Chapter 8: Reasons to Celebrate
A week later,
"Hi Adolpha!" Sara said to the fireplace after her last class
"Hi Easter. How are classes?" Melissa asked.
"Good. How are things at Mungos?"
"Could be better. Just had a patient come in. Guy was given a silver pendant by accident. The giver didn't have a clue the guy was a werewolf."
"Ouch."
"Yeah. He's fine now. Luckily it was small and not pure silver. And also that it wasn't Remus."
"Someone's starting to sound a little bias."
"Really? What if John was bitten?"
"I'd cancel all my classes. Then I'd do what I did when I was trying to find the cure for Avada Kedavra."
"What did you do?"
"Shut myself in my house and spend 23 hours in front of my cauldron. I had spent a week on it. Would have been longer if Voldemort didn't interrupt me."
"Easter. There are only 24 hours in the day."
"Exactly."
"Anyways, I noticed something interesting with the man."
"What?"
"Well, after he had the allergic reaction, his sister had given him a gold bracelet and it seemed to counteract the silver." (A/N: I'm making this up)
"Interesting." Sara said.
"Maybe gold has some kind of affect on werewolves." Melissa said. "How's Remus doing?"
"He's fine. The full moon was last week."
"I know. When your husband's a werewolf, you get to know the lunar cycle."
"Right. So, Mrs. Lupin, how does it feel to be married to a werewolf who you only see once in a while."
"I talk to him every week." Melissa said. "And, I visit him on full moons."
"You were here?"
"Of course. Ask James. Well, I have to go. It's time to check on Lyncanth."
"Who?"
"The werewolf."
"Yeah. I've got to get started on the next batch of Wolfsbane for Remus."
"Talk to you later Easter."
"Likewise. Say Hi to Vix for me."
"I will."
After Melissa hung up, the blond went over to the cauldron.
"Gold?" she thought. "There has to be a connection."
She then turned to the chalkboard and did some calculations.
"Closer." She said. "Needs a few more ingredients."
With that, she went over to her supply cabinet and looked at the different ingredients.
"THAT'S IT!" she yelled.
She had figured it out.
"I probably shouldn't tell anyone yet. I'd hate to get hopes up. The choices are that this will cure Remus, or do absolutely nothing and he'll be a full fledge werewolf next month." She said to herself.
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The next month,
"Hey Easter." A tired Melissa said. "What's going on?"
"Oh nothing." Sara said. The excitement was too much so she HAD to share it. "Have I thanked you for your suggestion?"
"What suggestion?"
"Gold counteracts silver."
"What's your point?"
"I found it."
"Found what?"
"Have you gotten any sleep lately?"
"No. And I'm not going to. Lily has my sleep. But she's going to need it for the baby."
"The cure."
"What cure?"
"For your husband's problem."
"What about it?"
"I found it."
"You found the cure? For Remus' problem?"
"That's what I said."
"Sara? Have I ever told you that you are a genius?"
"You might have hinted."
"Oh. If I didn't have to work tonight…"
"Get the day off tomorrow night. You need it."
"I will. Thank you, Easter."
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"Hi Sara." Remus said when Sara entered with the new batch of what Remus thought was Wolfsbane.
"Hi Remus." Sara said. "I have your "medicine" for you."
"Thanks." Remus said taking the goblet.
Sara bit her lower lip as she watched Remus drink it. As it went down, he choked on it.
The potion was taking effect.
"Merlin!" he swore after a few minutes coughing fit. "Is it just me, or does it taste worse than last month?"
"I wouldn't know." She said. "I don't need to take it."
And hopefully, you won't need to either after this.
KNOCK KNOCK
"Come in." Remus said.
Harry and Ginny entered the DADA office.
"Hi Remus. Hi Sara." Ginny said.
"Hi kids." Sara said. "What brings you here?"
"Just wanted to let Moony know that Nat and Tiria won't be joining us this evening due to a Prefect meeting." Harry said.
"So it will be just us." Remus said. "Melissa said that she has to work tonight."
"I have papers to grade." Sara said. "It will be just the three of you. Let me know how it goes."
"We'll see you tomorrow." Ginny said.
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That night,
Harry, Ginny, and Remus were in the Shrieking Shack waiting for the moon to rise. Remus had been feeling a little funny since he took the "Wolfsbane".
"It's beginning." Harry said as he stood by the window and watched the moon rise over the horizon.
"We'll transform after you start yours." Ginny said to her Defense professor.
"Thanks." Remus said as he braced himself for the normal pain that came with the transformation.
Nothing happened.
Remus relaxed just a little and looked at Harry and Ginny who were equally confused.
The three people went over to the window and looked at the moon. It was definitely full.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky. So, what was going on?
They waited thirty minutes. Nothing happened.
After an hour, still nothing.
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It was now midnight.
"I don't think you're going to transform." Harry said to Remus.
"This is so weird." Remus said. "This is the first time in….thirty-two years this hasn't happened."
"Has anything weird happened?" Ginny asked.
"Well, today's Wolfsbane tasted weird." Remus thought out loud.
"Sara." The three wizards realized. (Well, two wizards, one witch)
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The next morning,
"OUCH!" Lily yelled.
"What's wrong?" James asked.
"James. It's time."
"For…?"
"The baby, you idiot."
"Here we go again." James sighed as déjà vu hit.
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At Hogwarts,
Remus went down to the dungeons where Sara's office was.
"Ok Sara? What did you do?" Remus asked her.
"What on Earth could you possibly mean Remus Lupin?" Sara asked innocently.
"Why didn't I transform last night?"
"Oh that. Well, I didn't tell you because I didn't want to get your hopes up, but I think I had discovered a cure for you "condition", so…"
"For once, I'm glad you used the Marauders as guinea pigs." Remus interrupted.
"No problem Moony."
All of a sudden, a head popped into the fireplace.
"Albus?"
"Can you two come to my office immediately?" Dumbledore asked the two professors.
"Of course."
After the headmaster's head disappeared, Sara turned to Remus.
"You don't think he knows do you?"
"With Dumbledore, who knows?" Remus answered.
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When they flooed to the office, they saw Harry looking extremely anxious.
"What's going on?" Sara asked.
Harry shrugged.
"Nick said that Dumbledore needed to see me." Harry explained.
"I had gotten a fire call from James about 15 minutes ago. He wanted you three to go to St. Mungos as soon as possible." Dumbledore informed them.
"Is Mum having the baby?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore nodded.
"What are we waiting for?" Remus asked.
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Five minutes later,
James was pacing in the waiting room. Lily had been threatening him with his life in the delivery room, so he felt it was probably safer outside with the others.
"Don't you just love déjà vu?" Sirius teased.
"Shut up." James replied.
"Is everything ok?" Remus asked as the two professors and student entered.
"Yes." John answered. "James' life was just threatened again."
"I missed the kick-out?" Sara asked.
James gave her a look.
"I'm going to go check on Lily." She announced noticing the look.
After she left, Harry and Remus made themselves comfortable. Remus sat next to John and Harry sat next to Sirius.
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About two hours later,
"Mr. Potter?" a healer came out.
"Is she alright?" James asked.
"Yes. Mother and daughter are fine."
James finally sat down.
"Can we see them?" Harry asked.
"Of course." The healer said.
As they went in, the healer whispered to Harry, "Thank you. You've made the world safer for all of us. Including your sister."
Harry felt himself blush.
"Are you alright Dear?" Lily asked her son as she held the baby.
"Yeah Mum. I'm fine." Harry answered. "Is that her?"
Lily nodded.
"She looks like a Megan." James said.
"Just as long as she doesn't look like a Petunia." Lily joked.
Everyone laughed.
As everyone laughed, Harry looked down on Megan and realized that the laughter had wakened her up. He noticed her hazel eyes that she inherited from her father and the red hair that she received from her mother. Harry reached down and caressed her face. That was when Megan grabbed his finger.
It wasn't too long before the Marauders/Maraudettes realized what was going on and watched the two siblings bond.
"I think this will be good for Harry." Melissa whispered to Remus.
Just then, Harry started laughing.
"What's so funny?" James asked.
"I just realized something. With everyone married, and then in eleven-twelve years…."
"I feel so sorry for the teachers at the time." Lily laughed.
While the adults were laughing at the new joke, Harry looked down to his sister.
"Don't you dare give me trouble in school Megan Lily Potter." He whispered.
Suddenly, Melissa dragged Remus over to the side.
"How are you doing?" she asked him quietly. "I know last night was the full moon."
"I'm just a little tired. I spent the whole night waiting for the transformation that never came."
"What?" she asked amazed.
"Sara did it." Remus told her. "She found the cure."
Melissa's face brightened.
"I knew it." She said. "I was just afraid I had been dreaming. I haven't gotten any sleep for a while."
Before Remus said anything, she had him in a passionate kiss.
When they pulled out, Remus whispered, "Now we can do whatever we want."
"What was THAT about?" Sirius asked them.
Remus and Melissa turned to see everybody looking at them.
"You told her about last night didn't you?" Harry asked.
Remus nodded.
"What happened last night?" James asked.
"It's more like what DIDN'T happen." Remus said.
"Sara." Melissa said. "You are a genius. I knew it would work."
"What did you do?" John asked his wife.
"I did a small experiment." She said.
"Easter." Lily warned.
"Tell." Spica added
"Well." Sara started
"I didn't transform." Remus said.
James, Sirius, John, Spica, and Lily starred at Remus in shock.
"It's true." Harry said. "Sara found the cure."
"You ARE a genius." Spica said to her friend.
"Now we DEFINITELY have to celebrate." Sirius said. "For the birth of Megan AND for Moony's good news."
"Well," Melissa said seductively. "I'm going to the school tonight so Remus and I can REALLY celebrate."
"No mental pictures in front of the children please." Lily said.
"Megan's too young to know." Sara said as she and John eyed each other.
"And Harry's not a kid anymore." Sirius added.
"Don't make me put this child down and hurt you." Lily said to both Sara and Sirius as she referred to Megan.
"I'll hold her." Harry volunteered.
"Whose side are you on?" Sirius asked him.
"It's an excuse to hold my sister." Harry explained.
Lily carefully handed the baby to Harry. Harry gently took the newborn and held his little sister.
"You wouldn't harm a pregnant woman now, would you, Lily?" Sara admitted.
Everyone starred at her.
"How long?" Melissa asked.
"Three months." John told them.
"Why didn't you say something?" Sirius asked.
"You never asked." Sara told him.
TBC
Next time:
Harry and his friends were walking to the Quidditch field. It was 15 minutes before the game and the Keeper and Seeker were running a tad bit late.
Suddenly, Harry saw a silver spell come from the shadows heading towards Ginny. He pushed her out of the way. As he tried to dodge it himself, it caught his leg. He tripped and fell down a few of the stone steps.
"HARRY!"