Chapter IV + Flashbacks
Maria stayed up late the next night, her mind still on the previous night. How Snape and Malfoy tormented her, how the werewolf almost bit her, how she thought that black dog was different from other dogs, how the werewolf had the most unique eyes.
The werewolf's eyes, looked exactly like her childhood friend's. Maria could only remember the boy was around 7 or 8 years old, she forgot his name, but she definitely remember his eyes. She cracked her brain for answers, but found none, and ended up falling in deep sleep on the couch in the empty common room.
**"Come on, Maria! Let's play over here!"
"No! It's so scary! What if there are monsters there?"
"Awe, don't be such a scaredy-cat!"
"Oh, alright. Come on!"
Two 8 year olds were walking in the forest at night, a boy with sandy blond hair and honey eyes, and a girl with soft curly light brown hair and big hazel eyes. They were walking bravely into the forest, but the girl had tugged the boy's shirt.
"Hoo…"
"Oh my god, did you hear that?"
"Maria, it's just an owl. Your parents are wizards and witches, you shouldn't be scared of them!"
"Yeah but-"
"Maria, how would you be in Gryffindor if you're scared of everything?"
"I didn't even get my letter yet, and neither have you, you shouldn't be talking!"
"Well, true. Hey, isn't that your doll that your sister's friend's dog took last week?"
"Oh yeah! It's Miss Pinky! Come on, let's get her!"
"Okay!"
The two kids walked onto a muddy track, squinting their eyes in the dark. The small girl bended over and picked the doll up. But she suddenly felt dizzy and fell down.
"Maria, are you okay?"
"Ow… I feel a bit dizzy…"
"GROWL…"
"Don't make stupid sounds!"
"It wasn't me Mar!"
"Then tell Romulus and Raheim to stop scaring me!"
"Um, Mar… I don't think it's a good time to say its not them either, it's a-"
"WEREWOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Come on Mar, hurry!"
"I can't get up! It's too muddy!"
"MARIA! The werewolf's coming! I think it's going to bite you!"
"AHHHHH!!! HELPPP!"
"Maria, hurry! Stand up! NOW!" The boy said, trying to pull the girl up.
"AHH…. HELP!" The girl sobbed, her head was dizzy, and she couldn't feel her legs. The boy was trying his best to pull her up, but it didn't succeed, and the werewolf was coming closer.
"MARIA… PLEASE.. come on, you can do it!" The boy's caring honey eyes were filled with worry. The werewolf was growling, and bit the boy instead.
"OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REMUS!"**
Maria woke up, looked around. She was panting. And she found something out. Now she remembered why those eyes of the werewolf looked so familiar.
Then she met the same pair of eyes she had just seen, wearing shabby robes and had dark bags under his eyes.
"R-r-Remus?"
"Good Evening Maria."
"A-are you a…"
"Werewolf?" Remus whispered softly. Maria nodded her head violently.
"Yes. I was with you when I got bitten, remember."
"Oh my god Remus. What happened to you? I don't remember much about the past."
"Well…" Remus looked around the empty common room and decided it was safe to talk. "After I got bit, my family moved from our old town. Then I got my letter and came here, where I became a Gryffindor."
"Ohh…" Was all Maria could say? She couldn't believe this. She hadn't recognized him all these years. And, he almost bit her!
"I'm sorry about last night. You know how werewolves are… I can't help myself when I'm in the werewolf form. I'm really sorry Maria. REALLY, REALLY SORRY." Remus sighed, plopping down on his knees.
"Shh, Remus! It was MY fault you got bitten at first. I should be apologizing to you."
"No, it was still mine. I was foolish enough to play in the forest and make you come with me."
"Remus, It had already happened and we can't change it."
"I'm really, really sorry Maria." Remus sighed again, now standing up and sitting next to her.
"It's okay, Remus." Maria said, getting slightly annoyed.
"Oh, alright. Well…" Remus looked down. "Mar, we noticed something's wrong with you. Even though from the start you weren't exactly that outgoing, but we could see. You can talk to us about it, you know. Alison, Lily, James, Sirius are great listeners. Well, Peter won't do much but he's alright. And I'll be here if you need anyone to talk to."
"I don't know…" Maria whispered. She felt scared to tell anybody about her.
"Maria, it's okay. It's just that we feel like you don't like us or something, if you're not that open to us. Not that I'm demanding you to reveal your deepest secrets, but-"
"Okay Remus. I think I am ready to tell you this. Because you were my best friend, and you saved me from that werewolf. But this is for your ears only." Maria interrupted.
"Okay, shoot." Remus relaxed; ready to listen to whatever she was about to say,
"Well… I think it was after you left, since it was before a got my letter. I have been having a few weird dreams, and I told my parents about it. Then my parents heard some stuff about some prophecy from a few diviners, and it was almost the same as my dreams. After that I got my letter, and I was sorted into Slytherin, I don't know how. The dreams were soon forgotten, but around the end of 4th year, the dreams came back, and I went to Dumbledore. I told him about the dreams, the prophecy I heard, and… he looked at me squarely in the eye and said…" Maria hesitated.
"What did he say?" Remus asked curiously.
"We have been waiting for you, Miss White."
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"He told me that those diviners were killed by Voldemort, and that Voldemort is after me, which was true, since I was having problems with the other Slytherins. They were torturing me, telling me that I should join them. I was transferred to Gryffindor because of that."
"Voldemort's after you?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, because I'm… I'm…" Maria took a deep breath. "A Seer." She whispered.
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+a/N+ R&R plz… :) thanks to all the reviewers!
Maria stayed up late the next night, her mind still on the previous night. How Snape and Malfoy tormented her, how the werewolf almost bit her, how she thought that black dog was different from other dogs, how the werewolf had the most unique eyes.
The werewolf's eyes, looked exactly like her childhood friend's. Maria could only remember the boy was around 7 or 8 years old, she forgot his name, but she definitely remember his eyes. She cracked her brain for answers, but found none, and ended up falling in deep sleep on the couch in the empty common room.
**"Come on, Maria! Let's play over here!"
"No! It's so scary! What if there are monsters there?"
"Awe, don't be such a scaredy-cat!"
"Oh, alright. Come on!"
Two 8 year olds were walking in the forest at night, a boy with sandy blond hair and honey eyes, and a girl with soft curly light brown hair and big hazel eyes. They were walking bravely into the forest, but the girl had tugged the boy's shirt.
"Hoo…"
"Oh my god, did you hear that?"
"Maria, it's just an owl. Your parents are wizards and witches, you shouldn't be scared of them!"
"Yeah but-"
"Maria, how would you be in Gryffindor if you're scared of everything?"
"I didn't even get my letter yet, and neither have you, you shouldn't be talking!"
"Well, true. Hey, isn't that your doll that your sister's friend's dog took last week?"
"Oh yeah! It's Miss Pinky! Come on, let's get her!"
"Okay!"
The two kids walked onto a muddy track, squinting their eyes in the dark. The small girl bended over and picked the doll up. But she suddenly felt dizzy and fell down.
"Maria, are you okay?"
"Ow… I feel a bit dizzy…"
"GROWL…"
"Don't make stupid sounds!"
"It wasn't me Mar!"
"Then tell Romulus and Raheim to stop scaring me!"
"Um, Mar… I don't think it's a good time to say its not them either, it's a-"
"WEREWOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Come on Mar, hurry!"
"I can't get up! It's too muddy!"
"MARIA! The werewolf's coming! I think it's going to bite you!"
"AHHHHH!!! HELPPP!"
"Maria, hurry! Stand up! NOW!" The boy said, trying to pull the girl up.
"AHH…. HELP!" The girl sobbed, her head was dizzy, and she couldn't feel her legs. The boy was trying his best to pull her up, but it didn't succeed, and the werewolf was coming closer.
"MARIA… PLEASE.. come on, you can do it!" The boy's caring honey eyes were filled with worry. The werewolf was growling, and bit the boy instead.
"OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REMUS!"**
Maria woke up, looked around. She was panting. And she found something out. Now she remembered why those eyes of the werewolf looked so familiar.
Then she met the same pair of eyes she had just seen, wearing shabby robes and had dark bags under his eyes.
"R-r-Remus?"
"Good Evening Maria."
"A-are you a…"
"Werewolf?" Remus whispered softly. Maria nodded her head violently.
"Yes. I was with you when I got bitten, remember."
"Oh my god Remus. What happened to you? I don't remember much about the past."
"Well…" Remus looked around the empty common room and decided it was safe to talk. "After I got bit, my family moved from our old town. Then I got my letter and came here, where I became a Gryffindor."
"Ohh…" Was all Maria could say? She couldn't believe this. She hadn't recognized him all these years. And, he almost bit her!
"I'm sorry about last night. You know how werewolves are… I can't help myself when I'm in the werewolf form. I'm really sorry Maria. REALLY, REALLY SORRY." Remus sighed, plopping down on his knees.
"Shh, Remus! It was MY fault you got bitten at first. I should be apologizing to you."
"No, it was still mine. I was foolish enough to play in the forest and make you come with me."
"Remus, It had already happened and we can't change it."
"I'm really, really sorry Maria." Remus sighed again, now standing up and sitting next to her.
"It's okay, Remus." Maria said, getting slightly annoyed.
"Oh, alright. Well…" Remus looked down. "Mar, we noticed something's wrong with you. Even though from the start you weren't exactly that outgoing, but we could see. You can talk to us about it, you know. Alison, Lily, James, Sirius are great listeners. Well, Peter won't do much but he's alright. And I'll be here if you need anyone to talk to."
"I don't know…" Maria whispered. She felt scared to tell anybody about her.
"Maria, it's okay. It's just that we feel like you don't like us or something, if you're not that open to us. Not that I'm demanding you to reveal your deepest secrets, but-"
"Okay Remus. I think I am ready to tell you this. Because you were my best friend, and you saved me from that werewolf. But this is for your ears only." Maria interrupted.
"Okay, shoot." Remus relaxed; ready to listen to whatever she was about to say,
"Well… I think it was after you left, since it was before a got my letter. I have been having a few weird dreams, and I told my parents about it. Then my parents heard some stuff about some prophecy from a few diviners, and it was almost the same as my dreams. After that I got my letter, and I was sorted into Slytherin, I don't know how. The dreams were soon forgotten, but around the end of 4th year, the dreams came back, and I went to Dumbledore. I told him about the dreams, the prophecy I heard, and… he looked at me squarely in the eye and said…" Maria hesitated.
"What did he say?" Remus asked curiously.
"We have been waiting for you, Miss White."
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"He told me that those diviners were killed by Voldemort, and that Voldemort is after me, which was true, since I was having problems with the other Slytherins. They were torturing me, telling me that I should join them. I was transferred to Gryffindor because of that."
"Voldemort's after you?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, because I'm… I'm…" Maria took a deep breath. "A Seer." She whispered.
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+a/N+ R&R plz… :) thanks to all the reviewers!
