I don't own any of the HP characters... Just Kendra and Kassandra
Before the world came crashing down
Chapter 1
The room was cold and dark now. It had been hours since Sirus and James had fallen asleep. They both lay tied up extravagantly in their bed sheets. He couldn't help but smirk. He stepped noiselessly over Peter who lay sprawled out on the floor clutching a baby blanket to his pudgy chest. He sat on the open windowsill, which his bed was closest too. He peered at the waxing gibbous moon.
He had fought at the beginning of the year, with James and Sirus over who would own it this year. James had wanted it for moon lit rides on his broomstick, and Sirus wanted it so he could sneak out even easier to visit girl friends. James had laughed at this because his naturally good looks and subtle charm made James extremely popular. He, however, hid envy of both of them due to the fact that they were the two most sought after guys in though whole school. Even though they were all third years! With this he declared them both unsuitable and took the bed as his own. He would never have to worry about having a girl, but wouldn't it be nice to have someone to hold close and call his own. Even tell his secrets to. Forget it Remus, You're a Werewolf. You can't even tell your friends in case they decide you're a freak and hate you.
Remus' warm gray eyes were slowly changing to a light gold color, but no one had taken notice. He let a finger trace over his slightly sharper teeth, yet no one had noticed this either. His hair, oh how he wished he could have the unmanageable locks of James, or the perfect thick raven hair of Sirus. Heck even Peter's pale blond that contrasted so horribly with his always puffy pink skin and watered down blue eyes would be better, but no. Remus would find himself on nights so incredibly similar to this chopping away aimlessly at his ever-growing mane. The next morning Peter would of course make his Muggle Did-you-use-a-weed-wacker-to-do-that comment. Perhaps he would have it done on their next trip to town. No, he couldn't, for it would all be back by next month.
Wait- what was that? A soft humming sound was coming from the common room. Small things like his enlarged ability of hearing were the tiny gifts that came with the pain and torture of being a Werewolf. He once again stepped over Peter and headed for the dorm door. He opened it a creak and was surprised to see three girls. With tired circles under two of the threes eyes, they sat around a bubbling cauldron. He instantly recognized Lilly, the gorgeous red head with a fiery attitude and a sense of mischief and adventure that could only be met by James. How many times had she retaliated their pranks ten fold, never once getting caught? She sat now holding a cushion that she was sewing a dung-bomb into. Then there was Kassandra, sitting primly in shocking violet sleeping robes that matched her eyes, as she stroked her long silvery blond hair. She had struck the fancy of every boy in Hogwarts from the moment she had arrived. And the only one who looked awake, Kendra, sat humming and working the potion. As Remus watched her careful and prestigious movements he couldn't help but smile.
"You know, I think that I'll be off to bed now. Kendra, will the potion take you much longer?" Lily carefully set the cushion on a couch waiting for some unsuspecting 1st year, then climbed the stairs. Kendra only laughed looking deep into the cauldron.
"I as well must retire to my bed. Unfortunately not all of us can stay up all night and make killer grades in the morning." Kassandra stood allowing a smell of raspberry to fill the nearly empty room.
"Good night to you both, I will not know for quite some while how long this might take." Kendra whispered, then turned to the cauldron humming to herself once more. The girls shut the door behind them and blew out the candles. The room was only lit by the bubbling cauldron. Its reflection illuminated her face eerily, but Remus strangely felt that it added to her beauty. He had never mentioned his like for her over other girls to even his closest of friends. It was tucked away with his many other secrets.
"Good evening Remus," she whispered, never once glancing away from her work. He sighed, unable to under stand what gave her the knowledge of his presence. Taking her greeting as an invitation, he stepped forward into the dim common room. "Would you help me move this to the center of the room?" He knew very well she simply could have lifted it with a spell, but that was also a very dangerous move for the potion inside. He stepped closer helping her hoist it into the middle. She heaved a sigh and sat back wiping sweat from her brow.
"Now, what keeps you up at such an hour?" Her green eyes weren't near as eccentric as Lilly's but instead held a strong sense of power through knowledge. Currently they were filled with a warm curiosity and deep concern.
"Can't sleep," he muttered, "What is this?"
She laughed a laugh that would seem evil to anyone who had not known her better. She thought for a second before answering.
"A cure to diseases that are deemed incurable." Even by her faint whisper Remus could sense the excitement.
"But how does that work… I mean wouldn't people already know and use it then?"
"No, you see this potion Remus, must have it's final rare ingredient added on the stroke of midnight during a full moon. Unfortunately, the moon it is added upon is special. But being you, you must know what that special moon I'm talking about is."
Remus stared at her with a wild expression of curiosity in where she ever could have come up with that. He had been so incredibly careful to keep it a secret from everyone. He even lied monthly that he had to visit his mother, whom he pretended lay on deathbed at this very moment. She however had a calm knowing expression on her face. She glanced up at him from her tireless stirring of the potion.
"H-how do you know about m-my- well- it?" His eyes blazed into hers like a fire. "Who else knows? Did you tell Lilly or Kassandra?"
"Relax Remus, I know of it and only I know of it." She peered at him between adding a spoon full of pixie dust and crushing venomous snake fangs in her tiny tone bowl. "A guess tells me that neither Sirus nor James know of it either. I feel I don't even need to go into the untrustworthy Peter. Is my statement true?" Remus nodded.
"But aren't you afraid? Or are you never planning to speak to me again because I have now confirmed this truth?" Remus had a high anxiety in his voice as he questioned this.
"I will do nothing of the sort. I trust you as well as I trust and support the decision the sorting hat correctly made to put you in Gryffindor. Had it found you unworthy I suppose you would be with the gross and undignified Slytherns planning a way to sabotage the Gryffindors in their next Quidditch match against Ravenclaw."
Remus' worry over the past problem instantly dissolved as he heard about the new one. "We have got to tell James about this! That's terrible, and we've got to stop th.." Remus was shushed as Kendra reached over the cauldron and placed a finger against his lips.
"Shhh, if you are noisy you will wake the entire house. Now I'll have you know I've already dealt with the Slytherns and they will find a nasty surprise awaiting them the morning of the match." Remus' eyes glowed in surprise.
"Tell me more of this… surprise." He grinned evilly and she returned it.
"I'm afraid you will have to wait till the match to see. It will most definitely be worth it I assure you. Now, as I was saying earlier, I believe you know the full moon I am waiting for."
Remus reluctantly stopped his grinning after being reminded of the moon.
"Of course, the blue moon, which happens only when two full moons happen in the same month. By the way, what allowed you the knowledge of my… status, shall we say?"
"Absence on full moons only. The reluctance of touching the silverware. And then the guilt in your eyes when Dumbledore had it exchanged for gold. You're excelling in Astronomy. Your lack of girlfriends, even though I have to say you are seemingly always surrounded by girls that like you."
Remus smirked at the last comment. "Yeah right, why would girls like the creepy bookworm boy, when they can have star athlete James, or godly looking Sirus? Just look at my hair. At the rate it grows, I end up having to trim it monthly. Please, the experience isn't making it better, only worse looking each time."
"If it's truly your hair you dislike, once a month I can stay up and cut it for you." Remus spun around from where he had started pacing to look at her to see if she was kidding.
An hour later Remus was staring wide-eyed into the mirror Kendra had conjured. His hair was still shaggy, but less wild looking more playful with some of his bangs falling into his eyes. It didn't even make him look pretty-boy, like that Hufflepuff who was constantly brushing his hair with a comb between classes. An hour ago Remus would have given anything to look like that kid, but now…
He was smiling widely and kissed a shocked Kendra on the cheek as he nearly skipped to bed. Earlier he would never have guessed he was capable of everything that had happened since. He had someone not frightened of him and able to keep his secrets. He had discovered that perhaps there were girls who looked at him with like. He had been informed of a prank to be played on his current arch rivals. His untamable hair had been… tamed. Yet the one thing truly on his mind was Kendra.
He fell asleep the instant he touched his bed.
***-
"Just look at him James. I mean his hair wasn't like that when we went to bed was it? And why the heck is he smiling?"
Oooh waana know what comes next. THEN REVIEW! Thanx for taking the time to read my story.
TigerWolf
Before the world came crashing down
Chapter 1
The room was cold and dark now. It had been hours since Sirus and James had fallen asleep. They both lay tied up extravagantly in their bed sheets. He couldn't help but smirk. He stepped noiselessly over Peter who lay sprawled out on the floor clutching a baby blanket to his pudgy chest. He sat on the open windowsill, which his bed was closest too. He peered at the waxing gibbous moon.
He had fought at the beginning of the year, with James and Sirus over who would own it this year. James had wanted it for moon lit rides on his broomstick, and Sirus wanted it so he could sneak out even easier to visit girl friends. James had laughed at this because his naturally good looks and subtle charm made James extremely popular. He, however, hid envy of both of them due to the fact that they were the two most sought after guys in though whole school. Even though they were all third years! With this he declared them both unsuitable and took the bed as his own. He would never have to worry about having a girl, but wouldn't it be nice to have someone to hold close and call his own. Even tell his secrets to. Forget it Remus, You're a Werewolf. You can't even tell your friends in case they decide you're a freak and hate you.
Remus' warm gray eyes were slowly changing to a light gold color, but no one had taken notice. He let a finger trace over his slightly sharper teeth, yet no one had noticed this either. His hair, oh how he wished he could have the unmanageable locks of James, or the perfect thick raven hair of Sirus. Heck even Peter's pale blond that contrasted so horribly with his always puffy pink skin and watered down blue eyes would be better, but no. Remus would find himself on nights so incredibly similar to this chopping away aimlessly at his ever-growing mane. The next morning Peter would of course make his Muggle Did-you-use-a-weed-wacker-to-do-that comment. Perhaps he would have it done on their next trip to town. No, he couldn't, for it would all be back by next month.
Wait- what was that? A soft humming sound was coming from the common room. Small things like his enlarged ability of hearing were the tiny gifts that came with the pain and torture of being a Werewolf. He once again stepped over Peter and headed for the dorm door. He opened it a creak and was surprised to see three girls. With tired circles under two of the threes eyes, they sat around a bubbling cauldron. He instantly recognized Lilly, the gorgeous red head with a fiery attitude and a sense of mischief and adventure that could only be met by James. How many times had she retaliated their pranks ten fold, never once getting caught? She sat now holding a cushion that she was sewing a dung-bomb into. Then there was Kassandra, sitting primly in shocking violet sleeping robes that matched her eyes, as she stroked her long silvery blond hair. She had struck the fancy of every boy in Hogwarts from the moment she had arrived. And the only one who looked awake, Kendra, sat humming and working the potion. As Remus watched her careful and prestigious movements he couldn't help but smile.
"You know, I think that I'll be off to bed now. Kendra, will the potion take you much longer?" Lily carefully set the cushion on a couch waiting for some unsuspecting 1st year, then climbed the stairs. Kendra only laughed looking deep into the cauldron.
"I as well must retire to my bed. Unfortunately not all of us can stay up all night and make killer grades in the morning." Kassandra stood allowing a smell of raspberry to fill the nearly empty room.
"Good night to you both, I will not know for quite some while how long this might take." Kendra whispered, then turned to the cauldron humming to herself once more. The girls shut the door behind them and blew out the candles. The room was only lit by the bubbling cauldron. Its reflection illuminated her face eerily, but Remus strangely felt that it added to her beauty. He had never mentioned his like for her over other girls to even his closest of friends. It was tucked away with his many other secrets.
"Good evening Remus," she whispered, never once glancing away from her work. He sighed, unable to under stand what gave her the knowledge of his presence. Taking her greeting as an invitation, he stepped forward into the dim common room. "Would you help me move this to the center of the room?" He knew very well she simply could have lifted it with a spell, but that was also a very dangerous move for the potion inside. He stepped closer helping her hoist it into the middle. She heaved a sigh and sat back wiping sweat from her brow.
"Now, what keeps you up at such an hour?" Her green eyes weren't near as eccentric as Lilly's but instead held a strong sense of power through knowledge. Currently they were filled with a warm curiosity and deep concern.
"Can't sleep," he muttered, "What is this?"
She laughed a laugh that would seem evil to anyone who had not known her better. She thought for a second before answering.
"A cure to diseases that are deemed incurable." Even by her faint whisper Remus could sense the excitement.
"But how does that work… I mean wouldn't people already know and use it then?"
"No, you see this potion Remus, must have it's final rare ingredient added on the stroke of midnight during a full moon. Unfortunately, the moon it is added upon is special. But being you, you must know what that special moon I'm talking about is."
Remus stared at her with a wild expression of curiosity in where she ever could have come up with that. He had been so incredibly careful to keep it a secret from everyone. He even lied monthly that he had to visit his mother, whom he pretended lay on deathbed at this very moment. She however had a calm knowing expression on her face. She glanced up at him from her tireless stirring of the potion.
"H-how do you know about m-my- well- it?" His eyes blazed into hers like a fire. "Who else knows? Did you tell Lilly or Kassandra?"
"Relax Remus, I know of it and only I know of it." She peered at him between adding a spoon full of pixie dust and crushing venomous snake fangs in her tiny tone bowl. "A guess tells me that neither Sirus nor James know of it either. I feel I don't even need to go into the untrustworthy Peter. Is my statement true?" Remus nodded.
"But aren't you afraid? Or are you never planning to speak to me again because I have now confirmed this truth?" Remus had a high anxiety in his voice as he questioned this.
"I will do nothing of the sort. I trust you as well as I trust and support the decision the sorting hat correctly made to put you in Gryffindor. Had it found you unworthy I suppose you would be with the gross and undignified Slytherns planning a way to sabotage the Gryffindors in their next Quidditch match against Ravenclaw."
Remus' worry over the past problem instantly dissolved as he heard about the new one. "We have got to tell James about this! That's terrible, and we've got to stop th.." Remus was shushed as Kendra reached over the cauldron and placed a finger against his lips.
"Shhh, if you are noisy you will wake the entire house. Now I'll have you know I've already dealt with the Slytherns and they will find a nasty surprise awaiting them the morning of the match." Remus' eyes glowed in surprise.
"Tell me more of this… surprise." He grinned evilly and she returned it.
"I'm afraid you will have to wait till the match to see. It will most definitely be worth it I assure you. Now, as I was saying earlier, I believe you know the full moon I am waiting for."
Remus reluctantly stopped his grinning after being reminded of the moon.
"Of course, the blue moon, which happens only when two full moons happen in the same month. By the way, what allowed you the knowledge of my… status, shall we say?"
"Absence on full moons only. The reluctance of touching the silverware. And then the guilt in your eyes when Dumbledore had it exchanged for gold. You're excelling in Astronomy. Your lack of girlfriends, even though I have to say you are seemingly always surrounded by girls that like you."
Remus smirked at the last comment. "Yeah right, why would girls like the creepy bookworm boy, when they can have star athlete James, or godly looking Sirus? Just look at my hair. At the rate it grows, I end up having to trim it monthly. Please, the experience isn't making it better, only worse looking each time."
"If it's truly your hair you dislike, once a month I can stay up and cut it for you." Remus spun around from where he had started pacing to look at her to see if she was kidding.
An hour later Remus was staring wide-eyed into the mirror Kendra had conjured. His hair was still shaggy, but less wild looking more playful with some of his bangs falling into his eyes. It didn't even make him look pretty-boy, like that Hufflepuff who was constantly brushing his hair with a comb between classes. An hour ago Remus would have given anything to look like that kid, but now…
He was smiling widely and kissed a shocked Kendra on the cheek as he nearly skipped to bed. Earlier he would never have guessed he was capable of everything that had happened since. He had someone not frightened of him and able to keep his secrets. He had discovered that perhaps there were girls who looked at him with like. He had been informed of a prank to be played on his current arch rivals. His untamable hair had been… tamed. Yet the one thing truly on his mind was Kendra.
He fell asleep the instant he touched his bed.
***-
"Just look at him James. I mean his hair wasn't like that when we went to bed was it? And why the heck is he smiling?"
Oooh waana know what comes next. THEN REVIEW! Thanx for taking the time to read my story.
TigerWolf