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(tee hee! It's a mushroom…aww, c'mon…use your imagination!)
Remus Lupin, now eighteen and freshly graduated
from Hogwarts, stood on the balcony of James Potter's dad's house and watched
as Lily and James were in a snowball fight. This sadly reminded him of a time
when he'd had everything. His last year at Hogwarts, Remus had been wonderfully
happy; he had four good friends, was about to become a full-fledge wizard, was
having great adventures all the time, and, most importantly, he had a
girlfriend that he loved very much.
Then one night, something
happened. His life changed forever. Peter became distant to him and he lost his
girlfriend. Life just hadn't been the same ever since. Now he was back with two
of his friends at Christmas. Sirius Black was supposed to be here soon, but he
hadn't shown up yet. Rumor had it that he was off with some girl, but he knew
Sirius well enough to know that he would show up sooner or later.
Remus
turned his attention back to the fight. Lily and James were laughing madly.
James threw a large snowball at Lily. She bewitched one to hit him in the back
of his head. Both were having the time of their lives.
Remus
sighed to himself and leaned against the stone banister. The Potter's house was
a large, grand house. James always had friends from school over. Mr and Mrs
Potter didn't mind that Remus was what he was: a werewolf.
Lily
laughing was carried by the wind to Remus. His mind drifted back to the year
before. He had been sitting in front of the fire in the Gryffindor Commonroom,
working on his Divination homework (though why he hadn't dropped it yet was a
mystery to even him).
***
"Remus,
are you ever going to stop doing your school work and enjoy my company?" a
pretty voice asked him. He smiled slightly.
"Of
course I'll stop. We won't always have homework," Remus replied softly. A soft
pillow hit his head, and he looked up. A girl with long strawberry blonde hair
that curled at the end when it reached her waist, bright blue eyes, and loads
of freckles was smiling down on him.
"Are you
always such a spoil sport?" the girl teased.
"Only,
when I'm around you, Kara," Remus smiled. The girl- Kara Prewett- pushed his
school books off his lap and sat down on it. She slung her arms around his neck
and kissed him on the cheek.
"Really,
well, we're going to have to do something about that," she replied and kissed
him again.
"Get a
room!" James and Sirius, who'd just walked into the room called out.
"You and
Lily never do, James," Kara called out.
"Well,
Miss Prewett, that is completely different," James shifted around as he joined
his friends by the fire.
"How so,
Prongs?" Remus asked suspiciously.
"Uh…" was
all James said.
"So its
not different, you hypocrite!" Kara laughed and Remus grinned. This was what he
lived for; having a good time with his friends without anything to worry about.
"Are you
calling me a liar?" James bristled mockingly.
"Always,"
yawned Kara.
"You
know, you could pass for flirting with James," Sirius grinned. Remus, Kara,
Lily, and James all gave him looks that clearly said NO!
"Sirius
Black. How DARE you say that about my boyfriend!" Lily pretended to be very
offended.
"I'm
going to bed. Night, Remus. C'mon Lily," Kara said to everyone. Kara waved and
went on up the stair with Lily, both laughing wildly.
"I guess
we should go to bed to…" Sirius' eyes twinkled mischievously as he said this.
James and Remus groaned.
"What's
your plan, Padfoot?" James grumbled.
"WELL,
now that you asked, I was thinking about, erm, decorating Snape's robes…"
Sirius trailed off, waiting for his friends' approval.
"And how
would we do this, Sirius?" Remus crossed his arms.
"Some
simple charm work that would keep it like that for two weeks…" Sirius grinned.
"You know
none of us are good at Charms. We'd have to get Lily…IF we were to do this,"
James said.
"Yeah,
yeah, yeah, I know. The Kara would have to come, and we wouldn't all be able to
fit under the Invisibility Cloak," Sirius pouted.
"He has a
point…" Remus said, "why don't we just not tell Kara about it?"
"I guess
that will work…" Sirius said
"What?
You don't want Kara to come?!" James pretended to fall off the chair.
"My life
doesn't revolve around my girlfriend, unlike some body…*coughJAMEScough*" Remus
laughed.
"All
right, All right. Lily goes, but Kara doesn't. Lets pretend that we're going up
to bed, and put on the cloak and then get Lily," Sirius whispered.
"We won't
all fit under it," James said.
"Remus,
you'd better go," Sirius suggested.
"But-"
James protested.
"You'd
spend all night snogging with Lily and you know it. Since Kara isn't going,
Remus wouldn't be able to snog her," Sirius explained.
"I guess
it makes sense…" James finally gave in.
"All
right. Remus, you go upstairs and get the cloak. Then come downstairs, and get
Lily. When you pass by us with Lily, whisper 'I solemnly swear I'm up to no good,' and
we'll all go up to the dorm and get under the cloak," Sirius whispered.
"Ok. See
you in a minute," Remus climbed up the stairs, and shut the door. He looked
around the room. All was as they had left it. He couldn't believe that in a few
months they would be leaving Hogwarts forever. Remus shook these thoughts out
of his head, and walk to James' trunk. He opened the lid which was covered with
pictures of Lily. He laughed softly and rummaged around for the Cloak. Finally,
he found it under a box of dung bombs.
Remus
slipped on the cloak and out of the room. He glided like a ghost out of the
dorm, down the stairs, across the Commonroom, and up to the 7th year
girls' dorm. He opened the door silently and then closed it behind him. The
room was silent. It was the complete opposite of the boys' dorm which was
always filled with James and Sirius' snores. Remus realized that he had no idea
what bed was Lily's. He checked the first. It wasn't hers. He checked the
second. It was Kara's. Kara was sleeping soundly in her bed. The moonlight
reflected off her skin, making her look gorgeous. Her hair was tumbling over
her shoulders, and her mouth was slightly parted.
He shook
his head and told himself to stop staring at her and move on. The next bed
turned out to be Lily. She placed a hand on her mouth and gently shook her
awake. She eyes opened and she didn't see anyone. Remus pulled the cloak off
his head and she relaxed.
"Lily, we
need your help with something. Come downstairs under the cloak," Remus
whispered.
"Where's
James?" she asked sleepily.
"Sirius
was afraid that you two would make out all night, so he sent me up here," Remus
explained.
"He
wasn't worried about you and Kara?" she whispered.
"Kara's
not going. We wouldn't all fit under the cloak.
"Will we
all fit under th cloak now?"
"If Peter
doesn't show up,"
"OK,"
Lily got under the cloak and they glided down the stairs. To their horror,
Peter was sitting by the fire with Sirius and James who didn't look too happy.
"I
solemnly swear that I'm up to no good,"
Remus whispered in James' ear and they headed up to the boys' dorm.
"I
thought we were going to play a prank," Lily pouted when they got upstairs.
"We are,
but we have to wait for James and Sirius," Remus said and pulled the cloak off
them. James and Sirius hurried in and magically locked the door.
"Great,
just great. Peter is here, and thinks we're going to do something…" Sirius
muttered. James came over to sit next to Lily.
"I have
an idea…" Remus said quietly.
"Well?
What is it?" Sirius asked anxiously.
"I could
stay here with Peter and you three could go on…"
"You
would really do that?" James asked.
"Yeah,"
"He just
wants to have the chance to make out with Kara," Lily teased him.
"Yeah,
I'm sure," Remus said sarcastically, "I'll go down first, then you three come
behind me, under the cloak."
"Are you
sure that Peter won't be suspicious?"
"I dunno,
but its worth a try," Sirius said and the three of them got under the cloak,
and moments later they were out of the Commonroom. Remus was sitting by the
fire. He picked up his books that Kara had flung off his lap earlier, and
started to work on his homework again.
***
"Remus!
Hey Remus! Are you OK?" Sirius asked from behind him. Remus turned around.
"Yeah,
just thinking…" Remus muttered.
"About…?
You were crying," Sirius asked worriedly.
"Kara,"
Remus said almost inaudibly.
"What
happened between you two?" Sirius asked quietly.
"I really
don't know myself, Padfoot, but I wish I did," Remus sighed.
"C'mon.
Dinner's served. James sent me up to get you," Sirius said brightly. The two
friends walked down to the dining room. James and Lily had changed and washed
up. It was just the four of them- like old times. They had decided against
inviting Peter.
"What's
wrong, Remus?" Lily asked worriedly.
"I was
just thinking…" Remus sighed.
"What
about?" James asked.
"Kara. Do
I have to keep repeating this?" Remus tried to smile, but failed. The subject
was dropped, and they went on with dinner.
"So
Sirius, where were you?" Lily asked, "The rumor was that you were with some
girl…" Remus stopped paying attention to them. His mind went back to one day,
just weeks before they broke up.
***
Remus and
Kara were sitting happily at the Gryffindor table, eating their shepherds pie.
"Remus,"
Kara said suddenly, "what are you going to do after we graduate?"
"I have
no idea…" no one will want to hire a werewolf he wanted to say, but refrained
because Kara had no clue about him.
"Neither
do I…" Kara sighed and went back to her dinner. Remus looked at her for a few
minutes and went back to his dinner. He sensed that she wanted him to tell her
something specific, but he didn't because he didn't know what it was.
***
"Moony,
will you stop doing that?" James sighed. All three of his friends were staring
at him.
"Doing
what? Eating?" Remus asked, not realizing that he hadn't touched his food.
"Stop
thinking about her. It's ruining you life, and taking all the fun out of this!"
Lily said angrily. She was still good friends with Kara, though she hadn't seen
her since graduation.
"I can't
help it! Being around everyone again, just makes me think about her…" Remus
said softly and started to eat his chicken.
"What did
happen between you two?" James asked, still looking at Remus.
"I don't
know. Ask her, she might know. And would you stop repeating these
questions?" Remus asked grumpily.
"But that
was the fir-" James started, but Sirius interrupted him.
"I asked
him earlier."
"But-"
"Prongs,
just drop it, all right?" Sirius said, sternly. He knew it was tearing Remus up
to hear them talk about Kara.
"OK, OK,"
James grumbled, then changed the topic, "did you see the wasps beat the cannons
yesterday?"
"No, but
I heard it on the radio thingie," Sirius said excitedly.
"What
radio thingie," Lily asked suspiciously.
"You
know, that Muggle radio thingie," Sirius waved his hand around.
"You
can't get Quidditch games on muggle radios…think how that would scare them…"
Lily trailed off thoughtfully.
"But you
can, if you charm them too," Sirius grinned.
"Since
when are you good in Charms?" Lily asked puzzled.
"I'm not,
but Alex is," Sirius turned back to his food.
"Alex?
Alexandria Halliburton? That Ravenclaw girl that was in our year at Hogwarts?"
Remus asked, taking part in the conversation for the first time.
"Yeah,"
Sirius said through a mouthful of potatoes.
"I didn't
know you knew her very well," Lily said, once again, puzzled.
"I should
hope I do, as she's my girlfriend," Sirius continued to eat.
"I didn't
know that! Geez, this shows how much you tell me," Lily complained. Remus' mind
drifted off to his memories again.
***
"Remus?"
Kara had asked as she sat very close to him in a chair in their Commonroom.
"Mmmm?"
Remus looked over at Kara.
"I was
just seeing if you were still awake," she yawned.
"I love
your hair…it's so pretty when its long…and soft like silk," Remus murmured.
"OK, I
take it you are still asleep," Kara put her head against his shoulder as his
arm went across her shoulders. She snuggled closer to him and closed her eyes.
"Kara?"
Remus said with new found courage.
"Yeah…?"
Kara mumbled sleepily.
"I- I
love you," he muttered.
"You do?"
she asked, opening her eyes. His face turned red and he looked away from her
and nodded. She squealed with delight.
"I love
you, too, Moony," Kara said, for the first time using his nickname, though she
didn't know how he got it. He hugged her tighter and gradually they fell
asleep.
***
"Uh oh,"
Sirius muttered, "he's doing it again…"
"Doing
what?" Remus asked, looking up at Sirius angrily.
"Thinking
about her," Sirius rolled his eyes.
"I was
not," Remus lied, a red tint creeping up on his face.
"Ohhh, I
have to go. I have a job interview tomorrow," Lily said.
"I
thought the plan was for everyone to stay here…" James frowned.
"Sorry,
Jamsie, I forgot. I made plans for tomorrow. I'll come by in the afternoon. Do
you mind if I bring someone by who is staying with me?" Lily asked, giving
James a meaningful look.
"Sure, as
long as she's not Muggle," James shrugged. Lily kissed him, then left.
"Well,
I'm ready to go to bed," Remus said. The three decided that it was time to
retire for the evening.
***
The
next night, Kara and Remus' year anniversary, was going to be a full moon. Kara
was sitting in Remus' lap, happily planning what they were going to do. He
still hadn't gotten the nerve to tell her what he was yet. He kept looking at
her nervously. He was going to have to tell her now.
"Uh,
Kara?" he began.
"Yeah,
Moony? Where do you get that nickname? I've always wondered…" she trailed off
thoughtfully.
"Ok, no
more butterbeer for you," Remus murmured.
"No,
really, what were you going to say?" Kara asked, noticing the look on his face.
"I need
to talk to you in private," he said quietly. She nodded, then he continued,
"ok, wait down here, and I'll get James' cloak then we can go talk," Remus said
and hurried up the stairs. James was still in the Commonroom (with Lily, of
course) and Sirius was fast asleep, and snoring loudly. Peter was no where to
be found, and hadn't been all day. It was a surprise since it was a Hogsmeade
day.
The two
seventh year Gryffindors got under the cloak and walked to a tower near the
astronomy tower.
"What's
up?" Kara asked him, her eyes wide in the darkness. She sat on the edge of a
window, and started at him.
"You know
how sometimes I'm, er, ill?" Remus asked tensely.
"Yeah…"
"Ever
wonder what happens to me or what I have or where I go?" Remus asked again.
"Sometimes,
but you never want to talk about it," Kara said reaching over and brushing a
strand of hair out of his eyes.
"Yeah,
but I'm ready to tell you now. Promise you won't get upset or anything?" Remus
asked.
"I can't
make those kind of promises, Remus," Kara frowned.
"Well,
I'm, er, I'm a werewolf," Remus said finally. Kara gathered him in her arms,
and they said nothing for a long time.
"We need
to go back, Remus," Kara said quietly. The walked in silence holding hands
under the cloak back to the Commonroom.
***
Remus
woke up in a cold sweat, fearing to go back to sleep. He sat up in his bed and
watched the sun rise. After it was up, he took a shower and went down stairs to
try to keep his mind off of Kara.
Sirius
was already downstairs when Remus came down.
"Hey
Moony!" he said cheerfully, and went back to his breakfast.
"Morning,"
Remus helped himself to pancakes.
"How'd
you sleep?" Sirius asked and poured some coffee for him.
"Awful. I
had a dream about the night that I told Kara what I was," Remus said softly.
"Why are
you letting it haunt you like that?" Sirius asked.
"There's
no way to stop it!" Remus objected.
"There's
no way to stop what?" yawned James who just walked in.
"Nothing,"
muttered Remus. James shrugged and sat down. At that moment, an owl came flying
into the room and dropped a note on James' plate. He opened it, scanned it, and
put it in his pocket.
"Lily
says that she will be here around noon with her friend," James said and started
to eat his breakfast.
"Who's
her friend?" Sirius asked.
"She
didn't say and I didn't ask," James muttered.
At five
minutes till noon, Lily Apparated into the kitchen with her friend.
"Where's
Remus," she asked James softly who was staring at her friend.
"He's in
the Library I think. Said something about a report for his boss of something…"
James muttered.
"C'mon,"
Lily motioned for her friend to follow her. She led the way up to the Library.
It wasn't until they got to the library, that Lily spoke again, "wait in here
for a minute, would you? Thanks." Lily rushed down the stairs while her friend
timidly walked inside.
Remus was
reading a book on Dangerous Creatures (he had to do a report) when the door
opened. He heard a girl gasp and he turned around to see the face that had been
haunting him for the past day.
"Kara
Prewett?" Remus said breathlessly. She nodded. Her hair was cut to her chin,
and didn't suit her at all. Her eyes seemed to have lost the sparkle that Remus
had loved so much. The only recognizable things about her were her freckles.
"Hello
Remus. I haven't seen you in a long time," Kara said softly, not moving from
her place by the door. Remus had a flash back.
***
Remus had
woken up the night after the full moon in a happy mood. He had finally told
Kara, and she hadn't condemned him. That must mean that she truly did love him.
Remus walked up from the Whomping Willow, whistling a jingle. Kara wasn't at
Gryffindor Table that morning.
"Where's
Kara?" Remus asked Lily.
"She said
she wasn't hungry and that she was going to sleep in a bit longer," Lily told
him as she buttered her toast.
"Oh." At
that moment, James and Sirius came in tired and happy. Moony, Wormtail,
Padfoot, and Prongs had been on an adventure the night before. Their first
class was History of Magic. Remus and Kara had seats next to each other in that
class.
"Hi
Kara," Remus said cheerfully as he sat down next to her. She sighed and looked
straight ahead. Remus shrugged and turned to the other side to talk to James.
After History of Magic, Kara still hadn't said a word to him. She started to
walk off with Lily, when James called to her.
"Kara!
Come here!" he called to her. She turned around and waved brightly at James
then walked up to him.
"Hey
James. What's up?" Kara asked. She kept her eyes focused on James so she
wouldn't have to see Remus as he walked out the door.
"Why
aren't you talking to Remus?" he asked as they walked out of the classroom
together.
"He put
you up to this didn't he?" Kara demanded, suddenly angry, "Well, its none of
your business!" she ran the opposite direction that they were suppose to be
going. Later that day, right after lunch, Remus pulled Kara into an empty
classroom.
"Kara,
what is going on with you?" he asked, staring into her eyes.
"Don't
talk to me, you freak!" Kara said, tears welling up in her, "Its over. Just
leave me alone!" she bolted out of the classroom. Remus had been miserable ever
since.
***
Remus
brought himself back into reality.
"You
hair. Its shorter," Remus said.
"Yeah, I
cut it. I think it looks great!" she said putting on a false bright smile.
"Ah. I
liked it better long, but that's just my opinion."
"Yes, and
your opinion doesn't matter," she said, very close to inaudibly.
"What
have you been doing since Hogwarts?" Remus said almost uncomfortably.
"Oh, you
know, stuff. I've been dating, I took my Apparation test, and I have a job with
the Ministry. How 'bout you?"
"I have a
job at the Daily Prophet and I'm helping Dumbledore with stuff.
"Ahh,"
Kara sat down in a chair as far possible from Remus, "what are you doing?"
"I have
to write a report for my boss on Dangerous Creatures."
"So are
you going to put yourself in there? Or does he not know?" Kara asked coldly.
Remus tightly shut his eyes before the tears could come. He stood up and strode
past her and out the door.
"I didn't
mean it, Moony," she said softly after he'd gone, tears welling up in her own
eyes. She fingered a lock of her hair and willed it to grow long again. She
hated having short hair. Finally, she did what she should have done ages ago:
she put her head in her arms and started to sob.
Remus had gone to his own room,
and collapsed on the bed. He felt like he was going to cry. She had hurt him
very much. All his life, he had to listen to people telling him how bad
werewolves were and how to kill them in Dense Against the Dark Arts class at
Hogwarts. Now, the one girl he had ever truly loved was calling him one to his
face and she knew what he was. Remus picked up his wand and magically locked
the door. He turned over on his stomach and told himself to think of a pleasant
memory.
James was worried. He had heard
a slammed door. Lily and he rushed up the stairs, but saw no one. Lily, knowing
what she'd done, hurried to the Library. She put her ear up to the door knob
and motioned for James to hush and be quiet. She heard a faint sobbing.
"James, she's crying," Lily said
and slipped inside the door. James decided against following Lily and went to
find Remus.
Lily hurried into the room, and
saw Kara sitting in a chair sobbing.
"Kara! What's wrong?" Lily
rushed over to her and put her arms around her.
"I called him a dangerous
creature!" she sobbed.
"You called Remus a dangerous
creature?" Lily asked puzzled.
"Yes…when I came in here, we
exchanged words and I asked him what he was doing. He said he was working on a
report about Dangerous Creatures for his boss, and I asked him if he was going
to put himself in it!" Kara sobbed harder. Lily rocked her in her arms.
"Hey Lil'! Have you seen…"
Sirius came shouting into the room, but stopped when he saw the sight.
"Have I seen what, Sirius?" Lily
asked calmly. Kara's head shot up when she heard Sirius' name. She turned
around to face him. Her eyes were shinning with tears and were red and puffy. Her face, especially her
nose, was red from crying.
"K-Kara?" Sirius said
breathlessly, "why, you've been haunting Remus' dreams and now you're here!
Have you spoken to him?" This only made Kara cry harder.
"Sirius, have I seen what?" Lily
repeated, even calmer if that was possible.
"Remus. Have you seen him?"
Sirius asked, finally taking his eyes off of Kara.
"No, I haven't, but I think that
James went to look for him." Sirius nodded and left the room.
"Ohh noooo!" Kara moaned. Lily
said nothing.
Remus was laying and staring at
the celing, thinking about nothing in particular (all though baskets, the words
to the Hogwarts song, and Griphook (the Gringotts Goblin) kept coming into his
mind). He could feel his mind coming to another memory, but stopped it. Kara
was the last thing he wanted to think about. There was a knock at the door.
"Moony? Open up!" one voice
said.
"Yeah, let us in!" said another
voice. They were both slightly muffled by the thick oak door.
"NO!" Remus said and rolled onto
his side, away from the door. He did not want to talk to anyone at the moment.
He heard a voice whispering the opening charm (he suspected that one of them
would open it sooner or later). The door swung open to reveal Sirius and James.
"Are you all right?" Sirius
asked anxiously.
"Yes, I'm just fine. The one person I've ever loved, who, by the way,
broke my heart, just called me a Dangerous Creature to my face. Do you think
I'm OK?!" Remus ended up yelling. He still did not face them.
"She was pretty torn up. I mean,
she was crying really hard. It's was kinda scary…" Sirius said quietly.
"Well, she deserved it," Remus
finally turned to them.
***
Kara sat quietly in her dorm, thinking about what she had just
done. She had hurt Remus very much, but there was no turning back. He was a
freak; a very dangerous one. She sighed and laid back on her bed. The door
opened and shut. Kara closed her eyes, expecting to see Remus. She turned her
face the opposite direction. No familiar hand stroked her cheek; no warm arms
embraced her; no soft voice told her that everything would be OK. Slowly, she
opened her eyes and turned toward the door. No one was there…at least, that's
what it seemed like.
"Who's there?" she called out
softly. Slowly, Sirius materialized in front of her.
"What happened?" he asked,
sitting down on Lily's bed.
"He told me what he was, and I
called him a freak…" Kara said, trying to show no emotion. Her older sister,
Heather, had been an actress and when Kara was young, she had taught Kara all
she knew.
"Why? He told you because he
trusted you. Now you've betrayed that trust, and he'll probably never trust
anyone again," Sirius said angrily.
"I don't care. I don't care
about him one bit, and I couldn't care less what he does!" Kara said lightly,
and got up from the bed. She walked to the mirror and stared at the reflection.
"I don't believe you," Sirius
said, not getting up from the bed, but watching her like a hawk.
"I don't care if you believe me
or not!" she said angrily, then thoughtfully added, "Yes, it will have to go…"
"Fine, but you're wasting a
great thing, Kara Prewett, and you're hurting a good guy!" Sirius crossed the
room and left. Kara closed her eyes for a few seconds, willing the tears to
leave her, then turned back to the mirror. She fingered a lock of her hair. How
Remus had loved it…her face melted into a veela-like sneer…
***
Kara sniffed a few times. Lily
had her arms around her.
"Thanks, Lil. I didn't mean to
fall apart like that," Kara smiled.
"Well, you shouldn't have said
that to Remus," Lily sighed.
"I don't know what's gotten into
me. I just don't know!" Kara said frustrated.
"If you want my advice, I say
you should go talk to him." Lily stood up and stretched.
"I guess you're right…but, it
scares me…what if he doesn't accept my apology? What if he hate me forever?"
Kara sniffed.
"Then that's his own loss. Here,
I'll show you the way to his room…" Lily and Kara left the room.
"Well, you should at least get
out of your room, Remus. You can't stay up here all vacation." James said
reasonably.
"Yeah, we could have a snowball
fight and you should cream Kara!" Sirius grinned stupidly. A moment later,
James hit him in the back of his head, "Ow."
"Just, leave me alone, ok?"
Remus sighed and flopped onto his back.
"All right…" James and Sirius
left the room.
Kara and Lily met James and
Sirus on their way to Remus's room.
"Where are you…" James started,
but Lily cut him off.
"I will talk to you later,
James." She said softly. He nodded, understanding that she didn't want to say
something to either Sirius or Kara. The girls made their way down the hall.
James and Sirius shrugged at each other and followed the girls. A moment later
they were standing in front of Remus's door.
"Good luck, Kara." Sirius said
quietly. The three stood back as Kara knocked on the door. Now was the moment
of truth.
Remus was lying on his bed when
there was a knock at t he door. It sounded almost timid. Remus sighed
and, thinking that it was James and Sirius trying to persuade him to come
outside again, he muttered the spell that opened the door up. He looked into
the doorway and saw the last person that he expected to see (besides
Snape, of course). Kara walked in and
shut the door.
"What do you want?" Remus asked
her with a sigh.
"I-I wanted to say that I am
very, very sorry for calling you a freak and a Dangerous Creature…" Kara said
softly.
"Well if you're so sorry, then
why did you do it?" Remus snapped. It wasn't usually like him to be cross and
hateful; he was usually the 'diplomat' of the crew.
"It came as a shock to me, and,
well, I read up a bit on werewolves and saw how dangerous they were, and, urm…"
Kara trailed off.
"Only during a full moon." Remus
said, sitting up.
"The books…they said horrible
things about them…and their transformation…I thought that if we-if I ignored
you and were hateful to you, then…the transformation might be easier or
something…" Kara sniffed. She was making no sense.
"That makes absolutely no sense."
Remus almost smiled. Almost.
"It did to me at the time…but,
do you forgive me…Moony?" the last word felt forgein on her lips. She had not
spoken the word since the night he told her about himself. Remus sat silently for a few moments,
thinking about what he had just said. When she had truly cared about him, she
had used the name 'Moony.' It could be a sign, Remus told him self. He
sighed.
"Yes." He finally said, quietly.
Kara squealed with delight. She ran over and threw her arms around him and
hugged him.
"Thank you!!! Man, this makes me
feel loads better!" she sat down on the bed next to him.
"I still liked you hair better
when it was long, Kara." Remus smiled sadly.
"I know, I do too. I wish I
hadn't cut it…" Kara sighed.
"Then why'd you cut it?"
"Because, well, really because
you liked it long. You said and I quote: 'I love your hair…it's so pretty when
it's long…soft like silk…' so I guess I cut it out of retaliation." Kara said
softly. They sat for a moment in silence, each one not knowing what to say or
do, when Kara spoke again. "Remus? Do you- do you still love me?" she asked
nervously, wanting to know the answer, yet dreading it all the same.
"I have always loved you. From
the moment I laid my eyes on you on the Hogwarts Express our first year. I will
always love you. That's why it hurt so much, and it's why I forgave you." Remus
said after a moment of silence.
"You're too good to me…" Kara
said a second later.
"What do you mean?" he looked at
her with a puzzled look on his face.
"Even though I love you as much
as I love my long hair and life, if the situation had been turned around, I
don't know if I could have forgiven you as fast." Remus didn't answer. He took
her face in his hands and kissed her on the lips. She turned the kiss, reveling
in the sweetness of his kisses and the softness of his lips.
Lily, James, and Sirius were
standing outside the door.
"Can you hear anything?" James
asked Sirius. Sirius had his ear to the doorknob and was trying to listen in on
the two inside the room.
"Not a thing." Sirius sighed.
"You really shouldn't be spying
on them…besides, the door's too think. Too bad it was a thick oak door. James,
you should have known better." Lily smiled and playfully whapped him on the
shoulder.
"Owwww. Why should I always
have to be the responsible one who remembers those things?" he whined.
"Because this is your house,
Prongs!"
"Remus?" Kara asked after they
separated.
"Yeah?" he stroked her hair with
his hand.
"I have something to show you…"
she grinned evilly.
"What is it?" Remus asked
suspiciously. With Kara, you never knew. She got up from the bed and stood in
front of him.
"Ready?" she asked. He nodded.
There was a faint pop! noise. Where Kara
had been standing, there was a leopard. The popping noise sounded again,
and Kara was standing there once more.
"You're an animagus?" he asked
her excitedly. She nodded happily.
"And registered, too. Unlike
three people that I know!" she yelled the last bit to the door where she knew
that her three friends would be trying to eavesdrop.
"And you're a large one, too."
Remus smiled.
"I was hoping I would be. Deep
down inside I knew that I wanted to be with you again. I knew that large animas
weren't threats to werewolves, so…" she ended with a smile. Remus engulfed her
in a bear hug.
"I love you Kara…I'll have to
talk to James about a nickname for you…" he smiled.
"Come on, I'm sure they're going
to be waiting for us…right out side the door in fact…" Kara smiled. She put a
finger up to her lip and motioned for Remus to follow her quietly. They snuck
to the door. When it was opened, three bodies fell into the room.
"Why, who do we have here?"
Remus asked, looking down at his friends and smiling.
"So have you two made up yet?"
Lily asked, getting up
"Yes, and I'm starving. What's
for dinner, James?" Kara stepped over Sirius, who was still on the floor.
"Pasta, I think." James
scrunched up in face as if he was thinking hard.
"James, drop the face. We all
know that you don't think." Lily linked her arm in his and they followed Kara
and Remus who were walking hand in hand. Sirius stared at the two couples, and, feeling left out, he followed
behind.
Author's note: if you want me to continue this, I will
need 4 to 6 reviews telling me so…by different people. Anyways. Oh yes,
if you were wondering…Kara does have a connection to *someone* in Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone. This character
is mentioned only briefly in it. Kudos to anyone who figures it out (tell me in
the review).
Love always,
Dorthey Star
P.S. this doesn't count as writing in June, b/c I had most
of it written months ago! J
Disclaimer: Kara Prewett is mine!! MINE I TELL YOU!!! Everything
and everyone else is Joanne Kathleen Rowling's. depressing, isn't it?