Underlined italics are the Other's voice in Lupin's head (inside thoughts of Lupin are just italics.
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Lupin's eyes were a raging storm of silver and blue, each trying desperately to gain the upper hand, to gain control. His own body sat frozen by the window, unable to move until dominance was asserted. To say he wasn't terrified would be an understatement, this had never happened before and he was afraid what would come about if he would lose the battle of his own mind.
"She killed my brother, your brother! How can we just let her live? She deserves death! Let me rip her apart, piece by piece…you have done it to your enemies before!"
Lupin shivered, the powerful unearthly voice coursed angrily through his mind, burning him with truth, "I don't do that anymore! I can't! You don't know what I was like, I would never forgive myself!"
"You are a weak human fool! If we kill her now no one would care, they will hail you as a hero."
"No!" Lupin screamed in his mind, how could it say such things, it had never said such things before, "You are letting your anger and your misplaced grief overrule your judgment! We need to end the curse first; we need to get everyone back home."
The 'Other' growled menacingly, Lupin could sense its hackles rise, "Do you forget what she has done? She murdered our –"
"Yes she did, but I saved him remember? Our brother still lives! Don't forget –"
"If you can not see what needs to be done, then you are not of my brethren!"
Lupin gulped in fear, no they couldn't fall apart now, "Don't! We need each other, you know what happens if you rip me apart. We'd die!"
It growled again, sharp dagger like claws imbedded themselves in his mind, "I know that! Don't forget that I saved you as well. We. Are. Not. Finished."
With those last words, the claws shredded his mind in a painful array of pieces. Lupin screamed.
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A blood curdling scream ripped through the quite dwelling, awakening the two women that sought sanctuary in its walls.
Emma was the first to find Lupin clutching his head, twitching uncontrollably on Mary's living room carpet. She quickly set her gun down on a side table and ran to the boy, "Lupin?" her voice cracked with worry, "Lupin!"
The boy began to whimper in pain, his knuckles turning white.
"What happened?" Mary came to Emma's side, trying desperately to discern what she could do to help.
Emma's eyes filled with fear, she didn't know, she didn't know how she could help the only thing that still connected her to Graham, "I don't know."
"Lady Emma?" a broken whisper escaped the boy's clenched teeth.
"Lupin! What's wrong, why did you scream?"
The boy smiled weakly, a smile only seen on a man condemned to die, "I just had a nightmare, I'm sorry I woke you." His blue eyes rolled back into his head and Lupin gave into unconsciousness.
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Cordis awoke Henry with a near undetectable whine, his eyes twitched as he was still in the throws of a disturbing dream.
Henry's voice was thick in sleepiness, "Cordis? Hey Cordis, wake up buddy."
The dark wolf slowly opened his eyes, Henry gasped. Those grey-blue eyes looked exactly like Graham's where; haunted and confused. But no, that was impossible, Graham was gone, he went to the funeral. Henry eyed Cordis again and slowly started to scratch his ears, but didn't Cordis show up only a day later?
No. That would be impossible, Graham was a human being, he couldn't be turned into a wolf. There was no magic in this world, at least none that could do that. Right?
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Mary sighed despondently as she stared down at the peaceful sleeping face that she had welcomed into her home only yesterday. She pushed his messy black hair away from his face, he looked so relaxed. And to think, he was screaming as if some one had ripped out his very heart only three hours ago.
"I'll come back and check on him throughout the day," Emma walked toward her, finishing the coffee still in her hand.
The dark haired woman smiled tiredly, good, she didn't want the boy to think he was alone in whatever he was going through, "Well good luck in your search for Catherine, I'll see if I can leave school early and help out."
Emma smiled in thanks, what did she ever do to gain such a wonderful friend, it felt almost as if she were family, "You don't need to do that Mary."
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Lupin awoke in a strange room, inside… when was the last time he actually slept indoors? To long, he decide, the quilts were nice. And the couch! It felt like he was sleeping on a cloud… or maybe he was hallucinating, again. He pinched his arm, nope, it was real.
As he stood up all the events of the last day rushed back into his mind. Lupin staggered and fell back on the couch, this was bad. Not only had he made the 'Other' extremely pissed, but he probably made Regina suspicious, not to mention that fiasco with Snow Wh – no, her name was Mary, and Emma. They probably thought he was insane.
The delectable smell of chocolate tantalized his nose before he could fall into a pit of deeper despair. Lupin rose from the couch to find its source.
There it sat, a gorgeously beautiful cup of steaming hot cocoa with a dollop of whip-cream and a dash of cinnamon.