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The morning after the November full moon, Lottie woke up in the hospital wing with a pain in her shoulder.
Sitting up slowly, she glanced around the hospital wing just as her father came strolling over, he looked tired, yet he managed to have the strength to walk about and be productive; Lottie was almost envious, she could hardly sit up right after a full moon.
"Morning," he smiled, holding out a hot chocolate, "these always help."
"Thanks," she said, taking the hot chocolate and glancing down at the marshmallows and cream that was on it.
"How was last night?" He asked, tapping the side of the bed lightly.
Charlotte thought back to the previous night; it hadn't been completely awful...painful, but okay.
"It wasn't too bad," she replied, sipping her drink, slightly unsure as to what she should say. Was she supposed to be kind? "How was yours?" She finally asked.
"The same," he chuckled, "not too bad."
"That's good," she replied, feeling the level of awkwardness rise. "How come you're up so early? Aren't you tired?"
"I can't give Umbridge evidence that I'm a...y'know. If I'm laying in a hospital bed the night after a moon...well that's a one way ticket to giving her what she wants; the wolf out of the school!"
"Has she been giving you lots of trouble?" She asked curiously.
"Other then taking over my job? Not really. There's not alot she can do, not under Dumbledore's, anyway."
Lottie shifted uncomfortably in her bed. Clearly, he and the rest of the marauders had no idea about the blood and silver quills.
"Yeah," she frowned, "I'm sure she won't do anything any time soon."
"Will you let me know if she does to you?" Remus asked, "if she has suspicions I'm a wolf then she'll probably think the same about you...you need to be careful, if anything happens, you should let me know."
"Will do," she lied.
But hey, he left her, why would she have told him anyway?
"I hope you feel better later on," Remus said, "make sure you drink that hot chocolate, it really does help!"
"Thanks," she said.
How and why was she having a normal conversation with the man that left her?
And just as that thought came to her head, it was followed by hundreds others.
Don't be nice to him, he left you.
He's your father. An adult. It's okay to be respectful.
He left you in an orphanage!
"Charlie!" Harry Potter was standing in front of Charlotte, and due to her daydreaming, she hadn't even noticed.
"Hey Bambi!" She exclaimed, smiling as he kissed her nose.
"How was the moon?" He asked, taking the seat that was beside her bed.
"Dazzling, as always."
"I thought so," he laughed, opening his backpack and pulling out a Honeydukes chocolate bar, "I figured this would make you feel better."
"Thank you," she grinned, sipping her hot chocolate. "So, did anything happen whilst I was away?"
"Nope. Coco stayed in my room last night though, she decided to sleep under my bed and refused to leave...I couldn't call her otherwise everyone would think I was crazy, so u just had to leave her there!"
"Harry Potter, the father," said Theo Nott as he and Alex wandered into the hospital wing. "What sweet parents!"
Lottie rolled her eyes, whilst Harry blushed.
"We have a very busy day planned out," announced Alex, waving a box of chocolates around. "Want one? They're really good!"
Lottie leant forwards to take a chocolate truffle, but Harry stopped her, quickly grabbing her arm before she could take one.
"What was that for?" She huffed, laying back on her bed.
"Those are Fred and George's," Harry said, raising an eyebrow at Alex.
"We wanted to see how they worked before we gave them to Erin!" Whined Alex.
"I can't wait to see Erin's face," smirked Theo,
"What do they do?" Lottie asked, sticking her tongue out Alex whilst he put the box of truffles away.
"There's a selection." Theo explained, "there are some that grow spots on your face...some that make your tongue grow huge! There are more, George said there's one that makes your voice really high pitched and squeaky too!"
"Wicked!" Gasped Lottie, "but she hates us, how are we going to get her to eat them?"
"We were hoping that Harry would help with that," said Theo.
All eyes went to Harry, who was absentmindedly playing with Charlotte's hair.
"Me?" He looked around nervously, "what am I supposed to do?"
"Erin is probably still obsessed with you," Alex said, "just tell her you bought some chocolates but ended up not wanting them."
"So...when she snitches, I'll be the one who gets in trouble?"
"Well...do you think she'll snitch on you?"
"Maybe," Harry pondered, "she does have a bit of an obsession..."
Lottie gritted her teeth, that sentence made her hate Erin even more.
"So are you in?"
"I'm in."
A few hours later, Lottie, Theo and Alex were all hiding around the corner of a corridor as they watched Harry awkwardly talk to Erin.
"Hi Harry!" She exclaimed, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Uh...hi Erin," he said.
"How are you?" She asked in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"Yeah, good. I actually came to find you so I could give you something."
"You want to give me a kiss? Oh Helga! Thank Merlin you've gotten rid of Charlotte...god I hated her, she's a weirdo! So are her friends...I've been waiting for this!"
Charlotte was ready to go over there and punch her, but Theo sent her a warning look that said no.
"Oh...I actually wanted to give you a gift of these chocolates," Harry said, nervously stepping back in fear of Erin kissing him.
"Oh wow!" She gasped, tearing open the box.
"Yeah...I've gotta run to..er...quidditch practice now, but enjoy!" He said, quickly running over to Lottie and the boys.
"You did it!" Lottie grinned, quickly looking around the corner to see Erin biting into a truffle.
"Which one do you think it is?" Asked Harry, leaning against Charlotte and resting his chin on her head.
"The spots!" Gasped Theo.
They all watched as angry red spots grew on her face, giggling as she gasped in horror.
"Is it reversible?" Lottie asked.
"Of course!" Said Theo, "we're not that mean. One trip to see Pomfrey and she'll be fine!"
"Wicked!"
The four spent the rest of the afternoon pranking Umbridge, leaving a few chocolates on her desk with a letter from 'Fudge' so that she was more likely to eat them.
The day was spent with lots of laughs and giggles, the four of them constantly collapsing into giggles as they did different things, including Alex falling face first on the ground.
After dinner, Lottie and Harry were on their way to the Gryffindor tower when they were stopped by Minerva McGonagall.
"Miss Lupin," she said sternly, "come with me."
Lottie looked from Harry to the professor and nodded, following her all the way to Dumbledore's office.
Charlotte had been in the office quite a few times, her pranks often leading to detentions with the headmaster himself, though he usually just congratulated her.
"Take a seat, Miss Lupin," the headmaster said, and Lottie did, noticing James Potter was stood in the corner, his eyes bloodshot with a hand running through his hair.
"Whatever prank you think I did," Lottie said, a smirk on her face, "it was not me."
"What prank?" Asked McGonagall.
"All of them that you're about to accuse me of?" Lottie said, smiling innocently at the Gryffindor head of house.
"As much as I'd like to talk about your new experiments," Dumbledore said, "we have important matters to discuss."
"Am I in trouble?" She asked.
James and Minerva shared a nervous look, neither knowing how Charlotte was about to react.
"Miss Lupin, theres no easy way to say this," McGonagall said slowly.
Charlotte was beyond confused.
"But Kaycie Lloyd was found dead last night."
A/N
No bc I was reading this and I fr thought Lottie was getting caught over the chocolates and I was like I don't remember this ?? I was so invested just to realise what it actually was
Qotd: do you like poetry?
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