Ginny stared at Sirius lost for words.
"What?!" she cried "Sirius? Are you joking or what cos this isn't funny" Ginny told him. Sirius shook his head as he tried to put his arms around her waist. Ginny backed away, feeling horrified as realization struck her. Sirius wasn't playing around, he was actually being serious! (No pun intended).
"Ginny, I meant what I said, I do love you. You can call me crazy, but it's true"
"Sirius, I-I'm in love with Remus" she replied shakily "I don't love you"
Sirius' eyes darkened slightly as his face contorted into anger.
"Remus!" He spat out the name as if it was a dirty swear word "What's he got that I haven't?" he demanded.
"It's not that!" she said quickly "It's just that I've been with him a lot longer and-and you and I don't really know each other that well and-" her sentence was cut off abruptly by Sirius pressing his lips against hers once again. Ginny roughly pushed him away and slapped him hard around the face.
"How dare you!" she screamed "That's why I don't like you!" she yelled as she wiped her mouth on her sleeve "Now, get out of my way!" But Sirius merely stood his ground as he planted himself firmly in front of the door.
"Move!" Ginny shouted. Sirius shook his head.
"No way, I just told you that I love you Gin, are you sure that you aren't hiding any feelings? You can be honest with me" he said flirtatiously. Ginny scowled.
"Get out of my way Black!" she screamed as she tried to push him out of the way, but to no avail, Sirius was a lot stronger than she was. He grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her close to him. Ginny felt tears well up in her eyes, she didn't like this and to be perfectly honest, Sirius was starting to scare her.
"Hey, shush, don't cry" he said soothingly as he tried to hug her, but she pushed him away once again. Suddenly, a voice called out.
"Ginny, are you alright in there?" It was Lily! Ginny's eyes widened as she tried to shove past Sirius and run out to Lily, but he quickly whispered in her ear.
"Are you sure you don't want to spend a little time with me first?" Ginny pushed away from him in disgust, ran over to Lily and enveloped her with a hug.
"Oh Lils, I so need to talk to you!" she whispered as the tears started to flow. Lily nodded as she glanced at Sirius suspiciously.
"Alright, wait a minute, I'll ask if we can use a different room" She told her as she made to walk downstairs, but Ginny grabbed her arm.
"Don't leave on my own up here with him!" she hissed as she glanced to Sirius, who was eyeing her with a raised eyebrow. Lily nodded and smiled as she took Ginny's hand and they both made their way downstairs.
"Potter?" Lily questioned as she walked into the living room "Is it alright if Ginny and I use your room for a moment, we need to talk alone, away from you lot" she stated bluntly. James blinked a few times, then nodded slowly. Remus watched Ginny with concern.
"Are you alright?" he questioned. Ginny simply sniffed as she looked to Lily. Lily nodded to Remus.
"It's a girl thing" she told them as they quickly dashed to James' room and shut the door. As soon as Lily turned around, Ginny burst into tears. Lily, alarmed by Ginny's crying, pulled her into a hug and waited until she calmed down to speak. Ginny hiccupped, while pulling away with watery eyes.
"Alright" Lily said quietly as they settled themselves down on the bed "What happened?"
"S-Sirius t-told me that he loved me!" she wailed. Lily stared at Ginny in shock.
"Are you sure he wasn't joking?"
"No, he was being totally serious and-and I don't know what to do!" Ginny cried as she burst into tears again. Lily's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"I'm gonna have a word with him"
"No, you can't!"
"And why not? He just can't stand the fact that Remus has got the girl that he likes and now he's trying to mix with your emotions, it's not right Ginny! It needs to stop now"
"B-But, I don't want Remus to find out! I don't want him to break friends with Sirius over me. It's not right! It's wrong; I shouldn't even be in this time. Maybe this is my punishment for being here for so long. Maybe it's a sign that I need to go back now, I mean, I've already messed up the future" she said sadly. Lily snapped as she slapped Ginny hard across the face.
"Stop it right now! This is Sirius' fault, not yours. It doesn't mean anything, it just means that he's being a jerk" Ginny shut up and lowered her gaze to the floor. Lily's face softened.
"I tell you what. Go home with Remus and spend some time with him and …" she trailed off when she saw Ginny shaking her head.
"I'd feel too guilty"
"Ginny, what's there to feel guilty about? He made the pass at you, not the other way around"
"He kissed me" she whispered. Lily's eyes widened as her jaw dropped.
"He what?!"
"He kissed me" she repeated as tears welled up in her eyes once again.
"Did you kiss him back?" Lily whispered. Ginny looked at her in disgust.
"How could you even think that I'd want to kiss him? I love Remus, not him!" Lily smiled as she hugged her friend.
"I'm so proud of you! You really are loyal to him, aren't you?"
"Of course" Ginny scoffed "I love him-and he loves me, nothing can come between us" Lily beamed at her.
Suddenly, the door flew open to reveal Remus standing there, his face contorted with anger and red in the face. Ginny gasped, she'd never seen him look so angry! She felt her heart sink, was he mad at her? Remus' eyes were narrowed as his breathing was slow and heavy, his fists were clenched as he strode straight over to Ginny.
"Sirius kissed you?" he demanded. Ginny's eyes widened in horror as she looked to Lily, who nodded. Remus clenched his teeth as shook violently.
"Remus?" Ginny asked in a tentative voice. Remus shot her a look which shut her up
"You're mad at her, aren't you?" Lily questioned "You shouldn't be. It was all Sirius' fault; he made the move on her, not the other way around" Remus nodded, his face showed anger and nothing else. Ginny gulped nervously.
"Ginny, I'm not mad at you" Remus said in a shaky voice "But Black on the other hand" he spat "I've got some business to sort out with him" Ginny stared at him in horror.
"No, Remus don't. I don't want you to get hurt!" she cried as she flung her arms around him. Remus pried her off of him and stormed out. The yell of "BLACK!" could be heard throughout the entire house. Lily tried her best to stop Ginny from going downstairs, but to no avail.
"If he gets hurt, then it's all my fault" Ginny shouted as she ran at full speed downstairs. The sight that greeted her made her scream. Sirius was on the floor with a huge bruise on his face. His eyes were ablaze as he tackled Remus to the floor and punched him in the gut. Remus threw him off and slugged him. Ginny flung herself in front of Remus as Sirius whipped out his wand.
"NO! STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" She bellowed, tears streaming down her face. James and Peter were hiding behind the sofa, both extremely pale from their friends' tempers. Lily gasped when she entered, seeing the bruises on both boys' faces. She looked to Ginny worriedly and noticed that she was very close to becoming hysterical.
"I think you two should go home" she stated firmly as she pushed both Remus and Ginny to the fireplace. Remus grunted in pain as Ginny supported him. They both yelled out "LUPIN'S LODGE!" and they came tumbling out of the fireplace. Remus was immediately pushed down onto the sofa by Ginny as she quickly rushed into the kitchen to get an ice-pack. As she hurried over to Remus with the ice-pack, she nervously put it to his forehead, which was heavily bruised.
"I'm sorry" She muttered sadly as she pressed it against his skin. Remus smiled slightly.
"It wasn't your fault. It's okay. I'm not mad at you" he told her kindly.
"I don't deserve you" she whispered. Remus ran a finger down her jaw and leaned close to her and kissed her on the lips. Ginny responded tenderly, then drew away.
"I don't know what I've done to deserve you" Remus admitted. Ginny looked at him in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you've stood by me, no matter what. Even when Sirius made a pass at you. Even though I'm a werewolf, you're still here with me" Ginny smiled as she snuggled up to him.
"I don't care about your condition; I look at your human self. You're kind, caring, smart; you're always there for me. That's all I've ever wanted" Remus grinned as he put an arm around her.
"I love you" he whispered huskily in her ear. Ginny grinned mischievously as she nibbled his ear.
"I love you too" Just as they started to kiss passionately, several people shot out of the fireplace. Ginny screamed as Remus fell onto the floor, groaning in pain. He looked to who had arrived and his eyes widened.
"Oh no! Not you!" he moaned.
"I told you that we should've sent them a note saying that we were coming!" A female scolded. Ginny stared at the four people with wide eyes. Two of them were Remus' parents: Marie and Max, but the other two, she didn't know.
"Oh, Remus was busy" The male said, grinning quite wolfishly He had brown/blondish hair and green eyes and he looked to be about twenty years old "My lil bro's growing up so fast!" he said, wiping away a fake tear. Ginny froze. Remus had a brother?
The female tutted as she rolled her eyes. She had sandy brown hair and hazel eyes and she was round about twenty eight.
"Remus is a good brother, unlike you!" the female said with narrowed eyes. Remus paled as he looked to the female.
"Well?" said the female frowning at Remus "Aren't you going to introduce us?" Remus laughed nervously.
"Um … Ginny, meet my brother and sister, Charlotte and Zak"
Ginny's jaw dropped as she stared at Remus' siblings. The Remus in her time had never mentioned them once!
"Uh … pleased to meet you" she said weakly.
"So, your name's Ginny?" Zak asked with a grin on his face "Pleased to meet ya, nice to see my brother's finally getting girls"
"Zak Lupin, stop embarrassing your brother!" Marie said sharply. Zak winced.
"Women" he muttered.
"Oh, not you too!" Ginny groaned "Do I have to go through the same thing with every single male in your family?" she questioned Remus, who looked amused.
"Most probably" Ginny rolled her eyes in exasperation.
"Great!"
"Remus, what on earth happened to you?" Marie shrieked, just noticing what had happened to her youngest child. He had cuts and bruises all over him. Remus groaned, while Ginny went pale and looked away when she felt tears threaten to fall. Remus took her hand.
"It wasn't your fault" he whispered.
"It still feels like it though" her voice sounded shaky and Remus gripped her hand tighter.
"I got into a fight with Sirius" he admitted.
"Just a fight? Blimey bruv, you look worse than you do after you've transformed" Zak exclaimed. Remus glared at him.
"It had something to do with Ginny, if you must know. He made a pass at her and she rejected him" Everyone's eyes widened as they stared at her.
"You rejected Sirius Black? I'm so proud of you! So many girls would just fall into his arms!" Charlotte exclaimed. Ginny smiled weakly as she wiped her nose with her sleeve.
"I'm not like other girls"
"Obviously"
"Hmm … Ginny? I was wondering if maybe I could get in contact with your parents. I'd like to meet them" Marie said with a smile on her face. Ginny paled as she looked to Remus worriedly. Remus nodded.
"We can tell my parents"
"They'll freak" Ginny stated.
"True, but don't you think that they should know? Someone will find out soon enough"
"But …" she trailed off when she found that they could either lie about her parents or tell the truth "Fine" she sighed.
"I know this is going to come as a shock to you all, but Ginny isn't from this time" Remus told them. Max raised an eyebrow, then laughed.
"Is this your idea of a joke? Good one!"
"Actually, it's true. We went into Ginny's memories earlier today. She's from the future. About twenty years in fact" he said. Marie paled when she saw Ginny look away, not wanting to meet their eyes.
"It's true?" She gasped. Ginny nodded.
"Yeah"
"B-But then, why haven't you gone back? Shouldn't you have gone back by now?"
"I'm not going back!" Ginny snapped, looking angry "In the future, I have no life whatsoever!" Everyone stayed silent as she put her hands over her face.
"She's friends with me though" Remus said with a smile.
"Remus! This is deadly serious! She shouldn't even be in this time!" Max snapped angrily "Did you know?"
Remus shook his head as he put on an innocent look.
"No, I found out today" Marie narrowed her eyes at him.
"Honestly" Charlotte rolled her eyes.
"D'ya reckon we could have a look at your memories Ginny?" Max asked kindly. Ginny's head snapped up.
"W-Why?" she questioned nervously.
"Well, we just want to have a look at what your life is like. See if what you're saying is true. Does anyone else know that you're from the future?"
"Only Professor Dumbledore"
"Dumbledore knows?" Marie thundered "And he hasn't done anything about it?" Ginny shifted around uncomfortably.
"C'mon. We've got a Pensieve somewhere in the house, aha, here it is!" Zak said as he pulled it out of the cupboard. Ginny looked worriedly to everyone.
"Let me just warn you that there are quite a few shockers in here" They all nodded as they plunged themselves headfirst into the Pensieve.
"Oh, hiya Professor Lupin!" Ginny squealed on seeing her Defense against the Dark Arts Professor.
"Hello there, Miss Weasley, is there anything I can help you with?" he questioned curiously.
"Um … well, I was wondering if maybe I could have a little bit longer on my vampire essay, I'm really struggling on finding information on it" Lupin felt a smile tug at his lips.
"If you ask Miss Granger and Mr. Potter for help, I'm sure they'll be more than happy to help out a damsel in distress who's having trouble with their essay" Ginny blushed furiously and nodded.
"Thank you sir" she said as she hurried off.
"That's Remus?!" Marie asked incredulously "He's definitely grown"
Remus flushed crimson.
"Mum!"
"Alright, dear, alright, I was only saying"
"Remus? There you are! What are you doing?" Ginny questioned as she stopped to stare at Remus who was sitting down on the sofa with his eyes closed. They were at Grimmauld Place and Ginny was watching Remus with curiosity. Suddenly, Remus grabbed a hold of Ginny and grinned madly. Ginny laughed nervously.
"Um… are you feeling okay?"
"I was having peace and quiet until you came along, I'm going to have to punish you now"
"B-But, I don't want to be whipped!" Ginny exclaimed, pretending to look terrified.
Zak and Charlotte were literally killing themselves laughing as they watched Lupin smirk.
"HARRY POTTER TO THE RESCUE!" Harry yelled as he dashed into the room and threw himself at Lupin. Lupin let out a cry as they both went flying backwards. Ginny pretended to swoon.
"Oh, it's the famous Harry Potter!" Hermione burst out laughing as she saw Lupin trying to wrestle Harry to the floor.
"Harry! Stop it!" Lupin barked.
"Aye, aye, Moony!" he said as he saluted him.
"Well, at least he's got a sense of humour" Max observed.
"HEY!"
"Right, now that you're staying here, there's only one rule" Lupin told Ginny as he turned to face her, looking serious. Ginny looked innocent.
"And that is?"
"We have to have lots of girly chats" he said, putting on a high-pitched voice.
Zak burst out into hysterical laughter as tears streamed down his face.
"I've noticed that you seem to spend a lot of time with Remus" Marie observed.
"Exactly the point as to why I want to stay in this time" Ginny said, voicing her thoughts "Remus is a great singer, by the way" she added with a grin.
The storm raged on outside as Ginny sat shaking madly in her bed, sobbing every now and then.
"Remus" she muttered as a crack of lightening cut through the air. She ran at full speed to his room and crept in.
"Okay, let me warn you now that I was very hysterical and scared when this happened and I didn't realize that he was such a quiet sleeper" Ginny warned them.
"Remus? Oh my god! He's dead!" she wailed as she poked him. He made no movement. Ginny burst into tears as she crawled and lay down next to him. Lupin rolled over and woke up. His eyes shot open when he saw Ginny lying there, sobbing into his chest. He gulped slightly.
Remus chuckled "I bet I wasn't expecting that!"
"Ginny? Ginny? Are you alright?" Ginny looked up and her eyes widened. She hugged him as she cried.
"I thought you were dead!" Lupin patted her back awkwardly as he smiled slightly. Ginny grinned as she watched Lupin doze off again.
"Perfect" she muttered as she left the room, then came back in carrying make-up.
"Oh no!" Remus said, looking alarmed.
"Oh YES!" Charlotte cried, looking gleeful.
"GINNY WEASLEY!" The yell sounded out as her bedroom door burst open. Ginny stood there, looking innocent.
"Have you ever heard of knocking? What if I had been indisposed?" Lupin blushed as he mumbled something.
"Well, you're not and I've got a bone to pick with you! What is this?!" he cried as he pointed to his face. Ginny giggled.
"It's a new look. I love it" she said brightly.
"Remove it now!" he barked.
"I can't. It wears off in about twenty-four hours" she admitted sheepishly.
"WHAT?! I CAN'T GO TO GRIMMAULD PLACE LOOKING LIKE THIS!"
"I didn't think" Lupin ran a hand through his hair.
"Why am I always the one to be humiliated?" he muttered as he stormed from Ginny's room.
As they left the Pensieve, Ginny was still giggling.
"I love that memory! It's the look on your face that really gets me!"
Max and Marie sighed as they looked to each other. They both drew out their wands and pointed them at Remus.
"I'm afraid we're going to have to wipe your memory, son. You shouldn't know about your future. As much as I'm against using memory charms, I've no choice in the matter" Max said sadly. Remus paled as he gulped. Max raised his wand as he cast the spell; Ginny pushed Remus out of the way. Marie shrieked as Ginny blinked a few times.
"Ginny?" Marie glanced to Max worriedly "How far back can you remember?"
"Being on Platform 9¾ and seeing Lily, James and Remus" she replied. Everyone looked to each other horror-struck. She'd lost her memory of everyone in the future!
