Remus glanced at his appearance in the mirror and sighed mournfully, His
face looked white and pinched and there were dark rings below his eyes
clearly displaying the previous night's lack of sleep. Not for the first
time he wished he had never been bitten, that he could live a normal life,
a normal life with a family who loved him, and ...
He swept his long brown hair out of his eyes; enough of those thoughts, what was the point in dreaming about things he would never, could, never have. He grabbed his coat from the nearby stand, and rushed out into the quiet cobbled street.
As a car went speeding past and splashed mud down the front of him he growled lowly, the animal inside him only trapped by the daylight until later that night, when the moon would rise fresh and new.
So caught up in his thoughts he didn't notice the loud crack and walked straight into the handsome man stood directly in front of him, "I'm sorry he blustered, raising his head, and seeing who it was he gave a grin, "Padfoot, what are you doing here? Last I heard you were off in Romania collecting dragon scales for your new project"
Sirius grinned, "Well you know, little time here, little there, thought I'd nip by and see how my favourite wolf was doing"
Lupin turned his head and seeing no cars he whispered, "How did you get here" Sirius's grin spread even wider as he winked, "How many times have I told you not to apparate in daylight in the middle of a street, the muggles could have seen you" he groaned. "Even if they had, it doesn't take two second to obliviate they're memories" Sirius replied laughingly," besides, I was in a rush, James wants us to go to his tonight, he's calling a reunion of the marauders"
"A reunion? Why?" asked Lupin becoming concerned, "No idea mate, some big secret he's keeping, all I know is, we all gotta be there!"
Remus nodded to Mrs Partridge as she went by with her groceries, "Morning" he smiled. Mrs Partridge stared rudely at Sirius, ignored Remus and rushed down the street. "What's with her? Asked Sirius "well lets just say when you looked like death warmed up at least once every month, and your clothes frequently turn up in tatters, the neighbours don't like it" he leaned closer "tonight's a full moon"
Sirius laughed, "Well in that case Messrs Moony Wormtail Padfoot and Prongs, will be reunited in every sense of the word"
Lupin smiled briefly, "Will Lily be there?" he asked suddenly feeling sad "Who knows? Look mate I know you don't get on with her but.... "But she's part of James so part of us now" finished Lupin bitterly.
A dark cloud passed over Sirius' features, "what is it with you two anyway?" Remus shrugged, "you tell me mate, praps she just has a thing against half- breeds"
Sirius shook his head, " naaa, she likes Peter doesn't she" They laughed. "Righto", said Sirius, looking at Lupin's long dusty coat comes round to mine, and I'll fix you up with something to wear". Remus turned his head scanning the area for signs of Muggles, seeing none, he turned to Sirius, "well are we off then?" Sirius followed his glance, briefly and nodded, and with a loud crack, the two men stood in the street vanished, leaving only a slight breeze and a rather mystified cat.
*******
James turned to Lily, "The guys are all coming over this evening; I'm going to tell them then"
She turned away from him and said hesitantly "do you think they're going to be happy for us?"
He placed his arms around her shoulders "of course, I can't wait, they know I've loved you since the moment I first saw you, and now I can finally say, Lily Evans is going to be my wife"
Her face fell as she thought of Remus, for some reason, she couldn't see him being happy with that arrangement, but he was James' friend, so they would both have to grin and bear it.
********
"Thanks again for the loan" Lupin mumbled as he surveyed his reflection in the mirror, "No probs, of course you'll never look as good as me in it" Sirius grinned, and punched Lupin's shoulder playfully "besides, black is more my colour"
Remus turned; he liked the blue sweater, made a change from the usual shabby close if nothing more.
"So are we off?" asked Sirius impatiently, Remus nodded, with a loud crack they both appeared outside Godrics Hollow, making the figure rushing towards the door at that moment momentarily glance about warily.
"Who's there?" asked Peter looking about nervously. "Awww did we scare ickle old wormy" mocked Sirius. Peter faltered for a moment, "Sirius? That you?" Lupin stepped into the light, "It's both of us, how are you Peter?" Peter grinned, "I'm good... "Well in that case let's get into the warm then" interrupted Sirius pushing
past Peter and knocking the old wooden door. The door creaked open, and a man with messy dark hair appeared in the space behind, "James" yelled Sirius bounding over and hugging the figure in the doorway "long time no see, how've you been" James grinned, and looked over Sirius Shoulder at Lupin and Peter, "Moony, Wormy, great to see you, Sirius, how was Bavaria?" Remus looked at them sharply, Bavaria? Why hadn't Sirius told him, was he being left out of the loop? He pushed the thought out of his head; naaa Sirius didn't have time to tell him, that was it. "Well' come on then, don't sand on the door step all night" said James, punching Remus' arm playfully, "It's a full moon tonight after all!" Remus nodded and walked through the door closely followed by Peter, as they entered the hallway Lily came rushing out of the kitchen with her head down and crashed into Remus, Looking up she started to say "sorry didn....." her eyes met his "Remus, hi" she looked around for a way out of the awkwardness, "hello Lily" he replied softly, smiling a smile that didn't reach his eyes, for a moment they both stood there not knowing what to say, unable to put anything into words. "Hey Moony you coming?" James popped his head out of a nearby doorway, and seeing Lily went over and put his arm around her, " I think were gonna be needing you in here to" he added grinning. He turned, and Remus followed the couple into the room. ********** The fire crackled in the grate, Remus lowered himself into a chair, James and Lily stood in front of the fire, whilst Sirius and Peter had already taken up the low settee nearby. James looked around at his three best friends. "Well I suppose you want to know why I've asked you here tonight" Remus felt a little dizzy, as the other two nodded in agreement, "well" said James slinging his arm casually around Lily, "we do.... Remus stood up, and swayed suddenly, falling back into his seat, through the pain that was suddenly coursing its way through his body, he gasped, "Lily........ get ....... her ... out" The change swept across him, as his nose elongated, and hair began to grow, James grabbed Lupin, and started dragging him out of the room in the direction of the cellar, through the confusion he gasped, "sorry mate, soon as your there, we'll be fine" Sirius had already changed into a dog, and was padding along besides them, whilst Peter was holding Lily in the room... "go on you guy's he shouted after them, I'll keep lily company" Lily didn't look too pleased at this prospect, but sat in a chair here face quite pale in the flickering light from the fire. As Moony's transformation became complete James started his own transformation into prongs, together he and Sirius herded Lupin towards the cellar, he using his hoof to kick the door closed behind them.
Sirius settled in front of the door whilst Moony began running around, looking for another exit. James sat himself down next to Padfoot... it was about to become a long night.
Lily gazed into the firelight, her mind wandering, as Peter fidgeted worriedly... "So" he said, "that was quite surprising" he grinned, Lily brought back to reality glanced at him. "Surprising? In what way? I already knew about Moony" Peter nodded, "but we usually get a little more warning" he replied. Lilly nodded slowly, "I've read up on it" she replied "the changes come faster as you get older; I just hope they find something to calm it down one day" Peter smiled and nodded in agreement. Lily turned to Peter, "I hope you don't mind" she said, "but I'm going to have an early night" He stood up, "I'll just stay here then" "ok" she replied, and left the room. Popping her hard back round the door "f you get hungry, help yourself you know where the kitchen is" Peter nodded again, and she left the room, to make her way to the bedroom.
************ As she lay beneath the covers she could hear Moony's howls from the basement, and worried for the safety of Sirius and James, rolling over she tried to reassure herself, they've done it a thousand times, she cleared her mind of though and slowly fell into a light dreamless sleep.
Meanwhile in the cellar below, Moony was throwing himself into doors, clearly upset at being caged in, the other animals strolled about, just knocking him into place when he became too over excited.... it was about to be a long night for all of them. And none of them would notice the fire crackling in the grate above slowly die down in the empty room.
************ As dawn came, Lupin sat up, looking at his newly borrowed clothes, or what remained of them in horror, he glanced around feeling slightly disorientated remembering the last minutes before the beast escaped, now, he thought distractedly, she will never like me. As his eyes adjusted to the poor light, he saw Sirius changing back into his human form, and nudging James, who lay at his side fast asleep still in the form of a stag.
As they climbed the stairs they could hear Lily pottering about above, and as they opened the door, the smell of freshly cooked bacon, hi they're noses. Sirius grinned, and sneaking up behind Lily, he put his arms around her, "I knew there was a reason why I like you" he said flirtatiously, Lily turning around slapped his hands away, she smiled engagingly at the three men stood in front of her, Peering over James shoulder she asked "where's Peter I thought he was with you?" James shook his head, "Nope just been us three all night" He turned into the hallway as he heard the front door creak, "Nipped out for a sec, grinned Peter, indicating the copy of the daily prophet under his arm.
Sirius turned, "so come on" he said frowning impatiently "what were you going to tell us Prongs?" Lily caught James eye, and made a barely perceptible shake of her head, "How about after breakfast" said James, running his fingers through his hair in a style reminiscent of his 16 year old self. Sirius grinned, "Grubs up" Remus having noticed the look between James and Lily began to suspect what James was going to tell them. As James, Peter and Sirius went into the dining room to prepare the table for breakfast, he offered to give Lily a hand in the kitchen. "Lily?" he started quietly, "your getting married aren't you?" When she turned to him there were tears shining in her eyes, she gulped and nodded slowly. "ok" he said and swept out of the room not wanting further explanations, he felt the need to get out of there, the house was too confining, he needed space, room to breathe, he needed to be alone, he apparated.
so my first chapter of my first story what do you think???
SilverMoonLuna
He swept his long brown hair out of his eyes; enough of those thoughts, what was the point in dreaming about things he would never, could, never have. He grabbed his coat from the nearby stand, and rushed out into the quiet cobbled street.
As a car went speeding past and splashed mud down the front of him he growled lowly, the animal inside him only trapped by the daylight until later that night, when the moon would rise fresh and new.
So caught up in his thoughts he didn't notice the loud crack and walked straight into the handsome man stood directly in front of him, "I'm sorry he blustered, raising his head, and seeing who it was he gave a grin, "Padfoot, what are you doing here? Last I heard you were off in Romania collecting dragon scales for your new project"
Sirius grinned, "Well you know, little time here, little there, thought I'd nip by and see how my favourite wolf was doing"
Lupin turned his head and seeing no cars he whispered, "How did you get here" Sirius's grin spread even wider as he winked, "How many times have I told you not to apparate in daylight in the middle of a street, the muggles could have seen you" he groaned. "Even if they had, it doesn't take two second to obliviate they're memories" Sirius replied laughingly," besides, I was in a rush, James wants us to go to his tonight, he's calling a reunion of the marauders"
"A reunion? Why?" asked Lupin becoming concerned, "No idea mate, some big secret he's keeping, all I know is, we all gotta be there!"
Remus nodded to Mrs Partridge as she went by with her groceries, "Morning" he smiled. Mrs Partridge stared rudely at Sirius, ignored Remus and rushed down the street. "What's with her? Asked Sirius "well lets just say when you looked like death warmed up at least once every month, and your clothes frequently turn up in tatters, the neighbours don't like it" he leaned closer "tonight's a full moon"
Sirius laughed, "Well in that case Messrs Moony Wormtail Padfoot and Prongs, will be reunited in every sense of the word"
Lupin smiled briefly, "Will Lily be there?" he asked suddenly feeling sad "Who knows? Look mate I know you don't get on with her but.... "But she's part of James so part of us now" finished Lupin bitterly.
A dark cloud passed over Sirius' features, "what is it with you two anyway?" Remus shrugged, "you tell me mate, praps she just has a thing against half- breeds"
Sirius shook his head, " naaa, she likes Peter doesn't she" They laughed. "Righto", said Sirius, looking at Lupin's long dusty coat comes round to mine, and I'll fix you up with something to wear". Remus turned his head scanning the area for signs of Muggles, seeing none, he turned to Sirius, "well are we off then?" Sirius followed his glance, briefly and nodded, and with a loud crack, the two men stood in the street vanished, leaving only a slight breeze and a rather mystified cat.
*******
James turned to Lily, "The guys are all coming over this evening; I'm going to tell them then"
She turned away from him and said hesitantly "do you think they're going to be happy for us?"
He placed his arms around her shoulders "of course, I can't wait, they know I've loved you since the moment I first saw you, and now I can finally say, Lily Evans is going to be my wife"
Her face fell as she thought of Remus, for some reason, she couldn't see him being happy with that arrangement, but he was James' friend, so they would both have to grin and bear it.
********
"Thanks again for the loan" Lupin mumbled as he surveyed his reflection in the mirror, "No probs, of course you'll never look as good as me in it" Sirius grinned, and punched Lupin's shoulder playfully "besides, black is more my colour"
Remus turned; he liked the blue sweater, made a change from the usual shabby close if nothing more.
"So are we off?" asked Sirius impatiently, Remus nodded, with a loud crack they both appeared outside Godrics Hollow, making the figure rushing towards the door at that moment momentarily glance about warily.
"Who's there?" asked Peter looking about nervously. "Awww did we scare ickle old wormy" mocked Sirius. Peter faltered for a moment, "Sirius? That you?" Lupin stepped into the light, "It's both of us, how are you Peter?" Peter grinned, "I'm good... "Well in that case let's get into the warm then" interrupted Sirius pushing
past Peter and knocking the old wooden door. The door creaked open, and a man with messy dark hair appeared in the space behind, "James" yelled Sirius bounding over and hugging the figure in the doorway "long time no see, how've you been" James grinned, and looked over Sirius Shoulder at Lupin and Peter, "Moony, Wormy, great to see you, Sirius, how was Bavaria?" Remus looked at them sharply, Bavaria? Why hadn't Sirius told him, was he being left out of the loop? He pushed the thought out of his head; naaa Sirius didn't have time to tell him, that was it. "Well' come on then, don't sand on the door step all night" said James, punching Remus' arm playfully, "It's a full moon tonight after all!" Remus nodded and walked through the door closely followed by Peter, as they entered the hallway Lily came rushing out of the kitchen with her head down and crashed into Remus, Looking up she started to say "sorry didn....." her eyes met his "Remus, hi" she looked around for a way out of the awkwardness, "hello Lily" he replied softly, smiling a smile that didn't reach his eyes, for a moment they both stood there not knowing what to say, unable to put anything into words. "Hey Moony you coming?" James popped his head out of a nearby doorway, and seeing Lily went over and put his arm around her, " I think were gonna be needing you in here to" he added grinning. He turned, and Remus followed the couple into the room. ********** The fire crackled in the grate, Remus lowered himself into a chair, James and Lily stood in front of the fire, whilst Sirius and Peter had already taken up the low settee nearby. James looked around at his three best friends. "Well I suppose you want to know why I've asked you here tonight" Remus felt a little dizzy, as the other two nodded in agreement, "well" said James slinging his arm casually around Lily, "we do.... Remus stood up, and swayed suddenly, falling back into his seat, through the pain that was suddenly coursing its way through his body, he gasped, "Lily........ get ....... her ... out" The change swept across him, as his nose elongated, and hair began to grow, James grabbed Lupin, and started dragging him out of the room in the direction of the cellar, through the confusion he gasped, "sorry mate, soon as your there, we'll be fine" Sirius had already changed into a dog, and was padding along besides them, whilst Peter was holding Lily in the room... "go on you guy's he shouted after them, I'll keep lily company" Lily didn't look too pleased at this prospect, but sat in a chair here face quite pale in the flickering light from the fire. As Moony's transformation became complete James started his own transformation into prongs, together he and Sirius herded Lupin towards the cellar, he using his hoof to kick the door closed behind them.
Sirius settled in front of the door whilst Moony began running around, looking for another exit. James sat himself down next to Padfoot... it was about to become a long night.
Lily gazed into the firelight, her mind wandering, as Peter fidgeted worriedly... "So" he said, "that was quite surprising" he grinned, Lily brought back to reality glanced at him. "Surprising? In what way? I already knew about Moony" Peter nodded, "but we usually get a little more warning" he replied. Lilly nodded slowly, "I've read up on it" she replied "the changes come faster as you get older; I just hope they find something to calm it down one day" Peter smiled and nodded in agreement. Lily turned to Peter, "I hope you don't mind" she said, "but I'm going to have an early night" He stood up, "I'll just stay here then" "ok" she replied, and left the room. Popping her hard back round the door "f you get hungry, help yourself you know where the kitchen is" Peter nodded again, and she left the room, to make her way to the bedroom.
************ As she lay beneath the covers she could hear Moony's howls from the basement, and worried for the safety of Sirius and James, rolling over she tried to reassure herself, they've done it a thousand times, she cleared her mind of though and slowly fell into a light dreamless sleep.
Meanwhile in the cellar below, Moony was throwing himself into doors, clearly upset at being caged in, the other animals strolled about, just knocking him into place when he became too over excited.... it was about to be a long night for all of them. And none of them would notice the fire crackling in the grate above slowly die down in the empty room.
************ As dawn came, Lupin sat up, looking at his newly borrowed clothes, or what remained of them in horror, he glanced around feeling slightly disorientated remembering the last minutes before the beast escaped, now, he thought distractedly, she will never like me. As his eyes adjusted to the poor light, he saw Sirius changing back into his human form, and nudging James, who lay at his side fast asleep still in the form of a stag.
As they climbed the stairs they could hear Lily pottering about above, and as they opened the door, the smell of freshly cooked bacon, hi they're noses. Sirius grinned, and sneaking up behind Lily, he put his arms around her, "I knew there was a reason why I like you" he said flirtatiously, Lily turning around slapped his hands away, she smiled engagingly at the three men stood in front of her, Peering over James shoulder she asked "where's Peter I thought he was with you?" James shook his head, "Nope just been us three all night" He turned into the hallway as he heard the front door creak, "Nipped out for a sec, grinned Peter, indicating the copy of the daily prophet under his arm.
Sirius turned, "so come on" he said frowning impatiently "what were you going to tell us Prongs?" Lily caught James eye, and made a barely perceptible shake of her head, "How about after breakfast" said James, running his fingers through his hair in a style reminiscent of his 16 year old self. Sirius grinned, "Grubs up" Remus having noticed the look between James and Lily began to suspect what James was going to tell them. As James, Peter and Sirius went into the dining room to prepare the table for breakfast, he offered to give Lily a hand in the kitchen. "Lily?" he started quietly, "your getting married aren't you?" When she turned to him there were tears shining in her eyes, she gulped and nodded slowly. "ok" he said and swept out of the room not wanting further explanations, he felt the need to get out of there, the house was too confining, he needed space, room to breathe, he needed to be alone, he apparated.
so my first chapter of my first story what do you think???
SilverMoonLuna