Woes of the Moon:
Sorry this chapter took a bit. I started a new Hermione/Remus story off and I've been arguing with my lifelong friend because he's and thinks I'm turning into a Satanist (no worries, I swear I'm not). Not to mention my damn teacher gave us all another freeking truckload of homework, and I have a huge test I have to study for.
Thanks for letting me rant up there. It's good to get that off my chest. Anyways, enough about my life. Here's the chapter, sorry about it (quickens up with Remy n Lils) :
Disclaimer: Do I own Harry Potter? I'm going to have to say no. Is that your final answer? Yes. Then you've just won a brand new car!
Lily made her way to her Transfiguration class alone the next day.
'Remus kissed me. If a week ago someone had told me I was going to fall for Remus Lupin... Man, I'd probably have laughed at them and asked what they hit their head on.'
She reached the class and took a seat at the back of the class.
'And there's still the transformation tonight...'
She began to doodle on the front of her notebook, not paying attention what McGonagall was saying about transforming sticks into snakes.
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"Miss Evans?" said Professor McGonagall, snapping Lily back to reality.
Lily jumped a little.
"Sorry, professor. I can't find where we are."
"Page one-hundred and seven, number three," she replied, slightly annoyed.
She flipped to the right page.
"The answer is... eighty three."
"Correct."
She closed her book and continued doodling.
Hours later, at around quarter to eight, Lily made her way to the Whomping Willow. Nobody noticed her leaving the common room, so nobody asked her where she was headed. Lily hadn't seen Remus all day, and was a bit worried.
'Maybe he's embarrassed to see me... Probably thinks I didn't like him kissing me or something... I did though... Man, I'm falling for Remus Lupin...'
She arrived outside and headed towards the great tree. Madam Pomfrey was standing nearby with a stick in her hand, apparently waiting for her.
"You should have told me of your condition earlier, dear! Anyhow, the moon should come out soon, Mr. Lupin is already inside. You are to stay in the house until the end of your transformation, when I will come retrieve you."
Lily nodded, not understanding what house Madam Pomfrey was talking about.
The matron cautiously approached the tree. She jabbed down on a knot at the base of the tree; making it freeze.
"Go ahead, crawl into that opening there; it leads to the house."
Lily nodded again and did as she was told.
She followed the dark path underneath the tree. After walking for a bit, she found herself in a dusty room with broken furniture.
'I wonder if Remus did that?' she couldn't help thinking.
She saw a light on in a room at the top of the stairs and began to climb them, figuring Remus had to be up there.
She entered the room, and found Remus sitting on the ground, near the door.
The room was completely un-furnished, save for a huge, extremely durable looking armoire in the corner.
"Oh, hey Lily. I was just thinking about you."
He paused.
"Lily, I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry about...yesterday. I got caught in the moment."
"You don't have to apologize! I'm glad you kissed me," she added, smiling a little.
Remus also smiled at this. He got up and walked towards the window.
"Look, the sky is darkening. The moon should be up real soon."
Lily joined him near the window. The last signs of the sun were disappearing from the sky as the moon began to appear.
"Remus... I'm scared..."
He took her hand and squeezed it a little.
"It's alright, Lily. You'll be fine I promise."
This made Lily feel a bit better.
"Hey, Moony! Where ya been all..." started the voice of James Potter, coming through the door.
He froze when he saw Lily and Remus' hands together. They quickly let go of each other.
"Hey, keep moving, doorknob."
"Yeah, other people have to get through this door," came the voices of Sirius and Peter, as they pushed him through the doorway.
They froze when they saw what James was looking at. They both looked from Remus to Lily, to Remus again.
"Are we interrupting something...?" asked Peter, slyly.
Remus glared at him.
"Nevermind that. What is she even doing here? Moon's almost up," James told him, obviously choosing to ignore what he had just seen.
"Is she a...?" asked Sirius, his voice trailing off.
"You do realize that I'm right here and you don't have to keep talking about me in the third person," said Lily, finally joining in.
"Sorry. Are you a-"
Peter stepped on his foot and hissed "shut up, idiot" at him.
"Yes I am a werewolf."
The three boys stared at her.
"I thought... I didn't think Remus had... That night in the forest, he..." James tried to start, "Why didn't you tell me?! Who do you think you are, Moony?!"
"Calm down, James. I'm fine with it," said Lily.
James turned back to her. He opened his mouth, about to say something, but then shut it again.
Sirius walked over to the window, pushing past Lily and Remus.
"We should go into the next room, you guys'll be transforming any minute."
"I agree," said Peter.
"Fine. But I'm not finished with you, Moony. We'll talk later," said James.
They left the room, leaving Remus and Lily alone. Remus sighed.
"Sorry; I told them not to come..." Remus told Lily, apologetically.
"It's alright, I'm sure it was for the- AH!" she cried, grabbing her side and doubling over in pain. Her transformation was beginning.
Remus took in a sharp breath as his transformation also began.
Lily felt her bones stretch and her clothes begin to rip and tear. A kind of thick fur began to grow all over her body.She now had a snout, yellow eyes, claws, fangs, fur; the whole shebang.
She could smell things she couldn't smell before and her sense of hearing seemed ten times more accurate.
After what seemed like hours (but was actually only a few minutes), her transformation ended and the she-wolf lay breathing heavily on the floor of the room, whimpering a little. Glancing over at Remus, she saw he was still going through his transformation.
A while later, after both of them had finished their transformations and gotten over the pain, a stag, a rat and a great black dog entered the room. Lily was walking around the room, occasionally stumbling, trying to get used to her new feet. Remus was sitting in a corner of the room, watching her attentively; like a mother watches her baby.
Sirius barked to get everyone's attention and gestured at the door with his head.
Lets go outside! Lily could practically hear him say.
He left the room; the rat followed behind him. The stag took one final glance at Lily, the she-wolf, before following also.
Remus looked at Lily with a questioning glance; clearly he was asking her if she wanted to go with them.
Lily nodded and followed Remus out the door. The other three were waiting for them at the bottom of the stairs. Sirius was chasing his tail and Peter was excited running around in circles while James tried to step of him with his hooves.
Lily climbed down the stairs, (surprisingly, without falling) with Remus close behind her.
They left the house and set out to explore Hogsmeade.
Hours later, Remus and Lily returned to the house. The night was almost over and the moon was fading away. James, Peter and Sirius had parted with them back at Hogsmeade.
They reached the room they had met in upstairs and waited for their de-transformations.
Remus whelped next to her as his de-transformation began. Lily felt her temples throb as her body converted back to its human form.
At the end of her transformation, she lay naked, holding her knees, leaning against the back wall of the room. She buried her face in her arms.
She heard Remus open some drawer (probably one of the huge armoire's ones) and pull on a pair of pants. She then heard him approach her slowly.
"Here, you should put these on. I guess Madam Pomfrey forgot to bring clothes for you..." he said.
She looked up, even if he had tried, because of the position of Lily's legs it would have been impossible for Remus to see anything he shouldn't. She saw that Remus was wearing a loose pair of jeans and no shirt. He was holding out a baggy shirt and a pair of boxers.
She took them and he turned away, shielding his eyes so as to give Lily some privacy. She pulled on the clothes as fast as she could with her headache. When she was done, she sat back down on the floor, sighing.
"Are you okay, Lil?"
"You said the de-transformations are painless, but my head feels like it's going to explode."
"That's not because of the de-transformation, that's just an aftermath of the actual transformation."
"You're gonna be alright though?" he asked gently, wrapping an arm around her, comfortingly.
"Yeah. Thanks for being with me, Remus. You're a great friend, seriously."
"Just a friend?" he asked.
Lily giggled a little.
"Well, maybe a bit more than a friend..." she said suductively, moving her face closer to his.
Okay, I'm going to have to bring this chapter to a sudden halt. Not only is it getting a bit long, but I'm sneeking onto the computer right now to quickly upload what I have (see above) so far for this chapter. It's like 6:00 am and I'm PRAYING mom and dad won't hear the sound of the keyboard.
So anyways, I know I'm already expecting the flames from angry reviewers complaining about me not updating for two whole weeks. I'll try to go to the library sometime and write the next chapter, okay?
Please review, and please don't be too mean.