Rhapsody for the Moon
Disclaimer: Everyone except Amber, Sorcha, Sean, and Aria belongs to J.K. Rowling. Amber, Sorcha, and Sean belong to Rosethorn, and Aria is mine.
Author's Notes: This is an extremely odd plot bunny that bit me.well, it bit me in French. French is boring. Aria is Remus's twin sister.um.yeah.
Chapter 4: Dirge
"Late, late, late, late." Aria murmured to herself as she jerked her brush through her hair. Four years had done very little to change her appearance. She had grown maybe three inches, and her figure was beginning to look a bit more womanly, but that was it. "REMY! IF YOU AREN'T READY IN TEN MINUTES I'M LEAVING WITHOUT YOU!" she shouted to her brother.
"No, you aren't!" he called back. "And we're not that late, it's only ten."
"And it takes a bloody damn hour to get to the bloody damn station!"
"Why Aria!" Remus said, appearing in her door and clutching his heart as if he was having a heart attack. "Such language!"
Aria threw something at him.
* * *
James was scanning the crowd. The transfers were coming in today, and his advances towards Aria and Sorcha were *anything* but paying off. Sorcha just gave him that *look* of hers, and even if Aria seemed interested in responding, Remus wouldn't speak to him for a week.
He caught a flash of vivid red hair. He walked over to the owner of that hair.
"Hi," he said, to her back, since she wasn't facing him.. "I don't believe I've seen you before. And you certainly look a bit too old to be a first year."
The girl spun around. He nearly gasped aloud as brilliant green eyes met his. 'Excellent,' he thought. 'Best to take this one slow.she looks shy.'
"Um. no I'm not a first year. I'm a transfer," she said.
"Ah. I see." James suddenly turned around and shouted, "Hey! Sirius! Get the others and get over here! There's someone I want you to meet!" He turned back to the girl. "What's your name, anyway?"
"I'm Lily Evans."
"James Potter. Pleasure," he said with a sly grin.
"I'm sure."
The others jogged up. "Who's this?" Amber asked. 'James.behave.'
James smiled. 'Of course, Amber. Don't I always? Out loud, he said. "Guys, this is Lily Evans. Lily, these are Callie and Sirius Black, my twin, Amber, Remus and Aria Lupin, Sean and Sorcha O'Senwatrs, and Peter Pettigrew."
"Pleased to meet you," Lily said shyly.
* * *
Aria lounged indolently in the common room six months later. She lay her head back, smiling as she remembered spying on Lily and James the night before. Now *that* was some involved kissing.
"And what, pray tell, are *you* smiling about?" Sirius asked, extremely annoyed because he had failed a Potions test the day before.
"Amber? Shall we tell him?" Aria asked without raising her head or opening her eyes.
"Sorcha thinks so.Why not? We caught Lily and James making out last night."
Sirius perked up considerably after hearing that. "Really? Spill."
Amber opened her mouth to explain and was interrupted by an owl flying through the window. Callie caught the letter and checked the address on the front of the envelope. "Aria? It's for you.and Remus."
"Remus is making up that test for McGonagall." Aria murmured.
"Are you going to read it?"
"Do I have to get up?"
"Yes," everyone else in the common room (Sirius, Peter, Amber, Sean, and Callie.) said as one. Including Sorcha, who nodded very emphatically.
Aria sighed, and pulled herself off of the chair. "All right, give it to me, please." Amber handed her the letter. Aria carefully slit open the envelope. She skimmed the letter, went very pale, and then skimmed it again. She went absolutely dead white. Her eyes rolled up in her head and she fainted against Amber.
Amber, extremely surprised by this turn of events, nearly dropped Aria. "Woah." she said. "Sorch? What's in that letter?"
Sorcha leaned over, and picked up the letter. She glanced over it. She turned around and gave a sign that was something between "Oh. My. God" and "Dammit."
Lily and James came downstairs. "What happened?" Lily asked. "What's wrong with Aria?"
"That's what we're trying to figure out!" Amber said, exasperated.
Before any more questions could be asked or answered, the portrait hole opened and Remus came in. He took in the situation with a glance. "What happened?" he whispered, going pale and gripping the doorjamb for support.
Sorcha handed him the letter. He glanced at it, and sat down shakily.
"Remus.?" Sean asked.
Remus tossed them the letter. Amber glanced down at it. "Oh, damn," she said.
"What?" James asked. He read the letter over his sister's shoulder. "Ooh. That *is* bad."
There were only four words in the letter:
"Your mother died yesterday."
Disclaimer: Everyone except Amber, Sorcha, Sean, and Aria belongs to J.K. Rowling. Amber, Sorcha, and Sean belong to Rosethorn, and Aria is mine.
Author's Notes: This is an extremely odd plot bunny that bit me.well, it bit me in French. French is boring. Aria is Remus's twin sister.um.yeah.
Chapter 4: Dirge
"Late, late, late, late." Aria murmured to herself as she jerked her brush through her hair. Four years had done very little to change her appearance. She had grown maybe three inches, and her figure was beginning to look a bit more womanly, but that was it. "REMY! IF YOU AREN'T READY IN TEN MINUTES I'M LEAVING WITHOUT YOU!" she shouted to her brother.
"No, you aren't!" he called back. "And we're not that late, it's only ten."
"And it takes a bloody damn hour to get to the bloody damn station!"
"Why Aria!" Remus said, appearing in her door and clutching his heart as if he was having a heart attack. "Such language!"
Aria threw something at him.
* * *
James was scanning the crowd. The transfers were coming in today, and his advances towards Aria and Sorcha were *anything* but paying off. Sorcha just gave him that *look* of hers, and even if Aria seemed interested in responding, Remus wouldn't speak to him for a week.
He caught a flash of vivid red hair. He walked over to the owner of that hair.
"Hi," he said, to her back, since she wasn't facing him.. "I don't believe I've seen you before. And you certainly look a bit too old to be a first year."
The girl spun around. He nearly gasped aloud as brilliant green eyes met his. 'Excellent,' he thought. 'Best to take this one slow.she looks shy.'
"Um. no I'm not a first year. I'm a transfer," she said.
"Ah. I see." James suddenly turned around and shouted, "Hey! Sirius! Get the others and get over here! There's someone I want you to meet!" He turned back to the girl. "What's your name, anyway?"
"I'm Lily Evans."
"James Potter. Pleasure," he said with a sly grin.
"I'm sure."
The others jogged up. "Who's this?" Amber asked. 'James.behave.'
James smiled. 'Of course, Amber. Don't I always? Out loud, he said. "Guys, this is Lily Evans. Lily, these are Callie and Sirius Black, my twin, Amber, Remus and Aria Lupin, Sean and Sorcha O'Senwatrs, and Peter Pettigrew."
"Pleased to meet you," Lily said shyly.
* * *
Aria lounged indolently in the common room six months later. She lay her head back, smiling as she remembered spying on Lily and James the night before. Now *that* was some involved kissing.
"And what, pray tell, are *you* smiling about?" Sirius asked, extremely annoyed because he had failed a Potions test the day before.
"Amber? Shall we tell him?" Aria asked without raising her head or opening her eyes.
"Sorcha thinks so.Why not? We caught Lily and James making out last night."
Sirius perked up considerably after hearing that. "Really? Spill."
Amber opened her mouth to explain and was interrupted by an owl flying through the window. Callie caught the letter and checked the address on the front of the envelope. "Aria? It's for you.and Remus."
"Remus is making up that test for McGonagall." Aria murmured.
"Are you going to read it?"
"Do I have to get up?"
"Yes," everyone else in the common room (Sirius, Peter, Amber, Sean, and Callie.) said as one. Including Sorcha, who nodded very emphatically.
Aria sighed, and pulled herself off of the chair. "All right, give it to me, please." Amber handed her the letter. Aria carefully slit open the envelope. She skimmed the letter, went very pale, and then skimmed it again. She went absolutely dead white. Her eyes rolled up in her head and she fainted against Amber.
Amber, extremely surprised by this turn of events, nearly dropped Aria. "Woah." she said. "Sorch? What's in that letter?"
Sorcha leaned over, and picked up the letter. She glanced over it. She turned around and gave a sign that was something between "Oh. My. God" and "Dammit."
Lily and James came downstairs. "What happened?" Lily asked. "What's wrong with Aria?"
"That's what we're trying to figure out!" Amber said, exasperated.
Before any more questions could be asked or answered, the portrait hole opened and Remus came in. He took in the situation with a glance. "What happened?" he whispered, going pale and gripping the doorjamb for support.
Sorcha handed him the letter. He glanced at it, and sat down shakily.
"Remus.?" Sean asked.
Remus tossed them the letter. Amber glanced down at it. "Oh, damn," she said.
"What?" James asked. He read the letter over his sister's shoulder. "Ooh. That *is* bad."
There were only four words in the letter:
"Your mother died yesterday."