Chapter 326 - Unpredictable Episode (1/2)

A family of four can be seen setting a green tent. A medium-sized boy with mousy brown hair and chocolate-colored eyes wipes the sweat off his face in the warm morning sun. Peter Pettigrew having lost most of his fat from quidditch looked like nothing from before. Freckled and tan from his summer job of working in the gardens, and he looked a bit like a ruggedly handsome youth.

”Thanks for having me, Mr. and Mrs. Lupin,” Pettigrew gratefully said.

”It was no trouble at all, dear,” Hope Howell replied with a warm smile. ”It's the least bit we could do after all the herbal homemade remedies your mother sends my way.”

Pettigrew flushes and says, ”It's no trouble at all, Mrs. Lupin. Mum just likes to help where she can.”

”Indeed, Mrs. Pettigrew is a fine woman,” the voice of Lyall Lupin can be heard commenting from behind them. ”It's a shame that your mother's friend is ill, and she wasn't able to make it.”

Pettigrew nods his head in agreement as he grabs his things off the ground and steps into the tent. Pettigrew gapes at seeing a small kitchen inside with a fridge, a tiny living room, and what looked like two bedrooms. ”Wow,” Pettigrew said in awe.

”Wow indeed,” Remus Lupin echoed his friend's words.

Hope steps into the tent and says, ”You, two boys in the left bedroom, while we take the right bedroom.”

The two boys excitedly rush towards the bedroom as Lyall wraps an arm around his wife and presses a kiss to her cheek. ”Clever wench,” Lyall whispered. ”Now we at least have one bedroom to ourselves.”

Hope swats her husband's wandering hand and says, ”I'll have you know that I'm proud to say that I am of welsh blood and we are never wenches!”

Lyall chuckles as his wife teasingly skips to the bedroom with him willingly following after. The door firmly closes shut behind them as Lupin knowingly says, ”We should take a look around.” He knew his parents rather well and they would want their privacy for a bit.

Pettigrew and Lupin scurry out as the sunlight hits the russet hair of Remus. Ever since the cure not only was Lupin that much less tired but healthier too. His complexation was bright and healthy, and despite still being rather slender, he'd sprouted several inches over the summer.

Pettigrew and Lupin point to the interesting tents and wizards. They spot a wizard that was playing some sort of a flute in front of a runespoor snake with its three heads bobbing to the beat. Further ahead is some sort of Mayan like temple with a tropical rainforest surrounding it, and rather out of place given the climate.

After some time of wandering around, Lupin says, ”I bet that James and Sirius are together.”

Pettigrew shrugs and says, ”Yea, but I'd rather stick with you, Remy. No offense, but sometimes the two of them simply won't shut up. At times like that, I actually find myself missing Rowan's silence.”

Lupin chortles with glee, ”If Rowan heard you, she'd just stare at you in disbelief.”

Pettigrew sniffs and says, ”Weirdly enough, she's grown on me after all these years. And she's not that bad for a girl or for a Slytherin for that matter. She's rather nice when she wants to be.”

Lupin shakes his head and says, ”Mm, Rowan would pretend otherwise if she heard you. She's finicky like that.”

”Girls,” Pettigrew instantly responded as if that answered everything.

”Definitely,” Lupin assented in agreement.

Glancing up at the noonday sun, Lupin says, ”Well, we better head back. Mum's probably already started to fix us lunch.”

Pettigrew glances around and says, ”I'd like to just look around for a bit more. I'll catch up to you in a bit.”