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CHAPTER 7
Where the Wild Fern Grows
Remus was standing near a lake. He had never seen this place before. There was a beautiful stream that formed into a little waterfall on the other side of the lake. He was sitting in a meadow that was full of wild flowers. There was a tree that sat on a small hill just above the lake. He decided to take shelter under the tree as the sun had been shinning very brightly. It was the perfect place. The colors of the flowers, grass, trees, water and the sky blended to make a rich tapestry of colors. Any painter would drool to see this sight, he thought to himself.
He sat down in the curve of the tree as the roots made a kind of seat. He was relaxing and taking in the scenery when he realized that he should not be here. "Where am I?" he wondered aloud.
"My shelter." Replied a quiet voice from behind him, it was Brenda. "I come here when I am upset or need to relax. It is where I feel safest, well besides one other place but I felt that since you have no memory of us it would be inappropriate to show you that." She said with a sad smile. "So then shall we continue?"
"Yes please. What should I do?" Remus was a bit uncomfortable knowing that he was allowed in so private a place as this. It was where she felt safe. What really made him uncomfortable was the thought that where she truly felt safest had to do with him. He just wanted to return to the way things were. Perhaps after the wolf was returned he would remember this woman and things would be better again. Who knows?
"Stay where you are and I will do all the work. You must remember that what I am returning to you will not make you what you once were. I am not going to return the entire wolf. I do not care if you want it all. I would be unable to bear returning to you the parts that cause involuntary transformations and the "allergies" that come with being a werewolf." Seeing that Remus was going to protest she continued, "I cannot allow you to become a werewolf again, it is to dangerous. You will be able to change into the wolf whenever you want. You will retain your magnified senses and strength. Do not be upset. This is all I can give to you. Take it or leave it." Brenda turned and walked across the clearing.
"So I will be the same as before, but I will not have to go through the transformation on the full moon or worry about the known ways to harm a werewolf?" Remus asked quietly.
"Yes. Now no one will be able to harm you. The only way you can die is through beheading. You have the same protection you had as a wolf yet now there is even less of a chance that you will be harmed. You will be invaluable in any fight. Come here."
Remus walked over to where Brenda was standing. In the middle of the clearing there was a cage. Inside was his wolf. As Brenda stood over the cage she started to chant. Remus could not understand what she was saying but he could tell that whatever it was it was necessary.
The wolf was circling around the cage. It was not happy with its predicament. It began snarling at Brenda. Soon it looked like a mist was rising from the wolf. Brenda quickly attacked this mist and with one last howl it was gone. She then turned to Remus and said, "when I release this wolf you must go. It will find you quickly do not fear. Do not stay here."
Remus didn't know why but he nodded anyway. Brenda bent over the cage and flipped the handle. "Go!" she whispered urgently. Remus felt a strange tug in his chest and he allowed it to take him from this place. But not before he saw Brenda release the wolf, his wolf.
Dumbledore could do nothing. Remus had done it, he had asked for the wolf.
Madame Pompfery stared in horror as the young woman in front of her began to flail uncontrollably. "What do we do now professor? Is there nothing we can do?"
"I am afraid that we can only make her comfortable until she chooses to wake up. 'If' she chooses to wake up. What she is doing now is very painful to her." as he was speaking she calmed considerably, and began to chant. What she was saying they did not know but soon a mist appeared then with what sounded like a howl it disappeared. "She is releasing the wolf, returning it to Remus. But she is not returning it whole. That mist was some part of the wolf that she has banished to death."
A lone wolf appeared in the air above Brenda. It looked at the two standing near her and ran out of the room, towards the hospital wing, where it would return to its master.
Brenda stared after the vanishing wolf. It would do no good to wish now. She was really hopping that he would remember her and what they meant to each other. Her shoulders slumped and she began to cry. Her heart was breaking and there was nothing she could have done to prepare for the feeling. Sure she had loved other people but when they left it was nothing like this. 'If I listen hard enough I think I can hear the actual shattering of my soul,' she thought dismally.
Brenda sank to the ground as her body began racking with sobs. What Remus had asked her to do would probably take her life. 'Oh well, no point in living without love,' she thought.
"Now that is no way to think of things. I am sure that the git will realize what he has done and come crawling back to you before you can say 'I want diamonds'" said a familiar voice from behind her. She knew that man, the one that she had just met what was his name again? Jack? Jerry? James? Yes that was it James.
"And how would you know this, James?" she asked.
"I told you that oaf is my friend. At least he was when I was alive. Don't worry though Lily will be here soon to help you. I am not really the romantic type when it comes to my friends. Always did feel uncomfortable meddling in their love lives." James said with a smile. Brenda sniffed and he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Where is Lily then? I want to talk to someone that can help."
"Ah, well you see she kinda went to go check up on our son." James said nervously. "Please don't be upset cause technically we are supposed to be with you always but you see Harry, my son, is going through this real difficult time right now. He has a lot to deal with. She should be here any minute though."
Right on queue Lily appeared next to the two in the meadow. She wore a worried expression that did not go unnoticed by James or Brenda.
"What is it? What else is wrong?" Brenda asked carefully.
"It's Harry. He needs help. He needs someone to help him. My stupid sister and her family are not helping him at all and I think that if no one intervenes quickly he will loose hope. Could you, I mean do you think you could help him?" Lily asked with tears in her eyes and a hopeful expression on her face.
"What can I do? I don't even know the boy. Hell I don't even know where I am at, let alone how to get to him. Plus how would I help him?" Brenda asked. She wasn't opposed to helping the boy. She knew what it was like to give up hope. Heck maybe if she could help him he could help her.
"Dumbledore will know. Right now you need to wake up or else you won't be able to ever again." James said in a sad voice. He looked at his wife and nodded. "Brenda you are our only connection to our old life, the only one that can help him and let him know that we are here for him. Please say you will do it." James pleaded and Lily cried.
"Sure why not. All I have to do is tell Dumbledore that two dead people want me to go and help their son. That will be easy. Harry Potter right? Okay I will try. But you must help me with Remus when this is all over, promise?" James nodded and Brenda hugged both of her guardians. She turned and walked to the lake and jumped in to face her fate.
A/N: Well what do you thing? Review and let me know. Hope that it meets to your standards. I am still not sure when I can update cause of the whole being away from home thing but hey I am trying.
CHAPTER 7
Where the Wild Fern Grows
Remus was standing near a lake. He had never seen this place before. There was a beautiful stream that formed into a little waterfall on the other side of the lake. He was sitting in a meadow that was full of wild flowers. There was a tree that sat on a small hill just above the lake. He decided to take shelter under the tree as the sun had been shinning very brightly. It was the perfect place. The colors of the flowers, grass, trees, water and the sky blended to make a rich tapestry of colors. Any painter would drool to see this sight, he thought to himself.
He sat down in the curve of the tree as the roots made a kind of seat. He was relaxing and taking in the scenery when he realized that he should not be here. "Where am I?" he wondered aloud.
"My shelter." Replied a quiet voice from behind him, it was Brenda. "I come here when I am upset or need to relax. It is where I feel safest, well besides one other place but I felt that since you have no memory of us it would be inappropriate to show you that." She said with a sad smile. "So then shall we continue?"
"Yes please. What should I do?" Remus was a bit uncomfortable knowing that he was allowed in so private a place as this. It was where she felt safe. What really made him uncomfortable was the thought that where she truly felt safest had to do with him. He just wanted to return to the way things were. Perhaps after the wolf was returned he would remember this woman and things would be better again. Who knows?
"Stay where you are and I will do all the work. You must remember that what I am returning to you will not make you what you once were. I am not going to return the entire wolf. I do not care if you want it all. I would be unable to bear returning to you the parts that cause involuntary transformations and the "allergies" that come with being a werewolf." Seeing that Remus was going to protest she continued, "I cannot allow you to become a werewolf again, it is to dangerous. You will be able to change into the wolf whenever you want. You will retain your magnified senses and strength. Do not be upset. This is all I can give to you. Take it or leave it." Brenda turned and walked across the clearing.
"So I will be the same as before, but I will not have to go through the transformation on the full moon or worry about the known ways to harm a werewolf?" Remus asked quietly.
"Yes. Now no one will be able to harm you. The only way you can die is through beheading. You have the same protection you had as a wolf yet now there is even less of a chance that you will be harmed. You will be invaluable in any fight. Come here."
Remus walked over to where Brenda was standing. In the middle of the clearing there was a cage. Inside was his wolf. As Brenda stood over the cage she started to chant. Remus could not understand what she was saying but he could tell that whatever it was it was necessary.
The wolf was circling around the cage. It was not happy with its predicament. It began snarling at Brenda. Soon it looked like a mist was rising from the wolf. Brenda quickly attacked this mist and with one last howl it was gone. She then turned to Remus and said, "when I release this wolf you must go. It will find you quickly do not fear. Do not stay here."
Remus didn't know why but he nodded anyway. Brenda bent over the cage and flipped the handle. "Go!" she whispered urgently. Remus felt a strange tug in his chest and he allowed it to take him from this place. But not before he saw Brenda release the wolf, his wolf.
Dumbledore could do nothing. Remus had done it, he had asked for the wolf.
Madame Pompfery stared in horror as the young woman in front of her began to flail uncontrollably. "What do we do now professor? Is there nothing we can do?"
"I am afraid that we can only make her comfortable until she chooses to wake up. 'If' she chooses to wake up. What she is doing now is very painful to her." as he was speaking she calmed considerably, and began to chant. What she was saying they did not know but soon a mist appeared then with what sounded like a howl it disappeared. "She is releasing the wolf, returning it to Remus. But she is not returning it whole. That mist was some part of the wolf that she has banished to death."
A lone wolf appeared in the air above Brenda. It looked at the two standing near her and ran out of the room, towards the hospital wing, where it would return to its master.
Brenda stared after the vanishing wolf. It would do no good to wish now. She was really hopping that he would remember her and what they meant to each other. Her shoulders slumped and she began to cry. Her heart was breaking and there was nothing she could have done to prepare for the feeling. Sure she had loved other people but when they left it was nothing like this. 'If I listen hard enough I think I can hear the actual shattering of my soul,' she thought dismally.
Brenda sank to the ground as her body began racking with sobs. What Remus had asked her to do would probably take her life. 'Oh well, no point in living without love,' she thought.
"Now that is no way to think of things. I am sure that the git will realize what he has done and come crawling back to you before you can say 'I want diamonds'" said a familiar voice from behind her. She knew that man, the one that she had just met what was his name again? Jack? Jerry? James? Yes that was it James.
"And how would you know this, James?" she asked.
"I told you that oaf is my friend. At least he was when I was alive. Don't worry though Lily will be here soon to help you. I am not really the romantic type when it comes to my friends. Always did feel uncomfortable meddling in their love lives." James said with a smile. Brenda sniffed and he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Where is Lily then? I want to talk to someone that can help."
"Ah, well you see she kinda went to go check up on our son." James said nervously. "Please don't be upset cause technically we are supposed to be with you always but you see Harry, my son, is going through this real difficult time right now. He has a lot to deal with. She should be here any minute though."
Right on queue Lily appeared next to the two in the meadow. She wore a worried expression that did not go unnoticed by James or Brenda.
"What is it? What else is wrong?" Brenda asked carefully.
"It's Harry. He needs help. He needs someone to help him. My stupid sister and her family are not helping him at all and I think that if no one intervenes quickly he will loose hope. Could you, I mean do you think you could help him?" Lily asked with tears in her eyes and a hopeful expression on her face.
"What can I do? I don't even know the boy. Hell I don't even know where I am at, let alone how to get to him. Plus how would I help him?" Brenda asked. She wasn't opposed to helping the boy. She knew what it was like to give up hope. Heck maybe if she could help him he could help her.
"Dumbledore will know. Right now you need to wake up or else you won't be able to ever again." James said in a sad voice. He looked at his wife and nodded. "Brenda you are our only connection to our old life, the only one that can help him and let him know that we are here for him. Please say you will do it." James pleaded and Lily cried.
"Sure why not. All I have to do is tell Dumbledore that two dead people want me to go and help their son. That will be easy. Harry Potter right? Okay I will try. But you must help me with Remus when this is all over, promise?" James nodded and Brenda hugged both of her guardians. She turned and walked to the lake and jumped in to face her fate.
A/N: Well what do you thing? Review and let me know. Hope that it meets to your standards. I am still not sure when I can update cause of the whole being away from home thing but hey I am trying.
