Well here am I updated and everything.
IMPORTANT: People have been telling me what kinds of things I've changed such as the angels don't have genders and can only drink milk and such.
Thanks for your input. But I only took the concept of the story WISH and I never planned to write the same story line because it would fracture my creativity!!
This story is littered with my own personal beliefs and also those of the people around me.
ALSO, I am planning to bring in some of the parallels of CLAMP's story to mine, so for those of you who've never read Wish, I guess you won't notice. For those who have, here you are.
REALLY IMPORTANT: I don't think Harry Potter and James Potter are going to be related in this… so I'm going to try and not use last names.
Lastly, Wyccegurl guessed Lucifer correctly! heh.
Draco looked up and down the street for the number 99.
There was no such place.
Frowning, he sat down on the curb of the street.
Nagel Crescent. That was the street Spade had given him. She said she would meet him here, but she wasn't any where in sight.
He had left Harry in the care of Hermione, Ron, and Sapphire and for the first time in many, many years he prayed. Prayed that whoever ran the big show from above would allow Harry to remain safe for a little while longer.
"Malfoy? What are you doing?" Spade's voice from behind.
"Waiting for you," He said callously and stood. "There's no 99 house, Silver."
Spade rolled her eyes, "Give me that," She crumpled it up and threw it in the gutter. "It says 66, Genius." She said and Draco tinged a light pink of embarrassment.
"Come on." Spade said and they walked toward the blue house with '66' in gold letters.
Draco knocked on the wooden door and they waited. No one came.
He knocked again, louder this time and someone moved around inside.
They were both becoming really impatient but someone finally opened the first door and peered out.
"Who is it?" A voice rasped.
The shadowed figure could not be seen from where Draco and Spade were standing.
"Hello," Draco said. "I'm Draco Malfoy and this is Spade Silver, we're looking for a Remus Lupin."
There was silence. Then, "What do you want him for?"
Draco and Spade exchanged glances.
"We want to talk to him about his book." Draco finally said and there was more silence.
Then the door opened wider and the wooden screen door was unlocked, "Come in."
Draco grinned triumphantly.
They entered the house and the person who answered the door was in full view. The person was quite unlike any Draco had ever seen.
He was tall and didn't look at all how he sounded. He did look rather pale but it was a minor defect that didn't affect his gentle smile in the least.
"Please, sit down." The man said and Spade and Draco did.
The man began to cough and he turned his head away for a moment.
"Excuse me, I've caught a bit of a cold." He said.
That explains the raspy voice, Draco thought.
"Now, why is it that you're here?" The man asked and he smiled at them.
"We're looking for Remus Lupin, author of Angel Floral." Draco said and sincerely hoped this man could help them.
"Can I ask what this is about?" The man said taking a sip from a teacup on the coffee table.
Spade sighed, "I'm really sorry about interrupting your tea and taking up your time, but a friend of ours is in trouble and we want to help him."
The man frowned, "Trouble? What kind of trouble?"
Spade looked at Draco to answer, "My friend is… well he's… he's in much the same situation described in Lupin's book." He said simply and watched the man's face for a reaction.
The man grinned, "But that book is merely fiction."
"It's not!" Draco insisted. He needed to get this man to believe him if he was going to help Harry.
The man seemed to consider this very seriously and he put his cup down. "This friend of yours… is an angel?"
Draco hesitated. What if he told? What would that mean?
"Does it matter?" He said instead. Spade frowned, not fond at his choice of speech.
The man smiled, "What does this have to do with Remus Lupin?"
"Well the book was never finished properly." Spade said and was getting fed up with this man's questions.
"What do you mean 'not finished properly'?" The man asked.
Spade oppressed another sigh, "Well the characters in the book died."
"That's an end, isn't it?" The man stated.
"Not the ending I want for Harry!" Draco said.
"Harry?" The man asked, he looked intrigued.
Draco winced, was this bad?
"My friend's name is Harry." He said, not entirely meeting the man's eyes.
The man nodded, "So Harry is an angel, is he?"
Draco frowned, "Do you know him?"
The man took a breath to hesitate. "Know him? No. I know of him though," He said softly, looking down at the coffee table. "I would not have thought he would become an angel."
Draco's frown deepened. What did that mean? Was Harry famous for his supposed crime? They didn't know him at all! It wasn't his fault!
He was about to say something but was interrupted, "Remus. Why are you--- who are you talking to?" Another man had come into the room; he had longish dark hair and looked considerably healthier than his companion. "You should be resting." The dark-haired man said.
"In a moment, Sirius. These people here are on a mission." He said and turned back to Draco and Spade.
"You're Remus Lupin?" Spade asked, eyes wide.
Remus nodded. "I am."
"Are you an angel?" Draco asked, he had jumped up and was now eagerly awaiting the answer.
There was a moment of silence, where Remus looked at Sirius and an understanding passed between them.
It was never wise to reveal such things to mortals… however… "Yes."
"I knew it!" Spade cried. "Am I a genius or what?"
No one acknowledged her, "Can you help us then?" Draco asked, excited that this may be their ticket out of here.
A solemn expressed crossed Remus's features, "No."
Draco's face fell and Spade's brow furrowed. "What?"
Remus folded his hands in his lap, "That book was not written about me." He said. "As your friend mentioned before, the main characters in that book died."
"What do you mean?" Draco said, his hope was faltering.
"What does this have to do with you!?" the dark-haired Sirius said harshly, clearly getting upset at the mention of it.
"Sirius, please." Remus said and the dark-haired man clammed up.
Draco and Spade were on the edges of their seats.
"That story was about a dear old friend of mine. Her name was Lily and she was one of God's favorite angels." Remus paused for a moment and looked at Sirius. Sirius was looking very uncomfortable but Remus continued. "She came looking for me after Sirius and I were exiled to Earth. She was caught in a tree and mortal man saved her. She was to grant this mortal a wish but he wished for nothing. Lily however, would not accept that and as her duty decided to stay with him until he thought of one. James, the mortal man, was a very sinful person. Lucifer was determined to have him but know now, however, that Lily would change all of that. She made him want to change, made him want to become a decent person."
Draco listened attentively. It sounded like how he had felt when Harry had come into his life.
Angels had such power over humans!
"Well Lucifer was not happy about this," Remus went on. "And decided to destroy them both. Around this time, I got news of Lily's search for me and worried we went to find her. It was here Sirius and I had to choose sides."
Remus looked up at Sirius and so did Spade and Draco.
Sirius was different than Remus. He was darker, his eyes were crueler… he seemed scary…
"Sirius is from Hell," Remus explained. "As our relationship was taboo, our superiors sentenced us to life on earth. Lily came here in hopes of changing my mind, but I was stubborn in my way. When we found Lily happily living with James we didn't want to intrude, however James's hospitality became welcome and we grew used to it. So imagine what it was like to find that Lucifer wanted him dead. We tried to hide him, tried to save him, but in the end we couldn't out run them…"
Remus took in a deep breath. Sirius wasn't looking in their direction anymore and there was a long pause.
"The caught up with us and they did away with James," Remus said softly, to soften the harsh reality. "And Lily was after that. They left Sirius and I here because he had no direct link to them that Hell know of. That's how the story went."
Spade had tears in her eyes although she tried very hard not to show it, "Was there anything you could have done?" Spade asked.
Remus smiled at her, "The ultimate powers are everything in the end." He said.
Draco felt his heart drop. So was that it then?
No matter what, would Hell catch up with them eventually?
Did it not matter how far or fast they ran? Didn't it matter the people who wanted to save him?
"Is that the fucking end?" Draco said, he was beyond angry.
Sirius looked angry and started toward him as if to hurt him but Remus shook his head, "No Sirius. He doesn't understand," he said. "It's a hard reality to come to. It's not something I would lie about though."
Draco clenched his fists, "So nothing we do will matter then?" He said, he was staring at the ground and refusing to look up.
"Now I didn't say that." Remus said and Draco's head immediately shot up.
"What?"
Remus smiled, "That was the way they're story ended. There were no secrets, no questions, everything was as if was in the end. Your story could be very different than theirs." Remus got up and went to Draco. He put a hand on his shoulder.
Draco nodded. It was different in some ways…. but it was still so the same!
"I think that if we'd known why Lucifer wanted them dead in the first place, we might have saved them." Sirius spoke, from the corner of the room.
Remus nodded his agreement and turned back to Draco, "Do you know what your friend is in danger?" He asked.
Draco shook his head.
Remus smiled down at him, "I suggest you figure everything out. James and Lily's story ended in tragedy. No Fate has said yours must do the same."
Draco was suddenly hopeful again.
It didn't mean the end! They could learn from other people's mistakes! There was no law that said they had to die and lose!
"Thank you." He said and shook Remus's hand.
Remus nodded and Spade shook his hand as well.
"Come back anytime." Remus said and waved as they ran out of the house and back toward Sapphire's house.
"That was amazing!" Spade said as they hurried off down the road. "He told the story as if I was really there! He almost made me cry and then I was smiling all over again!"
Draco grinned, "Yeah, angels can do that do you."
"Do you think they'll make it?" Sirius asked, hugging Remus to him.
Remus beamed. "I don't think even God knows that answer. Mortals can be powerful when they're in love."