Teddy Bear

Harry didn\'t see it coming. He didn\'t see Remus transform, he didn\'t notice the screams that issued from
Remus\'s mouth as he transformed. He never noticed when Remus knocked him into the wall and then bit
down on Harry\'s shoulder. He howled in pain as the veela blood began to sizzle in his mouth, burning him
quite badly.

Right then, Severus bursted into the room and ran to his lover. He pulled his lover into his arms, trying to
stop the blood with his robe. He didn\'t notice Remus trying to get Harry\'s blood out of his mouth. Remus,
blinded by the pain that Harry\'s blood was causing him, ran out of the room, wimpering in pain, his own
blood leaking from his mouth where Harry\'s blood was causing him pain.


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Harry woke up, his eyes burning, his head pounding, his body achy, but his shoulder was what hurt the
most. He forced his eye lids open and he found Albus Dumbledore smiling down at him, wearing a bright
neon yellow and pink wizard\'s hat, causing Harry to wince at pain at the brightness.


\"I\'m glad to see you awake. I\'m sure you\'ll be happy to know that Remus is alright. He only suffered slight
damage from your blood.\" Dumbledore informed him. Harry, his head still pounding, searched for the ability
to understand what the hell Dumbledore was talking about.


\"What the hell are you talking about?\" Harry demanded.


\"Watch your language young man!\" A new, rough, cruel voice spat. Harru\'s head jerked so he could see the
new comer, causing a crick in his neck to form.


The person was an incredibly tall woman. She had to be seven feet tall! She had long brown hair that fell
to the floor, sweeping around her like a cloak, dazzling blue eyes that reminded you dangerously of
Dumbledore, and she wore robes just like Severus\'s back when he taught potions.


\"Who the hell are you?\" Harry demanded. To everyone else, his words were slurred, to him, he was speaking
quite clearly. It took the woman to decipher his words.


\"My name is Saphire Hemlock, and I suggest you watch your language young man.\" She said severely. Harry
scowled at her. Her manner reminded him of Minerva and Severus rolled into one, their snarkiness enhanced
to over ride their other, redeeming qualities.


\"Excuse Harry. He\'s still a little shocked from his encounter. He did, after all, have a werewolf bite his
shoulder and break it.\" Dumbledore said with amusement. The woman, Saphire Hemlock, turned on her
heel and strode of the room, her robes billowing behind her. Harry blinked in surprise. He had never thought
that it would work for a woman, but it worked quite nicely on that bitch.


\"That is our new Potions Master, Harry. Now, I believe we have a few things to clear up.\" Dumbledore began,
but Harry cut him off.


\"Where\'s Sev?\" He demanded immediatly.


\"Down in his rooms. Harry, he\'s slept again. He doesn\'t remember. He doesn\'t remember coming to rescue
you. You\'re quite lucky that Severus was able to track you down. Without him, both you and Remus would
surely be dead, having killed each other.\"

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Harry was stuck in bed once again. When the doors flew open, Harry instantly pretended to be fast asleep.
He heard the three people, who had been running, slow down and stop at the edge of the bed. He fought
hard to remain the relaxed sleeping expression on his face.


\"He\'s asleep! But Dumbledore said he was awake!\" Ron\'s voice cried. Two pairs of feet were approaching at
an easy walk.


\"He must be exhausted, Ron. Imagine going through what he went through.\" Hermione admonished.


\"Yeah Ron! Poor Harry. I hope he\'s not in too much pain.\" Ginny\'s voice cooed.


\"Oh shut it. Potter, you\'re faking it. Get up. We want to talk to you.\" Draco\'s voice snarled, and he was hit
in the face with a pillow. He spit out a feather and glared up at Draco, who was holding the pillow.


\"Well, I was enjoying a nice nap until you arrived.\" Harry said drily. Draco gave him a look that quite plainly
said \'yeah-right\'.


\"Potter, I\'ve hitten you with pillows before to wake you up and it doesn\'t work. Remember?\" Draco asked.
Harry thought back and then grinned sheepishly.


\"My mistake. Should have continued faking it. Oh! Hello Professor Hemlock.\" Harry said, too much acid
dripping off of his tone to even be ignored by any one in the room.


\"So, you\'re the famous Harry Potter. Arrogant as I suspected.\" Hemlock snarled.


\"So glad you like me too. It\'s nice to know that how I\'m treated in Potions won\'t change. I think it would
be too much of a shock if suddenly all the insults stopped.\" Harry shot back. Hemlock smiled sweetly at
him that would have looked real if it wasn\'t for the glinting of evil in her eyes.


\"I\'m so glad you feel that way. Now Mr. Potter, I was informed that you are a veela. I was wondering if
you would so kind as allow me to have some of your blood.\" She wasn\'t asking. Harry glared darkly at
her.


\"There are two other veelas in this room and you\'re asking the injured one. Not even Severus had the
gall to do that.\" Harry spat. Her sweetness fell away like a ton of bricks.


\"I\'m asking you, Potter, because I have to do the potion that will get your blood out of Mr. Lupin\'s
digestive system, effectively saving his life. Unless you have a blood relative walking around with veela
blood running through them, I suggest that you comply or else the werewolf dies.\" Hemlock spat.


\"Fine. Do it quick.\" Harry growled. Everyone in the room noticed that Saphire Hemlock seemed to take
too much pleasure in cutting a small cut on Harry\'s arm, drawing blood and bottling it. When she left,
Harry was hit with an evil idea.


\"Oh, Hemlock, how you bring out the worst in me.\" He began slowly.



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