Bitten

"Where are we going?"

Remus looked away from the darkening sky and focused his attention on the man rowing them out into the bay and away from the kingdom; a few lights making the buildings sparkle with life.

"Well, this is the best day of your life so I wanted you needed a decent seat."

"Ah," Remus nodded, turning his attention to the darkened kingdom behind them. Fear starting to cloud the excitement he had felt at the start of this journey. He was actually here and now, what would happen next? Was this really worth it?

His heel touched the hidden satchel in the boat, eyes glancing at Wormtail. The little rat balancing on the edge of the boat.

Sirius frowned at the reaction, he expect more jumping and almost falling into the water not such a subdued thing from the boy. He stopped rowing and pulled the oars in.

"You alright, Moony?"

"I'm terrified," Remus whispered, looking away from the kingdom and landing his eyes on Sirius. His hand bunched in his red tunic.

"Why?"

Remus struggled slightly to find the words, fingers twisting the fabric he was wearing.

"I've been watching this out a window my whole life and now I am here, no longer dreaming about what it will be like when I see them. What if…what if it isn't how I dreamed it would be like?"

"It will be, Remus," Sirius reached out and took the werewolf's hand keeping his grey eyes locked the glowing gold.

"What if it is though, everything I dreamed? What happens then, what do I do next?"

Sirius smiled kindly, rubbing a soothing circle on the back of the hand, "That is the good part, I guess. You get to find a new dream."

Remus nodded slowly, trusting this man's words. Focusing on the soft touches of Sirius' thumb as he tried to calm his nerves.

Up in the palace, Queen Hope fixed her hair back trying not to focus on the touches of grey that were appearing around her temple. Eighteen years without seeing their son, and every second hurt her so much. They hadn't tried to have another child, their little boy had barely come as it was.

The queen rose from her seat and made her way out of her chamber, walking down the hall and towards the balcony where the lantern and her husband was waiting.

King Lyall stood by the doors to the balcony, his head down as he stared at his hands. Hope gave him a sad look and lifted his head, wiping away the tear that had escaped her husband's eyes. Smoothing down his robes and giving him a small kiss.

"Together."

Lyall nodded, taking her arm and facing the doors. The guards opened them and the king and queen stepped into the night. A single lantern was tethered to the table, already lit and ready to float away. On it was a painted crescent moon.

They both moved towards it and gently held both sides. Hope released a shaky breath as she lifted up, the silk binds releasing as the lantern flew up away from the castle and to the hope that one day their baby would come home.

A reflection in the water caught the corner of Remus' eyes and made him break his gaze of Sirius. He stared at the little light and looked up to find its source, gasping when he saw the first little light slowly float into the sky from the darkened form of the castle.

Excitement started to flow through him fast as he scrambled from his seat for the closest end of the gondola, holding onto the side as more lights slowly started to rise from the darkened shadows of the houses that lined the hillside and led into the kingdom. The dark night sky changing into one lit with glowing gold lights taking the young werewolf's breath away as they joined the stars and the ever watching moon.

His eyes widening as all around him the people in the boats let their own lanterns go, the world becoming brighter and more alive than he could have ever imagined. Wormtail sitting behind him and smiling the best a rat could, sitting back on his hunches as he watched the lights on his own.

Finally Remus had gotten out of that tower and found his dream.

A light behind Remus, unlike the fallen lanterns around him, made Remus slowly turn around. A small gasp escaping him as he found Sirius, smiling carefully and holding two lanterns. Both of them lit and ready to be let go into the light.

Remus carefully let go and sat back down fully, staring at the lanterns in joy. Everything was just so perfect, he was so perfect.

"I…I have something for you, too."

Remus bit his lip and slowly reached under the seat and pulled out the satchel he had been having Wormtail hide and carry with him. Holding it out to the thief who was still carefully holding onto the lanterns.

"I should have gave it back a while ago, but I was scared. Now, though, I'm not scared anymore. I trust you…you know what I mean?"

Remus shyly smiled at the man in front of him, unable to read the expression on his aristocratic face. A kind smile appeared on his face as he shifted the lanterns and carefully pushed the satchel away and back onto the floor of the boat.

"I'm starting to."

Remus' face went from shy to confident grinning instantly, eyes sparkling with that little bit of feral gold. Sirius carefully handing over one of the lanterns, making sure the boy didn't get hurt. Slowly they lifted the small lit instruments up into the air letting them join the others that were around them and slowly coming down near the water.

Surrounded in their little boat with lanterns of all shapes, colors, and sizes. Their two, as plain as they were, seemed the most special as they danced around each other.

Remus keeping his eyes locked on them, a smile on his face. Sirius keeping his eyes on the most beautiful thing in their bubble of light on the boat; Remus.

The werewolf leaning over the edge and watching the slowly falling lanterns as they almost touched the water. The boy pointing out one with a crescent moon on the side, as it was floating over to them, about to touch the water just as it reached the boat's side. With a gently hand Remus touched it and helped it take flight in the sky once again.

Sirius sucked in a breath and took Remus' hand gently, making the young werewolf look at him a grin spreading on his face. Hand clasps together as the scene and area around them seemed to change; blurring out and only surrounding them.

Both leaning in slowly, eyes locked together as they got closer and close to each other. Wormtail's eyes got wide, realizing suddenly what was going on. Wondering how he hadn't picked up on this before; the rat turning around and staring up at the lights fast.

Sirius gave a shy little smile and carefully moved a stray hair out of the werewolf's face, cupping his cheek and slowly drawing him in. His heart racing in his chest as he got close and closer to kissing this weird boy he had found in the tower.

Eyes closing when the air of romance and the area around them come back into focus, his mouth still hovering over Remus. A green lantern just off the bay lit up two faces he could have sworn were locked away right now, the Lestrange Brothers.

Sirius sucked in a breath and moved away from Remus, letting his hand fall away from the werewolf's face.

"Is everything alright?"

Remus looked uncertain, wondering what he had done that made him stop it.

"Yes, yes everything is fine just…just was are getting a little too far away don't want us floating off."

Sirius grabbed the oars and started to row quickly towards the opposite shore away from the kingdom. Eyes glancing every so often at the satchel and at Remus. His new dream, he didn't need that money long as he had Moony.

Just had to get them away, get them away and they both can run away and forget about the crown that brought them together and focus on that future.