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            I can only speak a little Japanese, but I find that the language is great for names. I created my own mystical creature in this chapter that you may see later, with the name 'art.' Well anyways, I've updated and well, here's my chapter!

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Chapter 5: Black Eyes & Rings

~*~ Marauder Era ~*~

            "To be clueless is to be Patty. I'm not being rude, it's just a fact."

                                                                                                           ~Luna's Quotes~

Crunch.

Crunch.

Crunch.

            Luna had to admit that the apples Patty tossed them were really good, but then again, her friend was famous for knowing what food wasn't rotten. In a way, it was like her job, her… would you call it a talent? Luna sighed. She often did this. Thinking about things to the extent in which it wasn't really needed. I guess it's the reason I'm such a good poet… all because I think too much. Hmm…

'When thoughts are scattered,

And the reasons seem unknown,

I wonder why we think so much,

Just to let thoughts disappear and go…'

            "Did you say something?"

            "What? Um… you mean you heard all that?" Remus kind of surprised Luna. Usually when she's in her 'own world', Luna's friends never talked to her. They discovered that there was no point, since she would just either ignore them or she wouldn't even notice that they were there. At least now she knew why Siria was so positive that she had heard Luna talking to herself. She didn't even realize that she was speaking.

            "No. You were just muttering to yourself. I couldn't understand what you were saying." Now someone else thought she talked to herself. Great.

            She sighed again, "I was just putting a poem together. Don't worry. When I do talk to myself, I'm not speaking nonsense," Luna took another bite of her apple, chewed and swallowed, "so I hope you don't think I'm some sort of lunatic."

            Remus chuckled at this comment, "A lot of people talk to themselves for reassurance or if they're nervous about something. It's quite normal, actually, and I don't think you're a lunatic."

            "Well, that's good. At least someone doesn't agree with Peeves."

            "Peeves… What does he call you? Loony Luna?"

            "How'd you know?!" She was rather surprised. Surely, no one else knew. Hopefully. How embarrassing.

            "I guessed it," Remus smiled at her. "He really has to come up with better insults, since he calls me Loony Lupin."

            Luna had to admit this made her feel better about the whole situation, "Loony Lupin… Well I guess Peeves decided our fate before we did," she took his hand, but instead of taking hers, he just pulled her in closer beside him and wrapped one of his arms around her waist. Instantly, she responded by giving him a swift kiss on the cheek.

            "So, where are we going anyway?" Remus asked. He seemed a bit surprised at her reaction and sported a small lop-sided grin and slightly reddened cheeks because of it.

            "To the Shrieking Shack," she stated automatically. They were almost there. Just a few more minutes away. "You have been inside it haven't you? Being a Marauder, I bet you've already torn the place apart."

"In more ways than you'd know."

"I could only guess," she laughed. This day was turning out better then she ever thought it would.

"Um, can I ask you something… well, more like two things," Remus quietly questioned.

She smiled kindly, "Sure. Ask away."

"What do you have against Sirius?" he scanned her face, as if looking to see if he could find an answer written upon it. "You were both fine with each other, until the end of last year."

            "Not a thing," she secretly enjoyed watching his face change from questioning to down right confused and laughed softly. " I have absolutely nothing against Sirius."

            "But-"

            Luna sighed, "Look Remus. I'll admit I was a bit angry at something he did last year, but I've forgiven him since a long time ago. Infact, I forgave him the day after he annoyed me. Sirius seems to enjoy continuing this little feud, and so I let him. Of course, there's always the fact that he might not know that I've forgiven him." Luna became suddenly interested on the pathway that they were walking on and almost didn't notice that they were standing in front of the Shrieking Shack. Some days, the house could look so gloomy, but today it looked inviting in a dusty sort of way. Dusty and old.

            "So you don't think he knows?"

            "Well, you're his friend…" She wasn't quite sure what she should actually say. She felt that she had spilled enough into his ears, but she did want to know something. "What does he think of me? I don't mean as a girl; as a person."

            Remus smiled, "He talks about you all the time," Uh oh. Please don't tell me he likes me… "But only about the pranks he wants to pull on you." Great! That means he still completely hates me… but is that a bad thing? I was his friend… "I don't know if he doesn't like you, but he seems to be trying not to."

"It couldn't be worse," the two of them walked by a large group of third year boys, who looked like they were trying to find a way into the house. "Hey, you guys! The Shrieking Shack is dangerous and barely standing, so don't even try to get in. There are no entrances anyway, so don't waste your time. There's no point in staying here," of course this wasn't true. The place was held up magically and would never collapse, but she didn't want these boys to see what she was going to do or where she was going.

"What if we don't want to leave? What would you do?" Luna sighed, slightly frustrated. These guys were definitely Slytherins, and it seemed that they didn't want to go away. How annoying…

"I could give you a detention-"

"For what? Walking around? I'm a Prefect too, and so I could give you, "the Prefect couple," anything you give us!" Why was a fifth year hanging around with a bunch of third year guys? He was kind of short. Actually, he was really short.

"No. I'm talking about giving you a detention if you try to get inside the house, because technically that would be breaking an entry. Only the residence, are allowed to go inside." Why did these guys have to make this so complicated?

"Oh, I don't think the ghosts would mind. Why are you here anyway?"

A boy beside him with shiny brown hair sneered at Luna and exclaimed, "They probably want to make out."

            This really angered her. It wasn't any of their business to know what Remus and her were going to do. "You don't want to make me angry," she muttered, not really caring if they heard or not. They really wouldn't want to see her then.

            "Why? All you could do is yell at us." No, I could do a lot more, sometimes too much for people to handle. I don't know if I can be patient any longer, but I don't want to hurt anyone. Luna glanced at her hands and was happy to see that they were fine, but she could feel an extreme heat rise throughout her body. No. This doesn't look good.

            Another third year stared at her slightly confused, but then his eyes widened in horror, "Um… Guys? Check out her eyes. They're completely… black." The rest of the boys took a long look at her and their jaws dropped, but poor Remus was standing behind her and couldn't see what was happening. The fifth year nudged the boys beside him, and they bolted down the road, leaving Luna and Remus alone.

            "What was that about?"

Luna rubbed her eyes and felt herself cool off, "I have absolutely no idea." This was partly true, since she knew something happened when she got angry, but she didn't know what. She nodded in the direction of a well-hidden path that led behind the house and exclaimed, "Come this way; it isn't that much farther."

"Ok…" Remus looked a bit worried, but followed her anyway. The path was overgrown with weeds, though thankfully was still usable. Luna felt happy to be returning here. It had been a long time since she was able to relax and take a break from balancing her homework and her Prefect duties. Finding time to just relax was becoming harder to come across.

"Watch out for those bricks," she warned as she stepped over the reddened and moss covered blocks. "This place always seems to be falling apart, yet it's as safe ever."

"How do you know?"

The abruptness to this question stopped Luna in her tracks. She tried to hide her reaction by pretending to be gazing over the emerald hills that were covered in newly fallen leaves. "What? Sorry I didn't hear you," Is he ready to know yet or should I make up an excuse? Oh, I'm strongly against lying, but no, he's not ready… I'm not ready. I'm not going to lie though.

"How do you know about the Shrieking Shack?" he repeated seriously.

"Is that your second question from earlier?" Maybe she could work her way out of answering. "You know, the one you were going to ask after I answered you about Sirius."

"What?" he broke out a smile and laughed, "No. This one's my third."

"Oh. Well let's answer the second one first, so that it's in numerical order. It tends to make more sense that way."

Remus shrugged, "Fine. Um, Why did you leave Patty in the apple tree?"

It was Luna's turn to laugh, "You know how we discussed my diaries earlier?" Remus nodded in understanding, signaling for her to move on. "Well, by now Patty would have figured out that I'm on a date with you and that my diary is unguarded in our dorm room," she paused as she turned around to face him, "meaning that if I did help her down, she would be racing towards the castle and I would have to chase after her. So I'd prefer if she could get down on her own. She wouldn't hurt herself." She never could. Luna came to an old, rusty, cast-iron gate and muttered the simple unlocking charm so that she could enter the premises. "Well, here we are!"

Remus chuckled, "And where's that?"

"Hey!" She playfully hit his arm. Not too hardly though. "Anyway, we are in the Shrieking Shack's cemetery… or fake cemetery, depending on how you look at it. When I first came here, I discovered – after reading a few tombstones – that this whole place is full of riddles." She proved her point by gesturing to one of holy stones and letting out a soft giggle.

-Eiffel Offcliffe-

1892-1973

Poor Eiffel will always be close to us. As a 'down to earth' and loving person, he always wanted to be near nature. That goal and wish 'hit him in the face' and he was always proud that he never gave up. We will always be proud of you Eiffel…

~*~

            Both of them laughed and continued to stroll between the rows. Every so often they would pause to figure one out or just to take a brake from laughing, but finally Remus stopped at one tombstone that confused him. Nothing seemed wrong with it. There were no riddles or jokes: just a name, date and a three-verse poem.

Luna smiled as she watched him examine the stone, "This was the one I wanted to show you; and yes, it is a riddle too. I have already figured it out, but I'm interested to see if you can find the answer as well."

"I don't see any question to this riddle, so how am I supposed to answer it?" he tried harder to find any clues, but it seemed pretty normal.

"Some riddles don't ask questions, but this one hints the idea of one. Let's read it together." She shifted beside him and began to read the tombstone aloud.

'-Millien H. T. Coon-

1769-1853

Here lies the body of Millien Coon,

Our 'moonlight' of the soul,

Though she'd help others everyday,

Someone thought she should pay a toll.

We can only hope that she's happy now,

And has climbed the grand 'staircase.'

Past the clouds and in the sky,

Wearing wings and elegant grace.

If you find trouble and need help,

Just call out Millien's name.

In riddle, a sanctuary shall appear,

And her spirit you will tame.'

Luna ended the poem and looked at Remus expectedly. She waited for him to say something about the tombstone, and patiently listened for his answer.

Remus on the other hand, was absorbed in what was in front of him, trying to figure something out. "What sanctuary is it talking about?"

"A secret place that you will only see if you unlock the riddle." Luna replied, watching him intently.

"It says to call out her name-"

"-in riddle," she finished.

"Like an anagram, maybe?" he cocked his head, reminding Luna of a confused puppy.

She nodded reassuringly with a smile plastered on her face, "Exactly!" She loved how seriously he was taking this. He really wanted to know the answer.

"At least I'm getting somewhere. Now if only I could figure out what it says…"

Luna thought for moment and came up with an idea to help him, "If you want, we could play 'hangman' to help you get the answer." He thought for a moment, as if considering if it would be better to discover the password on his own, but then agreed to play. "Great!" she continued, and pulled out a shrunken black feather-quill and a piece of parchment. When her fingers touched the writing utensil it instantly grew to the proper size and Remus could then see millions of intricate, silver designs imprinted all over it.

"Where did you buy that quill? It's very beautiful," he asked, slowly taking it from her hand, so that he could examine it closely.

"Truthfully, I made it from the feather of the Jutsu; a bird who uses it's beak and saliva to imprint and paint art on it's feathers. After you pluck a feather the designs stay there forever and are durable to even through roughest weather. They also use their shrinking abilities so that when they do not want to be disturbed they can give the appearance of a crow. I own one at home, named Waza," after finishing this essay answer, Luna felt a little stupid. Why did she always have to answer questions like they deserved an entire speech to make it a worthy explanation? Sure, it could be good for answering a professor, but even then she tended to over-do it. Sometimes, every once in a while, she'd spend an entire class reciting the perfect answer and the professors would feel somewhat…well, somewhat threatened. Of course, many would just tell her that they would prefer if she could end her speech any time before class ended, or in some cases, like in Potions, Professor Armor would take points away for obviously stealing the ingredients needed for a Babbling Bile potion and using them illegally.

"It sounds amazing. You did an excellent job in making this pen," he quickly handed it back to her, eyeing it enviously. "So should we get started?"

Luna sat against the Shrieking Shack's wall, drawing lines on the piece of parchment for where the letters were supposed to go and a hangman's noose, "Yah," She finished counting the number of lines she had made, double checking that she put down the right amount, and shifted around, making herself comfortable. "Alright! So pick any letter you want."

"A. Might as well start will the vowels," he said thoughtfully.

She checked her page. Nope. No A's. She shook her head and told him to choose something else, quickly drawing a head on the paper.

"E, I, O, U, or Y?"

"Um, yes. E, I, and O are right," Luna wrote the letters down in their proper places, and added a body and an arm to the stick figure:

_ o o _ _ i _    _ i _ _ e _

     ___

    0    |

   -|     |

          |

            Remus grinned enjoyably, "Ok. How about R?"

            "Sorry, but no." Another arm was added.

            "S or T?"

            She smiled and added a letter, "T is correct, but not S."

_ o o _  _ i t   _ i _ _ e _

  ___

    0   |

   -|-  |

    /    |

"So, what next?" Luna flicked a small bug off her arm. She looked up at Remus questioningly awaiting his answer.

He looked at the letters for the first time and paled, "U-um… L?"

_ o o _ l i t   l i _ _ e _

"Yup," She examined his expression and could tell that he was uncomfortable about something, but was hiding whatever it was. "Do you think you know what the password is?"

            He stared at the letters as if they were some horrific monster, "I-I have a hunch."

            "Are you ok? If you don't feel well then I could–"

            "Moonlit lichen," he whispered.

            "What?" Luna stared at him. Where had that come from?

            "The p-password. It's M-moonlit Lichen, is it not?"

            She was dumbstruck, "Y-yah. That's right, but what's wrong–" Luna was interrupted by a loud rumbling coming from the Millien H.T. Coon's headstone. The ground started shaking and the tombstone sunk slowly into the ground, as a large hole, followed by a staircase, led downwards into what seemed to be a basement. Luckily, this never took long, since it could of given anyone an awful headache.

Luna grabbed Remus' hand and pulled him down the staircase, quickly pushing him onto a red velvet couch. Immediately sitting next to him, she leaned over and felt his forehead, "Are you all right? You're extremely pale!"

He closed his eyes for a moment and took in a deep breath, "I'm fine. It was nothing."

            Luna was worried, "What was nothing? Tell me! What made you so scared all of a sudden?"

            "Nothing! I'm fine! Really!" Remus stood up, looking at the ground in frustration.

            "I respect secrets Remus, but not lies," she stated with a slight edge to her voice, "Since you obviously don't want to tell me what was wrong, at least admit that you don't feel well!"

            "I-I'm fine now! Trust me." He looked at her with a peaceful softness in his eyes that instantly evaporated any worry left inside her, before glancing around the tidy room.

            "I do. Trust you I mean." Luna couldn't take her eyes off him. What had he been so scared about? Nothing horrifying actually happened, so what had been the problem?

            "What is this place?" He seemed so calm. How could he forget things just like that? Or is he trying to pretend that nothing had ever bothered him? Poor guy.

            "It is the Shrieking Shacks' basement," Luna stood up and strolled over to one of the many bookshelves, running her fingers on the dusty reading materials.  "Patty, Jamie, Siria and I, fixed it up to our liking, until it became our secret room where we used to hang out and relax."

            "Used to?" Remus had automatically followed her over to the shelf and began reading titles of the many books, more interested in her answer than what was in front of them.

            "We haven't had time to relax, so we've just stopped coming. I think the last time we were all here together, was around the end of last year," finishing she turned to look at Remus and added a piece of extra information, "These are mainly poetry books, filled with our own creations, though a few are just regular stories. I wanted to show you this place, since I have seen you come here once or twice with the other Marauders and thought that if you needed anything, you could just visit this room. Please don't tell anyone though, not even your friends, because technically I wasn't supposed to show you," Luna lightly pleaded. "We even have sweets from Honey Dukes stashed in the cupboard behind you if you ever get hungry."

            Remus grinned jokingly, "I doubt that this place doesn't have everything, but yes, I promise I won't tell."

            "Great!" Now that that conversation was over, Luna had no clue what to talk about next. This was a first. "Um, so anyways…" She hated awkward silences. Though some peace and quiet was good, when it included two people staring at each other stupidly, it became one of the worst fates for a teenager. Luckily though, it didn't last too long.

            "Oh, I almost forgot!" Remus reached into his pocket and pulled out a small golden box.

Luna gazed down at it curiously, "What is it?"

He chuckled and slowly opened the lid to reveal a magnificent ring that matched its case. Imbedded in the gold was an emerald that glistened with every movement. "This is why I was a little late this morning."

Luna could hardly speak. When she did find her voice, she couldn't help but sputter, "I-It's gorgeous, b-but it must have been really expensive and-" she stopped. A thought had struck her like an arrow that had reached its target, paralyzing her. Finally, she slowly voiced her idea of what was happening, before she really thought of the logic of the situation, "Y-you aren't asking me t-to m-m-marry you, are you?! I mean, we're way to young and this is our first date and… and I'm definitely not ready! I haven't even graduated yet, nor do I have a job!  Why are you even asking me such a thing, when-" Remus' laughter stopped her from her ramblings. Still quite in shock, she stared at him confused.

"I'm not asking you to marry me," he tried to suppress his guffawing with a lot of difficulty, "I'm wishing you happy fifteenth birthday!"

Her cheeks burned red from her stupidity, "Oh. Sorry and…and thank you… but how did you pay for it. It looks quite expensive."

"It is a family heirloom, and yes it is very expensive. You see it's tradition for the eldest son or daughter to be given this ring from his or her mother at birth, so that he or she can then give it to his or her first girlfriend or boyfriend. That girl or boy must keep it forever and then give it to their first child when they're older. If the receiver of the ring is in danger or are in deep need of the giver, then they can call their name and the ring will summon them."

"Are you saying that I'm officially your first girlfriend?"

"I-I hope so," he stared at her with a light blush spreading across his face.

"I'll gladly be!" Luna smiled happily and gave him a gigantic hug, "Thank you!"

            He stumbled back in surprise, not quite used to this yet, and wrapped his arms around her waist for the second time that day. Luna didn't mind at all, never wanting to let go. This, she thought, was the best place in the world.

~*~

            Awwww! The ending was so kawaii… *sighs* I love Remus/Luna moments. Just wait! That ring will come in handy later! Notice that it's an emerald and that it's green. (well duh!) Anyways, I need 15 reviews to update! It worked quite well last time and gave me the time to write my chapter. By the way I also want to have a vote: Which Era do you like the best so far? Harry Potter Era or the Marauder Era? Well, I can't wait to update and get to reply to your reviews! Until next time, Toodles!

            P.s. If you want to read the first year of Jamie, Patty, Siria, and Luna, than read the story "The Maraudettes." My friend needs more reviews and wants to update… Thank you!