November 2002 – Chapter 17 – Fright in the castle
Remus awoke. Tonight was again the start of the full moon. He had drunk his potion last night. It tasted horrible and sugar made it not work.
He looked down at his sleeping wife in his arms. Last night had been very passionate and she had slept in past her normal crack of dawn wake up time. Her belly was showing now and he loved to lie against her abdomen and fell his child move.
It was amazing to him. He had attended here. Become friends with three people. He was the reason for the Shrieking Shack legend. He had been a prefect. Now he was back as a Professor. That was amazing that he was even hired. More than qualified it was because he was a werewolf most did not wish to employ him. Dumbledore, however, had always seen a side to his half breed self few others had.
He was taking the Wolfbane potion that Snape had made for him. He kept his mind and changed into a simple wolf who could sleep the nights. His wife could be near him and did not have to risk transforming with the baby in her belly. Before he had been a monster with no thought to life at all except he craved humans to bite.
There was a small chance this baby could be infected by the disease, but he would love it all the same , though he did not wish that suffering on anyone, least of all his own child. His wife was strong and amazing to put up with him. Though they were bound by a wizarding marriage she could have moved away on grounds of him. He was listed as a creature not a human though he was a human most of the time.
His hand moved up to caress the swell. He felt her stiffen awake. "Morning love." He told her.
"Morn..." She cut off as he hand went to her mouth and she got up from the bed and ran to the bathroom.
Remus winced in sympathy to his young wife's morning sickness.
He walked in and held her hair as she vomited. When she was done and had washed out her mouth he led her back to the bed and knelt before her. "I am a wreck."
"You are beautiful." He corrected her softly.
He offered her some of the morning sickness potion. She drank it and shuddered for it too tasted foul, but it helped. Unlike what he had read about pregnancies and unlike her first baby her morning sickness was lasting long into it.
She relaxed and waited for the magic to work.
She relaxed when she no longer felt the churning and looked up at her husband. She kissed him softly and relaxed.
He brought her some food after he taught his class. She ate hungrily.
That night he went to his office and transformed after correcting papers and sitting with his wife. After a kiss he left her and left her to sleep. He had some reading to do and he could not sleep well as a wolf.
She slept and awoke to screaming.
It was well into midmorning. She wanted Remus near, but he was in his office reading or sleeping.
She dressed and walked out. Snape was heading into her husband's classroom. She cocked her head and then knelt to listen. "Open to page 369." He ordered as there was a loud clapping of the shudders.
The ginger haired girl looked up. "Werewolves? But he had just finished hinkypunks..."
Khadja gasped. Why was Snape teaching about werewolves? What if they realized Remus was ill at every full moon?
She moved away and went down to the women's bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was pale and she needed more food for her baby. She waddled down to the Great Hall and food was brought to her.
She was sitting on the bridge piling that Hogwarts had. She was looking out over the lake. It was nearing sundown. "Khadja...Mrs. Lupin."
She looked down. Snape was looking up at her. Something in his eyes caused her to worry. She got down and leaned back with her rather full belly. "What is it Severus?"
He took her arm roughly. "Come. Thank Merlin I found you." He led her into the castle with her struggling to keep up.
"Severus. What is it? I..."
He brought her to Dumbledore and let her catch her breath as he spoke. "I found her Headmaster."
She looked at Dumbledore. "What is it?" She asked sitting down and folding her hands over the swell of her belly.
"You are in danger and with your husband...indisposed we needed to know where you were and that you were safe." Dumbledore said pouring her some tea.
She sipped it and looked up. "What has happened?"
"Sirius Black got into the castle. We do not know how my dear, but he got in and he tore the fat lady's painting in his rage trying to get into Gryffindor Tower." Dumbledore told her softly. "It is important we know where you are at all times."
She gasped and touched her belly as she realized what they had been trying to tell her. Sirius was after her and Harry.
"Why is she a target Albus?" McGonagall asked softly.
"She is former wife to Sirius Black." Dumbledore said softly and calmly.
All stared at her. She squirmed.
"Oh Merlin..." Madam Hooch said softly.
"Would you stay with the faculty until we sort this out and of course please go to your husband if he recovers soon." She nodded numbly thinking about Holly and her baby. Dumbledore turned to Snape. "She will stay with you until Remus returns to us."
"Headmaster." He nodded and sat near her. He leaned forward and steadied her half drunk cup on the saucer. "It will be fine. The Dementors will find him soon if he is this bold."
All she could do was nod and swallow.
Remus awoke. Tonight was again the start of the full moon. He had drunk his potion last night. It tasted horrible and sugar made it not work.
He looked down at his sleeping wife in his arms. Last night had been very passionate and she had slept in past her normal crack of dawn wake up time. Her belly was showing now and he loved to lie against her abdomen and fell his child move.
It was amazing to him. He had attended here. Become friends with three people. He was the reason for the Shrieking Shack legend. He had been a prefect. Now he was back as a Professor. That was amazing that he was even hired. More than qualified it was because he was a werewolf most did not wish to employ him. Dumbledore, however, had always seen a side to his half breed self few others had.
He was taking the Wolfbane potion that Snape had made for him. He kept his mind and changed into a simple wolf who could sleep the nights. His wife could be near him and did not have to risk transforming with the baby in her belly. Before he had been a monster with no thought to life at all except he craved humans to bite.
There was a small chance this baby could be infected by the disease, but he would love it all the same , though he did not wish that suffering on anyone, least of all his own child. His wife was strong and amazing to put up with him. Though they were bound by a wizarding marriage she could have moved away on grounds of him. He was listed as a creature not a human though he was a human most of the time.
His hand moved up to caress the swell. He felt her stiffen awake. "Morning love." He told her.
"Morn..." She cut off as he hand went to her mouth and she got up from the bed and ran to the bathroom.
Remus winced in sympathy to his young wife's morning sickness.
He walked in and held her hair as she vomited. When she was done and had washed out her mouth he led her back to the bed and knelt before her. "I am a wreck."
"You are beautiful." He corrected her softly.
He offered her some of the morning sickness potion. She drank it and shuddered for it too tasted foul, but it helped. Unlike what he had read about pregnancies and unlike her first baby her morning sickness was lasting long into it.
She relaxed and waited for the magic to work.
She relaxed when she no longer felt the churning and looked up at her husband. She kissed him softly and relaxed.
He brought her some food after he taught his class. She ate hungrily.
That night he went to his office and transformed after correcting papers and sitting with his wife. After a kiss he left her and left her to sleep. He had some reading to do and he could not sleep well as a wolf.
She slept and awoke to screaming.
It was well into midmorning. She wanted Remus near, but he was in his office reading or sleeping.
She dressed and walked out. Snape was heading into her husband's classroom. She cocked her head and then knelt to listen. "Open to page 369." He ordered as there was a loud clapping of the shudders.
The ginger haired girl looked up. "Werewolves? But he had just finished hinkypunks..."
Khadja gasped. Why was Snape teaching about werewolves? What if they realized Remus was ill at every full moon?
She moved away and went down to the women's bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was pale and she needed more food for her baby. She waddled down to the Great Hall and food was brought to her.
She was sitting on the bridge piling that Hogwarts had. She was looking out over the lake. It was nearing sundown. "Khadja...Mrs. Lupin."
She looked down. Snape was looking up at her. Something in his eyes caused her to worry. She got down and leaned back with her rather full belly. "What is it Severus?"
He took her arm roughly. "Come. Thank Merlin I found you." He led her into the castle with her struggling to keep up.
"Severus. What is it? I..."
He brought her to Dumbledore and let her catch her breath as he spoke. "I found her Headmaster."
She looked at Dumbledore. "What is it?" She asked sitting down and folding her hands over the swell of her belly.
"You are in danger and with your husband...indisposed we needed to know where you were and that you were safe." Dumbledore said pouring her some tea.
She sipped it and looked up. "What has happened?"
"Sirius Black got into the castle. We do not know how my dear, but he got in and he tore the fat lady's painting in his rage trying to get into Gryffindor Tower." Dumbledore told her softly. "It is important we know where you are at all times."
She gasped and touched her belly as she realized what they had been trying to tell her. Sirius was after her and Harry.
"Why is she a target Albus?" McGonagall asked softly.
"She is former wife to Sirius Black." Dumbledore said softly and calmly.
All stared at her. She squirmed.
"Oh Merlin..." Madam Hooch said softly.
"Would you stay with the faculty until we sort this out and of course please go to your husband if he recovers soon." She nodded numbly thinking about Holly and her baby. Dumbledore turned to Snape. "She will stay with you until Remus returns to us."
"Headmaster." He nodded and sat near her. He leaned forward and steadied her half drunk cup on the saucer. "It will be fine. The Dementors will find him soon if he is this bold."
All she could do was nod and swallow.