. Now off you go, all of you." Pomfrey made them all leave.