A/N: Chapter 9 is LUPIN'S POV…just so you won't be confused. There's a
flashback in this…and yea. Some new surprises about someone…
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I watched them go, pain surging through my weak body. How long would I have to put up with this? I'm already tortured; I'm starving.
That girl, though, she looks so familiar. But it's not possible…
:::Flashback:::
"Remus? Remus!" a short girl with raven black hair came running up to me. She threw her arms around my waist. "Oh, Remus! I can't believe it's you!"
I smiled down at her, but pulled myself out of her grasp. She knew my secret…I don't know how, but she found out. And why would she still want to be with me? He saw the happy glow in her eyes begin to fade.
"Amanda, I…"
"No, Remus." She said, her eyes filling with tears. "I love you. I always will, and you know that. I understand…you're afraid for my safety. But I'm seventeen! I can take care of myself. If you don't want to have a relationship with me, that's fine." Without even letting me speak, she turned and ran onto the Hogwarts Express.
"Hey!" Sirius said from behind. I turned to see his smiling face. "What's wrong?" He asked, noticing the sad look in my eyes.
"Mandy…" was all I said. Remus frowned. "Look, Remus, she had to know. She's your girlfriend…" My sadness quickly turned to anger. I grabbed Sirius's shirt collar and threw him against the platform entrance. "You told her?" I shouted.
"It was only for the best-" "How would you know what's best for me? You, James and Peter swore you'd never tell anybody. If I knew you would break your promise, I'd-" I was at a loss of words. The only time I had ever been mad at Sirius was when he told me he was an animagus.
I sighed. "You thought it was a good idea if she knew. I understand…but now Mandy broke up with me. You happy now? You've been admiring her for years…now's your chance." I said bitterly, turning and jogging to the train.
:::Still a Flashback…four months later:::
"Remus!" Sirius called, running up the stairs in the common room. "Remus!" He ran into our room, panting. I looked up from my book.
"What is it?" Sirius looked upset, and he hardly was upset. "They found her." He panted.
I jumped out of my seat, the book falling to the floor. "They found her! How is she? Where is she?" But Sirius wasn't smiling.
"Mandy's dead." He said quietly. My legs felt weak as I fell back into the chair. "No!" Mandy wasn't dead. I just saw her last week! I hadn't spoken to her since the train. "She can't be dead." I said finally.
Sirius shook his head, walking over to my chair. "They confirmed it. It's not a curse or anything." He took a deep breath. "She's gone."
Both of us had been dating Mandy at a point in our lives. Sirius was the last person to see her before she disappeared without a trace.
:::End Flashback:::
I still feel guilty about her.
As I sat on the ground, something gray caught my eye. I looked to see a gray cat lying on the floor. The cat that saved me from further torture from my former best friend. It would have looked dead if I hadn't seen the rise and fall of its chest. Elephant was its name, I think. The cat stayed by me often.
It reminded me of Mandy. She had her own cat, a gray just like this one. When Sirius became an animagus, she found out, and ever since then, she'd tried to become one. But she never did. She only lived for seventeen years. She died far too young. She was going to be an Auror…
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(A/N: This is from someone else's point of view…can't tell you who. Just try and guess…)
My eyes opened slowly. The sharp pain in my chest woke me. I looked around to get my surroundings; I was lying on a cold, hard floor. I thought I was alone until I heard someone else breathing. It was him! The man who Yelena's got. He's so familiar. Smells like a dog, but still very familiar.
I've been like this for far too long. It's about time I was myself again. But after all, I am dead. Dead to everyone but myself. It was a rather simple trick actually. I'm surprised no one thought of a polyjuice potion. But that means I'm still a secret.
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A/N: End of chapter 9. My story's coming along well, doncha think? But how will I kno? You don't review. **Sigh** there's a bit of mystery, eh? Who is the 'someone else'? I know…you don't…nyeh! Peace out.
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I watched them go, pain surging through my weak body. How long would I have to put up with this? I'm already tortured; I'm starving.
That girl, though, she looks so familiar. But it's not possible…
:::Flashback:::
"Remus? Remus!" a short girl with raven black hair came running up to me. She threw her arms around my waist. "Oh, Remus! I can't believe it's you!"
I smiled down at her, but pulled myself out of her grasp. She knew my secret…I don't know how, but she found out. And why would she still want to be with me? He saw the happy glow in her eyes begin to fade.
"Amanda, I…"
"No, Remus." She said, her eyes filling with tears. "I love you. I always will, and you know that. I understand…you're afraid for my safety. But I'm seventeen! I can take care of myself. If you don't want to have a relationship with me, that's fine." Without even letting me speak, she turned and ran onto the Hogwarts Express.
"Hey!" Sirius said from behind. I turned to see his smiling face. "What's wrong?" He asked, noticing the sad look in my eyes.
"Mandy…" was all I said. Remus frowned. "Look, Remus, she had to know. She's your girlfriend…" My sadness quickly turned to anger. I grabbed Sirius's shirt collar and threw him against the platform entrance. "You told her?" I shouted.
"It was only for the best-" "How would you know what's best for me? You, James and Peter swore you'd never tell anybody. If I knew you would break your promise, I'd-" I was at a loss of words. The only time I had ever been mad at Sirius was when he told me he was an animagus.
I sighed. "You thought it was a good idea if she knew. I understand…but now Mandy broke up with me. You happy now? You've been admiring her for years…now's your chance." I said bitterly, turning and jogging to the train.
:::Still a Flashback…four months later:::
"Remus!" Sirius called, running up the stairs in the common room. "Remus!" He ran into our room, panting. I looked up from my book.
"What is it?" Sirius looked upset, and he hardly was upset. "They found her." He panted.
I jumped out of my seat, the book falling to the floor. "They found her! How is she? Where is she?" But Sirius wasn't smiling.
"Mandy's dead." He said quietly. My legs felt weak as I fell back into the chair. "No!" Mandy wasn't dead. I just saw her last week! I hadn't spoken to her since the train. "She can't be dead." I said finally.
Sirius shook his head, walking over to my chair. "They confirmed it. It's not a curse or anything." He took a deep breath. "She's gone."
Both of us had been dating Mandy at a point in our lives. Sirius was the last person to see her before she disappeared without a trace.
:::End Flashback:::
I still feel guilty about her.
As I sat on the ground, something gray caught my eye. I looked to see a gray cat lying on the floor. The cat that saved me from further torture from my former best friend. It would have looked dead if I hadn't seen the rise and fall of its chest. Elephant was its name, I think. The cat stayed by me often.
It reminded me of Mandy. She had her own cat, a gray just like this one. When Sirius became an animagus, she found out, and ever since then, she'd tried to become one. But she never did. She only lived for seventeen years. She died far too young. She was going to be an Auror…
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(A/N: This is from someone else's point of view…can't tell you who. Just try and guess…)
My eyes opened slowly. The sharp pain in my chest woke me. I looked around to get my surroundings; I was lying on a cold, hard floor. I thought I was alone until I heard someone else breathing. It was him! The man who Yelena's got. He's so familiar. Smells like a dog, but still very familiar.
I've been like this for far too long. It's about time I was myself again. But after all, I am dead. Dead to everyone but myself. It was a rather simple trick actually. I'm surprised no one thought of a polyjuice potion. But that means I'm still a secret.
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A/N: End of chapter 9. My story's coming along well, doncha think? But how will I kno? You don't review. **Sigh** there's a bit of mystery, eh? Who is the 'someone else'? I know…you don't…nyeh! Peace out.
