Expecto Patronum

The Ride On The Hogwarts Express

Remus' POV

I got to the platform earlier than planned, I was just so happy to be going back to Hogwarts and see the boys again.

There was hardly anyone there and I didn't see James, Sirius, or Peter so I decided to wait in the compartment we've had since first year. Once in the compartment, I sat curled up by the window and started to read a book I gave a liking to over the summer.

I soon fell asleep, my dream being the same since third year. It took place on the full moon, me and Padfoot were running around in the forbidden forest, me chasing him. I caught up to him and tackled him to the ground. I changed back into my human form, which was weird since the full moon shone bright overhead. Padfoot changed into Sirius and we just laid there, me on top of him. He then leans up closer to me and kisses me, and I kissed him back...

I wake up with a jump and look at my surroundings. I'm still in the compartment but there were three more people there. Once my vision settles, I see James and Peter across from me and Sirius to my side. "Nice to see you've finally joined us, Moony." Sirius said with a smile, His shoulder length black hair falling onto his face, covering his sparkling grey eyes.

James and Peter both look up from their conversation and said a quiet 'hello' before going back to their conversation. I yawned and rubbed the sleepiness out of my honey colored eyes, looking at Sirius. "Hey." I say tiredly and gave him a small smile. He wipes his hair away from his eyes only to have it fall back onto his face, a small chuckle escapes my mouth. "Whats so funny?" He asks with a grin. "Nothing." I say quickly and look away.

When I look back at him, he is tying his hair back into a bun, little stray strands of hair coming out and resting about on his face. Part of me wants to reach my hand over and wipe the strands away from his face but I force myself not to. While he was busy playing with his hair, I begin to notice hoe much he changed over the summer.

He looks taller, but not as tall as me, like maybe 5'7. His hair was longer than I last seen him and his eyes looked even grayer, if that was even possible. I watched how sun reflected off his eyes, giving them a sparkling effect. He noticed me staring and look over to me, I flushed a deep red and look out the window, suddenly becoming fascinated with the passing trees.

After awhile, I could feel someone staring at me, so I looked over to my side and caught Sirius' gaze. He grinned and said, "Gosh Moony, you've gotten tall, and your eyes have become lighter." At that he flushed realizing what he said and so did I.

James and Peter stopped talking and look over to us. "Whats with the red faces?" asked James with a smirk. Then he noticed the change in height that happened to me over the summer and gasped, "Wow, Remus, you've grown a lot." Then he stood up and pulled Peter up too. "What are you doing?" Peter squeaked. "I want to compare our heights, Remus, Sirius, stand up."

I stood up slowly, followed by Sirius. I was the tallest being 6'2, Sirius came next at 5'7, then James at 5'6 and finally Peter at 5'3. "Woah," all three of the gasped and sat back down. I flushed and did the same.

Sirius' POV

For the rest of the train ride to Hogwarts, I kept stealing glances at Remus. He has changed a lot since June, his eyes were a bright honey-yellow color, he was really tall, and he had a big scar across his face that I could tell was from the full moon over the holidays.

It sort of made me sad that I couldn't spend the full moon with him over the summer, instead, I was at James' after my parents finally kicked me out for being a 'blood-traitor' for hanging out with 'half-bloods' and other 'blood-traitors'. But what finally drew the line was when they found out I was gay and liked my bestfriend, who is a 'half-blood' and a werewolf.

Since then, I have been living with James. I never told him the real reason that I got kicked out because I was afraid that he wouldn't want to be my friend anymore, instead, I told him that it was because my family had enough with me. Remus and Peter don't know and I would like to keep it that way. Remus knowing would make him feel bad, like when I told them in third year about my mother and father using the crutiatus curse on me since they found out I was sorted into Gryffindor. Remus had a bad time when I told them, he got really angry and stormed out of the dormitory.

Telling him would make him super protective towards me and I couldn't tell him without telling him the reason for me being kicked out. Not yet.

For the rest of the ride, I kept quiet and watched how the light reflected off Remus, making his eyes shine. Watching him smile and laugh like there wasn't a care ont he world. It made me smile seeing how happy he was.

I felt like someone was looking at me, so I turned and say James look at me and his eyes flickered to Remus, then he smirked witch causes me to blush and look out the compartment door, seeing many students walking by and chatting with their friends. I knew James was gonna talk to me later about me looking at Remus, but for now, I'm fine.

As the sun was setting, the train rolled to a stop at Hogsmead. We got off the train and went to the threstrial-drawn carriages and headed up to the castle.