Where I Stood

Chapter 7

Dinner went without incident, just the occasional teasing from both James and Sirius. Underneath the table Remus and Sileni held hands, Remus rubbing his thumb over her knuckles once in a while. After desert the group went to the living room to talk or play wizard chess (Luke had challenged Remus, but he declined, so Mr. Potter decided to play instead). When everyone went to sleep, Sileni and Remus continued to sit on the couch, Mrs. Potter letting Sileni know that she could spend the night.

Once she heard the doors closed, Sileni shyly looked anywhere but at Remus, a bit embarrassed from her behavior earlier. Remus, on the other hand, was staring at the girl intently, wanting to know what it was that she was thinking. He smiled as he saw her bit her lower lip, her left cheek turning red. Remus reached out and took her hand in his, tugging it when she turned to him. Pursing her lips together, Sileni stood and straddled Remus once more, the older boy a bit taken aback as he only wanted her to sit closer.

"I'm sorry I snapped earlier." Sileni whispered, looking down.

Remus reached a hand and cupped her cheek to make her look up. "You don't have to be sorry, it was to be expected." he whispered himself.

Sileni smiled shyly, looking down with a small giggle. Remus smiled back before he remembered the conversation he had at breakfast. He frowned in curiosity, wondering if he should say something and ruin whatever possibility they might have in the future.

"How... how did you know I was a werewolf?" he asked so quietly, Sileni thought she didn't hear it right.

Sileni's head snapped up in surprise once the words snuck in and blushed. Looking away, she went to get up but Remus quickly wound his left arm around her waist as he stroked her cheek with his right, not willingly to let her go. She bit her lower lip, trying hard not to slip what could be considered as fatal to them at that moment. Secrets she desperately wanted to tell but have to wait it off.

"Unlike my brother, I tend to notice things right away." she whispered, closing her eyes. "I only told him so he may look out for you in the nights that I cannot."

Remus stroked her cheek that was slowly turning red before leaning in to kiss her ever so lightly, his hold on her waist tightening a bit. "There was never a reason for that, for the night's you returned to Hogwarts late I would still be up waiting for you."

Sileni sighed, placing her forehead to Remus, chuckling slightly. "I knew I felt someone else in the common room, but I was just too tired to notice or look around to see who it was."

Remus smiled and slowly moved his hand into her hair, leaning his head up to kiss her once more. That was probably the one thing he will not get tired off, is kissing her. Sure, he has kissed several girls last year, but they were all just passing moments. Mostly because they were trying to get to either Sirius or James, or he just couldn't bare it because of what he was. Sileni was different, he knew this, and that's what made him want her more.

Come morning, Sileni woke slowly, feeling comfortable and warm, a hard wall up against her back. Finally awake, Sileni tried to register where she was and what woke her. Kissing Remus, speaking with him, kissing him some more, than finally falling asleep against him was what came to her mind. My Immortal by Evanescence started to play, Sileni's eyes widen, knowing she had to get to work quickly.

Carefully she pulled away from Remus, who quickly tighten his hold on her and bringing her back against his chest. Seriously, who would have thought this thin and scrawny boy was really strong beneath his clothes and personality. Inhaling, Sileni pulled—or more like pry—his arm from her waist and quickly got up, gently putting down his arm. She smiled at the way Remus looked, so innocent and worry free.

Sighing, she grabbed her phone and turned off the alarm so she wouldn't wake him or anyone else. After putting on her shoes, Sileni walked over to the fireplace to quickly go back to Hogwarts to shower and change for work. At the sound of someone clearing their throat, Sileni looked back to see Mrs. Potter raising an eyebrow at her.

"Work,"

Was all Sileni said before flooing to Hogwarts. Mrs. Potter sighed, looking sadly over to Remus, who started to reach for someone. The guilt, hurt, and regret flashed through the girl's eyes before she left as clear as day. Despite her attraction to Remus, Mrs. Potter could see why she was trying to distant herself from everyone. It was just easier for nobody to get hurt in the end. She walked over to the still sleeping boy and shook him, Remus frowning up at her before looking around wildly.

"She had to go to work. Go upstairs and rest a little longer. It's still early for you."

Remus nodded before making his way upstairs with a yawn. Oh, if only he knew what was soon to come.

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The Christmas break was coming and going. Remus had sent letter after letter, after letter to Sileni, but the girl did not respond. Sileni didn't know what she got herself into; why did she let her attraction for Remus take over? Despite this, however, the fifteen year old decided to finish that which she started. So after the full moon had passed, she wrote to Remus, asking if he was all right before she went off to work.

When she returned that night Sileni saw a blue daffodil on top of a parchment. She chuckled as she saw the flower, knowing that Remus had somehow enchanted it as she told him about the book Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts,though he had changed the flower to her favorite one instead. Smiling, she picked up both items, smelling the flower than unfolding the parchment.

'You can write on this parchment and I will be able to see it right away on my spare parchment.

Remus'

Raising an eyebrow, Sileni grabbed her notebook and pen—she hates the quill and ink—and sat at the window sill, opening the window a little, and wrote a hello. Right away there was a response.

'Finally! I've been waiting since this morning!'

Sileni raised her eyebrow once more. 'If you have forgotten, I WORK!'

There was a pause for a few minutes before writing appeared once more.

'I did forget, sorry. Would that be why you haven't responded to any of my letters?'

Sileni placed her pen on the parchment, not really knowing what to say in return. Then finally she decided to tell the truth as she was already hiding a bigger secret from not just him, but from everyone she has come to be friends with.

'No, I needed to think, and I needed time.'

'Does it have to do with what happened Christmas?'

'Yes.'

'Do you regret it?'

Sileni smiled to herself, 'Not one kiss.'

'So, you're all right kissing a...'

'A boy who is six months older than me? Who picked, out of hundreds of girls, me? Yea, I think I'm all right with it.'

'That's not what I was going to say.'

Sileni smiled, knowing Remus was smiling too. 'Babe, I don't care what it is you become every full moon; I just care about you! I only hate when I can't be there when you transform, to ease your pain.'

'How can a monster like me deserve you?'

'Trust ME! It is I that does not deserve you! Especially with all that is happening,'

Sileni cursed out loud, not meaning to have written that last bit.

'What IS going on? Both you and your brother have been acting very strange lately.'

'I'm truly sorry Remus, but that is one thing I cannot tell you; at least not yet.'

There was a long pause, making the teenager nervous.

'Okay, so long you tell me when you can?'

Sileni sighed in relief. 'Promise; now go to bed, you need your rest and I need all the sleep I can get for work due in several hours.'

'Okay, stop working so hard! Night luv,'

'Night,'

Sileni sighed, leaning back against the wall, looking out to the cloudy sky, the moon—with a slight gap on the right—shinning down upon the peaceful grounds; at least, peaceful for now. There was no doubt in her mind that Voldemort was getting both anxious and suspicious of Dumbledore getting the Horcruxes. Or the arrests that are soon to be made because of the list she provided. Sileni would have to be even more careful until the time was right.

Snow started to fall once more; Sileni went to close the window and gasped in pain. An electric charge went through her hand, up her arm, and all over her body in just a few seconds. Now, she has been shocked before, but not that badly. Looking down at her left hand, blood started to seep from her forefinger before magically disappearing—literally, it disappeared. Shaking her head, Sileni closed the window and went over to her bed, thinking it was just her imagination.

She continued to look at the magical parchment she held. Lying down on her stomach, Sileni pressed the pen down, wondering if she should.

'You still awake?'

'Can't sleep either?'

Sileni laughed to herself. 'No. So, Remus John Lupin, tell me more about yourself?'

'Very well, Sileni Thorn,'

Sileni laughed out loud, shaking her head. Aside from being quiet, shy, and sometimes serious, Remus was amusing.

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Sileni found herself in a large, empty corridor in Hogwarts. The only reason she knew she was in the castle was due to the structure of the walls and floors, the windows at the end, and the old, moving, oil paintings. Not to mention the suit in armors. However, this corridor was not familiar to her, so Sileni could only guess it was whether higher up or on one side of the castle, or even both.

"It is on the eighteenth floor, facing the east side."

The voice was soothing but it was so distinct you cannot tell if it was a voice belonging to a male or female. Sileni turned around to see an outline of a person, all colors of the rainbow moving from the left foot all the way to the right side of the head. As the person moved forward, there seemed to be like a skirt or even a dress moving with it. The person laughed lightly, Sileni turning as the person moved up beside her and faced her.

"I am neither living nor dead, nor am I a boy or a girl."

"Who are you and why am I here? How did I get here?" Sileni asked, slightly afraid

"It was I who brought you here, you are still sleeping. So in some sense, you are dreaming." the person sighed tiredly, sounding older than Sileni thought. "I am also the reason why you and your brother are here in this world." the person said, opening their arms wide open at their side, "When the Founders built this school to teach other young kids with powers, I became alive and responsive with their magic, and that of the student's. And with time I started to develop a body from the excess magic left behind by those who had gotten their wands snapped or by those that have died here; even magic left behind by the Headmaster's or Headmistress that went on and retired. They are somehow bound by this castle, so wherever they died a part of their magic comes here."

Sileni took in all this information, storing it to the back of her mind to review later. "Why did you bring my brother and me to this world? And erase us from all those we knew and loved?"

The person (Sileni didn't want to call it Hogwarts) smiled regretfully and sadness. "Because I have seen the future thanks to a seer, nearly a thousand years ago, when she was dueling an evil witch and died here on the fortieth floor. Somehow her third eye was connected to her magic and gave me the power to see both that can be and not become. When it came to Voldemort, however, I saw both of what could happen without you and your brother in this world and what would happen with your presence.

'The only difference between the vision of you and your brother not here and the right now is the erasing of the memories. The only reason it was painful for you had to do with the fact you died on either vision so you are both vulnerable and bound to your destiny."

Sileni scoffed, looking to her left at the windows to see dawn approaching. Hopefully it's the same thing outside her dream world.

"With erasing the memories you do not have to choose to live here or return to your world with no recollection as to all that has happened."

"I know for a fact my brother is starting to feel accustomed and comfortable in this world." Sileni whispered; the sun slowly peeking from the horizon and the clouds. "When do I die?" she asked, turning to the person.

"On your eighteenth birthday, that is why I brought you to the eighteenth floor. However, Voldemort tries to get to you in March of this year. That is when you go into hiding until your death. You do not have time to tell your brother the plot line of Harry's life, so he cannot stop Voldemort or Peter Pettigrew. As for Dumbledore, despite giving him the information, he does not take heed."

Sileni nod her head, frowning. "And by telling me this now, I go to my brother and change it."

The person smiled. "Correct. However, despite my warning you still must die."

Sileni nods sorrowfully. "Just promise to take care of my brother and the others."

"I will; you can trust on my word."

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Sileni gasped, sitting up in bed. She wildly looked around before sighing. Dawn was approaching, just like her dream. Cracking her neck, she fell back on her bed, not really wanting to go to work. Sitting up on her elbows, she looked down at the parchment, Sileni smiles in amusement.

'Are you still there luv?'

'Did you fall asleep on me?'

'You fell asleep. Night luv AND good morning! Don't work too hard or you'll make yourself sick!'

Laughing to herself, Sileni responds back quickly before getting ready for work.

A/N: All right you guys, PLEASE review and give me your thoughts on the story thus far; thanks!