A/N: I don't own Harry Potter

This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Assignment #1 – Arithmancy: Task #3:A Social Number is the face one shows to the world, the outer personality. It's determined by adding all the consonants together and reducing it to a single digit. Write about a character getting a 'reality check' in their life.

Writing Club January

Assorted Appreciation: 19- Moon Spell - Plot Point: An Esbat Ritual - Alt: Full Moon

Disney Challenge: characters - 3. Prince Naveen: Write about someone being irresponsible. ALT, write about someone being cut off from the family fortune.

Showtime: 4 - 1876 - (word) Luxury

Amber's Attic: 23- Nike: Write about someone who is successful in an endeavor.

Film Festival: 21- (word) family

Marvel Appreciation: K - Killmonger: (Theme: Revenge) OR (Colour: Gold)

Lyric Alley: 18 - She's running out the door

Word Count: 640

He watched her descend the staircase. Her silvery dress sparkled as she walked. Her platinum hair shone like the full moon outside the window. For a brief second he felt like the richest man in the world just to see her in such luxury.

"Remus," she stated, giving him the faintest nod. "However did you manage to get in here?"

"Narcissa, do you really want to know?" he asked. She shook her head slowly. She knew all about his ways. He would do anything to see her, well, anything short of murder and sometimes, on full moon nights like tonight, she wouldn't even have put that past him.

"Lucius will be waiting," she whispered. Her eyes scanned the hall. It was empty save for them.

"He can wait a moment longer," Remus replied. The moon hadn't yet full risen and Narcissa wondered if Remus even remembered it existed. He had most certainly been preoccupied with other matters as of late. Remus reached out and took her gloved hand, helping her down the last steps into his arms. Her eyes met his and for a brief moment they shared a look of pure love. Narcissa was the first to pull away.

"I'm to marry him, Remus. It will solidify the bloodlines, it's what my family wants."

"I know. I saw the announcement in the papers," Remus stated. Narcissa looked at the floor, wondering who had picked a red and gold pattern for the carpeting in this hallway. The Gryffindor colors made her stomach turn. They would always be a reminder of what she was forcing herself to walk away from.

"Then you know I must go."

"You could run away, Cissa, leave with me tonight?"

"Remus, darling, I can't. My family..., well after what happened with Andi..., it's just not possible. It's a full moon tonight, Remus. Neither of us would be safe even if I could do this, even if I could just run away from my responsibilities. Where would we even go? You know my family would hunt us down. You know what the ministry says about you and your kind. I don't believe for a moment they'd accept us as a couple. They can't even accept you as a man, what kind of life would we live, Remus?" she asked. A tear drop fell from her eyes and landed with a silent splash on the carpetting.

"Cissa, I don't care what the ministry says! I don't care what anyone says. I love you, I will always love you. If your family can't accept that, then why do they matter so much to you. All they've ever done is say what you can't do. When have they ever asked you what you wanted to do?"

Narcissa raised her head slowly looking at the man standing before her. She traced the scars on his face with her fingertip.

"Never. Andi married for love, now..., she's disowned. They'll never take her back. They'd do the same to me."

"Narcissa, listen to me. Can they give you the love I can?"

"No, no they don't care about that. It's all about the best matches, the best breeding stock," Narcissa laughed softly. "I might as well be a piece of livestock."

"Then come with me! There's a cave, not too far from here. We can camp there until morning. Sirius knows someone who can get us out of the country, anywhere we want to go."

Narcissa glanced towards the door leading to the main part of the manor. Slowly she nodded and took a deep breath.

"Let's do it, let's go, come on, before I lose my courage, what little bit I have, and change my mind," she whispered. Remus smiled, pulled her into a quick kiss, and then hand in hand they slipped out the servant entrance into the cool night air.