love in a time of war

by adel-macdonnachiadhe

warning:contains very graphic sexuality. this is the story of severus and his old hogwarts sweetheart, who comes back to work for the order(did i mention she's remus lupins twin sister?)theres some serious chemistry between her and sirius and.....

1. chapter one: remy returns

Remy, was 36, her hair long and brown. Her eyeys the deep gold, that trademarked her mothers side of the family, hers had flecs of emerald green along with their gold, she had a brother who's eyes where similar, but with brown instead of emerald.

Remy had graduated from hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Years back, and soon after she felt she'd done her part against voldemort, she had left, on one of her "wandering phases" and had gone to live in america. Now she was trying to find her twin brother, Remus Lupin,

She hadn't seen him in a long time, she'd left right after lily and james potter's wedding. But now dumbledore had sent her word that the order was being reformed, and she had unfinished business anyway.

She'd heard remus was staying with his best friend from school, Sirius Black. She just had an address that dumbledore had sent her. Enough reminiscing. She found herself looking up at the rusty foreboding numbers over a old, very, old looking door. #12 grimmauld place, 'this should be it' Remy mumbled to herself.

She walked up and rang the doorbell, fumbling with her hair nervously.

A irritated looking man with long black hair opened the door, Remy could hear a woman's screeching in the background.

Where had she seen him before? "Er.Sirius? Sirius Black?" she questioned. "Yes- what, are you from the ministry?!" he said a hint of panic in his voice. "No, no, its me.. Remy, Remy Lupin, is Remus here? dumbledore told me he was staying with you and." "Yeah, yeah, he's in here, come in-quick." He ended the sentence with a frantic look down the street. She entered the house and looked around, noting that it didn't look very lived in. "Remus?! Hey Lupin!" Sirius called up the stairs. Remus Lupin appeared on a stair landing above them, in a worn out pair of muggle p.j.'s, he was brushing his teeth with a spell from his wand. Which he dropped, when he saw the girl standing just inside the door, beaming up at him.

"REMY?!" he asked bewildered, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "Good to see you too brother." She replied, her smile growing wider
"God, I thought you where in that America-place." Remus said groggily stepping a few stairs down as he spoke.

"I decided it was time to come home, I was going to talk to mom and dad, but they're not speaking to me." "Surprise, surprise.is dad even sitting still long enough to talk? He was always leaving wasn't he? That gypsy blood." Remus muttered darkly "think I got that. You'd be getting more to mums side of the family. What is it that attracts werewolf bites to her side of the family, anyways?" remy questioned. "if you really want to know I could tell you, but later." remus said "I'm not surprised your living with Sirius." Remy said, changing the subject. "I'm not living with him, actually I've got an apartment of my own, it's hard to find a job of course, but I'm not like, depending on anyone for support you know." Remus shot back defensively. "Okay! Okay! No offence meant! How's Nymphy?" she said looking around as if expecting to see Tonks jump out from behind a curtain or something, "and why won't that portrait shut-up?" "My mum's a little cross, and Tonks will be around for dinner." "Your mum? Lovely woman as I remember her." Remy said sarcastically. "Hey that's right! You met her!" Sirius exclaimed in mock elation. "Do you think my little bro got here by himself?" Remy asked with a grin. "he couldn't run away on his own, come on." she punched remus's arm playfully. They began to talk about the old times, Including when Remus & remy had snuck into Sirius's house through his bedroom window, and they would have proceeded to James's if it hadn't been for Sirius's mum who'd found them out. "I remember," Remy said "she called me a half-blood scum, unworthy of setting foot in her home." "Yeah she was good with the insults." Sirius said darkly. "Indeed," Remus chimed in, "she called me a half-breed monster and a disgrace to wizards." " She was worst on me, being to first ever Gryffindor in my family, well imidiate family anyway, tonks was a gryffie.she was going to put me up for adoption, but my brother said it'd be easier just to sale me on the black- market, Less paper-work." This statement was followed by a round of laughter which Remy managed to make worse by saying, "I'd have bought you, if old Mundungus didn't get you first."

At this point the doorbell rang, and Mrs. Black began to wail once again. "BLOOD TRAITORS! MUDBLOODS! SCUM! ENTER NOT INTO MY HOUSE!" Her screeches could be heard throughout the house.

"I'll get it!" Remy yelled over Mrs. Black's screams, as she jumped to her feet. She flung open the door and began running down the hall. stopping place. She opened the door, it was mad-eye moody. "who the ruddy hell are you?" he growled. " its me Remy Lupin, mad-eye don't you rememeber?." "that's right, Lupin, thought Someone had done a gender switch spell on Remus" " Come on in." As she lead moody passed Mrs. black's portrait she shrieked, "the werewolf's whor sister ! I forbade you ever to enter my house again you scum of the earth witch-disgrace!" " haho! you'll neva catch me alive coppa!" Remy cried dramatically running back into the kitchen . When they got into the kitchen, Sirius and Remus looked at mad-eye, a little caught off guard. "Er.." "Remus. We're going to go and get the potter-boy, now, the others are ready, dumbledore thinks it would be a good idea if you where to come with us, as he knows you, and well, I wasn't really me when he met "me." "I should go to!" Sirius cried jumping to his feet "I'm his godfather!" "I hear he's just like James, " Remy commented sipping her butterbeer. "cept he has lily's eyes, I hear, however, at 15, I hope he's more like his mother." Remy chuckled. Remus smiled slightly, but Sirius looked offended. "what was wrong with James?" "nothing, nothing, he was just a "little" full of himself at 15 that's all" Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa! "what the hell??" remy looked wildly at the ceiling "oh that'll be the kreachers sheep, he keeps it in the attack, we don't let it out, nothing to worry about." Sirius said, his anger at her for calling James "full of himself" forgotten.

Remys mouth fell open. Then an evil smile crossed her face. "and hows that babe,. severus?" Sirius choked. "snape??? A babe??" Oh helll yeah oooweee!" she said laughing. " well er." mad-eye cut in, "Remus, we really should be going." Sirius looked daggers at moody. "Well honey I love you too much! I need your lovin too much take me back honey in your arms!" moody said laughing wildly at Sirius. Sirius choked into his glass "WHAT?" then he heard everybody laughing. Wella bless my soul, whatsa wrong with me? I'm itchin like a bug on a fuzzy tree, I'm in love im all shook up!" Remy started, dancing on the kitchen table. "I regret ever starting you idiots up." moody growled. "serves me right. Lets go Lupin." Remy slid across the table, on her spilled butterbeer and hugged Remus, "get back soon! I'm hyper!" "I noticed." "Sirius are you sure your giving her butterbeer?" Sirius looked at the spilled drink, "oops..! that'd be fire whiskey." he said. "my, aren't you the finest jail-bird I ever did see?" remy said to Sirius. "yes, yes I am the sexiest azkaban escapee ever, huh?" Remus and moody had gone. " I used to have a crush on you, you know, in school. I used to stare at your hair." "yah. You were pretty freaky, pigtails." Sirius said, a little uncomfortable with remy in this slightly-intoxicated state. "shut-up. They where braids, and they where sexy" remy muttered, smiling and taking another swig of fire whiskey, at which Sirius snatched her drink. "I know I'm a horrible drunk." remy said slightly recovering. "so, how'd you go from crushing on gorgeous me, to snogging that old slytherin scum-bag?" Sirius changed the subject. "he's really great, he just doesn't let people get close to them, and if it weren't for you I never would have gotten with him, you ignored me. Lily had dibbed James, and I'm not incestant, and snape had a mysterious air about him, I just sort of saw a light in his eyes , and followed it." remy explained. "wormtail liked you." said Sirius, absent mindedly "he's a mouse, not a man." Sirius laughed. "marry me you scoundrel." remy proposed hiccupping. "your drunk lets go to bed." he kidded. Remy hit him over the head with her empty fire-whiskey bottle. "I've (hic) got class. You mutt!." "okay, okay, your drunk and I was kidding . C'mon, up up up." He lifted remy up, "I'm cutting u off tonight you've had enough." "org." remy muttered. "where's my blood brother? My brethren kin of the wolves?" "he's off on a flying corkscrew, hey hey wake-up!" He slapped her face. "no sleep for drunken witches!" Sirius kept her awake till The doorbell rang. Moody, Remus, and the others where back w/ Harry, snape was with them.

DUN DUN DUN!!

The others moved pasted them into the kitchen, casting curious glances at remy.

Remy and snape stood frozen their eyes locked onto each other.

After a few moments severus managed to speak. ".remy.?" he said in a whisper which sounded like an echo of a different person, not the jaded severus snape the others knew, no this, this, was remy's severus.

She swayed, and seemed to sober on the spot. "sever.severus??? Er." She fell out of Sirius supporting grip, and into snape's arms. She was out cold.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO REMY, BLACK?!" snape yelled looking at his unconscious love from the past.

"hey its her own damn fire-whiskey drinking fault!" Snape eyed him menacingly "she's just drunk you idiot!" Said Sirius defensively, "it's not like I hit a bludger to her head or anything."

A few spells later and remy was good as new, and chatting up Harry.

"does he really give you that hard a time in potions? Well, well, well." "oh yah he's an absolute lunatic." Ron chimed in. "we thought for sure he was going to murder Harry in first year." remy laughed at this. Sirius was sulking near by, "he's a bloody git if you ask me, ought to bathe once in a while, once a year at least, maybe once a decade. I don't know why you bother with him, remy, I'd expect better from remus's sister." Snape walks in. "I'll have you know I just got out of the bath." snape grumbled as he towel dried his hair. While wearing a black bathrobe, which remy eyed. She giggled. "what? You in my house. you in a bathrobe in my house.." Sirius said incredulously. "tell me you have something on underneath that!" "tell me you don't!" remy giggled. Snape blushed slightly and walked away. At which point Ron and Harry exchanged mortified looks of disgust , followed by violent vomiting noises. Hermione wandered into the kitchen , one eyebrow raised(in an unknown perfect imitation of the rock), "did er..I miss something?."

"snape.robe.you just don't want to know" Ron managed to choke out. "okay then." Hermione sat down to her breakfast. "remy why was he in my house? Tell me he didn't sleep in my house?!" Sirius cried. "relax we slept in your old room." "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Sirius cried. "just kidding..god.just kidding!" remy shouted over Sirius's wails . Ron & Harry had fled the room , in revoltion. Hermione just looked confused. Sirius stopped yelling, because he started his mother to screaming too. He shuddered and looked sick. 'my god. don't scare me like that." But remy had glided away, and was busy challenging Tonks to see who could juggle more butter -beers. Remus slid into the seat across from Sirius where remy had been.

'I hear my sisters shacking up with snape." "isn't that dangerous? To like, his undercover thing? Wont they know she's your sister?' "she's been in America since the last war, I figure if anyone asks he'll pass her off as an American pure-blood.' Sirius couldn't argue with this, and chose instead to insult snape violently. Then said "they have purebloods in america?" Remus eyed him oddly. And ignored the question. "your insulting snape more often then usual now." 'his hanging around more often now." "I wonder why?" "yah, cant they just get a bloody room/? For Christ's sake!?" "they've got one, it appears to be your little brothers 2nd bedroom upstairs.' "I didn't say he could live with me." "you didn't say she could either.' 'she's your sister moony! And your like my brother, that makes her family." "she's snape's girlfriend." "yah, well everyone has flaws." "you know what she gave up to come home? " Remus questioned calmly. 'no, no I don't." "she gave up a fairy-tale, Sirius, a dream world,." 'America?" " no, she didn't really like it there. she had a little place in the forest, full of pixies and fireflies, and she lived in a little stone tree house, she told me, early in the mornings, she felt like she was flying with out a broom.'' "why did she give it up?" 'she heard about the war. With my sister, it's not her happiness she looks to first, it's her loyalties, she felt it was her duties to help stop voldemort."

Remy had disappeared into the gardens in the back of the house with snape.

His hand was cold when she slipped hers in his, yet it seemed to warm to match hers.

They walked silently along. Remy reached up to pluck a apple blossom from a tree, and place it in snape's hair. He looked uncomfortable at first, but he smiled and relaxed. He pulled her into his arms as he would have done with no other. She put her arms around his neck, his body now warm against hers. Their lips met, it was like melting chocolate, as if they were one person, not two.

A warmth rushed through snape's veins, shakeing them from there icy slumber, and filling him with a feeling which had for so long, been dormant in him, and his life. A feeling , called " love", a strange mixture of friendship, lust & a force unknown. It was like a potion, it needed just the right ingredients, in just the right amount, to work. Remy finally felt she was somewhere she belonged, somewhere she had been looking for.longing to find , somewhere away from the life she'd tried to leave behind, but this, this was the love she couldn't leave behind.the love she'd never forgotten.

A plate shattered behind them, making them break their kiss. They turned to see Fred and George weasly staring at them, mouths open. " I hate this place. It's crawling with idiot students, butting into my life." snape growled. "that's what you get for being a teacher." remy laughed "woohoo, professor!" Fred said , "yah, snog on!" George added "GO AWAY!'" snape yelled, menacingly "go professor! Getting' your groove on?" Fred laughed "SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" snape said threateningly

"did you guys need something?" remy asked calmly. "OR ARE YOU JUST TORMENTING ME?!" severus accused. "both!" George said "but we can see your busy." Fred added "so we'll just tell mum you'll be skipping dinner, as your up to your lips in work!" George finished "I'LL HEX YOU!" snape threatened Fred and George ran inside laughing. "we should go in now, for dinner, are you staying?" remy said, brushing her hair from her eyes. "yes, but remy, I want you to come and live with me soon, I cant stand living with these idiots and of course, the king of all morons, Sirius." snape sighed in exasperation. Remy laughed, "he's really not bad, once you get to know him." Snape looked at her skeptically as if to say and why would I want to do that?. "so will you come? To live with me?" "of course." They exchanged a soft, quick kiss, before remy led severus into the kitchen . As they walked in, remy was quick to notice everyone starring at them, she blushed slightly. Sirius looked irritated, and Remus looked very uncomfortable, the twins were snickering. "dinners roast , you two, there's a pitcher of pumpkin juice there, and of course some butterbeer, feel free to help yourself to salad as well." mrs.weasly announced.

Dinner was not a happy affair, Remus kept knocking things over on accident, quite like Tonks as Tonks herself pointed out, and mumbling incoherently . Sirius was in a foul mood, and kept glaring at snape, 'and in my house..' remy heard him muttering on several occasions. Fred and George would brake into laughter every time snape opened his mouth, for any reason.

That next morning remy was packing her things , when Remus walked in, looking, like last night, uncomfortable. "remy, I know it's not my business.but I'm just concerned, about you and snape." Remy swerved around to face him. "what?" "look, don't get mad at me, I don't want to fight, it's just you've only just come home after so many years . and your already rushing off with snape and." "oh Remus! I know what you must think!" remy relaxed and smiled, she moved in and hugged him. "but it's not as if I just came back for severus, I didn't even come back for him really, your still the most important man in my life little brother! But I'm in love with severus you have to understand I cant be hanging around all.." "remy, remy, that's not what I'm trying to say! " Remus cut into her sentence, breaking the hug. Remy took a step back, "then what?" "it's just, how serious is your relationship with snape, I don't have anything against him, it's not like Sirius, I just, well to be honest, I don't really know if it's possible for you, or anyone to have a healthy relationship with him, especially not right now." Remus explained. Remy sighed and smiled, " oh, this is about his work for the order! (she laughed) don't worry! I wont get mixed in with voldemort or anything! He wont even know I exist!' "remy please listen, your not gonna like what I say, but don't only hear the parts you want, this isn't just about his work for the order! It's about him, just being him too, he's a little, um, mean, remy, for lack of a better word." Remus finished, slightly apologetically. "he's not mean, he's just, well, had some bad times, and it's hard to get through to him, the real him.'" Remy said. "well, like I said, it's not my business, so I'll just." he motioned toward the door. "pop off." "Remus, I know your worried about me getting mad and rushing off to another country again, but just relax and be straight with me, why are you so worried?" "I don't trust him." "you will, I know you will." "I'll try for you remy, for you I really will." Remy hugged her brother. "you're the best Remus! You always where!" "remy, you're the only one in our family who even treated me like a human, the only one who ever loved me, who ever didn't act like I had no feelings." Remus confessed. "well you know what I say Rem." "humans suck"remus finished with her, rolling his eyes "well most of them do," remy said "hey, your human too, why do you diss your own?" Remus asked "no, I place myself in a different category completely," "what's that then?" "someone who denies that there human, because their ashamed." "you know, it's really just muggles, isn't it? Ever thought of it that way?" "true, well ok, but there are "some" muggles trying to save the earth." "so you don't hate being human anymore?" "no.well maybe.ok, it an irrational hatred so I'll push it aside." "good, cause I'd give anything to be." "you know Remus I have to be honest, even though it's horrible, I actually think it's a gift, I mean, now that you can control the madness, I mean , it goes deeper that animagi doesn't it? And I know it hurts but, doesn't it, isn't it, free? To be a wolf, and like, I cant explain it, but ive always.envied you.it's horrible, I know." She added guiltly, as Remus looked at her horrified. "remy it's a curse! You see how people treat me! How my own parents.locked me in the basement, left me in there, with out food, even in the day, how I cant keep a decent job.and it does hurt remy, it does! Even with the potion, and before that, the madness! Sure perhaps , in my youth, I would have enjoyed it, had I not been bitten by a malignant werewolf!" Remus cried, shock in his eyes. "I know remus,I know it was horrible for you, I didn't mean it like that, I only meant, it has its good points.I mean no that's all wrong.never mind." "I understand." remus said , 'she's always looking for a higher freedom and a different life.' he thought. "goodbye remus," she said closing her trunk. "I'll visit often." "no remy! don't!" remus was desperate now, "it's not right!" "what?" "don't go !" he blocked the door. "I cant let this go on! He's not right for you! Its all wrong! Remy please don't go!" "remus, for gods sake, pull yourself together, it's not as if I wont see you." "that doesn't matter! I'd rather you where in America then with him!!! Especially living with him!!!" Snape placed his hand on remus's shoulder. Remus turned around to face him. "Er..." "why don't you do yourself a favor Lupin," he said coldly "don't interfere with my or your sisters life, Now move." "no." "I didn't think it was your choice what remy and I do." "I'm taking care of my sister, it's not illegal." "don't make me hate you as much as I hate black, that'd be a shame , for me to hate remy's brother." "remus just move, I love you so lets not fight, I wont bother with your love life, and you stay out of mine." Remus shot snape a look of hatred, but moved aside at remy's wish.

They where heading down the stairs, it was raining violently, but snape was very unhappy when mrs. Weasly informed him that they where 'flooded in' "well we can just disaperate!" remy said. Knowing very well remus's gift for conjuring violent storms when he needed them, and feeling a little angry at her twin. "too far." snape growled " I don't live within 200 miles. It's illegal to disaperate any farther than that, when there's a natural disaster, such as a flood." " well this is jolly!" mrs.weasly said happily. "we'll all be here! I'll make hot chocolate!" Everyone had been woken up by the flood, and so they all, Sirius, remus, severus, remy , Tonks, Harry, Ron, Bill, mrs&mr.weasly, Fred, George, Mundungus, Hermione,& Ginny, had all congregated in the second story living room, where Sirius had built up a fire. "a few careful anti-leak charms should do the trick," mrs.weasly was saying. About the roof As fred and george entertained mundungus and bill by doing a amazingly accurate imitation of Kreacher. While hermione scolded them, and lectured everyone on elf rights. And severus was sulking, leaving remy time to think.

Something's wrong, shut the light,
Heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren't of snow white

Dreams of war, dreams of liars,
Dreams of dragons fire.
And of things that will bite.

Is this after all, what she wanted? Severus? A life.away.from remus. From Sirius? But why should she care. She loved severus. But she wanted. 'I want to be free, I'll always be.not free, with severus, oh hell, he's just such a downer. he doesn't know How to live.he's so hard to love.but.' If not severus, than what? Why did she think she loved him, if it wasn't true? And all those years, it must be right. Then what was wrong? ' don't be rash.don't act on impulse.you want to leave, but only right now, you'll regret it if you acted on this impulse.' Sirius. Sirius? 'why did I think that name?' Why indeed.

"REMY?! HEY?! WAKE -UP!" Remy stirred. "its afternoon girl, you slept like a baby last night. What a bummer. You should have been awake to see it when mundungus turned Sirius into a rubber chicken and." "TONKS! Your babbling! What time is it?" "like 3 o'clock." "is it raining?" "no. duh. Your awake now right?"

"yes, yes, is severus here?" "no, he said to give you his apologies, he was called off on work for the order." "oh." "man, you should look outside! It's like . attack of the MUDPEOPLE or something." She danced around making slushing noises, imitating the "mud people" remy assumed, until she tripped over his armchair and woke up mundungus. "ARGGh!" Remy giggled, as tonks tried to untangle her foot from the folds of mundungus trench coat, While knocking into various people till almost thewhole room was awake. "distanglugoris!" bill said , pointing his wand at mundungus's coat. "oh thanks mate," dung sighed. "thought I was gonna need amputation of the coat or something zzzz." He'd already dozed back off. Remy was surprised to look next to her, and see Sirius curled up, like a dog. " oi! Puppy! Wake-up1 I've gotta rubber squeaky toy!" She scratched him behind the ear, and rubbed his stomache and was appalled to see that, even as a human he reacted, his leg twitching madly..

Sirius awoke, To see remy's laughing face, framed by strands of golden brown hair. Her eyes twinkling. "oh ! The puppy's awake! Ows mummy's wittle puwpy?" she cooed, laughing.

Sirius looked down at his leg, kicking . "hey! Nobody said you could scratch my ear!"

everyone looked at him, he was blushing. Remy laughed and rolled onto her sleeping roll.

"god you are such a teenager!" he accused

"what, like, did I ever want to grow -up?" she said smiling broadly "well you should act more your age!" he snapped "lighten up , this isn't like you." remys frowned, confused at his attitude "don't accuse me of your immaturity!" he throw back at her, relizing that he was yelling, but for some reason the knowledge that he was freaking over nothing didn't seem to make it better. "what? What immaturity? Cant a girl just laugh and roll around on the floor?" remy said, trying to comitie-ise the situation. "you ought to be a little more serious!" he folded his arms, scowling "but your Sirius! We cant both be Sirius! Seriously!" She laughed even more at this. "my god! Are you even hearing what I'm saying?" he asked "no, I'm not listening." she said in a mock serious tone. "and why not?" he asked, in a would-be-calm voice "because your irrationally embarrassed , and so your picking a fight with me because I embarrassed you." she said truthfully "what? I'm just telling you , you should act like an adult!" Sirius knew she was right, but argued on. "ok, ok, Sirius I'm sorry ." He just stormed out. Killing remy's good mood. "bummer." Everyone was looking at her. "man " tonks said quietly "he's being something of a party pooper today huh?" Remus stood up and walked out after Sirius, saying "I'll go see what's wrong with him."

He was in the kitchen. Drinking. A lot. "Sirius . Whats the matter? " "Grrr.." " I mean it , tell me, you just totally wigged out on my sister back there." "urg. I'm- I'm just not used to not being able to have .." Remus raised an eyebrow. "I'm just not- used to- being jealous of--- of snape having something I- she grew up and.I made mistakes and I always.really did." he mumbled "your not making a lot of sense, Sirius." "LOOK MAN, I WANT YOUR SISTER , OK? And she with that greasy maggot." Sirius said, forwardly.

. Remus 's mouth dropped open. He'd expected this, but still.disappointment. "WHAT?" "not meaning to freak you out, or anything.." "great job on the not-freaking-out bit! "I want your sister man!" who says that? well I'd prefer you to snape, but does anyone care what I think? Does anyone traditional come to me and declare their intentions ? No." Remus was shocked "mate, it's the 21st century." Sirius laughed at remus's overprotective brother instincts. "yah well, she's still a little girl to me, ok?" remus sighed, slipping back in his chair, his pretty faced suddenly lined with troubles and concerns. "dude, your not her dad." Sirius said, laughingly. "yes I am." remus smiled slightly, one side of his mouth higher then the other. "WHAT?!" Sirius said, sure that this was a lie, but still.. "I'm bull shitting you dude." " I thought so." "look, if you want to go with my sister, I'd be more than happy to see snape out of the picture." "but I cant have her, and I'm not used to that." "sure ya are, you and james fought over lily in 6th year and you lost." "that's different. James was my best friend, this is snape.this is personal!" " so basically you cant stand it that snape's with the girl you want?" harry had entered the room, no one noticing, till he said this, sitting down next to Sirius. "hey harry, this isn't a great time." Sius muttered. "I didn't know you liked my mum." harry said, interested. "well that was a long time ago. And she was meant for james." "like remy's meant for you?" harry asked "well that's going a little far." Sirius said, feeling harry was being a bit too forward, should he even be hearing this conversation? "she's invited a friend to dinner."

harry changed the subject. Quickly sensing Sirius's discomfort like james used to. "name's lupe, she told me." Remus perked up, and back into the conversation. "really? Did she tell you much about her?" "yah, loads, well, she told tonks but I was in the room." Sirius was interested too. " what does she look like?" " I saw her picture. She's quite good-looking, for an older woman I mean - shecomes upto about, the same height as professor lupin" "it's remus, harry." "right, that takes a bit of getting used to, er, remus."

Remy entered the room, yawning, she stretched her arms above her head, raising her shirt, revealing her midriff. She scratched her head. "late nites.working' just aint right.gotta go back to mexico." "what?"

"nothing just singing." "hmmm.." "when will sev be back?" "snape?" "yea." "ten, twenty years minimum." "shuddap." "lupe's visiting ?" "you know lupe?" "no. harry told us about her." Remy glared at harry, the rolled her eyes. "well, you and lupe have a lot in common , remus."

"your not setting me up!" remus growled. Remy laughed evilly and walked away.

Dinner with lupe was a disaster,

She was an interesting person though, and made fast friends with Mundungus, who recognized her from a past "dealing" of some class-a non-tradeable good.

During dessert though something happened
..
"so, remus, remy tells me you where quite good at astronomy in hogwarts,
I always had a certain passion for stars." lupe was saying.
To a politely interested remus.

Heavy knocks came pounding on the door.

Sirius went to open it hurriedly, hoping to avoid waking his mothers
portrait .

He pulled open the doors and a barely-consciense , bleeding, snape, his
robes torn, stumbled in.
The dark mark on his arm, revealed, the flesh raw and burned around it.

Sirius, shocked stepped backward, but forced through his dislike for
snape, and wrapped his arm around his shoulder and helped snape walk, he
went to the kitchen..

There was a wave of shock through the room , some, like ginny and the
weasly twins, who knew that snape hed been a death eater, where still
shocked at the sight of the mark.

Remy lept to her feet, Sirius's eyes caught the way the bottom of her
her robes danced around her feet, and the light blue robes fit her form
so well.
She rushed to severus.
Gently supporting him.

Lupe, jumped up as well,
"I'm a healer.I can help.."
Her short brownish black hair frizzing slightly as she moved into her
element.
She cleared the table, and remy and Sirius layed snape out on it,
Remy was shaking with controlled tears holding snapes head in her hands,
stroking his hair and whispering words of comfort in his ears, even
though he was unconscious now.

Lupe tore back snapes robes, there was a great gash across his chest, a
deep , large , sword-blade cut and two evident snake bites, that where a
thumbnails length deep, and several burn marks.

"my god!" mr.weasly cried, the others had gathered round.
Lupe pulled a blood red potion from her robes,
"blood replenishing" she explained, pouring it down snape's throat as
remy held his mouth open, a drop of her now falling tears mixing in
with the potion, her face white and scared.
"gives us more time."
"bandititikate! " she cried, pointing her wand at the sword cut, " I'll
need to put this on those bites first, it's a venom-stalling cream." she
said to remy who was about to protest her not bandaging snape fully.

Remy shuddered at the word "venom" her face as pale as snapes.
Lupe rubbed the cream gently into the bites.
Then put bandages on them also.
"theres not much I can do for the burns, their second degree, and have
pierced his skin bad enough that I should have to do anything extreme,
but.here (she pulled out a blue cream) it will take away some of the pain
and heal the burns faster."

Lupe left hurriedly after that, to go home and research on the snakes
venom, from severus's blood sample she could tell that this was a rare
snake indeed, it venom had been magically enhanced and so had the size of
it's fang s and doses of it's venom. This snake had been bred to kill
and devor it's victims, but lupe coukd tell that severus's bites where
not meant to be fatal.

Severus had begun to revive, they had moved him upstairs to one of the
cleaned bedrooms and remy had built up a fire and was sitting next to
severus on the bed, rubbing the healing-cream into his chest,

She crying, but only slightly, severus had not been able to tell them
why he had been injured, but there was no doubt by whom.

She dipped her hand into the cream, and hesitantly lifted up his sleeve
to rub the cream on the deep burn on his dark mark, as she placed her
fingers to it, snape felt cool releif rush inside him, as some of the
stinging pain subsided, he forced open his eyes, to see remy crying, her
eyes had the look of someone straying into a dream, for she did not
notice he was awake, he was immediately ashamed, of the mark.on his
shoulder. it was no secret, but still he wished that it remain hiden,
and especially didn't want the woman he loved so much to be touching the
thing he so detested.

He flinched away from her, their eyes met.

"severus." she murmured .. "your awake " she ran her hand over his face
and kissed him gently, he reached over and lowered his sleeve.

"please stop crying." he spoke gently, trying to slide over the
conversation he knew they would have to have.
Remy nodded and whiped her eyes. "we can talk about it later.I was scared
sev, you were hurt so badly, I didn't know what to do. we couldn't take
you to st. mungos. and I . and if lupe hadn't been their I .I . I don't
know what would have happened. " she smiled at him. "stop freaking me out
like that, dude!!!"
He rolled his eyes at her, she was fine now, she'd called him "dude". she
did that whenever she felt she was treading into dangerous emotional
ground.
He understood, though what she meant .
"I know."
She grasped his hand .
"is there anything I can do?"
"stay"
And he slipped off into unconsciousness again.

"I know he's sick, but how long does he have to stay in my house?" Sirius
grumbled irritable.
"2 months or until he's recovered." lupe said. " just in time for term
to start. Whats that girlfriend of his going to do anyway live at
hogwarts? It's great having remy back, I'd hate for her to rush off to
hogwarts."
Remus nodded "I know what you mean."
"she'll go to hogwarts with him and return as a nasty blood-sucking bat,
mark my words," Sirius muttered darkly
"I dunno," tonks popped in, "maybe it'll be the other way around."
"snapes already A blood sucking bat, how can he become one again?" Sirius
smirked.
"I mean mAybe her attitude will rub off on him and he'll come back all
pleasant, you moron." tonks smacked Sirius on the back of the head, to
laughs from the others.
"you're the moron if you think snapes gonna be 'pleasant' ," Sirius
muttered darkly. "besides that'd be A SIGN OF THE APOCOLIPSE."
"I think snape needs someone like remy to love him, show him that the
worlds not all bad, she's the onlyone who loves him isn't she?"
"well..I'm sure that cant be true. What about dumbledore?" remus argued.
"well, no, that's not exactly right dumbledore cares- cares of course,
but he doesn't love snape. And theres not much to say for his family is
there?"
Remus shook his head,
"so what , were gonna, like, feel sorry for him, and make excuses, you
two-(Sirius growled) are just ,like, 'poor snivelus! Nobody loves him so
it's okay if kills remys remyness slowly because she's the only one who
loves him." Sirius accused, scornfully.
"that's not true mate, I'm worried about him changing her too, but you
do have to take into account the other way round like tonks said,
perhaps she'll be good for him." remus said slowly considering each word
as he said it.
" he'll smother her happy-hilarious attitude completely- you know how she
feels that she has to protect, people, she'll forget to live trying to
kill all his demons and rescue him from all evils." Sirius said.
Remus was shocked at this new logic.
Lupe picked up the debate "but on the other hand, that could be a good
thing in the end , couldn't it? (she stressed the word end) times will be
tuogh during the war, especially tough for anyone undercover. But she's
bargained for it hasn't she? And after the war, provided we win, she may
well teach snape to live, by fighting his demons and protecting him."

"but theres my point again," Sirius said waving his hand dismissively.
" noone can protect him from himself, nobody can kill his demons but him!
It would be a fool's erand to try!"

Remus raised an eyebrow. "and when, did you, Sirius black, ever give up
on something because others said it was a fools erand.?"

"if it had involved, snivelly 's emotions I would."
Remus thought for amoment and then said sadly and slowly, "Sirius, think
about ebony."
Sirius's eyes suddenly grew wide with shock, "remus." he sputtered "how
could you say that?"
He shook his head "ebony was a good person, being victimized, she loved
life and everybody in hers, don't you dare compare snape to ebony!" he
stood up , and left.

Lupe looked shaken, she turned to remus and tonks , "ebony?"

Remus sighed "it's along story."
Tonks was reluctant to explain too.

Later that night when it was only remus in the kitchen , remy ventured
from severus's bedside and down the stairs to have a cofee.
"sleeping like a baby." she remarked to remus .
"is he? that's a first . The insomniac."
Remy smiled slightly.
"tell me about mums side of the family and the lycanthropy."
Remus suddenly looked tired. "well remy, I wish she'd told you instead
of me."
"well mother wasn't exactly ideal was she?" remy asked coldly "I dad
talked to me, mom talked to you, especially after they split up."
"look, anyways, I'm not supposed to tell you this, but I know you have a
right to know, the legend that is passed down through out our family is
this- along time ago, one of our ancestors, was lost in the woods one
night, he was a simple farmer whose farm was failing and he'd gone out to
search for food, he came across a pack of wolves , the hour was late, and
he was hungry, so he waited back in the bushes until the pack was asleep,
there was still a little meat to scavange from their latest kill, as he
was eating one of the wolves stirred, but he did not attack the man, he
could tell he was poor and hungry, wolves where being hunted very
violently throughout the land at that time, so the wolf made the man a
deal, they would care for him, and help him to prosper, you know that
wolves can bestow gifts like that if they want, don't you? (she nodded,
it was an old legend that wolves where magically connected to the earth
and so could do magic when they needed it, ) so they helped the farmer
become a king among the people , and for awhile he kept his promise, and
wolf hunting was an offence punishable by death. But he began to grow
power hungry, and obsessed with himself and his wealth, and so he dropped
the law against wolf hunting, to profit from their furs. The alphas of
that pack that originally helped him, came to warn him that if this
continued , a curse would laid upon all his descendants, and he would
return to poverty. well time passed and he forgot the warning, married
and had a son, he was frightened to find one day, when his son hit
puberty, that on the first full moon of his 13th birthday, his son was
changed into a maddened wolf. He killed his father, ran to the wild, for
years after that, every lupin was a werewolf, but the wolves began to
pity the descendants of the traitorus king, because they proved quite
different from he, for they, had the blood of the king's wife in their
viens , for she, was the child of a seelie fearie, and her purity and
nobility flowed into her children, and so, the wolves decided that the
girls born to the family would not become maddened wolves, and would be
spared pain in their transformation. And yet even later the spell began
to fade as the descendants of the original wolf pack grow less. But the
magic was strong, and so a pattern was decided. every other two
generations you see how our grandparents and greatgrandparents did not
have it? So every other two generations the first child is cursed, and
then their first child."
"but that would have been me!" remy exclaimed "I'm older by minutes!"
"no, no you see, it's the seelie fearie blood that flows mainly in
females of our family, if in the unlikely event that it is twins of
opposite sex, a malignant werewolf is called to the male on his seventh
birthday, to bite him, and thus turn him into a maddened wolf. But
remy.the reason you deserve to know all this, besides you being my sister
is, that because you where supposed to be the werewolf, that's why
you've always been drawn to the curse, thinking it's a gift. And, also,
your first child, will be a werewolf.the legend says so, and
unfortunately, I am supposed to be the one to bite him or her."
Remy was shocked.
"where do you get all this?"
"mom loaded me with family history after my first transformation, then
the unfeeling bitch locked me in the basement, divorced dad. and well
you know."
"yah." remy muttered. "look lets forget about this, we'll worry about it
if I ever get pregnant, okay?"
"yes.of course." remus said.
They where both shaken and went up to bed.

The wounds where a warning, to remember where his loyalties lay. The
dark lord knew about his relationship with remy, and this raised
suspicions, him dating the sister of a member of the order of the phoenix
, he did not want to involve remy in this, but now, at the risk of
uncovering him, she would have to prove she was in favor of what
voldemort was doing, most importantly, he had to keep her away from 12
grimmauld place, she wouldn't be happy.

Remy entered the room, yawning, her muggle happy face teeshirt rising to
showing her midriff, and her bellybutton ring, with little green
rhinestones.
She noticed severus was awake and troubled.
"sev? Baby you ok?"
'mmm' he mumbled crossing his arms.
"fine be that way, is this about having to live with Sirius for so long?
I'm sorry. I know you don't like him.but we cant take you to st. mungos
and."
"it's not about my displeasure about being in the same vicinity as
Sirius."
"then what? I can help" she said, sitting down on the bed next him,
skooting over and laying her head gently on his shoulder.
He really didn't want to tell her now.
"it's important that we leave grimmauld place as soon as possible"
He glanced at the look on her face, the oh-he's-so-predictable-sometimes,
look.
"this is not about Sirius!" he snapped.
"ok, ok" the look was gone "but we cant move you till your well."
"like hell we cant."
" and how do you propose we move you without worsening your wounds?" she
asked.
"if I can get to a cauldron, I could make a simple all-healing potion
and be away in two-weeks."
Remy thought for a moment, in silence, "you know I really like it here
sev, all my best friends coming round all the time."
"I know remy that's why I was reluctant to tell you that it was important
that we leave, you see, the dark lord has, unfortunately become aware of
our relationship which is why it's not safe for us to stay here, you
understand?"
"of course, I'll help you make the potion." he was worth this.
"I'm going to hogwarts with you, you know." she finished.
"your what?!"
"teaching astronomy, the normal teacher had some sort of injury and cant
teach this year, so I'm filling in."
"ah."
"not happy?"
"just thinking of the reactions my students will have."
"well they wont know, will they?"
Snape sighed.
"you cant keep anything from those nasty brats, they have to know
everything that goes on in everyones lives."
"their not all nasty brats! Harry and the weasly kids and that lovely
granger girl for instance."
Snape forced down the urge to break into laughter.
"oh, you don't know them like I do, grangers a know-it-all who is
obsessed with showing off, hm, showing off that reminds me, potters the
worst he's an arrogant puffed-up little brat who.."
"hey!hey! that's enough I get your point!!!" remy rolled her eyes, "I
forgot about your feelings about james."
"how could you possible do that?" snape asked coldly.

FLASHBACK:
It was a cold winters day, and the 16 year old severus snape is sitting
in the library reading a large, thick, book.

Sirius & james enter , followed by peter pettigrew, their heading
towards a table across from snapes where remus lupin was doing his
homework.

Sirius: (audible whisper) : hey, mate it's snivellus!
James: not hear Sirius, madam pince would kill use if we messed him up in
the library.
They move over to remus table, but leave soon after.

Snape gets up to leave, and walks out of the library, his book under his
arm.

Sirius & james where waiting for him, remus and peter had gone off
somewhere else .

Snape glared at them and began to walk off.
Sirius: hey snivy!
Severus reached quickly for his wand.
James: what? We just wanted to talk!!!
Sirius: but hey, were open to suggestions.
They draw their wands.
James: "expelliarmus!"
He passed snapes wand to Sirius .
And laughed.
Severus looked around wildly, well, what could he do? Run? No.
He balled his hands into fists.
Sirius looked at him,
Sirius: come on! When we have magic?

Snape lunged for Sirius's throat
James: wingardium leviosa!
He moved his wand to pin severus to the wall.
James: I cant have you doing that to my bestmate, can I?
Sirius, would you like to do the honors?
Sirius: of course! "snarenieus!"
Ivy vines twisted around the stomach of the struggling snape.
And began to squeeze.

Severus tried to cut off his train of thought before..

FLASHBACK CONT'D
"JAMES! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?"
It was ebony, potter's adopted sister, and, to severus's embarresment,
lily evans and remy lupin were with her.
Remy: *kicks Sirius in the shin*
Sirius dropped his wand , and snape fell to the floor.
Remy helped him up.
"don't touch me!" he growled.
He was always being "rescued" by this group of girls, and was also
always made fun of for it.
"well whatever." remy said.
Lily rounded on james, "I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU'D STOP MESSING WITH
PEOPLE FOR NO REASON!?" she demanded.
Severus got up dusted himself off, and tackled Sirius.
"oi!" Sirius yelled.
"no reason, eh?" james said smiling at lily and threw himself into the
brawl.
Lily slapped her hand to her head, muttered, "animals! all of them!"
And began pulling james off snape. While kicking his arm, which was
choking snape,
Ebony seemed to be enjoying the fight and sat back, smiling.
Remy was looking really mad, and had jumped on Sirius, who had rolled
over ontop of snape. remy was biting Sirius's neck.
"oi! Lupin get off me!" he said swatting at her. "that hurts!"

James had let go of snape, and was sincerely apologizing to lily .
Snape was sporting several bruises and cuts, but was watching remy fight
Sirius, in a strange sort of confused way.

"I cant fight a girl !" Sirius cried.
"well fine, I'll give you good reason too!" it was a joke, she enjoyed
fighting Sirius. But she seemed really angry, severus could tell that
that part shocked Sirius.
She pulled his hair, damaging it.
"NOT THE HAIR!!!!" he cried. "now you done it"
They continued to fight, until lily and james pulled them off each other,
looking shocked.
"that was a mean and cold hearted thing to do!!!" remy cried glaring at
Sirius.
She grabbed snapes wand from him and threw it back to him.
"since when do you care what I do to snivellus?" Sirius asked, frowning
at her, "geez pigtails, he's slytherin scum!"
"stop calling me that!"

"stop wearing them, then"
He'd forgotten she used to wear those two sexy long braids.
"your just mean to him because he's in slytherin! He's never messed with
you!"

"sure he's messed with me! Plenty of times! If he wasn't always so snide
and ."
He didn't finish his sentence.
Snape had cursed them both.
Yes, both of them,
Ebony yawned, got up, walked over, and kicked severus sharply in the
nuts with her steal toed boot. He dropped his wand and the fight ended
their, with ebony walking off, laughing maniacly.

----
"severus??? Severus??? Earth to sev!!!"
He stirred remy was starring at him "eh?"
"you just totally spaced out!"
"I was thinking about that time potter, black, you, evans and potters
little sister and I all had one huge row."
He confessed.
She giggled.
"the one where you put a chocking curse on me and Sirius and ebony kicked
your in the balls?"
He just mumbled and glanced out the window, ignoring her. Sometimes he
wouldn't continue with a conversation. And would just sort of shut
everybody out.
"scoot over." she yawned "it's like 3in the morning, the others might
want to pull all nighters but im sleeping."
He moved over, and she snuggled in beside him.

Severus woke up, it was 7:30, according to the clock on the wall.
He wasn't quite awake yet, but electric guitar punk-ish music was blaring
in his ears,
Tonks was bouncing around the room rocking out, in her smiley face t-
shirt and gizmo the gremlin pj-pants.
Remy was whacking her with her pillow every time tonks bounced within
reach, "do you ever sleep?" remy demanded .
Severus looked at the ceiling , praying for patience .
"GO AWAY NYMPHADORA!" he yelled over the music.
Music stops. "if you weren't hurt I'd hurt you!" tonks said, sticking her
tounge out at him. "it's tonks!"
Remy laughed.
Tonks left saying, "thank god I chose a day when he was injured to come
in to your room or else you two would have been all over each other, I
don't want to see that!"
"tonks!" remy threw her pillow at her, hitting her in the chest. "10
points to remy!"
Tonks called, shutting the door.

The only ones left in the house where fred, george, ginny, harry, ron,
Hermione, tonks , Sirius , remus , lupe (who'd come on remy's summons to
help with the potion), severus, and remy.
11 guests. And Sirius still felt lonely knowing that they where all going
to have to leave soon. Tonks was going away on business for the order,
talking to the elves about helping them against voldemort, so far the
elves had been keen just to stay out of it, so dumbledore was sending
tonks, (ideal because tonks's grandfather had been a friend of the elves)
to plee for their help, so she would be away visiting the elves that
inhabited romania.
Remus would be traveling, looking for work.
Lupe would have no reason to hang around after remy'd gone. And the
others would be at hogwarts.

The potion was done and severus was healed.

Remy had to leave with him two weeks before the students , professors
usually did. Remus had been an exception, remy was jealous, she missed
the train.
Remy and severus had gotten a letter from dumbledore which tonks had
found, read, and hadn't stopped giggling about .

Dear severus and remy,
First of all, remy, I am very glad that you will be joining us this year,

Now, I'm sure I know severus's reaction when you informed him you would
be teaching this year.
And he is quite right.
Undoubtedly , the student body will find out you're a couple. You cant
keep a secret at Hogwarts. Especialy not if, bless them, the weasly twins
know.
So , the reason I am sending this is to tell you, severus, I do not think
it would be wise for you and remy to share quarters, you are both
adults, and as such I will exspect you to keep public displays of
affection to a minimum and so on. remy the arithmancy professor's
chambers are on the fouth floor in the tower across from the painting
of esmeralda lisel and the elves.
See you in a few weeks,
Albus Dumbledore

"he means no banging!!" Tonks cried , gleefully. "hahahahaha! You poor
things! No sex for half a year!!!"
"he said no PUBLIC displays of affection." remy laughed. "he Cant expect
me and severus not to."
"I remember! " lupe jumped in, they where all crowded on tonks's bed.
"you almost got expelled!!!"
"in the astronomy tower," tonks shook her head " I ask you."
"everybody was shocked when you guys started dating in 4th year, well it
was nothing to when they heard what you two had done!!! Even though they
where used to you guys being a two-some by then since it was 2 years
later." lupe said. Remy was happily listening to them recollect the
memorys.
"yea, " tonks said " a slytherin and a Gryffindor !!! It was
scandalous!!!"
"those two by chance, that made it even more amazing! Everybody thought
you where way out of his league!" lupe added.
"people think a lot of things " remy said.
"yeah, no offence to your choice in guys."
Lupe muttered, apologetically.
"yea offence to her choice of guys!" Tonks said "you turned down troy
sanchez!!! "
Troy was like the cedric diggory of their time as far as looks.
They all laughed at tonks's googly look.
"c'mon on, I'm really gonna go for a guy who says. "sexy ass! I mean,
legs, I mean.wanna go out with me?" remy said shaking her head.
"sure you would! Look at Sirius! You crushed on him forever!" they all
laughed.
"they treated severus really bad in school though, everyone did." lupe
said , a silence followed this statement.
REMY'S FLASHBACK:
Remy, lily , ebony, lupe, and the 1st year tonks, walk along the
corridors class is over and their heading outside.
"hey!" lily stopped. Their where three boys fighting a little further
down the hall. "isn't that that boy james and Sirius are always picking
on?"
Remy turned to look. "yea it is!"
"should we help him?" lupe asked "it's two to one!"
"I think" ebony muttered coldly "he made it quite clear that he doesn't
want our help."
"we should help beat him up!" tonks growled. "after he called lily a you-
know-what!!!"
"don't get involved." lily said, shaking her head.
"yea, lets go." ebony said .
They turned to leave. Remy stayed.
"rem, you coming?" lily asked.
"later. I'll catch you up." remy said.
Ebony shrugged "have it your way, he's an ungrateful little git though."
"we'll be by the lake." lily said, and they headed off.
Remy moved forward intending to help then remembered what severus had
said to her. "I don't need your help, you piece of trash! Did it ever
occur to you that I'm not a helpless infant? I can take care of myself,
you cant resist butting into other peoples business can you? When you
should just clear off and let me deal with stuff and you with yours."
She stood back watching from a distance as crabbe and goyle, two large
slytherin blokes who hung around lucius malfoy like lemmings. Or
bodyguards. Or lemming bodyguards. Beat him to a pulp. Once, he caught
her eye, and glared as if daring her to try and save him, the fight ended
with crabbe knocking severus out.
"so what if I'm not minding my own business," she thought as crabbe and
goyle ran off, fleeing the scene. "somebody has to take you to the
hospital wing." she sighed, and lifted his arm around her shoulder and
dragged him, peopled whispered and giggled on her way to the hospital
wing. "what never seen someone help somelse?!" she snapped at a gawking
slytherin.
"my goodness! What happened to this boy?" madam pomfrey asked remy,
lifting severus off her shoulder , placing him in a bed, and examining
him.
"beaten up by two blokes called crabbe and goyle," remy muttered " what's
the worst madam p.?"
"the legs, all the bones in both his legs are missing."
Remy was filled with rage. "all?! How long will he have to stay here?"
"about 3weeks, I'd say." madam pomfrey was searching the shelves for
skele-gro.
"how will crabbe and goyle be punished?!" remy demanded, heatedly.
"well.detention I'd say." madam pomfrey said .
"oh detentions not good enough."
She muttered smiling evily, as she left.
Remy went to dumbledore, who said , with only a witnesses account of
these beatings (she had told him every single one, including the ones by
james and Sirius,) he really couldn't do anything. Remy had stolen his
bottle of veratiserum, when he was telling her where he got foxes . His
phoenix, which was her distraction.
She recruited ebony to help her weave her revenge.
At breakfast that morning the first stage of the plan came into affect.
It was well known through out the school, that Sirius black (the guy
almost every girl wanted) had his heart set on ebony potter.
As remy did ebonys long black hair, into a bun with ringlets framing her
ivory face, she wondered why every guy in the school wasn't begging for
ebony on their knees.
"this is so cold-hearted! We should be in slytherin!!!" ebony cried,
gleefully. Remy giggled "I know! It's so bad!"
Remy shrunk ebonys robes so they'd be much tighter. Drawing attention to
her figure.
When she entered the great hall, many heads turned, including Sirius's.
Ebony walked across the hall, in what remy called, 'the way of the
vixen'
She walked straight over to Sirius, shook her bangs back, placed on hand
on the table and said, to the listening great hall, "you know Sirius."
her voice was like sugar. "theirs a hogsmeade weekend coming up." remy
could see Sirius 's dazed look, and the hunger in his eyes, and felt a
little guilt. "and I was thinking.I'd love to spend Saturday with you ,
enjoying butterbeer and (sweet laugh) various other things."
Sirius looked like he had died and gone to heaven, james was starring at
his sister, mouth open. "yeah.uh..yes, that'd be great.meet you.here
Saturday.?" Sirius said, with any other girl he'd never have been so
flustered.
"HEY!" james stood up. "whada you mean, "various other things"? nobodys
enjoying various other things with my sister! Especially not my best
friend!!" ebony laughed and walked away.
Sirius and james where arguing.
"I'll damn well enjoy whatever I want!"
" you so much as touch my sister pn this date and I swear I'll have your
head for a broom ornament!"
"it's not like I'm gonna fuck her! We're just going to the three
broomsticks!"
"uh-huh then honey dukes, for some sweets.and when you get back a
refreshing dip in the prefects bathroom, followed by a tour of the boys
dormitory.I know your moves Sirius, I'm your best friend!"
"you sure arent acting like it! I told you! I'm not gonna fuck your
sister!.yet."
The hall burst into laughter. 'potter! Black ! Detention! " snapped prof.
Dillings.
And as quick as that james and Sirius where friends again

------
"remy?!" tonks hit her over the head with a pillow.
"what? Huh?"
"I said wanna go out to kimiko's with me and lupe?"
"nah, just bring me back combo 6 with the veggie rice."
Kimiko's was the japenese resturant that had become like, their gang
headquarters during hogwarts 6th year , when they celebrated remy's 16th
birthday there, after hogwarts it was the resturant where lily anounced
she was getting married, and the same resturant that the next year she
anounced her pregnancy, and that Sirius&ebony where to be godparents, the
same resturant that ebony had anounced her marriage to Sirius at, and
that they where having a child, so many bittersweet memorys.
______
Remy flashback cont'd:
So how are we going to convince lily to go for this? Ebony asked.
"trust me!" remy said.
They found lily in the library, flipping through witch-weekly.
"wanna punish potter for beating up kids for no reason, and thinking he's
god's gift to women?" remy really liked james, and felt horrible saying
this, but it was the only way to convince lily to go along with the plan.
"I thought you liked potter?" lily asked suspiciously.
"that was until he.." she tried to thinking of something.. "beat-up a
first year this morning."
Lily looked outraged. "okay, I'm game, whats the plan?"
"you have to go on a double date withhim, ebony and Sirius."
"what?!" lily asked.
"just go with it, I have a plan,that will not only get potter black,
crabbe and goyle detention, but also cause them major pain!"
Lily sighed. "I don't know why remy, but okay, I'll do it."
"subtly!" remy called as she left to find james "or he'll suspect
something!"
"silly remy," ebony laughed "horny boys cant think!"
Remy ran after lily, she had to see that every step of the plan fell
perfectly into place.

He was headed to potions when remy caught lily and said "subtly!" in her
ear the backed off, to watch from afar.

"james!" lily called after the boys , Sirius , remus and peter where
with him, he wheeled around, and was surprise lily hadn't called him
'potter'.
"hey it's evans!" he said.
Lily approached him. "could I talk to you, somewhere, private?" she
asked. That blush seemed awfully real to remy.
James looked so surprised!
"er. sure." they walked a little away from the group of boys. Right in
front of the broom closet remy was hiding in.
"what is it evans?" james asked.
"it lily, you can call me lily."
Through the hole in the door remy could see James's face, and the guilt
she'd felt when she'd set Sirius up, was nothing to now.
"and I .." she continued."realized that I.I really like you james, I
wanted to know if you'd go on a date with me this weekend in hogsmeade."
wasn't she overacting? Remy felt sick, like she was going to vomit.poor
james! This fake-date would kill him! She had to stop it! Then she
thought of all the times they'd beat-up severus, and kept quite.
"of course!" james had grabbed her in his arms and kissed her
passionately.
Remy did vomit all down her robes, and shook violently. This is so wrong.
Once james had left lily entered the broom closet.tears shining in her
eyes.
"I cant do it remy! It's horrible!" she collapsed sobbing. " but it's
true! Every word I said was true I have always loved him!!!"
This was bad. Extremely bad. "you.you sure?" remy asked lamely.
"yes! It started last month, I realized I was thinking about him more,
and I was thinking good things about him!!! And then.just last week it
happened..I looked down at my homework and realized I had, without
realizing it, written his initials in a heart!"
She noticed the vomit, "remy. why are you covered it puke?"
"guilt got me too.look, your date with james, lily is the really deal.you
are no longer a part of the plan. I'll just have to change it for you."
"but were still doubling with ebony and Sirius."
"yes well, still, ebony will be faking Sirius wont she,? You wont be
faking james." remy just sort of left out the part about crabbe, goyle,
and the veratiserum.
Lily nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes, "you have no idea how good
it feels to admit how I feel about james!"
Remy smiled. "scourgify!" she cleaned her robes.

Now to find crabbe and goyle.her evilness may have forced lily to reveal
her feelings for james, but other then that nothing good could come of
this.
She found crabbe and goyle, alone, in the corridors, looking for someone
to beat-up on malfoy's orders remy assumed. She quickly toned her voice
to cold and sneaky , but slightly less clever than she usually was, smart
people don't accidently warn the "enemy" of their "friends " plans.
"hey crabbe, goyle!" she called they looked up, blinking at her. " james
and Sirius are gonna break your pal malfoys face this weekend (she
laughed) and theirs nothing you two can do about it, after they leave the
three broomsticks around 7:30, there gonna mess malfoy up good!!!" she
laughed and walked of.f. crabbe and goyle grunted and cracked their
knuckles.
Perfect, malfoy was sure to send crabbe and goyle to head them off as
they left the three broomsticks, and mess them up before they got to him.

Everything went as planned,
In the three broom sticks---
Remy remembered well, she worked their that summer, every other hogsmeade
weeknend she work serving the endless costumers, so, when james Sirius ,
lily and ebony ordered butterbeers it was so easy to slip the veratiserum
into two of them, that she gave to Sirius and james, winking at ebony,
who clicked her heart shaped pendant, which was a recording device, a
holographic version of everything that went on that night after it was
turned on would stored inside, until someone pushed the left side of the
heart, which would play the holograph. It was genious. Remy's own
invention.
Remy listened as ebony got full confessions. Then, slipped the antidote
to veratiserum, (nicked from the potions teacher) into their refills.
And sure enough as they left, they where ambushed by
Crabbe and goyle, (who remy tricked a confesion out of later).
Sirius and james, won the fight with crabbe and goyle,(duh) but to remy's
pleasure, all four merited five days in the hospital wing.
Ebony had done the same as lily and backed out at the last minute
"take me out of the holograph ! I didn't realize before I gave him a
chance, but Sirius is a wonderful guy! And I want to stay with him!"
"our secret," remy had agreed , she would take the full blame for the
deception. They edited the holograph, to make it where it looked as
though ebony had had nothing to do with it.
Remy played the holograph for the entire school at dinner that night,
potter, black, crabbe, goyle and remy (purely for deception and putting
potions on other students) all got two months worth of detention.
The story spred through-out the school like wildfire, and so did the
reason why she'd done it, for severus snape. And so the rumors started
flying.
And you know severus was in a temper, "nobody wants an intire school to
hear about how many times they got their ass kicked." ebony had pointed
out.
Remy had agreed, and had gone up to apologize to snape, who returned to
apology by throwing the book : "poison and dark brews" at her.
---------
It would be time to go back to hogwarts next week.
Remus had brought Sirius a box of things he had rescued from his house
before the ministry had erased it an everything left in it from
existence, Sirius was going through it. The shirt everyone had signed at
graduation, his old quidditch robes, a photo album entitled the hogwarts
years.ebony's recipe book.his wedding ring..(he slipped it own his
finger)..his & ebony's wedding robes.and the photo of everyone at the
wedding.and (a tear slid down Sirius's cheek) a picture of ebony holding
isis, their daughter. The last thing in the box wasa stack of letters
written to Sirius from each of the marauders, and some from ebony,
whenever they where apart.
Sirius slowly put everything back in the box.turning away.
He had held onto the hope that ebony was still alive for a year after her
death, she'd been on a trip for work and had taken isis with her so she
would see a different part of the world, and neither had returned,
well.they had found ebony's body.and Sirius had been forced to realize
her death. This happened on the night they took him to azkaban, he'd had
13 years to dwell on it.
__________

Remy arrived at hogwarts with severus, her quarters where beautiful,
overlooking the lake and the forbidden forest, she was directly above the
entrance the first years came through. The rooms, their was a living
room, where the largest windows with the best view where located, had a
antigue-looking carpet ontop of the white carpet, two red velvet couches
where siting opostie each other, near the fireplace situate under and
between the window, which made an m shape, with the middle line shorter
than the rest, their where two candle stands next to the two doors across
from each-other which lead to the bedroom on the left and the bathroom to
the right. the wall that held the entry door, was lined with shelves
full of fascinating books, mostly on astronomy. The bedroom, had a
skylight and a window at the head of the luxurious canopy bed, with black
sheets and velvet blankets, it was hung with black curtains with silver
lining. The bed was made of ash and smelled like a forest spring.
Their was a wardrobe across from the foot of the bad made of the same
wood,. Their where empty shelves next to it for her belongings. Across
from the bed a full length mirror sat next to the vanity table and stool,
which had a round mirror above it.
The bathroom, the most important to remy, had as she requested a walk in
tub, a waterfall facet at the other end had every kind of bubbles and
could be trained to remember your favorite temperatures. Stairs lead into
the tub and a bridge , connected to the border that ran around the room,
so you could walk it, was the way you got to the toilet and sink , which
an area of there own, which could be closed off
The tub, was lined with little places for one to sit, or even lay down.
There was a mirror along the wall that held the door, making the medium
sized room seem larger, and remy's favorite.the waterfall had an
enchantment setting, so even if the tub was full, it would look like the
water fall was still going, the room had one window, it was small and
rectangular next to the waterfall, the ceiling of the bathroom was like
the great-hall's enchanted to look like the sky. Remy had never lived in
a more wonderful place.
_____

Sirius couldn't sleep, harry and the other children would be leaving
tomorrow and once again, he would be all alone. Alone.

Sirius flashback:
It was a crisp autmun night, and her black hair fell over her shoulders
and spilled onto her fire colors dress. Her scarlet eyes touched with
silver in the pale moonlight.
He stands slightly farther away, holding a lantern so he could light her
path, he's wearing his black jeans and shirt of faded gray, his hair was
shorter then, just bellow his ears, but his bangs fell to just bellow his
eyes, framing his face in casual elegance.
He watches her , as she nurses the unicorn back to health.
----
He had felt alone then too, but it was nothing to now. Everyone gone, and
him, left with a house and mind full of painful memorys and nothing to
distract him.
---

___

____

Prof. Mcgonagle frowned At remy,
"sorry proffesor." remy said, automatically.
"I am not teaching you now, remy so it is alright to refer to me as
Minerva. I only hope you will dress appropriately once term starts."
"of course Minerva, no pj days with the students around."
Remy was wearing tonks's happy face muggle t-shirt and a pair of red
flanel pants, her black nail-polish was chipping, and her hair was in the
controlled mess that had trademarked her rock n' roll days.
Proffesor mcgonagle smiled slightly, it was good to have remy back
around, and to see that she hadn't changed. at all. Which was actually a
little weird.
"you should be working on your lesson plans, shouldn't you?"
Minerva asked, raising one eyebrow.
It hit remy. She had no idea how to make a lesson plan. What did you do,?
Just list what constelation you where going to study next?
"right." she said. " I should go do that."
She hurried off towards the dungeon.
Severus had been so busy lately. This "lesson planning" must be
difficult.
The steps leading to the dungeons where cold on her barefeet, as there
where no sunlit windows to warm the floors. She tiptoed down a few
flights of stairs. She shivered. "It's so freaking cold down here! They
need to do some serious work on these 'dungeons' they're so not fit for
human habitation." remy thought. She was outside the potion masters
quarters, about to knock , when she heard voices inside.
'I shouldn't do this.' she pressed her ear to the door.
"the darklord wants to meet remy? Fine! I've told you lucius.she's on our
side!"
"we have to be careful, severus.her brother is very close to dumbledore,
isn't he?"
"to hell with her brother! You tell the dark lord, lucius, that all he
has to do is summon, and I'll bring her with me!"
"oh I will."
There was a little whoosh, like someone ' s head popping out of a fire.
She backed up slowly away from the door, then approached it, and knocked.
"come in." severus called, he seemed to have retreated farther into his
quarters because his voice wasn't as close as it had been.
A few embers burned in the freshly extinguished fire. A green and black
embroidered old carpet was spread across the living room floor, which was
set up much like her own room, except where her windows where they're
where potions of all sorts, books lined the walls, a black arm chair
set by the fire, a table near it was stacked with parchement, they're
was one couch and to other arm chairs situated for guests to sit on, the
room was lit by a silver chandelier hung with emeralds. It must be
tradition for the potions teacher to be the head of slytherin. Remy
smiled a little. Severus entered through one of the three doors.
Remy tried to force out her usual cheerfullness. "hey sev! Your not going
to believe I don't know this.whats a lesson plan, and how do you make
one?"
He could tell something was upsetting her.
"remy, whats the matter?"
"nothings the matter, I just need to know what."
"don't play stupid with me remy."
"I overheard you and lucius malfoy talking."
He sighed and pulled her onto the couch beside him.
"go on.." he invited her to share her feelings, not knowing what else to
do, he couldn't exactly take it back could he? And if she was going to
decided he wasn't worth it, she'd still have to face voldemort, and end
their relationship in a way that didn't raise suspicions.
"well I don't know I mean. what exactly does "meeting" the dark lord
involve? "
"all I can say remy, is it's a good thing your so good at occlumency, or
else we'd have a real problem."
"so just a lot of questioning then? "
"most likely, I cant really say for sure.but I think we can find excuses
for your not wanting to be a death eater."
Remy looked skeptical.
" I really don't want.." she touched her arm. He got the point.
" I know, I cant promise anything remy, I'll have to talk to dumbledore,
get some idea of how to pull this off."
Remy was scared to death, but she wasn't going to admit that to severus.
He could tell anyways. He pulled her into his arms.
"I'm sorry I'm putting you through this , remy."
She laughed.
"I cant believe you just said the word 'sorry' without you'll be , in
front of it!"
She paused. "but it's not like it's your fault anyways. Your not putting
me through anything, I am."
He changed the subject, "so you wanted to know how to do a lesson plan?"
She glared at him, "could I just enjoy being held without lesson plans
please?'
He laughed. "alright, but it's not my fault if you have to wing it all
year, I tried."
_____________
It was the very first astronomy lesson.
It was Gryffindor and slytherin together. Remy noted this, with a slight
smile. 'how fitting, yet ironic.' she thought.
she wrote, in glowing letters in the air , proffesor lupin.
" good evening class," she began, she was sitting on the stone edge of
the balcony, addressing them. " I'll be your astronomy teacher this year,
next year your regular proffesor will be back. You can call me professor
lupin," she gestured at her glowing name, which stayed for 5 seconds and
then faded away. " the first thing we are going to learn this year, is
how to locate the zodiac constellations, any questions before we begin
the lesson?" lavender browns hand shot up. "yes lavender?" remy asked,
she'd gotten all their names earlier.
"are you related to prof. Lupin who used to teach defense against the
dark arts?"
"yes, as a matter of fact, he's my brother.but I meant questions
concerning astonomy.'
She waited a second. Harry, ron & Hermione had been very shocked to find
that remy was one of their professors.
"alright then," remy said, "please come select a lunascope. We will begin
with aries, you will need a role of parchement, you'll need to chart
aries, by the end of our zodiac lessons, you will have a complete chart."
She proceeded to show them how to locate aries.
She closed by telling them she wanted a 5in or more, role of parchment on
the history behind aries, it's discovery, mythology ect. to be turned in
on monday. And that they wouldn't need theyre things next lesson.

News did travel fast around hogwarts, the weasly twins let slip they had
seen severus and remy kissing, and of course everybody was talking about
how prof. Lupin was a werewolf and wondering if his sister was one too.

And you know the "hogwarts high inquisitor" wasn't happy at all.
'no,no, ' prof, umbridge squeaked ' I do not like the idea of a
relationship between teachers.and all this talk of werewolves!"
Remy pointed out that she was only a temporary teacher so her
relationship with snape wouldn't be such a problem, and that she wasn't a
werewolf.
But remy didn't have a lot of patience, and everybody could she she
wasn't going to put up with umbridge forever.

---
------ you're a maid?? For the malfoys???" Harry, ron and Hermione where talking to a Gryffindor 5th year they'd met earlier that day. She lived on her own, Hermione had asked her how she suported herself. "I work for them more often then any other family, but I do serve others, I'm also a reporter for teen witch weekly, and i work as a waitress at the 3 broom sticks on weekends. I have to work hard, but it pays rent, tuition, bills, food , clothes." " I wouldn't fancy going to school with draco if I was cleaning his house." ron said, shaking his head. "well, for the galleons I get cleaning their mansion every week, even during school, I'd say draco's attitude is worth it." "how do you manage it? With school as well? " "madam rosemerta gives me every other weekend off so I can balance that between cleaning and schoolwork, and it's easy to write my column for witch weekly after my homeworks done." "how much do you charge? My mums been talking about getting a maid for years." Ron muttered. "for molly I'd go, 17 siciles for every two weeks worth of cleaning." Ron looked shocked, "you know my mum?" "certainly, she's been subscribing to witch weekly since before I was born, we invite her to our company Christmas party." They all laughed, mrs.weasly adored witch weekly. She looked at her watch, "bloody hell! I'm late for history of magic! I'll see you all later!" She rushed off, "it was nice meeting you, morgan!" Harry called after her. ___________ Remy tiptoed down the corridors, in her black robes, Prof. Umbridge had put her on probation for no apperant reason, People said it was because she dressed in muggle garb sometimes, had a werewolf brother, was with snape, and mere jealousy. Of her looks, jewelry whatever. Remy didn't mind the probation it was just the werewolf bit, and the muggle dress bit. That bugged her. She had to wear robes all the time now. Well, most of the time anyways. She was headed towards the dungeons. She walked down the cold stone steps. "This place is even worse at night," she thought. "Spooky." The bloody baron popped out of a wall in front of her, "aaah!" she gasped, The bloody baron turned to face her. "sorry, baron you scared me their for a minute." "my good lady, " the baron said " I do not believe you are part of slytherin house, what do you seek here so late at night?" "I'm just on my way to see proffessor snape." remy said nervously. "is that so? " the baron looked curious. "your going in quite the wrong direction, your headed for the blooding room." "really?" remy was confused, and didn't bother to ask what the blooding room, was. "he's in his rooms isn't he?" "why yes, it is easy to get lost here at night, might I escort you to his chambers?" "sure." Remy followed the baron to the door of severus's quarters . The baron floated off as remy called "thanks!" after him. She knock on the door, no answer, she pressed her ear to the door to see if she could hear anything. Running water. Perfect timing. She smiled. Opened the door, and walked in. 'that's unusual, severus normal has his door locked.'

She sat in the living room , until she heard him get into the bath.
A wicked grin played across her face.
She walked quietly over to the door, and knocked.
"erm.who is it?" he asked.
She loved messing with him!
She deepend her voice to that of a mans,
"it is I , Sirius black, your one true love."
"what?!" severus asked through the door, sharply.
She cracked and giggled madly.
"remy is that you?"
Severus asked.
She got control of herself,
"unless there are other women who come around late at night when your
taking a bath."
She knew he was rolling his eyes, and putting out a cigarette, probably
laying down the daily prophet too.
"well, if your done being Sirius you can come in."
She opened the door.
She loved bathes. Severus's bathroom was just like hers, only more
circular, and made of black onyx, trimmed with silver,
She shed her robes, dropping them to the floor, by severus's, she untied
her hair and it fell around her shoulders beautifully.
"question, why wasn't your door locked like normal?"
"it was, I taught it to recognize you."
"aww. That.arousing, actually."
She slipped into the water beside him, into his arms.
In her Sirius voice she said, " I knew it was only a matter of time
before."
He placed a finger to her lips,
"no Sirius. I don't want Sirius. I want remy."
"I always wanted you severus, ever since I met you."
He nodded. It had been the same for him, but only physically until around
5th year.
He caught her in a heated kiss, one of his hands moving to her breasts.
She returned his kiss, his back was against the edge of the tub, she ran
her hands over his chest, praising him with her eyes, their kiss broke,
He placed a hand beneath her knees, and the other on her back,
She placed her arms around his neck.
He smiled at her, "I can never take a proper bathe with you around."
"nor get a good nights sleep." she laughed.
"nonsense ," he said " I never sleep better then when your in the same
bed."
He carried her through the living room, and lay her onto his bed, her
beautiful ivory colored body was like a precious work of art against the
black sheets,
He climbed in after her.
"you wont have me so easily." she teased. "after a little more foreplay
perhaps."
She pressed her lips to his, and ran one hand over his erection, the
other was over his shoulder.
"you cant tease me like this." he gasped, she was loving this control.
She knew that soon he would take control, and be dominant, he always was,
but right now she held the reins.
She kissed along his neck, and down to his chest, sucking on his nipple.
He grasped her waist and forced her up to meet his lips, " I should have
had you the night you came back, it was my right!" he said forcefully, "
it's been too long.I need you."
He pressed her closer to him, she moaned softly completely losing her
control, once he started , their would be no further switch in control,
once he started to take her, she became so lost in being taken that she
could no more dominate severus then she could have answered the mystery
of the universe.
He pressed her against the head board, running his hands over her body,
devouring her with his eyes so full of lust.
A wonderful sensation spread from her stomach all the way down between
her legs, she reached her hand up, and ran it through his hair.
"severus." she uttered his name in sexual ecstasy as he slid her down on
the bed.
"your mine remy." he said, it was not a question, it was a statement, he
was claiming her, simple as that. And she loved it.
"yes." she kissed him softly, and he returned, kissing her harder and
more passionately. A smile. "you cant play innocent with me, remy." she
kissed him with her usual fire.
She stroked his erect penis. She could see the pleasure surge through
his body-
"enough foreplay."
She spread her legs obediently.
He moved on top of her and entered hard and fast, a little gasp of pain
followed by a moan of pleasure, came from remy, writhing with pleasure.
Severus moaned and caught her lips in a kiss, remy turned to where she
was on top, then he was back on top, pumping faster and harder into her,
a soft scream. And a louder moan, " perhaps one day I'll let you on top
remy," he said his voice gasping slightly he moved his hands, pinning
her to the bed "but for now, I am in control."
She moaned in submission.
"severus" she muttered, and then "master."
"that's new, and I like it."
He pressed deeper into her, she moaned , louder this time " master."
She ran her hands along his back, and every part of him she could reach,
He kissed her passionately, oh the things he could do with that tounge.
Remy kissed severus's neck, as he ran his hands over her breasts.
"your mine" he
Pumped harder into her, with a sort of fierce dominance, she screamed his
name,
She pressed herself even closer to him and he pressed in deeper,
satisfying her.
"my god, you are an angel!" she exclaimed as he pulled her into a fiery
kiss,
"a dark angel.." she moaned, running her hands over him,
"remy" he muttered stroking her hair ,
Harder.deeper.
He fulfilled every wish , she moaned,
"severus."
Her back arched as she lost control completly her body, simply reacted
to him.