Epilogue
July 26, 1995
6:30 AM
"So you're leaving now? To meet Arabella, Arthur, and Molly?" Remus asked quietly, stepping out into the small living room. There, near the door, stood Sirius, clean and shaven, with his dark robes wrapped close about him. He saw the deep sadness and regret in those grey eyes...Sirius wanted to leave as little as Remus wished him to go. Nevertheless, he gave Remus a firm nod.
"Yeah...the letter from Dumbledore told me to act now..." he paused, and started to reach for the door knob when he turned on his heel and strode over to Remus. Silence reigned, and in one swift motion, he pulled Remus into a smothering embrace and pressed his lips feverently against his lover's, running gentle fingers through that soft silver brown hair. There was nothing more he wanted than to stay here; laying in the tender, heated embrace that he had woken to that morning...nothing more than to hold him longer; make love to him one more time...or even sit down to a last cup of warm tea and a conversation...but no; Fate had seen it fit to send him on his way...
"There will be another time...another place..." he heard Remus whisper. "Wherever and whenever that might be...I'lbe there, awaiting your arrival..."
Sirius pulled back and smiled; such loyalty...he then knew what love truely was, and it gleamed there in those saddened silver eyes.
"I know..." he whispered. "No tears, Moony...no tears..."
With that, he turned quickly and strode to the door, opening it. Pulling the cowl of his cloak over his head, he stepped out into the cool July morning; he would become Padfoot when he neared Surrey...With one last, longing glance behind him, he turned and closed the door, stepping out into the fog.
Remus watched numbly as he heard the creaking footsteps across the frail woodwork of the porch outside, and then they too, were gone. Again, Sirius was alone, having to flee from something unjust; alone, with his dearest friend behind him...But why...why did he have to go alone?
The twigs cracked underneath his feet as he neared the edge of the clearing, and he looked up into the cloudy morning sky. Sirius sighed a lonesome sigh...another time...another place...
"Sirius!" came the call, and he whirled around, surprised at the outburst. He looked at Remus in confusion as he sprinted towards him, travelling cloak about his shoulder.
"Remus...?" he asked as the werewolf came to a stop a few feet before him. "What are you doing?" he asked, swallowing a bit.
Remus merely smiled that well-known smile and shook his head. "Padfoot...according to the word of the Marauders...we vowed never to leave one of our own in his darkness alone...the very words were spoken in reference to me...and I've broken that word; that loyal trust once...and it was too many times..." He paused, and stepped towards Sirius slowly, the gentle morning wind brushing strands of hair across his forehead.
"...You...you're going to come with me?" Sirius asked haltingly; this couldn't be true...had to be a cruel trick..
Remus simply smiled.
"Of course...who am I...to break tradition?"
~*Owari*~
July 26, 1995
6:30 AM
"So you're leaving now? To meet Arabella, Arthur, and Molly?" Remus asked quietly, stepping out into the small living room. There, near the door, stood Sirius, clean and shaven, with his dark robes wrapped close about him. He saw the deep sadness and regret in those grey eyes...Sirius wanted to leave as little as Remus wished him to go. Nevertheless, he gave Remus a firm nod.
"Yeah...the letter from Dumbledore told me to act now..." he paused, and started to reach for the door knob when he turned on his heel and strode over to Remus. Silence reigned, and in one swift motion, he pulled Remus into a smothering embrace and pressed his lips feverently against his lover's, running gentle fingers through that soft silver brown hair. There was nothing more he wanted than to stay here; laying in the tender, heated embrace that he had woken to that morning...nothing more than to hold him longer; make love to him one more time...or even sit down to a last cup of warm tea and a conversation...but no; Fate had seen it fit to send him on his way...
"There will be another time...another place..." he heard Remus whisper. "Wherever and whenever that might be...I'lbe there, awaiting your arrival..."
Sirius pulled back and smiled; such loyalty...he then knew what love truely was, and it gleamed there in those saddened silver eyes.
"I know..." he whispered. "No tears, Moony...no tears..."
With that, he turned quickly and strode to the door, opening it. Pulling the cowl of his cloak over his head, he stepped out into the cool July morning; he would become Padfoot when he neared Surrey...With one last, longing glance behind him, he turned and closed the door, stepping out into the fog.
Remus watched numbly as he heard the creaking footsteps across the frail woodwork of the porch outside, and then they too, were gone. Again, Sirius was alone, having to flee from something unjust; alone, with his dearest friend behind him...But why...why did he have to go alone?
The twigs cracked underneath his feet as he neared the edge of the clearing, and he looked up into the cloudy morning sky. Sirius sighed a lonesome sigh...another time...another place...
"Sirius!" came the call, and he whirled around, surprised at the outburst. He looked at Remus in confusion as he sprinted towards him, travelling cloak about his shoulder.
"Remus...?" he asked as the werewolf came to a stop a few feet before him. "What are you doing?" he asked, swallowing a bit.
Remus merely smiled that well-known smile and shook his head. "Padfoot...according to the word of the Marauders...we vowed never to leave one of our own in his darkness alone...the very words were spoken in reference to me...and I've broken that word; that loyal trust once...and it was too many times..." He paused, and stepped towards Sirius slowly, the gentle morning wind brushing strands of hair across his forehead.
"...You...you're going to come with me?" Sirius asked haltingly; this couldn't be true...had to be a cruel trick..
Remus simply smiled.
"Of course...who am I...to break tradition?"
~*Owari*~