Chapter 6 - The Werewolf and the Werecat
By: Starr
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Kayla and Nicole. Everything else is NOT mine!
Author's Note: Beware! This chapter is yet to be proofread, so please forgive any typos or little mistakes!
Remus Lupin awoke after a long, long, long night of tossing and turning. He had finally cried himself to sleep around three in the morning. Now it was around eleven and sunlight was streaming in through his open window. He dragged himself up out of bed and into the bathroom.
Inspecting himself in the mirror, he saw his eyes were still red and puffy. His hair was sticking up all over and his clothes, which he had fallen asleep in, were wrinkled and rumpled. Sighing, he began to undress for the shower. It was going to be a long day.
Yesterday, he and Albus had agreed that it would be best for Remus to tell Kayla the truth before she found it out on her own. Remus had no idea how she would react to this revelation. He was preparing himself for the anything and everything - screaming, crying, rage, anger. After all, it was his fault she was a werewolf. He had brought her countless hours of pain and agony, all from that one bite.
He stepped into the warm shower and began trying to wash the grimy feeling off his skin. When he stepped out twenty minutes later he looked considerably better. His eyes were no longer bloodshot from crying in his sleep and his hair was now lying a little flatter than before.
Remus quickly dressed in black muggle jeans and a sweater, along with a pair of clean robes. He hurriedly brushed his teeth and ran a brush through his hair. Although Albus had assured him someone would take over his classes for the day, he still needed to hurry if he wanted to be at his office by noon. That was Albus had told Kayla to come and see him.
He made it into his office just in time. He had hardly sat down when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" he called.
The door swung open and Kayla walked in. Her brown hair was windblown because she had come from Care of Magical Creatures, and she was attempting to tame it as she walked in.
"You wanted to see me, Professor?" she questioned.
"Yes, you can just put your things on my desk. Come over and have a seat by the fire with me."
He watched nervously as she put her bag on his desk and shrugged out of her cloak. Only when she had settled herself in the chair next to him and was gazing at him expectantly did he speak.
"Kayla, I had Albus call you here today because I have some very important news to tell you."
"Really? About what?"
"Well, it - um," Remus faltered. "It's about your being a werewolf. I suppose you already know that I am one as well?"
"Yes." Kayla told him, clearly puzzled as to where this talk was heading.
"Tell me, Kayla how did you become a werewolf?" he said, unsure exactly how he was going to break the news to her.
"I was bitten in the Forbidden Forest when I was a little kid. I was visiting Hogwarts with my family and snuck off to go exploring. Stupid thing to do, I know, but I was just a kid."
Remus studied her intently. She was looking at him in confusion, trying to figure out where he was going with this discussion.
"Did you ever find out who bit you?"
"No."
"Suppose I told you I knew who bit you. Would you like to know who it was?"
"Yes! Tell me about them. Are they a man or a woman? Are they sorry for what they did? It was an accident wasn't it? How old are they? Where do they live? What-"
Remus cut her off with a slight motion of his hand.
"Alright, alright. Calm down. Yes, I know who bit you. I know him very well. He's very sorry for what he has done. Although it was an accident he still had nightmares about it and wakes up in the middle of the night. Kayla, I-" he stopped, choked up for a moment, dropping his gaze to the floor.
He paused for a moment, forcing himself to calm down. Then he forced himself to look up and meet her anxious gaze. Amber eyes met amber as his eyes locked on hers.
"Kayla, I bit you."
She looked at him in stunned silence for near thirty seconds before passing out in a dead faint on the floor.
"Well, that went well." Remus mused as he bent over the young girl, making sure she was alright.
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"My head," Kayla thought groggily. "What happened? Where am I?"
She opened her eyes, wincing as she saw the bright sunlight streaming in through the infirmary window.
"I see you're awake."
She looked toward the end of the bed, seeing the blurred figure of Professor Dumbledore smiling down on her.
"You took quite a fall back in Professor Lupin's office."
"How long have I been out?" she wondered.
"Only about four hours," he replied.
Kayla sank back onto the pillows, dazed. This was not happening to her. Professor Lupin could not have bitten her. This was some bizarre dream she would wake up from at any moment. Yet, in dreams you can't feel pain, and her head was definitely throbbing. It was real.
"Why didn't he tell me?" she wondered aloud. "Why didn't he find me that night?"
"He did. He was in the Hospital Wing all the next day, even though you were still unconscious. Then he had to leave before the Ministry officials showed up to register you. Otherwise he could have been sent to Azkaban."
"So you knew? And my parents knew? And none of you could bother to tell me?" She didn't even try to disguise the anger in her voice.
"I am very sorry, Kayla, but you were much too young. If you had somehow let slip his identity he could have had to face serious consequences. In fact, he didn't even know you were the girl he bit until I told him yesterday. He was never told your full name, only that your first name was Kayla."
Kayla nodded, "Where is he now?"
"Remus is in his chambers. Her thought it best that he not be here when you woke up in case you didn't want to see him. I can go get him if you like."
"Would you please?"
"Of course, my dear," he said.
Kayla watched as Dumbledore swept out of the hospital wing, then she collapsed back onto her pillows, wondering what she was going to say when Remus arrived.
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Author's Note: I know this chapter is short, but I felt it was better to do her confrontation with Remus in a chapter by itself and I will work on getting that written and posted ASAP. Thanks to Neoma for reviewing the last chapter! Please review! The more reviews I get the more motivated I am to post.
I just posted a short song fic to Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel" and I would be grateful if you would take the time to read it. It's really short and you can get through it in just a couple of minutes and I would really love feedback about it. I centers on Hermione.
That's all for now! Please review!
~Starr~
By: Starr
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Kayla and Nicole. Everything else is NOT mine!
Author's Note: Beware! This chapter is yet to be proofread, so please forgive any typos or little mistakes!
Remus Lupin awoke after a long, long, long night of tossing and turning. He had finally cried himself to sleep around three in the morning. Now it was around eleven and sunlight was streaming in through his open window. He dragged himself up out of bed and into the bathroom.
Inspecting himself in the mirror, he saw his eyes were still red and puffy. His hair was sticking up all over and his clothes, which he had fallen asleep in, were wrinkled and rumpled. Sighing, he began to undress for the shower. It was going to be a long day.
Yesterday, he and Albus had agreed that it would be best for Remus to tell Kayla the truth before she found it out on her own. Remus had no idea how she would react to this revelation. He was preparing himself for the anything and everything - screaming, crying, rage, anger. After all, it was his fault she was a werewolf. He had brought her countless hours of pain and agony, all from that one bite.
He stepped into the warm shower and began trying to wash the grimy feeling off his skin. When he stepped out twenty minutes later he looked considerably better. His eyes were no longer bloodshot from crying in his sleep and his hair was now lying a little flatter than before.
Remus quickly dressed in black muggle jeans and a sweater, along with a pair of clean robes. He hurriedly brushed his teeth and ran a brush through his hair. Although Albus had assured him someone would take over his classes for the day, he still needed to hurry if he wanted to be at his office by noon. That was Albus had told Kayla to come and see him.
He made it into his office just in time. He had hardly sat down when there was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" he called.
The door swung open and Kayla walked in. Her brown hair was windblown because she had come from Care of Magical Creatures, and she was attempting to tame it as she walked in.
"You wanted to see me, Professor?" she questioned.
"Yes, you can just put your things on my desk. Come over and have a seat by the fire with me."
He watched nervously as she put her bag on his desk and shrugged out of her cloak. Only when she had settled herself in the chair next to him and was gazing at him expectantly did he speak.
"Kayla, I had Albus call you here today because I have some very important news to tell you."
"Really? About what?"
"Well, it - um," Remus faltered. "It's about your being a werewolf. I suppose you already know that I am one as well?"
"Yes." Kayla told him, clearly puzzled as to where this talk was heading.
"Tell me, Kayla how did you become a werewolf?" he said, unsure exactly how he was going to break the news to her.
"I was bitten in the Forbidden Forest when I was a little kid. I was visiting Hogwarts with my family and snuck off to go exploring. Stupid thing to do, I know, but I was just a kid."
Remus studied her intently. She was looking at him in confusion, trying to figure out where he was going with this discussion.
"Did you ever find out who bit you?"
"No."
"Suppose I told you I knew who bit you. Would you like to know who it was?"
"Yes! Tell me about them. Are they a man or a woman? Are they sorry for what they did? It was an accident wasn't it? How old are they? Where do they live? What-"
Remus cut her off with a slight motion of his hand.
"Alright, alright. Calm down. Yes, I know who bit you. I know him very well. He's very sorry for what he has done. Although it was an accident he still had nightmares about it and wakes up in the middle of the night. Kayla, I-" he stopped, choked up for a moment, dropping his gaze to the floor.
He paused for a moment, forcing himself to calm down. Then he forced himself to look up and meet her anxious gaze. Amber eyes met amber as his eyes locked on hers.
"Kayla, I bit you."
She looked at him in stunned silence for near thirty seconds before passing out in a dead faint on the floor.
"Well, that went well." Remus mused as he bent over the young girl, making sure she was alright.
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"My head," Kayla thought groggily. "What happened? Where am I?"
She opened her eyes, wincing as she saw the bright sunlight streaming in through the infirmary window.
"I see you're awake."
She looked toward the end of the bed, seeing the blurred figure of Professor Dumbledore smiling down on her.
"You took quite a fall back in Professor Lupin's office."
"How long have I been out?" she wondered.
"Only about four hours," he replied.
Kayla sank back onto the pillows, dazed. This was not happening to her. Professor Lupin could not have bitten her. This was some bizarre dream she would wake up from at any moment. Yet, in dreams you can't feel pain, and her head was definitely throbbing. It was real.
"Why didn't he tell me?" she wondered aloud. "Why didn't he find me that night?"
"He did. He was in the Hospital Wing all the next day, even though you were still unconscious. Then he had to leave before the Ministry officials showed up to register you. Otherwise he could have been sent to Azkaban."
"So you knew? And my parents knew? And none of you could bother to tell me?" She didn't even try to disguise the anger in her voice.
"I am very sorry, Kayla, but you were much too young. If you had somehow let slip his identity he could have had to face serious consequences. In fact, he didn't even know you were the girl he bit until I told him yesterday. He was never told your full name, only that your first name was Kayla."
Kayla nodded, "Where is he now?"
"Remus is in his chambers. Her thought it best that he not be here when you woke up in case you didn't want to see him. I can go get him if you like."
"Would you please?"
"Of course, my dear," he said.
Kayla watched as Dumbledore swept out of the hospital wing, then she collapsed back onto her pillows, wondering what she was going to say when Remus arrived.
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Author's Note: I know this chapter is short, but I felt it was better to do her confrontation with Remus in a chapter by itself and I will work on getting that written and posted ASAP. Thanks to Neoma for reviewing the last chapter! Please review! The more reviews I get the more motivated I am to post.
I just posted a short song fic to Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel" and I would be grateful if you would take the time to read it. It's really short and you can get through it in just a couple of minutes and I would really love feedback about it. I centers on Hermione.
That's all for now! Please review!
~Starr~
