Victor decided not to keep her around after she had become pregnant.
He kept her until September first and brought her to the Hogwarts Express.
Alex was still under the influence of the drug, so he took the opportunity
to threaten her one more time.
"This baby is mine," he hissed into her ear as he prepared to toss her and her things into an empty compartment. "Don't try to run, I will find you. Whether this baby holds the key or not, I will leave you be after this, but do not run." With that, he threw her onto the seat and shut the door behind him.
Alex moaned, wishing the drug would wear off and she could stop feeling the pain. Whatever he had given her, had taken away her ability to heal herself properly. She felt every cut and every bruise. She was tired and powerless and she felt pregnant.
After a little while, just as she suspected, Remus found her lying on the seats alone. He rushed to her side and gathered her into his arms. "I thought I had lost you," he whispered into her ear.
Alex managed a weak laugh, "No, you wont lose me. I am in pain, however and starving. When is the food cart due?"
Remus laughed heartily. "I'm sitting here with you broken and bruised and all you can think to ask is about the food."
Alex looked dark for a moment, and waved her wand at the compartment door, locking it securely. "I have something to tell you."
"Is it what that man wanted from you?"
She nodded, "Yes. I feel that it's time to tell someone my secret, and it might as well be you. So let me start with saying...I'm not human. I wasn't born human I have never been human. I am, what the few humans who know of our kind call, a Daywalker. It is a generalized name because there is really no description of my species except that we are distantly related to the Vampire." She showed him her small but deathly sharp fangs. "I don't use my fangs, of course, because I eat food."
Remus swallowed hard and scratched his forehead. "Okay, I can accept that."
"Well, let's just say that Vampires would be our kind, however their blood was tainted along the way which gave them certain limitations...and the appearance of being dead. They aren't dead, but we would never tell them that. Their ego is too big," she was hoping for a laugh but received none. She shrugged and continued, "My species was born from humans...well, mammals closely resembling humans, still in their ape form."
Remus frowned, "You mean...like before the dawn of time and all that rubbish?"
Alex gave a small giggle. "Yes, exactly what I mean. My brother, if you want to call him that, Alessandro and I were born of these creatures before there was ever anything like time, or even a spoken language. I was born as you see me now. I've lived mostly in hiding for my brother's fear of being found out, but I do not fear for I can not die." She stopped and took a breath. "So there you have it, the creature that is me."
Remus said nothing for a while, but eventually he kissed her forehead reassuringly. "I can accept that. I suppose the idea that you have always been here, well it's a little hard to grasp, but I can accept what you are."
"I knew you could, seeing as how you fully appreciate what it's like to not be fully human."
He smiled at her and squeezed her, causing her to wince. "Sorry! So, why are you like this? I have guessed that your powers are not limited to your wand, and I've never known you to be weak, or even hurt for very long."
"Well the man you saw back on the platform at the end of last term? He was a fledgling of mine."
"Fledgling?"
"I created him. It's a blood exchange rather like that of a Vampire however our blood mingles with yours and evolves the very make up of your body."
"I don't quite understand that."
"Don't worry about it. Anyway he is a very bitter man and angry with me because he can't die, but he is lonely and aches deep inside for someone to understand him. He has found no one who can alleviate his pain so he blames me for his existence. He found out that my sister was carrying a boy child, and our species have only ever born females. He was unable to track her down but he thinks he found a relative of the man who impregnated her with a male child. He was able to concoct a serum using my blood and it renders me...nearly human. It locks away my powers and my ability to heal myself."
"So what happened to you? You look dreadful. I tried to stop him on the platform but there was nothing I could do, he was so powerful, you could feel it in the air that surrounded him."
Alex laughed, "Yes, he could have taken on the entire wizarding world and come out the victor." She shook her head sadly. "He took me into his flat and took out his anger on me since he knew that it would hurt and couldn't get away. Then he forced the poor human to..." she held up her hands, unsure of how to tactfully say it. "Impregnate me."
Remus' face dropped. "Impregnate...you mean you're pregnant? What are you going to do? I mean, you cant just go to school pregnant!"
Alex frowned, "Why not? It's not like it was my fault, and I don't want to leave. I can't leave, not yet. I have to graduate, Severus needs me!"
"That git who wouldn't even look your way, who used and unforgivable curse on you...needs you?" Remus was clearly outraged and had abandoned his quiet demeanor.
Alex put up her hands, "Hush Remus, it's okay. You just don't understand, but you will."
He spit and sputtered but finally gave in and took his seat back next to her. "What are you going to do about this?"
"Go see Dumbledore and tell him the truth."
Alex decided to unlock the door and told Remus to find the other Marauders to give her a bit of cheer.
He was gone for a short while but returned as a quartet, arms laden with nearly every treat that had occupied the food cart. They sat around and talked about nonsense, none of them asking her what had happened.
"We've decided on something this year," Sirius said in a very low voice. "Haven't we, James?"
James nodded mischievously. "Yep, and it's going to be brilliant!"
"What is it," Remus asked, clearly a little annoyed that they hadn't clued him in.
"Well, we've been thinking about your little...monthly problem," James began.
"Yes, and we thought you could do with a bit of company," Sirius continued.
"So we thought old James's cloak could do us a bit of help this year...and we could sneak into the restricted section and..."
"Nice try," Remus cut in, "but there isn't a cure, or even a spell to keep me tame around humans."
"Exactly," Sirius said slapping his knee. "So if we cant be humans together..."
"We can be animals," James said triumphantly. "We can learn to be anamagi, you know, so we can join you and romp about Hogsmeade for the nights!"
Remus frowned, "I don't know if that's such a good idea. You have to be of age, and you have to register and everything"
James shook his head, "You really know how to spoil the mood don't you? You only have to be of age and register IF you're found out, and who's going to find out?"
Remus shook his head, but Alex found it rather amusing. "Sounds like fun to me," she said. "I'll help you out too, if I can."
Remus glared at her, "Don't encourage them," he hissed.
James, however, clapped her on the back. "That's the spirit! I knew it would be helpful having a little genius Ravenclaw in our midst!"
"This baby is mine," he hissed into her ear as he prepared to toss her and her things into an empty compartment. "Don't try to run, I will find you. Whether this baby holds the key or not, I will leave you be after this, but do not run." With that, he threw her onto the seat and shut the door behind him.
Alex moaned, wishing the drug would wear off and she could stop feeling the pain. Whatever he had given her, had taken away her ability to heal herself properly. She felt every cut and every bruise. She was tired and powerless and she felt pregnant.
After a little while, just as she suspected, Remus found her lying on the seats alone. He rushed to her side and gathered her into his arms. "I thought I had lost you," he whispered into her ear.
Alex managed a weak laugh, "No, you wont lose me. I am in pain, however and starving. When is the food cart due?"
Remus laughed heartily. "I'm sitting here with you broken and bruised and all you can think to ask is about the food."
Alex looked dark for a moment, and waved her wand at the compartment door, locking it securely. "I have something to tell you."
"Is it what that man wanted from you?"
She nodded, "Yes. I feel that it's time to tell someone my secret, and it might as well be you. So let me start with saying...I'm not human. I wasn't born human I have never been human. I am, what the few humans who know of our kind call, a Daywalker. It is a generalized name because there is really no description of my species except that we are distantly related to the Vampire." She showed him her small but deathly sharp fangs. "I don't use my fangs, of course, because I eat food."
Remus swallowed hard and scratched his forehead. "Okay, I can accept that."
"Well, let's just say that Vampires would be our kind, however their blood was tainted along the way which gave them certain limitations...and the appearance of being dead. They aren't dead, but we would never tell them that. Their ego is too big," she was hoping for a laugh but received none. She shrugged and continued, "My species was born from humans...well, mammals closely resembling humans, still in their ape form."
Remus frowned, "You mean...like before the dawn of time and all that rubbish?"
Alex gave a small giggle. "Yes, exactly what I mean. My brother, if you want to call him that, Alessandro and I were born of these creatures before there was ever anything like time, or even a spoken language. I was born as you see me now. I've lived mostly in hiding for my brother's fear of being found out, but I do not fear for I can not die." She stopped and took a breath. "So there you have it, the creature that is me."
Remus said nothing for a while, but eventually he kissed her forehead reassuringly. "I can accept that. I suppose the idea that you have always been here, well it's a little hard to grasp, but I can accept what you are."
"I knew you could, seeing as how you fully appreciate what it's like to not be fully human."
He smiled at her and squeezed her, causing her to wince. "Sorry! So, why are you like this? I have guessed that your powers are not limited to your wand, and I've never known you to be weak, or even hurt for very long."
"Well the man you saw back on the platform at the end of last term? He was a fledgling of mine."
"Fledgling?"
"I created him. It's a blood exchange rather like that of a Vampire however our blood mingles with yours and evolves the very make up of your body."
"I don't quite understand that."
"Don't worry about it. Anyway he is a very bitter man and angry with me because he can't die, but he is lonely and aches deep inside for someone to understand him. He has found no one who can alleviate his pain so he blames me for his existence. He found out that my sister was carrying a boy child, and our species have only ever born females. He was unable to track her down but he thinks he found a relative of the man who impregnated her with a male child. He was able to concoct a serum using my blood and it renders me...nearly human. It locks away my powers and my ability to heal myself."
"So what happened to you? You look dreadful. I tried to stop him on the platform but there was nothing I could do, he was so powerful, you could feel it in the air that surrounded him."
Alex laughed, "Yes, he could have taken on the entire wizarding world and come out the victor." She shook her head sadly. "He took me into his flat and took out his anger on me since he knew that it would hurt and couldn't get away. Then he forced the poor human to..." she held up her hands, unsure of how to tactfully say it. "Impregnate me."
Remus' face dropped. "Impregnate...you mean you're pregnant? What are you going to do? I mean, you cant just go to school pregnant!"
Alex frowned, "Why not? It's not like it was my fault, and I don't want to leave. I can't leave, not yet. I have to graduate, Severus needs me!"
"That git who wouldn't even look your way, who used and unforgivable curse on you...needs you?" Remus was clearly outraged and had abandoned his quiet demeanor.
Alex put up her hands, "Hush Remus, it's okay. You just don't understand, but you will."
He spit and sputtered but finally gave in and took his seat back next to her. "What are you going to do about this?"
"Go see Dumbledore and tell him the truth."
Alex decided to unlock the door and told Remus to find the other Marauders to give her a bit of cheer.
He was gone for a short while but returned as a quartet, arms laden with nearly every treat that had occupied the food cart. They sat around and talked about nonsense, none of them asking her what had happened.
"We've decided on something this year," Sirius said in a very low voice. "Haven't we, James?"
James nodded mischievously. "Yep, and it's going to be brilliant!"
"What is it," Remus asked, clearly a little annoyed that they hadn't clued him in.
"Well, we've been thinking about your little...monthly problem," James began.
"Yes, and we thought you could do with a bit of company," Sirius continued.
"So we thought old James's cloak could do us a bit of help this year...and we could sneak into the restricted section and..."
"Nice try," Remus cut in, "but there isn't a cure, or even a spell to keep me tame around humans."
"Exactly," Sirius said slapping his knee. "So if we cant be humans together..."
"We can be animals," James said triumphantly. "We can learn to be anamagi, you know, so we can join you and romp about Hogsmeade for the nights!"
Remus frowned, "I don't know if that's such a good idea. You have to be of age, and you have to register and everything"
James shook his head, "You really know how to spoil the mood don't you? You only have to be of age and register IF you're found out, and who's going to find out?"
Remus shook his head, but Alex found it rather amusing. "Sounds like fun to me," she said. "I'll help you out too, if I can."
Remus glared at her, "Don't encourage them," he hissed.
James, however, clapped her on the back. "That's the spirit! I knew it would be helpful having a little genius Ravenclaw in our midst!"