Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize. The actual plot is mine though.


Laughter pierced through the peaceful atmosphere surrounding a quaint, small park. Through the delicate, red and gold leaves of large oak and maple trees, a gentle swish of wind came in graceful rolls. Five children ran around aimlessly, shouting to one another with incoherent shrieks.

A redheaded little girl ran as fast as she could away from a light brown haired boy, occasionally throwing nasty looks over her shoulder to him. Sometimes, when she felt incredibly daring, she would even stick her tongue out at him. This only caused the boy to hurry his pace.

Suddenly, the boy caught up with the redhead and managed to trip her. She fell flat on her face. The boy laughed loudly, pointing at her. He said triumphantly through his giggles, "I got you, I got you!"

The little girl turned over, her small face scrunched up into an angry scowl. "That wasn't nice, Remus!"

"It wasn't nice to put mud in my hair, either, Lily!" the boy shouted back, pointing to a clump of hardening mud safely tucked away between locks of his hair.

The three other children stopped their running and laughing to watch the fight, but not before one of the boys with longer, wavy dark hair placed a beetle inside the clothing of a plumper boy.

The redhead raised herself to her feet and stomped her foot, "You told mummy I had the last of the grapes! You're a snitch!" She reached out her hand and pinched Remus in the arm. Remus yelped, reached his hand out, and flicked her nose.

Lily screeched, "I don't like it when you do that! Stop it!" She pinched him again.

A little boy with incredibly large glasses stepped between the two. "Come on, lads. You don't want your mummy to get mad at you again, yes?"

"Yeah," chimed in the plump boy, "Remember last time."

"It wasn't my fault last time!" Remus and Lily both cried out at the same time, glaring daggers at each other.

They both pushed the boy with glasses out of the way and started to pinch and flick each other once more.

"You're a meanie, Remus!" screamed Lily, tears coming to her eyes.

Remus stuck out his tongue and then said, "Well...you're a...a sissy!"

The three onlookers gasped simultaneously. Lily's lower lip started to tremble and more tears filled her green eyes. Remus only glared at his sister. Lily sniffled and ran wordlessly into the forest behind her. Remus, with his hands in tight, small fists, stomped off in the other direction.

The other three turned to look at one another, shrugging. They were well use to the twins' fighting. The boy with long, wavy hair went into the same forest to try and find Lily while the plump boy and the boy with incredibly large glasses walked over to Remus.


Sometime later, the beautiful, sunny weather turned grim. Thick, grey, textured clouds painted the sky gloomy. Cracks of lightning and thunder filled pedestrians' eyes and ears alike.

Muddy footprints trailed along a forestry path. The owner of said footprints jumped as another flash and crack of thunder and lightning occurred right before he took another step into the mucky ground. Remus wiped his hair out of his face, feeling numerous raindrops starting to fall on him.

"Lily!" he called out, "Come on, mum says we have to leave." He paused, hearing no answer and then shouted again, "Lily! I'm sorry I said you were a sissy! Please come out!" Again, Remus heard no answer. No unusual movements other than the tree branches flailing around caught his eye. He saw no sign of his twin sister...


"Mum, I can't find Lily," Remus cried out, running towards an older woman, man, and the three other little boys all underneath umbrellas. Remus shivered and rushed under the one his dad was holding. Tears were flooding his eyes and his lower lip trembled as he stared up at his parents.

The older woman snapped her head around to look at her son. Her eyes were full of worry. "Where was she last, Remus?" she asked urgently. There had recently been various amounts of criminal activity around this area...

Remus exchanged looks with the three other boys and finally after a few minutes replied, "S-she ran off into that forest." Remus pointed to the direction he just came out of.

"I'll go take a look," the older man said, handing the umbrella to Remus, staring into the forest with determination. He walked off into the drizzle, raising the collar of his robes to shield his face from the wind and rain.

The older woman heard Remus sniffle suddenly and looked down at him, her eyes filled with worry and compassion. She placed and finger underneath his jawbone and said softly, "Chin up, Remus. You're father will find Lily soon enough. Not to worry."

Remus sniffled and nodded. He turned his gaze to the forest, praying his mother was right. Suddenly, a dark figure appeared on the outskirts of the forest, looking straight at Remus. Remus stepped forward, his head tilted curiously at the figure. He took another step...

The figure's mouth started to form words...

"She is mine..."

"NO!!!" Fifteen year old Remus Lupin jerked awake, eyes flying open. He jerked into a sitting position, gasping for air and suddenly very aware that he was covered in a cold sweat. Sounds coming from outside his bed curtains filled his ears and everything came rushing back to him.

He wasn't seven years old anymore, and he wasn't standing in the pouring rain in that dreaded park. He was fifteen years old; he went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, like he had for the past five years.

He placed his face into his hands, willing himself to stay calm. Why did these dreams, well nightmares actually, keeping filling his mind? That happened over eight years ago, but he remembered the incident so well it seemed like it only happened yesterday.

"Remus?" a sleepy voice broke through his thoughts.

"Was that you who screamed?" another slurring voice chimed in.

Remus pulled back his curtains and looked at his roommates. He wondered if they had the same nightmares from time to time...after all, they were there when it happened.

"Yeah, sorry mates. Bad dream," he explained shakily. He paused, lost in his own thoughts. "Go back to sleep." With that, he let the curtain fall back into place and he settled back into his bed, praying to God that he wouldn't have another dream with his missing, redheaded, twin sister in it.


A/N- Hey everyone! I've decided to start on the first of five new stories. Don't worry to all my Is It Really You? and Hope Amidst....readers, because I'll still be working on them as well.

Well, anyway, i please /i tell me in a review what you think of this so far. No flames, but constructive criticism if needed.