A/N: First chapter of December! Yes! hasn't missed anot update yet!
Voices: Yet being the key word.
Shut up! You *points to reader* enjoy the story.
Chapter 5
Is it ment to be?
Sam easily spotted Jasmine as his bus approached the stop. The driver scowled and grumbled under his breath as Sam walked out, Jasmine glared as the bus drove away.
"What a leech."
She was definitely making a statement.
"Here."
She passed him something. Something living, breathing and squirming in his hands. Looking down, he noted it was a brown puppy with big red bow.
"Her name is Little Lady Flora, I just call her either Lady or Flora."
Sam was so confused by this. He did enjoy holding the small little darling, but he didn't understand why he had her.
That is until he nearly fell tripping over a root. Jasmine was worse as she nearly brought both of them down. They steadied themselves then kept on moving. Sam was about to ask why they were walking through the woods when a large mansion came into view.
By Jasmine's clothes, he can guess she was well off, from what she said earlier, enough to pay her tuition and then some. But he would never have guessed that she had this much, the house (if he can even call it that) was bigger than anything he had ever since growing up, it even looked like it had a tower on the far side.
From what he could see, they were entering through the back gate. Jasmine keyed in some numbers into the automatic lock and opened the small gate door, letting them through.
"The front entrance is a mile from the bus stop, at least another mile to the front gate, a block to the house from there. Whenever I have to use that dreadful contraption, I just go this way. Easy? No, shorter time? Most definitely."
There's that accent again. one second she sounds southen, maybe texan, then completely foreign the next. British by her mannerism. It's completely baffling.
They walked along the edge of the house, leading themselves to the front door.
"Just a warning," Jasmine spoke softly, taking the puppy from his arms. "My father and little sister are home. My mother and uncle took my brothers into town. It's just a heads up, my father can be a little ... Intense."
He nodded.
Good to know.
They walked in, trying to not make a sound. They were about to make it pass the stairs when a voice called behind them.
"You must Sam!"
They turned sharply. Sam blinked.
He quickly assessed the layout. They're in front of the stairs, the first doorway was ahead of them, other than the front door, there was no he should be behind them.
"Papa!" Jasmine groan, her blue hair covering her face. "This is not the time!"
"This is the perfect time!"
Jasmine passed Little Flora to her father.
"Papa!"
Remus ignored her.
"I'm Remus, your father almost shot mah' brains out."
There's that southern Texan/ British accent mix again. Though there's no aristocratic touch that Jasmine has.
Sam blinked.
"You're the first whose said that to my face with a smile on his face!"
Sam immediately slapped his hand over his mouth.
That was not what he wanted to say.
Jasmine frowned at this. Her father on the other hand, just kept smiling.
"What's life without a little risk?"
Now this got Jasmine to narrow her eyes a little. Since when did papa try suppressing his accent? Her parents were up to something.
"A boring one!" Remus continued, seeing as neither teen were going to actually answer. "I'll bring some sandwiches up the library later!"
He opened up the large family portrait and stepped through the secret passage.
That could have gone better.
"This way Winchester."
Sam followed the bluenett.
Upon reaching the library, Sam fell in love.
The Library (because it deserves to be capitalize) was huge, that being an understatement to boot. Apparently, the tower that Sam saw from outside was the Library. Four floor filled with books to the brim. Large windows letting in sunlight, making the place looks bigger than it was. Sam would have expected a small study, overfill ed with book like Bobby's place, but this reminded Sam of a public library in a small but well populated town. From just one glance, some of these books could be older than his family tree, and they can be traced back to before the Jamestown settlements (he's checked).
He opened the first book Jasmine handed him.
"All around the world, there are stories and tales of fantastic, unbelievable, indescribable creatures, beings, and otherworldly phenomenon. What if I were to tell you that all of this true? That Creatures like dragons, horned or winged horses, Cerberus... Beings like elves, goblins, and faeries... Ghost, ghouls, vampires and Werewolves, are all in fact, very much, real? Because they are, and they live among us, hidden from the eyes of those who do not belive. Follow me on a journey, to find every last one of them... and to hear their side of this world we call home. For the Earth is as much their home as it is ours."
With that, Sam was hooked.
Not that he noticed the sign off on the introduction page.
"With much hope for a better tomorrow -HJP"
Over the next few months, Sam and Jasmine sort of clicked into a routine. It was awkward and full of tension at first, especially with her parents make snide remarks when they're in same with the teen's, making them flush and fluster, and frustrating Jasmine to no end. Still, the two were able to relax enough to find common ground.
Which was a lot by the way.
It started some weird yet endearing friendship of sorts. Hard to tell with those two as one second they would be one book together, very closely, it would almost seem like they were snuggling for warmth on the colder day, then they would be ignoring eachother as if the cuddle fest never happened. They would steal glances at one another, fleeting touches, secret smile behind once the other's back is turn. It got progressively worse after what the duo call, The Christmas Kidnapping.
Sam has yet to tell his college friends that year. They knew he was seeing a girl regularly, so they just assumed he was with her. They're not wrong but situation is hard to explain if there were no prior knowledge about the Supernatural.
Jasmine regarded Sam more friendly and opened up to him more but was still completely ignoring the instant attraction they have for one another. Her parents KNOW she isn't that ignorant about it but was choosing to avoiding it at all cost. Her parents seem to delvop some form of twitch when it becomes more blatantly more obvious that she was purposely trying keep the interactions nothing more than a simple acquaintance. Not realizing that from the first moment they met, it was never going just 'a simple acquaintance' like she thought, it was something more, fate altering more. Anybody who can feel the real magic of the very earth can feel it.
Remus and James would roll their eyes, while Dorea would give her fond smile with a glaze look as if remembering something from long ago. The kids would snicker at their delusional sister.
Speaking of the family.
The first time he met any of them had been isolated occasions.
Lily
It was only an hour into Sam visit when a little girl who look a little like Jasmine but more Remus with her hair and eye colors, had walked into the library and stop by his chosen chair and stared at him. Nothing else, just stared.
He turned to Jasmine with a question on his face.
She was no help as she smiled amusingly at the scene and hid behind a book on Fae culture. Not even trying to muffle her snickering.
He faced the seven year old again.
"Um... Hello?"
Her nose wrinkled cutely in thought.
"You sound funny."
She has that same accent mix like Jasmine but with a childish pitch, instead of the older one from the young adult that Jasmine is.
He shrugged off her comment. It was just that a comment.
Jasmine didn't intervene at this point. It looked like she wanted to.
Lily smiled.
"I'm Lily! My daddy said I wouldn't be here if your daddy wasn't attacked by a werewolf!"
"Lily!"
"What? You know it's true Sissy! It like what happened to Amy's mommy!"
Jasmine gave Sam a tight smile.
"Sorry about her."
She yanked not so softly on Lily's arm and practically dragged her out.
"Don't say things like that Lily, it's not nice!"
"But you and cousin Drake say stuff like that all the time!"
Jasmine growled softly under her breathe.
"And how many times do we tell you not to repeat anything we say?"
"All the time..."
"Excatly."
"But-"
"Get out Lily! We're studying!"
Jasmine slam the doors on her sister before Sam a shy smile.
"Hey, at least she wasn't my brothers."
Remus never did show up with snack like he promise which prompted them to venture out to the kitchen.
Twin #1 Jamie
Jasmine grumbled as she made her way to the doors. Sam can barely catch what she was muttering about. This whole experience had been baffling.
"Get up."
Sam blinked at her.
"What?"
She huffed out a sigh.
"I'm hungry and if I know my father, he's either hold up doing... Whatever he does in his free time or actually forgot he promise to bring us snacks."
She had a thoughtful look as she discreetly glance at the clock.
"The others are probably back or about to arrive. We get our food quickly."
He would have asked but clearly Jasmine wasn't going to let him out of her sights.
They headed down the hall where Jasmine looked over and inspected the next hallway. she made a motion to follow. Well, he would have if someone didn't tap his side.
It took all his training not to jump.
He faced a boy around ten or eleven years old with wild black hair and grey eyes. He glared at Sam with narrow eyes. He made an "I'm watching you gesture" before backing away and opening a hidden door and walking through.
"That one is Jamie."
Sam jumped and faced an impatient Jasmine.
"Come."
Like a trained dog, he followed.
Meeting Siri the next week was just like meeting his twin except he actually spoke.
"Wow! You're tall!"
Sam looked at the Jamie doppelganger, the only difference being the round glasses.
"I'm Sirius! That's my name too!"
He flashed a winning smile. Turning away from him, he left the library.
"Sissy will hurt-"
"GET OUT SIRIUS!"
He was interrupted by Jasmine throwing a couch pillow at the pre-teen.
"My gods! What part of my space do they not understand?" She muttered under her breathe.
Although, Mrs Lupin had scared him on their first meeting. She came in the Library when Jasmine stepped out to feed her pets sat down across from him. She didn't say a word, stared, and wrote things down and left.
Even today, after months of spending time with Jasmine, her mother hasn't said a word.
Sam shook his head to rid those thoughts.
He nicked a random book from Jasmine's discarded pile. He frowned, The Beings of Beginnings, didn't look like it was one of normal tomes. In fact it looked like a normal children book but he also sees Jasmine reading this, along with The tale of the three Brothers. She seems to like those books despite calling them fables herself.
Curious, he turned to the first page.
"NO!"
Jasmine tried to yank the book but it didn't go the way she wanted as he pulled back in shock making her to collapse on top of him.
With wide eyes, the book glowed, slipping them into oblivion.
Just to clear up a few things that happens next chapter. There is a spell on that book that allows two destined souls to view memoris of certain people. Or in their case, Remus and Dorea (a female Sirius), also someone asked for a family tree so here's Dorea's (femsiri)
Parents- Orion "Ryan" and Walburga "Wanda" Black
Sibling(s)- Regulus "Reggie" Black
Cousins- Andy Tonks née Black, Bella Black, Cessie Black
Other family- Dora Tonks, Drake Black
Dorea's parents aren't related in any other way than being married. "Wanda" is this universe version of Sirius' mother... She's nothing like in canon... So she not crazy, but is strict with her two children.
Now Remus' family tree.
Parents- Lyall and Hope Lupin
Sibling(s)- Faith Lupin
Because Remus wasn't bitten and turned into a werewolf, Lyall and Hope thought to have another child. Faith is completely my own character and doesn't really have anything to do in the story other than give Remus a big headache.
I hope this satisfy some of you.
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Ja-ne! ~Niji