Oh, come on! You have all wondered it in some lifetime: Who is Alyeska Moonsbane? Remus was destined to find out…(okay, you can get excited now…it IS a love story…lol) -written by Aly and Tyna!!
It had started shortly after Serpentyna, Atlantis, and TG came to Hogwarts. There was a new girl who had just gotten back from a journey. Not many people really knew her and she was also very violent. At seemingly random times, she would leave and not come back for a week. You would think Remus would have noticed long before…
They were in Defense Against the Dark Arts fourth hour; and, as usual, Alyeska had waltzed in halfway through. "What are we talking about today?" she asked Atlantis.
Atlantis smiled. "Werewolves."
Alyeska's eyes glittered. "Sweet!" she said, not bothering to keep her voice down.
The professor looked to see who spoke. "Aw…Miss Moonsbane. Would you like to answer the question?"
Alyeska tilted her chair back. "Well, you can call me Alyeska. And I don't know the question, prof. I just got here."
The professor glared. "Five points from Gryffindor for cheek."
"Who says I'm in Gryffindor?"
He ignored that. "The question was: How do you identify a werewolf from an ordinary wolf?"
She looked to Tyna, who grinned idiotically. "Well, for starters she's sitting in-"
"ALYESKA!" the voice was fierce.
She looked at TG and stuck her tongue out. "YOU FUNSUCKER!" She turned back to the Professor, who was growing impatient. (Tyna: he was already impatient to begin with) "There are numerous ways to identify a werewolf. For starters, they have variegated eyes, long canine teeth and generally vulpine appearance. According to JK Ro- I mean, this one author I read about-" She smirked at her friends. "-the snout of the werewolf-" but she was cut off.
"That is enough, Miss Moonsbane-" ("Its ALYESKA!"). And he continued droning.
Alyeska sighed and interested herself in the ceiling. "I didn't even get to talk about the tail or the moon… ah well." And the bell rang for class to be over.
Remus stared intently at her as she walked off. He felt chills. For some reason, every time he was around her, he felt them, as if she knew something she shouldn't… He turned to James, who was equally shocked. "Does she know-?"
James just stared after her.
A few weeks later, they were studying boggarts.
"I'm not afraid of anything." commented Alyeska. But when it was her turn, a butterfly came out of hiding. She screamed as it flew past her as if drunk. "DAMN BUTTERFLY!" and she tried to flick it with her wand. Remus rolled his eyes and went to the back of the room before it was his turn. He didn't want to risk having her guess any more than she probably already had.
All too soon, it was the night of the full moon. As usual, Remus was praying to whatever heavenly body was up there that he wouldn't murder his friends. All four of them went into the forest awaiting the moon to rise. The others were already changed into Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail (but as I normally say I don't care about Wormtail).
Remus looked at the moon and felt himself change. His transformation complete, he and the others ran into the Shrieking Shack. Remus felt the pain and started to bite random chairs and walls. A howl came from behind him, and he turned. Another werewolf was there. A snarl formed upon its lips. Remus saw the challenge in his opponent's eyes. He looked toward Padfoot, who nodded in encouragement.
Remus pounced, knocking it into the wall. The challenger gladly accepted this and threw him against the one opposite of them. Then ran up towards him and bit his neck. It was at that moment that Remus looked into it's eyes and saw something in them.
This other werewolf was female. He brushed her off and transformed, his clothing was in rags. "Who are you?" he asked, now granted the ability to speak once more.
The other werewolf smiled and stepped back. She transformed half-way, leaving only her ears and tail. Remus's jaw dropped about a mile.
"Alyeska?" he asked, shocked. "But…but…I thought."
"Thought what? That I knew about you?" Alyeska asked, in a teasing manner. "I knew about you, of course. I just decided tonight to investigate." She stepped closer. "I'm glad I did." she added with a purr.
Something erupted in Remus's stomach. It may have been Moony calling towards the female, but he couldn't be sure. He stepped towards her…and then they both pounced. They landed with a dull thud and an "oof," from Remus who Alyeska landed on. Their lips met and they experienced the true feeling between a werewolf and his mate.
Prongs and Padfoot inched slowly away and went to destroy their retinas, while Peter stared, gawking.
The next morning, however, the kiss was forgotten. Locked away, you could call it, until next full moon….. ( :P Squee!)
"Wake up, star shine. The earth says hello." whispered a soft hum of a voice into Alyeska's ear. Her head hurt, like it had been split in two. She sat up, cringing. That wasn't working too well for her either. Just an odd pressure on her forehead, added to the head-splitting ache. Her eyes were unfocused, but she could see that it was dark and it smelled vaguely of pine leaves and liquor. She turned around and looked at the figure behind her.
She stood up when she realized who it was. "Remus? What the hell are we doing here?"
Remus just smiled and pulled her back into his lap. "Happy birthday, darling." he said, in that same soft and sexy voice.
Alyeska looked up into his gorgeous mix-colored eyes, with a bit of confusion. "It's not my birthday…" she replied.
Remus grinned. "Then, why are you in your birthday suit…."
Alyeska woke up, feeling the heat rushing to her face. "Dammit! That was strange…Yet, I somehow liked it." But she quickly threw that thought aside, considering it made something inside her jolt uncomfortably..
Alyeska walked into Great Hall that afternoon, having slept in as usual. Seeing her friends eating lunch, a small grin lit up her face. She walked to the table and plopped herself down by TG and said, "Well, I don't know what happened last night, but I had a feeling I had a good time."
The infamous Marauders walked into the Great Hall, laughing about some prank they pulled last class. Remus had apparently only just gotten up, because his hair was sticking up in places. Alyeska gave a slight chuckle, remembering that Remus was a werewolf as well. As soon as James and Sirius caught sight of Alyeska, their laughter cut off abruptly. The two stopped moving and sat as far from her as possible, apparently remembering something she hadn't. Peter simply ran off.
"Sirius!" Tyna screamed. "Come here, sexy!" Tyna scrambled over to where Sirius had sat down and gave him a giant hug.
"Tyna!" Sirius gasped. "You're - choking - me!" he said, in between gasps.
Realizing she was potentially shortening the life-span of her boyfriend, she let go saying "Oh... I'm sorry, Sirius. It's just that I love you so much." She turned to him with her eyes brimming with tears. (Aly: We may never be sure whether they were genuine or crocodile)(Tyna: They were crocodile…Sirius makes the sexiest face when he is upset…or guilty….evil grin)
Sirius felt a pang of guilt (Tyna: ha! Told ya) and yelled out, "I'm sorry, babe!" and proceeded to grab her and engage in a make out session. (Tyna: YES!!!)
TG, completely ignoring the er... noises coming from down the table, said, "I wonder what got into James, Sirius, and Peter. When they saw Aly, they avoided her like the plague. Of course Remus was too tired to notice anything besides the fact that he is hungry."
"I don't know Teeg." Alyeska replied. "I don't think I ripped anyone up last night, or else everyone would be going crazy. Do you think they found out?" Alyeska sat staring into her goblet pensively. "I really wish I could remember what happened last night. Unfortunately, during the full moon... you could say that my memories get stored into a separate figurative 'RAM' space. That space can only be accessed during the full moon. I won't remember what I do, or what happens to me."
"Maybe you should just ask them. I think James would be the better bet since Sirius seems a bit... busy at the moment," Atlantis suggested.
"Yeah...maybe" Alyeska said vaguely. "Someone poke Tyna for me. If they're going to make out, they should do that in the dormitory, where people won't stare."
Atlantis prodded Tyna, and when she didn't get a response, she resorted to using her fork.
"Owww!!!! That hurt, loser!" Tyna proclaimed. (Tyna: sniff you're not a loser…)
Atlantis shrugged. "We decided you had enough fun for one meal. Alyeska says if you're going to snog, do it in the dorms."
Tyna rolled her eyes. "Well, we should be going to class now. Are you coming Alyeska?" she asked.
Sighing heavily, Alyeska got up from the table. As she was got up, she lit the remains of the food on her plate on fire and allowed them to burn to ashes before scared onlookers eyes. "Now I am." Alyeska grinned mischievously at them. "I've got havoc to reek"
It was double Defense Against the Dark Arts, and they were having another lesson on werewolves. Alyeska leaned back in her chair and put her shoes on the table top. The professor gave her a stern look, but when his toupee "mysteriously" caught on fire, he decided to leave her alone.
"Alright class, settle down. Today, we will have the demonstrative lesson on werewolves. Now, who can tell me a werewolf's greatest weakness?"
Someone from Hufflepuff raised their hand. "Silver, sir"
"That's correct, five points to Hufflepuff." The professor waited for the subsequent cheers and high-fives to subside before continuing. "Now, as Hannah stated, silver is a werewolf's greatest weakness and one of the few tools to kill one. I believe a silver bullet through their heart is the classic way to... vanquish an out of control werewolf. Werewolves tend to heal faster than normal human beings in both human and wolf forms. They also possess super human strength and reflexes. We discussed that yesterday, as you should all remember."
The professor was no longer an interest to Alyeska, seeing as she already knew everything he was babbling on about. He said it would be a demonstrative lesson; the only thing he was demonstrating was his ability to talk. Alyeska decided to throw a note at James. She scribbled it on a piece of scratch parchment, and placed a quick charm on it to get it to him without anyone else noticing. She threw it. Bull's eye, she thought, as it landed on his head.
James was sleeping with his eyes open when something hit him in the head, waking him up. Looking around, he noticed some parchment lying by his chair. He picked it up and saw the message: Why were you guys acting all weird at lunch? Is something wrong? -Alyeska. He frowned as he read the note again, remembering what happened last night. Could he tell her? He wasn't sure. He passed the note to Sirius who was sitting on his right.
After Sirius read it he whispered, "Does she seriously not remember any of it? She isn't normal, even by werewolf standards. Even Moony remembers a little."
"Don't be stupid," James replied. "If she did remember she wouldn't be asking us. She'd most likely be snogging with Moony." James shuddered at the thought. Déjà vu, you could call it. "I don't think my retinas will ever be the same."
Sirius shook himself, as if to rid himself of the image. "Maybe we should tell her that we know. Does Remus remember?"
"Well, judging by how they aren't snogging I don't think so. But then, Moony has always been one to keep his feelings hidden." James said, with a meaningful glance at Remus.
"Now, class, I'd like you to practice the spell. I know that you won't often run across a werewolf that will be a threat to you; most lycanthropes take the Wolfs bane potion on the full moon. But, you can never know who is safe to trust. Enunciate very clearly, Lyceums sublyca. Oh, and don't practice this on your friends. It is a powerful stunning spell. It needs the extra power because when a lycanthrope is in their wolf form, they are harder to stun."
Predicting the outburst, both groups of Marauders, minus Remus, who was trying not to draw attention to himself, turned to Alyeska as she furiously yelled, "What the flipping hell? Werewolves are people you know! You can't just go knocking them around willy-nilly!" And with that, she kicked the desk in front of her, so it flew half-way across the room and stormed out of the classroom. As the class sat in stunned silence, Alyeska popped her head back in and said, coldly, "By the way, Prof, your knickers are on fire."
Shocked, the professor stood in confused silence, until he felt the searing heat of the fire that Alyeska had set on him. TG frowned at the door Alyeska just left through, and debated whether or not she should leave, or stay to learn.
As Tyna extinguished the fire, to keep herself form running after Alyeska, Atlantis said, "Well, as much as I don't want to, we're going to have to start practicing that spell. I can't help but feel that it's an insult to Aly doing it." They both smiled at TG, and she immediately knew they were planning something destructive.
Remus, after being forced by James and Sirius, walked out of the classroom. For some reason, they had wanted him to follow Alyeska to wherever she went, and attempt to calm her down and act as a "Prince Charming." He closed the classroom door behind him and looked around for Alyeska. She wasn't hard to find, considering she left scorch marks along the wall. After following the marks for a few hallways, he found her sitting in an empty classroom, starting fires and extinguishing them just as quickly.
"Hey there," he said quietly.
Alyeska looked up from the desk she was slowly obliterating. Her gaze seemed to soften as it fell upon Remus's face. "Hi," she said weakly.
"You got pretty wound up back in Defense. Do you have connections with werewolves?" Remus asked, slightly uncomfortable. He didn't remember the previous night he spent with Alyeska in the Shrieking Shack, but he did remember the Defense class the day before when his suspicions were aroused that she knew about him.
"I guess you could say that," Alyeska replied. They shared a moment of silence, as each of them thought about the class going on right now. Both Remus and Alyeska knew that if anyone else found out about their secrets, it would be a potential danger, now that they knew the spell to knock out a werewolf cold.
Alyeska looked him up and down, finally resting her gaze in his multi-colored eyes. "We have more in common than you think, Remus." She intensified her gaze. You could get lost in those eyes, she thought to herself.
Remus stood at the other side of the room, blankly staring at her, confusion hidden behind his eyes. Stepping closer to her, he took up her chin in his hand, and stared into her amber eyes. The overworked light bulb flashed on, as he asked, "You're one too, aren't you?" Remus asked. Alyeska nodded and said, "Duh, stupid." Remus rolled his eyes and was about to respond when a little voice inside his head said, "Aww, screw it, Remy. Take her" Out of nowhere the animal within Remus pounced and laid eyes on his prey. Next thing you know they were on the floor snogging. Overcome with passion and excitement, Alyeska accidentally lit the curtains on fire.
Remus jumped off "Dammit!!" Quickly extinguishing the fires with his wand, he flopped onto a desk. "Phew. Trying to kill us?" Alyeska turned red with embarrasment and looked away. "I'm sorry, Remy."
Hugging her from behind, Remus tenderly nuzzled her ear. Suddenly, the door flied open. "What the hell?!" Remus and Aly turn, only to see the rest of the Marauders in the doorway, intruding on their precious moment. Atlantis gaped, "Didn't I tell you just the other morning, save it for the dorms!"