Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. The wonderful JK Rowling does! I wish I did, then I'd be rich! Just kidding! Please don't sue me for writing a fan fic that I really hope you enjoy!
(A/N: The auction thing was americanidiot101's idea)
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"Constantine! That's a strong name!" James debated with Lily.
"No! No! No! No! NO!" Lily yelled.
"Guys please, just give up already!" Kiah groaned, lying halfway off the couch next to Remus who was idly twirling her hair around his finger. Sirius and Marissa were on the other side of the room in a huge reclining chair.
"Yeah, really, you guys called us here to finally name the baby, and we get stuck here for two hours listening to you two spit out awful names that only a cereal killer would name their children!" Marissa said icily.
Sirius nodded along, drumming his fingers on the armrest. "Just name the little cutie Sirius and we'll get this whole thing over with."
Remus sat up a little. "Why not Remus?"
"Remus is a bad name for a Potter. Remus Potter, no. Sirius Potter, there yeah go!"
"Remus is a strong name, Sirius is just to coincidental. Serious, Sirius, who knows!"
Before Sirius could answer, Marissa clapped a hand over his mouth. "They both suck."
"New rule! No names ending in 'us'," Lily said.
"I agree to that," James said, formally shaking her hand to seal the agreement.
Kiah shook her head. "You guys are completely bonkers."
Lily held up her hands. "Back to the name debate! I got one!" James moaned, "No! Just listen! Meredith!"
James scratched his head. "Isn't that a girl's name?"
"It can be a boys name too!" Lily protested.
"Sure, on a freak mole rat," James shot, "I have a better one anyways. Ebenezer!"
Lily let out a dry chuckle. "I guess our child is 70 years old and lives in the 1800's. Cordellius!"
"No! Thor!"
"We already said no to that one!"
"No, you said no."
"For good reason! Roarke!"
"Haha, oh you're not kidding, no. Halstead!"
"No! Why do you hate our baby?"
"STOP! STOP! STOP!" Remus yelled. Everyone looked at him in surprise. Remus never got mad. "We have to think of a civil non annoying way to do this! We have already established the middle name is James. We need to think of something simple that goes with it!"
"What about naming him after one of your dads?" Marissa suggested wearily.
Lily and James looked at each other, trying to place it. "Yeah, but which one?" Lily asked. "Robert James Potter or Harold James Potter?"
"Not Harold, its exactly the same as my dad's name. But Robert," James said thoughtfully, muttering the name to himself over and over, "No, it doesn't feel right for our baby."
"No, it doesn't," Lily said, holding her stomach. Suddenly, she looked up, her eyes bright. "Harry James Potter!"
James tilted his head and closed his eyes. "Yeah, that's it! That's his name! I remember it!"
Everyone in the room looked at him strangely. "Remember it?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know! I know it's not possible, but I remember that name, somehow," James said thoughtfully, then shook his head. "That's it, it's our son's name. Harry James Potter, greatest seeker that ever lived!" James said excitedly, pulling Lily into a hug.
Lily leaned back a little and gave him a strange look. "Seeker?"
Sirius groaned, throwing his head back on the chair. "Here we go again."
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Remus and Kiah quietly snuck into Marissa and Sirius' flat. The clock on the wall read 7:00 AM. Carefully, they made their way to the bedroom with a bucket of snowballs they collected this morning with them.
When they arrived Sirius and Marissa were asleep, Sirius about to fall off the bed and Marissa curled into a little ball. Ready? Remus mouthed to Kiah. She nodded and they each grabbed two snowballs, shivering at the touch of them. One, two, three! Remus mouthed and they both began hurling snowballs at them.
Marissa immediately came out of her ball position and in one fluid motion she jumped to her feet, standing on the bed. Sirius fell completely off the bed and sat up on the floor, yelling at them to stop.
"Good morning!" Remus said cheerfully when they ran out of snowballs. Marissa and Sirius both lunged at the couple. But Kiah and Remus were too quick and Apparated.
"I'm going to kill them!" Sirius yelled. There was a small pop and a sentence formed in the air in sparkling white letters. Snowball fight; meet us on Stoats Hill in an hour. Then, as soon as they had come, the letters disappeared.
"Ooooh, they are so going down!" Marissa said and ran to the closet to get dressed.
Meanwhile, Remus and Kiah were repeating the snow flinging process with James and Lily. "Ah! Stop!" Lily screamed, using a pillow as a shield. James had already pulled out his wand, ready to fire a curse when Remus and Kiah disappeared with a pop, leaving behind the same glittering message for them.
"Come on, we got to think of a plan," James said, running to the closet and yanking out clothes.
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"Did they get you too?" Sirius asked as Lily and James appeared on the hill. Lily just grumbled in response.
Remus and Kiah appeared next to their friends. "Once again, good morning!" Kiah said.
"We thought we'd have a snowball fight since we haven't hung out in a while. Each couple is a team. When your fort is destroyed, you're out of the running for the win. Winner is the last one standing. No mud, grass, leaves, or rocks," Remus said in a very professional way. The other couples exchanged worried glances. "The game begins…now!"
Each couple ran to a separate space and began building a fort. Sirius and Marissa were the first to finish and they began using their wands to make massive snowballs. James was building the fort while Lily made the snowballs, secretly conjuring ice chunks inside of each one. Remus and Kiah had only made one snowball, and then used a Duplicate Charm to make thirty more.
And that is when the fight started. Snow was flying everywhere. Sparks and jets of light were also used to try to disintegrate the others forts faster. The fight had become vicious.
James gasped, choking on a snowball Kiah zoomed directly in his mouth. "Our fort is coming down, we need to figure out a way to eliminate some one else."
Lily laughed, dodging a chunk of ice and sending four snowballs to Sirius. "Let's gang up on Remus and Kiah. They were the ones who woke us about at seven in the bloody morning. Leave it to me," Lily said and sneakily crawled over to Sirius and Marissa's fort.
"You're going to get killed!" James called as snowball came flying towards him again, this time with ice sticking out of it. He dropped flat to the ground. "Whoa, Kiah!" James yelled. Kiah just laughed and waved innocently in return.
Lily eventually made it over to Sirius, tapping him on the shoulder. He turned around and his eyes narrowed. "A mistake, Lillian. Say goodbye," he said very seriously, but the corners of his mouth twitched upwards. He immediately started hurling snowballs at her.
"Stop! James and I are trying to get rid of Remus and Kiah. We need your help," Lily said hurriedly before he could throw more snow at her.
Sirius grinned manically. "What do you have in mind?" Lily smiled and whispered in his ear. "Got it," Sirius said nodding then turned to Marissa to tell her the plan. Lily quietly crept back to James and helped him cover the left side of the fort, which was slowly degenerating under Remus' wand.
"Ready Lily?" Marissa yelled.
"Yeah, GO!" Lily screamed. James and Sirius stood up along with Lily and Marissa. They sent huge snowballs rapid fire over to Remus and Kiah. Within a few seconds they were covered head to foot in snow.
"Evacuate!" Remus said as more snow rushed forward so they couldn't even see. He grabbed Kiah by the waist and rolled her away from the line of fire. They rolled a little too far and fell down the side of the hill.
"Ah! Remus!" Kiah shouted as they rolled down the hill, more snow collecting around them. They hit the bottom, digging their way out of the human snowball and hearing laughter above. Remus and Kiah looked up to see James, Sirius, Marissa, and Lily laughing at them.
"I believe you two are out," James said arrogantly.
"I believe you guys have to finish a fight," Remus shot back coolly. James looked at Sirius and, at the same time, conjured a snowball and slammed it at the other. "That should keep them busy for a while," Remus said, smirking as a jet of light shot above their heads.
Kiah smiled. "I think we should intervene and corrupt the fight, for ganging up on us."
Remus grinned and took her hand, kissing her softly on the lips. "You are so beautiful in the snow," he said quietly, locking his eyes with hers. Kiah blushed and kissed him again, pulling him up the hill.
Once they arrived at the top of the hill, Remus and Kiah saw chaos. Snow, ice, and, questionably, rubber chickens were flying back and forth between the two forts. Lily and Marissa were building up their own forts, occasionally sending large patches of snow to the other. Kiah grinned at Remus and concentrated, transforming into her Anamagus form, a Koala. No one but Remus knew she was an Anamagus.
Kiah charged to James' fort first, knocking away half of it. She then pounced on James lightly. "Whoa! What is a Koala doing here?" James asked, looking slightly afraid. Kiah growled playfully, enjoying the fact that James was freaking out over her.
Instantly, James transformed into Padfoot and rolled, pushing Kiah on her back. They began fighting and just as Prongs was about to plunge his antlers down, Kiah transformed into her human self.
"James! Stop! It's just me!" Kiah said, holding her hands against his antlers to block him and laughing.
There was a stunned silence, except for Remus' own laughing. "You're an Anamagus?" Sirius said in disbelief.
Kiah laughed again. "Yeah, since Hogwarts. I found out by accident. James, would you mind getting off me? I'm getting a little cold." James was staring at her intently, confusion in his blue eyes. But he shook his head and quickly and stepped away, transforming into his own self.
"How, what, how," James fumbled, then cleared his throat. "That is bloody brilliant! You must've helped Remus a lot on the last full moon!" James and Sirius had not been able to join Remus for their full moon adventures two weeks ago.
"Not really, I didn't know how to help, and it was hard to be there and watch it," Kiah said, choking up, but shaking her head and putting on a smile. "You might want to watch out, James."
James cocked an eyebrow in curiosity, then felt a million blasts of ice cold on his neck. He turned around, a big mistake, to find Sirius grinning like a mad man, charming a large stack of snowballs to batter James at top speeds, like shots out of a cannon. "Si-ri-us!" James gasped through the snowballs that were hitting him everywhere. James kept moving backwards, further back until he tripped on a stone and fell hard into his fort, destroying the wall and leaving Sirius and Marissa the reining champions.
"YEAH!" Sirius and Marissa both roared, sharing a victorious kiss.
"You ar-r-r-re so goin-n-ng-g to d-d-die from that Ssssssirius!" James stammered, his teeth chattering.
"Sure I will…no one can ever defeat the great Black couple!" Sirius shouted, holding Marissa's wrist in the air.
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"STEP RIGHT UP LADIES AND…WELL, LADIES! FOR ALL YOU SINGLE WITCHES OUT THERE, WE ARE NOW HOLDING A SPECIALITY AUCTION! SIRIUS BLACK'S BOXER SHORTS!" James said through the Sonorus charm. Revenge is sweet…he thought to himself.
Inside the Three Broomsticks was havoc. There were tons of witches screeching and cheering as James held a small laundry basket full of Sirius' boxer shorts, some clean and some dirty, depending on what the winner wanted. Currently he held up a black pair with pink and purple penguins doing the hokey pokey all over it.
"LET'S START THE BIDDING AT FIVE SICKLES!" James said as three witches jumped at his feet throwing down money.
Meanwhile, Sirius was lying on the bed of his flat, listening to the WWN and thinking about situations occurring at work. More were dying everyday, and his biggest fear was now loosing someone close to him. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard his name on the radio.
"Yes, we are here with James Potter. Mr. Potter, what can you tell us about what you are doing?" said the DJ.
"Well, Stan, currently I am located at Three Broomsticks, giving all those single witches the time of their lives! At a starting price of five sickles, you could win a pair of Sirius Black's boxer shorts! Highest bidder wins!" James' voice came blasting through the speakers.
Stan, the DJ, chuckled. "It really is a mad house in here! Why exactly are you doing this Mr. Potter?"
"Let's just say, its payback time. Sirius, if you're listening, I want to see you top this!" James said. Sirius groaned, he could almost see that egotistical smile playing on his face. "We are now auctioning off hot pink boxers with cupid flying around on it, which I know for a fact his wife, Marissa, bought for him for Valentines Day." There were a ton of boos and hisses from inside the Three Broomsticks.
Stand laughed. "Alright, alright. Calm down ladies! So the school age Marauder Era continues to this day! If you have no idea what I'm talking about, listen to WWN at seven, our correspondent who went to school with James Potter and Sirius Black will tell you what this is all about. Back to you at the station Ben." Sirius let out a moan and quickly Apparated to the Three Broomsticks.
Music was blasting and Rosmerta was giggling and zooming Butterbeers around the pub. There was cheering and catcalls coming from inside as Sirius heard James' booming voice.
"ONLY FIFTEEN GALLEONS? COME ON LADIES, THEY HAVE DUCKIES ON THEM! NEXT THREE LOVELY LADIES THAT GET BOXERS WILL GET A SIGNED PICTURE OF SIRIUS BLACK!" there were thousands of cheers and prices being thrown in the air. Sirius shook his head, ready to kill James.
As soon as Sirius walked in the pub, he knew he had made a mistake. "EEEEEK! IT'S SIRIUS BLACK!" a plump graying witch squealed and pointed to the entrance where Sirius was standing. There was a mad rush of women who groped and screamed and tore at Sirius' clothes.
"Sirius! I love you!"
"I'm your soul mate, Sirius!"
"Marry me, Sirius!"
"I want to make lots of babies with you!"
"Remember when we-"
James laughed and shouted, "HERE HE IS, LADIES! THE ONE, THE ONLY SIRIUS BLACK!" Sirius was pushed on a table, his robes torn and hair a mess, his eyes flashing anger in James' direction. "Quietus. So Sirius, are you enjoying your raging fans? I had no idea this many girls fancied you!" James said hoarsely.
Sirius smirked. "You just think you're so smart, thinking up a big scheme like this and getting on the radio-"
"Ah, so you did hear that!"
"Yes I did. I just want to say what goes around comes around. See you later!" Sirius said too casually and pulled out his wand, ready to Apparate. "Oh and James, I would love it if you kept my boxers with the kitty cats on them, they are my favorites."
James snorted. "I believe you are wearing those ones Sirius."
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"Come on, Lils, you have to help me!" Sirius begged Lily, holding up a vial.
Lily shook her head stubbornly, resting her hand on her ever-growing stomach. "I refuse to get involved in this silly payback game of yours. Plus I don't want to poison my own husbands drink!"
"It's not poisoning, it's just a harmless potion that will make him spill his most embarrassing moments, and a few select secrets I picked out!" Sirius said smugly. Lily just scoffed and waved her hand, walking out of the kitchen. Sirius grabbed her wrist. "Please, Lily. You don't even have to do it. Just make the tea and leave it unattended on the counter. Then I might 'accidentally' drop some, or all, of this potion in the drink!"
"You want to poison him, go ahead, but I had nothing to do with it!" Lily said impatiently, flicking her wand a few times. A cup of steaming tea appeared on the counter. "I'm going to go get dressed, tata!" Sirius smirked and carefully dribbled out some of the potion in James' tea.
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"Potter! New information in! Need you to make a summery on it pronto!" Erin, James' boss, shouted across the floor as James walked in his office.
"Got it Erin! You know, that reminds me of the time in 2nd year that I was late to class and had to get dressed in two minutes. Everyone laughed at me all day and I didn't know why, then I realized that my underwear was sticking out of my robes and over the side of my pants," James said in a rush of words. His face instantly started turning red. Where did that come from?
Erin raised her eyebrow. "Right, just get the summery done by noon. I'll be in my office." James just nodded and sat down at his desk, pounding his head against the wall. He didn't even know why he said that.
"Aye, Potter! What was that bit back there? Knickers stickin' out of your pants, would've paid to see that," Ricardo, a colleague of James', said.
James turned his swivel chair onto Ricardo. "I have no idea why I said that. Did you know I wet the bed until I was thirteen?" James slipped out again. This time he clapped his hands over his mouth.
"What is wrong with you?" Ricardo asked.
"I-I don't know," James said, his face turning as red as Lily's hair. Then realization dawned on him. "Sirius," he uttered. Without excusing himself, James ran out of the Analysis department and down to the Auror section, flashing his security badge to the wizard guard. James burst into Sirius' office, who was in the middle of a heated discussion with three other Aurors. "What the hell is wrong with me? I'm talking about stuff like when I was in fifth year when the Slytherins hung me from the ceiling naked!"
The others in the room looked at him strangely. James just about yanked out his hair. "You okay mate?" Sirius asked. James was breathing deeply and was about to yell. Sirius sensed this and held up a hand. "Would you mind excusing us for a moment?" Sirius asked the other Aurors.
After they were alone James advanced on him. "What did you do?" he asked dangerously.
Sirius gasped, looking appalled. "What would make you think I had anything to do with your misfortunate small brain?"
"Undo it!"
"Why should I?"
"Truce!"
"You know the rules, no truce until after the prank was finished!"
"How long will it last?" James asked hopelessly.
Sirius smiled. "Until you leave work."
James grinned. "Well, I could easily spill your secrets too."
Sirius visibly paled. "Wha-what? You wouldn't dare?"
"Sonorus!" James said clearly.
"No! James! I'm going to kill you!" Sirius said, trying to grab his wand.
"May I have your attention ladies and gentleman…"
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"Are you still working Kiah?" said Linnea, one of Kiah's co-workers.
Kiah nodded. "I was supposed to get this out today, but I got bogged down with other things, so I'm way behind."
"Anything I can do to help?" Linnea asked.
"No, not your department, it's confidential," Kiah said apologetically. Linnea nodded understandably and wished her luck as she walked away. Kiah sighed, looking at a picture of her and Remus on her desk. She had promised him that she would come home early and they would go out to dinner. She had been working too much lately, never being able to have time alone with Remus.
All of a sudden there was a huge bang, then Kiah heard the words Avada Kedarva spoken. Fully alert, Kiah stood, her wand clutched in her hand. She could hear spells being thrown. When she heard a scream, she took of running down the stairs to the main level. But before she could make it down there, she saw something horrifying.
There was Linnea, lying on the steps; her eyes open but not seeing. They seemed cold and dead. "No," Kiah moaned. "Linnea! Linnea!" But there was no hope. She was gone. Anger bubbled inside of Kiah and she ran faster to the main entrance.
What Kiah saw made her sick. There were dead bodies lying everywhere and people being tortured. Some were bleeding and others were too weak to move. What scared her most was the hundred of black-cloaked figures, shooting out spells and laughing cruelly.
"Avada Kedarva!" Kiah shouted and a jet of green light shot out and killed one of the Death Eaters. Kiah felt sicker. I killed someone…she shook the feeling away and started blocking spells being shot out at her. She dodged the Killing Curse and ran up stairs, shooting out the first spells that came to mind.
Four Death Eaters were trailing her. Then Kiah had a burst of inspiration. Remus…She quickly opened her locket a sweet melody came out of it. Please help me! She thought as she went behind a corner and transformed into a Koala.
Back at their house, Remus heard the song that signaled him to go to Kiah. Fully alert, he concentrated on Kiah and saw a corridor in the Department of Mysteries. Quickly, he Apparated there.
As soon as he arrived he saw Kiah in her transformation and four Death Eaters looking around. Kiah transformed into herself. "Remus help me!" she said. She was very out of breath.
"Kiah! Are you alright?" Remus said, holding her in his arms.
Kiah nodded. "Fine, just out of breath. Death Eaters attacked, there are hundreds of them! How did you Apparate here, there are spells so you can't do that."
"The spells must be knocked down by the Death Eaters. Come on, we have to help as many people as we can," Remus said quickly. Kiah nodded as they ran towards the Death Eaters, both of them holding hands and raising their wands at the same time.
"Stupefy!" they both shouted together. A huge bubble of green shot out at the four Death Eaters, stunning them all. Remus and Kiah ran down to the main floor, mending those still alive and sending them to St. Mungos.
Kiah was hit from behind with a dark curse. Gasping, she collapsed to the ground. "My head!" she cried, grasping her head.
"What's wrong?" Remus said, kneeling on the ground. Remus saw that her head was bleeding from the inside out. "Oh my God," Remus whispered.
"Everything's blurry," Kiah muttered. Her eyes were closing.
"No! Kiah! Stay with me!" Remus said.
Kiah shook her head. "I can't, it hurts…"
Remus looked into her eyes. "Listen to me, when I was in the forest seventh year I fought to stay alive for you. I want you to do the same for me, and I'll mend it, okay?" Kiah feebly nodded. Remus kissed her briefly and first said, "Priori Incantatem!" The spell that hit Kiah came out of Remus' wand and hit the Death Eater that shot it at her. Soon, the blood was disappearing from Kiah's head.
Kiah was crying. "Listen Remus, if I die today, I want you to go on, but always know that I love you, with all my heart and soul and that I'll always be with you."
Remus connected his forehead with hers. "Please don't say that."
"Remus, please, just promise me."
"I will only promise if you do the same for me."
Both were crying. "Ok, I promise," Kiah whispered.
"I promise," Remus said, "We need to help until the Aurors get here." Kiah nodded and started walking, but it was hard. The curse seemed to affect more than just her head.
"Turn into your Anamagus form," Remus said. Kiah nodded, but before she did she gave him a kiss.
"I love you, no matter what, everyday and forever," Kiah whispered. Then she turned into a Koala and ran towards a group of Death Eaters.
There were a few more minutes of intense battling between the seven or so people who were still able to fight. Soon, Aurors burst in and the Death Eaters started disappearing one by one. Kiah was having an intense battle with one of the few Death Eaters remaining. Remus was running over to help, then stopped dead. A sick, horrifying feeling came over him. He watched them battle, wanting to help but feeling as if he was stuck.
Kiah sent a jet of red light to the Death Eater, which knocked him off his feet. The Death Eater quickly got up, and said, "Goodbye." Kiah gasped, but she was confident. I can beat him to it. Just as she was about to say the words, the Death Eater said, "Avada Kedarva!"
"No! Kiah!" Remus yelled as the light hit Kiah in the stomach. Kiah screamed and fell in slow motion. Remus was running towards her, thinking if he could get there in time he might be able to save her. Remus caught her just before she hit the floor. "No!"
Hatred and anger dancing in his eyes, he turned on the Death Eater. "Crucio!" Remus screamed. The Death Eater collapsed to the ground, screaming and withering in pain. Aurors rushed over and Remus lifted his wand. Quickly, Aurors Stunned the Death Eater and magically binded him.
Sirius came running into the Department of Mysteries, seeing the scene of death and angst around him. Sirius saw Remus kneeling over…no, it couldn't be. Kiah…
Sirius ran as fast as he could, skidding to a halt, and sitting next to Remus. He saw Kiah, her eyes looking upward, staring without staring, no more care and laughter shining in them. It was too much like Claudia and James' parents. Too real…it was just too real.
Remus was crying freely, holding Kiah. "Please come back, please. I can't live without you. Please come back. I love you Kiah, don't leave me."
Sirius wiped away his own small tears from his eyes. "Remus," croaked Sirius, "she's gone mate. I'm sorry, she's, she's…"
Remus shook his head violently. "No, she can't be." Then realization dawned on him. "I promised. I promised. No, she promised."
"Remus, let's go to your apartment," Sirius whispered. No longer Remus and Kiah's apartment, Kiah's gone, never coming back.
Remus and Sirius Apparated, Remus still holding Kiah in his arms. Once they arrived, Remus went upstairs to the master bedroom and laid Kiah on the bed, kissing her forehead. "I love you, so much," he whispered, laying his head on her chest.
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"Kiah's work was attacked. She, she died," Sirius said quietly, informing James, Marissa, and Lily of what happened. Lily took in a sharp intake of breath and Marissa clutched her hand.
"No, no. She can't be dead," Lily muttered, a few tears slipping down her face. Sirius nodded solemnly. Lily stood up hastily, knocking the chair backwards.
"Lily, calm down," James said in a voice so unlike his own. He made a reach for her wrist but she yanked it away.
"No she's not dead! She can't be!" Lily screamed. Sirius tried to explain but Lily screamed again and started hitting Sirius. "No! No! Kiah is alive! She'll walk through the door smiling any second, holding hands with Remus! She's still here!" James got up and pulled Lily off of Sirius. Immediately, Lily started crying into his shoulder.
Marissa was still sitting in her chair, in shock. "Kiah?" Marissa asked quietly, tears slipping down her face. Sirius felt horrible for telling them. He scooped Marissa up in his arms and she put her arms around his chest, squeezing him tightly.
"What about Remus? How is he taking it?" James asked quietly, trying to force away the tears in his own eyes.
"He's doing horrible. He's a mess, not himself. He is waiting for the Healers to finish checking her out…" Sirius couldn't finish, he couldn't talk like this. Kiah couldn't be dead, she was always there. She made Remus so happy; he'll be lost without her.
Lily groped for Marissa's hand and pulled her over, giving her a hug. The two girls cried together, James and Sirius hugged each of them from behind, holding onto them as if for their own comfort. They stood in the group embrace, their sorrow raking through them, grasping each other as if one were to leave, they would be lost forever.
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"Mr. Lupin," a Healer said, coming out into the lobby where Remus was waiting, "Kiah was perfectly healthy when she passed. We healed the bash on her skull. And about the baby-"
"What baby?" Remus asked.
The Healer looked at Remus in surprise. "Mrs. Lupin was two weeks pregnant, didn't you know?"
Remus stared at him in disbelief. "That can't be right, she was fine! Lily was an emotional wreck, Kiah was…normal!" Was… Remus thought to himself, She's really not here…
The Healer clapped Remus sympathetically on the shoulder. "Remus, go home. Please, don't think about this anymore."
"But she's gone," Remus whispered. Without another word Remus Apparated on the spot, arriving in his own bedroom. Not Kiah's, his own. By himself. Alone.
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"Remus?" Lily called through the apartment. She hadn't talked to him since the accident. No, not accident. Cold blooded murder. Lily shivered with hate but pushed the thought away. "Remus are you here?"
Lily continued searching through the apartment, finding Remus in the extra bedroom. He was sitting in the middle of the floor, staring at the wall blankly. "Oh, Remus," Lily said hopelessly. She had never seen him break like this. She quickly sat on the ground and gave Remus a hug, trying to push back her own tears.
"I-I can't go on, Lily. She was everything. I have no job, everyone is afraid of me but you guys, the world is falling apart. She was all I had and she's gone," Remus uttered.
"Please don't talk like that Remus."
Remus ignored her, or possibly didn't even hear her. "There is nothing for me to live for. No one would miss me if I died. I could go with Kiah, if I left."
"No don't say that. We would miss you. The Marauders would miss you. I would miss you. We've all known each other since first year, we couldn't be without you. I can't even think of loosing another one of you," Lily said firmly, trying to determine herself to be strong, for him.
"But Kiah-"
"Would want you to be happy. Do you think she would want you to die? No, she wants you to keep going and be strong. I know she would want this. Keep living, and as much as it hurts so bad to say this, move on," Lily said.
Remus took a sharp intake of breath. "I just watched."
"Watched what?" Lily asked, afraid to know the answer.
"Watched what happened. I saw her dueling a Death Eater. Everything was in slow motion. I ran towards them, to help her. But then I just felt sick and I stopped. I couldn't move, but I could. I didn't…I don't know. I watched as he spoke the words. I watched as the green light traveled towards her. I watched as she raised her wand in defense, hopelessly trying to stop him. And then it was over, in a blink of an eye. I didn't do anything but I just watched her die, right in front of me," Remus said, not being able to say anything else.
Lily was crying, she hugged Remus tighter. "No one blames you, no one will. I know she doesn't. It wasn't your fault, don't blame yourself for something you couldn't help."
Remus let tears cloud his eyes. "Okay," he said painfully. There was a moment of silence then Remus said, so quietly that Lily could barely hear him, "Thank you, Lils."
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Author Notes: :D Please don't kill me :D
Heather gernenz: yeah I posted the last chapter and epilogue a long time ago on the later chapters. Here's the link to the story: www dot fanfiction dot net slash s slash 2782289 slash 7 slash
noone: Awwww, ok I'll update! Thanks for reviewing!