Aly snarled and proceeded to chase after him. She followed him out of the Shrieking Shack and into Hogsmeade, where inhabitants were already quite used to such behavior. She chased him for miles: through the Forbidden Forest, and nearly to the Lake, where he paused and swiveled around to face her. His wolf form collapsed and turned human. He had not slept well the past week and had quickly used up whatever energy he had left. Overexerting onself was never to wise during the full moon especially if you want to be in class next week...Aly seized the oppurtunity and changed back as well. "Why stop now, Remy, old pal?" Remus could practically hear the madness dripping from every word. This was not healthy.
Aly stared at the palm of her hand while Remus readied himself. When Aly concentrated like that it could only mean one thing: FIRE! And sure enough within the next second a ball of roaring flame ignited on her palm. She licked her lips and threw it. Dead on it hit the target and Remus was coated in undying flame. He rolled into the Lake on the shore of which he was lying. But, having not had sufficient sleep and overexerting himself to escape Alyeska's earlier attempts at his murder, he found he lacked the energy to keep himself from drowning. He thrashed for a few seconds and then gave up entirely, sinking beneath the surface.
Suddenly, tears were flowing down Alyeska's cheek as she remembered the love they had shared. She realized she could not be without him. So she threw herself into the Lake and rescued his unmoving body. She performed mouth-to-mouth as best she knew how but it was no use, so she began pounding on his chest and rock hard abs. Soon life pumped back thorough his veins and he coughed up what appeared a great amount of water.
She threw herself upon him feeling such passion she could not contain it. "Remus! Thank the moon you're alive! I thought you were a goner." But she only recieved a blank expression.
"Remus...?"
"Thanks for saving me...but who..are you?"
"NO!" And she swore not to let him go...but if he could not remember, what hope could she ever have of forcefully drawing it from him...? Maybe they could start over...? No it would not be the same. The love they had shared that night was the most she could ever hope for...and it was gone. Even if they did start over... She wept.
Alternate Universe:
Remus did what any typical male would do. Run. Aly snarled as she chased after him, through wood and plain, across the Scottish countryside. A few miles went by and Remus was beginning to feel the pain of over exertion. He had not been sleeping enough the past week because of upcoming exams and the stress with Alyeska, and it was taking its toll. Alyeska was gaining on him, and seeing as how she was being driven by madness and pure adrenaline, she would keep up the pace until she died of exhaustion she never felt. He stopped at the base of a hill to catch his breath and faced the crazed monster Alyeska had become. He reached out telekinetically for her thought pattern and said, "Alyeska, control yourself. This isn't who you are. Become the girl I know you are." All he recieved was a dominant growl as she closed in on him.
Remus collapsed from exhaustion and slipped into human form. Communicating telepathically was difficult in human form, but in wolf form it was even harder and in his already weakened state, it pushed him to the edge. As consiousness slipped from his grasp, he saw Alyeska grin as a ball of fire appeared hovering in front of her nose.
(POV change)
Alyeska conjured the fireball and closed in on Remus's unconcious body. The murmurs of a stream nearby and crickets opposed the crazed scene happening before them. Alyeska threw the fireball, but just as it was about to make contact, a flood of memories invaded Alyeska's head. Sanity, along with the memories of her cozy nights with Remus and their first full moon together battled the monster within and conquered. At the last minute, Alyeska extinguised the fireball before it did more than singe off Remus's eyebrows. Running to his tired and worn out body, she cradled him in her arms.
"Oh, Remus! I almost killed you! I'm so sorry!" She stroked his light brown hair as she appraised the damage she had caused him that evening. She saw the many cuts and bruises Remus obtained running from her and tears welled into her eyes and fell freely onto his chest. The noises of her sobs and the cool drops of her tears revived Remus somewhat and he managed to murmur a weak, "Hey"
"Remy! You're alright! I thought for sure that... no, I don't even want to think about that. I'm soo sorry about how horrible I've been to you over the past couple weeks. I don't know, but I just couldn't remember anything about us. It was like... I don't know, someone wiped my memory or something." Alyeska broke down and cried tears of both joy and guilt as she buried her head in his hair.
Remus gave a faint smile and whispered, "Its alright, Aly. I'm alive, you're alive, and you remember." The last thing he said before unconciousness claimed them both was, "I love you."
Alyeska and Remus woke up two days later in the hospital wing. Headmaster Dumbledore stood at the foot of their neighboring beds. "That was quite a distance you traversed full moon night. Would you like to explain the details?" Alyeska and Remus glanced at each other and Remus said, "I'd rather spare you the gory details, but we basically figured out that Aly has a horrible memory. Thats why she always does so horribly on those written exams."
"Remy! You brat! If i wasn't tied down to this bed I'd punch you!" Aly chastized. The three broke into laughter. "Why am I tied up anyways? Remus isn't." Remus sat up and said, "Its so I can do this" and he pounced out of his bed, onto Aly's and ticked her tummy.
"Stop!" She said inbetween fits of giggles. "Remus thats not fair! Ahahaha!!" Alyeska finally managed to make him stop tickling her and grabbed him by his shirt front. Pulling him within an inch of herself, she said, "Cheater." And their lips met in a passionate kiss of lovers, who appreciate what they have all the more, for nearly loosing it.
Whee!! Aly and Remus forever!! Sorry if it sucks, Tyna and I wrote this at like... 2 in the morning sigh I'm still tired. I'm gonna go sleep now.
