Woes of The Moon:
People, people from far and wide! All of you, of all shapes, colors and sizes, flock to me! For here it is! (Drum roll please) The next chapter of WOTM! It's not that ULTRA-AMAZING, if you're taking into consideration the time it took for me to finally write it (by the way, for that I apologize most sincerely) but do enjoy!
Disclaimer: Though it seems as though 30 years have passed since a new chapter of this story has been posted, little has changed Copyright wise, and JKR does still fully own Harry Potter.
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There was a moment's silence as Lily's parents tried to make sense of what they had just heard.
"Lycanthropy? Sorry, what? You mean like werewolves?" Lily's mother asked, confused.
"Werewolves? Don't be ridiculous. How do you come up with these things?" Lily's father replied, "But who is this Lupin boy? What is it that he's done to my daughter?"
Lily felt sick.
Lex looked puzzled at the three Evans.
"Have I said something I shouldn't have?" he asked Lily.
'No shit, Sherlock...' she thought, trying her hardest not to glare at him, but not succeeding.
"Now see here! I don't know what it is that's going on that we don't know about, but I demand to know right this instant!" Lily's mother shouted at Lex, noticing Lily glaring at him.
Lex sighed.
"May I have a word with your daughter first?"
"What? No you may most certainly not! Tell us what is going on!" her mother demanded once more.
"Anne, we'd best let them talk. I have a feeling we won't be finding out anything until these two have had themselves a little chat," Lily's father said, patting his wife on the shoulder.
Lex gestured for Lilt to follow him. She sighed and headed towards him. He led Lily away from her parents, towards an old, rusted, beat up wheeless car.
'Wow look. It's dad's car in a couple of months from now,' Lily couldn't help but think, despite the seriousness of the situation.
"So. So, so, so. You didn't tell them," Lex stated.
"I... I tried... I really did, but I just couldn't do it. I wouldn't know where to start..."
There was a silence.
"...Well... I can't say I blame you... My parents left me when they found out I was a werewolf. And I was just a baby."
"That's terrible... I'm sorry."
"Don't be. They weren't that great, my parents... But yours... They don't seem like bad people..."
"They aren't... But how can I possibly tell then what happened?"
Lex bit his lip.
"Well there is a way... Never forget that you are a witch..."
"What way is there?"
"You could show them what happened."
"Show them? How?"
"You'll see... If you want..." Lex answered.
'What the hell. What have I got to lose.'
"Yes, alright," Lily answered, sighing.
"Excellent. Let's go fetch your parents, then."
They both headed back to where Lily's mother and father were standing, looking overly anxious.
"Parents, if you could follow me, please," Lex said to them.
"I suppose we don't really have a choice if we want to find anything out," Lily's mother answered.
"Alright! Well then follow me, my dear people!"
"He's awfully... energetic, isn't he?" Lily heard her mother whisper to her husband as Lex walked away, his dogs following behind him.
After less than 5 minutes of swerving between piles of garbage, the 4 of them arrived in front of a small, white Winnebago.
During the walk, everyone had been quiet, save for Lex, who was leading the way, whistling some kind of tune. Lily had followed nearby him so as not to have to talk to her parents (who were, oddly enough, following a good distance behind her without complaint).
"And here we are! Welcome to my humble home," Lex announced, opening the small door in front of them, "Right this way, please!"
Lily entered first. She was a bit taken aback by how spacious the inside of the seemingly small Winnebago was. Lex had obviously enlarged it with magic.
What Lily found herself in was a nice-sized rectangular "room". To her right was a small kitchen (complete with oven, sink, counter, refrigerator and microwave). In the middle of the right wall was a door (which Lily guessed must lead to a washroom). Against the wall in front of her was a foldaway bed. To the right of it, pushed against the wall, was a large bookshelf (not only containing books, but also an assortment of what had to be magical things). There was also a large number of cardboard boxes scattered throughout the room and a rather comfortable-looking emerald green sofa against the wall separating the "room" from the driving area. On the sofa were two handsome young men lying together, fast asleep on the sofa.
One of the two boys had long, straight (but slightly mussed), vibrantly purple-colored hair, a lip ring and a large number of piercing. The other boy also had long hair, but his was wavy and bleached-blond. His hair contrasted with his eyebrows (which were a dark brown) and he also had a lot of earrings in his ears (though he lacked a lip piercing).
Lily's mother and father entered the room followed by Lex. Lily's parents both gave the room a once over. They both noticed the two boys on the couch at the same time and exchanged looks.
"Oy! OY! You lot!" Lex shouted, heading towards the couch. "Wake up! We've got guests!"
The purple-haired boy stirred a bit and slowly opened his eyes.
"'Ello mate," he groggily greeted Lex.
The blond haired boy shifted a bit at the sound of his voice. He too opened his eyes, squinting as they adjusted to the light.
"So who are these chaps?" the blond-haired boy asked Lex, pointing at Lily and her parents as he and his purple-haired friend sat up.
"This is Miss Lily Evans –the student I was telling you two about—and her parents Anne and John. I found them wandering through our dump just now and let slip that—well her parents don't know what it is that happened, you see—so we (Lily and I) figure that we'll show them."
"Right, right, right. Well greetings. I'm Cassander and this here gorgeous fellow's name is Brain," the blond man said, nodding his head in the direction of the purple-haired one.
There was a short silence.
"Would you like us to leave you lot then?" Brain asked Lex.
"Yes, I reckon that'd be best," Lex replied.
"Fine, fine. We're off then. We'll be down at that bar on Third street. Be back when we're through. Cheers, mate," Brian said to Lex as he and Cassander got up, slid their boots on and headed out the door past Lily and her parents, nodding to them ad they passed.
"Well then. Back to business. Miss Evans, could you come over here, please?" he asked, walking over to the bookcase and pulling a stone bowl off the shelf.
The bowl had strange markings carved all around it. Lily recognized the bowl as a pensieve.
"Alright, dear. You know what this is, you know what to do. Concentrate on the night it happened."
'Ok. I was in my dorm room. I went downstairs to the Entrance Hall...'
Lex pulled out a wand from his left front jean pocket. He lifted it and brought it to Lily's temple.
Lily felt a slight tingling feeling at the back of her brain as the wand tapped her head. Moments later, Lex pulled the wand away from her temple. A silver stand of a liquidy, gassy substance was now attached to the tip of the wand. Lex deposited this into the bowl.
"Parents, over here please," Lex instructed.
Lily's mother and father, who had up until now simply been staring in awe, snapped out of it and approached him and Lily.
"Good. Now all three of you, hold hands please."
The three of them obeyed and waited for his next instruction. He then grabbed hold of Lily's free hand and with his other hand, prodded the silver, liquidy, gassy substance with his wand. Suddenly the four of them were jerked forwards, one after another (Lex leading) into the bowl.
And there it was, my dears. I shall try not to make you all wait such an agonizingly long amount of time for the next chapter. I would also like to comment that (as I'm sure you noticed) there were no comments on how I owed credit to my beta. The reason for this being that said beta has left Fanfiction for good. So here I remain on my own. Anyhow. Review if you wish, and if not well then that's fine as well.