A Werewolf's Vow
Chapter 6:Christmas of 1976
"REEEEMMUUUUSSSSSS!"
Remus moans as the yelling continues from in the common room. He hides under his blankets then hears people running up the stairs, he then feels two bodies jump on him, hears a girl giggling, and senses a quiet boy fidgeting on the spot.
"It seems like poor old Moony isn't going to wake up."
"Either that or we suffocated him."
"One way to find out!"
Before Remus can stop himself a very un-manly squeal escapes him as Sirius Black and James Potter tickle him like there's no tomorrow. "Oi! oi oi oi!"
"Oink?"
"No, oi! get off me..I can't-I can't breath!" Remus says, trying to stay cool but ends up laughing as two stubborn males continue to tickle him.
After several minutes (and boy was Remus glad), Lily manages to get James off of Remus and Sirius moves the blanket from his mate's face. "Morning there Moony!"
Remus sighs and is instantly serious, "not trying to be rude but, what time is it?"
"1am," Lily says with a yawn, "these two blokes woke up all the Gryffindor's who stayed behind. James tried entering the girl's dormitories to get me, it was fun sliding down the slide."
"You just like that you crashed into me~"
"Shut it you!" Lily says and gives James a light punch in the shoulder, her face was going red.
"Well...I'm sleepi-"
"No you're not~" Sirius says in a playful tone as he tickles Remus again, "no sleeping for Monsieur Moony!"
Remus moans very faintly and looks at Sirius, "must you speak French this early in the morning?"
"But of course, it is ze way of ze Noble and Mos' Ancient 'ouse o' Black!" Sirius says with a roll of his eyes as he drags Remus into a sitting position. "I just want to open my presents!" he whines slightly and rubs his head on Remus like a dog, "please, please, PLEASE! Get up so we can open them!"
Remus chuckles faintly, "you and James are so much like four year old kids!"
"Tell me about it," Lily giggles.
"Besides..." Remus fidgets slightly, "I couldn't get you anything," he says in a silent voice.
He's acting so childish and cute! Sirius thinks as a small whimper of longing escapes. Once the whimper was done, however, he smirked faintly and moved his head close to Remus', "you'll just have to give me something later on then..."
"But I just sai-ooh...I get it now," Remus says, his face feeling hot. Sirius chuckles, grabs his hand and drags him downstairs.
The morning was brilliant, even Lily was having fun, more than she did in a long time. She watched as Remus tried to refuse Sirius' present, then sees the huge smile appear on his face when he opens a box full of every chocolate imaginable. Lily smiles as Remus hugs Sirius, her and Peter had found out about the two of them on the train ride to Hogwarts, when they thought they were alone as they snogged in a train car. Her attention was brought back to James as he puts a silver necklace with a doe on it around her neck. She didn't know the reasoning behind it yet, but it was beautiful either way.
Later that day they roamed the halls, Lily and Remus both tried to refuse their mate's invitations to create havoc, but when they both pleaded they finally gave in. Peter tagged along, even though he felt put out. At one point he did ditch his friends, they never noticed.
As the quartet walked to the Great Hall for supper, Sirius stopped dead in his tracks. Remus stopped and looked to see what was ailing his mate. In the entrance hall, a boy who looked like a more well-groomed version of Sirius in Slytherin robes was talking to a man and two women who wore many things with snake designs on them. He looked at Sirius, pleading him not to do anything harsh when Regulus looks at the two of them and hides a smirk from his parents. Remus felt sick to the stomach as Sirius marches towards his parents. All Remus could do was help Lily hold James back as he watched.
"What the HELL are you two doing here?"
"We came here to speak with you, Sirius," the older woman says in a voice that carried and made a chill go down Remus' spine.
"What could you POSSIBLY want with me? You guys hate me, remember?"
"Yes, well now we have another reason to hate you, if I am correct," the male says as he grabs Sirius by the arm, "come with us, we're gathering a crowd..."
Remus watches as the male drags Sirius away, he glances at James who nods and hands him a cloak. Remus looks around, throws the cloak on himself and follows the five members of the Black family into a deserted classroom.
Everything seemed to go mute on Remus as he feels anger swell up inside him. Sirius was pushed into a desk. The male, probably his dad, was yelling at him and Sirius was yelling back. The sound just returned to him as Sirius' father yells again while holding a fistful of Sirius' hair.
"Don't you lie to me! You disgraced the family name!"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Orion!"
The male throws Sirius to the ground by punching him, "don't you call me by my first name, boy!"
"Just tell them, brother," Regulus was sitting calmly in a chair, at least he looked calm, Remus could smell the grief and horror coming from the fifth year. "Tell them about what I walked in on...Tell them about you and that half-breed Lupin snogging in the bathroom!"
"You...You little bastard!" Sirius stands and goes to hex Regulus, but the younger woman sends a crucio curse on him. Remus gasps silently from surprise, Regulus hears and looks right at him. The look on his face could almost be a sorry look, until he takes his normal emotionless look back as he looks at the scene, the spell was lifted and Sirius was panting, holding back tears.
"Regulus...how about you come with your mother and I? Show us around, Bellatrix can deal with this disgraceful scum!"
Regulus nods, "of course father." He stands and leads his parents out.
The way Bellatrix hurt Sirius made Remus feel sick. There was lot's of blood, yells of pain, and shrieks of laughter. Remus felt for his wand, already thinking of healing spells as the door opens and Bellatrix leaves with her Aunt and Uncle. Sirius was left on the floor as the door closed in a place that seemed very distant from both the males.
"H-How'd you like the show, M-Moony?"
Remus flinches, there was no need to hide anymore so he took off the cloak and instantly kneels beside Sirius, "it was more of a nightmare really...except...except it was all real wasn't it?"
"I wish it wasn't..."
The next minutes were silent as Remus mutters healing spells and heals Sirius as much as he could. "I heard you gasp...I heard your heart beating quickly from fear and anger," Sirius looks into Remus' eyes. He sees shock in the depths of the golden brown eyes then remembers that the full moon was six days away. Sirius sits up, despite Remus' begs for him to lay down. He gently puts his forehead to Remus' and speaks in a gentle voice, "you still owe me a present."
Remus smiles faintly, "and what is it that Monsieur Padfoot would like on the most wonderful day of the year?" Remus says with slight sarcasm at the last words.
Sirius chuckles a forced chuckle before saying two words in a voice that was gentle yet full of venom, "to forget."
The next minutes were full of passionate kisses and touches. Remus would usually try to be the dominant male, probably from the wolf in him and the dog in Sirius. Today, however, he allowed Sirius to take over, knowing Sirius needed to take his anger out somehow. The minor wounds Sirius would create during this moment would heal quickly on Remus, so Remus wasn't scared when he felt a little bit of blood escape some scratches.
The next morning Sirius would be his happy self again, which would make Remus feel as happy as ever because a serious Sirius was much less fun to be around then a childish Sirius.
Editor's Note:Hello my good people =D I just realized my Editor's Notes are becoming a habit, but only on this fan fiction xD I had the idea to make Sirius' family harm him for a long time, but I never really found the right time. Well, I guess any time could've been, but I wanted a bit of irony xD So, since this is a Christmas chapter, I was going to make it all "yayy, happy time!" then my need for drama, thanks to role playing on facebook, created blood, pain...and, in my view, humour...at least at the beginning! On a somewhat different note, I wrote the final chapter for this today! =D Don't worry, I plan there to be lot's of chapters before hand x3. If you want a sneak peak...then too bad D I love you guys and your reviews, I seriously freak out whenever I see a new one