Disclaimer: Even though I send about ten letters a week to the goddess JK
Rowling asking and begging for ownership of Remus Lupin he still is not
mine nor is anything else in this fic cept the plot and the character
Elspeth Helling who wont actually be introduced for a couple more chappies.
A/N: Well here I am! Took me long enough eh? I did start a couple more fics since I last updated "The Sweetest Things" one of them is called "Merlin's Fire Pendent" and I highly recommend reading it once I start putting more onto it. It is the story of Remus Lupin and the girl he mentioned in the last chapter. I don't remember what name I gave her . I'll have to go back and change it to Elspeth Helling. I'm not going to give away the plot or anything but all I'll say is that it's a SAD fic. no happiness abounds when I write it. Well enough on that onto the fic at hand. This chapter is where the plot takes a dramatic turn from fluff and happiness to angst and worry. The characters receive news of trouble that could affect their lives forever.
(Yes, I know I suck at suspense)
The sun in the east slowly rose up from its long slumber to gently embrace the Hogwarts grounds with golden fingers. It shown through the forbidden forest streaking brilliant paths of light on the autumn ground, dazzling the eye. Hermione woke slowly and reluctantly and the sun hit her face. She was wrapped in Remus' arms so tightly it felt strenuous to breathe deeply but she did anyway. She inhaled deeply and watched like a child as the crisp morning air transformed it into something visible and breathtaking. (A/N no pun intended) Puffs of frozen air just wanting attention are what she use to think they were. Childish as it was she still delighted in watching it.
A groan from behind her announced that Remus was rousing awake. She laboriously shifted in his arms to face him. His eyes, still closed had dark circles about them and he looked ragged, light brown hair with flecks of gray fell across his brow. Despite the dark eyes and the gray hair he looked as young as he ever did. Beneath the lines, Hermione could see the innocent boyish qualities that had first caught her eye. She remembered an entry in his diary that she had read a couple nights before when she couldn't sleep. " I fear I shall be old and wrinkly before I'll fall in love." Or something like that. She smiled to herself as she raised her hand to touch his face. He remained in his doze. She traced each of his wrinkles with her hand, down to his stubble and to his neck. Her finger traced farther back, it seemed as though through touching him she was memorizing his face. His ears and then down to his neck again, where she was to find a chain of fine gold. She tugged at it pulling it up to examine it closer. It was rather unremarkable she noted but when she had fully brought it out, a small amber pendent hung at the end. She drew the pendent close to her eyes to gaze at it closer. The amber stone was semi-transparent and when she peered in she was amazed to see a swirl of what looked like stars mingling and churning about inside. (A/N think Men in Black but it's not a galaxy)
A snort came from her sleeping aficionado (I believe that's Spanish..) and she quickly pushed the pendant and chain back under his shirt. Then, with another cough she peered up at Remus who's eyes were tiny squints of shadowy blue.
"Hello" he said innocently. A small smirk playing on his lips.
"Hi" Hermione responded snuggling closer to Remus. She had just noticed how the early morning dew hung on her clothes in the back and now with it exposed she was getter chilly.
Remus gladly accepted her into his arms, letting her breath into his chest. (A/n: Why couldn't it be me? Why couldn't it be me?) They lay there for a while just taking in each other's scents. He smelt strongly of nature. The bark of an apple tree, the spicy sent of the checkerberry bushes, and even the faint scent of a fiddlehead. (A/N ok ok ok I know that two of those are only found like in New Hampshire but give me a break) Among the scents of nature, a faint wisp of masculine aftershave or cologne filled her senses.
"We should go to breakfast soon before we're found. I highly doubt this will help you become head girl next year darling." A low gentle growl escaped his throat as his lips hovered close to her ear.
" I suppose so. I should get to my dormitory before the other girls wake up. Lord forbid I have to tell them I spent the entire night with Colin." With that, he let go of her and stood up giving Hermione his hand. She got up and brushed her robe off, and tucked her wild hair behind her ear. She felt almost embarrassed standing there, disheveled as Remus stood there watching her. His eyes, now open fully, burned of some emotion that Hermione could not interpret. Almost sadness and guilt but not quite. She smiled up at him, shyly at first but when she saw that he grinned in return, her face split into a wide smile, eyes shining with deep affection.
"Can you find your way back? Or do you need me to show you?" Remus asked drawing her close and looking down at her.
" I think I can find my way." And with that she kissed his chin and he returned the kiss on her forehead and she started off.
She was almost off the grassy when he called out to her. " Hermione, you know where my private room is. You can. ahh. stop by anytime to keep a lonely old werewolf company."
"Yes, I think I will Remus, tonight maybe. See you at breakfast." She called back looking at the man standing by the old tree.
She knew that she had just gotten into something big. Something loomed on the horizon for both of there lives, and she didn't nesicarlly think it was good but she thought as she looked at him one more time, she could handle it as long as she had Remus.
A/N there is it! The next chappie. not the best but it'll do. enjoy. I'll try hard to be quicker on the next chapter ok? This is pure fluff eh?
A/N: Well here I am! Took me long enough eh? I did start a couple more fics since I last updated "The Sweetest Things" one of them is called "Merlin's Fire Pendent" and I highly recommend reading it once I start putting more onto it. It is the story of Remus Lupin and the girl he mentioned in the last chapter. I don't remember what name I gave her . I'll have to go back and change it to Elspeth Helling. I'm not going to give away the plot or anything but all I'll say is that it's a SAD fic. no happiness abounds when I write it. Well enough on that onto the fic at hand. This chapter is where the plot takes a dramatic turn from fluff and happiness to angst and worry. The characters receive news of trouble that could affect their lives forever.
(Yes, I know I suck at suspense)
The sun in the east slowly rose up from its long slumber to gently embrace the Hogwarts grounds with golden fingers. It shown through the forbidden forest streaking brilliant paths of light on the autumn ground, dazzling the eye. Hermione woke slowly and reluctantly and the sun hit her face. She was wrapped in Remus' arms so tightly it felt strenuous to breathe deeply but she did anyway. She inhaled deeply and watched like a child as the crisp morning air transformed it into something visible and breathtaking. (A/N no pun intended) Puffs of frozen air just wanting attention are what she use to think they were. Childish as it was she still delighted in watching it.
A groan from behind her announced that Remus was rousing awake. She laboriously shifted in his arms to face him. His eyes, still closed had dark circles about them and he looked ragged, light brown hair with flecks of gray fell across his brow. Despite the dark eyes and the gray hair he looked as young as he ever did. Beneath the lines, Hermione could see the innocent boyish qualities that had first caught her eye. She remembered an entry in his diary that she had read a couple nights before when she couldn't sleep. " I fear I shall be old and wrinkly before I'll fall in love." Or something like that. She smiled to herself as she raised her hand to touch his face. He remained in his doze. She traced each of his wrinkles with her hand, down to his stubble and to his neck. Her finger traced farther back, it seemed as though through touching him she was memorizing his face. His ears and then down to his neck again, where she was to find a chain of fine gold. She tugged at it pulling it up to examine it closer. It was rather unremarkable she noted but when she had fully brought it out, a small amber pendent hung at the end. She drew the pendent close to her eyes to gaze at it closer. The amber stone was semi-transparent and when she peered in she was amazed to see a swirl of what looked like stars mingling and churning about inside. (A/N think Men in Black but it's not a galaxy)
A snort came from her sleeping aficionado (I believe that's Spanish..) and she quickly pushed the pendant and chain back under his shirt. Then, with another cough she peered up at Remus who's eyes were tiny squints of shadowy blue.
"Hello" he said innocently. A small smirk playing on his lips.
"Hi" Hermione responded snuggling closer to Remus. She had just noticed how the early morning dew hung on her clothes in the back and now with it exposed she was getter chilly.
Remus gladly accepted her into his arms, letting her breath into his chest. (A/n: Why couldn't it be me? Why couldn't it be me?) They lay there for a while just taking in each other's scents. He smelt strongly of nature. The bark of an apple tree, the spicy sent of the checkerberry bushes, and even the faint scent of a fiddlehead. (A/N ok ok ok I know that two of those are only found like in New Hampshire but give me a break) Among the scents of nature, a faint wisp of masculine aftershave or cologne filled her senses.
"We should go to breakfast soon before we're found. I highly doubt this will help you become head girl next year darling." A low gentle growl escaped his throat as his lips hovered close to her ear.
" I suppose so. I should get to my dormitory before the other girls wake up. Lord forbid I have to tell them I spent the entire night with Colin." With that, he let go of her and stood up giving Hermione his hand. She got up and brushed her robe off, and tucked her wild hair behind her ear. She felt almost embarrassed standing there, disheveled as Remus stood there watching her. His eyes, now open fully, burned of some emotion that Hermione could not interpret. Almost sadness and guilt but not quite. She smiled up at him, shyly at first but when she saw that he grinned in return, her face split into a wide smile, eyes shining with deep affection.
"Can you find your way back? Or do you need me to show you?" Remus asked drawing her close and looking down at her.
" I think I can find my way." And with that she kissed his chin and he returned the kiss on her forehead and she started off.
She was almost off the grassy when he called out to her. " Hermione, you know where my private room is. You can. ahh. stop by anytime to keep a lonely old werewolf company."
"Yes, I think I will Remus, tonight maybe. See you at breakfast." She called back looking at the man standing by the old tree.
She knew that she had just gotten into something big. Something loomed on the horizon for both of there lives, and she didn't nesicarlly think it was good but she thought as she looked at him one more time, she could handle it as long as she had Remus.
A/N there is it! The next chappie. not the best but it'll do. enjoy. I'll try hard to be quicker on the next chapter ok? This is pure fluff eh?