Disclaimer's Note: Do I honestly look like I own Harry Potter? Because I really don't think I'm that rich. :p
Author's Note: There is slash in this story. Yeah, guy x guy. For those of you who already know that and want to read this, hey sorry. But for those idiots that keep popping up and going :EWWWWWWW!!!! WTF is da matter wit ya?! Why do you guys do that anyway? Hunt down stories that you hate? I just don't get that. ::shakerz head: Anyway, if you flame me, I'm just gonna ignore your ass, you're not worth my time. It's not like I'm forcing you to read it.
Also, MAJOR FIFTH BOOK SPOILERS. If you have not read the fifth book, I suggest that you do not read this story, unless you want to know who dies, among a few other things.
Anyway….
This story basically goes as such: The Prologue is going to start off with Remus Lupin remembering Sirius, and then in the later chapters it will move into their time at Hogwarts.
So without further ado:
Prologue
Remus J. Lupin stared vacantly into space as activity raced around him.
His eyes weren't staring at anything. In fact they looked unfocused as though the man were confused.
He hadn't moved an inch for the last hour.
"Are you sure he's okay Poppy?" someone whispered nearby. "One of the spells didn't, well, you know rattle his brains?"
"Miss -er- Tonks, Mr. Lupin is in perfect physical condition aside from a few cuts and scrapes. As to any mental affiliations, they did not come from a spell, I can tell you that much."
Madame Pomffery turned away, ignoring the annoyed sigh that came out of the injured girl. The nurse had been kept quite busy with the wounds on Tonks and Mad-Eye Moody. She had approached Remus first, offering to give him a quick potion. He had shaken his head, his eyes looking a little sad, and had lain down.
He hadn't moved since, even when questions were addressed to him.
Mad-Eye had been watching the younger man for the last hour also and was feeling slightly concerned about the werewolf. He didn't understand why Lupin had been so silent with that look in his eyes.
How Moody despised that look.
It was that look that seemed to scream that somebody had torn part of the person's soul right out of them and made them watch.
Remus himself wasn't in the least bit worried about the others' concerns for him. He had other things on his mind.
Like the death of the man that he had loved more than anything.
He swallowed hard, still unable to believe that it was true.
Sirius Black was dead.
The words pounded on the inside of his skull, taunting him a million times.
'It can't be true...'
Unknown to Lupin, his thoughts were mirroring Harry Potter's from a few hours earlier.
That Sirius Black was playing some sort of cruel joke on them. After all, he was Sirius Black, he couldn't die.
But Remus had seen it with his own eyes. The shocked expression still mixed with laughter as he plunged into the veil below, and leaving the living world behind as he did.
It was just too much to bear.
Pain seared anew in Lupin's heart as he thought of his lover.
Tears began to gather in his eyes, threatening to spill.
Suddenly a hand gently touched his.
"Remus?" there was a soft whispered.
The werewolf looked up for the first time in over an hour.
Tonks was sitting worriedly on the side of the bed. Her hair was a dark black, and her eyes were pleading with him to reveal what was wrong.
"What's happened? What did Mad-Eye and I miss?" Tonks questioned gently.
Lupin turned away and looked out the window.
He couldn't form the words. If he said it, it would make it true. And of course it wasn't true. Sirius wasn't dead. He was joking around.... wasn't he?
"Remus, tell me." Tonks persisted.
Lupin moved his head slowly to look at Tonks again. He let out a small cry, that came unwillingly out of his throat. Tears started to spill down to the blankets that were heaped on the bed, much to Remus's horror.
Tonks was looking extremely worried now.
"Remus, are you okay? Harry's okay, you know. He just came over to check on you, but I told him you were sleeping. So you don't need to worry about Harry. The boy is as good as he could be, well except for the fact that he just battled You-Know-Who and a bunch of Death Eaters dead set on s-"
Tonks voice faded in the background as Lupin returned to the safe of his mind.
And the fact that he saw his godfather die... And I acted as though it were perfectly okay. Just held the boy back...
Tonks had stopped talking.
"It's not Harry you're worried about is it?"
She looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Well Mad-Eye and I are both in here with you, and we're both in fairly good condition. Kingsley left just a little bit ago. He was perfectly fine. I haven't seen Sirius yet, but I'm sure he's fine too, you know. Of course you know that though." Tonks winked. "Old rascal."
Tonks gave a little laugh.
More tears spilled out of Lupin's eyes and he felt his shoulders start to shake.
"Tonks." he whispered in a rough voice. "Sirius is dead."
There he had said it.
It was true now.
The one person he loved was gone.
Tonks's eyes widened in shock, and behind them one of Mad-Eye's eyebrows had risen in surprise.
"D-Dead?" Tonks's voice broke. "You have to be wrong Remus."
Remus bent forward and then was suddenly sobbing. He couldn't remember ever crying so hard
Tonks leaned in, and patted Lupin on the back, drawing him to her.
"Shh... It's okay Remus, it's okay..."
"Sirius...You can't leave me..." Lupin cried harder.
He cried for a long time before the tears ran out. Tonks just sat there rubbing his back, stroking his hair murmuring gently to him.
Mad-Eye was surprised that it was possible for the female to be so gentle for so long.
"Are you okay Remus?" Tonks asked gently as Lupin sat back up into the pillows.
He shook his head, grey hair becoming more prominent.
"He's gone... He's really gone..." the werewolf whispered in disbelief.
"I'll go get you something to drink. Does that sound good Remus?" Tonks questioned.
Lupin didn't answer.
Tonks rose slowly, tripping over her chair, sending it sprawling.
Moody paused for a moment and then toppled out of bed following Tonks into the hall.
"I never thought I'd see the day..." Mad-Eye muttered. "When Remus Lupin had a break down."
Tonks looked sad for a few moments.
"He's just lost his husband, Moody. The single person he has been able to depend since he was eleven. Of course he's going to take it hard."
They both looked back into the Hospital Ward to see Lupin burying himself in a pillow.
"What do you two think you are doing?" a voice behind them suddenly hollered.
Both Tonks and Mad-Eye jumped about a foot at the approach of the nurse.
"Tonks, you said you would be well-behaved if we promised not to send you St. Mungo's, so get back in the bed, now!"
The two scurried back into the room as fast as a wooden leg and a bad case of klutziness would allow.
Lupin was resting now, but Tonks still stared at him concerned.
"Do you think he'll be okay?"
"He may never be okay again."
Next time on Future Legends:
Remus looked up, his innocent eyes looking sad for a moment. Did he want to come? Yes, of course he did. Reading was his passion. It was the only time he could be safe. He could some other person in some other place doing some brave heroic deed that he could never accomplish in real life. But learning in a school with other people... it was a scary thought. If someone found out what he was...
"Don't be scared of rejection, Remus. You will find both friends and enemies here, I guarantee that. If everyone in the world loved you, then you may be afraid, for I have never met a person that everyone liked."
Remus nodded, slowly, and whispered his answer in the faintest voice.
"I want to come here."
He never knew how much his life would change just by speaking those five words.
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