The werewolf and the Scamander brothers walked to a small wizard diner at the end of the street. "You really don't need to do this you know," Remus said in a quiet voice. The full moon was drawing near, and he was feeling the effects of it. Teddy knew this of course.
"Daddy, they want to," Remus smiled at his son and sighed.
"We know Mr. Lupin, but you need this and I'm sure your son needs something to eat. You two did have a big day," Newt spoke up but did not meet anyone's eyes as he said this. Remus smiled and looked at the diner as they entered.
"Mr. Scamander and Mr. Scamander welcome and who's this?" a man asked as he looked at the werewolf and his son.
"Remus Lupin and this is my son Teddy," Remus told him as they walked to a table.
Dinner went by fast and quiet. Remus was starting to realize that the brothers don't talk much. Teddy was getting tired so was Remus. Bloody full moon. He thought as he looked at Teddy. At this point, he decided to get up now. "Well that was wonderful thank you, Ted what do we say?" the boy blinked and nodded.
"Thank you, sir's," Teddy said as he closed his eyes tiredly. Remus smiled fondly at his son and picked him up off his chair.
"Thank you again. Come Teddy let's see if Padfoot ended up here too," Teddy smiled as they walked out of the diner. Theseus looked at Newt with a weird look displayed on his face.
"He seemed nice," Theseus said making everything awkward. Newt hums and sighed.
"Yes, he did brother. I need to go. I'm late for something," Newt got off his chair and grabbed his case and made his way to the door only to be stopped by the voice in his head.
"Ha, it seems that young Mr. Scamander is running away again. Does your brother know that I'm in your head?" Newt shook his head and walked out the door. Leaving Theseus alone to his thoughts. Well until a big black dog came in looking nervous and scared. Theseus watched the dog as he walked around nervously
"Hello. come here I won't hurt you," he said to the dog who did not come to him. "Oh Merlin's beard how does Newt do it?" he asked himself. This made the dog smirk a little which was weird for a dog right? The dog barked and finally walked over to the war hero. The dog licked Theseus's hand and sat. "Where did you come from?" he asked. Then he rolled his eyes. "Great I'm turning into my brother," he said out loud. This made the dog smile again. "Well, I don't think they let dog's in here. So come on I'll take you to my brother he knows how to take care of animal's, not me," Theseus felt stupid talking to an animal, but there was no one else around so he was stuck with this dog. Theseus got off his chair and let the dog follow him out. "Newton? Oh now, where the hell did he go? Still talking to a dog," he sighed and walked away with the dog still following him. Theseus sighed again as he walked down the road.
Remus with Teddy asleep in his arms walked down the road in 1927 London. He still has to wrap his wolf mind around the fact that he is in a different time. What would Tonks say? "I hope we get home soon Ted," Remus said in a quiet voice. He then let out a shaky sigh as he looked up to the night sky. "The moon is not full yet Teddy, but I feel the pull of the wolf. I hate feeling like this," Remus said as he sat down on a nearby bench and put his arm on his son's back to comfort him. Soon The werewolf fell asleep also. Newt was walking when he saw Remus asleep on a bench. Slowly Newt walked closer to the sleeping werewolf. Newt knew that the full moon was going to rise in a few days. So he had to be careful in waking the werewolf. Newt cleared his throat.
"Mr. Lupin?" He asked the sleeping werewolf who opened his eyes and looked at Newt.
"Oh, hello again," Remus said in a quieter voice than before. He cleared his throat and smiled a little.
"Hello," was all Remus said before he sat up a little and smiled at his son.
"Do, um you what to sleep at my place. You know since your stuck here maybe for a while," Remus smiles at this and nodded.
"That would be wonderful thank you, but," he paused and took a deep breath. "The full moon, I, I'm a werewolf. I don't want to hurt you. I can't let you share my curse," Remus said with sadness in his voice. Newt nodded in understanding.
I know the risk but he seems nice and kind. I can't believe that this man is a werewolf and yet he stayed this nice. How can a man be nice and a monster at the same time? Newt hums at this thought as he watched Remus who looked up to the night sky with fear and anger in his eyes. Remus then stood up still holding Teddy in his arms. He smiled a little and said:
"Lead the way," Newt smiled a little as they started to walk to Newt's apartment.
"You have never bit anyone, have you?" Newt asked a little later. They were still walking and it was a long way to Newt's apartment. Remus shook his head and sighed.
"No, I will never, ever bite anyone. I think I tried to once," Remus said sadly as he stopped walking for a minute as the wolf howled in his head. Newt stopped walking and looked to Remus who shook his head and sighed.
"Wolf?" Newt asked as Remus started to walk again. Remus nodded.
"I can hear him. Howling inside my head," Remus said as the two fell quiet again. When they got to Newt's apartment. Remus sat down in a nearby chair making a noise. This did not wake Teddy though. Newt smiled at the two as he looked at them through the corner of his eye. Remus fell asleep a few minutes after. At this time Newt opened his case and went inside with a small smile on his face.
Theseus was in his apartment along with that dog that will not leave him alone. He sighed and went to his desk and started to work on paperwork that he had piled up over the week. He closed his eyes. He opened them to look at the dog who had fallen asleep. "Sleep. That sounds good, but I can't I need to finish this tonight, well at least I have a day off tomorrow," he said as he closed his eyes, then he let them open. However, he did not see the big black dog anymore. What he saw was a man waving. The man had black hair and grey eyes. He looked about the same age as Remus Lupin, but his eyes tell a different story. They looked older than the rest of him just like Remus's eyes. He looked wealthy judging by his robes, but where was the dog? This confused Theseus of course. The man smiled at him but it did not reach his eyes. What did this man go through? He thought as he looked at him. "Hello," Theseus said to the man who looked around a little nervously. Why is he nervous? Theseus sighed and stared at the man.
"Hello," he said back as he ran a hand through his long black hair. "Who are you?" He asked as he sat down in a chair. Theseus sighed: I'm not going to get any work done, am I? Theseus sighed again.
"Theseus and you are?" he asked turning his chair around so he can talk to the man more. The man sighed and cleared his throat. However, before he answered he looked around the room.
"Sirius, I did not catch your last name," Sirius said with a smile, "Mine is Black, but I don't need to say anything more," Sirius added still looking around the room. He seems to be shaking with nerves. Theseus raised an eyebrow and said:
"Scamander," Sirius's grey, haunted eyes grew wide.
"What? As in Newt Scamander?" Theseus nodded and said:
" Yes and you're a Black, wow," Sirius chuckled a little.
"Some family," Sirius muttered under his breath. Theseus looked at him with an arched eyebrow and rolled his eyes.
"There was a dog in here. What did you do to it?" Theseus demanded in a voice that reminded Sirius of the warden from Azkaban. Sirius froze and he started to shake like there was a Dementor in the room, but there was no chill whatsoever. "Mr. Black?" Sirius did not seem to listen for he was still lost in the memory of 12 years in hell. Sirius quickly turned into Padfoot to ease the memory. This shocked the war hero. "You're the dog," he asked as he stood up and walked to the big black dog and ran a hand through the dog's fur. "When did you become one?" he asked the dog who turned back into Sirius.
"5TH year at school. Along with two of my friends. One of them is not my friend anymore. The other one is dead. Well, they're both dead but he still lives in us. Remus and I," he looked up to the ceiling with tears in his eyes. "They never leave us. They will always be with us," he added as he looked at Theseus who also had tears forming in his eyes.
"I'm sorry," was all he said before he turned his chair around to get back to work. Sirius sighed and closed his eyes. He was asleep by the time Theseus offered him something to drink. The war hero smiled a small smile and went into his room leaving Sirius alone in the living room.