Chapter 22: A Sarah Memory

Sarah Lupin sat curled up in a large arm chair in front of a fire. A thick layer of snow lay outside. Her and Remus's house was small. It had only a kitchen, a family room, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It may have been small but there were very happy with it. Sarah stared at the fire, it was the only source of light as bleak grayness entered through the frosted windows. Remus still lay in bed and if Sarah was quiet enough she could hear his calm breathing.

Sarah soon found herself remembering times when life was...different.

"Oy! Come outside lovebirds! I wanna show you something before the party starts." Sirius hollered. Remus and Sarah took a last look at the decorations that lined the hall of Potter Manor and then walked outside, hands bound tightly together.

"What is this all about?" Lily asked Faith. Faith shrugged and watch as Sirius disappeared. The group stood there for several minutes. Remus and Sarah leaned against the wall and were barely able to keep their hands off each other. Suddenly there was a loud thundering noise. They all turned and Sirius drove up on a black motorcycle.

"Like it?" He said smiling at their shocked expressions.

"That's something only Sirius would get." Remus whispered to Sarah chuckling. Sarah smiled and kissed him as they moved over to get a better look at the motorcycle. After the excitement died down, everyone started to head inside. Well almost everyone, Faith and Sirius hopped on the motorcycle and rode off, and to everyone's surprise started to fly.

"Show off." James said smiling as they walked back into the hall. A number of students began to show up. And as the music got going even more students began to show up. Some under classmen were able to sneak in, and it was a great party. Huffelpuff, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin, all were houses that divided their students but now the all had something in common, they had graduated and all they wanted to do was to have a great time.

Remus had run off to grab something and Sarah stood waiting patiently for him.

"Care for a dance?" a steely voice said. Sarah didn't even need to look to know that the voice belonged to Lucius.

"No." She said flatly.

"You know…with your talents you could make yourself quite useful for the Dark Lord." Lucius said.

"I've had enough work with Tom Riddle thank you." Sarah said turning around to leave. Lucius grabbed her by the arm and spun her around to face him.

"You have a gift Sarah. A gift that no one else has. You can harness the power of the Dark Lord. You would be quite valuable to him. You and him could do anything together. That werewolf of yours is weak and would be quickly taken down." Lucius said.

"Don't Speak About Remus Like That!" Sarah spat tearing her arm away from his grasp.

"You or your 'Lord Voldemort' will never be half of the man Remus is. Ever." Sarah spat, giving him a glare that almost made Lucius cringe. Sarah then stormed off and found Remus. He had a bright smile and said

"Come follow me." He grabbed her by the hand and dragged her outside. The sun was just finishing setting and they moved through the Potters garden. They passed the gardens and walked across a wide field and into a forest. They moved over a creek and went deeper and deeper into the forest.

"Remus where are we going?" Sarah asked as he continued to drag Sarah. Finally they stopped when they came to a small circle where the trees did not grow.

"Remus what are we doing?" Sarah asked.

"Just wait." He said smiling brightly. He turned around and tried to see over the trees. Sarah watched him with a puzzled look.

"Ah here it comes." Remus said. Sarah saw that the 'it' he was referring to was a half moon rising into the sky. It shone brightly on the small circle where Sarah stood. Suddenly white flowers began to bloom. They bloomed all over and opened wide and bright. They were all over the ground and up in the trees. Sarah stared up as the ones on the very tops of the trees began to bloom.

"They're called Lunar Lights. They only bloom when the moonlight touches them and they were so bright that people that were lost would swear that they could light your path." Remus said smiling.

"They also smell terrific." He said plucking one off the trees and putting it in Sarah's hair.

"I had planned on proposing to you here, but when I saw you today… I just couldn't hold it in any longer." He said placing his hands on her face so that she stared directly into his eyes. Sarah could feel a light blush rise to her cheeks.

"Your so beautiful you can't even imagine it." Remus said breathlessly, and then he kissed her. And to make the moment perfect a breeze rustled by, making all the flowers on top to come snowing back down to the ground.

A gentle hoot at the window broke Sarah out of the memory that had caused a wide smile to spread across her face. She looked up to a see a tawny brown owl pecking at the window. Sarah hurried over and opened the window, she quickly took the letter and the owl flew off.

Sarah looked at the letter and saw large scratchy writing on the front. Sarah turned it over and quickly opened it. She pulled out a letter that said

You are invited to a Masquerade Ball

Hosted by

Tonks and Faith

at

Number 12 Grimmuald Palace

The festivities begin at: 7 p.m., New Years Eve

And will end at 2 a.m., New Years Day.

Sarah gave a slight chuckle. She wondered how Faith had gotten roped into that. A kiss on top of the head caused Sarah to look away from the letter.

"Hey." Remus said softly.

"Hey." Sarah said getting up and kissing him properly.

"How about some breakfast?" He asked.

"Sounds good." She said smiling, she gave him another kiss and followed him into the kitchen.

(A/N: So Sorry that my romance skills aren't quite the best in the world. But how am I doing so far?)