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Chapter 18
A week later Analise was feeling just as confused as she had the night Remus had flipped out on her. She hadn't seen him since he'd left her standing on the stoop gaping after him.
She couldn't figure out why he'd behaved that way. It's not like I'm full fledged Veela for Merlin's sake! I don't have the ability to control him like they do. Full Veela's toy with people on purpose for their own enjoyment, I would never do that!
Analise felt hurt that he would think she would do that to anyone, let alone him. Now she couldn't even find him to set everything right, no in the Order had seen him all week. He must not love me the way he claims he did if he can't accept something like me being part Veela. For the love of Merlin, he told me he was a werewolf and I was fine. Werewolf is a lot more difficult to deal with than Veela.
She'd tried to distract herself from thinking of him but it never usually lasted long.
She should be feeling quite proud of herself. In that week without him, she'd managed to take down four Deatheaters singlehandedly but found it didn't really mean much without Remus' praise. Not even acclamation from Albus Dumbledore seemed to have impact. Well a little impact, she allowed herself.
A knock at the door pulled her out of her revere and she grabbed her wand and walked over to open it. A tall, heavy lipped, dark haired, voluptuous woman was on the other side. She looked slightly familiar but Analise couldn't place her.
"Hello. Can I help you?" Analise asked.
"I'm sorry to bother you but I've just fallen from my broomstick. Do you have a fireplace I can use to return home?" The woman inquired.
"Why don't you just Apparate?" Analise asked suspiciously.
"I don't have my license. Never quite had the nerve to try Apparating. My mother had a bad experience with it as a child and I never wanted it to happen to me, so I never tried." She replied.
Analise sized the woman up. Her gut was telling her no but she felt a compassion for the woman.
"Are you hurt?" Analise asked.
"Excuse me?" She almost sputtered, clearly not expecting that reply.
"I said are you hurt." Analise repeated on awares.
"I just fell off a broomstick what do you think." The woman answered with indignation.
"I'm sorry but I don't have a fireplace. You'll have to go into the village and use one of the public grates." Analise fibbed.
"Why do you have a chimney if you don't have a fireplace?" The woman continued insistently.
Analise pointed her wand behind her back and made the chimney disappear before she said " I think you're mistaken. I don't have a chimney."
"But I just saw it." Said the woman.
"Listen I'm sorry I can't help you but I've already told you where to try. So if you'll excuse me, good evening." Analise said as she shut the door.
It wouldn't close and Analise looked down to find the woman's foot wedged in between it.
"Who are you?" Analise demanded.
"I'm Bellatrix LeStrange, honey. And I'm here to stop you stop attacking my friends." And with that she punctuated the words with a slashing motion across her throat and laughed heartily as Analise collapsed.
Remus spent an agonizing week apart from Analise. He'd thought he'd been in love with a Veela before but it turned out she was just using him for amusement. Seeing how far he would go to please her and generally causing him to make a fool out of himself. Since then he'd held a grudge to the whole Veela race, judging them all by the actions of one. It made sense at the time but now he just felt like an ass.
He was on his way over to Analise's to apologize and beg her forgiveness. He knew he looked like hell, he'd barely slept in seven days and he couldn't even force himself to eat anything. Luckily, full moon had occurred this week so he had a break from thinking of her. But the instant he had changed back into himself he felt like an absolute jerk.
She was so accepting and gracious when I told her I'm a werewolf but at the first test of her loyalties I betray her, he thought as he mentally kicked himself for what had to be the hundredth time.
He rounded the corner and her house came into view. He felt his stomach clutch as nerves kicked in. What if it's too late? She never did love you, she told me that. What if she doesn't want me? Or worse what if she's found someone else already? She said it herself, men flock to her.
His self-doubts were interrupted when the scene at the door caught his attention. Bellatrix, he thought as he dove behind a tree to watch what was going on.
He searched frantically for Analise until his eyes came to rest on her, passed out in a slump on the ground. Shit!
"Avada Ked..." Bellatrix began shouting with her wand pointed directly at Analise.
Remus ripped his own wand from his robes and interrupted Bellatrix mid-curse. "Stupefy!" He roared and watched Bellatrix fall backwards.
He ran the remaining distance to the front door and flopped to his knees the instant he reached Analise's side. She wasn't moving or breathing and fear welled up inside him.
He lifted her in his arms and made to Disapparate when a thought occurred to him. I can't just leave LeStrange laying here. He shifted Analise so she was flung over his shoulder and mentally apologized for treating her like a sack of potatoes. He then did the same with Bellatrix and Disapparated with a pop.
When he Apparated he was standing outside the Order of the Phoenix and he began furiously pounding on the door.
Severus finally answered the door looking quite put out at the late night interruption, until he noticed the load Lupin was carrying.
"Lupin what the hell happened?" Snape demanded as he took in the two women dangling from Remus' shoulders.
Never fear, I'm working on chapter 19 as you're reading!