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idril.tinuviel: Okay thanks so much! :) Thanks for takin' the time to read and review my story. Much appreciated. (That goes out to ALL you reviewers!)
passionwriter4life: Thank you!! And thanks for reading and reviewing!
Blue-Juliet: tehehe...thanks so much!!! It will definitely get more interesting, I promise! And the song is Recover Your Soul by Elton John (it's a great song I highly recommend it).
ElvishJedi: I don't mind short reviews, thank you for reviewing and I'm definitely continuing. :-)
Okay ... so, enough talking...er...typing. Yes. On with the story.
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'Padfoot! Moony! Helloo-oo... Remus? Sirius? Come back to earth!' James's voice penetrated Remus and Sirius's thoughts slowly. They were both lying on the grass, staring into each other's faces.
'Wh-what?' Sirius stuttered. He looked up to see James standing over the both of them, blocking out the sunlight. 'Oh! Hey James ... er ... what's for dinner? I hope it's good, I'm starving. Remus and I were just wondering. What classes do we have tomorrow? I hope there's no potions, I hate that class ... and I'm always half-asleep ... did you know that at our age, we need an average of nine hours of sleep per night? I don't get nearly that ... '
James raised an eyebrow. Sirius was gabbling like an idiot. It was most unlike him to act this way; he always had some witty comment.
Remus was starting to turn slightly red. He had been silent through all of Sirius's babbling.
'I think I'd better get inside ... I've got to read up on the Protean Charm,' Remus said, turning redder and hurriedly gathering up his notebook of photographs. He stuffed it hastily into his pocket and hurried up to the castle.
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Maybe you're losing pieces of your heart
You have a world but it stopped turning
You lose the day and gain the dark
Love was a fire but it stopped burning
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Oh no.
He must know. He just has to, there's no way he couldn't figure it out after that ridiculous way I acted back there.
I was blushing, finding excuses to get away ... I wonder if he knows that I'm head over heels about him?
This is going to make me miserable. I've been deprived of love and affection ever since I was bitten. Nobody wanted to be near me ... I guess I can see why. Nobody wants to risk me biting them.
I wonder if Sirius would be any different? He's one of my very best friends ... maybe my only real best friend. But how would he react to my obvious feelings for him? If he stopped being my friend ... well, I don't know what I'd do. Would I lose my heart and my soul...? Okay, so maybe that's going to extremes. But I definitely would not be very happy.
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'Remus? Remus, hey!' Remus turned as he heard his name being called down the corridor. He realised it was Ryanne Asher, a girl from Ravenclaw who Remus was an acquaintance with. She had always seemed rather friendly and Remus had started considering her a friend.
'What's up? You look all hot and bothered.'
'Oh ... nothing much, really ... ' Remus replied vaguely, his mind still out on the grounds with Sirius.
'Hey, d'you wanna go for a bit of a walk with me later tonight, after dinner?' Ryanne asked casually. She flashed Remus an innocent smile through her sandy-brown hair, which fell in front of her face in a pretty sort of way. Remus smiled back, less enthusiastically, but Ryanne didn't seem to notice.
'I guess that would be okay,' Remus replied, thinking that perhaps a walk with Ryanne might get his mind off of Sirius for a bit.
'Great! I'll see you at around seven, then, okay?' Ryanne asked, smiling. Remus nodded. Ryanne trotted off down the corridor. Remus continued up to the Gryffindor tower. He sighed, knowing that whatever hopes Ryanne had of becoming more than friends were not going to happen. He was too hung up on Sirius ...
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I wonder what's wrong with Remus.
He's acting just as odd as me today. When James came up when he was showing me those great photographs – and after I'd finished blathering like an idiot – he just got up and left, making excuses ...
It couldn't be.
He couldn't feel same as me. It's not even slightly possible. He's one of my best friends ... he'd be absolutely disgusted. I would have been ... except that just this year I've started feeling much differently. I've started noticing how deep his golden eyes are ... how good-looking, in a shy sort of way, he is when he gets all embarrassed ...
What am I doing, going on about Remus? This is absolute mush ... it isn't like me.
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Ryanne arrived outside the Gryffindor portrait hole at exactly seven o'clock that evening. Remus climbed outside to meet her, after giving a hurried explanation to Sirius, James and Peter. He stumbled on his robes and almost fell facefirst out of the portrait hole, catching his balance just in time. He looked up at Ryanne, his face burning. She just grinned.
'Come on, let's go ... there's a place I want to show you.' Ryanne took Remus by the hand and led him down corridors, chatting all the way. Remus began to warm up to her more and more as they went. She seemed very kind and bright. She was bubbly and happy, yet serious in a way. Her green eyes sparkled the whole time she talked to Remus.
Suddenly Remus realised where Ryanne was leading him. They were walking through the dungeon corridors now, where torches burning in brackets were the only source of light. The firelight flickered eerily on the stone walls, and their shadows seemed strangely stretched on the wall opposite.
'In here,' Ryanne said quietly, pointing to an open doorway to a dungeon room. Remus gave her a questioning look, but with a slightly twisted smile she pushed him gently into the room.
It was filled with people in dark cloaks, muttering quietly to each other from beneath their hoods. They all looked up when Ryanne and Remus entered.
'Welcome,' Ryanne said softly, 'to your new family.'
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Eep! Could they be early Death Eaters? I'd say it's possible, even probable. Yay. I'll post next chapter soon ... please review, tell me what you thought! More Sirius/Remus action? More plot action? More of EVERYTHING?! Reviews!! ^_^
idril.tinuviel: Okay thanks so much! :) Thanks for takin' the time to read and review my story. Much appreciated. (That goes out to ALL you reviewers!)
passionwriter4life: Thank you!! And thanks for reading and reviewing!
Blue-Juliet: tehehe...thanks so much!!! It will definitely get more interesting, I promise! And the song is Recover Your Soul by Elton John (it's a great song I highly recommend it).
ElvishJedi: I don't mind short reviews, thank you for reviewing and I'm definitely continuing. :-)
Okay ... so, enough talking...er...typing. Yes. On with the story.
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'Padfoot! Moony! Helloo-oo... Remus? Sirius? Come back to earth!' James's voice penetrated Remus and Sirius's thoughts slowly. They were both lying on the grass, staring into each other's faces.
'Wh-what?' Sirius stuttered. He looked up to see James standing over the both of them, blocking out the sunlight. 'Oh! Hey James ... er ... what's for dinner? I hope it's good, I'm starving. Remus and I were just wondering. What classes do we have tomorrow? I hope there's no potions, I hate that class ... and I'm always half-asleep ... did you know that at our age, we need an average of nine hours of sleep per night? I don't get nearly that ... '
James raised an eyebrow. Sirius was gabbling like an idiot. It was most unlike him to act this way; he always had some witty comment.
Remus was starting to turn slightly red. He had been silent through all of Sirius's babbling.
'I think I'd better get inside ... I've got to read up on the Protean Charm,' Remus said, turning redder and hurriedly gathering up his notebook of photographs. He stuffed it hastily into his pocket and hurried up to the castle.
*^*^*^*^*^*
Maybe you're losing pieces of your heart
You have a world but it stopped turning
You lose the day and gain the dark
Love was a fire but it stopped burning
*^*^*^*^*^*
***
Oh no.
He must know. He just has to, there's no way he couldn't figure it out after that ridiculous way I acted back there.
I was blushing, finding excuses to get away ... I wonder if he knows that I'm head over heels about him?
This is going to make me miserable. I've been deprived of love and affection ever since I was bitten. Nobody wanted to be near me ... I guess I can see why. Nobody wants to risk me biting them.
I wonder if Sirius would be any different? He's one of my very best friends ... maybe my only real best friend. But how would he react to my obvious feelings for him? If he stopped being my friend ... well, I don't know what I'd do. Would I lose my heart and my soul...? Okay, so maybe that's going to extremes. But I definitely would not be very happy.
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'Remus? Remus, hey!' Remus turned as he heard his name being called down the corridor. He realised it was Ryanne Asher, a girl from Ravenclaw who Remus was an acquaintance with. She had always seemed rather friendly and Remus had started considering her a friend.
'What's up? You look all hot and bothered.'
'Oh ... nothing much, really ... ' Remus replied vaguely, his mind still out on the grounds with Sirius.
'Hey, d'you wanna go for a bit of a walk with me later tonight, after dinner?' Ryanne asked casually. She flashed Remus an innocent smile through her sandy-brown hair, which fell in front of her face in a pretty sort of way. Remus smiled back, less enthusiastically, but Ryanne didn't seem to notice.
'I guess that would be okay,' Remus replied, thinking that perhaps a walk with Ryanne might get his mind off of Sirius for a bit.
'Great! I'll see you at around seven, then, okay?' Ryanne asked, smiling. Remus nodded. Ryanne trotted off down the corridor. Remus continued up to the Gryffindor tower. He sighed, knowing that whatever hopes Ryanne had of becoming more than friends were not going to happen. He was too hung up on Sirius ...
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I wonder what's wrong with Remus.
He's acting just as odd as me today. When James came up when he was showing me those great photographs – and after I'd finished blathering like an idiot – he just got up and left, making excuses ...
It couldn't be.
He couldn't feel same as me. It's not even slightly possible. He's one of my best friends ... he'd be absolutely disgusted. I would have been ... except that just this year I've started feeling much differently. I've started noticing how deep his golden eyes are ... how good-looking, in a shy sort of way, he is when he gets all embarrassed ...
What am I doing, going on about Remus? This is absolute mush ... it isn't like me.
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Ryanne arrived outside the Gryffindor portrait hole at exactly seven o'clock that evening. Remus climbed outside to meet her, after giving a hurried explanation to Sirius, James and Peter. He stumbled on his robes and almost fell facefirst out of the portrait hole, catching his balance just in time. He looked up at Ryanne, his face burning. She just grinned.
'Come on, let's go ... there's a place I want to show you.' Ryanne took Remus by the hand and led him down corridors, chatting all the way. Remus began to warm up to her more and more as they went. She seemed very kind and bright. She was bubbly and happy, yet serious in a way. Her green eyes sparkled the whole time she talked to Remus.
Suddenly Remus realised where Ryanne was leading him. They were walking through the dungeon corridors now, where torches burning in brackets were the only source of light. The firelight flickered eerily on the stone walls, and their shadows seemed strangely stretched on the wall opposite.
'In here,' Ryanne said quietly, pointing to an open doorway to a dungeon room. Remus gave her a questioning look, but with a slightly twisted smile she pushed him gently into the room.
It was filled with people in dark cloaks, muttering quietly to each other from beneath their hoods. They all looked up when Ryanne and Remus entered.
'Welcome,' Ryanne said softly, 'to your new family.'
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Eep! Could they be early Death Eaters? I'd say it's possible, even probable. Yay. I'll post next chapter soon ... please review, tell me what you thought! More Sirius/Remus action? More plot action? More of EVERYTHING?! Reviews!! ^_^