Now And Then
Written By: Lucky Shamrock
Rating: PG-13 (For Violent themes, and Language)
Disclaimer: To stay safe, I only own Kit. Other then that, the rest of the characters/themes belong to the dear and most talented J.K.
Pairings: OC/Remus, James/Lily
Spoilers: Only up to the third book.
Time-Line: This takes place in MWPP era, and will eventually end up in HP era.
Summery: When someone you loves is taken from you…do you really get over that loss?
Authors Note: Okay, for all of you that don't know me…Hi -waves- I'll be your writer for the next fifty or so chapters. This is an OC centered fic, why? Because I love them. Hopefully mine won't turn out to be some lame-ass Mary Sue but if it does…oh well. I'm writing this for my sheer entertainment and hopefully some of you will like it too. A simple warning, this fic deals with mature themes such as child abuse and self injury…nothing to graphic though. Read this story if you love Moony. Review this story if ya want more.
And yes, we are left to assume that when I state 'present day' anywhere in my fic's that it is taking place in Harry's THIRD year.
"The first time I looked in your eyes I knew
I would do anything for you
The first time you touched my face I felt
What I'd never felt with anyone else"
"
:Prologue:
(Present Day)
Remus Lupin, current professor of the defense against the dark arts at Hogwarts was having a peculiar day. First it started with waking up to a song stuck in his head. It was a Muggle song, and he couldn't exactly remember who it was by, but none the less one lyric stuck in his head 'When I live my dream, please be there to meet me.'
There wasn't anything that special about the lyric itself, but the fact that he had not even thought of the song for well over ten years made him wonder about what the day had in store for him. His day only got stranger and stranger. During his first class of the day, he taught about the usual things…but he also kept running on in lecture, often talking of his own days at Hogwarts to the class.
He was in a melancholy mood, because of that simple fact. He kept thinking about his boyhood days that were spent walking the halls…hand in hand with her.
There wasn't a day that went by when he didn't think of her…but today was unusual, because usually he could busy himself with other things. Today…he only had Kit on his mind.
When he was in sixth year, Kit had been his everything. She was a muggle-born student that was falling behind in her studies. It was he that would help her get by in her classes, and it was her that would open up his closed heart. From the moment they met she had been a best friend to him, she was three years younger then himself, but oh how he loved her. They got along so well, and even his best mates liked her. She brought out the best in the young werewolf.
He missed her so much.
He was in his thirties, and yet he missed his girlfriend from ever so long ago. She was the only one that didn't ask him questions. She was smart, in the few years that they were together she had figured out what he was. She just didn't ask about it, all she said was "You're a werewolf then? Hmm, that will cut into our moonlit strolls on the beach." and left it at that.
She accepted him, just as his best mates did.
Remus sat at his desk, currently awaiting his last class of the day to enter the room. Fingers drumming on the oak furniture. It was so easy back then, his haunted hazel tinted eyes would shut…so easy to remember her. She was always so sad, and he could never figure out why. James and Sirius would tell him that she was a sad lil' Kitten due to the fact that she was always brooding around the common room. Kitten…it stuck. He called her Kitten until the day she went away.
His eyes snapped open as the class filled into the room. Remus pushed the unwanted thoughts away as he stood up to see if anyone was missing from his class. It had been so long ago…
Just forget…
But Remus couldn't just forget.
The way she smiled just for him.
He taught class the best way he knew how, he plastered a smile on his face and glanced over his students. The mirrored image of James sat right there in the front row…Harry…it was painful to look at him and try not to call him James.
The class today, was going as usual. Things were normal, students were practicing defense spells. Everything was normal.
But wasn't that the way that everything always was? What was that saying…"The calm before the storm". This was indeed the calm before the storm, something in the air was brewing…his senses were going crazy, the hair on the back of his neck stood on end.
"Professor Lupin, are you okay sir?" Hermione…dear sweet Hermione…why would she be asking him that? For a moment his vision swam, a blue light could be seen…
Something hit him…the air in his stomach was pushed out…he hit the ground…
Eyes would blink…
"Kit?"
And then there was darkness.
AN: And yes, the chapters do get longer. .
