A/n I feel no shame for the next few chapters. No shame. ;)

Chapter 6

The parent's past part 1

Remus

Heaven wasn't like everyone thought it would be. For Remus he thought he would be reunited with his best friends and person he truly loved but after see the dejected looks on James and Lily, he knew Sirius never made to heaven like they did. Sirius went through the veil and never to the other side. At first, he tried to be happy with Nymphadora in the afterlife watching over their son, but it wasn't even a week after the final battle that Harry disappeared with Teddy and not even they could find them. Everything went down hill from there.

Tonks knew that Remus never loved her, she wasn't his mate, just a close second, the one who him gave a child but his heart would always belong to his mate. The mate who was sent away for twelve years unjusticely, the mate who died before they could reestablish their bond, the mate who was not in heaven where he should have been. With Harry and Teddy gone, nothing really kept them together.

James and Lily also seem worried over the lack of activities from Harry but unless he learned to hide himself from even death, they were convinced he was fine for now. If no word came in the following weeks, then they'll panic.

Tonks would try to talk with Remus but even James could tell he wanted time alone. His mate was gone and now his Cubs are missing too.

After a while, they started to leave him alone, heaven didn't seem all that wonderful when he was feeling miserable without Sirius around. It wasn't long until Tonks finally gave up on her husband and left him to his own devices. So of course no one notice when he disappeared too, there was no trace of him anywhere and nobody could tell how long he had been gone, where he could have went, since heaven was a large place to begin with. They waited for what felt like days (time was irrelevant there) with no words that his friends decided to inform someone. Everyone in their sector, didn't feel like helping what they considered a half-breed, and the angels who guard them were no help as at all as they mention a someone higher up came and retrieved a soul fifteen mortal years ago.

In hell, time was sped up, while in heaven, time was slowed down.

James didn't care about that, he was worried for his friend, currently his only friend. Some higher entity had taken his friend who knows where.

While his friend where internally panicking, Remus was having an interesting conversation with the being who presides over life and death. Wasn't that a surprise, Life and Death were the same being, it seems that Chaos and Order are also the same being. Creation and Destruction too, but Destiny and Fate were separate beings. Though asked about Light and Darkness, all they had to say was "that's a can of worms better left unopen". In other words, they were the same being as well. Nothing good ever comes out when called upon by the First Beings of the Universe.

Although they have no true genders as their species does not conform to gender roles of the humans and apparently angels happen to be a subspecies of these beings and too don't conform to the same gender roles as humans and in all technicalities they gender less forms of light like substance, for the sake of this trial, they all had 'genders'.

Death, in deep male voice, spoke first.

"Remus John Lupin, birth; March 10th, 1960, death; May 2nd, 1998. Species: Lycan - werewolf; gender: male; Mate: Sirius Orion Black, birth; November 3rd, 1959, death; June 18th, 1996, mated on April 16, 1976. Married; wife; Nymphadora Lupin née Tonks, death; May 2nd, 1998, son; Edward Remus Lupin, birth; April 1st, 1998. You are hereby called upon the Counsel of Beginnings. As of today, by Earth time 23:59 July 30th, 1998, to review your life and if you are worthy to be sent to live another life with your family."

At some point Life's soft female voice rang out.

Fate and Destiny called out in Union just like the Weasley twins always did. One glance, and Remus already pinned them as powerful almighty female versions of the boys. He would not be wrong in that assumption.

"You are being given a choice... to stay where you are or... to be your family in new world. Unfortunately your magic will have to go with you. We are here to judge whether you deserve this chance or not but it is ultimately up you if you with to take it or not. We give the chance and you choose."

He has a headache. He's dead yet he feels as if it back to when taught those twins, one headache after another.

Chaos' sweet musical voice was heard as she spoke.

"Well said girls but next time don't give the souls those headaches, your work pains them."

"Sorry."

Neither 'girl' looked remotely apologetic, in fact they seem almost bored. Destruction rolled 'her' eyes at them as she shifted to her male form.

"Maybe if you girls can bring out his life memories we can actually start this." Creation smiled warmly at them.

Order scoffed. "Like you have anything better to but watch over your sons and daughters fail miserably at their jobs. One son's gone AWOL, another one has been poisoned by our dear sister Darkness, the eldest is planning to kill the poisoned one, the girl has gone insane in self solitude. Some of them down right cruel."

Life chastise Order.

"You jest! It can't be that bad!"

It's was Destruction turn to scoff.

"Dear sister have you been living under a rock or has Death not inform you yet. My children are far worst then that water down version Brother Order had given us. Much, much worst."

Chaos steered to conversation back to the matter on hand. Death simply ignored them all, his part was done for now. Remus on the other hand was confused by all this.

"We can talk about that later, we are in the middle of a case."

They all stopped their bickering and looked into the ball of light that the twin conjured up. A few minutes later they reappeared with contemplating looks. The twins spoke first.

"We stand by our Choice."

The others nodded, constantly shifting between forms. Order and Chaos seem to make their choice.

"We stand by our Choice."

Remus raised an eyebrow this. It seems that the twins made their decision that was the opposite of OC. CD was next.

"We stand by our Choice."

So it just what they say when a decision was made.

LD was the last to decide. They nodded once.

"We stand by our Choice."

Order huffed while his other half scowled. They were out voted.

Death approached the deceased werewolf.

"It's seem you get another chance at happiness. This new world has no magical communities like your old but natural born magic does exist but it's a rarity. Your mate has already been sent there for rebirth as well as your cubs." Death stared at him. "This is your chance to have everything you always wanted. We'll say this once don't screw this up."

Remus nodded, hope filling his eyes. He will see Sirius, Harry, and Teddy again. Sure it sounds like it'll be a long time before he will see them again but it'll be worth the wait. Remus chooses to be reborn, to be with his mate, his cubs, his pack. He had James, Lily, and Tonks but it didn't feel right without Sirius, Harry, and Teddy. They didn't come close to filling that chasm that his mate and cubs left behind. Between his pack and faux happiness with people he doesn't know anymore, he'll choose his pack anytime. No matter how broken and screwed up they were.

Death guided him out of the antechamber, slowly shifting to Life with every step. Her soft voice filling the quietness.

"Some things might feel the same as your old world but very much different. Don't really know what it'll be like for you since Death and Creation choose the Universe. In Our honest opinion, We hate this universe. Creation's children run rampant there and have little to no self restraints, they look down on other and believe they the most superior being and is currently in a civil war with one another. As along as you stay out of their way, they'll leave you and your family. Listen to Us and heed Our warning, your new life will not be easy, finding your mate will not be easy, you will have trials and tribulations to concur. Death is fair, We, Life, are not. This is where we must part, as Fate would say, 'good luck'."

Remus felt the familiar feeling of being sucked through the navel before it felt as if his head was bashed in. It was like his own soul was being torn apart and then sewn together again.

Then he only pain.

So much pain.

Then all of sudden there was a bright white light.

"It's a boy!"

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