If you Want to Destroy my Sweater....
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part eight
sorry it took a while between updates recently, i was ill :( (and writing requiem)
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"Severus?" Remus caught up with the disagreeable potions master in one of the hallways. "can i have a word?"
"What is it?" Snape stopped turning to Remus.
"Is it true?" Remus asked quietly, "About Lucifer?"
"It depends on what you mean about my son."
"Is Edea involved?"
Snape let out a quick sneer, "She's more involved than she ever wished to be." He rolled his eyes, "Were you listening in?"
"I'm afraid so." Remus said calmly, "I just hope... you wont use this against her."
"Why should i do that?"
"I've seen what you can do when provoked." Remus shrugged.
"You know as well as i do that Sirius Black cant ever be what she needs."
"You dont know that." Remus folded his arms
"When he finds out, he'll blow." Severus started walking away. "Mark my words."
"Why you selfish, arrogant little bas..." Remus caught himself just in time.
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The Christmas feast at Hogwarts was spectacular as always, this year it felt even better for Harry, having his father's two best friends sitting next to him discusing various pranks and bloopers they'd achieved over past christmases. Ron was busy stuffing himself with as much food as possible, and Hermione was listening intently to her favorite DADA professor. Harry looked up at the Staff table, Edea was missing. If it was possible, Snape looked more smug than usual, and glanced at Harry more than Harry would have liked.
"Where's Edea?" harry asked Sirius
"No idea." Sirius shrugged, "Probably called away on Auror Lurking or something."
Remus looked down guiltily at his plate, he knew where she'd gone. He found it pretty amazing that Sirius had never found out. Surely Snape would have gloated.
"Remus?" Sirius prodded his friend, "Away with the fairies?"
"Indeed." Remus tried to smile at Sirius.
"What's wrong?" Sirius picked up immediately, as Hary Ron and Hermione got caught up in their own conversation.
"Nothing." Remus tried to shrug it away.
"Its' not nothing when you're staring around like that. C'mon, tell Paddy..."
"Its not something i can tell you." Remus admitted, hoping Sirius would understand.
Sirius' face fell, "Oh."
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Edea pulled her cloak round her tighter as she peered through the dark windows of Snape's mansionette. She had yet to find what she was looking for. She moved around the houe, then finally climbed up on the stone ledge and looked into the Dining Hall.
"Crap." Edea muttered, as the window shattered and she fell into the room covered in bits of broken glass.
The small boy who was sitting at the table jumped up, startled and pulled out his wand. "Nana!" He cried out to the lady sitting at the other end of the table.
The frail lady frowned as she saw Edea pick herself up and look around. "What do you mean by this?" She demanded
"Um..." Edea was speechless. "Hi?"
"YOU" The old lady brought out her own wand and pointed it at Edea.
"Auror here, put that away." Edea pointed at her wand.
"We do not want you here." The lady said pointedly to Edea.
"Funny, that. Cuz i don't really like it here either. But i have something of mine here."
"He's not yours to have."
"nana?" The boy asked, standing up, "I'm ten, nana. I can understand what you're saying you know."
"You don't want to associate with such scum, child." The lady bristled. "You father wouldn't want it."
"daddy's never here." Lucifer scowled, he had inherited Severus' dark moods obviously.
"Merry Christmas to you too, Lucy." Edea rolled her eyes, "You..." She pointed her wand at the old lady, "Outside." The old lady was dragged out of the door by some invisible force.
"wow." The boy looked up at Edea. "How cool..."
"Lucifer?" Edea frowned, "Do you know who i am?"
Lucifer squinted at her...
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Sirius sat on the big wooden kitchen table, being brought food by all the house elves. Harry was in a corner talking to Dobby about new socks.
"Heres your eclairs master Sirius..." A little elf curtseyed, bringing Sirius a mountain of chocolate eclairs on a silver platter.
"Perfection." Sirius smiled widely picking up the first one on the top. "Oy, Harry!"
"yeah?"
"You're doing a Remus." Sirius sniggered, "Talking to house elves like that.. so funny."
"This is Dobby, was Malfoy's elf before he got given socks."
"Socks is Dobby's favourite." Dobby spoke up to Sirius, "Is you liking your eclairs, sir?"
"Very much so." Sirius nodded. "Can you deliver some to the defence against dark arts professor's office please?"
"Of course, sir." Dobby quickly scampered away to find more eclairs.
"This is so amazing." Harry sat on the floor, being waited on by gleeful elves.
"You can now understand how gryffindor had so many food parties when we were here..." Sirius grinned.
"Don't you think we should be getting back soon?"
"Probably." Sirius shrugged. "C'mon, i'll have some more sent up later."
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Remus Lupin sat at his desk, rifling through some papers, there was a short knock on the door and a house elf came in bearing a tray full of delicacies, "Compliments of Master Sirius, sir." She squeaked.
Remus' face cracked into a grin. "Thank you."
"Is Sir wanting anything else?"
"No, no, thats fine thank you." Remus held back his desire to start up a conversation. "Please, take your leave."
The elf bowed and disappeared behind the door again. Remus picked up a creamy bun and went back to his marking.
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The boy looked up at Edea, "You're that auror who stopped the bad guy."
"Kinda." Edea bit her lip. "Well, anyway. I know you, and i brought you something."
The boy read the little label. "Edea," He read her name. "You send me things every year, and on my birthday. Sometimes Dad gets angry."
"He doesnt like me much... anymore." Edea shrugged, "neither does your nana."
"nana likes nobody." Lucifer moaned. "AND! She won't let me play on my broom in the snow."
"is that so?"
"She says its too dangerous." Lucifer looked at the wrapped present. "daddy's coming home later.. we get to open the presents then."
"Do you like him.." Edea looked at the boy's confused expression. "i mean... does he treat you well?"
"Yes!" The boy smiled instantly, "he's really nice to me, we go for long walks and he talks about stuff, mummy and potions and about Hogwarts."
"He talks about your mum?"
"Yeah."
"What does he say?" Edea sat down on the floor.
"He says she left because she didn't really like him and wanted to have a career and live with her old friends and a werewolf."
"Werewolves aren't all bad." Edea snapped suddenly, "Yes, i'm sorry- go on."
"He told me she looked like me, but that she thinks i'm a big mistake." Lucifer scowled again.
Edea's smile fell. "I know your mother."
"Really?"
"Yeah." Edea said, "She doesnt think you're a mistake. She thinks your father was a mistake."
Edea stood up, repairing the broken window. "Have fun, wont you."
The boy just stared after her as she left the large house. "Mummy?" He asked after she'd gone.
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Ron and Hermione had been getting pretty close during the holiday, and Harry couldn't help but feel slightly left out. Ron wasn't even complaining about Hermione's perfectionist streak anymore, just blushing and grinning madly. They weren't in the commonroom when Harry climbed through the portrait hole. He sat down to watch Seamus and Dean play chess. He heard a shriek, and went to the window in time to see Sirius holding Edea down in the snow whilst Remus used his wand to pile snow over her...
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"Moony, more snow!" Sirius shouted gleefully.
"Coming up." Remus pointed his was at her and bright purple snow shot out of the tip of his wand.
"Very pretty." Sirius said, impressed. His musings were cut short as he got bowled over into the snow himself. "Bloody mrrph."
"Woohoo!" Edea shoted from under her snow grave. "Go Hermione!"
Sirius was busy trying to stop the snow that was being crammed in his face to notice Remus coming up behind him, holding a handful of snow.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH" Sirius screeched as it went down his back.
Remus pulled Edea out from the snow and they both rugby tackled Sirius, getting him as wet and as snowy as possibe.
"hermione.. help!" Sirius pleaded as Hermione and Ron looked on, laughing.
Sirius suddenly got the upper hand, and dragging himself up, he pelted towards the castle doors, being pursued by some charmed snowballs. "Aha!" He shouted back. "You lose... mrph." He got hit face on by Ron's enchanted snowball. "Bloody hell."
TBC
a/n well.. that was an irrelevant chapter.- i was too busy writing the tabs to a song i've written. and working out remus' bit to the requiem.
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part eight
sorry it took a while between updates recently, i was ill :( (and writing requiem)
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"Severus?" Remus caught up with the disagreeable potions master in one of the hallways. "can i have a word?"
"What is it?" Snape stopped turning to Remus.
"Is it true?" Remus asked quietly, "About Lucifer?"
"It depends on what you mean about my son."
"Is Edea involved?"
Snape let out a quick sneer, "She's more involved than she ever wished to be." He rolled his eyes, "Were you listening in?"
"I'm afraid so." Remus said calmly, "I just hope... you wont use this against her."
"Why should i do that?"
"I've seen what you can do when provoked." Remus shrugged.
"You know as well as i do that Sirius Black cant ever be what she needs."
"You dont know that." Remus folded his arms
"When he finds out, he'll blow." Severus started walking away. "Mark my words."
"Why you selfish, arrogant little bas..." Remus caught himself just in time.
****
The Christmas feast at Hogwarts was spectacular as always, this year it felt even better for Harry, having his father's two best friends sitting next to him discusing various pranks and bloopers they'd achieved over past christmases. Ron was busy stuffing himself with as much food as possible, and Hermione was listening intently to her favorite DADA professor. Harry looked up at the Staff table, Edea was missing. If it was possible, Snape looked more smug than usual, and glanced at Harry more than Harry would have liked.
"Where's Edea?" harry asked Sirius
"No idea." Sirius shrugged, "Probably called away on Auror Lurking or something."
Remus looked down guiltily at his plate, he knew where she'd gone. He found it pretty amazing that Sirius had never found out. Surely Snape would have gloated.
"Remus?" Sirius prodded his friend, "Away with the fairies?"
"Indeed." Remus tried to smile at Sirius.
"What's wrong?" Sirius picked up immediately, as Hary Ron and Hermione got caught up in their own conversation.
"Nothing." Remus tried to shrug it away.
"Its' not nothing when you're staring around like that. C'mon, tell Paddy..."
"Its not something i can tell you." Remus admitted, hoping Sirius would understand.
Sirius' face fell, "Oh."
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Edea pulled her cloak round her tighter as she peered through the dark windows of Snape's mansionette. She had yet to find what she was looking for. She moved around the houe, then finally climbed up on the stone ledge and looked into the Dining Hall.
"Crap." Edea muttered, as the window shattered and she fell into the room covered in bits of broken glass.
The small boy who was sitting at the table jumped up, startled and pulled out his wand. "Nana!" He cried out to the lady sitting at the other end of the table.
The frail lady frowned as she saw Edea pick herself up and look around. "What do you mean by this?" She demanded
"Um..." Edea was speechless. "Hi?"
"YOU" The old lady brought out her own wand and pointed it at Edea.
"Auror here, put that away." Edea pointed at her wand.
"We do not want you here." The lady said pointedly to Edea.
"Funny, that. Cuz i don't really like it here either. But i have something of mine here."
"He's not yours to have."
"nana?" The boy asked, standing up, "I'm ten, nana. I can understand what you're saying you know."
"You don't want to associate with such scum, child." The lady bristled. "You father wouldn't want it."
"daddy's never here." Lucifer scowled, he had inherited Severus' dark moods obviously.
"Merry Christmas to you too, Lucy." Edea rolled her eyes, "You..." She pointed her wand at the old lady, "Outside." The old lady was dragged out of the door by some invisible force.
"wow." The boy looked up at Edea. "How cool..."
"Lucifer?" Edea frowned, "Do you know who i am?"
Lucifer squinted at her...
****
Sirius sat on the big wooden kitchen table, being brought food by all the house elves. Harry was in a corner talking to Dobby about new socks.
"Heres your eclairs master Sirius..." A little elf curtseyed, bringing Sirius a mountain of chocolate eclairs on a silver platter.
"Perfection." Sirius smiled widely picking up the first one on the top. "Oy, Harry!"
"yeah?"
"You're doing a Remus." Sirius sniggered, "Talking to house elves like that.. so funny."
"This is Dobby, was Malfoy's elf before he got given socks."
"Socks is Dobby's favourite." Dobby spoke up to Sirius, "Is you liking your eclairs, sir?"
"Very much so." Sirius nodded. "Can you deliver some to the defence against dark arts professor's office please?"
"Of course, sir." Dobby quickly scampered away to find more eclairs.
"This is so amazing." Harry sat on the floor, being waited on by gleeful elves.
"You can now understand how gryffindor had so many food parties when we were here..." Sirius grinned.
"Don't you think we should be getting back soon?"
"Probably." Sirius shrugged. "C'mon, i'll have some more sent up later."
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Remus Lupin sat at his desk, rifling through some papers, there was a short knock on the door and a house elf came in bearing a tray full of delicacies, "Compliments of Master Sirius, sir." She squeaked.
Remus' face cracked into a grin. "Thank you."
"Is Sir wanting anything else?"
"No, no, thats fine thank you." Remus held back his desire to start up a conversation. "Please, take your leave."
The elf bowed and disappeared behind the door again. Remus picked up a creamy bun and went back to his marking.
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The boy looked up at Edea, "You're that auror who stopped the bad guy."
"Kinda." Edea bit her lip. "Well, anyway. I know you, and i brought you something."
The boy read the little label. "Edea," He read her name. "You send me things every year, and on my birthday. Sometimes Dad gets angry."
"He doesnt like me much... anymore." Edea shrugged, "neither does your nana."
"nana likes nobody." Lucifer moaned. "AND! She won't let me play on my broom in the snow."
"is that so?"
"She says its too dangerous." Lucifer looked at the wrapped present. "daddy's coming home later.. we get to open the presents then."
"Do you like him.." Edea looked at the boy's confused expression. "i mean... does he treat you well?"
"Yes!" The boy smiled instantly, "he's really nice to me, we go for long walks and he talks about stuff, mummy and potions and about Hogwarts."
"He talks about your mum?"
"Yeah."
"What does he say?" Edea sat down on the floor.
"He says she left because she didn't really like him and wanted to have a career and live with her old friends and a werewolf."
"Werewolves aren't all bad." Edea snapped suddenly, "Yes, i'm sorry- go on."
"He told me she looked like me, but that she thinks i'm a big mistake." Lucifer scowled again.
Edea's smile fell. "I know your mother."
"Really?"
"Yeah." Edea said, "She doesnt think you're a mistake. She thinks your father was a mistake."
Edea stood up, repairing the broken window. "Have fun, wont you."
The boy just stared after her as she left the large house. "Mummy?" He asked after she'd gone.
****
Ron and Hermione had been getting pretty close during the holiday, and Harry couldn't help but feel slightly left out. Ron wasn't even complaining about Hermione's perfectionist streak anymore, just blushing and grinning madly. They weren't in the commonroom when Harry climbed through the portrait hole. He sat down to watch Seamus and Dean play chess. He heard a shriek, and went to the window in time to see Sirius holding Edea down in the snow whilst Remus used his wand to pile snow over her...
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"Moony, more snow!" Sirius shouted gleefully.
"Coming up." Remus pointed his was at her and bright purple snow shot out of the tip of his wand.
"Very pretty." Sirius said, impressed. His musings were cut short as he got bowled over into the snow himself. "Bloody mrrph."
"Woohoo!" Edea shoted from under her snow grave. "Go Hermione!"
Sirius was busy trying to stop the snow that was being crammed in his face to notice Remus coming up behind him, holding a handful of snow.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH" Sirius screeched as it went down his back.
Remus pulled Edea out from the snow and they both rugby tackled Sirius, getting him as wet and as snowy as possibe.
"hermione.. help!" Sirius pleaded as Hermione and Ron looked on, laughing.
Sirius suddenly got the upper hand, and dragging himself up, he pelted towards the castle doors, being pursued by some charmed snowballs. "Aha!" He shouted back. "You lose... mrph." He got hit face on by Ron's enchanted snowball. "Bloody hell."
TBC
a/n well.. that was an irrelevant chapter.- i was too busy writing the tabs to a song i've written. and working out remus' bit to the requiem.
