It was about eight thirty in the morning when Eve and Remus reached the cabin that Eve had left three months earlier. Slowly Eve lifted the latch on the door to find the cabin completely dark, it looked like it hadn't been lived in for months. Eve and Remus walked surreptitiously around the cabin ears strained for any sound of movement. When Eve entered the small room that had been hers she found the few clothes that she had and a locket Sirius had given her while they were in school, already packed neatly in a box. Getting very anxious to get out of the dark cabin she heard the squeaking of hinges followed by the slamming and locking of a door. She spun around to find Tom glaring at her. His eyes piercing through her as Remus started to bang on the other side of the door
"Eve, angel?" Lupin said hurriedly as Tom started to advance on her.
"Stay away from me!" She shouted frantically hearing that Remus's voice had quieted listening for trouble.
"Wandering Child so lost, so helpless yearning for my guidance!" He said maliciously "Too long you've wandered in winter, far from my far-reaching gaze." He reached out to touch her face but she pulled back remarking with a dazed look in her eyes
"Wildly my mind beats against you."
"You resist...yet your soul will always obey its call to me." As Tom reached out to grab Eve's wrists Lupin used his wand to break through the door as Tom wrapped his long bony fingers around Eve's wrist and flinging her behind him with so much momentum that she was flung into the wall seemingly unharmed.
"Who are you?!" Lupin demanded "
Did Eve not tell you Remus...Did she not tell you all about me? I'm about to become your worst nightmare." Tom hissed quietly his green eyes narrowed to slits and for a brief second appeared to be glowing red.
"Eve grab your things, we're leaving." Remus said sternly as she hurried to grab the small box that contained everything she wanted except she noticed; one other thing the picture of Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, and herself on the last day of their seventh year. She grabbed it and tossed it in the box. As Eve was picking up the box Tom rounded on her trying to back her into a corner much to Tom's frustration she circled around giving her a perfect shot of the box and the door-less frame,
"So, it is to be war between us?" he said quietly with a sardonic smile as Eve slowly stepped back toward the box that was still sitting on the crude excuse for a bed and sensing her opportunity to grab the box and run for it she did with Remus in mad pursuit. Once they were outside the small hut from a short distance off
"So be it! Now let it be war upon you both!" they heard Tom shout just before they had apparated back to the inn Eve dropped her box on the floor and gave into tears as she threw herself on the bed her face buried and sobbed heavily. Remus walked over to the bed and sat on the edge trying to think of some way to comfort her but figured that cuddling with her wouldn't make her feel much better so he tried to lighten things up saying,
"Well that could have been worse..."
"COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE?" Eve yelled giving Lupin the clear idea that that cuddling and holding her would have been the better idea because now Eve was standing firmly planted and even with her small stature looking strangely powerful,
"And just how do you think that could have been worse Remus?!" She demanded
"Well....He could have killed us on the spot. He could have taken you and killed me. He could have killed you. He could have taken you from me It could have been much worse." He said watching her with unblinking eyes as she paced back and fourth across the length of the room. After a few minutes of silence and obvious pondering on both sides Eve continued her pacing when Remus stuck out an arm which he wrapped around her and pulled her into his lap and sat her on the bed looked at her with considering eyes and said quietly, "If I remember correctly, you're very ticklish."
"Oh no, no—no" Eve said pushing back "Ummm Remus-"she said holding her hands out in front of her as if to try and block him
"Don't we need to get ready to go?"
"In a minute..." He said as he started tickling her as she rolled around trying to get out of arms reach laughing the beautiful laugh that he had known so well. Amidst the laughter Eve managed to choke out, "Ok, Remus where is it exactly that we're staying in London?" he stooped suddenly, pensively considering how to tell her that she would be staying in Sirius's old house until he decided on blatant honesty "Well Eve, we're staying at headquarters and before he died Sirius offered his house as a secret place for us all to stay as Order members." Remus waited for a reply, all he got was more pacing. "Eve, stop your making me dizzy and you're starting to ware a hole in the rug." He said with a smile she stopped abruptly.
"Sorry." She murmured and started packing her box "Remus--"she said suddenly continuing to fold her clothes and repack her things. "--I don't know if I should go with you, I mean I could stay here and keep an eye and ear out for anything suspicious."
"Are you saying you don't want to come?" he asked with a confused look on his face and a pained look in his eyes that made Eve's heart break. "Are you leaving me here and now?" he asked carefully
"No!" She said instantly, a small sigh of relief issued from Lupin was granted at the fact that it didn't take her more than a few seconds to respond "I just don't know if I can take being back in Sirius's old house." She said
"Well, how about this: stick it out for Christmas and New Years then if you still don't feel comfortable we can come back." Eve nodded in agreement and with a wave of her wand which she had found in the bottom of the box. Her clothes were folded and her two necklaces, earrings, and bracelet were put away carefully in a smaller box. The picture positioned perfectly on the top of the box she was ready to go back to her past and remember everything she had forgotten.
"All set?" Remus asked as he closed the lid of his trunk and received an answer in a silent nod and a sigh, which he took to mean 'I'm as ready as I'll ever be.' With luggage in tow Remus and Eve apparated to number 12 Grimmwauld Place, secret headquarters for The Order of the Phoenix.
"Eve, angel?" Lupin said hurriedly as Tom started to advance on her.
"Stay away from me!" She shouted frantically hearing that Remus's voice had quieted listening for trouble.
"Wandering Child so lost, so helpless yearning for my guidance!" He said maliciously "Too long you've wandered in winter, far from my far-reaching gaze." He reached out to touch her face but she pulled back remarking with a dazed look in her eyes
"Wildly my mind beats against you."
"You resist...yet your soul will always obey its call to me." As Tom reached out to grab Eve's wrists Lupin used his wand to break through the door as Tom wrapped his long bony fingers around Eve's wrist and flinging her behind him with so much momentum that she was flung into the wall seemingly unharmed.
"Who are you?!" Lupin demanded "
Did Eve not tell you Remus...Did she not tell you all about me? I'm about to become your worst nightmare." Tom hissed quietly his green eyes narrowed to slits and for a brief second appeared to be glowing red.
"Eve grab your things, we're leaving." Remus said sternly as she hurried to grab the small box that contained everything she wanted except she noticed; one other thing the picture of Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, and herself on the last day of their seventh year. She grabbed it and tossed it in the box. As Eve was picking up the box Tom rounded on her trying to back her into a corner much to Tom's frustration she circled around giving her a perfect shot of the box and the door-less frame,
"So, it is to be war between us?" he said quietly with a sardonic smile as Eve slowly stepped back toward the box that was still sitting on the crude excuse for a bed and sensing her opportunity to grab the box and run for it she did with Remus in mad pursuit. Once they were outside the small hut from a short distance off
"So be it! Now let it be war upon you both!" they heard Tom shout just before they had apparated back to the inn Eve dropped her box on the floor and gave into tears as she threw herself on the bed her face buried and sobbed heavily. Remus walked over to the bed and sat on the edge trying to think of some way to comfort her but figured that cuddling with her wouldn't make her feel much better so he tried to lighten things up saying,
"Well that could have been worse..."
"COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE?" Eve yelled giving Lupin the clear idea that that cuddling and holding her would have been the better idea because now Eve was standing firmly planted and even with her small stature looking strangely powerful,
"And just how do you think that could have been worse Remus?!" She demanded
"Well....He could have killed us on the spot. He could have taken you and killed me. He could have killed you. He could have taken you from me It could have been much worse." He said watching her with unblinking eyes as she paced back and fourth across the length of the room. After a few minutes of silence and obvious pondering on both sides Eve continued her pacing when Remus stuck out an arm which he wrapped around her and pulled her into his lap and sat her on the bed looked at her with considering eyes and said quietly, "If I remember correctly, you're very ticklish."
"Oh no, no—no" Eve said pushing back "Ummm Remus-"she said holding her hands out in front of her as if to try and block him
"Don't we need to get ready to go?"
"In a minute..." He said as he started tickling her as she rolled around trying to get out of arms reach laughing the beautiful laugh that he had known so well. Amidst the laughter Eve managed to choke out, "Ok, Remus where is it exactly that we're staying in London?" he stooped suddenly, pensively considering how to tell her that she would be staying in Sirius's old house until he decided on blatant honesty "Well Eve, we're staying at headquarters and before he died Sirius offered his house as a secret place for us all to stay as Order members." Remus waited for a reply, all he got was more pacing. "Eve, stop your making me dizzy and you're starting to ware a hole in the rug." He said with a smile she stopped abruptly.
"Sorry." She murmured and started packing her box "Remus--"she said suddenly continuing to fold her clothes and repack her things. "--I don't know if I should go with you, I mean I could stay here and keep an eye and ear out for anything suspicious."
"Are you saying you don't want to come?" he asked with a confused look on his face and a pained look in his eyes that made Eve's heart break. "Are you leaving me here and now?" he asked carefully
"No!" She said instantly, a small sigh of relief issued from Lupin was granted at the fact that it didn't take her more than a few seconds to respond "I just don't know if I can take being back in Sirius's old house." She said
"Well, how about this: stick it out for Christmas and New Years then if you still don't feel comfortable we can come back." Eve nodded in agreement and with a wave of her wand which she had found in the bottom of the box. Her clothes were folded and her two necklaces, earrings, and bracelet were put away carefully in a smaller box. The picture positioned perfectly on the top of the box she was ready to go back to her past and remember everything she had forgotten.
"All set?" Remus asked as he closed the lid of his trunk and received an answer in a silent nod and a sigh, which he took to mean 'I'm as ready as I'll ever be.' With luggage in tow Remus and Eve apparated to number 12 Grimmwauld Place, secret headquarters for The Order of the Phoenix.