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Here comes the chapter 5, revealing something new about Lena…

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All the characters you might recognize (Lupin, Tonks etc.) are property of J.K.Rowling and not mine. There are also my own characters (Lena Silverspoon, Oliver Prewett) and they naturally belong to me.

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V The fox and the werewolf

Lena left her job and walked slowly to the Flourish and Blotts. It was already seven o'clock in the evening and the shops were about to close for the day. There were still some customers in the Flourish and Blotts when Lena stepped in. She located her husband easily and approached him.

"Yes, I'm proud to say I am. I am the second son of Fabian Prewett and Gideon Prewett was my uncle", she heard Oliver say in a self-important way. A small witch listening to him seemed to have completely forgotten the original reason why she had entered the shop. "Is it true… is it true that it took four supporters of You-Know-Who to kill them?" she asked timidly. Oliver gave a short laugh. "No, my lady, the number is actually five! Yes, it took five Death eaters to kill my father and his brother. And they fought like heroes! I always said to other kids that my dad, he will do something great…" The small witch gave an admiring sigh and smiled at him. He smiled back and winked.

Lena had heard enough. Silently she left the shop – when Oliver had found someone who wanted to hear stories about his father (his favourite subject) and his uncle (his secod favourite subject), there was nothing to do to make him stop. Lena found this quite calming. Now she had the house all to herself and her thoughts.

She went home and decided to take a shower. She undressed and caressed her neck absent-mindedly. After all these years, she could still feel the scars. The scars made by Remus… She sighed and stepped under the pouring water. It was really relaxing and for one second she only felt the warm water and forgot every confusing and stressing thought she had ever had. The thoughts were like the water, flushing down in the sewer.

After the shower she went to her favourite place in the house – a window facing the Diagon Alley. She used to sit there on the windowsill and watch the street. She longed to get away from the town. She was a nature child; she wanted to run freely in the forests and moors.

At her school times she had loved to sneak out from the school to the Forbidden Forest and the vast grounds of Hogwarts – that's how she first found out that there was something peculiar in Remus's monthly absences. One night, she had seen Remus and Madam Pomfrey go under the Whomping Willow and had become very curious. Of course she couldn't have asked it directly from Remus, so she had decided to follow his friends instead. She had thought that they might have known something about Remus's absences and had been right about that.

She had soon found out that Remus was a werewolf and Sirius and James were planning to become Animagi to keep company for him. Of course knowing the fact that Remus was a werewolf had made her feel bit scared and confused at first but she had got over it soon and started practising, her aim also to become an Animagus. She had been a clever student and she had always been particularly good at Transfigurations, so it hadn't been too hard for her to find out how to do it. She had actually managed to do it faster than Sirius and James and that was something that still made her somewhat proud.

She had transformed into a fox – it was her favourite animal. Every month, at the time of the full moon she had sneaked out from the castle to watch Sirius, James and Peter run with transformed Remus. She had been fascinated by the strength and the frightening beauty of the fully grown werewolf but had never dared to go and meet them. She hadn't known how the werewolf would react if he saw an unknown animal. Sirius had once spotted her, hiding in the bushes. Maybe he had thought she had only been an ordinary fox, or maybe he hadn't wanted to think of anything else. Because after all, the thing they were doing was not only highly dangerous but also illegal and forbidden in the school rules.

Lena had really loved and still enjoyed being an Animagus. Being a fox had meant a whole new world for her – softer movements, animal instincts and closer connection to the earth. She had quickly learnt how to wonder safely in the Forbidden Forest and hunt for her food. At first she had slunk out every night, but had soon become too tired to carry on without any sleep.

Lena heard the door open and close. Oliver had come home. Soon enough, she heard footsteps coming nearer when he came and hugged her. He was still in a very good mood – the small witch in the bookstore had probably listened to his stories for ages and he didn't usually find such devoted audience. "Listen, honey, you know Alarik from Quality Quidditch Supplies?" he didn't wait for her answer and carried on: "Well, he came to me today and asked me if I wanted to go to the Leaky Cauldron and play some wizard chess tonight. So if you don't mind…" Lena raised her green eyes and smiled. "No, you go there. I'm fine, I'll find something to do here alone." Oliver kissed her at the forehead: "You're wonderful, my little Star."

When Oliver had left, Lena remained sitting on the windowsill. Oliver had never really cared about her feelings. He was so different from Remus. Remus had always asked how she was feeling and what she wished to do. Remus had never forced her to do anything she hadn't wanted.

She had known that Remus had a crush on him long before they got together. She had also been attracted to him for a very long time but had never done anything to make their friendship become deeper. For some reason, even she didn't know why, she had wanted to keep their relationship friendly as long as possible. Of course there had been some line-crossings: she still smiled when she remembered their little dance show at the Hog's Head during their sixth year.

Lily had found out that Sirius, James, Remus and Peter were planning to go and see the dance girls at the Hog's Head and she had found it really annoying. She had finally realised the attraction of James, something that Lena never understood, and she actually didn't want James to look at any other girls. They weren't together that time but it was only a matter of time before Lily would have given up and gone out with James.

So Lena had come out with a clever plan to have some fun with the boys. With two other girls they had taken some polyjuice potion Lena always kept stored for situations like that and replaced four of the dance girls. They had almost got caught – not by the real dancers (Lily had made a shrewd Sleeping Charm to get them out of their way) but the boys. Lena had been so carried away by the moment that she hadn't realised the time passing and the effect of the polyjuice potion had faded away almost completely before she managed to get out of the room. She had never really asked Remus whether he had recognised her or not. She had decided to act like nothing had happened and Remus had never asked anything. Remembering the incident still got smile on her face – they had been so young and careless that time.

Finally, during their sixth year, things had started to happen. First Lily and James had got together – they had been madly in love with each other. James had also become less self-centred and more sensitive; he had actually been almost an ideal boyfriend for Lily and she had been really crazy about him.

A little while after Lily and James becoming a couple Remus had finally managed to pluck up some courage to ask Lena out. She had of course accepted to go out with him and they had started intense dating. It had been such a wonderful time. Lena had been so happy with him and they had both thought it would last forever.

Little tears started to fall down Lena's cheeks. If only she hadn't made that fatal mistake… Remus had never forgiven it to himself, even though it hadn't been his fault. Her world had fallen down and she could only imagine how Remus must have felt. Everything had gone so horribly wrong. And she wasn't sure if it was possible to heal the wounds even after so many years.

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Secrets, secrets… The next chapter will actually reveal what happened between Remus and Lena, why did they broke up and what is the talk about Lena's scars…

Maybe I'll post it after a couple more reviews, just to keep you guys waiting… :)

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