Memoirs of Dancing in the Moonlight

Chapter 1

"No," the words were hardly hesitant, yet, even if she didn't know they hurt a lot harder too say then transforming. His heart was breaking, and as her eyes leaked he saw hers was breaking as well. But nothing but determination drifted across her features and she would not take it as an answer.

"Why?" she challenged back her hair sinking into a mousy brown color from the beautiful pink it was.

"Because-"before he could finish she rallied back.

"Because you're a werewolf?! Remus Lupin, I love you for who you are, and if I must, I will tame that beautiful thing in you," the girl, no, woman shouted at him. Her eyes flashing into a red, she really did look pretty, no matter what shape she took. As though her thoughts had connected with his, her eyes softened into green, and her hand was now on his cheek. "What shall I do with you?"

Instinct had taken over, the beast succumbing, and his eyes closed. A large hand had taken hers. A distant melody played in his head, no, he whispered in his head. He saw Prongs joyously laughing; did he know what awaited him? He saw Padfoot flirting with some girls, did he knew he never find true love? Then, he saw Wormtail, they didn't know him as well as they thought. Then the haunting melody was back; a girl, playing a piano. Her fingers hitting the keys, the melody stopped suddenly, as she looked up with haunting hazel eyes. A smile lit her face and the words "Remus," left her lips.

He pushed Tonks back suddenly, his heart hammering in his throat. "No," he whispered his voice tight. "I'm too dangerous," the face was back smiling at him, "I'm too poor," the face was whispering, "and I'm too old." The girl stepped towards him her face turned too disappointed her voice softer then ever.

Remus Lupin watched the hall idly. People hurried off to their own dorms; some stopped to say hi, others noting the badge pinned to his cloak hurried to their respective places. As if he would try to get any in trouble; his three best friends, himself included, were perhaps the school's biggest troublemakers. A smile drifted too his tired lips.

Because of them, he actually looked forward too the full moon. Something he, Remus, would most likely never tell them, but they were his reasons for living, the reason he was not afraid of his existence. A small chuckled escaped him as if he had told the group. A picture of Sirius with both brows cocked on his handsome features going "Are you gay or what?"

The picture disappeared as he turned into the library giving it one last sweep before he went to bed. A person was snoring with her head tucked into the fold of her arms. Black hair was thrown about and the way person slept had made it tangled quite a bit. Something was barking, and Remus took it coming from the book yet the girl did not stir. I really should be moving on the voice spoke quietly in his head. It had become a bad habit to just ignore what was going outside the circle.

Yet, another voice, perhaps his conscious, told him to wake the poor girl so she wouldn't get in trouble. Remus crossed the room effortlessly, his hand on the small of her back. Bending over he whispered into her ear, "Wake up," quietly so the Liberian would not throw a hissy fit. What surprised himself, was when the girl had woken up sleepy eyed and groggily. The thing that was barking at her was what appeared too be a werewolf, and the picture glanced at him glad too be liberated from girl.

"'Cuse me miss, but it is time too return too your dorm now," Remus said gently. The girl looked at him, and he instantly memorized her features. She was, beyond pale, a pale that you didn't get from ignoring the outside world. But a sickly pale, and her lips quivered every so slightly as she took a shaky breathe, yet all in all it wasn't the fact sickness radiated into his sensitive wolf nose. It was her eyes, the hazel eyes that seemed to be all sorts of colors if he turned this way they were blue, gray, and brown, but if you turned the other way-

"Thank you," the girl smiled pushing her tangled black hair behind her ear. Grabbing the book, closing it with a snap, and then tucking it under her arm she surveyed him with her rainbow colored eyes. "Remus Lupin?" she asked quietly, "Fifth year, Gryffindor?" he nodded not going to ask how she knew. "I'm Alice Worrington. Third year, Ravenclaw," she held up three fingers to add emphasis.

Remus watched as she pulled herself up, she staggered a moment caught herself and straightened her skirt out. She gave him one little nod the girl seemed bony in all aspects her eyes sunken in as she gave him one last look down. She then just walked away, he couldn't help wonder or not she was going to fall apart on the spot. The thought was only fleeting though, and then went back too checking the library of strangling students. His thoughts kept wondering back too the odd encounter and the girl with the kaleidoscope eyes.

[Ha-ha, RemusOc /automaticflame I haven't written in awhile cept believe it or not, I had this idea since forever in a day. I guess this is more of a prolog then a chapter XD I promise longer chapters in the future. D: and you know what my OC is not Mary-sue so there rolls