Epilogue - Four years later
Remus was on his knees, walking slowly and looking very closely to every corner. He crossed Ellie in the living room and immediately said "shhh!" Ellie smiled. He passed by her, as if he was dog, and very silently reached a closet. He looked carefully inside.
"Boooo!" said a little voice, and a tiny girl's head appeared at the closet door. She laughed deliciously as Remus made a frightened face and began to step backwards.
"Oh, no!"
Ellie crossed the living room again.
"What are we playing today?" she said, as she made some toys disappear from the ground.
"Peter and the wolf" said the little girl very seriously.
"Hum. and let me guess."
"I'm Peter!" said Remus looking very dignified.
"And I'm the wolf!" cried Cynthia. "Raaaaawr!" and she ran after Remus, who quickly got up and started running in circles in the room.
"Oh no! The wolf has got me!" said Remus in panic, as Cynthia grabbed his leg and pretended to bite it.
"I'll grab you both a cup of Wolfsbane." said Ellie smiling.
"Me too, mummy, I want one too!"
Ellie come out of the lab and found Cynthia in Remus' arms, holding tight to his neck. Remus drank the potion quickly.
"It's almost sunset, dear." he said to Cynthia "If you still want me to tell you a bed-time story it has to be now." She nodded very seriously and they went to her room. Ellie didn't think that in her heart could fit anymore happiness, but those two always made her change her mind.
***
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Cynthia."
"Hum." said the little girl "I like it already." And she yawned.
"She was a very beautiful princess. The most beautiful princess in all the kingdom." he smiled as he watched her close her eyes slowly. "She was a very happy princess as well. But she had a secret. A very well guarded secret. She was in love with a fair prince from a distant land whom she had only seen once."
A few minutes later, the soft gentle snore of her little girl informed him she was already sleeping. Remus was looking at her when a shiver crossed his skin. The moon was rising. In a few minutes he transformed into a werewolf. But he remained there, just to admire her little girl.
Ellie walked in the room slowly.
"Is she sleeping already?" she whispered.
The wolf nodded and, looking once again to Cynthia's happy face, he followed Ellie out of the room.
***
The full moon illuminated the sky like a night sun, it's white rays casting a very dim but beautiful light over the soft foggy atmosphere. It was a warm September's night. The small garden just outside the cottage couldn't look more like heaven itself, with its flowers and leaves covered in a wet layer that glittered under the moonlight.
Remus walked into the garden and seated. He looked at Ellie, who was just behind him, and watched as she took her Animagus form. She had been an Animagus for almost 4 years now. They touched eachother's soft fur and growled as two purring kitten.
And, leaning on eachother, both wolves looked up and howled an eternal song of love at the bright and inebriating full moon.
THE END
Remus was on his knees, walking slowly and looking very closely to every corner. He crossed Ellie in the living room and immediately said "shhh!" Ellie smiled. He passed by her, as if he was dog, and very silently reached a closet. He looked carefully inside.
"Boooo!" said a little voice, and a tiny girl's head appeared at the closet door. She laughed deliciously as Remus made a frightened face and began to step backwards.
"Oh, no!"
Ellie crossed the living room again.
"What are we playing today?" she said, as she made some toys disappear from the ground.
"Peter and the wolf" said the little girl very seriously.
"Hum. and let me guess."
"I'm Peter!" said Remus looking very dignified.
"And I'm the wolf!" cried Cynthia. "Raaaaawr!" and she ran after Remus, who quickly got up and started running in circles in the room.
"Oh no! The wolf has got me!" said Remus in panic, as Cynthia grabbed his leg and pretended to bite it.
"I'll grab you both a cup of Wolfsbane." said Ellie smiling.
"Me too, mummy, I want one too!"
Ellie come out of the lab and found Cynthia in Remus' arms, holding tight to his neck. Remus drank the potion quickly.
"It's almost sunset, dear." he said to Cynthia "If you still want me to tell you a bed-time story it has to be now." She nodded very seriously and they went to her room. Ellie didn't think that in her heart could fit anymore happiness, but those two always made her change her mind.
***
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Cynthia."
"Hum." said the little girl "I like it already." And she yawned.
"She was a very beautiful princess. The most beautiful princess in all the kingdom." he smiled as he watched her close her eyes slowly. "She was a very happy princess as well. But she had a secret. A very well guarded secret. She was in love with a fair prince from a distant land whom she had only seen once."
A few minutes later, the soft gentle snore of her little girl informed him she was already sleeping. Remus was looking at her when a shiver crossed his skin. The moon was rising. In a few minutes he transformed into a werewolf. But he remained there, just to admire her little girl.
Ellie walked in the room slowly.
"Is she sleeping already?" she whispered.
The wolf nodded and, looking once again to Cynthia's happy face, he followed Ellie out of the room.
***
The full moon illuminated the sky like a night sun, it's white rays casting a very dim but beautiful light over the soft foggy atmosphere. It was a warm September's night. The small garden just outside the cottage couldn't look more like heaven itself, with its flowers and leaves covered in a wet layer that glittered under the moonlight.
Remus walked into the garden and seated. He looked at Ellie, who was just behind him, and watched as she took her Animagus form. She had been an Animagus for almost 4 years now. They touched eachother's soft fur and growled as two purring kitten.
And, leaning on eachother, both wolves looked up and howled an eternal song of love at the bright and inebriating full moon.
THE END