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Edit 1-2-13 fairly sure there were only small changes to this one as well.
The man lay unconscious for more than a week before his eyes finally opened. Lord Elrond sat near the bed pondering the situation and listening to the sounds of the dell in which Rivendell was nestled. Elrond noticed the man's eyes open, but refrained from calling attention to himself just yet, allowing him to gain his bearings. Much to Elrond's surprise, the man groaned as if in agony and brought his hands to his face.
"Am I not dead, then?" he asked, raspy voice muffled by his hands.
"No, you are in Lord Elrond's House in Rivendell," the Lord Elrond responded quietly.
"Oh, hello," the young man said, looking surprised to see the Elf Lord.
"Do you remember your name?" Elrond asked.
"Yes, I think so. Um, Remus. Yes, that's it," the man said wearily, "Do you have any idea how I got here? Only, I am fairly certain that I am supposed to be dead."
"I do not pretend to know the will of the Valar, but I can assure you that you are here for a reason, and you are not alone."
The young man, Remus, looked ready to rebuff that statement, but paused, "What do you mean I'm not alone?"
"There are three others here that you may know. Shall I send for them?" Elrond suggested with hidden amusement.
The young man sighed heavily, "Yes you might as well. Thank you."
Elrond rose and swept from the room, leaving the man to his thoughts.
Remus was alone, pondering just what had happened in the final battle at Hogwarts to land him here (wherever here was). Finally, he looked down at his hands in his lap and gasped in surprise. He had been too distracted when he woke up to notice, but they were different, his nails were long and sharp like claws. He looked around frantically, and noticed an intricate mirror on the wall facing the door Elrond had departed from.
He jumped out of bed, stumbling a bit, but he regained his balance quickly and headed for the mirror, leaning heavily on the small table in front of it holding a basin and a pitcher of water. He was horrified with what he saw. He looked like a less hairy Fenrir Greyback with pointed ears, fangs, yellow eyes. He looked positively feral.
He could hear footsteps coming up the hall- everything seemed to be so much louder all of a sudden- but he couldn't tear himself away from the mirror. In the reflection, he watched as the door opened revealing Elrond with three others behind him. They all looked vaguely familiar.
He spun around, eyes wide, hands braced against the ornate table at his back. Unless he was sorely mistaken, those three…. James, Lily, Sirius….
They were beautiful. Tall, statuesque. Their skin was milky pale, all of them. He suddenly felt like one of those mountain trolls they'd glimpsed from afar one summer by comparison.
"Remus," Lily said, smiling softly.
"Wotcher, Moony," James grinned. Sirius just smiled.
He was hyperventilating. He couldn't take this. He just couldn't. The war. Tonks. Teddy. Spying. The Final Battle. Dying. He should be dead right now, if not reunited with his friends- as they were- in Heaven, then waiting out his punishment in Purgatory. This was all wrong!
"Are you all right?" he vaguely heard Lily ask.
"Remus, Moony! Snap out of it!" James, Lily and Sirius were going fuzzy. He needed air. Why couldn't he get any air!?
Suddenly, Elrond was in front of him. He felt something cool touch his head, and then knew no more.