Little Moonfoot

Here I come Hogwarts

A/n- So this is the next chapter, enjoy. Also, some of the scenes and dialogues are taken directly from harry potter and the deathly hallows so, DISCLAIMER: The characters don't belong to me, only the plot does.

Remus lupin walked through the barrier at kings cross station and into platform nine and three-quarters. A flood of emotions hit him as he looks at the bright red Hogwarts express. It would be strange to be back at Hogwarts without the marauders but he was also excited to go back to the place where he had had the best time of his life.

He was quiet early and the constant chatter that usually filled the place was absent. Remus got into an empty compartment at the far end of the train and hurled in his heavy trunk.

 Last nights full moon had been exhausting but when he woke up in the morning , he was surprised to see that he was not so badly hurt except for the chains cutting through his wrists and ankles . In his haze memory of the full moon , he could have sworn that he heard a dog barking frantically outside but he had put it aside as a street dog or maybe just wistful thinking because Sirius had escaped .

Completely exhausted and about to pass out, Remus lupin pulled his cloak around himself and curled up in a corner of the seat and closed his eyes.

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Remus woke up to the confused mumblings of several children. The train had stopped and the lights were out.

"Quiet" he said and conjured some flames in his hand and staring right back at him were those beautiful chocolate brown eyes from his dreams, she had bushy brown hair and buck teeth. He stared at her, dazed. His reverie broke when he saw the boy standing next to her. For an instant Remus thought that he was seeing James again except for lily's green eyes and the lightning bolt scar, he was left speechless for a moment. Suddenly, the door slid open and a dementor stood in the hallway.

A chill swept through his body at the sight of the hooded monster. He reached for his wand but for a moment, everything went blank. He felt like he was flying a broom fast, with one hand while he was holding something with his other hand. The fear in his mind felt real, fear that he was not flying fast enough, fear that he was going to drop whatever he was holding.

The sensation vanished as fast as it had come. Remus tried to concentrate on a happy memory for Patronus. It took him a moment to get hold of one as he hadn't had a happy thought in twelve years but practice and training made up for it. By the time he finally cast a corporeal Patronus that shooed away the dementor, harry potter had fainted.

His friends got him back up on his seat. When he woke, Remus gave him and his companions some chocolate and proceeded to have some himself.

Harry took the chocolate but didn't eat it.

"What was that thing?" he asked Lupin.

"A Dementor," said Lupin, who was now giving chocolate to everyone else. "One of the Dementors of Azkaban."

Everyone stared at him, he crumpled up the empty chocolate wrapper and put it in his pocket.

"Eat," he repeated. "It'll help. I need to speak to the driver, excuse me..."

He strolled past Harry and disappeared into the corridor. All these years, Remus hadn't thought much about his best mates son but now that he was here, Remus wanted nothing more than to get to know him better but he dint want to scare the boy so he concluded that he had to proceed with caution when harry was concerned.

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When he got out of the train , he found harry being chided by some of the Slytherin boys. As the bully pushed past Hermione to get to harry, Moony let out a loud growl. He got his wolf under control and turned to the boys " Is there a problem?" he asked in a mild voice.

By the sarcastic tone that he answered, Remus could tell that this boy was a typical Slytherin bully. Remus was trying and failing to not judge a student on the first day based an his behavior.

The sorting and the feast had progressed without any more disruption. As the students headed back to their common rooms, he found Minerva walking towards him.

"Hello Remus how are you doing?"

"I'm sorry you had to deal with the dementor . Your marauder trouble following you before you even set foot in the castle huh. "

Remus blushed and gave her a small smile at this " Oh I'm sure it is a part of my job as the defense against dark arts professor. And its certainly better than the odds if I weren't there."

"So I see you have met harry potter."

"Almost called him James. How is he?"

"He is a good kid Remus. You'll see. He became the Gryffindor seeker in his first year and he is only slightly better than James."

Remus's face lit into a wide grin on hearing this and slowly morphed back into a sad smile.  "they should have been here".

"I know Remus. I know"

"Looks like he made good friends though."

" Yes. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Thick as thieves, the three of them. much like you lot when you were in school always knee deep in some kind of trouble. Except trouble always comes looking for them and not the other way round."

" Is Ron Weasley Arthur Weasley's son"

"yes. Arthur has six sons and a daughter. Four of them are in Hogwarts right now. Percy, the head boy is the third and then there is the twins Fred and George, total trouble makers and pranksters the two of them but brilliant, now they are really little marauders." she said with a little smile. Remus knew that she had a soft spot for the two just like she had had for them.

"The little girl Ginny is in second year now."

"She was the one possessed by Voldemort last year right."

"yeah. Poor kid hope she is alright now."

"I'll keep an eye on her. And what about miss granger?" he asked. The question had been bugging him for a while now.

"Miss granger is a muggle born but she is the most brilliant witch in her year. She signed up for all the classes this year so I had to get her a time-turner from the ministry."

"I dint know they gave out time turners to thirteen year old's."

"They don't but miss granger is extremely mature for her age and has a great potential so the school will try its best to provide her with all it has to offer."

" Then it will be a pleasure to teach her I suppose"

"Indeed it is professor lupin. Now I suppose you will want to catch up on some rest, you have a long day tomorrow."

"Yes professor. See you at breakfast" he said and walked away. He admired her ability to make him feel like a student even though he is her colleague now.

As Remus lay down on his bed, his thoughts mulled over Hermione. he had been disappointed to hear that she is a muggleborn. He had hoped that he had known her parents or relatives or someone who had the same eyes. But that was a very far shot if she was a muggleborn. He had also felt a sense of pride when Minerva had praised her earlier. Also, why had moony been so protective of her earlier?

He fell asleep knowing exactly what he was going to dream about.

A/n- When I was writing the conversation between Remus and Minerva, I wondered if it should be with Remus and madam Pomphrey instead. I think they are pretty close because she took care of him after the full moons and also, its kind of hard to imagine professor McGonagall saying stuff like 'poor kid' even to her collogue . Anyway, I decided to stick to my original plan, sorry if I got our favorite teacher out of character. So, comment on who do you think would be a better person in this context, McGonagall vs Pomphrey. And I will maybe edit it if you'll vote for Pomphrey more.