They have been gone for five years, three months and seven hours and five minutes, thought Remus Lupin as he trudged along the weird metal things on the ground in an underground building the American magical community Representative called a subway tunnel. He also said that the one they wanted to use as an Envoy to the Wizarding world lived down here. 'Why would any respectable wizard or witch live here?' he thought.
He followed the directions that he was given, and stopped dead in his tracks when he came to the end of the tunnel and found himself staring at a creature that looked like a cheetah, but had bat-like wings. And was wearing a green and purple swimsuit looking thing, and it had what looked like arm guards on its wrists. He reached for his wand thinking this creature was meant to exterminate him as he was a werewolf.
The creature spoke with a feminine voice "who are you and what do you want with the residents of the Labyrinth?"
Remus' eyes widen at the voice, the creature sounded just like one of his mates, "Lily," the pain in his heart doubled as he thought of her kindness.
Rose suppressed a shudder of pain and saddens as she heard her sister's name. "How did you know Lily?"
"I knew her from school we were friends" Remus answers
Rose smirked, "Was this school of yours Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?"
Remus pulled out his wand and aimed it at the creature.
"Please, if I wanted to kill you, I would have already." Rose states, "I knew someone was coming, I just didn't think it was someone from my sister's past."
"I thought Lily's sister was in England" Remus states confused. "Forgive me, but I am Remus Lupin."
"Her eldest sister is. But she had another sister, who traveled to the US to study genetics." Rose replies, almost purring with enjoyment that she wasn't the same as before.
"Yes, I remember I think her name was Rosemary, Rosey, Rosalind" Remus states,
"Rosalie, mate." Rose states, before she hung her head like she was in mourning, "The young genius had such a traumatic incident happen to her, she refused humanity and came to live down here."
"I'm sorry to hear that I know how she feels" Remus states, "Can she accept company?"
"Oh yes, she can accept company, to be brutally honest, Rosalie is no longer human." Rose replies.
"May I go to see her we have much to talk about?" Remus asks
"You are talking to her, I am Rosalie." Rose answers, "I am not human anymore."
Remus stared at her and wonder what kind of curse did this to her?
" Mr. Lupin, I wasn't not cursed by your kind." Rose states, "I was 'cursed' by my own kind, I think the term my sister used for it was Muggle?"
"Really? How horrendous and I thought He Who Must Not Be Named was evil." Remus replies,
"Anyone can be good or evil, human or mutate." Rose reasons, "now follow me, we can speak of our current situation in my room." she took the long way to her room, using the stairs; she didn't know how he would take to be lifted up and flown up to the third level.
As Remus followed his guide, he noticed the small community that lives here and other creatures like Rose.
Once Rose was at her room, she pulled the patched curtain open and motioned for Remus to enter first.
Rose entered after Remus, only to have a blur attached itself to her leg,
Remus gasped as he recogized the messy black hair, the child peeked out from under Rose's protective wing, and the wizard saw the familiar eyes of Lily staring back at him.
The child stares at him with trepidation "Kitty Rose who that?"
Rose smiles gently at him "This is Remus a new person to the labyrinth" she ruffled his hair, "We're just gonna talk now why don't you go play with the other kids"
"Ok kitty, bye mister Remus" the child states then ran out of the room.
She waits till he leaves "ok so we both have questions so lets get started"
He looks at her a million things rushing by. "I don't even know where to start"
"How about I answer the most important question, you have running through your mind?" Rose asks, "Yes, that child was Harry Potter."
"But how I thought he disappeared after his parents died" Remus states,
"No, he was left on the doorstep of my sister the very night his parents died." Rose replies, suppressing a growl at the thought, "He was being abused by her and her husband."
"Well I'm glad he's away from them" Remus replies, his tone contained a growl as well.
Rose tilted her head, but didn't say anything about it. "Alright, I want to know how this wizard came to power and what is his deal?"
"Well that's gonna take some time to explain." Remus replies, "We'll start at the beginning and leave nothing out"
"I know, how about I find an empty room for you to use and give you a tour as we talk," Rose suggests, "You are welcome here in the Labyrinth."
"Firstly, no really that much to kind of you, you don't have to do that." Remus replies
"I insist." Rose replies, "You are one of my last links to my sister, you have more memories of her then I do,"
Seeing it Rose's way, Remus consented.
Remus and Rose took the tour and Remus explained about the Wizarding world in general and the rise of He Who Must Not Be Named. Rose interjected questions every now and then,
Remus looks at her and ask "Is Harry happy here?"
Rose waved over to the railing, "See for yourself,"
Remus peered over the railing and saw that Harry was playing a game of tag with some of the children, with a tiger like being creature playing with them.
"He can speak with snakes." Rose mutters, as she watches as well.
"What he's a Parselmouth but how?" Remus asks, "The only known speaker was He Who Must Not Be Named"
"So what does that mean for Harry?" Rose asks, she would hate to deny him, they're weekly trips to Central Park at night.
"That I don't know yet" Remus answers, with a worried look in his eyes.
"Well we'll deal with it as it comes" Rose states,
"That's all we can do." Remus agrees.
With that, Remus was introduced into the world of the Labyrinth. Remus ate with the Clan, he was introduced to Talon, Maggie and Claw.
Rose picked up Harry after dinner was over, and flew up to the third level and walked into a room near hers, where she laid him down on his pallet and he blinked sleepily.
"Sing?" Harry asks, as he snuggled into his bed.
"Hush now, quiet nowIt's time to lay your sleepy head
Hush now, quiet now
It's time to go to bed Driftin' (driftin') off to sleep. Exciting day behind you.
Driftin' (driftin') off to sleep.
Let the joy of dream land find you. Hush now. Quiet now. Lay your sleepy head.
Said hush now. Quiet now.
It's time to go to bed."
Rose finished singing, and kissed Harry's forehead. She backed out and went to rejoin the others. "That song, where did you hear it?" Remus asks "My mother used to sing it for Petunia, Lily and I when we were children." Rose answers "Lily used to sing it to Harry," Remus states
DarkPriestess66 says, I don't own the song, that belongs to My Little Pony
