Rhapsody for the Moon
Disclaimer: Everyone except Amber, Sorcha, Sean, and Aria belongs to J.K. Rowling. Amber, Sorcha, and Sean belong to Rosethorn, and Aria is mine.
Author's Notes: This is an extremely odd plot bunny that bit me.well, it bit me in French. French is boring. Aria is Remus's twin sister.um.yeah.
Chapter 1: Prelude
"Aria, don't stop your life just because of me," Remus said, following his twin as she wandered around their room, picking up. Both twins had brown hair and gray eyes. Except for the fact that Aria's-her real name was Rhapsody, but only their parents used it-hair was more honey- brown and longer, they were exactly identical-also excepting the fact that she was about a head and a half shorter.
Aria sighed. "Remus, we've been over this and over this. I'm not going anywhere they won't accept you."
"Why are you doing this?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you so determined to have no life, no future, just because I can't?"
Aria spun around glaring up at her taller brother. "Don't ever say that, Remus. You can have a future. You just have to make your own future. And if they won't let you go to school, then I'm not going, and that's final!" With that, she stalked off. Remus sighed and put his head in his hands. It wasn't fair. Nothing was. Nothing had been since he and his sister were three. He ran his fingers through his shoulder-length brown hair. Had it really only been eight years ago? It felt like forever. Eight years ago, because he had been curious, his life-and, consequentially, his sister's-was ruined.
"Remus? Are you all depressed again?" Aria asked when she came back a minute later.
He jumped. "What? Oh, no, Aria, I'm not depressed."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I am not!"
"Yes, you are," Aria said with one of her no-nonsense looks.
"Well, maybe a little," he conceded.
"Remus."
He grinned sheepishly. "Well."
"Remus! Rhapsody! Come down for breakfast!"
"Coming, Mother!" the twins called back in unison.
* * *
Their father was a very serious man. Alexander Lupin was a giant of a man, with short, dirty blonde hair and the same tired gray eyes he passed along to both of his children. Their mother, Maria, had been a flamenco dancer. They had met after one of her performances and, in the way of such stories, fell in love. Maria was petite, there were tiny wrinkles at the corners of her mouth and dark eyes, and her black hair was streaked with silver.
"Letters, children," Maria said.
Aria choked on her orange juice. "Letters? As in, plural of letter?"
Remus said bitterly.
I
"Yes, Rhapsody." Maria handed the twins their letters. They tore eagerly into them. Aria skimmed her letter. It was the usual first-year acceptance letter. She ran over to read over her brother's shoulder. She looked at him. He looked at her.
"WE'RE GOING! WE'RE BOTH GOING!!!" they shrieked in unison.
"Children!" Maria started to reprimand, then she made sense of what they were saying. "What?"
"We both got accepted!" Remus said excitedly.
"Oh, children." Maria gathered her twins in a hug.
"C'mere you three!" Surprising his family, Alexander picked up all three of them in a bear hug.
(A/N: Much hugging and kissing and crying ensues. We do not need to intrude on the family happy rituals. Jumping to Platform 9¾.)
* * *
Aria looked around nervously. Her parents had had to leave, so she and her brother were all alone.
Not for long.
"Oy, gray-eyes!" a voice shouted behind them. The two of them spun around, to see a brown-haired boy with brown eyes. "Hello.gray-eyes.honey," he said with a flirtatious grin at Aria, who ducked behind her brother for protection from this insane male.
"Um.hi?"
"C'mon. My friends and I need a couple people to round out the group." The psychotic boy grabbed Remus by the wrist and dragged him-and Aria, who was hanging on to Remus for dear life-to a group of three kids-a girl and two boys.
"Did he scare you?" the girl asked them.
"Uh.just a little." Remus answered.
In response to this, the girl slapped the boy who had abducted them.
"My name is Amber Potter. This," she said, gesturing at another boy, "is my twin, James."
"I'm Sirius Black," put in the boy who had abducted them. "And this is Peter Pettigrew," he added, pointing to the other boy. "You two have names?"
"Yeah. Remus and Rhapsody Lupin," Remus answered.
"People call me Aria, though."
James blinked. "Nice name," he commented, staring at Aria.
"Pretty," Sirius said.
"Just like you," James added.
"Did I mention that my brother is the world's worst playboy?" Amber asked.
"I kind of figured it out for myself." Aria answered, looking a bit stunned.
"Think we've got enough now, James?" Sirius asked, still rubbing his cheek where Amber had slapped him.
James surveyed the group and made a head count. "Let's see.we've got you, Amber, Remus, Aria, Peter.hey, I'm missing someone.oh, yeah.I forgot to count myself. Um.nah, we need more people. How about that redhead over there?"
"Want me to grab him?" Sirius asked.
"NO!" everyone else said in unison. Sirius looked hurt.
"I'll go get him," Amber added, then walked off to do so. She returned a moment later, leading the boy. "Sirius, that's how you make friends. You don't abduct people!"
The boy looked shocked. "What's this about abducting people?"
"Sirius abducted Remus and Aria. They're those two," James said, pointing them out. "I'm James, the girl you just met is Amber, the brown- haired boy is Sirius, and that's Peter."
"I see.anyway, I'm Sean O'Senwatrs. This is my sister, Sorcha," he said, gesturing to the girl who was hiding behind him.
"Nice to meet you, Sean, Sorcha," James said.
"Hi," Remus muttered, blushing and looking away from Sorcha. Aria, noticing this, grinned evilly.
she said mockingly into her brother's mind.
Remus responded, annoyed not because she was wrong.but because she was right.
Disclaimer: Everyone except Amber, Sorcha, Sean, and Aria belongs to J.K. Rowling. Amber, Sorcha, and Sean belong to Rosethorn, and Aria is mine.
Author's Notes: This is an extremely odd plot bunny that bit me.well, it bit me in French. French is boring. Aria is Remus's twin sister.um.yeah.
Chapter 1: Prelude
"Aria, don't stop your life just because of me," Remus said, following his twin as she wandered around their room, picking up. Both twins had brown hair and gray eyes. Except for the fact that Aria's-her real name was Rhapsody, but only their parents used it-hair was more honey- brown and longer, they were exactly identical-also excepting the fact that she was about a head and a half shorter.
Aria sighed. "Remus, we've been over this and over this. I'm not going anywhere they won't accept you."
"Why are you doing this?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you so determined to have no life, no future, just because I can't?"
Aria spun around glaring up at her taller brother. "Don't ever say that, Remus. You can have a future. You just have to make your own future. And if they won't let you go to school, then I'm not going, and that's final!" With that, she stalked off. Remus sighed and put his head in his hands. It wasn't fair. Nothing was. Nothing had been since he and his sister were three. He ran his fingers through his shoulder-length brown hair. Had it really only been eight years ago? It felt like forever. Eight years ago, because he had been curious, his life-and, consequentially, his sister's-was ruined.
"Remus? Are you all depressed again?" Aria asked when she came back a minute later.
He jumped. "What? Oh, no, Aria, I'm not depressed."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I am not!"
"Yes, you are," Aria said with one of her no-nonsense looks.
"Well, maybe a little," he conceded.
"Remus."
He grinned sheepishly. "Well."
"Remus! Rhapsody! Come down for breakfast!"
"Coming, Mother!" the twins called back in unison.
* * *
Their father was a very serious man. Alexander Lupin was a giant of a man, with short, dirty blonde hair and the same tired gray eyes he passed along to both of his children. Their mother, Maria, had been a flamenco dancer. They had met after one of her performances and, in the way of such stories, fell in love. Maria was petite, there were tiny wrinkles at the corners of her mouth and dark eyes, and her black hair was streaked with silver.
"Letters, children," Maria said.
Aria choked on her orange juice. "Letters? As in, plural of letter?"
Remus said bitterly.
I
"Yes, Rhapsody." Maria handed the twins their letters. They tore eagerly into them. Aria skimmed her letter. It was the usual first-year acceptance letter. She ran over to read over her brother's shoulder. She looked at him. He looked at her.
"WE'RE GOING! WE'RE BOTH GOING!!!" they shrieked in unison.
"Children!" Maria started to reprimand, then she made sense of what they were saying. "What?"
"We both got accepted!" Remus said excitedly.
"Oh, children." Maria gathered her twins in a hug.
"C'mere you three!" Surprising his family, Alexander picked up all three of them in a bear hug.
(A/N: Much hugging and kissing and crying ensues. We do not need to intrude on the family happy rituals. Jumping to Platform 9¾.)
* * *
Aria looked around nervously. Her parents had had to leave, so she and her brother were all alone.
Not for long.
"Oy, gray-eyes!" a voice shouted behind them. The two of them spun around, to see a brown-haired boy with brown eyes. "Hello.gray-eyes.honey," he said with a flirtatious grin at Aria, who ducked behind her brother for protection from this insane male.
"Um.hi?"
"C'mon. My friends and I need a couple people to round out the group." The psychotic boy grabbed Remus by the wrist and dragged him-and Aria, who was hanging on to Remus for dear life-to a group of three kids-a girl and two boys.
"Did he scare you?" the girl asked them.
"Uh.just a little." Remus answered.
In response to this, the girl slapped the boy who had abducted them.
"My name is Amber Potter. This," she said, gesturing at another boy, "is my twin, James."
"I'm Sirius Black," put in the boy who had abducted them. "And this is Peter Pettigrew," he added, pointing to the other boy. "You two have names?"
"Yeah. Remus and Rhapsody Lupin," Remus answered.
"People call me Aria, though."
James blinked. "Nice name," he commented, staring at Aria.
"Pretty," Sirius said.
"Just like you," James added.
"Did I mention that my brother is the world's worst playboy?" Amber asked.
"I kind of figured it out for myself." Aria answered, looking a bit stunned.
"Think we've got enough now, James?" Sirius asked, still rubbing his cheek where Amber had slapped him.
James surveyed the group and made a head count. "Let's see.we've got you, Amber, Remus, Aria, Peter.hey, I'm missing someone.oh, yeah.I forgot to count myself. Um.nah, we need more people. How about that redhead over there?"
"Want me to grab him?" Sirius asked.
"NO!" everyone else said in unison. Sirius looked hurt.
"I'll go get him," Amber added, then walked off to do so. She returned a moment later, leading the boy. "Sirius, that's how you make friends. You don't abduct people!"
The boy looked shocked. "What's this about abducting people?"
"Sirius abducted Remus and Aria. They're those two," James said, pointing them out. "I'm James, the girl you just met is Amber, the brown- haired boy is Sirius, and that's Peter."
"I see.anyway, I'm Sean O'Senwatrs. This is my sister, Sorcha," he said, gesturing to the girl who was hiding behind him.
"Nice to meet you, Sean, Sorcha," James said.
"Hi," Remus muttered, blushing and looking away from Sorcha. Aria, noticing this, grinned evilly.
she said mockingly into her brother's mind.
Remus responded, annoyed not because she was wrong.but because she was right.
