the_debt_of_time

Remus did what he could to make sure that Harry was all right by sending word
ahead to the castle about the event that took place on the train. Then, after handling a small
confrontation with the young Malfoy boy, Remus had the most wonderful moment of the
night: reuniting with a positively enraged Severus Snape, who was the current Potions
Professor, as well as the person instructed to brew his monthly supply of Wolfsbane.
Remus ate what he could at the start-of-term feast, every so often glancing along
the table only to find Snape glaring at him. He wondered if he would soon find that his
Wolfsbane Potion had been poisoned.
He ate in silence, for the most part, occasionally smiling and speaking with
Professors Sprout and Flitwick—Pomona and Filius, as he now was able to refer to them,
being colleagues and all.
Every so often, he would look across the room to where Harry and Hermione sat
with their friends. It was only when Professor McGonagall savagely pinched his arm to get
his attention that he realised he had been staring. The older witch narrowed her spectacled
eyes at him, and Remus sat back in his chair, looking ashamed. He glanced between the
Gryffindor table to the deputy headmistress and then shook his head in shock as he
realised why she was glaring at him.
"No, I... Because... Harry.. ." He gestured, stuttering as he discerned that the
woman had probably thought he had been staring at the girl, which meant that she knew—
knew that Hermione Granger was Mia Potter. Remus felt angry that not only was he
unprepared to see Mia again, but now Minerva would probably spend the entire year
watching him as though she would soon catch him ogling the young witch. He was furious
with Dumbledore for not preparing him for this.
He made his way to the headmaster's office at first opportunity.
"Did you know?"
"Remus, how are you settling in?" Dumbledore inquired, as he made his way around
the large desk to take a seat. Reaching a hand up, he gently stroked his long, pale fingers
down the brightly-coloured feathers of his phoenix. "I apologise that I haven't had the
opportunity to welcome you back to Hogwarts properly, with the feast and all."