Let me give out a resounding ZOMG! It's been sooo long! I know. I'm sorry! But here is an update! *cheers all around*
Disclaimer: As per usual I own nothing aside from the plot
The night was warm as a calm breeze blew around the castle.
The moon shone down on the ground giving the world a ethereal glow.
Hermione sat in a window sill in the library, Remus was near by reading in a chair.
Neither was saying very much, the occasional comment and a comfortable silence.
The few days she spent at the burrow were gone in a flash. Molly tried to keep her so busy that it felt like almost no time had passed at all. Her days were filled with cleaning the burrow, helping in the garden and anything else Molly could think of.
Molly meant well, she had prescribed Hermione the same treatment she used herself when she was trying not to focus on something, stay busy.
All the tasks in the world won't help at night though, alone in her room Hermione was left to her thoughts. Would it hurt? Would she stay conscious? Would she still remember who she was? Of course she knew the answers to all these questions, but it's not the same as when you're researching for an essay. Now she was going to experience it. Were the books true? There were already a few things not mentioned in anything she'd read before, what if there were also false facts?
Remus had been wonderful, answering all her questions and being fully truthful. There were still questions she was afraid to ask though. All in due time though.
"It's strange," she said quietly, "I've always felt some connection to the moon, to the night."
She was looking up into the night sky, the moonlight highlighting her newly amber eyes.
In a tank top and shorts she looked more like a teenager set for summer vacation. She had to wear these clothes because she accidentally ruined two shirts and a pair of pants with her strong sharp nails. One of a few side effects of 'the night before the full moon'.
Remus stayed silent as she spoke, understanding she walk half talking to him half herself.
"I remember being young, thinking how romantic stories of werewolves and vampires sounded. I'd hoped that maybe my destiny held something important, connected to the moon. Maybe I'd fall in love with a beautiful vampire, he'd change me and we'd dance by the moonlight forever and sleep by the daylight together. Or maybe I'd fall in love with a tortured werewolf. We'd run away and start a new life together because his pack leader didn't' trust me and my father thought he wasn't a nice boy.
Maybe I was really a Princess of people who loved and worshiped the moon. One day they would come retrieve me when I reached a certain age and reunite me with my family. My parents had to hide me with a nice couple because war or something horrible had made it too dangerous for them to keep me.
Maybe I would become a super hero, fighting by the light of the moon to keep people safe. All manner of stories were in my head, but none compare to this truth."
Remus stood to move beside her, planning his hand on her shoulder she said softly.
"We all have fantastic dreams when we are young. I as well loved the moon as a child. Maybe fate has it's own way of preparing those who are to be changed."
Hermione leaned into his touch and look up at him.
"Fate?" she asked. "Do you really believe such a thing?"
Her tone was honest, hopeful. Nothing was mocking or judgmental about it.
"Yes I do." He looked into her eyes with certainty.
"Is it so hard to believe? We do magic everyday. There is still so much we don't understand. Fate, to me, is far simpler to understand then magic."
Moving his hand to her cheek he continued. "What else could have brought us together?" love in his eyes.
"You and I were destined to meet. From the moment you were born, as was I" Siren said. "I could feel people becoming werewolves all around me, but I didn't feel the need to join with any of them. I was waiting."
"Waiting?" Hermione asked out loud without realizing it.
"Yes. I was so lonely, but none of them felt right. Once you were bitten I knew right away. I felt a joy and call so strong! It also hurt me to know your pain. The moment I entered your mind I knew I found my match. I was waiting for you!" she answered.
"Siren believes in fate too." Hermione relayed. "She says we were born at the same time and she was waiting for me. I guess maybe I always knew as well, I always felt like something was missing."
Remus smiled "Moony has often said that I was that only human he could bond with. When I was bitten he said it was no choice as to whether he should enter my mind."
The two sat and talked some more as the night went on until neither could stay awake much longer.
"I have something to give you. It'll help while you sleep." Remus said as they both were making either way to their Hogwarts apartment.
"I have it in my room. I'll be just a moment."
Entering the apartment Hermione waited in the living area as Remus went to his room.
Coming out he had a small package that he then handed to her.
Weighing it in her hand it wasn't very heavy at all. Opening the folded brown paper she saw a pair of new dragon hide gloves.
"It may be a little uncomfortable, but if you wear them while you sleep it should spare your sheets and pillows from being shredded." He said.
"Thank you Remus. They're wonderful." Hermione smiled at him. Who else would have thought of such a gift? Part of the reason she stayed up so late was because she worried for her bed sheets and anything else she might claw at in her sleep. What if she got an itch somewhere?
"I'll sleep much better with one less thing on my mind." She hugged him.
There they stood content in each others arms. For a brief moment both were able to forget everything else and just enjoy the feeling of being loved.
Finally they broke apart and went to their separate rooms.
There we go! an update! oh the joyous update! Please.... don't throw tomatoes at me! I know it took a while!
