Disclaimer, blah blah blah- Okay, here goes: JKR's stuff you should know by now, anything that you don't recognize isn't hers, but my original creations *evil grin*. I hope you enjoy this little fic, it is actually more of a backstory to my TF series, but can't say anything more *wider evil grin* or I'll ruin the upcoming third book for you. This is a story about JKR's Remus Lupin, forbidden love, and upholding my belief that LOVE CONQUERS ALL. ^_^ Anyways, enjoy! ^_^ (P.S. I combined the Prologue and Chapter One cuz they are short. ^_^)
Forbidden By Moonlight
By Sailor Twilight
Prologue *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The full moon hangs low in the sky, a large, brilliant, ivory colored orb that floats in an ocean of darkness. Not one star sparkles tonight, and the magnificent Hogwarts Castle is eerie and dark, awaiting the Autumn day when the students would arrive and soon fill the empty halls with happiness and light once again.
I sit in the desolate shack, sedated by a potion. The moon looks so large tonight, large enough to seem as if it will fall down and crash into the earth.
As if you did not notice, I was not exactly in a good mood.
I rest my head on my paws, and survey my small room for the millionth time. The only belongings I had were in this tiny room, mostly my robes, books, and other school supplies. The only thing I had other than what was on the list each year Hogwarts sent was a faded picture in a silver frame, which glinted in the moonlight.
The only remaining picture of my parents.
Now, I was used to being alone, I had been ever since the first time I changed into... into a wolf. It was that fateful night that changed my life forever.
Sure, I had my friends, the Marauders, but they were away this summer. Peter had to go to a tutor all summer long; Sirius, probably my closest friend, would be stopping by after a trip with his family to Romania; and as for James- I did not expect him to come visit me this summer. James, you see, has fallen in love. Not only has he fallen in love, but he has also the luxury of having the most beautiful girl in our school- Lily Evans- as his girlfriend. They are so in love they make you sick. You know the type of people, the ones that always wink or flutter their eyes at eachother all day long, talk that silly baby talk to eachother, constantly locked by the arms or the lips-
Jealous? You think I'm jealous, don't you? The way I'm talking, you definitely have the right to think that. Because I am jealous. But not because James has Lily.
It's because he is in love.
Is it right to be jealous of a friend's happiness? I'm not sure. But that is how I feel. I'm jealous that he is in love. I envy the fact that he has something I won't ever be able- no, never can have have.
The moon dips below the horizon, and I feel my features return to their human form. I still sit in my shack, but now I pick up a piece of paper from the floor. There is an official Ministry of Magic seal on the letter, and Cornelius Fudge's signature. I read the contents of the letter for the millionth time, my stomach clenching. I want to rip that letter, shread it into non-existence. But it won't change the contents of it, no matter how long I burn it.
In a nutshell, the letter forbids me from "reproducing or having intimate or physical relationships" with anyone, because I am a werewolf.
Before I can stop them, the damn tears return. Here I was, after this summer in my seventh and final year at Hogwarts. I was like any sixteen year old boy, I had emotions and wants and needs and desires. And yet because I was a werewolf, I could have nothing. I was fortunate enough that I could have my friends, but now they were off leading their normal lives. No matter what they did or said, they could never relate to what I was feeling. They could never understand what I was going through.
And they could never know what it feels like, being told that you could not fall in love.
Angry and depressed, I stand up suddenly, crumpling up the letter and throwing it across the room. Before I am even aware of what I am doing, I race out of the Shrieking Shack and across the open fields, past Hogsmeade and into the Forbidden Forest.
Everything is blurry, but whether it is because of how fast I am running or my tears I do not know. All I know is that I want to run, far far away. I don't want to look back, I want to escape. I feel trapped, and as I run I can almost sense that they are still watching me, following me.
Suddenly the ground in front of me is gone, and I skid to a stop, trying to maintain my balance but unsuccessful. I stumble forward and fall, fall into darkness......
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Chapter One
Remus woke up and saw the moon floating up above him, a strange, bright white light that blinded him. 'How long have I been unconscious?' he wondered, then realized- 'Where are the tree branches?'
He sat up suddenly, and winced in pain and fell back. "Ow... my ribs," he said aloud, staring back up at the moon, which seemed to laugh above him. "Where am I?"
"Oh! You're awake!" An unfamiliar voice- a girl's voice- exclaimed nearby.
Remus heard footsteps come over beside him, but he suddenly realized he was too hurt to sit up. He looked over in the direction of the footsteps, careful not to move his sore torso. A girl that looked about his age was standing there now, her features soft and gentle, wearing a simple light blue summer gown. She had sparkling green eyes and long, golden brown hair. "Who are you?" He asked, then added again, "Where am I?"
She smiled sweetly and sat down in a chair beside the bed Remus was in. "My name is Danika, Danika Thomas. You're at my house, I found you a few days ago not too far from here. You were injured badly, I thought you were dead. But you're okay now, so don't worry," she said, her voice was as soft and gentle as Remus had expected it to be.
"A few... a few days?" Remus went pale. "Did- did anything strange- when you found me-"
Danika looked curiously at him. "What do you mean? Strange?" she asked.
"Um- nothing... I didn't hurt or bite you, did I?"
She laughed. "No, why are you a vampire or something?"
Remus realized she thought he was joking around with her, so he just smiled at her and said, "Heh... just kidding with ya."
"So, what's your name?" Danika asked. "I was wondering who I've been caring for all this time."
"My name?" Remus hesitated, unsure if he should get close to this girl or not, but he was already starting to like her a lot. After all, she took a stranger in, and looked after him, without knowing who he was or the fact that he was a werewolf. Finally, he decided. "My name is Remus Lupin."
"That's a nice name," she said. "So where are you from? You live around here? I've never seen you in town."
"No, um, actually... the truth is... I live near Hogsmeade." It wasn't a lie, exactly.
"Hogsmeade? Never heard of such a place. So you aren't from around here, are you?"
Something suddenly struck Remus, and he wondered why he hadn't thought about it before-
He was in the Muggle Realm!
~ To be continued....
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Well, that's it for the first chapter... hope you enjoyed it! ^_^ Please review me, I'm such a ham and love to be complimented, but I take the flames with the goodies... just let me know what you think so far, if this is a good story idea, if you like anything I've done or have disliked anything I've done... just please do me a favor, I KNOW THIS IS MARY SUE-ish so please don't label it as such~ what can I say *evil laughter* I am a romance writer, it seems Mary Sue like always at the beginning... but if you are familiar with any of my stories, there is always a catch... Anyways, that's it for now, kiddies. Have fun, and now be a good reader and click the *review story* button down there to your left... ^_^ *is hit with a tomato* Okay, okay... you don't HAVE to *smack! another one* Okay, got the message... leaving now while I am half way decent... *runs off into sunset*
Forbidden By Moonlight
By Sailor Twilight
Prologue *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The full moon hangs low in the sky, a large, brilliant, ivory colored orb that floats in an ocean of darkness. Not one star sparkles tonight, and the magnificent Hogwarts Castle is eerie and dark, awaiting the Autumn day when the students would arrive and soon fill the empty halls with happiness and light once again.
I sit in the desolate shack, sedated by a potion. The moon looks so large tonight, large enough to seem as if it will fall down and crash into the earth.
As if you did not notice, I was not exactly in a good mood.
I rest my head on my paws, and survey my small room for the millionth time. The only belongings I had were in this tiny room, mostly my robes, books, and other school supplies. The only thing I had other than what was on the list each year Hogwarts sent was a faded picture in a silver frame, which glinted in the moonlight.
The only remaining picture of my parents.
Now, I was used to being alone, I had been ever since the first time I changed into... into a wolf. It was that fateful night that changed my life forever.
Sure, I had my friends, the Marauders, but they were away this summer. Peter had to go to a tutor all summer long; Sirius, probably my closest friend, would be stopping by after a trip with his family to Romania; and as for James- I did not expect him to come visit me this summer. James, you see, has fallen in love. Not only has he fallen in love, but he has also the luxury of having the most beautiful girl in our school- Lily Evans- as his girlfriend. They are so in love they make you sick. You know the type of people, the ones that always wink or flutter their eyes at eachother all day long, talk that silly baby talk to eachother, constantly locked by the arms or the lips-
Jealous? You think I'm jealous, don't you? The way I'm talking, you definitely have the right to think that. Because I am jealous. But not because James has Lily.
It's because he is in love.
Is it right to be jealous of a friend's happiness? I'm not sure. But that is how I feel. I'm jealous that he is in love. I envy the fact that he has something I won't ever be able- no, never can have have.
The moon dips below the horizon, and I feel my features return to their human form. I still sit in my shack, but now I pick up a piece of paper from the floor. There is an official Ministry of Magic seal on the letter, and Cornelius Fudge's signature. I read the contents of the letter for the millionth time, my stomach clenching. I want to rip that letter, shread it into non-existence. But it won't change the contents of it, no matter how long I burn it.
In a nutshell, the letter forbids me from "reproducing or having intimate or physical relationships" with anyone, because I am a werewolf.
Before I can stop them, the damn tears return. Here I was, after this summer in my seventh and final year at Hogwarts. I was like any sixteen year old boy, I had emotions and wants and needs and desires. And yet because I was a werewolf, I could have nothing. I was fortunate enough that I could have my friends, but now they were off leading their normal lives. No matter what they did or said, they could never relate to what I was feeling. They could never understand what I was going through.
And they could never know what it feels like, being told that you could not fall in love.
Angry and depressed, I stand up suddenly, crumpling up the letter and throwing it across the room. Before I am even aware of what I am doing, I race out of the Shrieking Shack and across the open fields, past Hogsmeade and into the Forbidden Forest.
Everything is blurry, but whether it is because of how fast I am running or my tears I do not know. All I know is that I want to run, far far away. I don't want to look back, I want to escape. I feel trapped, and as I run I can almost sense that they are still watching me, following me.
Suddenly the ground in front of me is gone, and I skid to a stop, trying to maintain my balance but unsuccessful. I stumble forward and fall, fall into darkness......
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Chapter One
Remus woke up and saw the moon floating up above him, a strange, bright white light that blinded him. 'How long have I been unconscious?' he wondered, then realized- 'Where are the tree branches?'
He sat up suddenly, and winced in pain and fell back. "Ow... my ribs," he said aloud, staring back up at the moon, which seemed to laugh above him. "Where am I?"
"Oh! You're awake!" An unfamiliar voice- a girl's voice- exclaimed nearby.
Remus heard footsteps come over beside him, but he suddenly realized he was too hurt to sit up. He looked over in the direction of the footsteps, careful not to move his sore torso. A girl that looked about his age was standing there now, her features soft and gentle, wearing a simple light blue summer gown. She had sparkling green eyes and long, golden brown hair. "Who are you?" He asked, then added again, "Where am I?"
She smiled sweetly and sat down in a chair beside the bed Remus was in. "My name is Danika, Danika Thomas. You're at my house, I found you a few days ago not too far from here. You were injured badly, I thought you were dead. But you're okay now, so don't worry," she said, her voice was as soft and gentle as Remus had expected it to be.
"A few... a few days?" Remus went pale. "Did- did anything strange- when you found me-"
Danika looked curiously at him. "What do you mean? Strange?" she asked.
"Um- nothing... I didn't hurt or bite you, did I?"
She laughed. "No, why are you a vampire or something?"
Remus realized she thought he was joking around with her, so he just smiled at her and said, "Heh... just kidding with ya."
"So, what's your name?" Danika asked. "I was wondering who I've been caring for all this time."
"My name?" Remus hesitated, unsure if he should get close to this girl or not, but he was already starting to like her a lot. After all, she took a stranger in, and looked after him, without knowing who he was or the fact that he was a werewolf. Finally, he decided. "My name is Remus Lupin."
"That's a nice name," she said. "So where are you from? You live around here? I've never seen you in town."
"No, um, actually... the truth is... I live near Hogsmeade." It wasn't a lie, exactly.
"Hogsmeade? Never heard of such a place. So you aren't from around here, are you?"
Something suddenly struck Remus, and he wondered why he hadn't thought about it before-
He was in the Muggle Realm!
~ To be continued....
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Well, that's it for the first chapter... hope you enjoyed it! ^_^ Please review me, I'm such a ham and love to be complimented, but I take the flames with the goodies... just let me know what you think so far, if this is a good story idea, if you like anything I've done or have disliked anything I've done... just please do me a favor, I KNOW THIS IS MARY SUE-ish so please don't label it as such~ what can I say *evil laughter* I am a romance writer, it seems Mary Sue like always at the beginning... but if you are familiar with any of my stories, there is always a catch... Anyways, that's it for now, kiddies. Have fun, and now be a good reader and click the *review story* button down there to your left... ^_^ *is hit with a tomato* Okay, okay... you don't HAVE to *smack! another one* Okay, got the message... leaving now while I am half way decent... *runs off into sunset*