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Chapter 29: Letting Erynne know and difficult changes

The coming Thursday was coming too quickly for Vilde and Julie to like. They hadn't forgotten the silent treatment from their friends when they first told them. It hadn't been nice. But Erynne would hopefully not take it as bad as they did. They had planned to meet her in the Room of Requirement, just like last time they told, because this was a place they wouldn't be overheard or interrupted. So they walked up to the room and sat down, waiting for Erynne to join them.


Remus was walking around on the grounds of Hogwarts. He had found some solitude as he needed to think. It didn't take long, though, until someone came and bothered him.

"Hello," the voice said behind him.

He turned to see who it was. It was that Ravenclaw girl.

"Hello," Remus said back, acknowledging her presence.

She smiled to him.

"What are you doing, walking around in the corridors?" she asked him curiously.

"Thinking," Remus said with a shrug.

"And I'm intruding," she said with a sigh and turned to walk away.

Remus bit his lip, and then felt guilty. "No, not at all. Hey, I didn't catch your name," he said softly.

She turned and walked over to him with a smile.

"Right, I completely forgot to introduce myself. I'm Helena, Helena Brocken," she said, reaching out a hand for him to shake.

Remus took it. "I'm Remus Lupin," he said calmly.

"I know. Everyone knows the marauders," she said with a shrug.

Remus chuckled slightly. "Yeah, they seem to do so," he said with a shrug, "Not always pleasant, though."

"I can see why. Intrusions in personal life. People walking up to you when you're searching solitude, even in the corridors," Helena joked.

Remus had to smile at that. "You know, that's way too true," he retorted.

Helena giggled. The two of them then just found themselves walking around in the corridors, chatting.


Erynne was standing completely still in the Room of Requirement, trying to process what Vilde and Julie had just told her. She didn't quite know how to comprehend it, but it had been rather obvious when they had given Julie TV's of very high standards, as well as much else that had yet to be invented in this world.

But knowing that they were from the future… It was so different from suspecting some weird power they had. Not to mention that they weren't from Erynne's future, but a completely other world with no magic, where Erynne hadn't even existed.

"I know it's confusing," Vilde said softly, "But please try to understand that it isn't something we can blurt out to just about anyone."

Erynne nodded quickly, but didn't say anything. She was still trying to process it. She tilted her head to the side, closing her eyes, trying to calm the maelstrom of thoughts in her head. She grit her teeth after a moment, and then looked at the two girls.

"It's okay," she said, "I understand that you couldn't tell me. It's just… What the fuck? That's so weird!" she burst.

A smile graced her lips, though and she ran over and hugged them.

"Thanks for telling me," she said honestly.

Vilde and Julie both sighed deeply, obviously extremely relieved. It couldn't have been easy on them to keep the secret either. It must've been so hard, not to mention weird.

"You have no idea how glad I am that you didn't explode at us," Julie said with a big grin.

"Of course I wouldn't! You're my friends. And friends stick together through rough and tough," Erynne said honestly with a wink.

Vilde and Julie blinked. She was right, of course, but it was weird to hear someone say it. The two girls were suddenly very glad that they hadn't brought the marauders and Lily with them; they would've felt so bad for how they took the situation. Of course, that might have something to do with the fact that Vilde and Julie had kind of lied to them with the whole being psychic thing. But still.


Remus laughed at what Helena said about the giant squid in the Black Lake when he realized how much the clock was. They had been walking around in the castle for ages. He was surprised at how easy it had been to talk to the Ravenclaw. He was about to say that he had to go back to the common room when Helena turned utterly serious.

"Remus, there's something I need to tell you," she said.

Remus frowned. "What is it?" he asked curiously.

"Not here, let's find an empty classroom," Helena said, and took Remus' wrist, leading him to an empty classroom on the second floor.

Inside, she closed the door, looking skeptically around.

"There's no one here," Remus said calmly.

"You sure?" she asked.

"Very," Remus said, his curiosity increasing.

Helena still looked a bit insecure, but she then sighed and leaned on a desk. "It's about … Vilde," she said softly, not looking Remus in the eyes.

Remus was taken aback by this, and suddenly felt a sort of wariness about this girl. When it came to Vilde, Helena had done enough already. She seemed to notice Remus stiffen.

"It's not about that incident. Which I'm still very sorry about," she said solemnly, looking him straight in the eyes.

Remus knew she wasn't lying, and his instincts told him to believe whatever Helena said. He didn't know why, but something about her was very trustworthy.

"What is it about then?" Remus asked, relaxing a bit.

"It's about something I heard some days ago. I heard her talking to her friend, Erynne. She said that she … ehm, maybe you'd like to sit down?" Helena asked him.

Remus was by now way to curious to think about what she asked him, so he instantly sat down on a desk. "Go on," he said.

"It might be harsh," Helena said.

"Then rip off the band-aid," he said with a shrug.

"All right. Well, she said that she cared a lot for you, but that she's stopped loving you, but doesn't dare to say it," Helena said quickly.

Remus let the words be processed slowly, word for word. Then he frowned.

"I don't believe you," he said lowly, but it wasn't convincing.

Helena sighed. "Have I ever given you a reason not to trust me?" she asked him slowly.

"You don't like Vilde," Remus said quickly, his voice faltering in the slightest.

"But I like you. I mean-" Helena blushed and shook her head, continuing "- You know what I mean. I have no reason for hurting you. You seem too kind."

Remus looked up at her with a completely vacant expression. "Do you mean it?" he asked her.

"I cross my heart," Helena said solemnly.

Remus rose from the desk. "I'm … leaving," he said in a voice that wasn't his own.

Helena was about to stop him, but he raised an arm.

"Don't. I'm not mad at you. Just need to calm my thoughts," he said in the same strange voice, and left the room.

He walked down a corridor and towards the men's lavatory. He reached it, very grateful that no one was around. He took a deep breath, but something clutched in his chest, making him cough so badly that tears filled his eyes. He wasn't sure if that was really true. It probably wasn't. He was probably just crying, like the weak person he was.

He grit his teeth. He should confront Vilde to hear what she said, to hear the truth from her. He straightened up and wiped his eyes, walking out of the lavatory towards the Gryffindor common room. The stairs were exceptionally long this time. He felt so tired. He felt too tired to walk them all, so he crossed the third floor and found the shortcut that would take him directly to the seventh floor. Once by the secret passage, he murmured;

"Arona."

The wall lifted and he walked into the room, turned four times and then walked out again, on the seventh floor. Remus walked towards the portrait and it swung open as he said the password, Nefrolia, and was about to crawl in, when he stopped completely.

Vilde was talking. "-don't love Remus, but I'm staying with him, because I can't bear the thought of hurting him," she was saying.

Remus clenched his teeth, and if it weren't for his instincts, he would probably have frozen and been unable to move for an hour or so. But his instincts pulled him away from the portrait and back to the shortcut, where he sat down, breathing heavily. He couldn't be here. He needed to go to the Room of Requirement. That way, the other marauders couldn't find him, before remembering that the Room wasn't shown in the map. That would give him about one hour. So he walked quickly up the stairs, leaving the Fat Lady rather annoyed at him. Like he would care.


Vilde turned to Julie. They were alone in the common room, with exception of the two other C-girls, Lily and Erynne.

"I suppose you have a point, but protecting Sirius is not going to help him. Remember that. He is perfectly capable of looking for trouble," Vilde said calmly.

Julie had to smile at that. They were discussing the horcruxes again, this time along with the two other girls. Julie had brought up that this hunt was going to be dangerous, and that Voldemort would use any means necessary to stop the two girls, though they were pretty sure that he didn't really consider them the world's biggest threat.

That was the only advantage they had, really. The element of surprise. However, Julie didn't want Sirius to be in danger because of her, so she wanted to tell him that she didn't love him anymore. Maybe then he'd stay away from her. Vilde, however, snorted at that.

Julie frowned. "What?" she asked annoyed.

"Well, I love Remus, right? So I couldn't possibly tell him that I don't love Remus, but I'm staying with him, because I can't bear the thought of hurting him," she said.

She then blinked. She thought she heard the portrait closing, and she rose, looking into the hole. Nothing there but darkness.

"Did you guys hear anything?" Vilde asked.

Julie shrugged. "Not really," she said calmly.

Lily shook her head too. Only Erynne seemed a bit suspicious.

"Hm. Oh well. I guess it was nothing," Vilde said and sat back down again, having no idea of the trouble she was going to be in.


Not until next morning, that was. It was a fullmoon that night, and she looked forward to it, feeling slightly guilty about that; she was pretty sure Remus was not looking forward to it. She sighed silently and rose from the bed, looking at the drawn curtains of the other girls' in the room. She looked at the clock and her eyes opened wide. It was six in the morning!

She wanted to groan, but didn't want to wake the others, so she merely walked into the bathroom and took on her clothes, knowing that she wouldn't be able to fall asleep again. Something had been gnawing at the back of her head the entire night, and she didn't know what it was. She sighed again. When she was done with the grooming, she walked out to the stairs and down to the common room. She saw Remus sitting by the couch and the first smile of the day was placed on her lips.

"Hey," she said happily and sat down next to him.

He didn't look so good.

"What is it?" Vilde asked.

Remus' gray eyes turned to her and she blinked. They looked … empty.

"Hey, if it's about tonight, it'll be okay. We'll be there. I'll be the-"

"Don't," Remus said in a harsh voice.

Vilde frowned. "Don't what?" she asked, feeling confused.

Was it something she had done?

"I don't want you there," he said with a cold voice.

Vilde was shocked by the menace in his voice and rose slowly from the couch. "What's going on, Remus?" she asked, trying to remain calm.

Remus sighed and rose as well, looking at her. "We're done, Vilde. You and me. I'm breaking up with you," he said calmly.


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