Title:
Cursed / Remus 1/2
Author: Siren M.
Archive: fanfiction.net, SBRL list and whoever who wants it just please tell me
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Summary: Total AU, MWPP era, Poor Remus is cursed but in a different way. Anime
crossover!
Spoilers: none
Rating: general
Disclaimer: If Harry Potter was mine, I wouldn't be writing fanfics would I? So
no, none of the characters are mine ^^
Warnings: none whatsoever ....urm...unless you count the ridiculousness and the
idiocy of the writer ^_^`9 Oh and it's self-edited, so be warned of bad grammar,
stupid spelling mistakes, dumb mistakes that could have been avoidable if I
wasn't so bloody thick and the list goes on... ^^ I think that's about it.
Feedback: sairenm@hotmail.com or siren_m@yyhmail.com
Notes: "..." is speech, while [...] are thoughts
I missed out their first 'date' ^^
Can't seem to get Hagrid's accent in line either. So sorry if it doesn't seem like him. I'm not exactly good with accents. ^___^`
I want to thank all the reviewers. Thanx.
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Part 4
"I bet you're having loads of fun laughing at me," Remus mumbled resentfully, eyes glaring up at the pouring sky.
It was pouring buckets, so much so that Remus was wet from head to toe despite the fact that she was running beneath trees that had blocked most of the freezing cold droplets.
Remus pushed her hair out of her face, squinting to see the path leading back to the school. Now feeling slightly numb, she clutched her bundle closer to her for warmth, petting the whining creature and cooing to it softly in hopes of ease the poor thing's pain.
"Just a little while longer, alright?" Remus whispered softly, ducking under the trees and branches.
When she had first came out of the castle, the weather had been alright, the sun warm and golden in it's evening glory. But the sky had began to change when she had found the whining load that she was now holding tightly to her chest. Without any warning, the sky broke and it started to pour heavily even before she even managed to coax the little creature into trusting her enough without biting her.
Shifting the little cub in her arms, she desperately hoped that Hagrid was home. Her heart jumped at the sight of the lighted castle and the little cabin by the side, and she sighed in relieve. She was beginning to think that she wouldn't have made it. Her breathing was beginning to come out in short little gasp from exertion but she continued running.
"Hagrid!" she shouted even before she reached the cabin. "Hagrid!"
The moment she reached the door, she began pounding on it as hard as she could with her fist, keeping one hand on the whimpering bundle.
"Hagrid! Open the door!" At the shout and pounding, the door swung open, revealing a surprised looking gatekeeper.
"What the-"
"Hagrid!" Remus greeted in relief.
"What are yer doing out in a weather like this! Get in 'ere!" the gatekeeper ushered the shivering young girl into the warm small cabin. "What in Merlin's name were yer thinking, coming out in a weather like this!? Look at yer! All wet and quiverin-"
"Hagrid! Look at this," Remus interrupted, standing beside the fireside, pealing her wet robes that she had used to bundle the injured wolf pup.
"That is-"
"He's hurt. And his parents are dead."
"How- Go by the fire," Hagrid ordered, going to the back. Remus did as she was told, feeling much warmer as she sat down and laid the bundle gently. Resting beside the whimpering pup, she cooed to it, smoothing the soft short brown fur.
When Hagrid reappeared, the gentle half giant was carrying bandages and a bottle of something, a salve of some sort. Remus watched, coaxing the little animal when it whimpered and snarled when Hagrid tried to look at its wounds. She helped Hagrid wash its wound, put salve on it and bandage it. Hagrid added wood onto fireplace as Remus coaxed the little wolf cub to sleep.
"It's late, you better go back inside," Hagrid whispered, wrapping her with a warm, extremely oversized coat. Remus stared worriedly at the sleeping cub.
"But I-"
"Dun you worry about the pup, go on in to the castle," Hagrid said, gently pushing her towards the door. Remus wanted to protest but her common sense chastised her for being difficult, so she obliged. With another look at the peacefully sleeping pup, she left the little house by the side of the castle.
*****
Remus folded the large coat, staring unseeingly into the cheerfully burning fire. She didn't seem to remember that she was still wet, cold and female, her thoughts only on the little cub that she had saved. She sat down in front of the fire, not noticing that she wasn't alone.
"Remus?"
The voice didn't register in her head as she continued to stare at the fire, her mind wandering to the time she had found the little family of wolves desecrated. Clenching her pale hands, Remus could feel tears gather at the corner of her eyes.
"Remus-"
The honey-haired Gryffindor looked up to see familiar gray eyes blinking at her.
"Renna?"
"Sirius?," Remus could barely recognize her own voice, normally calm and a soft alto in both male or female form, it now sounded like she was choking.
"Are you alright?" Sirius asked, concerned, sitting down beside the distraught girl.
"Yes-No, I'm not alright."
"What happened?"
"I-" she wiped her tears and shook her head, "No. It's nothing. It probably shouldn't matter."
"But it matters!" Sirius blurted.
"Why?" Remus asked simply.
"Because it made you cry..." Sirius answered softly, touching her wet cheek, sadly. Remus looked at him for a while. Then she burst into tears, leaning into Sirius' shoulder. Wide-eyed, the raven haired boy didn't seem to know what to do for a moment, before he slowly put his arms around her, offering her gentle comfort.
*****
"Thank you," a muffled voice came from his chest. "And I'm sorry."
"For what?" Sirius asked, blinking as the tawny head lifted his chest. His back was comfortably leaning on a chair as he sat in front of the fire, Renna lying beside him, her head cushioned by his chest.
Even though Renna's tears have stopped for quite sometime now, and it was past midnight, his butt aching like heck from sitting too long on the floor and the fire was beginning to die to, leaving the common room a bit too cold for his liking, he made no move to get up. He didn't want to move. He didn't want to ever move.
"For ruining your shirt," Renna got up, wiping any residue of her tears, leaving Sirius feeling extremely cold and empty. "And for bursting into tears on you." she turned and gave Sirius a soft smile, who smiled back awkwardly all the while blushing as red as a tomato.
"It's.. It's okay. Anything for a friend, right?" Sirius grimaced. He sounded so corny he would have puked if he had heard someone else say it. Especially to a girl that one has a crush on.
"You're so sweet," Renna said, then her eyes widen and then a blush flooded her face just as Sirius looked towards the floor.
"I think a lot of people would disagree with you," Sirius laughed sheepishly, rubbing his neck in embarrassment.
/I know/ Remus thought to herself. She had to get out of there. It was getting late, she was tired, and god knows what she might blurt out in her state. So she got up from the floor and smiled at her childhood friend (though Sirius didn't know that).
"It's late. I think I have to go. I'll see you again soon, Sirius," she said softly, though it still seemed loud in the stillness of the common room.
"Ah, okay," Sirius replied. /Way to go, genius/ Sirius berated himself. /That's realllll smooth./
"Thank you, again," Renna smiled, her eyes, though puffy and red from crying didn't seem to lose it's beauty. Turquoise eyes caught him, and he stopped breathing for a moment. Then, the tawny head head turned towards the stairs.
/She's leaving/ the thought flashed through his mind. A feeling of reluctance swept through him.
"Wait!" Sirius blurted out. Renna turned, her now dry hair sweeping to cover half her face. Her expression was incomprehensible.
"Uh..!" Sirius stumbled. He didn't know what to say. He only wanted her to stay a little while longer with him. "Uuhh...are you hungry?"
"...yes, I am," came the soft reply, Renna's white pale complexion coloured a little.
"Uh...want to go on a kitchen raid?" Sirius asked, eagerly, crossing his fingers. Renna smiled, though a tad bit hesitantly.
"Um... Sure."
*****
The house elves gave them a welcome fit for a king. They got all the food they asked, chocolate éclairs, with chocolate cake and butterbeer. Sirius found that Renna absolutely, without question and doubt, loved chocolate cake.
"Actually," Renna explained after swallowing a mouthful of chocolate cake, "I love anything made of chocolate."
Sirius nodded, saving that important information in the back of his mind for future use.
"You know," Sirius swallowed, "you remind me of my friend," he continued, digging into his chocolate cake, not noticing that his 'date' had gone frigid. "He loves chocolate too. His eyes lit up the moment he see chocolate."
"Oh," she replied and then had gone silent.
They enjoyed their chocolate cakes and butter beer in comfortable silence.
******
It was nearly three when the two of them got back to the common room.
"Well..." Remus stood awkwardly at the bottom of the stairs where the dorm rooms were separated.
"Um..." Sirius seemed equally tongue tied. The two of them struggled to find words.
It has never been so awkward before, Remus mused, why now though?
"I want to thank you-" Remus started.
"When can I see you again-!?" Sirius said, at the same time.
The two of them blushed.
"I...um... see you. Good Night." Sirius blurted, his face burning from embarrassment. He couldn't believe how thick he was. How stupid could he get blurting it out like that like....like a...an amateur...more like a love sick fool.
"Sirius!"
The black hair boy turned back to see his crush still at the bottom of the spiral stairs. Renna smiled.
"Thank You. I really enjoyed your company," the brown hair girl said.
"Ah..." Sirius laughed nervously. "Yeah, I enjoyed it too."
"I'll see you around, Sirius." she gave him a smile so beautiful he felt as if he could faint. Luckily, he didn't embarrass himself further by doing just that.
"Yeah," Sirius turned to his dorm in some sort of daze, not noticing that the girl of his dreams never made any move to go to her dorm. He didn't notice that one bed in his dorm was empty either as he slid into his bed. The occupant came in only after Sirius fell into a deep sleep filled with pleasant dreams of a certain brown haired girl.
*****
Sirius smiled happily at James as the other dark haired boy fumed, looking as if he wanted to tear his hair out in frustration.
"Alright, spit it out, Sirius," James almost growled, "What the heck is wrong with you?"
"Wrong?," Sirius asked, as if pondering about the word for the first time, "What could be wrong? Nothing is wrong. How could anything be wrong? Everything is so beautiful. Everything is so right," Sirius said, still with a goofy smile. James stared at Sirius as if he had grown another head.
"Okay, what happened to you?" James asked, his curiosity getting the best of him. His frustration like Sirius' smile, grew, if possible.
"That's a secret."
James wanted to put his hands around the flea infested mutt's neck and throttle him. He hadn't gotten a straight answer from him all morning and it was really annoying him to bits. He turned away from other boy as Sirius grinned idiotically at his porridge, eyes landing on a mooning Moony.
"I wonder what's wrong with Remus."
Sirius looked up from his porridge, blinking at James before following the bespectacled boy's gaze, resting on a fidgety brown haired Gryffindor.
"He looks rather upset," Pete offered, munching on his cheese.
Sirius didn't say anything, only watched as Remus stirred his porridge with his spoon, looking extremely worried. Then the raven haired boy shifted a while, then scooted over and leaned over to the brooding turquoise-eyed boy who was now staring at his porridge.
"Moony."
No response.
"Rem."
The brown head didn't look up.
"Remy!"
Remus jerked in surprised, looking up with wide green eyes at the raven haired boy, who was pouting petulantly.
"Yes?" Remus asked, pushing his hair from his eyes.
"Honestly, Rem. I've called you three times. Didn't you hear me?" Sirius frowned at the smaller boy.
"Um, no. Sorry."
"What are you doing? Reading the porridge? What, is that a new line of divination? So, what is my fortune today, huh?" Sirius prompted, leaning over to take a look at the white uninteresting broth.
"Huh?" Remus frowned at the gray-eyed boy, then looked at his own untouched bowl. "Um.."
"Well? You were staring at it for so long. It's for eating not staring, that's what the spoon is for, you know." Sirius remarked.
Remus looked back, eyes glinting in annoyance. [Oh, for Merlin's sake, Padfoot. Can't I brood in peace?]
"Actually, you know what I read in the broth? It says that your seriously gonna get hurt if you don't get away from me right now," Remus said, standing up to glare at the wide blue-gray eyes.
"Woah, Moony," Sirius replied, backing away, "Don't need to get all worked up. I was just joking."
Remus only continued to glare at him, not even gracing him with an answer. He was just about to leave when Sirius opened his mouth again. And insert his foot in it.
"What~? Are you having PMS or something?" Sirius muttered, then smiled weakly when Remus turned back to him, his eyes, usually blue-green, turned blue, as it sometimes did when he was angry or upset. Vaguely, at the back of his mind, Sirius wondered what he'd said wrong and then thought that perhaps he should just tape his mouth and never talk again instead of always putting his foot in his mouth like he usually did.
*****
"Really, Padfoot. You just talk without thinking, don't you?" James admonished the petulant boy who was nursing a black eye.
"Oh, shut up, Prongs," Sirius grumbled, wincing.
"Well, you really did put your foot into your mouth, Sirius," Peter piped, unknowingly echoing Sirius' thoughts no longer than a minute ago. Sirius glared at little Peter, who backed off.
"Pete's right," James chided. "What the hell did you say to him anyway?"
*****
[How can he be so sweet sometimes and idiotic most of the time] Remus fumed. Having enough of waiting, he strode towards Hagrid's house. Last night, he was so touched by the concern Sirius, now, he wanted nothing more than to throttle the ostrich-brained-mutt.
[Oh! I can't believe him! How can anyone be so dense!? Arggh!]
*****
Severus leaned on the window, smiling(?) happily as he watched the brown haired Gryffindor and Marauder marched across the grounds towards the gamekeeper's hut. He let his eyes wander from the neatly braided golden brown hair, to the clean robes, to the graceful stride (in other words, he was looking at his behind ^ ^).
The brown haired boy knocked on the large wooden door and the door swung open, the large gamekeeper standing behind it. Pushing away from the window sill, Severus watched as the brown haired boy disappeared into the hut with the gamekeeper.
It really made his day to see the usually mild mannered Lupin punch the obnoxious Black in the eye early in the morning.
Tsuzuku
Chapter 4 done! Chapter 5 will be here soon as soon as I find the sketch that I did somtime ago. Heh heh heh ^___^`
Anyway, the usual plea. please review! ^^
