Lorelei sat at the Slytherin table at breakfast the next morning, keeping an eye on the Gryffindor table, without making it as obvious as dinner the night before. A grin crossed her lips as she took notice of Remus Lupin looking that way a couple times. If all was going well, he was seriously considering her offer. She didn't cherish the thought of having to go through a transformation, they were unbearably painful, to say the least. Her parent's had locked her in the basement of their manor house that first year, everytime the month hung full. 'I wonder where Dumebledore sends Remus. The old man has to know what he's let into the school. I'm sure he must know about me as well.' Her parent's had did all they could to keep their 'dark secret' just that, a secret. But when the headmaster looked at her, she got the feeling he knew all too well.
At the Gryffindor table
Remus couldn't help himself, he kept finding himself glancing to the girl at the Slytherin table. 'Belinda'...'Lorelei' he corrected himself, that is what she has said she preferred to be called. Of course she had said a lot of things...without really saying anything at all. She had never actually said the word 'werewolf', but it was certainly implied. She hadn't said she would undergo a transformation just to prove it, but that is what he figured she had meant. 'She must really want to prove herself to willingly go through a transformation. But why would she want to help me? Why would a Slytherin help a Gryffindor?' Of course it went beyond that. They both shared a horrible curse.
"Not going to jump ship on us, are you Moony?" James asked, drawing Remus's attention back the group seated at the table.
"Very funny Prongs." he replied dryly. "Lorelei is...seemingly...offering me a chance at a normal life." Remus shook his head. "I know it doesn't make any sense. And it's hard to believe coming from a Slytherin." He glanced over to the girl once more. "Can I risk not taking this chance? Tell me, what would you do Prongs? Padfoot? Wormtail?"
Peter looked up at the sound of his name. "Me?" he squeaked. Remus nodded. "I...I'd." the boy looked nervously between James and Sirius, as if expecting one of them to answer for him. When no one seemed willing to answer for him, he decided he would have to do it himself. "I'd do it." Although he didn't sound at all assure of himself.
James nodded, a small smiling appearing. "I'd say go for it mate."
"Padfoot?" Remus turned to look at Sirius.
"You know I'd do anything for you Moony." he replied. "And if the snake isn't on the level." Sirius got a wicked grin. "We'll make sure she gets what she deserves."
The night before they had decided to take Lorelei to the Shrieking Shack. Over breakfast, it had been decided, if she could truely offer Remus a cure, he couldn't turn it down. 'Is it possible? Could I live a normal life?' Remus still found it unbelieveable on some level. Looking up, Remus once more let his gaze fall to the Slytherin table, and Lorelei. She happened to look over at the same moment, and caught his eyes with hers. Remus nodded at her, then nodded in the direction of the doors to the Great Hall. "I guess there is no time like the present." Remus said coming to standing. With that, he departed from the Great Hall.
At the Slytherin table
There seemed to be a bit of a last minute debate going on at Gryffindor table. Then Remus looke back up at her again. Lorelei meet his look with one of her own. He nodded at her, then twords the exit. She nodded in return, then watched as the boy got up, and left the Great Hall.
A minute later, Lorelei stood up. "I have things...to attend to." She announced to no one in particular. A smile playing on her lips, and she too headed for the exit.